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Trump wildly rants that Melania 'isn't thrilled' by ballroom during update on Iran

President Donald Trump took time out of an update on his strikes on Iran to rant about his plans to build a ballroom at the White House.

During a Monday event at the White House, Trump said that he had projected "four to five weeks" for the operation in Iran before speaking about his ballroom plans.

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Trump reveals his 'biggest surprise' so far in Iran war

President Donald Trump has been surprised by Iran's response to joint U.S.-Israel airstrikes that took out their supreme leader.

The 79-year-old president spoke to CNN's Jake Tapper for a nine-minute phone interview Monday morning to discuss his order over the weekend to decapitate Iranian leadership, and Trump said he was surprised that Iran had retaliated by striking other Arab countries in the region, including Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

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Trump's attacks on Iran are hitting his own economic vulnerability: 'Political liability'

A new economic fallout broke out Monday after President Donald Trump ordered attacks on Iran — prompting gasoline and oil prices to surge, according to reports.

Trump's military move could have a significant impact on his energy agenda and gas prices as midterms approach, something he has boasted about since his return to the White House in his second term, Bloomberg reported. As prices rise, it could be a challenge for the president and his Republican Party this fall.

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Iran is scheming to 'freak Trump out' by going after his 'soft underbelly': expert

Faced with overwhelming odds combating US military might, one Middle East expert predicted the leadership of the war-torn country looks to be aiming to get to Donald Trump by going after one of his biggest weaknesses.

Appearing on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” New York Times columnist Tom Friedman claimed that, if there is one thing Donald Trump uses to gauge how he’s doing, it is the stock market and the surviving Iranian leadership knows that is one of his vulnerabilities.

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'I don't have the yips': Trump says he's considering boots on the ground in Iran

President Donald Trump hasn't ruled out sending U.S. ground forces into Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury.

The 79-year-old president ordered joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes that resulted in the killing of Iran's supreme leader, 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and dozens of other top officials, but Trump told the New York Post he would consider putting troops on the ground.

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Melania Trump to chair UN Security Council meeting on 'world peace' amid Iran strikes

First Lady Melania Trump will become the first spouse of a world leader to chair a United Nations Security Council meeting despite her husband's ongoing attacks against Iran.

The U.S. first lady was expected to "emphasize education's role in advancing tolerance and world peace," according to a statement from her office.

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'South Park' writer’s new website targets Trump's son with military recruitment push

A South Park writer has launched a new website following the death of three American troops in President Donald Trump's war with Iran, as a wave of criticism online prompted #SendBarron to trend Monday.

The White House has called President Trump "the president of peace" — but the internet had a different reaction to that following his comments acknowledging that lives would be lost in the war against Iran, The Daily Beast reported. Americans started asking about whether the president's youngest son, Barron Trump, would join the fight in the "noble war."

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Former Bush official blasts Pete Hegseth's 'condescending' Iran war tantrum

A former member of President George W. Bush’s administration had nothing good to say about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s press conference on Monday, claiming he failed to answer any important questions and just showed up to posture.

Appearing on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Elise Jordan expressed disgust with the former Fox News personality’s smug answers, which also failed to make the case that threatens to go on longer than the Donald Trump administration is willing to admit.

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'Big one is coming soon': Trump tells Tapper we're going to be 'hitting them hard' in Iran

Despite the ongoing military assault on Iran, President Donald Trump insisted the U.S. hasn't "started hitting them hard" yet, and said that "the big one is coming soon."

Trump made the remarks Monday morning in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper.

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Reporter who talked to Trump says president is high on war powers: 'He feels invincible'

ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl came away from an interview with President Donald Trump suggesting the U.S. leader was high on military power following the strikes in Iran.

"He promised to keep the nation out of foreign wars, but at this point, no modern president has ordered more military strikes against more countries than Donald Trump," ABC News host George Stephanopoulos told Karl on Monday.

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Trump's Iran strikes will not 'collapse regime' as admin intended: expert

Strikes on Iran will not topple the regime as Donald Trump's administration intends, an expert on the Middle East has warned.

While the president may hope to see change in the region following a series of strikes over the weekend, which left over 500 people dead, the chances of wholly changing the Iranian regime remain slim, according to the analyst.

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Pete Hegseth snarls at reporter's 'gotcha question' when pressed on Iran war endgame

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth jumped in to defend Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine’s explanation on where the war in Iran was headed on Monday morning and then complained about the line of questioning from reporters in the room.

Having earlier complained about “fake news,” the former Fox News personality became incensed about reports the war could drag on longer than two weeks first hinted at, and now four weeks.

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'Great way to go to jail': Hegseth's 'rules of engagement' threat sets off alarms

During a press conference at the Pentagon early morning, DOD Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a belligerent defense of the attack on Iran, and sneered at traditional US allies over “pearl-clutching” and the press for spreading “fake news.”

At the same time, he set off a social media firestorm by promising he would set aside traditional rules of engagement designed to prevent war crimes.

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