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'Don't be an idiot!' JD Vance's old diplomacy post comes back to haunt Trump

President Donald Trump's diplomatic approach was under question on Thursday as the global economy took a massive hit amid the Iran war — reviving an old comment from Vice President JD Vance.

Trump has admitted that the war has gone on longer than he would have preferred, and it's uncertain what next steps would prompt the United States to end the conflict in the Middle East, The New York Times reported. It's also unclear who would lead the potential negotiation. Trump had sent his son-in-law Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff before the war to handle negotiations, but after his cabinet meeting on Thursday, he also added that Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were planning to join the talks expected to happen in Pakistan in coming days — after Iranian leaders refused to talk with Kushner and Witkoff.

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Stock markets tank to Iran war lows after Trump threatens to 'blow them away'

U.S. stocks plummeted on Thursday to their lowest since the war in Iran broke out following Trump administration comments.

The largest daily decline hit as oil prices skyrocketed after President Donald Trump signaled he was turning up the pressure on Iran to accept his terms to end the ongoing war, The New York Times reported.

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Trump reveals major Iran development as pressure mounts at home

President Donald Trump signaled that negotiations were underway with Iran — and that he would pause military strikes — while simultaneously attacking the media in a new social media announcement.

Trump has come under fire over the American public's response to the joint U.S.-Israeli military strikes in Iran, as calls have increased for the conflict to end as oil prices rise and the stock market takes serious hits. He said that the Iranian government requested to stop the strikes amid the talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the second time Trump has said he would pause strikes.

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Trump losing top Fox News ally as MAGA host warns of 'cascading problems'

President Donald Trump has apparently started to lose support from one of his loyal Fox News allies as doubts rise over his decision to continue the war against Iran, according to reports on Thursday.

Fox News host and conservative ally Laura Ingraham had a skeptical response to the Trump administration's war on Wednesday night during a live broadcast, Media Matters for America reported. Ingraham warned that as the United States escalates its military action in the Middle East, it could prompt dire and "unintended consequences." She argued that Trump and his administration should focus on America's economy and political situation.

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'Put America first!' CPAC attendee 'not happy at all' with Trump

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan talked to one attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, who slammed President Donald Trump over his war in Iran.

"I'm at CPAC in Dallas," O'Sullivan explained on Thursday. "It's the biggest conservative conference in the country. And lots of people here are talking about the war in Iran. Trump is not speaking at this event this year."

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'He's talking about the ballroom': CNN anchor sums up Trump's wartime cabinet meeting

CNN's Wolf Blitzer returned from a commercial break to summarize the multiple topics President Donald Trump addressed during his latest cabinet meeting on Thursday.

The 79-year-old president addressed a variety of topics after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided a rosy update on the war in Iran, and Blitzer caught viewers up to speed before returning to the meeting at the White House.

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'Terrible': JD Vance warns Iran could blow up supermarkets with nuclear suicide vests

Vice President JD Vance suggested that Iran had the desire to blow up grocery stores with nuclear suicide vests.

During a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Vance praised the U.S. military strikes on Iran for creating options for negotiations.

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Trump's ability to 'comprehend' what's going on now openly questioned: MS NOW's Lemire

During a discussion on the multiple crises that Donald Trump’s White House is facing, MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire pointed out that there are questions about the president’s ability to understand that his war in Iran is not going as well as he appears to think it is.

With the panel pointing out the high cost of gas for Americans due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, combined with chaos in US airports because the president is holding up legislation that pays TSA agents, Lemire suggested the president may be overwhelmed.

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'It's not going to be pretty': Trump's frustration with Iran finally boils over

Donald Trump’s promises that negotiations with Iran are going well have been falling flat and he appears to have lost patience.

Earlier in the week, the president postponed plans to conduct wide-range bombing of Iran’s energy infrastructure because he said he saw an opening in negotiations — a claim Iran quickly refuted.

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Firebrand Republican 'deeply troubled' by Iran briefing on Trump's war

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) indicated that she was the latest Republican member of Congress to lose patience with the Trump administration's shifting excuses for the war in Iran.

Mace made her feelings known on Wednesday following a Pentagon briefing for lawmakers.

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MAGA ex-Fox News host stunned into silence by 'The View' host's fiery response

Joy Behar stopped guest host Abby Huntsman in her tracks on Wednesday during a fiery moment on "The View."

The former Fox News host suggested that President Donald Trump had done a good thing by initiating military strikes against Iran and escalating the war in the Middle East, The Daily Beast reported. After a series of comments, Behar started to push back on Huntsman's claims.

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'Disgrace!' White House lashes out at defecting Trump official's 'laughable' claim

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was irritated on Wednesday after a reporter mentioned Joe Kent — the top Trump intelligence official who resigned after claiming President Donald Trump changed his story on the Iran war.

Leavitt was responding to a reporter's question during a White House press briefing and had a sharp reaction to the comments from Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center and close MAGA ally who stepped down last week from his role. Kent has said that Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation" and that the president acted under "pressure from Israel."

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TSA staffing collapse threatens to destroy crown jewel in Trump's year

The Transportation Security Administration staffing crisis has hit a point that could impact one of the biggest events in President Donald Trump's year: the FIFA World Cup.

Ha Nguyen McNeill, the acting TSA administrator, said during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday that more than 480 TSA workers have quit since the DHS shutdown started 39 days ago, Politico reported. She cited workers who sleep in their cars, sell their own blood or plasma, or take on second jobs to try and make ends meet while the government shutdown has left them unpaid.

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