President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made a big announcement on Friday about a major breakthrough with the U.S. military.
While speaking from the Oval Office, Trump announced the U.S. military’s next high-tech fighter jet.
Trump not only announces that Boeing has won the contract for “the world’s first six generation fighter jet,” the F-47, he says it’s “been flying for five years.” The president called the F-47 “a good size plane,” adding that “perhaps” some allies will be able to purchase them. Trump said this plane “does not fly by itself” and the F-47 flies with drones “as many as we want.”
“The F-47 will be the most advanced, most capable, most lethal aircraft ever built. An experimental version of the plane has secretly been flying for almost 5 years and we’re confident that it massively overpowers the capabilities of any other nation,” Trump declared.
“This is a big day for our warfighters. This is a big day for our country, a big day in the world … America is going to have generations in the future of air dominance because of this sixth-generation fighter,” Hegseth said.
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🚨 President Trump announces the Air Force will begin producing the world’s first sixth-generation fighter jet.
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Trump also spoke about the release of the JFK files.
“I don’t think there’s anything that’s Earth-shattering but you’ll have to make that determination,” Trump said of JFK files when asked who killed President Kennedy. “Everything is out there, completely open.”
President Trump, when asked if he could reveal who killed JFK, said the public should review the unredacted files he released and decide for themselves.
He insisted he has nothing to hide and doesn’t believe the documents contain anything shocking—but left it to the people to… pic.twitter.com/sfzzkBop7q
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Three months into his second term, President Trump reached the highest approval rating of his presidency, while more Americans believe the country is on the right track than at any point since 2004, according to a new NBC News poll released Sunday.
However, the bad news is that Trump still has not garnered the support of a majority of Americans. In fact, 54% of respondents disapprove of his handling of the economy, marking the first time he has lost a majority on this issue in NBC’s polling.
“Even so, the survey found that voters generally feel Trump is bringing ‘the right kind of change’ on the key issues — even tariffs,” the New York Post reported, citing the NBC News survey. “More Americans support his changes to trade policy (41%) than oppose them (38%), according to NBC.”
NBC poll respondents seem to be giving Trump some leeway on inflation: 40% said his policies are having a positive effect, while 30% believe they’re having a negative impact, and 28% feel Trump’s policies aren’t making any difference, The Post said.
The poll also highlights how Trump remains a polarizing figure, with his approval rating among Republicans at a solid 90%, compared to just 4% among Democrats. This marks the largest gap in approval ratings between a president’s own party and the opposition party in the past 80 years, according to NBC.
Overall, 47% of voters approve of Trump, while 51% disapprove, marking an all-time high in the poll. He had previously reached 47% approval in early 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic, and again in October 2018.
NBC’s findings align with most other polling, with RealClearPolitics’ latest aggregate showing Trump with an average 48.2% approval rating, The Post noted.
Trump’s approval is notably higher than it was at this stage in his first term (44%), according to RCP, though still below where former President Joe Biden stood at the same point (53%).
In a positive sign for Trump, NBC News also found that 44% of registered voters believe the country is on the right track, the highest in two decades, while 54% feel it’s heading in the wrong direction.
While still largely pessimistic, this marks the most optimistic outlook on the country’s direction in the poll since President George W. Bush was in office 20 years ago.
This represents a dramatic shift from the previous administration. Last September, only 28% of polled voters told NBC News they believed the country was on the right track, while 65% felt it was headed in the wrong direction.
One of Trump’s most significant actions in his second term was the establishment of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a move that has sparked protests from government workers and strong criticism from Democrats.
While the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) remains unpopular (47% negative to 41% positive), voters generally view it as a good idea, with 46% in favor and 40% against, The Post’s report continued.
Trump has firmly supported DOGE and Elon Musk despite political backlash over the cost-cutting initiative, which aims to reduce the federal deficit.
In a notable positive for Trump, the favorability of Democrats is at a dismal 27%, with 55% holding a negative view of the party, marking the lowest ratings for Democrats in NBC News’ polling history.
A similar result was found in a CNN poll, which also recorded the lowest favorability rating for Democrats in its polling history, with only 29% viewing the party favorably, said The Post.
