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Aquilino Gonell, a former US Capitol police sergeant who defended the Capitol on January 6, confirmed that he and his former colleagues together with former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone had been confronted by Enrique Tarrio, former chief of the Proud Boys, on the web site of the Ideas First summit in Washington DC.

Gonell’s remark was met with stunned gasps from the gang, who supplied a standing ovation to the January 6 officers after their panel dialogue this afternoon.

You’re a traitor to this nation” Fanone instructed Tarrio. “So are you” Tarrio replied, including, “You had been a coward that day, you had been a coward after.”

The Guardian’s Joan E Greve contributed to this submit.

Donald Trump has wrapped up his deal with at CPAC, an roughly 75-minute tirade of repeated false claims starting from voter fraud and stolen-election lies to overseas wars, amongst others.

Opening up his speech, Trump assailed “the fraudsters, liars … globalists and deep-state bureaucrats” that he mentioned “are being despatched again”.

He then went on to quote a collection of polls through which he’s main. “Rasmussen simply got here out at 56% insider benefit, 56% RMG analysis … we have now many polls within the mid-60s, one at 71%. We like that,” he mentioned. Nonetheless, he didn’t point out the newest Gallup ballot, the place he’s six factors below – 51% of People disapproved of his efficiency whereas 45% indicated their approval for him.

Donald Trump then moved to attacking immigrants throughout the nation, saying: “I couldn’t stand it! … We don’t have that drawback any extra.” Quite the opposite, on Friday, reviews emerged of the White Home reassigning the highest official at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) after the company’s degree of arrests and deportations had been slower than anticipated.

He additionally learn from an inventory of hundreds of thousands of individuals within the social safety database that the company has no dying information for. Nonetheless, that has been a recognized difficulty for greater than a decade, and an inspector common report discovered that simply 13 individuals over 112 years outdated had been getting any funds as of 2013.

On Israel’s warfare on Gaza, Trump claimed that Joe Biden obtained again “zero” hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. “Biden obtained none again, by the best way, simply so that you perceive, none, zero,” Trump claimed. In reality, 105 hostages had been freed within the November 2023 ceasefire deal brokered by Biden’s administration.

At one level, Trump, who has not dominated out utilizing army motion to take over Greenland and who has vowed to make Canada the 51st state, together with taking again the Panama Canal, mentioned: “I don’t wish to be a conquerer.”

Regardless of his false claims, Trump supporters roared and cheered contained in the CPAC auditorium at Nationwide Harbor, Maryland.

“I’ve not but begun to battle, and neither have you ever,” he mentioned in his closing remarks. Earlier than exiting the stage, Trump returned to his trademark dance, fist-pumping to Village Individuals’s YMCA.

Donald Trump has wrapped up his deal with at CPAC.

Trump closed out his roughly 75-minute speech by dancing to YMCA in entrance of a cheering crowd of supporters.

On Israel’s warfare on Gaza, Donald Trump claimed that Joe Biden obtained again “zero” hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

“Biden obtained none again, by the best way, simply so that you perceive, none, zero,” Trump claimed.

In reality, 105 hostages had been freed within the November 2023 ceasefire deal brokered by Biden’s administration.

Donald Trump is now speaking about ending the warfare between Ukraine and Russia, saying: “We’re getting our a reimbursement.”

“The USA has given $350bn as a result of we had a silly, incompetent president and administration … Europe gave it within the type of a mortgage. They get their a reimbursement. We gave it within the type of nothing. So I would like them to provide us one thing for all the cash that we put up. And I’m going to try to get the warfare settled, and I’m going to try to get all that dying ended. So we’re asking for uncommon earth and oil, something we are able to get,” Trump mentioned.

From claiming Ukraine was chargeable for the warfare to incorrect numbers about assist obtained from the US and Europe, Trump has in latest weeks made plenty of inaccurate statements whereas praising the progress made in US-Russia talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Guardian has had a have a look at his claims:

Donald Trump simply learn out from an inventory of hundreds of thousands of individuals within the social safety database that the company has no dying information for.

“Below our administration, there can be no tolerance for social safety fraud. Won’t permit anybody to cheat our seniors and people who will try this can be prosecuted by [attorney general] Pam Bondi and others,” he mentioned.

Nonetheless, that has been a recognized difficulty for over a decade, and an inspector common report discovered that simply 13 individuals over 112 years outdated had been getting any funds as of 2013.

The Guardian’s Robert Mackey contributed to this submit

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Donald Trump is now praising his staunch ally, Elon Musk, the richest individual on the earth.

“He’s doing an incredible job and he doesn’t want this … however … he’s a patriot,” Trump mentioned.

On Thursday, Musk hailed efforts by himself and Trump to chop the federal workforce by the a whole lot of 1000’s.

In a submit on X as we speak – which he owns – Musk, who leads the so-called “division of presidency effectivity”, mentioned:

All federal staff will shortly obtain an electronic mail requesting to grasp what they obtained accomplished final week. Failure to reply can be taken as a resignation.

Donald Trump has moved again to attacking immigrants throughout the nation, saying: “I couldn’t stand it!” earlier than including: “Donald, don’t get indignant.”

“I couldn’t stand it, so I mentioned, I’m going to run for president once more, and now we don’t have that drawback now. We don’t have that drawback any extra,” he claimed.

Quite the opposite, on Friday, reviews emerged of the White Home reassigning the highest official at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) after the company’s degree of arrests and deportations had been slower than anticipated.

Trump singled out within the crowd the 40-year-old son of the previous Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro – the nation’s ex-president who tried a January 6-style riot and was simply charged with plotting to poison his successor and the present president, Luiz Inácio Lula.

“Say hey to your father. Thanks very a lot. Nice household, nice gentleman, and your nice household,” Trump mentioned to Eduardo Bolsonaro.

Jair Bolsonaro might face between 38 and 43 years in jail if convicted. Along with being accused of being concerned in a coup, Jair Bolsonaro has been accused of being concerned with an armed prison affiliation and the violent abolition of the rule of legislation.

The Guardian’s Robert Mackey contributed to this submit

Trump went on to quote a collection of polls through which he’s main.

“Rasmussen simply got here out at 56% insider benefit, 56% RMG analysis … we have now many polls within the mid-60s, one at 71%. We like that,” he mentioned.

Nonetheless, he didn’t point out the newest Gallup ballot, the place he’s six factors below – 51% of People disapproved of his efficiency whereas 45% indicated their approval for him.