{"id":2557404,"date":"2026-01-29T19:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-creates-great-american-recovery-initiative-for-better-national-response-to-addiction\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T00:30:29","slug":"trump-creates-great-american-recovery-initiative-for-better-national-response-to-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-creates-great-american-recovery-initiative-for-better-national-response-to-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump creates Great American Recovery Initiative for better national response to addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-creates-great-american-recovery-initiative-for-better-national-response-to-addiction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2557404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump signed an executive action creating the White House great American Recovery Initiative to better coordinate the national response to drug and alcohol addiction. The initiative, to be chaired by Health and Human Services\u2013aligned Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kathryn Burgum, aims to align federal programs using data-driven updates, direct grants toward prevention, treatment and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-tebow-calls-for-an-army-to-fight-one-of-the-greatest-evils-in-the-world-human-trafficking-and-modern-slavery\/\" title=\"Tim Tebow Calls For An Army To Fight One Of The Greatest Evils In The World: Human Trafficking And Modern Slavery\">long-term recovery<\/a>, and integrate prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery support and reentry services.Trump cited personal family experience with alcoholism and said the country loses an estimated 300,000 people annually to substance abuse, while noting a reported 21% drop in overdose deaths last year. Others with personal losses \u2014 including Kathryn Burgum, a recovered alcoholic, and real-estate investor steve Witkoff, whose son died from an opioid overdose \u2014 spoke at the signing. Kennedy said the initiative will replace fragmented, stigmatizing responses with coordinated, science- and compassion-based action across healthcare, law enforcement, housing, labour, faith communities and the private sector. The event was Trump\u2019s second public appearance that day; he declined to take reporters\u2019 questions and aides moved the press out of the Oval Office.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump creates Great American Recovery Initiative for better national response to addiction<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2488373\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> took executive action on Thursday to create the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> Great American Recovery Initiative in order to better coordinate the country&rsquo;s national response to addiction.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many of those with me today have personally known the heartache of a loved one taken by drug or alcohol addiction,&rdquo; Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. &ldquo;I do, just like millions of American families.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4439557\/takeaways-from-first-trump-cabinet-meeting-of-year\/\">No questions and format shift: Four takeaways from first Trump Cabinet meeting of the year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4439390\/trump-noem-doghouse-first-cabinet-meeting-2026\/\">Trump puts Noem in the doghouse at first Cabinet meeting of 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4439528\/watch-live-trump-announcement-government-shutdown-deadline\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump makes an announcement ahead of government shutdown deadline<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The president&rsquo;s elder brother, Fred Trump Jr,. died of a heart attack in 1981 at the age of 42 after years of alcoholism that derailed his career as a pilot.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3465579\/what-are-trump-accounts-government-launches-baby-bonus\/\">WHAT ARE TRUMP ACCOUNTS? GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES $1000 BABY BONUS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every year, we lose an estimated 300,000 people to drug and alcohol abuse, and the real number is probably much, much higher than that,&rdquo; the president said. &ldquo;Thankfully, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >drug overdose deaths plummeted<\/a> by 21% in the last year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>From behind the Resolute Desk, between <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/health-and-human-services\/\">Health and Human Services<\/a> Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\/\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr. <\/a>and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/interior-department\/\">Interior<\/a> Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\">Doug Burgum<\/a>&lsquo;s wife Kathryn Burgum, who is also a recovered alcoholic, Trump explained how the pair would chair the initiative and provide advice across the public and private sector to ensure more Americans receive the treatment they need and are celebrated as their progress through the recovery process.<\/p>\n<p>A White House fact sheet on the initiative adds that it will specifically advise the federal government on how to better align programs with &ldquo;data-driven updates,&rdquo; in addition to &ldquo;directing appropriate grants to support addiction recovery, with a focus on prevention, treatment, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-45-billion-tribal-spending-spree-contains-these-seven-bizarre-initiatives\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s  Billion Tribal Spending Spree Contains These Seven Bizarre ...s\">long-term resilience<\/a>.&rdquo; That is on top of advising how to implement programs that &ldquo;integrate prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery support, and re-entry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump was not the only person present at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-a-mess-team-biden-loses-track-of-20-million-covid-19-doses-report\/\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s A Mess\u2019: Team Biden Loses Track Of 20 Million COVID-19 Doses: Report\">executive order signing ceremony<\/a> to have personal testimony regarding drug and alcohol addiction. Others included peace missions special envoy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/steve-witkoff\/\">Steve Witkoff<\/a>, whose son Andrew died in 2011 from an&nbsp;opioid overdose.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With this framework and treatment, recovery is not the exception, it is the expectation,&rdquo; Kathryn Burgum said.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy added that &ldquo;for too long, our nation has responded with fragmentation, with stigmatization, and silence instead of science, compassion and coordination.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With the Great American Recovery Initiative, we finally bring the full strength of the federal government together across healthcare, law enforcement, housing, labor, faith communities, and the private sector, to save lives, restore families, and rebuild communities that addiction has hollowed out,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The signing ceremony was Trump&rsquo;s second public appearance on Thursday and the second time he declined to answer questions from reporters as his administration comes under scrutiny for its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\">immigration<\/a> law enforcement tactics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank you, please,&rdquo; he told reporters as he pointed toward an Oval Office door.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another WH event ends with WH staff kicking out the press and Trump taking no questions <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xJFNEMtaiF\">pic.twitter.com\/xJFNEMtaiF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/2017008290723745966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Earlier, during his first Cabinet meeting of the year, Trump similarly declined to take questions and call on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\/\">Kristi Noem<\/a> to speak before reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. President, why not take questions?&rdquo; one reporter asked as White House aides tried to push members of the news media from the Cabinet Room.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4436153\/rubio-sidesteps-minneapolis-secretary-state-post-2028\/\"><strong>RUBIO SIDESTEPS MINNEAPOLIS QUAGMIRE FROM SECRETARY OF STATE POST WITH 2028 LOOMING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump this week deployed border czar <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-homan\/\">Tom Homan<\/a> to Minnesota after this month&rsquo;s fatal shootings of protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, undermining Noem&rsquo;s leadership of her department.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Trump has at least publicly continued to support Noem, even as Republican senators, including Sens. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lisa-murkowski\/\">Lisa Murkowski <\/a>(R-AK) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thom-tillis\/\">Thom Tillis<\/a> (R-NC), implore her to resign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump launches Great American Recovery Initiative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2557405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26029830519637.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[72039,36747,72249,32068,3634],"class_list":["post-2557404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-addiction-2","tag-drug-policy","tag-great-american-recovery-initiative","tag-public-health","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26029830519637.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2557404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2557408,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557404\/revisions\/2557408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2557405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2557404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2557404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2557404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}