A small group of Republican lawmakers met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on their first full day as they plan to push the MAGA agenda.
The meeting with Trump, Vice President JD Vance and all the top Republican leaders in Congress was both a pep rally and a strategy session, DailyMail.com has learned.
“I would say it was more of a rah-rah speech after all the executive orders,” House Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern, R-Okla., told reporters after the meeting.
Earlier in the day, the president signed a slew of actions to undo many Biden-era policies.
At the meeting, the president presented huge gold coins as a gift to the legislators present. The blue and gold coin features the presidential seal on one side and “45 and 47” below “President of the United States” on the other.
“President Trump handed out his new challenge coin,” Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., posted on X along with an image of the large gold medallion. ‘He’s ready to lead America into a new golden age!’
Specifically, Trump discussed his initiative to reduce tip taxes, although the wide-ranging conversation did not provide many details about how to fulfill this campaign promise, a source familiar with the meeting told DailyMail.com.
Trump also urged lawmakers to confirm his Cabinet nominees as quickly as possible, warning that he could use the controversial “recess appointments” process as a way to help his highest-risk picks avoid Senate scrutiny.
But lawmakers have rejected using that maneuver, saying they can push through Cabinet elections through official channels.
Senator Lankford shows off the challenge coin he received from President Trump at a White House meeting with some Republican lawmakers on Tuesday.

Donald Trump sitting at his desk in the Oval Office

President Donald Trump speaks with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and his wife Kimberley Thune as he leaves at the end of inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., noted after the meeting that Trump mentioned recess appointments but did not seem willing to accept them.
Trump, however, is determined to have his picks like Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel and Robert Kennedy Jr. confirmed quickly.
And that could mean senators will have to stay in DC this weekend to vote on confirmations.
Thune said Senate Democrats are delaying the process for three nominees: John Ratcliffe for CIA director, Kristi Noem for DHS secretary and Pete Hegseth for defense secretary; in light of explosive new allegations this week that he was “abusive” to his ex-wife. .
Hegseth has denied the allegations along with his ex-wife, who said the allegations are not true.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise shared that the Oval Office meeting focused on moving forward with the agenda to jump-start the economy, reduce energy costs, and secure the border.
GOP leaders discussed moving forward with one giant bill that addresses all of their priorities even though some, including Thune, previously called for two bills to be advanced.
The goal is to get their massive MAGA bill passed before Easter because they use a process called budget reconciliation, so they don’t need any support from Democrats to do it.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is working on a bicameral approach to get Trump’s agenda through Congress.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has expressed his displeasure with the recess appointments. Still, Trump raised the controversial idea again on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said meetings with Trump and Vance reinforced the need for both the House and Senate to come together to come up with a plan.
“What emerged from yesterday’s meetings in the house was that we are going to do this in a bicameral manner,” he said. “It will take Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives to work together to advance the America First agenda.”
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, RW.V., also showed off her coin, calling it “big and beautiful” and noted that House and Senate Republicans are “on the same page” on the strategy for the massive GOP bill.
“We are ready to move forward with the president’s agenda,” Capito declared after returning from the meeting, adding that the two chambers are on the “same team.”