Morning Wire - National Security Shakeup & Abortion Pill Dangers | 5.2.25

Episode Date: May 2, 2025

The Trump Administration shakes up its National Security council, Senate Majority Leader John Thune lays out his plan to advance Trump’s agenda, and a new report reveals the abortion pill is much more dangerous than the FDA admits. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. Fast Growing Trees: Use code WIRE at checkout for 15% off your first order or visit fastgrowingtrees.com/wire ZocDoc: Find and instantly book a top-rated doctor today. Visit https://Zocdoc.com/WIRE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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He doesn't give them Senate-confirmed appointments afterward. I'm Daily Wire, executive editor John Bickley, with Georgia Howl. It's Friday, May 2nd, and this is Morning Wire. A minute majority leader, John Thune, the most powerful member of the Senate, sits down with Morning Wire. I think that the president's agenda is the one the American people wants to see accomplished. And a new study suggests the abortion pill may be far more dangerous than the FDA has admitted. This is much different than the lie that women have been told that these drugs are safer than Tylenol. Thanks for waking up with Morning Wire.

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Offer is valid for a limited time, terms and conditions may apply. As the Trump administration works to secure trade deals with China and end the war in Ukraine, the president announced a leadership shakeup at the White House. Daily Wire's senior editor Cabot Phillips is here now with. the latest take habit. So 100 days in, we have our first major shakeup on a senior level at the White House. What exactly happened here? Yeah, a rollercoaster story from the White House on Thursday. In the morning, numerous outlets reported that President Trump was firing his national security advisor Mike Waltz. But hours later, Trump threw a major curveball, announcing that Waltz would

be leaving his role as NSA, but would be nominated to serve as ambassador to the United Nations. Writing on truth social, the president said, quote, from his time in uniform on the battlefield, in Congress and as my national security advisor. Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our nation's interests first. I know he'll do the same in his new role. Now, the president had initially tapped Congresswoman Elise Stefaniq to serve as UN ambassador, but she withdrew with the White House saying her efforts would be better served in the House, where Republicans hold a slim majority.

So now Waltz stepping in. Yeah, Republicans certainly want to protect that majority in the House. Like you said, it's very slim. Now, exactly what happened with Waltz, do we know? Well, his nomination to you and Ambassador certainly shocked a lot of people, but his removal as National Security Advisor did seem like it was a long time coming. Remember, Waltz was responsible for accidentally adding Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to that now infamous signal chat.

Trump initially stood by him following that scandal, but from what we're hearing after that story broke, the president started asking around with his team for their thoughts on Waltz. That's never a good sign in the White House. The pressure campaign to relieve him reportedly grew as some within the White House started to express concerns that his more hawkish views did not reflect the America First foreign policy, which widely tends to be more dovish. But the fact he's staying on as UN ambassador shows Donald Trump still views him as a valuable asset. Certainly does.

Now, what comes next for the administration's foreign policy? Well, in the short term, Trump announced that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be stepping in as national security advisor. As far as a long-term replacement, the most likely scenario is that Trump promotes someone from within. Some names that have been floated already include Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, NSC Director of Counterterrorism, Sebastian Gorka, or Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff. But playing the prediction game when it comes to Trump is, as we know, a usually fruitless endeavor. Yes, it is. Now, more broadly, it is an open secret in Washington that there is this ideological debate raging within the administration on foreign policy.

On one side are the more traditional, hawkish Reagan-style, Republicans. They want to take a more aggressive approach in places like the Middle East. And on the other are the more doveish non-interventionists. They want the U.S. to use soft power and largely stay out of foreign entanglements, if at all possible. Whoever Trump ultimately picks for this position moving forward could tell us a lot about which of those ideologies is winning out in the administration. Now, this all comes as the U.S. has made significant progress on this Ukraine peace deal. What's the latest on that, for? Yeah, big news there. The White House announced that after months of intense negotiations, they had reached an agreement on that long-awaited minerals deal.

The agreement will create a new, quote, Reconstruction Investment Fund, which will be managed 50-50 by the US and Ukraine. So moving forward, that means half of all revenues from new oil, gas, and mineral projects in Ukraine will go into that fund. That'll help pay the US back for the billions of dollars we've sent to help their war effort.

Here's Treasury Secretary Scott Besant announcing the deal. Today's agreement signals clearly to Russian leadership that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine over the long term. Now, from a strategic standpoint, Zelensky likes this deal because it gives the U.S. extra incentive to protect Ukraine from future Russian aggression, because now we have more economic interests there. And Trump likes it because America will now have first dibs on Ukraine's rare earth minerals at a time when he's looking to reduce our reliance on China, which, as we know, controls 90% of the world's rare earth mineral. Right, absolutely crucial.

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In order to implement his America First agenda, President Trump will be relying heavily on new Senate majority leader John Thune. Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olahan sat down with Thune this week to discuss the president's first 100 days and how the Senate is backing up Trump's agenda. She joins us now. Hey, Mary Margaret. So tell us about this interview. Good morning, John. Yes, we are here at the United States Capitol

where we just sat down with Senate Majority Leader John Thune for a wide-ranging interview on the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second presidency. We talked about a variety of issues, including how the Senate Majority Leader wants to help Trump implement his agenda. Take a look at this. I think getting his team in place,

helping move quickly, we confirmed his cabinet at the fastest rate in 20 years. We kept the Senate in session for 10 consecutive weeks for the first time in 15 years, and we hit 200 votes in the Senate for the first time at this point going back to the Reagan administration. But then we've got to start delivering on the legislative agenda. And that's where you get into energy independence. It's where you get into rebuilding the military, securing the border, providing tax relief for the American people, and reducing spending

and getting our country on a more sustainable fiscal path. Those are the things that we, the President campaigned on, on and we need to deliver on for the American people. Dune talked about his different leadership styles and how he sought to help the president implement his agenda. Here's a little bit more on that. I think the president has brought a brand new style leadership that actually focuses on fixing problems that our country has, which is a refreshing relief after the last four years of the

Biden administration. And you can start obviously with the Biden border policy and how the old, you know, the open border policy of the previous administration. He created so many problems for our country. And so when Trump came in, he immediately took leadership on that issue. And you've seen in dramatic, and I say dramatic, a hugely consequential drop in the number of people coming across the border illegally. So I think it's been an incredibly successful, eventful, and consequential first hundred days. And I'm looking forward to what's ahead. I think that the president's agenda is the one the American people wants to see accomplished. They want us to be good.

partners with him. And I think in the end, if we can succeed on the things the president campaigned on, the American people voted for, they're going to continue to see Republicans in majorities in the House and the Senate and a Republican in the White House. We also touched on this point. He shared a little bit with us about what he's looking to do in the next 100 days and how he plans to help the president. So I think the president's agenda on national security is important. There wasn't a single year in the Biden administration where their commitment to the military kept up. even with a rate of inflation.

So we've fallen behind in a lot of areas. And President Trump recognizes that, recognizes that we live in a dangerous world. And we've got to be able to defend America and American interests. And so that's a priority. And the border security, I would argue, is right up there with that,

because that's also, in my view, a national security issue. And then I think on the economy, it's, you know, getting read of burdensome Biden regulations, extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts and then creating an energy policy that makes America energy dominant. I think those are all issues that feed into a strong economy that creates better paying jobs and makes the lives of Americans more prosperous. Well, a lot of goals there, but also a very narrow majority to navigate for the leader. Mary Margaret, thanks so much for joining us. Thanks for having me. Look for Mary Margaret's

entire interview with the Senate Majority Leader this weekend on Morning Wire. The abortion pill is much more dangerous than the FDA claimed with more than one in ten women suffering serious complications. Daily Wire investigative reporter, Marade Alorty, is here with the details. So Marade, tell us about this study. Hi, Georgia. So this is some really striking data. In 2023, about 11.2% of a total of more than 150,000 women experienced a serious adverse event after taking the Mitha Prist on abortion pill. This is, according to New Research Commissioned by the Foundation for the Restoration of America. That works out to about 17,3,310 women all just in 2023 who suffered serious adverse events. This can include hemorrhaging, needing a blood transfusion, an emergency room visit, and even deadly conditions like sepsis.

This is about 22 times higher than what the FDA claimed on its label for Miphyprix, which is Miphyprisone in 2023. The FDA cited clinical studies saying less than 0.5. percent of women suffered serious adverse reactions to Mifipristone. Morningwire spoke to Doug Truax, founder of the Foundation for the Restoration of America, which commissioned this study. If you had any other drug that was kind of like similar in terms of like the magnitude of what this thing does, anywhere north of 2% they'd shut it down. And so this has been, it looks to me, highly politicized data, just like all the other

data at times the left lets out in terms of whether it's climate or crime, COVID, anything. else. They have their political ideology and they've just been pushing this pill out there, losing their restrictions, and especially after Dobbs came in and row went out, they just held them on just increasing the amount of abortions. Now, where did the data come from and how did they calculate it? The research analyzed data from insurance claims for government insurers like Medicare and Medicaid between 2017 and 2023. So the data set only captures official complaints where treatment was sought, so if anything, it's an undercount. By the way, medication abortion is a two-pill regimen.

Miphyprosone is usually followed by mysoprostol to expel all of the fetal tissue, which can cause life-threatening complications. We spoke to Dr. Christina Francis, a board-certified OBGYN, who has been in practice for two decades. She said women aren't being properly monitored by their doctor when they take these pills. The way that these pills are being dispensed now, many of them are being dispensed online, where there's no relationship between the doctor and the patient who's taking them. And so women then are just abandoned to their local emergency room when they experience complications. Now, how much medical oversight is there currently for this drug?

You've reported before that the guidelines were recently loosened. That's right. So Miffipristin was originally approved by the FDA in 2000. For many years, women had to see a doctor in person to obtain the abortion pill. But a few months before Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, the FDA scrapped that. requirement, so now women can get it through the mail. This came as abortion advocates argued that the abortion pills should be more available to order online because some Republican-led states were looking to ban abortion. Francis the pro-life OBGYN said she visited her hospital's

emergency room when one woman came in with severe complications from the drug. When the in-person dispensing requirement was lifted, I went down to the emergency room to see a woman who was suffering from pretty severe complications related to these drugs. Infection, needed a blood transfusion, she needed surgery. And one of the ER doctors pulled me aside and said, what has changed? Because we're seeing so many more women come in with these complications. Over the seven years, this study looked at, the number of chemical abortions jumped dramatically from less than 100,000 to over 150,000 a year.

The abortion pill is also likely the main factor driving up the country's total number of abortions in recent years, even with states passing pro-life laws. medication abortions made up 63% of all abortions in 2023 up from 31% in 2014. That's according to the Pro-Aboration Gutmacher Institute. Now, could data like this make the FDA reconsider those guidelines for Mitha Prestone? Well, the new head of the FDA, Marty McCarrie, recently left the door open on restricting the abortion pill if new data about it came to light, although he said they don't currently have any plans to do that.

So, look, I believe as a scientist, you've got to evolve as the data comes. in and there, as you may know, there is an ongoing set of data that is coming in to FDA on Mifraprisstone. So if the data suggests something or tells us that there's a real signal, then we can't promise we're not going to act on that data that we have not yet seen. Well, at the very least, informed consent is going to be important here. Marade, thanks for reporting. Thanks, Georgia. Thanks for waking up with us.

We'll be back tomorrow morning with more news you need to know.