Trump Turns the Tables: Surplus, Scandals, and Swamp Reckonings
From a $164B budget win to FBI housecleaning and blue-state meltdowns — it’s been a rough week for the establishment.
Good Morning, it’s Friday, October 10th, 2025.
Happy Friday. The headlines read like a script the left swore would never happen — Trump’s tariffs delivered a $164 billion surplus, Kash Patel just fired the FBI swamp from the inside, and the so-called “watchdogs of justice” are now the ones under indictment. The swamp didn’t just get drained this week — it got audited.
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The Surplus the Swamp Said Was Impossible
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just confirmed that Trump’s economic playbook — tariffs plus targeted reform — delivered the largest September surplus in modern history. The U.S. took in more, spent less, and, for once, beat expectations without printing fake money.
Why It Matters:
The CBO credits Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” — a strategy forcing trading partners to pay up when they overcharge the U.S. — for a 310% spike in customs revenue.
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act slashed federal student loan costs by $307 billion, trimming the fat that Biden’s forgiveness schemes had inflated.
The result: a $164B surplus and the first signs of a deficit slowdown in years.
The Real Story:
Since February, Trump’s Treasury and Commerce teams have gone full Reagan-meets-Ross-Perot — linking trade leverage to domestic wins. Every imported car, phone, and toy now pays a toll if its country taxes U.S. exports unfairly.
The CBO report lays it bare:
Tariff revenue jumped $22B year-over-year.
Outlays fell $76B, mainly from student loan reforms.
Overall deficit for FY2025 fell to $1.8 trillion, $8B less than FY2024 — or $80B less if adjusted for fiscal quirks.
And the kicker? This comes while net interest on the debt topped $1 trillion for the first time ever. Even with that anchor, the Trump economy is starting to swim again.
The mainstream press will call it a “fluke month.” They said the same thing about the 2019 jobs boom. Funny how every fluke happens when the White House actually defends American workers.
What They Don’t Want You To See:
“Since February, the Administration has increased tariffs on most imported goods,” the CBO reports — adding that customs duties rose 310%.
Bottom Line:
Washington laughed when Trump promised tariffs would rebuild America. Now the joke’s on them — and the punchline is $164 billion in black ink.
Kash Patel Cleans House — FBI Agents Fired for Spying on GOP Senators
Eight sitting U.S. senators. One congressman. Their private phone records were secretly scooped up by Biden’s DOJ — and buried in a digital vault labeled “do not open.” Until Kash Patel did.
What Happened:
FBI Director Kash Patel dropped a nuke on the Bureau this week, confirming he fired agents who were involved in the illegal surveillance of Republican lawmakers during Special Counsel Jack Smith’s “Arctic Frost” probe into Donald Trump.
Patel says the evidence was buried in a “cyber lockbox,” accessible only with top-level DOJ authorization. “You put it in there when you want to hide it from the world,” he told Fox News. “We found it. We opened the doors. And we’re not done.”
The Receipts:
Targets included GOP Senators Graham, Blackburn, Johnson, Hawley, Lummis, Hagerty, Sullivan, Tuberville, and Rep. Mike Kelly.
Patel dismantled the Public Corruption Squad (CR-15) — the same team that greenlit the surveillance.
Hawley called the move “an abuse of power beyond Watergate” and demanded full prosecutions.
The Office of Special Counsel has since opened an investigation into Jack Smith for potential misconduct.
The Twist:
Patel — who helped expose Russiagate years ago — knew exactly where to dig. Turns out the FBI’s “vault” wasn’t metaphorical. Files were digitally hidden from internal search systems, meaning the Bureau hid evidence from itself.
America’s Disability Programs Are the Real Fiscal Parasite
If Washington wants to fix the deficit, it doesn’t need another commission — it needs a mirror. The real money drain isn’t defense or tax cuts. It’s the bloated, broken “disability” system that’s quietly become welfare in disguise.
What Happened:
A new Washington Post analysis exposed how federal disability insurance programs — originally built for Americans truly unable to work — now funnel tens of billions to claimants who can. The system’s so loose that “back pain” and “anxiety” have replaced catastrophic injury as ticket-to-ride diagnoses.
The Receipts:
Disability rolls have ballooned since the 2000s, despite a healthier and longer-living population.
Review audits show fraud rates near 20% in some regions.
Many beneficiaries move straight from disability to full retirement, never reentering the workforce.
The cost: over $200 billion annually, rivaling the entire Department of Defense.
The Twist:
The left treats disability reform like political cyanide — but Trump’s team doesn’t flinch. Analysts say the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s next phase could include new medical verification standards, workforce reintegration requirements, and tighter eligibility rules.
Bottom Line:
If America’s serious about cutting red ink, it starts by trimming the fake injuries — not the real soldiers.
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Together with The Ledger
The “experts” said tariffs would wreck America.
Then Trump turned them into a surplus machine.
$164 billion in black ink.
310% jump in customs revenue.
And the CBO — yes, the swamp’s own scoreboard — had to print it.
They called it impossible.
Trump called it Tuesday.
The Ledger has the CBO breakdown and the next stage of the economic offensive.
The truth — without the talking points.
The media will frame this week as “chaotic.” But chaos is what happens when accountability walks through the door. From tariffs turning red ink black to federal agents finally facing their own rules, this is what real reform looks like — loud, messy, and long overdue.
America’s comeback isn’t quiet. It’s built on receipts, results, and the refusal to be gaslit by bureaucrats who thought they’d never answer to anyone.
The Trump era 2.0 isn’t just about winning elections — it’s about exposing everything they said couldn’t be fixed.
~ Scott 🇺🇸
P.S. Here’s my take: Tariffs, reform, accountability — none of it works without courage. Trump’s showing it. Patel’s proving it. Question is — who’s next? Hit reply and tell me: where should the next political reckoning start?
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