U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance. File
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Donald Trump mentioned Tuesday (February 25, 2026) he was appointing his Vice President to steer a “warfare on fraud” as he railed in opposition to alleged abuses of presidency advantages in Democratic-controlled states — significantly Minnesota.
The U.S. President charged in his State of the Union deal with that related issues are happening elsewhere, in states like California, Massachusetts and Maine.
“I’m formally asserting the warfare on fraud, to be led by our nice Vice President J.D. Vance,” Mr. Trump mentioned. He claimed that if his administration may “discover sufficient of that fraud, we may have a balanced finances in a single day.”
As federal investigators have been wanting into authorities advantages fraud in Minnesota, the Trump administration has lashed out at Somali immigrants particularly, a few of whom have implicated within the schemes.
The Trump administration has alleged public advantages fraud is widespread in Minnesota’s Somali group as an entire. The state hosts the biggest Somali immigrant group within the nation with round 80,000 folks.
Printed – February 25, 2026 11:06 am IST