VIDEO: Trump Credits Caitlin Clark for WNBA Ratings, Calls for National Boycott of WNBA for Walking off Court During National Anthem – “What the Hell is That?”

 

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President Trump on Thursday called for Americans to boycott the WNBA until teams decide to stand for and recognize the national anthem, noting that the NFL stopped kneeling for the national anthem “because people stopped watching the games.”

“You should do the same thing with women’s basketball, unless they get there,” he said.

The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries ran off the court during the national anthem for a third straight WNBA Finals game on Wednesday. 

According to Fox News, the league’s own rulebook requires players to stand and line up on the court during the performance. However, neither the NBA nor the WNBA responded to multiple inquiries regarding the rule violation by both teams.

They’ve been doing this since 2020 because they hate America, but it’s only now receiving national attention this season because of the newfound rise in WNBA viewership due to stars like Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham.

Trump responded during his rally on Thursday in Sioux City, Iowa, asking the crowd, “Hey, by the way, what’s going on with the women’s NBA? What’s that all about?”

The crowd responded with boos.

“You know they’ll destroy themselves before they get started because they’re just starting to do good,” he said, crediting former University of Iowa Hawkeyes star and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark for the league’s successful ratings. “You had a player here who was very good, who was very helpful to that,” he added, sparking cheers from the crowd.

“No, it’s a big deal going on. They leave the court when the national anthem’s playing. What’s that all about? You know, the NFL did that for a while, and they stopped because people stopped watching the games,” Trump continued.

“So, I think you should do the same thing with women’s basketball, unless they get there.”

Trump then slammed LeBron James, who was seen earlier this week flailing his arms like a child, apparently practicing his golf swing, then his free-throw shot, as the national anthem played.

“And what about LeBron James? Did you see that deal? He’s doing, during the national anthem, he’s practicing his golf swing,” Trump said.

“I said, ‘What the hell is that?’ No, it’s a big scandal kind of a story. What’s it all about? I don’t understand it.”

New Analysis: President Trump’s Pro-Growth Policies Ignite Manufacturing Resurgence

 

New Analysis: President Trump’s Pro-Growth Policies Ignite Manufacturing Resurgence

The following is from the Trump team.

New Analysis Confirms President Trump’s Pro-Growth Policies Are Driving American Manufacturing Resurgence 

President Donald J. Trump’s America First agenda is revitalizing American manufacturing, delivering historic investments, driving up wages, and igniting a blue-collar BOOM.

After the Biden Administration lost more than 200,000 American manufacturing jobs in its final two years due to reckless Democrat polices, President Trump is delivering on his promise to put American workers first.

The results speak for themselves. New analysis by the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) reports that wages are rising faster than inflation, domestic manufacturing is expanding, and the blue-collar jobs lost under the Biden Administration are rightly returning back to U.S. soil.  

Wages are outpacing inflation under President Trump, reversing the $3,000 annual decline in real wages under Biden. Since President Trump took office, blue-collar workers are seeing even bigger gains: manufacturing wages are up $2,000 and construction wages $2,800.

Demand for factory construction workers is surging, hiring rising, and layoffs down over the past year. Overtime pay is also up— thanks to President Trump’s no-tax-on-overtime policy, workers are now keeping more of what they earn.

The benefits of President Trump’s pro-growth agenda and successful tariff policies extend beyond factory floors. This resurgence is strengthening America’s position in critical industries essential to our national security, including aerospace, aircraft equipment, metals, and natural gas and petroleum production.

A stronger manufacturing sector means more opportunities for American workers, higher wages, and business expansion that supports Main Street economies who support communities across the country. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

• AMERICAN MANUFACTURING JOBS SURGING: Manufacturing employment is up 72,000 in 2026, including a 101,000 job increase in durable goods, reversing losses of more than 200,000 manufacturing jobs during the Biden Administration’s last two years. Since President Trump took office, construction employment has grown by 100,000, including more than 111,000 additional factory construction jobs.
• RISE IN ANNUAL WAGES: Inflation-adjusted wages for blue-collar manufacturing workers have risen an average of $2,400 more per year since President Trump took office. Construction workers’ real wages are up  $3,800.
• HIGHEST BUSINESS GROWTH IN 5 YEARS: U.S. business growth has reached its highest level in more than five years, while manufacturing expands and American goods exports are on track for a record year.
• NO TAX ON OVERTIME: American construction workers are keeping more of what they earn thanks to No tax on overtime, with more than 29 million Americans claiming the deduction this filing season.
• TRILLIONS IN INVESTMENTS SECURED: President Trump has secured trillions of dollars in investment commitments across the United States, supporting domestic production, factory expansion, and American jobs.
• SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH: Small businesses and local economies are feeling the benefits of President Trump’s manufacturing boom.
  • Ketchie Inc, a precision machine company located in Concord, North Carolina, grew its workforce 25% after buying a dual 5-axis machining center, an EDM machine, and a cylindrical grinder. The company says it held off on those purchases until OBBB passed.
  • Jergens, a manufacturer in Ohio, says full expensing for factories led to its latest expansion in Illinois. The CEO says 83% of hourly workers now volunteer for overtime under the no-tax-on-overtime provision.
  • More examples HERE.

President Trump is driving a new era of economic opportunity, industrial strength, and national prosperity—unleashing America’s Golden Age. 

New Yorker Who Married ISIS Fighter at 18 is Currently Facing First U.S. Trial as Female Alleged Terror Group Member

 

Halima Salman, a New Yorker who was 18 when she married an ISIS fighter in Syria, is now on trial in federal court in Brooklyn as the first woman accused of belonging to the terror group to face a full U.S. trial.

Prosecutors have argued that Salman is an ISIS-trained fighter who handled an AK-47 and received military instruction from a female battalion.

Salman has testified that her father forced the family into ISIS territory and arranged the marriage against her will. 

Born in Brooklyn in 1999 to an American mother and a Turkish father, Salman, now 27, was brought along with her eight siblings into Syria in 2016. She was 17 at the time.

After she turned 18, she married an ISIS member known as Abu Ali, an Afghan-German fighter.

Prosecutors say his family paid a $5,000 dowry and that the wedding took place in front of an ISIS flag.

Salman has claimed the ceremony was held in a dingy room that looked like a garage and that she was scared. 

“I was scared. I had a very bad feeling about it. I was wondering if this was what was supposed to happen to me. My heart was burning,” Salman testified.

During the trial, jurors saw cellphone video of Salman holding and walking with an AK-47 inside her husband’s home in Syria while saying, “You have to walk like…” before asking if he was filming.

Prosecutors say she received training from Nusaybah Katiba, an all-female ISIS unit made up mainly of fighters’ wives. They also introduced a handwritten document recovered from her husband’s phone that purportedly certified she was qualified to carry a Kalashnikov and ammunition.

Defense lawyers have questioned the document’s authenticity and argued the government has not shown exactly what training she received.

A selfie of Salman in front of an ISIS flag was also shown.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Shami told the jury during closing arguments that “the evidence shows that the defendant received training from a violent, brutal, terrorist organization.”

Shami added that the video indicated it was “not her first time with a weapon.”

Salman took the stand and claimed that she does not support ISIS.

“I believe that ISIS did very scary things which deceive the way Islam is visioned,” she testified, according to the New York Daily News.

She described being forced to change from a blue hijab to a black one and a veil, living under strict rules, and spending two years in ISIS territory followed by five years in a Kurdish-run detention camp after the group’s collapse.

Salman’s father was killed in a U.S. airstrike in 2018. 

Salman was arrested at JFK Airport in 2024 after she and other family members were repatriated from Syria by the State Department.

The alleged terrorist is free on a $500,000 bond and has been living with relatives in New Hampshire.

If convicted, Salman faces a maximum of 10 years for knowingly receiving military training from a terrorist organization.

Her mother, Brandy, an Arkansas native, has attended the trial.

No other family members face charges.

Her ex-husband is believed to be in an Iraqi jail.

The trial began earlier this month, and prosecutors have rested their case.

Defense closing statements are scheduled for Thursday.

Body Language Expert Says Ilhan Omar Showed ‘Countless Signals of Deception’ While Begging for Cash After DC Home Raid

 

Body language expert Lillian Glass has assessed that Rep. Ilhan Omar displayed multiple signs of tension, nervousness, and deception in a video she posted on Tuesday asking supporters for money after federal agents raided her Washington home as part of an immigration fraud investigation.

Glass has served as an expert witness in federal and state courts and has four decades of experience.

Speaking to the New York Post, Glass described Omar’s smile as nervous, noting that her eyes were not smiling. 

“The lips curve downward; the raising of her eyebrows reflect that she is questioning her own words,” Glass said.

Glass added that the raised eyebrows also suggested she was surprised by the situation.

The expert also pointed to raised shoulders, head shakes that did not match affirmative statements, and an upward inflection on the word “me” when Omar said officials were trying to intimidate her.

“There are also countless signals of deception, from her raised shoulders to her shaking her head not when she should be shaking it,” Glass explained. “She goes upward in her inflection on the word ‘me’ as she says ‘trying to intimidate “me,”’ as though she is asking a question. This is significant and a signal of deception.”

Glass also noted lip licking as a sign that Omar’s autonomic nervous system was active. 

In an X post analyzing the video, Glass wrote that Omar’s body language appeared “far less confident than her words” and showed “numerous verbal and nonverbal inconsistencies,” including filler words such as “uh” while discussing fighting the Trump administration.

Glass stressed that the observations were not proof of deception but highlighted a contrast between Omar’s message and how she delivered it.

In the video, Omar said President Trump and his allies are “running scared” and that “we’re not going to be intimidated.” She asked supporters to donate $5, $10, or $20.

It was her first on-camera public statement since the raid.

Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a search warrant at Omar’s DC home on October 12 as part of a criminal investigation into possible false statements on immigration paperwork filled out by her late father, Nur Omar Mohamed, when the family entered the U.S. as Somali refugees in the mid-1990s and later sought citizenship.

Investigators are examining whether Omar was actually 18 rather than 17 when her father naturalized in 2000, which would have made her ineligible for derivative citizenship as a minor.

Records reportedly list conflicting birth dates.

Agents seized her cellphone, passport, computers, and notebooks.