Alina Habba: Every Trump Appointee Is ‘America First’
Alina Habba, the Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, took aim at Democrats for what she described as ongoing efforts to hinder President Donald Trump during his return to office.
Appearing on America Reports with hosts John Roberts and Sandra Smith, Habba reflected on the president’s initial month back in the White House and previewed what may come as he approaches the 100-day milestone of his new term.
Habba highlighted the launch of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an initiative by the Trump administration aimed at identifying and eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse across government operations. She remarked that Democrats are already agitated, and predicted their frustration would only grow as more alleged corruption is uncovered.
“If they’re this upset now, just wait until we really start pulling back the curtain on where the money’s been going,” Habba said, smiling.
Below is the full transcript of Habba’s remarks during her appearance on Fox News:
ROBERTS: “We appreciate it. So, a lot of criticism coming from the Democratic side of the aisle, not surprisingly. Most vociferously from the Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer, who said this. Listen here.”
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Schumer: “This decision is lawless, dangerous, destructive, cruel. It’s illegal. It’s unconstitutional. I spoke to my attorney general this morning. She’s head of the state attorneys general association. They’re going to court right away.”
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ROBERTS: “So, what do you say to Senator Schumer?”
HABBA: “A couple things, first, Chuck. Your Attorney General is not the Attorney General. We have an attorney general, that will be Pam Bondi. And what your opinion is on what the law is doesn’t really matter. It’s what the White House counsel says and what our Attorney General of the United States says. We were told that what we have have done is cut spending. Look at what President Trump has done with DOGE. He has cut so much money and then brought in trillions of dollars into America and people from overseas reinvesting in this America because the last administration was so weak and was so frivolous with how they spent their money, having DEI funding for things like that, transgender transitions, people influencing my children, I’m not OK with. That’s illegal and unconstitutional. So, you know, Chuck can check his attitude at the door, but I’m not really surprised by him. You know, this is the narrative we’re going to hear. We all know it. And that’s why people watch this show, because they want to hear what the truth is out of the White House, which is that we are examining everything, taking a look at where money is going, how it is being spent so that we can be responsible with taxpayer money, something the last administration frankly didn’t care about.”
Smith: “Alina, great to have you back on the program and good to see you there at the White House.”
HABBA: “Good to see you.”
Smith: “From Senator Schumer to the Chicago mayor. Brandon Johnson said this about the Trump Administration’s attempt to cut federal funds. Listen.”
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Johnson: “What’s clear from this administration is that they do not have the full pulse or the breadth of what people in America are calling for. It’s, again, no secret that this administration has a great deal of disdain for working people. These appropriations have been mandated by the legislative Branch. These are laws. And, you know, we as a country of laws and democracy, we prefer when we have leaders who actually are committed to upholding that law.”
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Smith: “All right. So, to the Chicago mayor, you say what?”
HABBA: “Well, first of all, there was a mandate. It was on November 5th and we swept the country, and that’s because they weren’t OK with what the last administration did. So, the mandate does not come from the legislative history, it comes from the American people who voted President Trump and his America First agenda. And that is what we’re going to do. And that is what we are doing, exactly what Americans voted for and we are going to continue to do that. So, you know, again, left-wing narrative, we expect more to come because we’re shaking things up. President Trump is a disruptor to help America. Every single person that is going to get confirmed and has gotten confirmed is America First agenda. That’s what we’re going to do.”
HABBA: “It’s a real problem. And President Trump’s made it clear that they better cooperate and push our people through. These are people that are on point with our mandates, with what America voted for, and they’re playing games. They’re saying they’re not available. They’re doing what they need to do to slow roll this. And frankly, we have acting attorney generals, we have people acting in the DoJ running the show, helping President Trump push every single EO, and there has been many of them. Out and making sure that people cooperate. Government officials need to cooperate as well. And I have — I think America is tired of this. This is what they voted out. We don’t want games. We want our people in. We want good people in. And Pam Bondi is one of them. So are a lot of the people that are going in front of hearings this week, as we know.”