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Trump Teams Up with Nicki Minaj, Details on Rep. Omar Incident, Rubio vs Senate Dems: AM Update 1/29
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President Trump spotlights the new “Trump Accounts” program in Washington, joined by rapper Nicki Minaj and more, pitching the tax-advantaged accounts as a generational wealth-building tool for American children. New details emerge about the man accused of spraying Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with what is reported to be apple cider vinegar during a Minneapolis town hall. Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends the Trump administration’s Venezuela strategy on Capitol Hill and spars with Dems. Apple CEO Tim Cook faces growing backlash from the left after a leaked internal memo urging calm following the Alex Pretti shooting. Riverbend Ranch: Visit https://riverbendranch.com/ | Use promo code MEGYN for $20 off your first order. Cozy Earth: Celebrate everyday love with Cozy Earth’s Bamboo Pajamas—unbelievably soft comfort with an exclusive BOGO deal Jan 25–Feb 8. Shop now at https://cozyearth.com with code MEGYNBOGO!
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Emily Jaszynski
Good morning everyone. I'm Emily Jaszynski, host of Afterparty and the Megyn Kelly Wrap Up show on Sirius XM channel 111. It's Thursday, January 29, 2026, and this is your AM update.
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Donald Trump
Under this administration, we're going to leave every child with real assets and a shot at financial freedom.
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Emily Jaszynski
President Trump joined by rapper Nicki Minaj, touting the Trump Accounts program to boost prosperity for American children. In Washington, D.C. new details about the man who sprayed Congresswoman Ilhan Omar with a liquid during a town hall event.
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Marco Rubio
This is not a frozen dinner you put in a microwave and in two and a half minutes it comes out ready to eat.
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Emily Jaszynski
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defending the administration's progress in Venezuela and sparring with Dems in the Senate. And Apple CEO Tim Cook faces backlash over an internal memo urging calm in the wake of the Alex Peretti shooting in Minneapolis. All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.
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Emily Jaszynski
The Trump administration holding a high profile event yesterday spotlighting the Trump Accounts program featuring rapper Nicki Minaj and others. The Trump Accounts program signed into law as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill act creating new tax advantaged investment accounts for children under 18 through the Treasury Department. President Trump touting the program as a generational wealth building tool for American families.
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Donald Trump
Perhaps no provision of the Great Big Beautiful Bill will prove more consequential than Trump Accounts. Parents, employers, churches, states and loved ones will also be able to add up to $5,000 in additional money for those accounts. And with every modest contribution, Trump accounts should reach at least $50,000 in value by the time the child turns 18 and could be very substantially more than that. With slightly greater contributions, the typical account will grow to 100,000 200,000 and can even grow up to past $300,000 per child. The size and scale of this wealth will dwarf all government programs ever created to benefit America's youth. There's never been anything like this. That's why everybody is talking about it. Even really people that truly hate me are making this investment.
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Emily Jaszynski
Mr. Trump outlining why he sees the program as legacy defining every president in.
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Donald Trump
Modern history has left our children with nothing but debt. But under this administration we're going to leave child with real assets and a shot at financial freedom. We'll ensure that Americans don't just end their lives with a nest egg, but instead all Americans will begin their lives with a beautiful nest egg. There's never been anything quite like this.
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Emily Jaszynski
Eligible children born from 2025 to 2028 will receive $1,000 in seed money from the treasury to kickstart their investments. The Dell family paving the way in December with a $6,250,000,000 donation to the program. Thanks to the Dells, the first 25 million American children aged 10 and under living in areas with median incomes below $150,000 will receive an additional $250. Up to $5,000 per year can be contributed to the accounts, which the child can access at age 18 to pay for college, buy a home or start a business. If the child decides not to withdraw the money at that time, it then functions as a retirement account. Steak N Shake, Broadcom, intel, IBM, JP Morgan, Chipotle, Coinbase and Comcast, all announcing yesterday they will begin offering matching contributions for employees, joining other companies like Charles Schwab, Uber, MasterCard and Robinhood visa now allowing customers to earn cash back rewards that go to Trump accounts. Rapper Nicki Minaj also called to the stage during the event I don't know.
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Nicki Minaj
What to say, but I will say that I am probably the president's number one fan and that's not going to change. And the hate or what people have to say, it does not affect me at all. It actually motivates me to support him more and it's going to motivate all of us to support him more. We're not going to let them get away with bullying him. And you know, the smear campaigns, it's not going to work, okay? He has a lot of force behind him and God is protecting him. Amen.
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Emily Jaszynski
Minaj reportedly pledging to donate up to $300,000 to be distributed to accounts belonging to her fans newborns. The accounts are set to go live on July 4th. Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota sprayed with a brownish liquid by a disruptor at a town hall event in Minneapolis. A hazmat team confirming the substance to be apple cider vinegar, reports Alpha News. The congresswoman was speaking Tuesday night when a man seated in the front row stood up, approached the congresswoman and sprayed her with a plastic syringe containing the then unknown substance. The moment here Kristi Noem must resign or face impeachment.
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Rand Paul
I don't know.
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Emily Jaszynski
We will continue.
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These are not going to get away.
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Emily Jaszynski
With the suspect has been identified by authorities as 55 year old Anthony J. Kazmierzak. He was arrested at the scene and booked into Hennepin County Jail on suspicion of third degree assault. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, Kmirzak's social media activity indicating support for President Trump. A neighbor, Brian Kelly, describing him to the New York Post as a pretty conservative guy who doesn't like Omar. Kelly also telling the Post that Kazmierzak was involved in a past car accident that affected his spine, saying he is heavily medicated and not physically able to do much as a result. According to Kelly, Kazmierzak asked him to watch his dog before attending the town hall, saying I'm going to this Omar thing. I might get arrested. Omar was not injured and completed her remarks without receiving medical attention. She later posted on x I'm okay. I'm a survivor. So this small agitator isn't going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don't let bullies win. President Trump responding to the event Tuesday night on a phone call with ABC's Rachel Scott, quote, I think she's a fraud. She probably had herself sprayed knowing her. Minneapolis police confirming yesterday the FBI is leading the investigation. Federal charges are expected to be filed. The U.S. capitol Police tasked with investigating threats to members of Congress, releasing a statement, quote, we are now working with our federal partners to see this man faces the most serious charges possible to deter this kind of violence in our society. Coming up, Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill defending the administration's recent work in Venezuela. And Apple CEO Tim Cook sparking backlash over an internal memo to employees and an appearance at the White House.
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Emily Jaszynski
Secretary of State Marco Rubio appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday, offering a progress report on the Trump administration's approach to Venezuela following the US Military operation that captured former leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife earlier this month. Secretary Rubio highlighting the administration's progress thus far in improving relations with Venezuela, urging senators to be patient with the rate of progress.
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Marco Rubio
First, I would remind everybody, let's just go back six months, eight months. A year ago at this time, the Venezuelan challenge for us was frozen. It was a frozen situation. We had a regime that was entrenched. Its opposition was either in hiding or had been forced overseas. Edmund Mundo Gonzalez lives in Spain. Maria Carina is no longer. She's very brave. She stood there as long as she could, but she had to leave. The others are in jail now for the first time in literally a decade. There is the opportunity that something could change. There's not the guarantee that something will change, but there is the opportunity that something will change. We have changed that dynamic. We want a Venezuela that has legitimate democratic elections. We also want a Venezuela that's prosperous and a Venezuela that's aligned with the United States. But again, I remind everybody on Friday, we'll mark the four weeks since this happened. I get it. We all want, like, something immediately. But this is not a frozen dinner you put in a microwave and in two and a half minutes, it comes out ready to eat. And these are complex things.
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Emily Jaszynski
News of the Maduro raid did catch many in Washington and around the world off guard, including lawmakers on Capitol Hill, many Democratic senators publicly criticizing the Trump administration for carrying out the operation without first notifying Congress or seeking authorization. Democrats arguing that under the Constitution, only Congress has the power to declare war and that a US Military raid on another country should be subject to congressional approval. The administration's characterizing the operation as a law enforcement action involving military assistance, not a prolonged military invasion, and therefore contending that it did not require prior congressional authorization. Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, breaking with most of his party, pressing Secretary Rubio on that logic.
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Rand Paul
If a foreign country bombed our air defense missiles, captured and removed our president and blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
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Marco Rubio
It's hard for us to conceive that an operation that lasted about four and a half hours and was a law enforcement operation to capture someone we don't recognize as a head of state.
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Rand Paul
But would it be an act of war if someone did it to us? Nobody dies, few casualties, they're in and out, boom, it's a perfect military operation. Would that be an act of war? Of course it would be an act of war. So my next question would be, let's say it's not a war, so it's a drug bust. What if a foreign country indicts our president for violating a foreign law? Should we extradite our president, or should we be okay if they come in and get him by force?
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Marco Rubio
Look, I think ultimately we're always going to act in our national interest. And so if somebody comes after our national interest, like the case you've described, the US Always has the right to act in its national interest and to protect itself. So really, I don't know about this equivalency well, does this justify them doing it? We're always going to do what's best for the United States and America.
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Emily Jaszynski
Democrat Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut questioning Secretary Rubio on whether the administration would seek congressional authorization for any future use of military force in Venezuela. The Secretary insisting the administration does not anticipate further military action in the future. If the Venezuelan government isn't complying with your requests, do you concede that if you're using military action simply to try.
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Tim Kaine
To compel cooperation from the government, you.
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Emily Jaszynski
Absolutely need congressional authorization for that?
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Marco Rubio
So the President never ruled out his options as Commander in Chief to protect the national interest of the United States. I can tell you right now with full certainty we are not postured to, nor do we intend or expect to have to take any military action in Venezuela at any time. The only military presence you will see in Venezuela is our Marine guards at an embassy. Okay? That is our goal, that is our expectation, and that is what everything that outlines towards.
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Emily Jaszynski
But if you.
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Marco Rubio
That said, if an Iranian drone factory pops up and threatens our forces in the region, the President retains the option to eliminate that threat. If we tell them we don't want to see drones from Iran, as an example, pointed at the United States or threatening our forces or our presence in the region or our allies presence in the region and they refuse to comply with that, the President does reserve the option in self defense to eliminate that threat. We don't see that. We don't anticipate it, but it could happen. But we hope not. We don't want it to happen.
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Emily Jaszynski
And finally, Democrat Senator of Virginia Tim Kaine attempting a gotcha question.
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Tim Kaine
Last question is this. You talked about the speech in Davos. Here's what. Something the President said in Davos. I'm helping NATO until the last few days. When I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They're not here for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money. President repeatedly mistook Iceland for Greenland. Right. We're not mad at Iceland. They haven't cost us any money. The President just mistook the two countries for each other, correct?
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Marco Rubio
Yeah, he meant to say Greenland, but I think we're all familiar with presidents that have verbal stumbles. We've had presidents like that before. Some made a lot more than this 1.
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Emily Jaszynski
Apple CEO Tim Cook facing mounting backlash from the left following a leaked internal memo to employees in the wake of the fatal Alex Preddy shooting in Minneapolis. The memo, first reported by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reading in part quote I'm heartbroken by the events in Minneapolis and my prayers and deepest sympathies are with the families, with the communities and with everyone that's been affected. This is a time for de escalation. Cook going on to emphasize Apple's long standing values, writing that the company believed America is strongest when it treats all people with dignity and respect and embraces shared humanity principles. He has said Apple consistently advocates More from the letter quote I had a good conversation with the president this week where I shared my views and I appreciate his openness to engaging on issues that matter to us all. The memo quickly drawing criticism online Replies to Gurman's post filled with hundreds of comments, many sharply critical of Cook. One user writing, tim needs to focus on making the iPhone keyboard work again. Another adding quote, exhibit A for weak leadership 101. The criticism coming amid another wave of backlash over Cook's attendance at a private White House screening last Saturday of the Melania documentary. The $40 million project distributed by Amazon, marking a comeback for director Brett Ratner, who was canceled in 2017 during the MeToo movement following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Ratner denies the allegations and was never charged, though Warner Bros. Ended its partnership with his production company. Also attending the screening, Mike Tyson, Tony Robbins and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Cook was photographed at the event alongside Ratner, taking place the same day as the Alex Preddy confrontation, which remains under investigation. Washington bureau chief for liberal outlet Mother Jones David Korn, writing on Blue Sky, Tim Cook and Andy Jassy and the rest are accommodating an authoritarian who is presiding over a secret police force killing American citizens. The blood of Renee Goode and Alex Preddy is on the hands of those who enabled Trump. Hope they like the movie. Totally normal response. Apple has not publicly responded to the criticism. We reached out for comment and did not receive a reply. That'll do it for your AM update, I'm Emily Jasinsky, host of Afterparty. Catch the Megyn Kelly show live on SiriusXM's the Megyn Kelly Channel 111 at noon east on YouTube.com megankelley and all podcast platforms.
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