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Expert floored by Trump's 'messy' offer to Iranian regime guards: 'Going to get worse'

President Donald Trump floored one expert on Sunday when he made his latest offer to the remaining Iranian Revolutionary Guard and police officers in the country.

In a six-minute video posted on Truth Social, Trump said "thousands" of Iranian regime guards and police have called him and asked for immunity. Trump added that he would give them "full immunity" if they surrendered.

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'Always about the money': Trump bashed for 'unserious' response to Iran strikes

Political analysts and observers bashed President Donald Trump on Sunday for his "unserious" response to the strikes in Iran.

On Saturday, the U.S. and Israel coordinated strikes on several sites across Iran. Israel struck sites where the country's political and military leadership were located, which killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the dictator who had ruled the country since 1989. The U.S. struck sites where Iran was keeping its ballistic and nuclear missiles, according to reports.

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Trump shares stark message after 3 US troops die in Iran: 'Could happen again'

President Donald Trump shared a stark message on Sunday after three U.S. military troops were confirmed dead in the wake of the coordinated strikes on Iran.

Trump gave a series of one-on-one interviews with news outlets following the U.S. and Israeli strikes against several sites in Iran on early Saturday morning. The strikes killed Iranian dictator Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several of the country's political leaders, according to reports.

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US troops racing against the clock before running out of ammo: report

U.S. troops in the Middle East are staring down a difficult situation in the wake of strikes that killed Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a new report.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that U.S. troops in the region are racing to destroy Iran's ballistic and nuclear missile facilities before they run out of interceptors to defend from Iranian retaliatory strikes. The exact size of the military's ammunition base is classified, but analysts and former officials who spoke to The Journal said the stockpile has been diminished after repeated conflicts in the region.

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Trump official's 'tone deaf' response to US war dead in Iran blows up in his face

Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations stepped in it on Sunday morning with a glib and unsympathetic response to news that three US service members have died while taking part in the ongoing attack on Iran known as "Operation Epic Fury."

Former Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), who was first tabbed by Trump to be his national security adviser, only to be booted from the job and shuffled off to the UN after he and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth embroiled the entire Trump administration in the Signalgate scandal, used his X account to pass along a post about the three war dead.

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Trump reacts to dead service members by boasting he got a 'great deal' for their lives

President Donald Trump responded to the death of three U.S. service members by bragging he got a "great deal" in the war that ended their lives.

On Sunday, U.S. Central Command confirmed that three members of the armed forces had been killed in action during Operation Epic Fury against Iran.

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Bannon's War Room turns on Trump over Iran: 'Looks like an open betrayal of the base'

A segment on MAGA influencer Steve Bannon's War Room accused President Donald Trump of "an open betrayal" of his base following the weekend strikes on Iran.

As the U.S. military was continuing to pound Iranian targets, Curt Mills, Executive Director of The American Conservative, told Bannon that Trump had received poor guidance before launching the strikes.

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'Never voting in a national election again': Charlie Kirk fans are flipping out on Trump

Donald Trump’s decision to launch an attack on Iran without congressional approval, and then follow up with a continuing bombardment of the country, is alienating an important portion of his base that helped him regain the Oval Office after his loss in 2020 to President Joe Biden.

The attack, after promises that he would not engage in military adventurism, led to a resurfacing of an old post by Charlie Kirk, where the late founder of TPUSA broke with the president after an attack on Iran last year.

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Trump bizarrely boasts that Iran's Navy will be 'floating at the bottom of the sea'

President Donald Trump vowed that Iran's naval fleet would soon be "floating at the bottom of the sea."

In a Sunday post to Truth Social, the U.S. president gave an update on the progress in the fight against the Iranian Navy.

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Trump facing political minefield at home after Iran war betrayal: report

Donald Trump faces a political minefield after his second military strike on Iran in less than a year, with conservative voters and MAGA supporters—promised no new wars—expressing fury over the attacks.

The president's Iran operation has ignited a firestorm among his base, with supporters and former backers reminding him of his 2024 campaign pledge to avoid military adventurism.

According to Politico's Erin Doherty, the political damage is substantial and immediate action is necessary.

A POLITICO poll from last month found only half of 2024 Trump voters—50 percent—supported military action against Iran, while 30 percent opposed it. "Those fractures, combined with largely unified opposition from Democrats, meant Americans broadly did not want an attack on Iran," Doherty wrote. An Economist/YouGov poll conducted the following weekend confirmed broad public opposition to military action in Iran.

The stakes are particularly dire for Republicans heading into a difficult midterm election. "The Republican Party is already staring down a difficult midterm landscape, where even small defections from their winning 2024 coalition could carry outsized consequences," the report states.

Trump now confronts a volatile political calculation where support within his coalition was tepid at best before the strikes, and overall public opposition significantly outweighs backing.

Michigan-based Republican strategist Jason Roe outlined the binary outcome: "The political risk depends on the outcome. If we break Iran without terrorist attacks coming to America or harm coming to allies in the region, it will be a political win for Trump. … If this expands into a protracted conflict, or ends up with troops on the ground, it will be a liability."

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FBI claims 'potential nexus to terrorism' after mass shooting in Austin amid Iran strikes

The FBI said it was investigating a mass shooting that killed three and injured 14 in Austin as a "potential nexus to terrorism."

"Indicators" on the suspect and his vehicle signaled a "potential nexus to terrorism," FBI's San Antonio special agent Alex Doran said during a Sunday press conference.

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'Not his job': Lindsey Graham angrily snaps about whether Trump 'has a plan' in Iran

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) rejected critics who claim "you break it, you own it" after President Donald Trump ordered strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader.

"The new Iran, whatever it is, whether it's a cleric or a representative democracy, our goal is to make sure it cannot become, again, the largest state sponsor of terrorism," Graham told NBC's Kristen Welker on Sunday. "That's a win for us."

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'Stay off social media when you're drunk': Nancy Mace called out over Khamenei death post

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) set off a war of words on X late Saturday when she attempted to troll two of her colleagues in the House, both of whom are Muslims.

Reacting to news that Iran’s Supreme Commander Ali Hosseini Khamenei was pronounced dead after a surprise US attack on his country, Mace posted a link to the Fox News report and wrote, “My heart goes out to Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib tonight. Sending them thoughts and prayers.”

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