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MAGA Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas was mocked on Easter Sunday after he shared a social media post celebrating an obviously AI-generated image.

Abbott shared a post from an account called "Missy In So Cal" on X that purported to show an Air Force colonel who was rescued after his plane was shot down in Iran. The image shows a white soldier holding the American flag, surrounded by other soldiers, in a rescue aircraft.

President Donald Trump has just laid the groundwork for one of the "greatest tragedies in American foreign policy history," according to a GOP analyst.

Stewart Stevens, who was Mitt Romney's chief campaign strategist during his 2012 presidential campaign, argued in a recent interview on MS NOW's "Alex Witt Reports" that Trump appears incapable of recognizing the mistakes his administration has made in the war in Iran. He said that failure could create a situation where U.S. soldiers and Iranian civilians face "complete tragedies" of Trump's own making.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth alarmed two national security experts after making his latest "dangerous" decision.

Last week, Hegseth fired Army Gen. Randy George, the Army's chief of staff, over what the New York Times described as "hostility" between the Defense Secretary and senior military leaders. George's firing happened at a time when the U.S. appears to be considering an escalation in the war in Iran, one that could result in the country putting boots on the ground.

The satellite firm Planet Labs told customers, including major news outlets, that it was acting on the Trump administration’s request as it announced it was implementing “an indefinite withhold of imagery” in Iran and across the Middle Eastern countries where the widening conflict started by the US and Israel is unfolding.

The Saturday announcement, said UK rights campaigner Sarah Wilkinson, was a sign that images of the war will be censored “to hide the truth.”

President Donald Trump was spotted Sunday taking a “bizarre tour” of Washington, D.C., including a stop at his golf course, and in lieu of attending any of the three Easter services held that morning at the church he’s “frequently” attended, The Daily Beast reported.

St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., often called the “Church of the Presidents,” has been attended at least once by every president since its construction in 1816. The church held three Easter services Sunday morning – none of which, the Beast reported, were attended by Trump.

In a vague social media post on Sunday, President Donald Trump appeared to have extended his deadline for Iran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz by another day, prompting widespread ridicule from critics over what some described as the president’s “desperation.”

“Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, with no additional context.

President Donald Trump reaffirmed his commitment to authorize an unprecedented attack on Iranian civilian infrastructure on Sunday, telling Axios’ Barak Ravid in a phone call that he intends on “blowing up everything over there” if his demand is not met by Monday night.

Following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February, Iranian officials blocked U.S.-aligned vessels from transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping lane that carries roughly 20% of global oil trade. In mid-March, Trump threatened to bomb Iranian power plants if the waterway was not reopened within 48 hours, but twice extended the deadline, citing ongoing negotiations with Tehran that Iran denied were taking place.

President Donald Trump left onlookers baffled on Easter Sunday after, rather than issuing a customary message for the Christian holiday, he praised “Allah” – the Arabic word for God – while delivering a profanity-laced threat to destroy civilian infrastructure, actions that would likely constitute war crimes.

Trump’s outburst comes after several failed attempts to force Iran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping channel that Tehran has denied access to for U.S.-aligned vessels in response to U.S.-Israeli attacks.