President Donald Trump weighed in on the viral video showing French first lady Brigitte Macron shoving her husband in the face, President Emmanuel Macron, offering some presidential wisdom to his French counterpart: “Make sure the door remains closed.”
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump at a Friday press conference with Elon Musk if he had any &#8220;world leader to world leader marital advice&#8221; for the Macrons following the incident.
Trump&#8217;s response was characteristically direct and light-hearted. “Make sure the door remains closed,” he said, before adding, “That was … not good.”
“I spoke to [Macron], he’s fine, they’re fine, they’re two really good people, I know them very well,” Trump added. “I don’t know what that was all about, but I know them very well, and they’re fine.”
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“This week there was a video on board a plane that showed the First Lady of France slapping her husband, Emmanuel Macron. Do you have any world leader to world leader marital advice?”
President Trump: “Make sure the door remains closed.”
😂😂😂 <a href="https://t.co/dSuFuvdU0I">pic.twitter.com/dSuFuvdU0I</a>
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Later in the press conference, Elon Musk referenced the Macron incident after being asked by a reporter about a visible bruise above his eye, with Musk joking, &#8220;Well, I wasn&#8217;t anywhere near France,&#8221; and that the injury was from playful roughhousing with his son, X.
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Elon Musk, asked in the Oval why he has a bruise near his eye, jokes, &quot;Well I wasn&#39;t anywhere near France.&quot; 
Then says it&#39;s from rough housing with his son, X.
&mdash; Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1928522011673841867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
The joke, unfortunately, flew right over the reporter&#8217;s head, who attempted to make Musk explain the joke.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/french-kiss-macron-gets-shoved-in-the-face-by-his-wife-on-camera">reported</a>, the embarrassing moment for French President Emmanuel Macron went viral on Monday, with a video showing just before Macron and his wife Brigitte — who is 25 years his senior — exited a plane in Vietnam, she appeared to shove him directly in the face.
Macron appeared to panic upon realizing the incident was visible for the media to see, turning to the cameras with a nonchalant smile and wave as if nothing had happened.
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French Pres. Emmanuel Macron appeared to be pushed in the face by his wife Brigitte Macron as they arrived in Vietnam, the first stop of a Southeast Asia tour. <a href="https://t.co/nqzICGPpeY">https://t.co/nqzICGPpeY</a> <a href="https://t.co/VQnNSpMm1K">pic.twitter.com/VQnNSpMm1K</a>
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Macron dismissed the incident, telling reporters, “I was bickering, or rather joking, with my wife. It’s nothing.” An Elysee official echoed, “It was a moment when the president and his wife were relaxing one last time before the start of the trip by having a laugh.”

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President Trump declined to rule out a pardon for disgraced rapper Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs if the hip-hop mogul is convicted on federal sex trafficking charges.
Trump made the remarks during an Oval Office press conference alongside Elon Musk on Friday, &#8220;Nobody&#8217;s asked. But I know people are thinking about it. I know they&#8217;re thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking,&#8221; the president said in response to Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy.
Trump said he hasn&#8217;t been following the case closely, but was aware of the extensive media coverage the trial was receiving.
Combs, 55, has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/diddy-tells-judge-hes-nervous-as-sex-trafficking-trial-begins-in-nyc?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Diddy+Tells+Judge+He%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Nervous%E2%80%99+As+Sex+Trafficking+Trial+Begins+In+NYC">held</a> without bail since his September arrest on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges in Manhattan. Combs&#8217; trial began in early May, and if convicted, the Bad Boy Records founder faces life in prison.
The president acknowledged his former ties to the embattled music mogul, but added that he hasn&#8217;t seen or spoken to Combs in years.
“I haven’t seen him, I haven’t spoken to him in years,” Trump said. “He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics … that relationship busted up, from what I read. I don’t know — he didn’t tell me that, but I’d read some little bit nasty statements.”
Trump emphasized that any pardon decision would be based solely on the merits of the case.
&#8220;I would certainly look at the facts. If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don&#8217;t like me, it wouldn&#8217;t have any impact on me,&#8221; he stated.
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President Trump on possibly pardoning Diddy: &quot;Nobody&#39;s asked&#8230;I know people are thinking about it&#8230;I haven&#39;t been watching it too closely&#8230;I haven&#39;t spoken to him in years&#8230;I would certainly look at the facts.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/34e7SmBRvd">pic.twitter.com/34e7SmBRvd</a>
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Since reclaiming the presidency in January, Trump has issued an unusually high number of pardons and commutations, often citing his own convictions as evidence of what he describes as a politicized justice system.
Trump <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/30/us-news/trump-doesnt-rule-out-pardon-for-diddy-if-convicted-of-sex-trafficking/">issued</a> 17 pardons and nine commutations on Wednesday alone, according to the New York Post.
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Prosecutors allege the music mogul used his fame and power to orchestrate what they call &#8220;freak offs&#8221; &#8212; sexual performances involving paid sex workers that were reportedly recorded without consent.
Recent testimony in the federal sex-trafficking trial has revealed <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2025/05/29/diddy-trial-live-updates-sean-combs-witness-testimony/">allegations</a> from Diddy’s former assistant &#8220;Mia&#8221; about rape and violence, corroborating accounts from stylist Deonte Nash, who testified to witnessing Combs physically assault Cassie Ventura until her head was bleeding. Ventura <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/diddy-trial-cassie-ventura-says-combs-raped-her-broken-up?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Diddy+Trial%3A+Cassie+Ventura+Says+Combs+Raped+Her+After+They+Had+Broken+Up">testified</a> that Combs raped her after they had broken up.
Diddy has pleaded not guilty on all charges.

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Trump Asked About Potential Pardon For Diddy

President Donald Trump weighed in on the viral video showing French first lady Brigitte Macron shoving her husband in the face, President Emmanuel Macron, offering some presidential wisdom to his French counterpart: “Make sure the door remains closed.”
Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump at a Friday press conference with Elon Musk if he had any &#8220;world leader to world leader marital advice&#8221; for the Macrons following the incident.
Trump&#8217;s response was characteristically direct and light-hearted. “Make sure the door remains closed,” he said, before adding, “That was … not good.”
“I spoke to [Macron], he’s fine, they’re fine, they’re two really good people, I know them very well,” Trump added. “I don’t know what that was all about, but I know them very well, and they’re fine.”
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“This week there was a video on board a plane that showed the First Lady of France slapping her husband, Emmanuel Macron. Do you have any world leader to world leader marital advice?”
President Trump: “Make sure the door remains closed.”
😂😂😂 <a href="https://t.co/dSuFuvdU0I">pic.twitter.com/dSuFuvdU0I</a>
&mdash; TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1928523638539473087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
Later in the press conference, Elon Musk referenced the Macron incident after being asked by a reporter about a visible bruise above his eye, with Musk joking, &#8220;Well, I wasn&#8217;t anywhere near France,&#8221; and that the injury was from playful roughhousing with his son, X.
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Elon Musk, asked in the Oval why he has a bruise near his eye, jokes, &quot;Well I wasn&#39;t anywhere near France.&quot; 
Then says it&#39;s from rough housing with his son, X.
&mdash; Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1928522011673841867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
The joke, unfortunately, flew right over the reporter&#8217;s head, who attempted to make Musk explain the joke.
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/french-kiss-macron-gets-shoved-in-the-face-by-his-wife-on-camera">reported</a>, the embarrassing moment for French President Emmanuel Macron went viral on Monday, with a video showing just before Macron and his wife Brigitte — who is 25 years his senior — exited a plane in Vietnam, she appeared to shove him directly in the face.
Macron appeared to panic upon realizing the incident was visible for the media to see, turning to the cameras with a nonchalant smile and wave as if nothing had happened.
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French Pres. Emmanuel Macron appeared to be pushed in the face by his wife Brigitte Macron as they arrived in Vietnam, the first stop of a Southeast Asia tour. <a href="https://t.co/nqzICGPpeY">https://t.co/nqzICGPpeY</a> <a href="https://t.co/VQnNSpMm1K">pic.twitter.com/VQnNSpMm1K</a>
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Macron dismissed the incident, telling reporters, “I was bickering, or rather joking, with my wife. It’s nothing.” An Elysee official echoed, “It was a moment when the president and his wife were relaxing one last time before the start of the trip by having a laugh.”

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Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani surged to within single digits of disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary race, according to newly released polling.
According to a PIX 11/Emerson College poll released earlier this week, Mamdani, a 33-year-old Muslim from Queens who is a state assemblyman, trails Cuomo 54.4% to 45.6% after 10 simulated rounds of ranked-choice voting, a notable improvement from late March when Cuomo was ahead 38% to 10%.
“Cuomo has led in the polls since early 2025, but Mamdani has surged, gaining 23 points and winning second-choice votes nearly 2-to-1, cutting Cuomo’s ranked-choice lead from 12 points to 9 points,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, <a href="https://emersoncollegepolling.com/nyc-2025-poll/">said</a>. &#8220;With four weeks to go, the question is whether Cuomo can run out the clock, or if he needs to win over second-choice voters to hold off Mamdani&#8217;s momentum.”
Cuomo maintained his strong lead in the early rounds of ranked choice voting in the poll, with Mamdani only closing the gap in later rounds.
In ranked-choice voting, voters rank up to five candidates in order of preference, and if no candidate receives more than 50% of first-choice votes, the last-place candidate is eliminated and their votes are redistributed based on voters&#8217; next choices until someone wins a majority.
The ranked-choice voting system appears to be working to Mamdani&#8217;s advantage, as, according to the poll, he continues gaining ground by picking up second-choice votes after other candidates are eliminated.
Per the Emerson report, “35% of voters support former Governor Andrew Cuomo on the first round of the ballot, 23% support State Rep. Zohran Mamdani, 11% support Comptroller Brad Lander, 9% former State Rep. Scott Stringer, 8% City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, and 5% State Senator Zellnor Myrie.”
“Cuomo’s strongest support comes from black voters (74%), voters over 50 (66%), and women (58% to 42%),” Kimball added. “Mamdani leads among voters under 50 with 61%, and holds an edge among white voters (57% to 43%) and college-educated voters (58% to 42%).”
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Cuomo’s campaign maintains that the Emerson poll is an “outlier,” with campaign spokesman Rich Azzopardi <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/3425895/zohran-mamdani-andrew-cuomo-new-york-city-mayor-race-closes-gap-poll/">telling</a> the Washington Examiner that the ex-governor “is the consistent and overwhelming frontrunner in this race.”
However, Mamdani has effectively formed strategic alliances with other left-wing candidates in an effort to block the 67-year-old former governor&#8217;s political comeback and consolidate his base.
Mamdani called on his supporters to <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/05/how-much-did-zohran-mamdanis-call-action-help-adrienne-adams-fundraising/405674/?oref=csny-skybox-lander">contribute</a> to rival progressive Adrienne Adams&#8217; campaign in order to help her qualify for matching public funds in a slight against Cuomo, aiming to pick up second-choice votes after other candidates are eliminated.
In a hypothetical general election matchup, the poll shows Cuomo performs better against Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, with Cuomo winning 44% support compared to 35% for Mamdani if he were the Democratic nominee. Sliwa is the founder of the Guardian Angels and lost the 2021 mayoral election to current New York Mayor Eric Adams, a registered Democrat running this cycle as an independent, according to Emerson College Polling.
Meanwhile, incumbent Mayor Adams, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-adams-back-in-nyc-mayor-race-as-an-independent">running</a> as an independent, would receive just 10% support against Cuomo but would climb to 15% against Mamdani.
Mamdani, elected to the State Assembly in 2020, has positioned himself as a leftist alternative to Cuomo&#8217;s more moderate brand of Democratic politics, campaigning on free public bus fares, free child care, and city-run grocery stores.
Mandani&#8217;s campaign celebrated the results of the poll, <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/28/us-news/surging-mamdani-cuts-cuomos-lead-in-democratic-nyc-mayoral-primary-to-just-single-digits-poll/">stating</a>, &#8220;Andrew Cuomo has hit his ceiling, while we&#8217;re nowhere near ours,&#8221; per The New York Post. Mamdani himself posted on X, &#8220;We&#8217;re now 8 points away from sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs.”
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We&#8217;re now 8 points away from sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs. <a href="https://t.co/yFfhKZkg3C">https://t.co/yFfhKZkg3C</a>
— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@ZohranKMamdani) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1927838351874248869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/27/us-news/zohran-mamdani-makes-up-ground-in-nyc-mayoral-race-but-still-cant-topple-cuomos-lead-poll/">adds</a> that ranked-choice surveys released by other pollsters, including Mamdani’s own polling released on Tuesday, show Cuomo defeating the democratic socialist by significant margins.
The Emerson poll was conducted with 1,000 registered NYC voters with a margin of error of +/- 3%, and the ranked choice voting simulation included 500 Democrats, excluding undecided voters, with a margin of error of +/- 4.3 percentage points.
The primary election is scheduled for June 24, with early voting beginning June 14.

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NYC’s Mayoral Race Takes Sharp Turn, Putting Muslim Socialist Neck-And-Neck With Cuomo

CNN&#8217;s chief data analyst Harry Enten revealed on Monday that most Americans agree with the Trump administration’s assessment that higher education needs &#8220;a kick in the rear end,&#8221; with confidence in colleges plummeting to just 36%.
The decline in Americans&#8217; confidence in higher education has been dramatic over the past decade, Enten explained, citing a recent Gallup poll.
&#8220;You go back a decade ago, 57% of Americans had high confidence in higher education. &#8230; That number has plummeted &#8230; down to 36%,&#8221; Enten explained, speaking with Kate Balduan, adding that 68% of Americans believe higher education is &#8220;on the wrong track.&#8221;
The perception of ideological bias on college campuses is widespread, with Enten revealing that a plurality of Americans agree colleges have a liberal bias, while only a small minority disagree.
“So, do colleges have a liberal bias? I think that&#8217;s really the question here. What we see in polling after polling after polling is that the plurality say yes. Overall, look at that. 45% of Americans overall agree with the idea that colleges have a liberal bias. Just 24% disagree with that idea.”
Among Republicans, the sentiment is even stronger, with “67% of Republicans&#8221; agreeing that &#8220;colleges have a liberal bias,” reflecting why many conservatives have long criticized academia.
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“This is why Donald Trump is so emphatic and so wanting to take on this fight because he knows that Republicans hate universities, hate the administrations, believe they have a liberal bias, and in fact the plurality of Americans overall agree with the idea, agree with Donald Trump, that colleges are in fact a place where bias reigns.”
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A lot of Americans agree with Trump: higher ed needs a kick in the rear end. Those with high confidence in higher ed has collapsed: 57% in 2015 to 36% now. 68% (!) say higher ed is on the wrong track.
Also, a plurality of Americans &amp; the GOP agree: colleges have a liberal bias. <a href="https://t.co/JZtup3BoGV">pic.twitter.com/JZtup3BoGV</a>
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According to Enten, it&#8217;s no longer much of a question of if there is bias, but rather, “it’s a question of whether or not people agree with Trump’s tactics,” although they “definitely agree with him on the idea that there is a problem with higher ed overall.”
These poll results come as Trump has attempted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-freezes-all-new-student-visa-interviews-in-major-blow-to-elite-universities?author=Nathan+Gay&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Freezes+All+New+Student+Visa+Interviews+In+Major+Blow+To+Elite+Universities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crack down</a> on universities such as Harvard, which receive billions in federal funding and grants despite rampant DEI initiatives and tolerance of antisemitism on campus.
Trump&#8217;s tough stance on higher education may already be having an impact internationally. Webpage views for U.S. university courses from potential students abroad have plummeted by 50% between January and April, according to Enten, suggesting foreign students are looking elsewhere for their education.

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Even CNN Analyst Has To Admit ‘Americans Agree With Trump’ On Broken Higher Ed System

Former CNN politics reporter Chris Cillizza revealed on Wednesday that his Tesla was vandalized with a &#8220;Musk is a Nazi&#8221; sign at his son&#8217;s soccer tournament last weekend.
Cillizza, a left-wing journalist who worked for CNN from 2017 until 2022, <a href="https://chriscillizza.substack.com/p/someone-defaced-my-tesla">wrote</a> on his Substack that the vandalism is another sign that the politicization of every aspect of American life “is making us all crazy.”
Cillizza recalled the days when owning a Tesla meant “coding yourself as like an enviro-liberal-wacko-communist,&#8221; and now, in 2025, his car “symbolizes everything the left hates.”
“Doesn’t that suggest that there’s an inherent ephemeralness to what an inanimate object ‘means’ in a political context?” Cillizza added. “As in: If the meaning of owning a certain kind of car can change 180 degrees in the space of five years, isn’t it possible that ascribing meaning to it in the first place was misguided?”
In reality, he only bought it as a “cool” car that was really “fun to drive,” not as a “symbol of my support for Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration.”
The former CNN writer further aired his grievances over how the politicization of “everything” even extended to chicken sandwiches, noting how eating at Chick-fil-A has led to critiques from his audience like, “How does HATE taste?”
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“But does a sandwich have to be political at all? I didn’t eat it because I wanted to send a message to gay people. I ate it because it was delicious,” Cillizza wrote. “[Is] it ok to eat Chick-Fil-A now? Or still not because the family who founded it are evangelicals who have, in the past, expressed their opposition to gay marriage?”
The journalist dismissed the idea that merely buying a product “[lines] the pockets of people with views that should be rejected” or “normalizes” their views.
&#8220;If your bar is that you never interact with or buy anything from a company whose founder has taken a position with which you disagree or which has donated to a cause you don&#8217;t support, I find it very hard to believe you are going to make any purchases ever,&#8221; he said.
The former CNN analyst warned that such extreme politicization is &#8220;making us all crazy&#8221; and &#8220;driving us further from any sort of recognition of our common humanity,&#8221; concluding that Americans would be better served by finding common ground rather than seeking political battles in every aspect of daily life.

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A former police chief serving a life sentence for murder and rape, dubbed the &#8220;Devil in the Ozarks,&#8221; escaped from an Arkansas high-security prison on Sunday by disguising himself as a law enforcement officer.
Grant Hardin, 56, was serving a 30-year sentence for the 2017 murder of James Appleton, a Gateway water department employee, and an additional 50 years for the 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher, according to a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-prison-escape-police-chief-grant-hardin-934e7fe6a45d3eafb18443f5b2bc5680">report</a> by the Associated Press.
He escaped Sunday from the North Central Unit, a high-security facility in Calico Rock where he had been incarcerated since 2017, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/us/grant-hardin-prison-escape-arkansas">according</a> to CNN.
Rand Champion, spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Corrections, confirmed Hardin wore a &#8220;makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement&#8221; during his escape, prison officials stated.
&#8220;That was not a standard inmate uniform, not a standard correctional uniform,&#8221; Champion said. &#8220;There&#8217;s nothing inside the prison that looks like that, so that&#8217;s one of the challenges we&#8217;re going through to find out what that was and how he was able to get that or manufacture it.&#8221;
<div id="attachment_925979" style="width: 534px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-925979" class="size-large wp-image-925979" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/499909563_1131975885632996_2765357824958232388_n-524x576.jpg" alt="" width="524" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/499909563_1131975885632996_2765357824958232388_n-524x576.jpg 524w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/499909563_1131975885632996_2765357824958232388_n-273x300.jpg 273w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/05/499909563_1131975885632996_2765357824958232388_n.jpg 662w" sizes="(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px" />Via the Arkansas Dept of Corrections on Facebook</div>
Hardin had a short tenure as police chief for the small Arkansas town of Gateway in 2016, just a few miles away from Walmart headquarters, and throughout his law enforcement career, he was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/us/arkansas-grant-hardin-prison-escape.html">plagued</a> with accusations of excessive force, bad performance, and eventually resigned as chief after he was caught falsifying a police report, according to The New York Times.
Authorities have deployed canines, drones, and helicopters to search the rugged Ozark Mountains terrain, with the search area expanding as time passes.
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Champion noted the region&#8217;s challenging topography, stating, &#8220;It&#8217;s called Calico Rock for a reason, because it&#8217;s very rocky,&#8221; adding that recent heavy rainfall has further complicated search efforts &#8212; although he added it could also hinder Hardin’s escape effort.
Izard County Sheriff Charley Melton urged residents to lock their homes and vehicles and call 911 if they notice anything suspicious.
Cheryl Tillman, sister of James Appleton, who Hardin murdered in 2017, expressed alarm about the escape since she and other family members were witnesses at Hardin&#8217;s trial, but she was not surprised upon hearing of Hardin’s escape.
&#8220;He&#8217;s just an evil man,&#8221; she said, per the AP. &#8220;He is no good for society.&#8221;
Craig Caine, a retired inspector with the U.S. Marshals with 30 years of experience handling escaped inmates, told the AP, &#8220;At some point in time, he&#8217;s going to run out of provisions.&#8221;
Though Caine isn&#8217;t involved in this manhunt, he noted that investigators are likely examining Hardin&#8217;s court documents and tracking individuals who might be assisting him. He added that it is extremely unlikely for Hardin to evade capture indefinitely in the isolated region, where he is likely to stand out in small, rural communities and be turned in by residents.
The ex-police chief&#8217;s notoriety in the region led to the production of a 2023 documentary titled &#8220;Devil in the Ozarks,&#8221; which chronicled his crimes.
Hardin&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/10-inmates-some-charged-with-murder-escape-from-louisiana-jail">escape</a> comes just weeks after ten inmates fled a New Orleans jail by crawling through a hole behind a toilet. Eight of those fugitives have since been recaptured as of Tuesday.

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