Trump signs the order to study how to extend access to IVF

West Palm Beach, Florida (AP) – President Donald Trump Tuesday, signed a downward decree intended to extend access and reduce costs Fertilization in vitro And has published a presidential memorandum calling for government’s “radical transparency requirements”, which he said could reduce waste spending.

On the campaign track, Trump called to a universal coverage of IVF treatment After his candidates from the Supreme Court helped to cancel Roe v. Wade, leading to a wave of restrictions in the states led by the Republicans, including some who have threatened access to IVF by trying to define life as starting with design.

Trump, who was in his Florida residence and the Mar-A-Lago club, also signed another decree as well as a presidential memorandum. The second executive decree described the surveillance functions of the management and budget office, while the memo requires that the government details the “waste, fraud and abuse” that the government’s ministry of efficiency is supervised by the CEO tesla Elon Muskseeks to reduce public spending.

DOGE is often below promises of transparency from the administration. Musk only responded to journalists once since he became Trump’s most powerful advisor, and he said it was illegal to name people working for him. Sometimes DOGE staff have requested access to sensitive government databases with few explanations.

Trump took more than 30 minutes of questions on Tuesday on a range of subjects and denounced the Biden administration all along, highlighting questions such as its management of the American-Mexican border, from Venezuela policy and Russia War in Ukraine.

Trump said he thought he had a “good luck” to end the Russian war in Ukraine but healed by the suggestions that the The United States and Russia have started negotiations To end the fights without Ukraine, playing a role. It even seemed to suggest that Ukraine was to blame for a war that only started after Russia invaded this country.

“Today, I heard:” Well, we were not invited. Well, you have been there for three years, “said Trump about Ukraine leaders. “You should never have started.”

In anticipation of issues on the efforts of his administration to reduce federal spending, the president said that he noted examples of government programs in the world he then listed. They included funding to promote the participation rate in India and social cohesion initiatives in Mali – which Trump has collectively suggested fraud.

Asked about the arguments of the White House in a court depositing that Musk was not the head of effectiveness efforts of the Trump government, Trump said: “You could call him an employee, you could call him consultant, You could call it as you want. But he is a patriot.

Trump said he thought that “women and families, husbands, are very grateful” of his decree on IVF, which offers a possible solution when a woman has trouble getting pregnant. The procedure consists in recovering his eggs and combining them in a laboratory dish with a man’s sperm to create a fertilized embryo, which is then transferred to the woman’s uterus in order to create a pregnancy. IVF is carried out in cycles and more than one may be necessary.

Barbara Collura, president and chief executive officer of Resolve: the National Incrtility Association, said that what the White House has published “looks extremely promising”.

“The biggest obstacles to people to the construction of their families are unconditional costs, lack of insurance coverage for this care,” she said.

The Senator of Illinois, Tammy Duckworth, democrat, said: “The executive order of Donald Trump does nothing to extend access to IVF. In fact, it is the reason why IVF is threatened in the first place. »»

Duckworth said that if Trump was going to follow his campaign promise to provide free IVF, he can start by supporting his legislation which would require insurance plans to cover IVF.

Trump, who spent the morning in his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, spoke with journalists a few hours before his first joint television interview with Musk broadcast at Prime Time on Fox News Channel. The president recognized during this that “inflation is back”, but noted that it was only a function a few weeks and insisted “I had nothing to do” with prices that remain obstinately high.

Trump mentioned during the same interview as Musk is “probably not so happy” things like tax lounges for electric vehicles which are probably not included in tax legislation now discussed in the congress, but he declared that Musk had not sought special treatment for Tesla.

“I never asked for anything from the president,” added Musk. Asked about the conflicts of potential interests between the government efforts of Musk and his businesses and how they will be managed, Trump said: “He will not be involved” and Musk said he would reject himself.

Musk criticized the Democrats at Congress and others for the methods that he and his team in Doge use to reduce expenses, including foreign aid and eliminate jobs through bureaucracy.

The joint interview follows the appearance of Musk with Trump in the Oval office last week, when both Approach to defended Musk to reducing federal costs.

Also Tuesday evening, a program of awards took place in Mar-A-Lago by America’s Future. It is a conservative group led by Mike Flynnwhich was briefly advisable to national security during the first term of the Republican President. The program aims to preserve individual rights and promote American values ​​and traditions, according to its website. The event honored a member each of the army, the navy, the navies, the air force and the spatial force.

The event included a reception by the pool, musical performances and a dinner in the large ballroom in Mar-A-Lago. The range included names such as Russell Brand, Ted Nugent and Mike Tyson.

Trump made an appearance at the event, according to the video published on social networks on Tuesday evening, addressing the crowd on the terrace while he was standing near Tyson, Flynn and Nugent and declaring: “C ‘ is a very, very friendly territory ”.

Trump praised the men, including Flynn, who was one of Trump’s main supporters of efforts to overthrow the 2020 presidential election. The president called him “the real affair” and said he wanted to bring Flynn In his administration, saying he had offered him “about 10 jobs”.

“Whenever you want to enter, you know that, Mike, ok?” Said Trump.

Flynn resigned from the first Trump administration Less than a month after the inauguration of Trump. It was charged in 2017 to lie to the FBI on the conservations he had with the Russians on behalf of Trump. He pleaded twice guilty, but Trump the forgiven In the last weeks of his presidency.

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Price reported in New York. The writers of the Associated Press Will Weissert and Chris Megerian in Washington and Laura Ungar in Louisville, Kentucky, contributed to this report. Follow the coverage by president of President Donald Trump to https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump.