# Here's what happened during President Donald Trump's 7th week in office

## 'America is back'

### By  | Fox News

Published March 8, 2025 3:55am EST

#### Trump says Russia and Ukraine ‘have no choice’ but to make a peace deal



Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) applaud as U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The American dream is "surging" and "America is back," according to President .

Trump launched the week telling Americans that his administration would work to take "America’s destiny into our own hands" and vowed that "this will be our greatest era" during a joint address to Congress Tuesday.

Additionally, Trump shared in the address that Ukraine was prepared to sign off on a rare-earth minerals deal and continue peace negotiations to end the war with Russia after talks came to a fiery halt Feb. 28. Trump also disclosed that his administration caught the terrorist behind the 2021 Afghanistan attack that resulted in the death of 13 U.S. troops.

"Tonight, I am pleased to announce that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible for that atrocity," Trump said Tuesday. "And he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of American justice."

Additionally, Trump urged lawmakers Tuesday to bolster funding for border security to foot the bill for deportations and along the U.S. southern border, claiming that his administration has "launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history."





President Donald Trump also signaled that he might impose harsher sanctions on Russia. Trump prepared to move forward in a peaceful fashion rather than utilize military intervention.

"We have a situation with Iran that something is going to happen very soon, very, very soon," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "You’ll be talking about that pretty soon, I guess. Hopefully, we can have a peace deal. I’m not speaking out of weakness or weakness, I’m just saying I’d rather see a peace deal than the other. But the other will solve the problem."





Perkins Coie told Fox News Digital that they plan to challenge the executive order.

Marc Elias, the former chair of the firm's political law practice, hired opposition research firm Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research into presidential candidate Trump in April 2016 on behalf of Trump's opponent, Hillary Clinton, and the Democratic National Committee.

 then brought on the help of former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, who composed the so-called "Steele dossier," which featured scandalous and mostly unverified allegations. However, the document was used to secure surveillance applications against former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page for the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.



The executive order suspends security clearances for Perkins Coie employees until a further review evaluating its access to sensitive information is complete to determine if it aligns with the national interest.

Perkins Coie told Fox News Digital they have reviewed the executive order and plans to challenge it.

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Fox News’ Rachel Wolf and Jacqui Heinrich contributed to this report.

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