100 Days of National Security Wins
April 29, 2025
By: Mike Waltz
One hundred days into President Trump’s historic second term, America is far safer than it was during Joe Biden’s disastrous presidency.
On January 20, President Donald Trump and his team inherited an open southern border, terrorist threats festering worldwide, American hostages languishing in captivity abroad, and wars in Ukraine and Gaza, which never would have happened if President Trump had remained in office. Additionally, China was continuing to run circles around a timid and clueless White House—no more. Today, we are putting America first in our national security policy and accomplishing what the voters returned President Trump to the White House to do.
President Trump recognizes that a strong border is essential to national security. The Biden administration invited in millions of illegal aliens with an open borders policy. However, the Trump administration has taken back control. Days into his administration, President Trump convinced Mexico to commit 10,000 of its National Guard forces to our southern border and Canada to send 10,000 personnel to our northern border to help stop the flow of illegal immigrants and fentanyl.
The results of this policy and our own maximum enforcement efforts are already evident. In March, there were fewer than 7,200 southwest border crossings, the lowest monthly number in history, and a 96 percent drop from under the Biden administration. And we formally designated six Mexican cartels and two transnational gangs—Tren de Aragua and MS-13—as the foreign terrorist organizations they are.
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