Donald Trump celebrated the first successes recorded in a breathtaking week in a breathtaking week in a las Vegas casino on Saturday in which he began to print his brand on American policy and society.
The freshly invested president narrowly snatched a crucial success with confirmation Friday evening by the Senate of his Minister of Defense, Pete Hegseth. A choice challenged even in his camp, three Republican senators who voted against, forcing the vice-president JD Vance to come in person to bring his determining voice.
“When you win the championship, you don’t care about the score”commented on the latter on Saturday, overlooking the sports metaphor during the swearing. «Iron».
After visits on Friday in areas disaster victims in North Carolina, ravaged by a hurricane in October, and in California, faced with devastating fires, for the first trip of his new mandate, the Donald Trump stage in Las Vegas, in Nevada (west), it was a part of the celebration.
He expressed his satisfaction “To be back in this beautiful city to celebrate a historic first week in the White House”.
“I’m here to say thank you”he said recalling that he was the first republican candidate for the presidential election for 20 years to win Nevada.
Donald Trump reiterated his commitment to exempt tips from federal taxes, particularly popular in a city turned towards the hotel industry. “Your tips will be 100 % for you”he assured under applause.
– « Purge » –
In the audience was notably Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far -right militia Oath Keepers, of which he commissioned Monday in prison period already purged the conviction to 18 years of incarceration for his participation in the assault of the Capitole Le January 6, 2021.
The Republican President said he “Very proud” to have on the first day of his new mandate on Monday “Gracked hundreds of persecuted political prisoners”qualifying them once again as“Hostages”.

Donald Trump with CIRCA Resort & Casino customers in Las Vegas, January 25, 2025 / Mandel NGAN / AFP
He referred to the 1,600 people prosecuted for this unprecedented invasion of the sanctuary of American democracy to which he thus granted his leniency
Donald Trump further strengthened his stranglehold on the levers of the executive power by dismissing a dozen officials of government action on Friday evening, a dozen government action, a « purge » denounced by democratic senators.
Republican senator Chuck Grassley, for his part, deplored that elected officials were not consulted or even informed of this decision.
“There may be a good reason why the general inspectors were dismissed”he said. “I would like to have more explanations from President Trump. In any case, the 30 -day notice imposed by law has not been provided to the Congress ”he added.
These general inspectors, independent responsible, are responsible for detecting and preventing fraud, waste and abuses on the part of civil servants. In particular, they must carry out audits on contracts, finances or even staff performance.
In Northern Carolina as in California, he has clearly criticized the action of FEMA, the Federal Agency for the Fight against Natural Catasters, calling for the “Reform fundamentally”or even its pure and simple suppression.
The Senate approved on Saturday the appointment of its Minister of Internal Security, Kristi Noem, who will notably be responsible for implementing his program of massive expulsion of immigrants in an irregular situation, but also the supervisory authority of FEMA.
And, in application of another decree taken on Monday, according to which the American administration does not recognize “That two sexes, male and feminine”defined at birth, the United States no longer delivers a passport containing the genre « X » For people identifying themselves as non -binary.
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