Mid-Day Update: March 16, 2026
The Great America Show
Fawcett Strategies
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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John breaks down the biggest news items of the day, including President Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles being diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, the ongoing political tensions surrounding the Department of Homeland Security and the Democrats' demands that Republicans refuse to acquiesce to, and the latest in Iran.
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| 0:29.7 | Hello everybody. I'm John Fawson with this Great America show Midday Update for Monday, |
| 0:33.9 | March 16th. Happy Monday, folks. I hope you all had a great weekend. Your weeks are off to a good start. President Trump earlier this morning announcing that White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, has been diagnosed with the early stages of breast cancer. President Trump said that Susie Wiles will immediately begin treatment and will be working full-time at the White House. Quote, Susie Wiles is an incredible chief of staff, a great person, and one of the strongest people I know. |
| 0:57.0 | But unfortunately, she has been diagnosed with the early stages of breast cancer |
| 1:00.1 | and has decided to take on this challenge immediately, as opposed to waiting. |
| 1:04.9 | She has a fantastic medical team, and her prognostic is excellent. |
| 1:09.0 | During the treatment period, she will be spending virtually |
| 1:11.3 | full time at the White House, which makes me very happy as president, very happy. Her strength |
| 1:16.6 | and commitment to continue to do her job she loves, and she does so well while undergoing |
| 1:21.0 | treatment tells you everything you need to know about her. President Trump writing in that |
| 1:25.3 | true social post. In November of 2024, President Trump named Susie Wallace |
| 1:29.2 | as the chief of staff. She served as President Trump's 2024 campaign manager, and she's also |
| 1:34.0 | the first woman to serve as chief of staff in the White House. The Democrats continue to keep |
| 1:40.8 | on holding the DHS hostage in reinforcing the need to end the filibuster. It's officially |
| 1:46.8 | been a month since the Democrats forced the DHS to indefinitely shut down, which began on Valentine's |
| 1:52.8 | Day, following a firestorm or left-wing media attacks targeting the agency over the conduct |
| 1:58.1 | of several ICE agents carrying out a deportation raid. |
| 2:01.5 | Mass deportations, which was a central pillar of President Trump's campaign promises, |
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