Trump Cabinet Meeting Dec 2 2025: Immigration Policy Boasts, $18 Trillion Investments, Fentanyl Strikes
by Scott Burton Official for TrumpTrain.net
WASHINGTON – In the Trump Cabinet meeting December 2, 2025, President Donald Trump convened the ninth and final session of the year, a two-hour, 18-minute open-press event where he hailed 2025 as “the most consequential and successful first year of any president.” The gathering highlighted Trump immigration policy boasts, including falling gasoline and grocery prices, alongside a sharp critique of Somali immigrants in Minnesota and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).
The Dec. 2 Cabinet meeting, starting at 11:58 a.m. EST in the Cabinet Room, stuck to the classic Trump-era blueprint: president’s opening remarks, quick hits from each Cabinet official, and a drawn-out Q&A with the press. All 20 seated members, plus Vice President JD Vance, got their turn to speak.
Under a portrait of George Washington, Trump boasted of pulling in $18 trillion in foreign investment pledges, dropping national gasoline prices under $3 per gallon, and flipping inflation to what he dubbed “deflation replacing inflation.”
“We inherited the worst inflation in the history of our country,” Trump said. “We brought it down.”
On immigration policy, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had deported over 2 million individuals since January 20, 2025. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reported a 91% plunge in maritime fentanyl flows, thanks to deadly strikes on cartel boats, spotlighting a disputed September clash off Venezuela.
The meeting wrapped with 22 minutes of press questions. Probed on Somali immigrants in Minnesota – site of the nation’s biggest Somali-American enclave – Trump labeled Somalia “barely a country” that “stinks,” deemed certain arrivals “garbage” who ought to “go back and fix it,” and targeted Omar, the Somali-American Democrat, as “from hell.”
The full Cabinet rose in applause as Trump exited at 2:17 p.m.
Economic Claims Dominate Opening
Trump kicked off with Black Friday sales highs and easing grocery prices. He repeated the $18 trillion foreign investment pledges from October, offering no fresh details on the Trump Cabinet meeting December 2025 economic updates.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright shared that gas dipped below $2 a gallon in seven states and under $3 nationwide. “In the heartland it’s $1.99,” Wright said. Trump echoed the stat, tying it to his drilling push.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previewed the pending “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which would nix taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security benefits while greenlighting 100% business expensing.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick touted lopsided trade pacts forcing the UK and EU to swallow 15% U.S. tariffs on their goods, while America pays less. He added Japan and South Korea pledged $750 billion for U.S. manufacturing and nuclear projects.
Immigration and Border Security
Noem detailed ICE’s milestone: its 10,000th new agent hired, 2 million removals tallied, and more slated by year-end. Southern border fentanyl seizures dropped 56%, she said.
During Q&A on Trump immigration policy toward Somali immigrants in Minnesota – the U.S.’s largest Somali-American hub – Trump fired back: “We keep taking in garbage from Somalia. … Ilhan Omar is garbage. She’s from hell. … Let them go back and fix it.”
Multiple Cabinet members clapped at the remark.
National Security and the Venezuelan Boat Strikes
Hegseth, sporting a nameplate typo (“Ssecretary of War” from a printing error), backed the September 2 naval hit that sank a suspected Venezuelan drug boat. A follow-up strike over an hour later wiped out lingering dangers, he noted.
“Every boat we take out saves 25,000 American lives,” Trump cut in.
Hegseth explained how labeling Latin American cartels as foreign terrorist organizations lets the military hit their ships as terror assets.
Deregulation and Agency Overhauls
An unnamed regulatory chief claimed a 48-to-1 deregulation win, axing 48 rules per new one. Federal acquisition rule trims alone save $40 billion now and up to $400 billion over 10 years, the official said.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced scrapping the 2009 endangerment finding – backbone of most climate rules – yielding $30 billion in savings and EPA staff cuts.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon flagged just 30% of eighth-graders reading at grade level, pushing state control of schools. Trump jumped in: “We’re getting rid of the department eventually.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to scrap insurance prior authorizations for 280 million Americans by January 1, 2026, plus most-favored-nation drug pricing for global low costs.
Other Notable Updates
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins reported slashing the claims backlog by 160,000 cases to pre-COVID norms.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said 800,000 exited the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, with funds yanked from non-compliant states on work rules.
Small Business Administration chief Kelly Loeffler cited record small-business optimism.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum noted peak oil and natural gas output.
Cabinet Bible Study Mentioned Twice
Rollins and Loeffler name-checked the weekly Cabinet Bible study, run by Ralph Drollinger of Capitol Ministries. The optional gatherings, back since March 2025, rotate through agency HQs and apply Scripture to leadership.
Closing
As the session ended, Trump signed commemorative hats for Cabinet members and posed for photographs. The full Cabinet gave a standing ovation as he departed at 2:17 p.m.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later described the meeting as “a celebration of the most productive first year in modern history.”
It was the final scheduled full Cabinet meeting of 2025.
