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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says today will be “the most intense” day of strikes inside Iran, as he provides the latest war update alongside General Dan Caine. Eight Service members have passed away due to the war with Iran.
Critics have hounded the Trump administration for supposedly not clearly stating to the American public their most favorable outcome in the ongoing conflict with Iran. With the midterms less than eight months away, the pressure is on this administration to get the job done. And it can happen in one of three ways, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words:” The Optimal Choice: What’s left of the Iranian military and Revolutionary Guard will capitulate, opening the doors for a Western-supplied transitory government made up of exiles to lead the nation until elections can be held. The Impalpable Solution: The “Venezuela solution,” i.e., appoint a lower-tier, secular, dissident member of the former regime, like a general. The Worst Choice: Allow the mullahs to “stew in their own juices.” Bombed their nuclear and military capabilities off the face of the earth and then leave.
Watch live as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine hold a press conference on U.S. and Israel's war with Iran. Follow live updates: https://bit.ly/4rIJ6ql
The battle for New York has officially begun! Fresh off his historic NYC mayoral victory, Zohran Mamdani is on a direct collision course with the 47th President. In this critical analysis, we break down President Donald Trump's repeated threats to cut federal funds for New York City. With Mamdani now mayor-elect, he has fired back with a defiant victory speech, vowing to fight the White House for every dollar. We examine this "declaration of war" and the political narrative developing around his demand for federal money. Is this a bold challenge to the president, or a political miscalculation? Who will win this showdown? Will Trump make good on his threat to cut funding? Let us know your prediction in the comments below!
Poland has now begun a government program to begin mass training of civilians for armed service in the outbreak of war. This program is voluntary currently, but is aimed at helping increase the number of available armed citizenry in the outbreak of war with Russia. In the meantime Russian drones have entered Swedish and Belgian airspace again today, casuing airspace closures and flying over a nuclear site in Belgium. Russia has threatened war with NATO once more, as the Deputy speaker of the Russian Duma has threatened to level major cities across europe since the west will not bow to Russia's demands. in the meantime US B-52s conducted another flight near Venezuela today, as the US seeks a legal pathway to war with the country. Iran warns they will have to begin to evacuate Tehran, due to the unfixable water shortage. the US will be opening a base in Damascus. Ukrainian forces are fighting a pitched battle for the city of Pokrovsk, with the Russians gaining small amounts of ground at extremely high losses.
Russian drones have invaded Belgian airspace over to whole country, which has invoked article 4 over the incidents; a makor act to be taken once more by another NATO member. Drones were also spotted over the Hannover airport in central Germany today as well. Russia is now threatening open nuclear warfare on Ukraine after announcing the resumption of full nuclear missile tests which will resume for the first time in 25 years. The US has promptly responded by also announcing the start of it's own nuclear tests, and launching an ICBM test from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Ukraine has largely held the line today, and inflicted heavy losses on Russian forces. Russian forces are making slow progress through the streets of Pokrovsk, and Ukrainian armed forces are considering a retreat from Myrnohrad. Venezuela finds itself still under a larger threat, with the US striking and sinking another boat today.
Victor Davis Hanson examines the Jeffrey Epstein saga’s divisive impact on American politics and the MAGA movement, while commending the Trump administration’s military, technological, and immigration policy successes. He urges Australia to strengthen its defence, fortifying the ANZUS alliance against autocratic threats like China.Critiquing distorted historical narratives that skew policy, Hanson advocates for a cohesive Western response to address authoritarian challenges, trade imbalances, and demographic declines. Victor Davis Hanson is an American classicist, military historian, columnist, and farmer. He has been a commentator on contemporary politics for the National Review and The Washington Times and is currently the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.In addition to writing hundreds of articles, book reviews and newspaper editorials, Hanson is also the author of twenty-four books and hosts a regular podcast series, 'The Victor Davis Hanson Show'. Hanson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007 by President George W. Bush, and was a presidential appointee in 2007-08 on the American Battle Monuments Commission. His latest book, The Dying Citizen, was published in October 2021. And his next book, soon to be released on May the 7th this year, The End of Everything, How Wars Descend Into Annihilation.
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Elizabeth Farah interviews Robert Spencer about The Palestinian Delusion, a manufactured myth of a Palestinian people used as a weapon to destroy Israel. Don’t miss how the KGB, Yasser Arafat, and the Muslim Brotherhood engineered this propaganda, and why Jerusalem was a Jewish majority city long before modern political claims.
As the Israel-Iran war enters its sixth day, tensions are rising not only in the Middle East but here at home. President Trump has declared the U.S. has "complete and total control of the skies over Iran" and is demanding Iran’s Supreme Leader surrender—claiming the U.S. knows exactly where he’s hiding. While most agree Iran must never obtain a nuclear weapon, voices like Senator Lindsey Graham are pushing for full-scale regime change, urging Trump to go “all in” for Israel. But a bipartisan resolution from Representatives Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna seeks to block any U.S. military involvement, arguing Congress—not just the President—should decide if America enters another war. With the risk of U.S. troops, military families, and taxpayer dollars being drawn into yet another Middle East conflict, questions remain: where is the line between supporting Israel and direct entanglement—and how close are we to crossing it? Retired air force special ops and national security expert Glenn Ignazio, who's lived in the gray zone of military strategy, joins Alicia summers to discuss.
Regardless of whether Israel has the capability to decimate Iran’s entire nuclear program, or whether the United States needs to become further involved in the war and provide Israel with “bunker-buster” bombs, one thing is clear: “If this war should end with the Iranian regime intact and the elements of its nuclear program recoverable, then in some ways it will have been all for naught,” argues Victor Davis Hanson in today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “It is surreal. If we had this conversation five years ago and I said to you, ‘The Iranian nation—that is huge compared to Israel, 10 times the population—the Iranian nation has lost all control of the Houthi terrorists and they are themselves neutered. Their surrogates in the West Bank and Gaza are neutered. They're gone, Hamas as a fighting force. The formidable, terrifying Hezbollah cadres, they're inert. ‘“‘There is no Russian presence. I'm not a patron. It is not a protector. It's not a power in the Middle East. It's tied down in Ukraine. And Iran itself, the formidable powerhouse of the Middle East that evoked terror all over, has no defenses....' “And we're down to a single critical issue… if this war should end with the Iranian regime intact and the elements of its nuclear program recoverable, then, in some ways, it will have been all for naught.”
OAN Staff Blake Wolf
10:40 AM – Monday, June 16, 2025
Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene recently slammed “fake” supporters of the “America First” movement, whom she says have been “slobbering” over the United States engaging in another regime change war in the Middle East.
Greene’s (R-Ga.) social media post highlights a current split in the “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement, as the very essence of the political movement is said to be the rejection of foreign interventionism previously adopted by the neo-conservative perspective, which analysts say heavily influenced former President George W. Bush’s foreign policy.
“Everyone is finding out who the real America First/MAGA and who were fake and just said it [because] it was popular. Unfortunately, the list of fakes is quickly becoming quite long and quickly exposed,” she began.
“Anyone slobbering for the U.S. to become fully involved in the Israel/Iran war is not America First/MAGA. Wishing for the murder of innocent people is disgusting. We are sick and tired of foreign wars. All of them,” Greene continued. “And this one will quickly engulf the Middle East, BRICS, and NATO as countries are required to take a side.”
“Real America First/MAGA wants world peace for all people and doesn’t want our military killed or forever injured physically and mentally. We love our U.S. military and love them helping to secure our borders and our cities for the defense of OUR PEOPLE AND OUR COUNTRY.”
Greene went on to point out the disastrous reverberations the previous wars in the Middle East had on American soldiers returning to the United States, while also pointing out the massive debt crisis currently crippling the nation.
“We have spent TRILLIONS in the Middle East and we are dealing with the aftermath of death, blown apart bodies, never ending suicides, and disabling PTSD. All because they told us propaganda as to why we must sacrifice our own to defend some other country’s borders.”
According to a 2021 study by Brown University’s Cost of War Project, 30,177 active-duty U.S. service members and veterans of the post-9/11 wars have committed suicide as of June 2021, which is significantly more than the 7,057 service members who died in the post-9/11 wars.
“I don’t want to see Israel bombed or Iran bombed or Gaza bombed. I don’t want to see Ukraine bombed or Russia bombed. We do NOT want to be involved or required to pay for ANY OF IT!!! We are $36+ TRILLION in debt and have mountains of our own problems. We have giant planks sticking out of our own eyes while we complain about splinters in other’s eyes.”
“Taking this position is NOT antisemitic. They’re rational, sane, and loving toward all people. Taking this position of peace and prosperity for all is not isolationism, it leads to GREAT trade deals and GREAT economies that help ALL PEOPLE,” Greene added.
Everyone is finding out who the real America First/MAGA and who were fake and just said it bc it was popular.
Unfortunately, the list of fakes is becoming quite long and exposed themselves quickly.
Anyone slobbering for the U.S. to become fully involved in the Israel/Iran war…
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@RepMTG) June 15, 2025
Greene’s post follows after Israel issued “preemptive” strikes on Thursday, targeting Iranian military leaders and their nuclear facilities. They justified the attack by arguing that the regime was too dangerously close to developing a nuclear weapon, representing an existential threat to Israel.
“Netanyahu [utilized his] statement overnight, invoking the darkest chapter in Jewish history, to insist that Israel would never allow itself to be vulnerable to a 'nuclear holocaust,'” The Guardian reported.
Iran has also been accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. The Justice Department announced in November 2024 that it had filed charges related to an Iranian plot to kill Trump before the presidential election that year, according to NPR.
Nonetheless, Iran has since responded in retaliation, launching a barrage of ballistic missiles, ultimately overwhelming Israel’s missile defense systems and pounding into multiple areas across Israel. The two nations continue to lob airstrikes at one another, while Israeli leaders have reportedly urged the United States to join the fight against Iran.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on the two sides to “make a deal.”
“We will have PEACE soon between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place,” Trump wrote in a Sunday Truth Social post. “MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!”
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With two major, ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, historian Victor Davis Hanson takes a step back to examine the historical nature of war—and why modern conflicts so often defy resolution on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” Are today’s endless wars a departure from the classical model of victory through total defeat and political transformation? Or have we simply lost the will to wage decisive wars? “ Traditionally, the way that political differences were settled—the aggressor versus the invaded—was by defeating the enemy through superior force. “ These conflicts are what we call a “bellum interruptus,” they just keep going on. They simmer down, they flare up like a forest fire. But the old classical idea that you defeat the enemy, you solve the political problem may not be as ossified as we think.
Context is key when trying to understand President Trump’s negotiations to end the Ukraine/Russia war. How did this war even begin in the first place? Will Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio be able to end it? What do Presidents Zelenskyy and Putin really want? Glenn heads to the chalkboard to lay out the entire timeline and explain how America – mostly the Deep State – played a major role in causing this mess.
OAN Staff James Meyers
12:10 PM – Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused President Donald Trump of declaring a “dumb” trade war on Canada — maintaining that his country “will not back down.”
Trudeau spoke publicly hours after Trump enacted new tariffs against Mexico, Canada, and China.
He announced a 25% levy on “C$30 billion worth of U.S. imports, effective immediately.” Tariffs on another C$125 billion in U.S. goods will take effect in 21 days, he added, CNBC reported.
The prime minister went on to warn Trump and the U.S.
“A fight with Canada will have no winners,” Trudeau asserted as he addressed reporters in Ottawa while discussing the country’s response to the tariffs. “They point out that even though you’re a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do,” he continued, addressing the president by his first name, Donald.
Trudeau pleaded for Canadians to “pull together,” and he vowed that Americans will feel the impact of these tariffs. Additionally, the outgoing Canadian leader accused Trump of purposely imposing the tariffs in an effort to collapse the Canadian economy — in order to make it easier to annex the country.
“We will never be the 51st state, but he can do damage to the Canadian economy, and he’s started this morning, but he is rapidly going to find out, as American families are going to find out, that that’s going to hurt people on both sides of the border.”
Canada has the world’s ninth largest economy and sits at around $2.3 trillion, which is only nearly the same size as the U.S. state of New York.
Nevertheless, Canada is still known for providing the U.S. a number of agricultural products, including grains such as wheat, barley, and oats, along with meat products like beef, pork, and poultry.
The U.S. also imports vehicles and auto parts from Canada, including cars, trucks, engines, transmissions, tires, and other components.
Trudeau later mentioned that he still has not spoken with Trump since the tariffs were put into effect.
“Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada, their closest partner and ally — their closest friend. Canadians are reasonable, but we will not back down from a fight,” he wrote on X.
This comes after Trudeau already announced “retaliatory tariffs” on $30 billion Canadian dollars ($20.7 billion) worth of American goods.
In response, Trump confidently threatened to increase Canada’s tariffs even more on Tuesday.
“Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts a Retaliatory Tariff on the U.S., our Reciprocal Tariff will immediately increase by a like amount!” he wrote on his Truth Social account.
Trudeau has insisted that Canadians don’t “hate” Americans, but he described the tariffs as a response to a “policy decision by the American government designed to go after the Canadian economy.”
“I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don’t want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don’t want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, the markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically,” Trudeau told reporters.
During his announcement, Trudeau also urged Canadians to use their own country’s products, boycott American products, and stop vacationing in Florida.
Canada’s provincial premiers are expected to give their own addresses regarding the retaliatory tariffs on Tuesday.
In one of the first retaliatory measures announced, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that his state was officially canceling its contract with Elon Musk-owned Starlink — which helps people in times of disaster when their electricity goes out.
This comes after Trump’s tariffs went into full effect just after midnight on Tuesday, in what the president cited were failures of Mexico, Canada, and China to stop the flow of deadly fentanyl coming into the U.S.
Mexico is expected to respond with retaliatory measures on U.S. goods on Sunday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Tuesday.
“There is no motive or reason, nor justification that supports this decision that will affect our people and our nation,” she said.
Trudeau’s likely successor, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, similarly announced that Canada will fight this.
“At 12:01 a.m., President Trump stabbed America’s best friend in the back. My message to the president is this — Canada will fight back,” he announced in a statement.
The new tariffs, which went into effect on Tuesday, impose a 25% levy on the U.S.’s North American neighbors and 20% on China.
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"Democrats are the party of war," Rob Finnerty illustrated, proven throughout both modern American history and in the political outrage taking place over President Trump seeking to end the Russia-Ukraine war.