<p>Former President Donald Trump blasted the &#8220;rude and nasty&#8221; questions from moderators during his Q&amp;A session at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Conference in Chicago on Wednesday, and celebrated the event as a victory.</p>
<p>Trump sat down with ABC reporter Rachel Scott, Semafor reporter Kadia Goba, and Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner for an interview that got off to a contentious start when Scott focused on Trump&#8217;s past negative comments about black Democrats and asked the former president why black voters would trust him.</p>
<p>&#8220;The questions were Rude and Nasty, often in the form of a statement, but we CRUSHED IT!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112882765030234104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on Truth Social after the event.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trump responds to biased ABC journalist: “First of all, I don’t think I’ve ever been asked a question in such a horrible manner. You don’t even say, ‘Hello, how are you?’”</p>
<p><a href="https://t.co/Okl6Jx9NAD">pic.twitter.com/Okl6Jx9NAD</a></p>
<p>— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1818720875308630349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 31, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
Throughout the interview, Scott went on the offensive and often spoke over the other moderators while she attempted to grill Trump on numerous topics from abortion and January 6 to comments made by his running mate JD Vance. Later in the Q&amp;A, Trump said it was a &#8220;disgrace&#8221; that Scott began the interview in a &#8220;hostile manner.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump addressed illegal immigration, the economy, and inflation and how those issues are affecting black Americans under the Biden administration.</p>
<p>“The inflation is absolutely destroying our middle class, our working class, virtually every class. Inflation is a disaster in our country,” he said, adding, “People can’t buy houses. They no longer have the American Dream. Young people, young black people, they don’t have the American Dream anymore.”</p>
<p>To address high inflation, Trump said, “We have to bring down the cost of energy. … This was all started by a bad energy policy by Joe Biden.”</p>
<p>Before the Q&amp;A, Trump also blasted Vice President Kamala Harris for declining to attend the NABJ Conference reportedly over scheduling conflicts.</p>
<p>“Crazy Kamala disrespectfully refused to attend the National Association of Black Journalists Conference, but I am on my way to meet with them now in Chicago. Because of which, she’ll probably end up doing, she has no choice, but remember — it is only for that reason!” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112881557598519647" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on Truth Social.</p>
<p>As Trump&#8217;s plane was approaching Chicago, he added, &#8220;Getting ready to land in Chicago — unlike Crazy Kamala!”</p>

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‘Questions Were Rude And Nasty … But We Crushed It’: Trump Celebrates After Contentious Q&A At Black Journalists Conference

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<p>President Donald Trump said on Friday that a deal with Harvard University could be announced &#8220;over the next week or so&#8221; as the Trump administration and Ivy League school have been engaged in a months-long fight over diversity programs and antisemitism on Harvard&#8217;s campus.</p>
<p>The president praised Harvard for coming to the negotiating table to seek a solution for &#8220;their largescale improprieties.&#8221; Trump&#8217;s fight with Harvard started after he began stripping federal funding for the university over their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and their failure to crack down on antisemitism. The battle between Trump and Harvard intensified earlier this month when the president moved to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/an-unacceptable-risk-trump-signs-proclamation-to-stop-foreign-students-from-enrolling-at-harvard?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98An+Unacceptable+Risk%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Signs+Proclamation+To+Stop+Foreign+Students+From+Enrolling+At+Harvard">stop</a> foreign students from enrolling at the university.</p>
<p>&#8220;Many people have been asking what is going on with Harvard University and their largescale improprieties that we have been addressing, looking for a solution,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114717387393069944">wrote</a> on Truth Social. &#8220;We have been working closely with Harvard, and it is very possible that a Deal will be announced over the next week or so. They have acted extremely appropriately during these negotiations, and appear to be committed to doing what is right.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If a Settlement is made on the basis that is currently being discussed, it will be &#8216;mindbogglingly&#8217; HISTORIC, and very good for our Country. Thank you for your attention to this matter!&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>Harvard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvard-sues-to-restore-taxpayer-funding-frozen-by-trump-admin">sued</a> the Trump administration for stripping over $2 billion in federal funding, and then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvard-sues-after-trump-admin-blocks-university-from-admitting-foreign-students">sued again</a> over the administration&#8217;s attempt to bar foreign students from attending. Shortly before Trump&#8217;s comments on Friday, a Boston-based federal judge blocked Trump from revoking Harvard&#8217;s ability to enroll foreign students, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-harvard-foreign-students-judge-ruling/#">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Last month, Trump suggested that Harvard cap its foreign student enrollment at 15% of the student body, which would be a drop from the nearly 30% of the student body represented by international students. He added that he wants Harvard to &#8220;show us their lists,&#8221; so that the Trump administration can &#8220;make sure that the foreign students are people that can love our country.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to see shopping centers exploding. We don&#8217;t want to see the kind of riots that you had,&#8221; Trump said.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-state-dept-measures-unveiled-how-foreign-students-will-be-screened-for-u-s-entry">reported</a> that the State Department unveiled new measures for screening foreign students on Wednesday, including searching the social media accounts of students for “any indications of hostility towards the citizens, culture, government, institutions or founding principles of the United States,” “advocacy for, aid or support for foreign terrorists and other threats to U.S. national security,” and “support for unlawful antisemitic harassment or violence.”</p>
<p>“Every visa adjudication is a national security decision,” the State Department said. “The United States must be vigilant during the visa issuance process to ensure that those applying for admission into the United States do not intend to harm Americans and our national interests, and that all applicants credibly establish their eligibility for the visa sought, including that they intend to engage in activities consistent with the terms for their admission.”</p>

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Trump Teases ‘Mindbogglingly Historic’ Deal With Harvard: ‘They Have Acted Extremely Appropriately’

<p>Minnesota Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, released a statement on Thursday updating the public on their recovery and providing more details about the assassination attempt against them last week.</p>
<p>Yvette has been released from the hospital, while John remains in critical but stable condition, <span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/hoffman-hortman-statement-minnesota-shooting/89-5fb5baf5-8293-4397-b57d-69a265571bd4">according</a> to NBC&#8217;s Minneapolis affiliate, KARE 11</span>. In their statement, the Hoffmans said they were shot a combined 17 times by a masked assassin who targeted multiple Democratic politicians last week, wounding the Hoffmans and killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark. The Hortmans are survived by their two adult children, Sophie and Colin.</p>
<p>The Hoffmans added that they, along with their adult daughter, Hope, were awakened by loud banging on their front door, with someone shouting and identifying himself as a police officer.</p>
<p>&#8220;When the door was opened, all three of us were in the entryway. John initially lunged at the gunman as the weapon was pointed directly at him, getting struck nine times,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;As John fell, Yvette reached out to push the man and shut the door, succeeding before she was also hit eight times by gunfire. Hope then rushed to shut the door and secured the lock; she got to the phone and shared with the 911 operator that Senator John Hoffman had been shot in his home. Her brave actions and quick thinking triggered the notice to public safety officials that a politically-motivated act was potentially underway.&#8221;</p>
<p>After wounding the Hoffmans, 57-year-old Vance Boelter, the suspected assassin, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspected-minnesota-assassin-went-to-homes-of-two-other-elected-officials-prosecutor?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=9&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Suspected+Minnesota+Assassin+Went+To+Homes+Of+Two+Other+Elected+Officials%3A+Prosecutor">drove</a> to the houses of two other Democratic politicians who were not home, according to prosecutors. Authorities said that Boelter then arrived at the home of Rep. Hortman, where he shot and killed the 55-year-old Democrat and her husband before getting into a shootout with police and fleeing. Boelter was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/authorities-catch-suspected-minnesota-assassin">arrested</a> just over 24 hours later in a wooded area near his family home, which is located an hour southwest of the Twin Cities.</p>
<p>Police said they found a potential “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-the-hit-list-found-in-minnesota-gunmans-vehicle">hit list</a>” in Boelter’s vehicle that contained the names of numerous Minnesota Democrats, including Gov. Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Angie Craig, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. The suspect, who was reappointed by Walz to serve on the Workforce Development Board in 2019, was &#8220;very conservative,&#8221; according to a man he roomed with part-time at a house in north Minneapolis.</p>
<p>Video <a href="https://x.com/Protestia/status/1934404005590937986">clips</a> shared on social media show Boelter <a href="https://x.com/sfmcguire79/status/1934044833477185855">preaching</a> in churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent years. He graduated from Christ For The Nations Institute in 1990 with a degree in practical theology in leadership and pastoral, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vance-boelter-know-minnesota-shooting-suspect-rcna213443">NBC News</a>. In Minnesota, Boelter was most recently working for funeral homes and had decades of experience in the food industry.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are heartbroken to know that our friends Melissa and Mark Hortman were assassinated,&#8221; the Hoffmans added. &#8220;Our daughter Hope and Sophie Hortman went to school together, and we know that they – along with Colin Hortman – will have each other’s support as we all work through the devastating consequences of that horrific night.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Choosing to work in the public sector, even in as limited a way as John’s career as a senator, has always meant sacrificing a level of privacy. But now we are grappling with the reality that we live in a world where public service carries such risks as being targeted because someone disagrees with you or doesn’t like what you stand for,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;As a society, as a nation, as a community, we must work together to return to a level of civility that allows us all to live peacefully. The future for our children depends on that. We will be praying for that work and appreciate all those who will join with us.&#8221;</p>

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Minnesota State Senator, Wife Say They Were Shot A Combined 17 Times By Masked Assassin

<p>The U.S. Capitol Police said on Friday that authorities arrested the 36-year-old Ohio man accused of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jewish-congressman-run-off-the-road-by-deranged-man-who-waved-palestinian-flag">threatening</a> Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), who is Jewish, by running him &#8220;off the road&#8221; while waving a Palestinian flag.</p>
<p>Feras S. Hamdan was arrested on charges of aggravated menacing after Rep. Miller revealed on Thursday that &#8220;the life of me and my family was threatened&#8221; in a brush with &#8220;blatant antisemitic violence.&#8221; The suspected antisemitic threat against Miller took place while the congressman was driving with his family in Rocky River, Ohio.</p>
<p>“In less than 24 hours, the USCP received notification of a threat against a Member of Congress, had boots on the ground, collaborated with the local police department, and the suspect in the case was arrested that same evening,&#8221; said Capitol Police Acting Chief Sean Gallagher. “This case is a prime example of the USCP’s stance towards threats against our elected officials. We will continue to have a zero-tolerance policy.”</p>
<p>Miller reported the incident to the Capitol Police and the Rocky River Police Department. He later posted a video on social media, describing what happened, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jewish-congressman-run-off-the-road-by-deranged-man-who-waved-palestinian-flag">reported</a>.</p>
<p>“Some unhinged, deranged man decided to lay on his horn and run me off the road when he couldn’t get my attention to show me the Palestinian flag, not to mention ‘Death to Israel,’ death to me — that he wanted to kill me — and my family,” he said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The deranged hatred in this country has gotten out of control. Today I was run off the road in Rocky River, and the life of me and my family was threatened by a person who proceeded to show a Palestinian flag before taking off. I have filed a police report with Capitol Police and… <a href="https://t.co/H6JnupcRIA">pic.twitter.com/H6JnupcRIA</a></p>
<p>— Max Miller (@MaxMillerOH) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaxMillerOH/status/1935778720855241020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>According to the criminal complaint, Hamdan — driving a black Tesla — pulled up next to Miller&#8217;s vehicle while they were on the road and showed him a picture of a Palestinian flag on his phone, Fox 8 <a href="https://fox8.com/news/i-team/i-team-westlake-man-charged-with-threatening-u-s-rep-max-miller-and-his-family-in-rocky-river/">reported</a>. He also yelled &#8220;death to Israel,&#8221; along with other antisemitic slurs, per the criminal complaint.</p>
<p>The Rocky River Police Department said in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100064703557583/posts/1158636719636436/?mibextid=wwXIfr&amp;rdid=rZAse8aDk6K0KCUK#">statement</a> on Friday that Hamden had driven away by the time officers responded to Miller&#8217;s 911 call. The police department added that Hamden later &#8220;voluntarily turned himself in &#8230; and is awaiting a court appearance.&#8221;</p>
<p>Miller added in his video: “I will continue to fight against antisemitism, Islamophobia, and all other forms of hate. You have an issue? Take it to our office. You want to run me off the road? That’s a different story. We know who you are, young man, and the police are going to be paying you a visit.”</p>
<p><em>Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.</em></p>

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Police Arrest Man Accused Of Threatening Jewish Congressman While Waving Palestinian Flag

<p>Iran said on Friday that it has rejected &#8220;several&#8221; calls for negotiations from the United States after President Donald Trump gave a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-decide-on-iran-strike-before-july-4?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+To+Decide+On+Iran+Strike+Before+July+4">two-week deadline</a> for his decision on possibly striking the Islamic Republic, leaving the door open for talks with Tehran.</p>
<p>Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in an address on state television, “Americans want to negotiate and have sent messages several times, but we clearly said that as long as this aggression doesn’t stop, there’s no place for talk of dialogue,” the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/06/20/world-news/iran-rejects-us-talks-after-trump-gives-two-week-deadline-to-allow-for-negotiations/">reported</a>. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran&#8217;s supreme leader, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-missile-attacks-nuclear-news-tehran-trump-06-18-2025-c6c90028dc340e2716724412fcec2cf0">rejected</a> Trump&#8217;s call for the country to surrender on Wednesday as Israel continues to pound Iranian nuclear facilities and missile launchers from the sky and take out the regime&#8217;s military leaders.</p>
<p>“Wise individuals who know Iran, its people and its history never speak to this nation with the language of threats, because the Iranian nation is not one to surrender,” Khamenei said.</p>
<p>“Americans should know that any military involvement by the U.S. will undoubtedly result in irreparable damage to them,” he added.</p>
<p>Iran <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crossing-of-a-red-line-iran-hits-major-israeli-hospital-with-direct-strike">escalated</a> the conflict with Israel on Thursday morning, striking a major Israeli hospital. President Trump said on Thursday that he would decide whether to attack Iran “within the next two weeks.”</p>
<p>“Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,” the president said in a statement shared by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> shares a message from President Trump: &quot;Based on the fact that there&#39;s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/r3yVnbZHAC">pic.twitter.com/r3yVnbZHAC</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1935753412856967261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>While Trump gave a two-week timeline for a decision on Iran, an Israeli official <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/pm-israel-will-hit-all-nuclear-facilities-has-destroyed-half-of-irans-launchers/">told</a> The Times of Israel that the U.S. ally expects Trump to decide on striking Iran within 24 to 48 hours. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, said that it&#8217;s &#8220;entirely&#8221; up to Trump to decide if the United States &#8220;wants to join or not,&#8221; adding that he speaks to Trump &#8220;almost daily.&#8221;</p>
<p>“He’ll do what’s good for the United States, and I’ll do what’s good for the State of Israel,” Netanyahu continued.</p>
<p>If the United States joins Israel in direct strikes on Iran, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/06/18/bunker-buster-bomb-israel-iran-conflict/84257733007/">reports</a> suggest that it could be to drop the massive &#8220;bunker buster&#8221; bomb, which can only be carried by America&#8217;s B-2 Bombers. The &#8220;bunker buster&#8221; would likely target Iran&#8217;s Fordow nuclear site, which is built approximately 300 feet underground.</p>
<p>Trump also said earlier this week that the United States knows &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-is-an-easy-target-trump-says-he-knows-exactly-where-the-ayatollah-is-hiding">exactly</a>&#8221; where Ayatollah Khamenei is hiding, adding, “He is an easy target, but is safe there — We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now.&#8221;</p>

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Iran Refuses To Negotiate With U.S. After Trump Sets 2-Week Deadline

<p>President Donald Trump relayed a message on the Middle East conflict through White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday, saying that he would decide whether to strike Iran &#8220;within the next two weeks.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump has backed Israel&#8217;s airstrikes on Iran that have taken out some of the radical Islamic regime&#8217;s nuclear facilities and military leaders, while urging the Ayatollah to come to the negotiating table. The president has not ruled out direct U.S. military action against Iran, and even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-is-an-easy-target-trump-says-he-knows-exactly-where-the-ayatollah-is-hiding">said</a> that the United States knows &#8220;exactly where the so-called ‘Supreme Leader’ is hiding.&#8221; Leavitt addressed the speculation surrounding the president&#8217;s thinking on conflict, reading a statement from Trump in the Briefing Room.</p>
<p>&#8220;Based on the fact that there&#8217;s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,&#8221; the president stated in his message.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> shares a message from President Trump: &quot;Based on the fact that there&#39;s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/r3yVnbZHAC">pic.twitter.com/r3yVnbZHAC</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1935753412856967261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Trump told reporters on Wednesday that &#8220;nobody knows&#8221; what his thinking is on a potential U.S. strike on Iran, adding, &#8220;I may do it, I may not do it.&#8221; The president later said that Iran was only “a few weeks away” from obtaining a nuclear weapon.</p>
<p>“I’m not looking to fight, but if it’s a choice between fighting and having a nuclear weapon, you have to do what you have to do,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Maybe we won’t have to fight. Maybe it will end very quickly.”</p>
<p>The president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-trump-says-tehran-wants-to-talk-about-ceasefire-after-pummeling-from-israel?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+Tehran+Wants+To+%E2%80%98Talk%E2%80%99+About+Ceasefire+After+Pummeling+From+Israel">said</a> earlier this week that Iran made a mistake by refusing to make a deal with the United States.</p>
<p>&#8220;I’d say Iran is not winning this war, and they should talk, and they should talk immediately, before it’s too late,” he said on Monday.</p>
<p>Leavitt added on Thursday that the Trump administration has continued &#8220;correspondence&#8221; with Iran.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">White House confirms that the United States has continued to be in correspondence with the Iranian regime. <a href="https://t.co/KUgj46Q2Af">pic.twitter.com/KUgj46Q2Af</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyAkiva/status/1935761933187400165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Iran <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crossing-of-a-red-line-iran-hits-major-israeli-hospital-with-direct-strike?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News+and+Analysis&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=%E2%80%98Crossing+Of+A+Red+Line%E2%80%99%3A+Iran+Hits+Major+Israeli+Hospital+With+Direct+Strike">escalated</a> the conflict on Thursday with a direct airstrike on an Israeli hospital, a move that Israel Health Minister Uriel Buso called an &#8220;act of terrorism and a crossing of a red line.&#8221;</p>
<p>Some <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/06/18/bunker-buster-bomb-israel-iran-conflict/84257733007/">reports</a> suggest that Israel wants the United States to get directly involved in the conflict, so that the U.S. military can take out Iran&#8217;s Fordow nuclear site, which is built nearly 300 feet underground. Only America&#8217;s B-2 Bombers have the ability to drop a &#8220;bunker buster&#8221; bomb that could take out the Fordow plant in a single strike.</p>

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Trump To Decide On Iran Strike Before July 4

<p>President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, who has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-lays-into-kooky-tucker-carlson-over-opposition-to-israeli-strikes-on-iran?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Lays+Into+%E2%80%98Kooky%E2%80%99+Tucker+Carlson+Over+Opposition+To+Israeli+Strikes+On+Iran">criticizing</a> Trump over the Middle East conflict, called him to &#8220;apologize&#8221; for saying things &#8220;that were a little bit too strong.&#8221;</p>
<p>Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump addressed the ongoing debate among some on the Right about the conflict between Israel and Iran. He dismissed a question that suggested the Israeli strikes are &#8220;dividing&#8221; his supporters.</p>
<p>&#8220;No, my supporters are for me. My supporters are for America First and Make America Great Again,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;My supporters don&#8217;t want to see Iran have a nuclear weapon. Tucker&#8217;s a nice guy. He called and apologized the other day because he thought he said things that were a little bit too strong.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump&#8217;s comments came after Carlson interviewed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) over foreign policy in a discussion that quickly turned into a heated debate on Israel and Iran during an episode of Carlson&#8217;s podcast that was released on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The president added that &#8220;Ted Cruz is a nice guy. He&#8217;s been with me for a long time.&#8221; Trump said that &#8220;nobody thinks it&#8217;s okay&#8221; for Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want a fight, either. I&#8217;m not looking for a fight,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;But if it&#8217;s a choice between fighting and them having a nuclear weapon, you have to do what you have to do. And maybe we won&#8217;t have to fight. Don&#8217;t forget, we haven&#8217;t been fighting. We add a certain amount of genius to everything, but we haven&#8217;t been fighting.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨NEW — President Trump says Tucker Carlson called him and apologized:</p>
<p>&quot;Tucker&#39;s a nice guy. He called and apologized&#8230;because he thought he said things that were a little bit too strong.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;If they think that it&#39;s okay for Iran to have a nuclear weapon, then they should oppose… <a href="https://t.co/GEz1WjYlRx">pic.twitter.com/GEz1WjYlRx</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1935419082733490666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Earlier this week, Carlson said Trump was &#8220;complicit in an act of war&#8221; after Israel struck military targets and nuclear facilities in Iran. Carlson added in his newsletter that “This Could Be the Final Newsletter Before All-Out War.” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-lays-into-kooky-tucker-carlson-over-opposition-to-israeli-strikes-on-iran?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Lays+Into+%E2%80%98Kooky%E2%80%99+Tucker+Carlson+Over+Opposition+To+Israeli+Strikes+On+Iran">responded</a> to Carlson&#8217;s criticism, writing on Truth Social on Monday, “Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that, ‘IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!’”</p>
<p>In another statement responding to criticism over his allegiance to an &#8220;America First&#8221; foreign policy, Trump <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-america-first-iran-israel-strikes-rcna213299">said</a> earlier this week, &#8220;Well, considering that I’m the one that developed ‘America First,’ and considering that the term wasn’t used until I came along, I think I’m the one that decides that. For those people who say they want peace—you can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon. So for all of those wonderful people who don’t want to do anything about Iran having a nuclear weapon—that’s not peace.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cruz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/off-the-rails-ted-cruz-rips-tucker-carlson-for-going-bat-crap-crazy-on-foreign-policy?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=13&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=%E2%80%98Off+The+Rails%E2%80%99%3A+Ted+Cruz+Rips+Tucker+Carlson+For+Going+%E2%80%98Bat+Crap+Crazy%E2%80%99+On+Foreign+Policy">ripped</a> Carlson earlier on Wednesday, arguing that he has gone “bat crap crazy” in adopting “hardcore isolationist” views. Carlson, meanwhile, criticized Cruz during their interview for not knowing the population of Iran, as the senator calls for regime change in the radical Islamic country.</p>
<p>&#8220;I want to stop a lunatic who wants to murder us from getting nuclear weapons that could kill millions of Americans,&#8221; Cruz told Carlson.</p>
<p>&#8220;Fair,&#8221; Carlson responded.</p>

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