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Trump’s meandered during his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast today. He’s denigrated Thomas Massie, the Republican congressman and his frequent target who co-sponsored legislation to release the full tranche of Epstein files, and voted against the most recent funding bill package that the president signed into law on Tuesday. “There’s something wrong with him,” Trump said. “ They love voting ‘no’. They think it’s good politically.”

The president also touted the military operation in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of the now deposed leader Nicolás Maduro. “We’re getting along fantastically with leadership,” Trump said of the interrim president Delcy Rodriguez.

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Publish date : 2026-02-05 14:13:00

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