Trump Plans Militarized Zone on California-Mexico Border

The Trump administration announced plans Wednesday to add another militarized zone to the southern border — this time in California — as part of a major shift that has thrust troops into border enforcement with Mexico like never before.

 The Department of the Interior said it would transfer jurisdiction along most of California's border with Mexico to the Navy to reinforce "the historic role public lands have played in safeguarding national sovereignty."

The Interior Department described the newest national defense area in California as a high-traffic zone for unlawful crossings by immigrants.

The move places long stretches of the border under the supervision of nearby military bases, empowering U.S. troops to detain people who enter the country illegally and sidestep a law prohibiting military involvement in civilian law enforcement.

It is done under the authority of the national emergency on the border declared by President Donald Trump on his first day in office.

The military strategy was pioneered in April along a 170-mile stretch of the border in New Mexico and later expanded to portions of the border in Texas and Arizona.

The newly designated militarized zone extends nearly from the Arizona state line to the Otay Mountain Wilderness, traversing the Imperial Valley and border communities including the unincorporated community of Tecate, California, across the border from the Mexican city with the same name.

More than 7,000 troops have been deployed to the border, along with an assortment of helicopters, drones, and surveillance equipment.

The zones allow U.S. troops to apprehend immigrants and others who are accused of trespassing on Army, Air Force, or Navy bases.

Those apprehended also could face additional criminal charges that can mean prison time.

U.S. authorities say the zones are needed to close gaps in border enforcement and help in the wider fight against human smuggling networks and brutal drug cartels.

"By working with the Navy to close long-standing security gaps, we are strengthening national defense, protecting our public lands from unlawful use, and advancing the President's agenda," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a news release.

The new militarized zone was announced the same day a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to end the deployment of California National Guard troops in Los Angeles and return control of those troops to the state.

The state sued after Trump called up more than 4,000 California National Guard troops in June without Gov. Gavin Newsom's approval to further the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts.

The 'Almost-Victims' and Why the Left Would Prefer We Didn't Talk About Them

Let me tell you the true story about a woman whom we'll call Linda.

Many years ago, Linda worked in uptown Charlotte. Instead of taking public transportation, which she didn't feel safe on, Linda drove to and from work every day during the time she worked for the uptown business, making sure to park in such a way that would allow her to walk to her destination with groups of other people who were headed in the same direction, so she wouldn't have to walk alone.

One day, some friends of Linda's who also worked uptown but for a different company several blocks away invited her to meet them for lunch. Though Linda didn't mind walking, it would have taken a considerable amount of time to walk from Point A to Point B. So her friends suggested she take the trolley, which had a short-lived run before the light rail system's rise to prominence in Charlotte transportation.

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So Linda grabbed her bag, where she of course kept her cell phone, wallet, keys, and other essential items, and hopped on the trolley for the first time ever, looking forward to the new experience and thinking it would be a piece of cake.

It wasn't. Soon after Linda boarded the trolley, a group of four guys hopped on, too. And they made a beeline for Linda. While three of them sat in nearby seats, one of them sat right next to Linda, eyeing her and her bag. She said he bumped her in the side several times and talked about how "rich" she must be with such a nice bag and clothes.

This went on for several minutes, and Linda was terrified. She looked around to see if anyone else was paying attention, but they were buried in their cellphones or books. She didn't know if the man next to her was carrying a weapon, like a knife, and because of that, she was afraid to speak up and ask for help, scared that she could provoke the man into using the weapon she feared he might have.

When the trolley made it to Linda's stop, she clutched her bag close and headed off the car. The guys followed her. But fortunately, several police officers were standing on the corner next to where the trolley stopped, and Linda immediately walked up to one of them and told them that she felt unsafe.

When the officer asked her who made her feel unsafe, Linda just told him it was some guys on the trolley who had walked away the closer she got to the officer. She wanted the incident behind her and didn't want to have to see them again.

There are many more "almost-victims" like Linda whose stories never make it into the crime stats either because a crime wasn't technically committed or, for one reason or another, they were too fearful to report it. We heard many of them after the August stabbing murder of Iryna Zarutska, with the floodgates opening with people who stepped forth to share their scary experiences on the Charlotte transit system.

This is one big reason why when I hear stories of crime allegedly being "down" in blue cities like Charlotte, I'm not so quick to believe it. I worry about massaged or fudged numbers, and also consider the undeniable presence of fear in communities, the feeling of being unsafe, because of the things you've heard about on places like NextDoor or that you've seen with your own eyes with your Ring cameras.

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The left doesn't want to hear the voices of the almost-victims because, perhaps much like actual hard data crime stats, they would help completely destroy the narratives the Usual Suspects try to push about blue cities being safer than they are made out to be. The voices of near-victims like Linda matter, and should always be factored into debates about crime, safety, and restoring law and order.

 

The World Must Stop Ignoring What Iranians Already Know: The Regime Is on the Brink

Ernest Hemingway famously wrote when describing bankruptcy: It happens “gradually, then suddenly.” The same is true of dictatorships. They project an illusion of permanence—until the moment the façade shatters and decades of repression give way to rapid collapse. Nowhere is this dynamic more evident than in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a theocracy that has ruled for 46 years through corruption, brutality, and systemic mismanagement.

 In recent weeks, a severe water crisis has pushed Iran into international headlines. President Masoud Pezeshkian himself warned that it is very feasible that water rationing in Tehran may follow. Several of Tehran’s life-sustaining reservoirs are already below ten percent capacity.

The regime claims this crisis is the result of uncontrollable natural forces. But experts overwhelmingly point to man-made causes: decades of mismanagement, dam-building and diversion projects controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the regime’s chronic plundering of resources. Drought may be real, but the catastrophic scale of the disaster is the regime’s own creation.

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And the water crisis is only one among many. Fuel and electricity shortages have sparked protests. The economy is collapsing. Unemployment is soaring. Public services are failing. The environment is deteriorating at an alarming pace. A wildfire razed portions of the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, a UNESCO World Heritage site home to many endangered species, in November. Meanwhile, half the adult population lacks meaningful work, yet the regime pours billions into the IRGC, missile programs, regional militias, and vast surveillance networks designed to suppress domestic dissent.

This convergence of crises lays bare a truth that the overwhelming majority of Iranians have long understood: the ruling elite sees government not as a vehicle for public service, but as an apparatus for oppressive domination. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his loyalists view power as something to be hoarded, not exercised for the public good. Their instinct is not to solve crises but to weaponize them.

We in the United Kingdom—and in other democracies—recognize that the role of government is to serve and empower its people. The Iranian people understand this as well, and for years they have been working to reclaim their country and build a secular, democratic republic grounded in the rule of law and equal rights for every citizen.

This was made unmistakably clear at a landmark gathering in Washington, D.C. last month, when more than 1,000 Iranian American activists convened to discuss regime change and the path toward a democratic future. I had the privilege of addressing the event and listening to voices from across the Iranian diaspora—women, youth, academics, former political prisoners—all united around Maryam Rajavi’s Ten-Point Plan for a free, democratic Iran.

One essential component of this movement, often under-reported in Western media, is the work of the PMOI/MEK Resistance Units inside Iran. These are organized, disciplined, and increasingly bold networks of men and women who carry out acts of civil defiance, sabotage the regime’s repressive infrastructure, and keep the flame of nationwide resistance alive despite extraordinary personal risk. Their activities range from disrupting state propaganda broadcasts to torching symbols of the regime’s authority and organizing protests. The existence and vivid expansion of the Resistance Units demonstrate both the depth of public opposition and the presence of a highly organized alternative to clerical rule.

This reality also exposes the hollowness of claims by Reza Pahlavi—the so-called “baby shah”—that he represents the Iranian people’s future. The Iranian public has firmly rejected both the monarchy and the theocracy. The youth driving today’s resistance have no interest in replacing one form of dictatorship with another. They want democracy, not dynastic nostalgia; accountability, not inherited power. The streets of Iran have spoken clearly: the future will not be authored by exiled pretenders to a throne that was in the dustbin of history in 1979 for its brutality and rampant corruption. 

The Washington meeting featured discussions on the role of women, youth, minorities, and scientists. Each conversation made clear that Iran’s multiple crises have united diverse groups behind a common goal. That unity has been visible in the country’s three nationwide uprisings since 2018, culminating in the 2022 uprising —the greatest challenge to the regime since 1979. It took extraordinary brutality to suppress it, and the crackdown continues. More than 3,000 people have been executed in the past three years. At least 17 PMOI members now sit on death row. And in July, a regime-aligned outlet openly called for a repeat of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners that claimed 30,000 lives, 90 percent of them PMOI activists.

The regime’s obsession with annihilating the PMOI is the clearest indication of where it perceives the real threat. And it is right to be afraid. Its crises are multiplying. Its legitimacy is gone. And Iranians are openly expressing confidence in the NCRI’s ability to guide a democratic transition.

As international media continue to cover Iran’s water, economic, and political crises, they must also grapple with an unavoidable conclusion: if these trends continue, regime change in Iran is not only possible, but inevitable. Dictatorships fall the way Hemingway described—gradually, then suddenly. Iran is already deep into the “gradually” phase. The “suddenly” may come sooner than many expect.

 

There’s Nothing Funnier Than Fussy, Furious Euroweenies

Hearing disturbingly feminine, Somali corruption-curious Minnesota governor Tim Walz complaining that, because of Donald Trump, people are driving by his house shouting “Retard!” should’ve been the funniest thing that happened over the last few news cycles, but our European friends have done it one better. Actually, they’re not our friends. They’re annoying layabouts who do nothing but whine and complain as they feed off the corpse of the civilization they inherited like cultural trust fund babies. They have gotten very upset because Donald Trump’s national security strategy accurately recognizes that Europe is unable to defend itself and is increasingly unworthy of us squandering more time, blood, and treasure to do it for them. So, they’re lashing out, threatening to be responsible for their own defense.

 Yeah, that’ll show us. Throw us in that briar patch, Horst. There aren’t enough “LOLs” on the Internet for how funny it is to see you stomping your feet because we’re done picking up the check.

This is personal to me because I’ve spent a substantial part of my life doing the jobs that Europeans would not do. From November 1988 to April 1991, with a multi-month tangent to the Persian Gulf War, I was part of NATO in what was then West Germany. It's always great to have people tell me how important NATO is when I was part of it, and they weren’t, but let’s put that aside. I was there at the end of the Cold War. We were still doing things like having REFORGER exercises and going out on alerts at 3 a.m., where we would shiver in our assembly areas knowing that if the balloon really went up, our role was to die in place so the locals could continue to consume strudel and bitch about Ronald Reagan. Then, for a year between 2004 and 2006, I left Irina with a little kid and went to Kosovo to keep those Europeans from killing each other. I got a non-Article 5 NATO medal out of that. None of this makes me some sort of hero – in Germany, I ran a heavily armed car wash, and in Kosovo, I largely shared my legal and business experience with the locals. But I was away from America and my family, cleaning up Europe’s messes for the Europeans. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect a little gratitude for my time – and the time of millions of other Americans.

Spoiler: There’s never going to be any gratitude. There can't be. The fact that we uncouth hicks from the New World had to come back to unscrew the mess the Europeans have made of Europe was never going to get us anything like a simple danke schön. That they needed us grated on them then, and it grates at them now that big, loud Yankees were the only thing keeping their sorry butts from chaos. The eurotrash always imagine themselves as the pinnacle of human achievement, though it was really their ancestors who did the civilizational heavy lifting. These sorry sons of greater fathers look at the castles and cathedrals, the culture and the art, and imagine they had something to do with it other than receiving it on a silver platter and promptly turning it over to the horde of seventh-century savages they invited into their country to do all the dirty work that they imagine they themselves are too good for and to pay into the welfare state in place of the babies they were unable to make because of their cultural and physical impotence.

You know that parable about the servants the master gives coins and one of them goes and makes multiples in profit, and he gets praise (Matthew 25:14-30)? Another makes a little less, but he also gets praise. The third buries his talents because he doesn’t want to lose any, and he loses even that in the end. The Europeans have managed to do even worse. They didn’t even preserve what they were given. Instead, they spent their cultural bounty on the equivalent of hookers and blow, and now some imam with five wives and a scimitar is living next door while the call to prayer keeps the euroweenies up at night.

But don’t tell the Europeans that. They don’t want to hear it. In fact, they don’t want to hear anything. That’s why they’re trying to sue Elon Musk and X out of existence with EU fines over transparent nonsense. They’re not mad because his blue checks aren’t sufficiently blue-check-worthy. They are mad because Elon Musk allows their citizens to see and say forbidden things, things they can’t control, and they understand that the only way they can retain power is by limiting debate to a narrow range of views that reaffirms their authority and confirms their own power. The idea that these tin-pot goofs imagine that they get to dictate free speech to Americans is hilarious. Several American officials, including JD Vance and Marco Rubio, have weighed in, warning them that they’re getting a little too big for their lederhosen. But the fact is, censorship and political oppression are becoming part and parcel of Europe once again. You can get arrested for saying things, as primitive and unspeakably horrible as that is. The European junta feels perfectly entitled to ban even the largest plurality parties because those parties won’t genuflect at the altar of the approved globalist catechism. Part of the justification for defending Europe was that we were protecting like-minded allies and their freedom from hideous dictators who, among other things, limited free speech and banned dissenting political opponents. You can see the problem.

In fairness, there are still some good things about Europe. It's cute, sort of a Disneyland for people who like cathedrals and cafés. I’m not saying I was miserable the whole time I was stationed in Germany. I liked the beer, the lack of speed limits on the Autobahn, and being able to take a weekend up in Amsterdam – just remember that the safe word is "Flüggåәnkб€čhiœßølįên."

It’s nice to go back to Europe and visit. I liked Portugal earlier this year – very good wine and surprisingly based people. There are a lot of cool Europeans. They’re just overshadowed by the fascist bureaucrats who rule over them and the vast number of Europeans who are ridiculous, pompous has-beens with a truly inexplicable amount of self-regard.

Now, they have taken to jumping on the Twitter machine, the online forum that they hope to someday control, informing us that they’re very mad and that, in light of Donald Trump breaking with the nearly 80-year-long tradition of America pulling Europe’s weight, the Europeans are going to show us what for by doing it themselves. The guys who can’t put together a tank battalion or a flotilla of ships on par with that of your basic Venezuelan drug cartel are going to create a military to pick up the slack for the United States because we’re an unreliable ally now. Good. We don’t want you to rely on us. We want you to rely on yourselves. 

But that’s going to be a problem. It’s going to cost money, and you’ve been spending it on importing zillions of Third World barbarians and paying your own people not to work. It’s unclear where you’ll get the money to do all this rearming but go for it. Sincerely. We want you to. Of course, your own people don’t want to do it. The Germans can’t recruit anywhere near as many soldiers as they need, so they took the most basic step towards conscription, which was sending out a questionnaire, saying, “Fritz, could you be in der Bundeswehr if we needed you?” and the Teutonic teenagers chimped out. Why, defending their country is the job of Nebraskan farm boys and eager Appalachians, not the precious heirs of Arminius!

Vets like me and @CynicalPublius, along with a bunch of others who also served in the Cold War, in Europe, and/or with Europeans, are taking a special delight in watching our alleged allies squirm. They didn’t like us all that much then, and they don’t like us all that much now, but they love having Uncle Sucker forking out the cash and corpuscles to keep their Ponzi continent alive. A lot of you guys reading this feel the same – I was at Nelligan Kaserne in the VII Corps AO near Stuttgart, and if you pounded the same plätze, I don’t need to translate that (throw where you were assigned into the comments!). But those of us who helped protect the European ingrates over the years will understand that when they cry, we just shrug and say “macht nichts.”

Would You Expect Adam Schiff to Say Anything Different Here Regarding the Russian Collusion Hoax?

We really don’t need to re-litigate this, because we’re right. The Russian collusion delusion was exposed. It was a hoax, and it did irreparable harm to the Democrats and their allies in the media. No one listens to the press anymore, with scores moving onto other streams for information since these clowns cannot do their jobs properly. After the 20^th or so ‘bombshell’ in this story turned out to be a dud or fizzed out for lack of evidence, one would think this story smells like a con job. Instead, the Democrats, the media, and the Deep State doubled down, but also bolstered the Trump movement to the point where it became impossible to defeat. 

 By 2024, Donald J. Trump did something no one thought possible: regain his old job and assimilate what was once the Obama coalition. By the exits, the MAGA movement had become a multi-racial, working-class juggernaut. We won. They lost, so I’m not shocked that Democrats can’t admit this little psyop failed. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was one of the foremost peddlers of this hoax, serving as chair of the House Intelligence Committee when this silly, sloppy tale engulfed the national conversation. And, of course, he’s not apologizing. He’s not even admitting he got anything wrong:

I mean, this friggin' guy, dude.

Nothing? The entire narrative is a fake, man. Look, again, I find his intransigence astounding in that it borders on psychopathy. But to sit there and say you got nothing wrong about a story that turned out to be a total hoax is dedication that only an alley crack whore in Atlantic City can attest to. 

Michael Cohen was not in Prague. I'm sure you can like a zillion other tidbits from this story that turned out to be laughably untrue.

Joy Reid shares video claiming ‘Jingle Bells’ is a racist song written as a ‘mockery of Black people’

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid shared a viral video on social media that claims the beloved Christmas song “Jingle Bells” is rooted in racism and was written “as a mockery of Black people.”

 In the video Reid shared on Instagram, a man expressed his disapproval of a plaque in Medford, Massachusetts, honoring the site where James Pierpont is believed to have written the song in 1850.

“This is where a racist Confederate soldier wrote ‘Jingle Bells’ to make fun of Black people,” the caption read. “This plaque in Medford, MA honors where James Lord Pierpont wrote ‘Jingle Bells’, but ignores its origins in blackface minstrelsy.”

The lengthy video goes on to claim that Pierpont’s line, “The One Horse Open Sleigh,” was written with the intended purpose of utilizing it in racist performances, which saw White actors dress up in blackface to mock Black people attempting to engage in winter activities.

The video claims that the “original lyrics” theme of ‘laughing all the way’ likely references a racist comedic routine known as the ‘Laughing Darkie.’

The claims stem from a 2017 research paper by Kyna Hamill, a Boston University theater historian.

Hamill stated the song’s original origins “emerged from the economic needs of a perpetually unsuccessful man, the racial politics of antebellum Boston, the city’s climate, and the intertheatrical repertoire of commercial blackface performers moving between Boston and New York.”

“Although ‘One Horse Open Sleigh,’ for most of its singers and listeners, may have eluded its racialized past and taken its place in the seemingly unproblematic romanticization of a normal ‘white’ Christmas, attention to the circumstances of its performance history enables reflection on its problematic role in the construction of blackness and whiteness in the United States,” she wrote.

Pierpont went on to change the song’s name to “Jingle Bells” prior to the start of the Civil War, at which point Pierpont “abandoned his family, who were northern abolitionists, and enlisted in the Confederate Army,” according to the Instagram video shared by Reid.

Adding her own caption to the video, Reid wrote, “American history is a horror show,” accompanied by red exclamation mark emojis.

 JOY REID SHARES VIDEO CLAIMING "JINGLE BELLS" WAS WRITTEN "TO MAKE FUN OF BLACK PEOPLE"

They really can't let people enjoy Christmas.

Fired MSNBC host Joy Reid shared a video to her 1.3 million Instagram followers claiming the beloved Christmas anthem "Jingle Bells" was… pic.twitter.com/EM4NaVjZPW

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 10, 2025

 

Ilhan Omar's Finances Raise Eyebrows Amid Marriage Allegations

Newsmax host Rob Finnerty spent a recent segment revisiting the long-running allegations that Rep. Ilhan Omar once married a relative to secure immigration benefits, pointing out that Omar “didn’t deny” aspects of the story during his rundown and asking bluntly why the press won’t insist on answers. Finnerty tied those questions to dramatic swings in her reported finances, arguing that the American people deserve clarity when a member of Congress has such a tangled and contested personal history.

 Those allegations are not new; they first surfaced in 2016 and have been repeatedly flagged and examined by journalists and fact-checkers ever since. Independent fact-checks have concluded that there is no definitive proof that Omar married a brother, and multiple reputable outlets have said the evidence is inconclusive rather than exculpatory.

Conservatives aren’t spreading rumors for sport — they are reacting to a pattern of inconsistent records, unexplained filings, and a lack of transparent answers from Omar’s office at critical moments. Mainstream outlets like the Star-Tribune and subsequent analyses have recorded discrepancies in public documents and tax filings that merit more than a handwave from those who insist this is all “smears.” The refusal of Omar and some in the liberal media to fully explain these issues only deepens the public’s suspicion.

The rule of law should apply equally to everyone, especially to those who make and enforce our laws in Washington. If there are credible questions about immigration fraud or improper filings, they should be investigated by the appropriate authorities instead of being buried beneath a carpet of identity politics and selective outrage. Conservative commentators are right to demand that prosecutors, ethics panels, or congressional oversight at least look into the matter when records and public accounts don’t line up.

Beyond the marriage allegation itself, Finnerty highlighted another issue Americans ought to care about: how someone’s reported net worth could explode so dramatically in a short span without a transparent explanation. Whether one supports Omar’s politics or not, the optics of millions suddenly appearing alongside a history of odd filings and contested relationships is troubling and deserves scrutiny from watchdogs on both sides of the aisle.

Patriotic Americans who love this country want leaders who are honest, accountable, and subject to the same scrutiny as the people they claim to represent. The media and the Democratic establishment should stop shielding favored politicians and start insisting on straightforward answers — because fairness, transparency, and the rule of law are conservative values that serve every hardworking family in this nation.

 

Republicans Pull Strings to Propel Crockett's Surprising Senate

A new report has pulled back the curtain on what looks like classic political chessmanship: Republicans quietly seeded favorable polling for Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett to prod her into the Democratic Senate primary, then amplified that narrative until it looked inevitable. According to reporting that traced the timeline to an NRSC poll in July and a subsequent wave of surveys and online seeding, the effort was coordinated to make Crockett appear to be the Democratic frontrunner.

 The mechanics were blunt and effective: an NRSC poll that included Crockett’s name showed her leading hypothetical matchups, and allied operatives pushed those numbers into progressive digital spaces and even into recruitment phone and text campaigns urging voters to urge her to run. The goal, per the reporting, was to create a manufactured momentum so convincing that Crockett herself would feel compelled to jump in.

The gambit worked. Crockett announced her Senate bid in early December, a surprise that reshuffled the Democratic field and prompted at least one prominent Democrat to step aside rather than slug through a bruising primary. The sudden entry has immediate consequences for the 2026 map and for how Democrats choose nominees in red states like Texas.

Let’s be frank: this episode exposes how flimsy the left’s vetting process can be when activists and operatives are more interested in virtue signaling than winning. If a manufactured digital chorus can persuade a sitting congresswoman to leave a safer post for a statewide shot, it shows a party that trusts narratives and headlines more than strategy and electability. Conservatives should not cheer that Democrats get outplayed, but we should be ready to exploit the opening and remind voters of real stakes.

Crockett is no shrinking violet — she built a brand on blistering rhetoric toward conservatives and has repeatedly made headlines for confrontational statements and viral moments that play very poorly in a statewide general election. Journalists and pundits from across the spectrum have noted that her national profile is polarizing, and Democrats who care about winning statewide races should have questioned whether those viral clips translate into broad appeal.

Give credit where credit’s due: the NRSC and allied operatives displayed political savvy, exploiting a fault line in Democratic culture politics versus pragmatic campaigning. That same cunning should remind conservatives that campaigns are won on organizing, timing, and discipline — not feelings. This stunt also highlights the need for Republicans to keep playing hard-ball in the information space and to keep exposing the left’s weaknesses whenever they surface.

Americans who love liberty and common sense should watch this race closely and not be fooled by manufactured momentum or media hype. The lesson is plain: when one party abandons practical politics for posturing, the other party will be tempted — and rightfully so — to exploit that flaw. Stand ready, spread the truth, and remind your neighbors that elections are won by voters, not by engineered narratives.

 

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Trump Slams NY Times as 'Treasonous' Over 'Slowing Down' Smear

President Donald Trump assailed The New York Times, accusing the paper of "seditious, perhaps even treasonous" behavior as it and other mainstream media outlets circulate "fake" reports suggesting he's slowing down.

"There has never been a President that has worked as hard as me," Trump said in a Tuesday night statement on Truth Social, pushing back on claims about his stamina and sharpness.

He touted what he described as a record of achievements, saying he "stopped Eight Wars," built "the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country," rebuilt the military, delivered the "Largest Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts, EVER," and "closed our open and very dangerous Southern Border."

Trump also emphasized his medical evaluations, saying he undergoes "long, thorough, and very boring" examinations at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and has received "PERFECT Marks."

He added that he has taken a cognitive test on three separate occasions, including one "recently," and that he "ACED all three of them" in front of doctors and experts.

Despite those claims, Trump said The Times and other outlets "like to pretend that I am 'slowing up,'' arguing they know it is untrue.

"I will know when I am 'slowing up,' but it's not now!" he wrote, contending that repeated reports about his health are designed "to libel and demean 'THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.'"

During a Cabinet meeting last week, Trump echoed that theme more directly, telling reporters the press is fixating on his health while it failed to aggressively scrutinize former President Joe Biden's condition when he was in office.

Trump argued that if he goes a single day without a public appearance, "there's something wrong with the president," while Biden, he said, went long stretches without news conferences.

Trump also said he regularly fields questions at multiple press events and suggested critics keep hunting for a damaging narrative because "there's never a scandal."

A New York Times opinion column by Frank Bruni on Monday took the opposite view, arguing Trump appeared to doze off at a Cabinet meeting and suggesting the public is again watching for signs of presidential decline, pointing to questions about his energy, gaffes, and medical testing.

Trump and his allies say the renewed media push reflects a familiar pattern: when policy outcomes and public support move in Trump's direction, establishment voices pivot to personal attacks.

In his Truth Social statement, Trump called The Times "true Enemies of the People" and said the country would be better off if the paper "would cease publication," portraying the coverage as less journalism than political warfare aimed at undermining his leadership.