🇺🇸 47’S FRONT PAGE: BLUE WAVE, NEW CHIEF & A UFC PRESS SEC?!
47’s Front Page | Week of November 1 to 8, 2026 | By $Destiny 💚
Listen up, America. This was not a normal week in the White House. It was a whole season of TV packed into seven days.
A blue wave crashed the midterms. Trump took the loss on camera and still reminded everybody he holds the veto pen. The Oval Office became a national monument. Susie Wiles stepped aside and Stephen Miller got the keys. Then the President "offered" the press secretary job to the UFC boss, and by Sunday night he said he was kidding. Add a 60 Minutes sit-down full of surprisingly honest answers and an Attorney General squaring up with the incoming Democratic Congress.
I read the proclamations, the transcripts and the wire reports so you don't have to. Facts first, my mouth second. Let's get into it. 👇
Cover: original KudzuNewz illustration, not a photograph.
🌊 THE BLUE WAVE HIT AND TRUMP GRABBED THE MIC
Tuesday, November 3, was rough for Republicans. Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate, flipping Senate seats in places like Texas, Kansas and South Carolina, per USA Today. Some races were still uncalled when those reports ran. USA Today (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/04/donald-trump-midterms-reaction/92608695007/)
Trump's first move? Truth Social, obviously: "I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!" ABC News (https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-bit-surprised-after-democrats-big-win-midterms/story?id=137835787)
But here's the part a lot of people didn't see coming. He told The New York Times he was "absolutely willing to accept" the results, and told Fox News, "The Democrats did a good job. they fought hard." He also took a shot at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who lost to Democrat Gina Hinojosa, saying Abbott wouldn't have lost if he "hadn't become a RINO." BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6073l9y15xxo)
Why did it happen? Trump pointed to candidates and to gas prices tied to the Iran war: "People agree with what I'm doing on Iran but they really probably weren't willing to do the short term consequences of paying more for gasoline." Then the warning shot: "I have the power of veto." BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6073l9y15xxo) | CBC live updates (https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/us-midterm-election-results-reaction-live-updates-november-4-2026-9.7408406)
Translation: gracious in the headline, hard bargaining in the fine print. Fact check on the "landslide" line: that's his claim, not something anybody can test, because he wasn't on the ballot. What is on the record: he accepted the results, and that's worth saying out loud.
🏛️ THE OVAL OFFICE IS NOW A NATIONAL MONUMENT
Thursday, November 5, Trump signed a proclamation (not an executive order, despite some headlines) under the Antiquities Act making the Oval Office, the Outer Oval Office and the Cabinet Room the Oval Office National Monument. Proclamation, WhiteHouse.gov (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/11/establishment-of-the-oval-office-national-monument/)
What it actually does: it hands management to the Interior Secretary through the National Park Service and requires documentation and review of alternatives before anyone "substantially" alters or demolishes the rooms. It specifically does not stop a president from redecorating, picking furniture or making ordinary security changes. Fact sheet (https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-the-oval-office-as-a-national-monument/)
His pitch to reporters, per the BBC: the room "will not be allowed to be touched by anybody, destroyed, ripped down by stupid people, in order to build something in a slightly different shape." BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmy0eeg101djo)
Same week, he was showing off his under-construction ballroom and signing its final steel beam, per CBC's live coverage. CBC (https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/us-midterm-election-results-reaction-live-updates-november-4-2026-9.7408406)
Let's be real: the man who renovated everything in sight just protected his favorite room from the next guy. Critics call it legacy-locking. Fans call it preservation. The proclamation text itself is narrower than both camps make it sound.
🧠 SUSIE WILES OUT, STEPHEN MILLER IN
Friday, November 6, the White House announced Stephen Miller as the 33rd White House Chief of Staff, succeeding Susie Wiles, the first woman to hold the job. WhiteHouse.gov (https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/11/president-trump-names-stephen-miller-as-33rd-white-house-chief-of-staff/)
Trump said Wiles will keep working for him on political operations. Wiles on X: "While my role may be changing, my commitment to the President and the mission never will." Miller takes over Monday, according to NPR. Trump's explanation: "Stephen's been with me since the beginning. He gets it." NPR (https://www.npr.org/2026/11/06/nx-s1-6032795/stephen-miller-replace-susie-wiles-trumps-chief-of-staff)
Miller is the architect of the administration's hard-line immigration agenda. Reuters and Bloomberg both read the move as a signal Trump isn't moderating heading into a Democratic Congress and its investigations. That's analysis, not a statement from the White House. Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/3fec1b0a85a0/world/us/trump-says-stephen-miller-become-chief-staff-2026-11-06/) | AP (https://apnews.com/article/susie-wiles-trump-miller-midterms-95690fe076f6bb8cfe2bf77435a1910d)
Here's the gut check: you lose an election partly over immigration, and you promote the immigration guy. Bold? Defiant? Both. Hold that thought, because two days later Trump told 60 Minutes his deportation push might be "too tough." Those two things will have to share a building.
🥊 DANA WHITE FOR PRESS SECRETARY? PSYCH
Saturday, November 7, Trump posted on Truth Social: "I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States." He even suggested UFC fighters as assistants and closed with "Dana, please take the job!" NBC News (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-offers-press-secretary-job-ufc-ceo-dana-white-rcna608039)
Dana played along. At a boxing event in London he said he was flying to D.C. for a Monday meeting, and he posted what NBC describes as an apparently AI-generated image of himself at the briefing room podium captioned "On to the next chapter." AP (https://apnews.com/article/trump-dana-white-press-secretary-ufc-3fdad45c3822423209af40c04246707e) | NBC News (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-offers-press-secretary-job-ufc-ceo-dana-white-rcna608039)
Sunday night on the tarmac in Palm Beach: "I will tell you, I was only kidding, but Dana loves the idea, and there's only one Dana. He's great." Trump said the Monday meeting is still on, for other reasons. NBC News (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-offers-press-secretary-job-ufc-ceo-dana-white-rcna608039) | AP (https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-dana-white-press-secretary-a2266d4cfdfa7249d78522095a238c48)
The serious part under the joke: the podium is actually empty. Karoline Leavitt left in August, and her successor Katie Zacharia lasted five days. NBC News (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-offers-press-secretary-job-ufc-ceo-dana-white-rcna608039)
🎥 Our own clip:
Watch / read on X: https://x.com/KudzuNewz/status/2119304238392062261
Bottom line: I'd have paid real money for one briefing. Somebody asks a gotcha question and Dana just says "next." But nope. Bit's over, boys.
🎙️ 60 MINUTES: "TOO TOUGH," SIX MONTHS AND ZERO FORGIVENESS
Trump's first sit-down since the midterms aired Sunday, November 8, with Ross Douthat. CBS says it was taped Friday at the White House. Pulling straight from CBS's published transcript: CBS transcript (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/read-the-full-transcript-of-ross-douthats-interview-with-president-trump/)
👉 Immigration: asked if his deportation policy went too far, he said "too tough," then: "I think it might be too tough, yeah." He floated working out a deal for longtime workers, while drawing a hard line on criminals and sanctuary cities.
👉 Getting along: asked if he could go six months without insulting Democrats to get a deal done: "Very easily."
👉 Iran: asked if he'd escalate now that the midterms are over: "Well, I'm not looking to." He says Iran will come back and make a deal.
👉 Pardons: "I intend to issue tremendous numbers of pardons." He said he doesn't expect to pardon himself.
👉 The heaven question: asked whether he could forgive his enemies before God: "I probably cannot do that, no, because I do hate some of my enemies and I always will."
Watch the full interview, CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/video/donald-trump-60-minutes-video-2026-11-08/)
🎥 Our own clip:
Watch / read on X: https://x.com/KudzuNewz/status/2119399882742022595
Translation: this was the most candid Trump in a long time. Whether "very easily" survives the first Democratic subpoena is the real test, and I'm setting a timer. ⏱️
⚖️ "EXTORTION," A DOJ ORDER AND THE AG ON CNN
Saturday, Trump accused Democrats on Truth Social of threatening officials and donors with investigations, calling it "extortion at the highest level," and wrote: "By copy of this statement, I am ordering the Department of Justice to look into this criminal act, immediately!" Axios (https://www.axios.com/2026/11/08/todd-blanche-doj-prosecuting-democrats-oversight)
Sunday on CNN's State of the Union, AG Todd Blanche acknowledged Congress has constitutional oversight power but argued Democrats' rhetoric crossed a line. On incoming House Oversight Chair Robert Garcia, who told officials to "lawyer up": "I would be very worried if I was a member on that committee." He said DOJ would defend administration officials called before Congress, and, in the CNN clip, offered to send Garcia a copy of the Constitution. CNN State of the Union clip on X (https://x.com/CNNSOTU/status/2119445036685300008) | Axios (https://www.axios.com/2026/11/08/todd-blanche-doj-prosecuting-democrats-oversight) | White House recap (https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/11/icymi-ag-todd-blanche-dismantles-democrats-oversight-charade-on-the-sunday-shows/)
Garcia's answer: "They can come after us however they want. We're not going to be intimidated." Axios (https://www.axios.com/2026/11/08/todd-blanche-doj-prosecuting-democrats-oversight)
What's not established: Axios reports Blanche didn't name a criminal statute or confirm an investigation had opened. So as of tonight, there's an order on Truth Social and tough talk on TV, not a case. CNBC (https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/08/democrats-trump-oversight-blanche-doj-investigations.html)
🎥 Our own clip:
Watch / read on X: https://x.com/KudzuNewz/status/2119479045146673293
Let's be real: both sides are flexing before the new Congress is even sworn in. Oversight is legit. Threats are not. The fight over which is which is the next two years.
📈 $DESTINY'S STOCK CALL: BUY $LMT (LOCKHEED MARTIN)
The political climate: a Democratic Congress, a President who says Iran is "won" but is "not looking to" escalate, and Ukraine weapons that Trump says Europe now buys from the U.S. "at full price." Divided government fights about almost everything, but national defense spending has historically drawn support from both parties. Lockheed is a defense heavyweight and trades on the NYSE, so you can buy it on Cash App.
Risks: a real Iran or Ukraine peace deal could cool demand talk, a Democratic House could squeeze war spending and dig into contracts, and big defense programs can hit delays and cost overruns. Defense stocks can also lag when markets get excited about tech.
Not financial advice.
💋 $DESTINY'S TAKE
Here's the through-line, grinders. The voters handed Trump a divided government, and he answered with both hands. One hand: congratulations, "very easily," and a door cracked open on immigration. The other hand: the veto pen, Stephen Miller in the big chair and a DOJ order aimed at the people who are about to run Congress.
You don't have to love it or hate it. Just watch which hand he leads with when the first bill and the first subpoena land on the same day. That's the story of 2027.
And Dana? Keep the gloves in the car, baby. 😘
Stay informed. Stay unbothered. Stay ready.
- $Destiny 🔥
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