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WELKER: Would the administration ever raise taxes in order to fund this war?
BESSENT: Again, Kristen, terrible framing
WELKER: It's a simple question
BESSENT: It's a ridiculous question
WELKER: Can you answer it?
BESSENT: Why would we do that? We have plenty. We have a trillion dollars.
BESSENT: Again, Kristen, terrible framing
WELKER: It's a simple question
BESSENT: It's a ridiculous question
WELKER: Can you answer it?
BESSENT: Why would we do that? We have plenty. We have a trillion dollars.
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Marshall
BRENNAN: 60% of Americans disapprove of the US taking military action against Iran. 57% think the conflict is going badly. How do you tell the American people they're wrong?
MIKE WALTZ: Well, I could quote a whole slew of polls that show, for example, self-described MAGA Republicans give the president a 100% approval rating
MIKE WALTZ: Well, I could quote a whole slew of polls that show, for example, self-described MAGA Republicans give the president a 100% approval rating
Our media would go ballistic at the reference of a jihad. Yet, here we are practically reigniting the Crusades.
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Sheriff
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Marshall
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Marshall
For once, some honesty.
They are not leaders for America. They only care about their people. They see anyone who disagrees as the enemy.
PF5
Sheriff
BBC:
Is this the end of the war? Not quite.
President Trump’s all-capitals post on his Truth Social outlet talked very specifically about postponing his threat to "obliterate" Iran’s main power plant tonight if the country didn’t release its chokehold on the vital Strait of Hormuz.
Whatever negotiations have been taking place behind the scenes - Trump says they were productive.
Iran’s news agency is implying there weren’t any - the net effect is that this imminent crisis, at least, has been kicked down the road.
Because Iran had made it clear it would retaliate in kind - almost certainly targeting key power plants on this (the Arabian) side of the Gulf.
Quite beyond what that would do to oil prices and the global economy, the human cost here would be considerable, as homes, hospitals and drinking water plants risked running short of power.
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Sheriff
Iranian sources 'deny negotiations' with US
Senior reporter, BBC Persian
Iran's Student News Network (SNN), which is an Iranian news agency linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) paramilitary Basij Student Organisation, has quoted an “informed source” in the country's foreign ministry saying they “deny negotiations” and that Strait of Hormuz is “closed to aggressors”.
The source has not been named.
Before that, the IRGC-affiliated Fars and Tasnim news agencies had reported similar sentiments from unnamed officials.
Fars said there has been “no direct or indirect contact with Trump” and that he had “backed down”. Meanwhile, Tasnim reported that “no negotiations” are taking place.
We’re yet to see any named Iranian official comment.
Iran's foreign ministry denies Tehran-Washington talks
Iran's foreign ministry has issued a statement, saying: "We deny what US President Donald Trump said regarding negotiations taking place between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Quoted by CBS News, the BBC's US partner, the foreign ministry adds: "The Islamic Republic of Iran adheres to its position rejecting any type of negotiations before achieving Iran's goals from the war.”
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Sheriff
As former defense secretary and Central Intelligence Agency director Leon Panetta told David Smith of The Guardian, “f there was an escape here for Trump, it would be to declare victory and it’s over and we’ve been able to be successful in all of our military targets. The problem is he can declare victory all he wants but, if he doesn’t get the ceasefire, he’s got nothing. And he’s not going to get a ceasefire as long as Iran is holding the gun of the strait of Hormuz against his head.”
“He tends to be naive about how things can happen,” Panetta told Smith. “If he says it and keeps saying it, there’s always a hope that what he says will come true. But that’s what kids do. It’s not what presidents do.”
“He tends to be naive about how things can happen,” Panetta told Smith. “If he says it and keeps saying it, there’s always a hope that what he says will come true. But that’s what kids do. It’s not what presidents do.”
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Marshall
BREAKING: President Trump says U.S. is pausing attacks on Iranian energy facilities, citing "very strong talks" with Iran. Iranian officials have denied that any negotiations have taken place.
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Trump announces U.S. talks with Iran, 5-day pause on strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure
Iran’s foreign ministry has reportedly denied that talks are underway and suggested Trump’s post was an effort to reduce energy prices.
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Multi dimensional chess at all times! Keep 'em guessing!
BREAKING: President Trump says U.S. is pausing attacks on Iranian energy facilities, citing "very strong talks" with Iran. Iranian officials have denied that any negotiations have taken place.
Trump announces U.S. talks with Iran, 5-day pause on strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure
Iran’s foreign ministry has reportedly denied that talks are underway and suggested Trump’s post was an effort to reduce energy prices.
I'm no world leader, but if I were Iran, I would take some time to appreciate the pause and not poke the bear.
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Marshall
COLLINS: Who's gonna be in control of the Strait of Hormuz? Who's gonna be in control of that?
TRUMP: Uhhhh it'll be jointly controlled
COLLINS: By who?
TRUMP: Maybe me. Maybe me. Me and the next ayatollah, whoever that is. There will also be a serious form of regime change. Look at Venezuela.
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TRUMP: Uhhhh it'll be jointly controlled
COLLINS: By who?
TRUMP: Maybe me. Maybe me. Me and the next ayatollah, whoever that is. There will also be a serious form of regime change. Look at Venezuela.
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COLLINS: Who's gonna be in control of the Strait of Hormuz? Who's gonna be in control of that? TRUMP: Uhhhh it'll be jointly controlled COLLINS: By who? TRUMP: Maybe me. Maybe me. Me and the next ayatollah, whoever that is. There will also be a serious form of regime change. Look at Venezuela.
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