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Donald Trump's Christmas night boast about military strikes against ISIS in Nigeria was undermined by a Washington Post report revealing significant operational failures.

On Christmas night, Trump posted on Truth Social: "Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries! The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing."

Saturday's Post report contradicted the president's characterization. Of 16 Tomahawk missiles launched, four failed to detonate. The unexploded warheads were recovered from random locations, including an onion field and a forest.

The Post noted uncertainty about the cause of the failures: "It is unclear why the four Tomahawks didn't detonate. Experts suggested a few possibilities, including mechanical failures or a decision by commanders to crash them because conditions at the target sites may have changed."

More than three weeks after the strikes, questions persist about the overall effectiveness of the operation.

Nigerian and Western analysts assessed the operation's impact skeptically. "Given the location, it was unlikely that the strikes hit high-level members of the Islamic State, who are most active in the northeast of the country," the report stated.

A U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) official acknowledged the mission's limited effectiveness, admitting the assault was "likely not very effective and did not remove any camps or capabilities."

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Rep. Carlos Giménez (R-FL), a close ally of President Donald Trump, openly cheered the toppling of the Cuban government on Thursday, posting an image on social media of the Caribbean nation plastered with the logos of American companies like Walmart, Exxon Mobil and McDonald’s, leaving onlookers stunned.

“When the inevitable happens in Cuba & the narcoterrorist dictatorship is no more, there won’t be a company that won’t want to invest in the stunning, beautiful island of my birth,” Giménez wrote in a social media post on X. “As President Trump has said: the end is near for these thugs.”

President Donald Trump's cage fighting match on the White House lawn is forcing the rescheduling of a planned international gathering.

France announced it will delay this year's Group of 7 summit to avoid a scheduling conflict with the mixed martial arts event planned June 14 at the White House, two officials with direct knowledge of the planning told Politico.

Two conservative commentators showered praise on President Donald Trump’s fixation on acquiring Greenland Friday during an appearance on Newsmax, both of whom aggressively defended the proposed land grab on the basis of the island’s vast mineral resources.

Trump has floated the idea of the United States acquiring Greenland since 2019, and in recent months, has ramped up those calls, telling reporters on Sunday “we need Greenland from the standpoint of national security.” Greenland is currently a territory of Denmark, though operates autonomously with its own government.

In a late-night post on Truth Social, Donald Trump announced he had planned a second wave of military operations against Venezuela but claimed to have cancelled them after stating the country is cooperating with his administration.

The presidential announcement came hours after a bipartisan group of Senate Republicans and all Senate Democrats advanced a war powers resolution that would handcuff the president's authority to use U.S. armed forces in Venezuela.

President Donald Trump told Fox News he would accept Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado's offer to share her Nobel Peace Prize.

Machado told Fox News host Sean Hannity earlier this week she would share the award that Trump publicly covets, and the president told the same broadcaster on Thursday night that he would accept if she makes the offer when they meet next week, reported the Washington Post.

President Donald Trump erupted Thursday after a bipartisan Senate vote advanced a War Powers resolution aimed at curbing his authority to launch military action against Venezuela, angrily singling out five Republican senators for breaking ranks. In a blistering rant, Trump accused them of undermining U.S. national security and demanded they never be reelected, framing the rebuke as punishment for daring to side with Democrats. He also recycled his long-standing claim that the War Powers Act itself is unconstitutional, insisting presidents alone should control military force. The outburst underscored growing cracks inside the GOP as lawmakers move to reassert congressional authority while Trump pushes an increasingly aggressive foreign policy agenda.

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