Trump evokes laughter as he notices 'Let's Go Brandon' sticker on veteran's prosthetic leg and signs it

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump was knee‑deep in banter with a group of wounded veterans inside the Oval Office when he spotted something and couldn’t help but grin.

“Who is that picture on there?” he asked. “That is Joe Biden. And it says, ‘Let’s go, Brandon,’” one of the veterans responded as the room erupted in laughter.

Through chuckles, Trump leaned back and commented, “I’m saying, ‘What was that picture?’ … That’s great.” 

The phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” famously kicked off during a 2021 NASCAR interview. After Brandon Brown clinched the Xfinity Series race win, the crowd chanted what can only be described as “F‑‑‑ Joe Biden.” But NBC’s Kelli Stavast attempted to spin the chant as “Let’s Go Brandon."

The clip went viral, and the phrase became shorthand for taking a cheeky shot at President Biden.

President Trump signed the veteran's prosthetic leg.

Donald Trump's heartfelt exchange at the Oval Office

It wasn't just laughs and stickers at the Oval Office. Donald Trump flipped the mood while addressing the veterans and their families—many he’d already visited during his first term, Fox News reported.

“These are amazing people, great heroes," he said.

One veteran stepped forward to say, “Mr President, we just were very happy with the energy that this administration is bringing, and it’s an administration that says it does what it promises. We’re behind you. We believe in you. And I think we all love you.”

Another couldn’t help but gush, “Thank you for loving America, sir.”

Donald Trump rolls out a series of executive orders

As he hosted the veterans, Donald Trump unveiled a flurry of executive orders to reshape America’s classrooms.

Accreditation overhaul

Donald Trump has told Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “overhaul” the college accreditation system—the gateway to federal student aid—calling out “abused authority” by accreditors who lean into diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) standards.

On the campaign trail, he even proclaimed accreditation his “secret weapon” against ideological bias on campus. Now, he wants more accreditor competition and fewer geographic restrictions (if you remember, he axed those back in his first term).

Foreign gifts disclosure

Trump’s order threatens to yank grants from schools that don’t provide “full and timely disclosure of foreign funding.”

White House staff secretary Will Scharf said in a statement: “We believe that certain universities, including, for example, Harvard, have routinely violated this law, and this law has not been effectively enforced.”

K‑12 discipline shakeup

The new guidance aims to scrub away Biden and Obama‑era policies designed to reduce racial disparities in suspensions and expulsions. Instead, Trump wants “school discipline policies … based on objective behavior, not DEI,” banning “racially preferential discipline practices.”

Transparency and artificial intelligence

Trump is seeking more competition in higher‑ed accreditation—but also fresh transparency in college finances, cutting‑edge classroom tech, and beefed‑up workforce training that would include apprenticeships in high‑demand trades.

And because AI is dominating education right now, Trump’s setting up a White House task force on “teaching artificial intelligence in schools,” with research funding to boot, NPR reported.

Education Secretary McMahon summed it up on social media. “Today's Executive Orders pave the way for critical innovations — inviting more competition in the higher education accreditation system, ensuring transparency in college finances, supporting new technologies in the classroom, and more," she wrote.

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