CELEBRITY
Trump caught lying to reporters by Senate Republican as new move causes mass GOP uproar. Read for more below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Trump caught lying to reporters by Senate Republican as new move causes mass GOP uproar
U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office, to sign an executive order recommending loosening the federal regulations on marijuana, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 18, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
President Donald Trump was accused on Thursday by Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) of lying about the process of his marijuana policymaking.
Trump reportedly plans an executive order to direct drug agencies to downgrade marijuana from a Schedule I drug, a category reserved for the most dangerous and illegal substances with no recognized medical use, to Schedule III, alongside anabolic steroids and certain moderate painkillers. It’s a rare policy issue on which he is aligned with former President Joe Biden, who also directed federal officials to evaluate rescheduling marijuana.
Trump told reporters this week he has not spoken with any GOP senators who oppose his decision. But Budd, who is one of the most outspoken opponents of this policy in the Senate, claims that he did in fact talk to Trump about it, according to Punchbowl News’ Andrew Desiderio.
“I don’t want it to be for the lack of me calling,” said Budd. “I called him personally Friday last week and let him know. He said that others had been calling him on the issue. I was aware of people calling him then — against rescheduling. So I knew that my colleagues had been calling him.”
Budd is the author of an open letter, signed by 21 other Republican senators, urging Trump not to go through with deregulating marijuana, which in recent years has become legal for recreational use in around half of all states and for certain medical uses in most states.
“Rescheduling marijuana to a Schedule III drug will undermine your strong efforts to Make America Great Again and to usher in America’s next economic Golden Age,” said Budd’s letter. “The only winners from rescheduling will be bad actors such as Communist China, while Americans will be left paying the bill.”
He went on to warn that mass shootings have a “link” to marijuana use.
NATO Responds as Trump Hails Greenland Deal Covering the Entire Region, With Parts Set to Become U.S. Territory for American Bases Under Agreement With NATO to End Tariff Threats
Germany Officially Rejects Trump’s Invitation to Join the “Board of Peace”; A Furious Trump Fires Back, Claiming These Countries “Don’t Want Peace” as He Makes an Unthinkable Move—Critics Say He’s Absurdly Trying to Crown Himself a Symbol of Peace
Swifties Are Convinced Taylor Swift Just Sent a Hidden Message About Travis Kelce – Do you see it too?
Watch as ICE breaks down the door of the home of an elderly Hmong man, drags him out without clothes, and detains him.
JUST IN: Trump FACES JAIL as Congress DROPS 7 Impeachment Articles
Fans Notice One Detail in Taylor Swift’s Latest Appearance – And It All Points to Travis Kelce, Watch before it’s taken down
SHOCKING REVEAL: Angel Reese Pregnant with Wendell Carter Jr.’s Baby? Insider Leaks Ultrasound Pics from Berlin Trip
Taylor Swift “Cancels Everything” After Travis Kelce Moment Fans Say Changed It All – See the clip everyone is fighting over
MAGA defectors warn of electoral earthquake as Trump’s base fractures over ‘hate’ and broken promises
What’s Really on the Back of Trump’s Legs Revealed
HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN: Dead poets star Josh Charles called Travis Kelce a ‘D—K’ on the set of Taylor Swift’s ‘Fortnight’ video. Read more below 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
