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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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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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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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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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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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'Battlefield math' working against Pentagon due to Iran advantage: retired general

Reacting to a report from Wall Street Journal that there are growing fears of weaponry shortages looming for the Pentagon after Donald Trump ordered an assault on Iran, a retired general claimed the war planners may have made a major miscalculation.

Appearing on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,“ retired United States Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling explained that when he worked in the Pentagon, one of his duties included war-planning and he understands the constraints that come with limited stocks of weaponry.

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Trump has no 'game plan' for Iran as conflict may last 'much longer' than thought: analyst

Donald Trump's administration has yet to show they have a long-term plan for Iran after a flurry of weekend strikes, a political analyst has warned.

Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow and Iran specialist at the Middle East Institute in Washington, told The Guardian there is no sign of a longer-term thought process behind the strikes orchestrated by the US military. Trump confirmed the strikes in a Truth Social post, with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed dead after the strikes.

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'Undisciplined' Trump is 'on a highwire without a net' after Iran attack: diplomat

According to the former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, reporting that Donald Trump is now fishing about for suggestions on what to do in Iran after he launched a war on the country and killed its leader is yet another example of his “undisciplined” leadership.

And that puts him in a precarious position politically.

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Iran security head says Trump 'rightly worried' about more casualties in 'unnecessary war'

Iran's Supreme National Security Council chief has ruled out peace talks with the United States and claimed that Donald Trump is worried about further conflict.

In statements posted to X, Ali Larijani confirmed the US and Iran had not entered any form of peace talks and that they would be unlikely to do so after a series of strikes on the Middle East over the weekend. Trump confirmed the strikes in a Truth Social post, with three days of bombing seemingly set to continue.

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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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