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December 7, 2025
Ratification Of 13th Amendment Anniversary, Price-Fixing And Anti-Competitive Behavior In The Food Supply Chain, And Celebrating The 8th Anniversary Of Our Embassy In Jerusalem, Israel
On December 6, 2025, the White House published the statementAmerica 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Ratification of the 13th Amendment160 years ago. In my November 2, 2025 ANP Article, I mentioned the controversy about what is known as the original 13th Amendment (Discussed in my March 27, 2025 ANP Article) and the generally accepted 13th Amendment that was ratified December 6, 1865. In addition, I mention that controversy still exists over the ". . . except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted" which seems to allow slavery or involuntary servitude within the prison system. The 13th Amendment that was ratified in 1865 has 2 sections:
Section 1 - Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2 - Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit:
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
"That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United States."
Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit:
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth[)], and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.
And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh.
By the President: ABRAHAM LINCOLN; WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
The statement notes that President Lincoln lost his life to an assassin8 months before the Amendment to formally abolish slavery was ratified. In the statement, President Trump concludes:
As we prepare to celebrate 250 years of glorious American independence, we honor the heroes who paved the path for the end of slavery on our landand we applaud the brave men and women of the abolitionist movement who dedicated their lives to upholding the American promise. Above all, we acknowledge that freedoms triumph over tyranny on December 6, 1865, stands as an enduring reminder that America was, is, and will forever be a great Nation.
On December 6, 2025, President Trump signed the EOAddressing Security Risks from Price Fixing and Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Food Supply Chaincalling-out anti-competitive behavior that is threatening our National food supply in Section 1; explaining meat processing, seed, fertilizer, and farming equipment are just as vulnerable to price fixing and anti-competitive behaviors as other American companies, especially by foreign-controlled interests.
Section 2 orders the US AG and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a Food Supply Chain Task Force within the DOJ & FTC. This task force will investigate food-related industries to determine the extent that anti-competitive behavior exists within our National food chain. The US AG and the Chairman of the FTC are authorized to take actions to remedy any anti-competitive behaviors their investigations uncover including creating new regulations and involving law enforcement and criminal proceedings as appropriate. The task force is ordered, within 180 days, to brief Congress (Speaker of the House & Majority Leader of the Senate, as well as appropriate chairs of committees). With a follow up report 1 year later. There's just one catch, any information related to ongoing investigations, prosecutions, regulatory actions, or litigation nor any non-public information will not be included in these reports.
The accompanyingFact Sheet President Donald J. Trump Addresses Security Risks from Price Fixing and Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Food Supply Chainexplains the goal of the EO is to stop price fixing, eliminate anti-competitive behavior, and develop regulations to stop foreign influence in our food supply chain. Price fixing lawsuits are on the rise costing tens of millions of dollars to settle. President Trump is working hard to eliminate the autopen administration's policies that caused drastic inflation influencing every household in our Nation. However, the fact sheet does remind us that lower prices won't happen overnight. The Trump Administration is making progress and will continue working to make sure everyone benefits.
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