On August 26, 2025, during the seventh Cabinet meeting of his second term, President Donald J. Trump and key administration officials, including Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, celebrated significant achievements for American workers. Gabbard emphasized exposing the weaponization of intelligence, vowing to continue this mission. Vought highlighted 245 deregulatory initiatives, achieving a 30-for-1 ratio, marking substantial progress in reducing federal regulations. Witkoff reported positive reception in Gaza for Trump’s new aid initiative, while Ratcliffe noted the CIA’s renewed focus on preventing wars and enhancing national security. These efforts underscore the administration’s commitment to prioritizing American interests and streamlining government operations.
Trump Cabinet Touts Deregulation, Intelligence Reforms
WASHINGTON—At the seventh cabinet meeting of his second term on August 26, 2025, President Donald J. Trump convened top officials to highlight policy wins, with a focus on deregulation and intelligence reforms. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard vowed to continue exposing the weaponization of intelligence agencies, signaling a push for greater transparency. Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought reported 245 deregulatory initiatives, achieving a 30-to-1 ratio of regulations cut to new rules added, a cornerstone of the administration’s effort to streamline federal operations. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff described delivering aid in Gaza, noting local support for Trump’s new initiative, while CIA Director John Ratcliffe emphasized the agency’s shift toward preventing wars and bolstering national security. The meeting underscored the administration’s agenda of prioritizing American interests and reducing bureaucratic overreach.
Trump Administration Celebrates Successes for America’s Workers
Today, President Donald J. Trump held the seventh Cabinet meeting of his second term — gathering members of the Trump Administration together ahead of Labor Day to celebrate the victories American workers have experienced over the past eight months.
President Trump opened the meeting by lauding the rising blue-collar wages, unprecedented private sector job growth, increased domestic steel production, historic trade deals, landmark tax cuts, and many other wins achieved on behalf of the American people.
Here’s what else you missed:
Vice President JD Vance: “Public safety is not just something that should belong to the wealthy. It should belong to every working man and woman in the United States of America — and because of the work of this Administration, that is happening.”
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer: “Unemployment is holding steady and more than two million net jobs for native-born Americans has been key under your leadership. 84% of the workforce and jobs has been produced by the private sector… [The One Big Beautiful Bill] is protecting our American workforce by expanding Pell Grants and childcare and a reduction in taxes.”
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum: “You’ve led an opportunity for us to have lower taxes, way lower deregulation, record amounts of investments that’s coming into this country, we’re going to be seeing lower interest rates. All of those things coming together is a gift to the working people. The policies are lifting everybody up.”
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon: “What I’m finding with great joy around the country is that states really are being innovative in working more with middle schools and with high schools to make sure that we are having hands-on learning, pathways to jobs that are happening now… They’re learning on the job so that when they graduate from high school, they’re ready to go into the workforce.”
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner: “We have, at HUD, been very intentional about changing the conversation about the dignity of work and the dignity and the honor of family formation through work — and how the younger generation, when they see their parents work, how they’re incentivized to work.”
Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler: “[The One Big Beautiful Bill is delivering] the largest tax cut in American history for working families. The average family of four is going to save about $10,000 take home pay more a year. We’re seeing an increase in the Child Tax Credit, an increase in the standard deduction — hardworking families are going to benefit from this bill.”
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins: “We’ve opened new facilities. We’ve put new facilities in places where workers can get to. We’ve expanded out hours — over a million extra hours so younger veterans, in particular, can get off work and bring themselves to get their appointments after hours or on Saturdays… That’s what it means for Labor Day because we can’t forget the ones that fought for us.”
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer: “In the last quarter of 2024, median weekly earnings fell 2.1%. In the first quarter of your term, they went up 3.3% — and that’s why we’re doing the trade policy we’re doing. It’s to help the workers of the United States.”
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: “We’re raising an infusion of cash to rural hospitals and rural communities by 50%. It’s going to be the biggest infusion in history and it’s going to restore and revitalize these communities. We can’t survive as a nation if we don’t honor our rural communities.”
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: “Today, the average family and individual that lives in this country is safer than they’ve been in years… We’ve got three months in a row now with zero illegal aliens coming into our country… 1.6 million people voluntarily go home to their home countries — that were here in this country illegally.”
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright: “You led off today talking about gasoline prices. I’ll throw in diesel. If you correct for inflation, they’re at multi-decade lows.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “You made it very clear from the outset, even in foreign policy, everything we did has to be pro-American — it has to make America stronger or safer or more prosperous… For the first time in the modern era, we are truly on offense against organized cartels that are pumping poison — killer poison — into our cities.”
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent: “Economic security is national security and our country has never been so secure… Your Administration has made a meaningful dent in the budget deficit. The average budget deficit during this term is 26% less than the last twelve months under Biden.”
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins: “The Big Beautiful Bill… is the greatest investment in rural America in history… A game-changer, a country saver.”
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy: “We want to take the money that Congress gives us and actually deploy it and put these men and women to work building the great projects of this country… and that’s why we got rid of the DEI, we’ve got rid of the ‘green’… We’re going to move these projects faster, putting the great American worker back to work.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi: “[Illegal alien gangs] and others throughout this country, throughout this world, have brought into our country drugs, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamines. It’s killing our kids and we have to stop that — and that’s what you’ve been doing, not only in D.C., but around the country at your leadership.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: “[The Department of Defense is] the largest employer in America. We like to think we have a different form of employees who need to be the toughest and the strongest and the most well trained and the most lethal. Under the previous administration and for decades, frankly, it was social justice, it was political correctness, it was divisive ideologies seeping into the ranks and changing how well we do our job. No more. Now, it is only merit-based, gender-neutral, colorblind, the best of the best from the top to the bottom. That is our expectation.”
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick: “Four days before you took office, the Commerce Department, which had the CHIPS money, they set up… a make-believe not-for-profit. They signed contracts to wire them $7.4 billion… We stopped the payment. We’ve got the money.”
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin: “In one agency, in one year, we’ll do more deregulation than entire federal governments have done across all agencies across entire presidencies.”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard: “We’ve exposed some of the worst examples of the weaponization of Intelligence in the last several weeks. I will continue down that mission and that path — wherever it leads.”
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought: “We are at 245 deregulatory initiatives planned by these agencies. That comes out to 30-for-1, so we are making incredible strides.”
Special Envoy Steve Witkoff: “I was in Gaza — the first American diplomat on your behalf — and as we delivered food and aid, pursuant to your new aid initiative… the people were applauding you.”
CIA Director John Ratcliffe: “The CIA workforce at the Trump CIA is grateful to be focused on what it’s supposed to be, which is helping you prevent and end wars and to make America safer.”
The White House
August 26, 2025
Sources: White House , Midtown Tribune News
