President Donald Trump directed the attention of the nation to Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel, a 13 -year -old boy who aspired to become a police officer, but was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018, and made him an honorary member of the United States Secret Service.
“Uniting us in the gallery tonight is a young man who really loves our police,” Trump said after praising the agents of the United States Law.
The 13 -year -old cancer survivor Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel is raised by his father Theodis Daniel after President Donald Trump made him an honorary member of the United States Secret Service in the United States Capitol in Washington, on March 4, 2025.
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“The doctors gave him five months to live. That was more than six years ago, “the president continued.” Since then, DJ and his father have been in a search to make their dream come true. “
“And tonight, DJ, let’s get the greatest honor of all. I ask our new director of the Secret Service, Sean Curran, to officially make it an agent of the United States. “
DJ has sworn as an honorary officer of the law in police agencies throughout the country.
DJ reacted with a face of pure shock before his father lifted him so that the crowd saw him. DJ proudly raised his new certificate and found applause, songs and cheers.
President Donald Trump pronounces a speech in a joint session of the Congress, in the Chamber of the United States Capitol Chamber in Washington, on March 4, 2025.
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At a rare moment that a Democrat expressed his support for the president’s comments, representative Laura Gillen, Dn.y., left her seat and applauded for DJ.
After this moment, Trump proceeded to discuss the infant cancer rates, calling the newly coined Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “take toxins from our environment, the poisons of our food supply and keep our children healthy and strong.”
