Press Secretary Leavitt's MAGA Minute, April 18, 2025: Investments, Bukele and Meloni, and Record-Low Border Crossings

Name: "Press Secretary Leavitt's MAGA Minute, April 18, 2025: Investments, Bukele and Meloni, and Record-Low Border Crossings"
Uploaded: 2025-04-18
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Description: "In her MAGA Minute for the week of April 18, 2025, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited investment announcements from Nvidia, Abbott Labs and Honda, visits by Presidents Bukele and Prime Minister Meloni, and Border Patrol's lowest southwest border crossings in history, according to The White House."

April 18, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:30

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What happened

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recorded a MAGA Minute on April 18, 2025, warming up for the White House Easter Egg Roll the following Monday, according to the White House recording. Leavitt said a number of companies announced massive investments during the week, with Nvidia, Abbott Labs and Honda among the companies investing billions of dollars in jobs in the United States, as she listed the announcements.

She said President Trump hosted President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, the 2024 NCAA football champion Ohio State team and the U.S. Navy football team during the week. She said the border remains more secure than it has ever been, with Border Patrol recording its lowest southwest border crossings in history, as she stated the record. She said the President took actions to lower prescription drug prices, prevent illegal aliens from obtaining Social Security benefits, and remove burdensome regulations stifling the U.S. commercial fishing industry, summarizing the week’s actions.

Leavitt also noted that Angel mom Patty Morin joined her at the podium to tell the story of her daughter’s murder at the hands of an illegal alien, while criticizing her senator for flying to El Salvador in the case of an MS-13 gang member, as Leavitt characterized the senator’s trip. She closed by saying President Trump remains committed to putting the American people and their families first.

Why it matters

The MAGA Minute is the White House’s curated weekly ledger — investments, visits, border numbers and regulatory actions in the order the administration chose to present them — a useful primary source for its messaging priorities in April 2025.

Sources: The White House, “White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s MAGA Minute, April 18, 2025”, 2025-04-18 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-04-18). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.