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Political analysts were floored on Sunday after Vice President JD Vance seemed to struggle selling President Donald Trump's war in Iran during a recent public appearance.

Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes, co-hosts of "Pod Save the World," said during a new episode that Vance's recent appearance showed he is trying to "distance himself" from Trump's war, but not enough to anger the president. This stance seems to comport with Vance's rhetoric on the campaign trail, where he made it clear that he would rather take a restrained approach to foreign policy, including backing away from supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asserted on NBC on Sunday morning that those who were offended by Donald Trump’s universally reviled Truth Social post about the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, should approach the controversy from the president’s point of view.

“Meet the Press” host Kristin Welker kicked off the conversation by reading Trump’s posts where he wrote, “Robert Mueller just died. Good. I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people,” and then pressed, "Do you think it’s appropriate for the president of the United States to celebrate the death of an American citizen; someone who’s a Bronze Star, Purple Heart Kristen and who served in Vietnam?”

According to Donald Trump’s UN ambassador, the president should not be constrained from ordering the Pentagon to bomb Iran’s sole nuclear power plant located southeast of the city of Bushehr, situated on the waterfront of the Persian Gulf.

During an appearance on “Face the Nation,” Ambassador Mike Waltz, who was shuffled over to the UN after he was caught up in the “Signalgate” scandal, was asked about Trump’s 48-hour threat to begin bombing Iran’s power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz is opened to shipping.

Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino was confronted in public Saturday over his handling of the criminal probe into Jeffrey Epstein and potential co-conspirators, with one heckler issuing Bongino an especially brutal nickname, as seen in a clip of the confrontation that went viral on Sunday.

Details of the event Bongino was confronted are sparse, though the conservative news website The Gateway Pundit reported Sunday that it took place Saturday evening. Far-right lawyer and Army veteran Ivan Raiklin also confirmed details of the incident after refuting claims that he had been the one to confront the former FBI deputy director. Bongino has also shared at least 10 posts on social media Sunday morning mocking the group that apparently confronted him.

Donald Trump’s impulsive weekend decision to deploy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to the nation’s airports to do the jobs of TSA agents not being paid by the administration, put his border czar on the spot on CNN.

Early Sunday morning, the frustrated president said ICE would pulled from their jobs grabbing immigrants off the street to help out at airports plagued by TSA sick-outs and that Homan would be responsible for getting it done.

During an appearance on MS NOW’s “The Weekend,” Jack Schlossberg, son of Caroline Kennedy, burst into laughter at the suggestion that Donald Trump might want to be given one of the “Profiles in Courage" awards that have been given to Democrats and Republicans alike.

Appearing to promote the upcoming ceremony for the award given annually by the Kennedy family to recognize displays of courage similar to those former President John F. Kennedy, Sclossberg was put on the spot by co-host Jackie Alemany.

As Donald Trump’s war on Iran enters its 23rd day, the administration is putting out signals that it would like to begin peace talks at the same time that the president is raising the threat that he will destroy the country’s energy infrastructure within two days.

Appearing on MS NOW, to discuss the mixed messaging, AXIOS reporter Eli Stokols stated that the president is clueless about the best path to proceed down, and events on the ground –– particularly the closing of the Strait of Hormuz –– show no signs of being easily resolved.

President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies seem to be realizing that there is no "formula" to save Trump from the disastrous fallout of the war in Iran, according to one of Trump's biographers.

Since Trump decided to bomb Iran in late February, global energy markets have been in upheaval. The average cost of a gallon of gas in the U.S. has risen by more than $1 per gallon over the last month, at a time when public polls show voters are most concerned about the rising cost of living.

President Donald Trump appears to have given Iran a way to inflict economic pain across the globe for years to come, according to one expert.

Josh Lipsky, senior director of The Atlantic Council's GeoEconomics Center, argued during a new CNN interview on Saturday that Iran has learned it can cause significant economic damage by controlling the Strait of Hormuz, and that the regime could leverage that for the foreseeable future. Lipsky noted that Iran learned this lesson after Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started bombing Iran in late February.

Conservative analyst Bill Kristol was floored on Saturday after President Donald Trump unleashed his "most grotesque" outburst yet.

Trump posted on Truth Social that he is "glad" former FBI Director and Special Counsel Robert Mueller had passed away over the weekend. Mueller, who had been battling Parkinson's disease, led the 2016 investigation into ties between Trump's presidential campaign and the Russian government, and issued a report that concluded the Russians favored Trump to win, even though it stopped short of calling the efforts "collusion."

A political scientist said on Saturday that the Trump administration's "stunning" gaps in its Iran strategy just made Iran's "escalation trap" much more dangerous.

Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, argued during a recent interview on MS NOW's "Alex Witt Reports" that if the Trump administration decides to deploy ground troops in Iran, then the regime will start killing civilians in other countries like France and Germany with their long-range missiles. Pape said Iran has been telegraphing this move with its posture, and it isn't clear whether the Trump administration has picked up on this signal yet. Pape described these steps in a recent Substack essay as Iran's "escalation trap."

Ex-GOP strategist Rick Wilson delivered “bad news” for outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her chief of staff – and alleged lover – Corey Lewandowski on Saturday, warning the pair during an appearance on MS NOW that their trouble had only just begun.

Noem was ousted as head of DHS by President Donald Trump earlier this month after internal frustrations mounted over her leadership, and over her alleged affair with Lewandowski, who, like Noem, is married.

Political commentator Adam Mockler confronted two conservative writers on Saturday over their fierce defenses of President Donald Trump and his decision to launch a war against Iran, telling the two to their faces that their arguments were filled with “contradictions.”

CNN’s “Table For Five” saw conservative writers and commentators Noah Rothman and Brianna Lyman fiercely defend Trump’s decision to launch an attack on Iran. Lyman placed blame for the conflict on Iran, claiming that “we started a war because Iran started a war 47 years ago,” and that Trump was “finishing a war.”