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President Trump Hugely Successful at NATO Summit

Dr. Nile Gardiner, director of the Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and Bernard and Barbara Lomas fellow, told Blaze News, "This has been a hugely successful summit for President Trump and a demonstration of real U.S. leadership on the world stage — a dramatic difference to the weak-kneed Biden presidency."

At one point, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte even praised Trump for striking Iran's nuclear enrichment sites.

"I just want to recognize your decisive action in Iran. You are a man of strength, but you are also a man of peace. The fact that you are now also successful in getting this ceasefire done between Israel and Iran, I really want to commend you for it. And I think this is important for the whole world," Rutte told Trump on Wednesday.

Rutte also credited Trump for securing substantial defense-spending increases to 5% of GDP.

"Without President Trump, this would not have happened," he remarked.

During a Wednesday afternoon press conference in the Netherlands, Trump reported that his NATO allies were "so respectful" toward him. He celebrated the increased defense-spending commitments from the ally countries.

"I left here saying that these people really love their countries. It's not a rip-off, and we're here to help them protect their countries," Trump said.

The only conflict Trump expressed was with Spain, the only country that refused to commit to the defense-spending targets. He vowed to negotiate "directly with Spain" on a trade deal, adding that it would have to "pay twice as much" to make up the "unfair" difference in defense spending.

Trump also confirmed that he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who he stated "couldn't have been nicer" to him.

More: https://www.theblaze.com/news/hugely-successful-trump-triumphs-at-nato-summit-winning-over-allies-after-years-of-resistance

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Mike Johnson announced ADDITIONAL new laws set to be approved to advance Trump's agenda

"We're gonna have a second reconciliation package in the fall, and a third in the spring of next year..."

"...AND we're gonna have recission packages."

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Trump is stacking wins, voters reject Dems’ left turn and other commentary

GOP watch: Trump Is Stacking Wins

Republican “hand-wringing” over President Trump’s performance, character and temperament is overdone, asserts Ingrid Jacques at USA Today.

Trump’s “detractors on the right” need to take a deep breath and “consider what this president has accomplished.”

His “wins” surpass those of any “other Republican president in modern history.”

Defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting tops the list, with Trump making clear there is no “First Amendment requirement for the government (taxpayers) to fund any specific outlet.”

He’s also dismantling the Department of Education, a “behemoth” that’s done “nothing to improve education in the country.”

Finally, his judicial choices “sealed the court’s conservative majority for years to come,” making it foolish for anyone to say Trump’s been “bad news for the Republican Party.”
From the right: Voters Reject Dems’ Left Turn

A new I&I/TIPP poll shows “the Democratic Party’s attempt to ‘resist’ President Donald Trump is backfiring,” as “a plurality of American adults now believe the one-time party of the center has gone too far to the left,” reports Issues & Insights’ Terry Jones.

The poll found “more than one-in-five Democrats believe their party is too radical, sharply reducing the number of reliable votes for the party come election time.”

MORE: https://nypost.com/2025/07/21/opinion/trump-is-stacking-wins-voters-reject-dems-left-turn-and-other-commentary/