Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter discussed Iran’s attempted ballistic missile strike Saturday targeting Diego Garcia, the joint U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean more than 2,000 miles from Iran.
Appearing Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Dana Bash, Leiter was first asked about the missile strikes in Israel on Saturday evening that caused significant damage.
“Israel&#8217;s emergency response service declared a mass casualty event, as I mentioned. Can you give an update on the ground there? And also, what kind of response do we expect from Israel?” Bash asked.
Leiter said there were “a number of fatalities” and that more than 150 people were injured in the attacks on Arad and Dimona.
“The response is going to be to continue with this campaign until we bring this regime to its knees,” Leiter stated. “We cannot live anymore with a country that is malign, that has intent on destroying us, that declares it&#8217;s going to destroy us all the time, and is now firing ballistic missiles into all of its neighbors. This has to stop.”
Bash then pressed Leiter on the ICBMs that were fired at Diego Garcia: “Doesn&#8217;t that fly in the face of the claim by the president and the prime minister that the missiles that the Iranians have have been obliterated?”
Leiter hit back, saying that the missile launch reinforces the point that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump have made, which is that Iran lies.
“The Iranian regime lie. These are murderers who lie. It shouldn&#8217;t surprise us — and they said they don&#8217;t have intercontinental ballistic missiles. Well, now they prove that they do have them. Not only do they have them; they&#8217;re willing to shoot them,” the ambassador said. “They claimed, until now, there was no such thing as an ICBM in Iran. They didn&#8217;t develop them.”
Leiter then painted a frightening scenario, asking Bash to imagine that the ICBMs Iran lied about having don’t simply travel 2,000 miles, but 4,000 miles or more, which would allow them to strike a major city in the United States.
“That&#8217;s what they&#8217;re planning to do. Now, imagine that those ICBMs are tipped with nuclear warheads, which they were planning to do as well. So, we have to face a very difficult situation,” he said before noting that while gas prices are temporarily higher as a result of the war, they will return to normal.
“But this malign government is intent on taking lives. Lives don&#8217;t come back, okay? It’s a temporary issue we have to face economically in order to protect lives and save lives from malign regime interested in taking lives.”
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Israeli Ambassador to US Michael Leiter says the war in Iran will continue &#8220;until we bring this regime to its knees&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/z24YbIaCYZ">pic.twitter.com/z24YbIaCYZ</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/2035721927210225772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2026</a></blockquote>
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CNN data analyst Harry Enten is pushing back on claims of a growing fracture within the Republican base, arguing that new polling shows continued and near-total loyalty to President Donald Trump among self-identified MAGA voters, even as a high-profile rift plays out on the right over Iran.
Speaking on CNN, Enten pointed to what he described as a number that “jumps off the screen”: Trump’s approval rating among MAGA Republicans sits at 100%, with zero percent disapproving. “You don’t have to be a mathematical genius to know you can’t go higher than 100%,” Enten said, comparing Trump’s standing within the movement to the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins.
Enten also dismissed the idea that the figure is being inflated by an exodus of disaffected voters. According to the polling he cited, “The MAGA base within the GOP is not shrinking. If anything, it is slightly larger,” rising from 28% to 30%.
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There&#8217;s no break in MAGA. Trump&#8217;s approval with MAGA GOP is literally 100%.
90% of MAGA GOP approve of US military action in Iran.
Those who disapprove of Trump are not MAGA at this point.
Importantly: MAGA makes up the same share of voters as it did when Trump won in 2024. <a href="https://t.co/LqMRHm8t1B">pic.twitter.com/LqMRHm8t1B</a>
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) <a href="https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/2034294893929968050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2026</a></blockquote>
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But that analysis is colliding with an increasingly visible backlash from prominent voices on the right, who argue that Trump’s posture toward Iran cuts against core promises that defined the MAGA movement. Tucker Carlson blasted the policy in stark terms, <a href="https://abcnews.com/US/trumps-iran-decision-sparks-backlash-tucker-carlson-maga/story?id=130622270">calling it</a> “absolutely disgusting and evil,” adding: “This is Israel’s war. This is not the United States’s war. This war’s not being waged on behalf of American national security objectives.”
Carlson further warned the conflict “will be catastrophic” and could “end Trump’s presidency” or “shuffle the deck in a profound way.” Donald Trump responded directly, <a href="https://x.com/jonkarl/status/2029650210125652143">saying</a> Carlson “has lost his way” and declaring “he’s not MAGA.”
In the same camp, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene argued the move represents a fundamental break from the movement’s original platform.“We said on every single rally stage, no more foreign wars, no more regime change … this is a complete betrayal of those campaign promises,” Greene <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/politics/video/cnn-sitroom-pamela-brown-mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-president-war-iran-campaign">said</a>. “This is absolutely absurd. And it’s 100% a betrayal to what MAGA was supposed to be when we voted in 2024, and it’s turned into some perverted, deranged version of MAGA now that nobody wants.” 
Despite that rhetoric, Enten argued the available data does not show a measurable break within Trump’s base. Citing Republican views on potential U.S. military action in Iran, Enten said 90% of MAGA Republicans approve, compared to 54% of non-MAGA Republicans. Among MAGA voters, just 5% expressed disapproval.
“Those who disapprove… they ain’t MAGA,” Enten said.
The disconnect highlights a broader question emerging from the debate: whether the current divide represents a genuine fracture within the Republican electorate, or a loud but limited conflict among high-profile figures and online activists.
Critics of Enten’s analysis could argue that topline polling may not fully capture shifts in enthusiasm or intensity, particularly on an issue like foreign policy that has historically divided Republican factions. Supporters, meanwhile, can point to the numbers as evidence that Trump’s hold on the movement remains intact. For now, the data and the discourse appear to be telling two different stories, one of consolidation, and one of conflict, with the true state of the MAGA coalition to be tested in the midterms this November.

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Recent polling and national defense surveys underscore a period of robust Republican alignment with President Trump’s more assertive foreign policy, particularly regarding military action in Iran. Data from CNN analyst Harry Enten highlights a near-unanimous consensus within the GOP base, revealing that 89% of MAGA voters approve of the current war against Iran, while only a marginal 9% express disagreement.
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&#8220;The MAGA base really likes the U.S. military action in Iran,&#8221; Enten pointed out. &#8220;Take a look here. Okay, MAGA GOP on the U.S. military action in Iran. Look at this. Nearly nine in 10, 89 percent approve of the U.S. military action in Iran. That is the MAGA GOP base. Just nine percent disapprove of it. This is tremendously popular among the Republican base. &#8230; This war is very popular among the GOP base.&#8221;
<div>This overwhelming support suggests that the administration’s &#8220;peace through strength&#8221; approach has resonated deeply with its core constituency.</div>
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This specific support for the war in Iran mirrors broader trends captured in the 2025 Ronald Reagan Institute’s National Defense Survey. The <a href="https://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan-institute/press-releases/reagan-national-defense-survey-shows-record-public-support-for-taiwan-ukraine-nat">study</a> found that Americans—and MAGA Republicans in particular—are increasingly embracing global leadership and military superiority. A record 79% of MAGA voters believed the U.S. should take the lead in international affairs, a figure significantly higher than that of their Democratic counterparts. Furthermore, 87% of Americans overall believed it is vital for the U.S. to maintain the world&#8217;s most powerful military, with 71% agreeing that global peace is most likely when American strength is unrivaled.
The survey also reveals a GOP base that is prepared for sustained conflict and expansion. Nearly two-thirds of respondents believe the military should be sized to win two wars simultaneously, while a majority now supports using military force against drug traffickers in Latin America.
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Whether it is the 89% approval for the Iranian conflict or the 77% support for defending Taiwan, the data confirm that the Republican Party is solidly behind an era of proactive, well-funded military engagement under the Trump administration.

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MAGA Base Virtually Unanimously Backs Trump’s Decisive Action In Iran: CNN Data

Democrats and the legacy media have been spinning since the very beginning of President Donald Trump&#8217;s military actions against the Iranian regime. Over the span of two weeks, they have pulled out all the stops to win the battle of narratives and convince the world that it was wrong to strike Iran — or if it was right to strike Iran, this was the wrong time. And if it was the right time to strike Iran, then Trump is doing it wrong.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
On ABC News, for example, Martha Raddatz spoke with Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA). He agreed that Iran was &#8220;a problem,&#8221; but immediately pivoted to argue that &#8220;war&#8221; was not the proper response to every problem. He then went on to draw a comparison between Iran and previous military actions in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan — and he argued that they were all essentially the same.
&#8220;Yes, Iran is a problem. A problem that needs to be contained. But what we should have learned from Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein and the Taliban is, you can have a threat and not have a military solution that’s going to make it better.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Rep. Adam Smith tells Martha Raddatz that “war is not always the answer to a problem.”
“Yes, Iran is a problem. A problem that needs to be contained. But what we should have learned from Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein and the Taliban… <a href="https://t.co/C5oi0rvSQy">pic.twitter.com/C5oi0rvSQy</a>
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Smith also offered a comparison to Venezuela and the recent operation to extract former President Nicolás Maduro, adding, &#8220;Iran is not Venezuela. We can’t just fly in, snatch the president and make things change.&#8221;
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Rep. Adam Smith on President Trump’s foreign policy: “Iran is not Venezuela. We can’t just fly in, snatch the president and make things change.” <a href="https://t.co/LLgvsyy61S">https://t.co/LLgvsyy61S</a> <a href="https://t.co/ns5XiVOxU0">pic.twitter.com/ns5XiVOxU0</a>
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On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; anchor Jake Tapper brought in former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who promptly declared that the action in Iran was proof that &#8220;this is clearly amateur hour at the Pentagon and in the White House.&#8221;
Buttigieg, after claiming that former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden had secured nuclear deals that prevented Iran from gaining access to nuclear weapons, argued that President Trump had rushed into war because he was unable to get &#8220;a better deal&#8221; and had done so without any kind of planning or preparation.
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Pete Buttigieg on the war with Iran: &#8220;This is clearly amateur hour at the Pentagon and in the White House&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/liOQlGQ50w">pic.twitter.com/liOQlGQ50w</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/2033192256820121841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Tapper took a pause to defend the media&#8217;s oppositional stance, arguing that he and others doing the same were not being critical because they wanted the United States to lose, but because they were just doing their jobs.
&#8220;Every reporter that I know wants the United States to succeed in every way, and the way that reporters help that happen is by asking questions of people in power and not blindly cheering on leaders who take the nation to war,&#8221; he claimed.
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TAPPER: “Every reporter that I know wants the United States to succeed in every way, and the way that reporters help that happen is by asking questions of people in power and not blindly cheering on leaders who take the nation to war.” <a href="https://t.co/KtfZYSnBJU">pic.twitter.com/KtfZYSnBJU</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/2033185159428591690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Margaret Brennan, on &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; spoke to several who reinforced the Democrat-driven narrative that the Trump administration was in over its head in Iran.
Former CIA operative Joey Gannon told her that Iran had moved to keep supreme leadership in the Khamenei family because it sent a signal to the world that the regime still had complete control.
&#8220;So, he was a gatekeeper for the supreme leader&#8217;s office in the past. He has strong ties to the IRGC and the Basij, he knows how power actually operates, and he is, effectively, a symbol of continuity right now,&#8221; he explained.
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Former CIA operative Jonny Gannon says the decision to appoint Motjaba Khameini as the new supreme leader “is the message from the regime that they are still in control.”
Mojtaba Khamenei is clearly not a charming public face; what he is is a systems operator,” he says. “So, he… <a href="https://t.co/oP6zveXtvO">pic.twitter.com/oP6zveXtvO</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/2033222131090084297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Samantha Vinograd, an Obama administration alum, took the same posture when she argued that Iran was essentially outwitting the United States strategically.
&#8220;The Iranian regime has demonstrated an incredible capacity to be flexible and adaptive,&#8221; she said, adding, &#8220;They played a long game here. They have invested in propaganda and tools in this country, as well as hiring people to do their dirty work for them, to such an extent that I am concerned that they have the intent and capability to, if not direct attacks here in the homeland, to inspire them .&#8221;
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Former Homeland Security official Samantha Vinograd says “the Iranian regime has demonstrated an incredible capacity to be flexible and adaptive” in the way they carry out attacks.
“They played a long game here. They have invested in propaganda and tools in this country, as… <a href="https://t.co/GgKqrE9CEG">pic.twitter.com/GgKqrE9CEG</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/2033219553694503149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) told Brennan that he did not believe the Iranian regime — despite a 47-year record of Iran and its proxies killing over 1,000 American service members and civilians and a recent boast that the regime had nearly enough enriched uranium for almost a dozen nuclear bombs — posed an &#8220;imminent threat&#8221; to the United States. What&#8217;s more, Warner argued that Iran did not pose an immediate threat to Israel — despite Iranian proxies in Hamas and Hezbollah striking Israeli targets on a regular basis.
&#8220;There was no imminent threat to the United States, and I don&#8217;t believe there was even an imminent threat to Israel from Iran,&#8221; Warner declared. &#8220;Over a period of time, particularly with the ballistic missile capability, Israel would be more under threat. The decision to go to war in this case was a choice by President Trump.&#8221;
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) says he stands by the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment by U.S. intelligence leaders who testified at the time that Iran had not reauthorized their nuclear weapons program.
“There was no imminent threat to the United States, and I don&#8217;t believe there was… <a href="https://t.co/MLJA4YT5Gc">pic.twitter.com/MLJA4YT5Gc</a>
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/2033215927228002331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg appeared to acknowledge that the ongoing Senate standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security is largely a political dispute rather than a pure funding crisis, conceding in a television interview that immigration enforcement agencies already have substantial funding.
The admission came during an appearance Sunday on State of the Union with host Jake Tapper, as Democrats continue blocking a House-passed bill that would fund the entire department. Tapper asked Buttigieg whether Democrats should accept what he described as a partial victory and move to reopen DHS.
“Don’t you think Democrats should take what’s something of a win and start funding DHS again?” Tapper asked. Buttigieg responded by arguing that Republicans were blocking Democratic proposals to fund most parts of the department while negotiations continue over immigration enforcement agencies.
“I think Republicans should stop blocking the Democratic proposals to fund all of DHS including TSA and other parts, except for the parts that should be negotiated over which is ICE and Customs and Border Patrol,” Buttigieg said. “Remember ICE has already gotten tens of billions of dollars of funding — it’s larger than many of the world’s militaries.”
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Democrat Pete Buttigieg admits Democrats are the ones shutting down DHS knowing ICE is already funded.
BUTTIGIEG: &#8220;ICE has already gotten&#8230;funding.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/EVFsBEOzwA">pic.twitter.com/EVFsBEOzwA</a>
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The comments come as Senate Democrats have repeatedly voted to block a motion to proceed on a House-passed funding bill for DHS. <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5781155-democrats-blocks-homeland-security-funding-bill/">The latest vote </a>failed 51–46, short of the 60 votes needed to advance. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) was the only Democrat to vote with Republicans to move the legislation forward.
Democrats have argued that the bill should not advance because it includes funding for ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) without changes to immigration enforcement practices.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Democrats want reforms that would require immigration agents to operate more like traditional law enforcement. “We all know that we do not have agreement on how to deal with ICE,” Schumer said before the vote. “Democrats just want ICE to behave like any police department in America and use warrants and not wear masks.”
He added on the Senate floor on Thursday, “Who’s standing in the way? America, look at it. We’re not putting any preconditions on funding TSA; the Republicans are.”
Republicans argue the stalemate is the result of <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/13/democrats-republicans-dhs-shutdown-00827135">Democrats refusing to fund</a> core immigration enforcement agencies. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said GOP negotiators had repeatedly offered compromise proposals, including a short-term resolution that would reopen the entire department.
“There have been offers made repeatedly,” Thune said on the Senate floor, urging lawmakers to fund not only the Transportation Security Administration but also agencies such as the United States Coast Guard and FEMA.
Democrats, meanwhile, attempted to pass funding bills for individual components of DHS, including the TSA, the Coast Guard, and FEMA. Republicans blocked those efforts, trying to keep the funding package whole, to prevent what would essentially be an unlegislated freeze on ICE and CBP.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) accused Democrats of political “gamesmanship” on the Senate floor. “The Democrats do not want to fund the Coast Guard because they’re hell-bent on defunding ICE,” Schmitt said.
Buttigieg’s remarks highlighting the existing funding levels for ICE could add a new dimension to the debate, as lawmakers continue to clash over whether the standoff is about government funding or broader disagreements over immigration enforcement policy.

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While our military is busy liquidating the Iranian regime’s ability to function, CNN has pivoted to its favorite pastime: inventing &#8220;intelligence failures&#8221; based on the whispers of anonymous cowards.
On Friday, the network of record for the &#8220;unserious&#8221; released a report claiming the Trump administration &#8220;significantly underestimated&#8221; Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz. Relying on the typical &#8220;three sources familiar with discussions&#8221; — who likely couldn&#8217;t find the Persian Gulf on a map — CNN suggested the Pentagon was caught flat-footed by the regime’s desperate move to choke off global energy.
The response from the administration and those actually in the room was swift, brutal, and entirely justified.
Montana GOP Senator Tim Sheehy — a man who knows a thing or two about mission planning, as he served several hundred days in active combat zones, including multiple deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq as platoon commander and team leader, specializing in unconventional warfare and special operations — wasted no time in nuking the narrative. Having attended a classified briefing, Sheehy took to social media to call out the blatant disinformation.
&#8220;It is categorically false that they did not plan for Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz,&#8221; Sheehy fired back. &#8220;Lawmakers and national security officials have known for years that this was Iran’s plan once their backs were against the wall.&#8221;
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I received a classified briefing from the administration. It is categorically false that they did not plan for Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz. 
Lawmakers and national security officials have known for years that this was Iran’s plan once their backs were against the wall. <a href="https://t.co/3jHvdnKZRg">https://t.co/3jHvdnKZRg</a>
&mdash; Tim Sheehy (@TimSheehyMT) <a href="https://twitter.com/TimSheehyMT/status/2032454091327078845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The idea that the most sophisticated military planning in human history simply &#8220;forgot&#8221; about a choke point Iran has been threatening since the 1980s isn&#8217;t just bad journalism — it’s fan fiction.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt went even further, labeling the story &#8220;100% FAKE NEWS&#8221; and a &#8220;complete disgrace.&#8221; In a scathing statement, Leavitt pointed out the absurdity of CNN running with anonymous hearsay when the Secretary of War, the Secretary of State, and every lawmaker present for the briefing had already directly debunked the claims.
&#8220;The Pentagon has been planning for Iran’s desperate and reckless closure of the Strait of Hormuz for DECADES,&#8221; Leavitt declared. &#8220;The idea that Chairman Caine and Secretary Hegseth weren’t prepared for this possibility is PREPOSTEROUS.&#8221;
Leavitt correctly noted that Operation Epic Fury was specifically designed to solve this problem permanently. By annihilating the regime’s navy, missile sites, and drone factories, the U.S. is stripping the terrorist Iranian regime of the very tools they use to hold the global economy hostage.
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This story is 100% FAKE NEWS. 
CNN decided to run this garbage based on three anonymous “sources familiar with discussions.”  
This is despite the fact that myself, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of State, and multiple lawmakers (who were actually present for the recent… <a href="https://t.co/IchmwpDnO7">pic.twitter.com/IchmwpDnO7</a>
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While CNN frets over &#8220;economic fallout&#8221; and &#8220;interagency debate,&#8221; the adults in the room are focused on the mission. Energy Secretary Chris Wright summed it up perfectly: &#8220;To win in life, you’ve got to suffer short-term pain for the long-term gain.&#8221;
President Trump, for his part, remains unshakable. While the media wrings its hands over oil prices, Trump reminded the world that stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons is a slightly higher priority than a temporary shift in energy markets.
The media’s &#8220;work overtime&#8221; to discredit the administration is failing for one simple reason: the results on the battlefield speak louder than anonymous sources.
Meanwhile, CNN will still be looking for its next fake headline.

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If you’re looking for a case study in how the mainstream media constructs a narrative out of thin air to protect their preferred ideological allies, look no further than CNN’s recent coverage of an attempted IED attack in New York City.
On Tuesday night, Abby Phillip and Ana Navarro didn&#8217;t just report the news; they performed a masterclass in obfuscation, deliberately mischaracterizing a terrorist act to frame it as a story of Muslim victimhood.
The facts, which CNN seemingly finds inconvenient, are these: two Pennsylvania teenagers, who reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS, traveled to New York to detonate homemade bombs. Their target wasn&#8217;t a person, but a crowd of protesters. Yet, in the hands of Abby Phillip, this became an &#8220;attempted terror attack against New York’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Abby Phillips says the IED attack was an “attempted terror attack against NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.”
The suspects yelled “Allahu Akbar” and pledged allegiance to ISIS.
CNN deleted a tweet and issued a retraction this morning. They never learn. <a href="https://t.co/AvsQCUnhP5">pic.twitter.com/AvsQCUnhP5</a>
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By framing the attack as one directed at Mamdani — who identifies as Muslim — Phillip and Navarro attempted to pivot the conversation away from radical Islamic terrorism and toward their favorite hobby horse: Republican &#8220;bigotry.&#8221; Phillip used the false premise of an attack on Mamdani to grill guests about comments made by GOP Congressmen Andy Ogles and Randy Fine, effectively using a near-tragedy caused by ISIS sympathizers to scold Republicans for being mean.
Ana Navarro, never one to let a factual error get in the way of a partisan jab, doubled down on the lie. After she declared, “What I find ironic is, so supposedly some of these comments are as a result of the attempt against Mayor Mamdani in New York,” Republican Joe Borelli correctly pointed out that the attackers were targeting protesters, not Mamdani.
Navarro stubbornly insisted, &#8220;It was at his house,&#8221; as if proximity to a building constitutes a targeted assassination attempt. The goal was transparent: if they could convince the audience that Mamdani was the target, they could claim that any criticism of radicalism is actually an incitement to violence against Muslim officials.
Phillip offered an apology on Wednesday morning:
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I want to correct something I said last night. The bombs thrown in New York City over the weekend by ISIS inspired attackers was thrown into a crowd of anti-Muslim protestors and not specifically targeted at Mayor Mamdani. That wording was inaccurate and I didn’t catch it ahead…
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This gaslighting followed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-it-cnn-quietly-deletes-tone-deaf-take-on-suspected-isis-terrorists?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=SEE+IT%3A+CNN+Quietly+Deletes+Tone-Deaf+Take+On+Suspected+ISIS+Terrorists&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com">humiliating retreat</a> by CNN earlier that day. The network had deleted a tweet that described the terrorists as &#8220;Pennsylvania teenagers&#8221; whose &#8220;lives would drastically change&#8221; after a &#8220;normal day&#8221; ended in arrests for throwing bombs. It was a pathetic attempt to infantilize ISIS-pledging terrorists, portraying them as wayward youths who stumbled into a felony.
Phillip and Navarro’s performance was a cynical attempt to gain sympathy for Mamdani by painting him as a target of the very radicalism the media spent all morning trying to downplay. It is a perfect circle of media dishonesty: first, humanize the terrorists; then, when that fails, lie about the target to cast your political opponents as the real villains.

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CNN attempted to do a little damage control on Tuesday after a post coddling two New York City terror suspects — both of whom swore allegiance to the Islamic State after being taken into custody — drew fierce criticism.
The post, which was deleted on Tuesday amid the backlash, read, &#8220;Two Pennsylvania teenagers crossed into New York City Saturday morning for what could’ve been a normal day enjoying the city during abnormally warm weather. But in less than an hour, their lives would drastically change as the pair would be arrested for throwing homemade bombs.&#8221;
The network was roundly mocked for characterizing the pair — one of whom said his goal had been to execute an attack more deadly than the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three in 2013 — as regular teenagers who&#8217;d just happened to pick Saturday to throw improvised explosive devices (IEDs) into a crowd of civilians.
&#8220;Classic Pennsylvania teenager behavior: throwing IEDs and pledging allegiance to ISIS. Boys will be boys!&#8221; The Daily Wire&#8217;s Michael Knowles commented.
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Classic Pennsylvania teenager behavior: throwing IEDs and pledging allegiance to ISIS. Boys will be boys! <a href="https://t.co/KfcMFBXdxK">pic.twitter.com/KfcMFBXdxK</a>
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Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) <a href="https://x.com/SenEricSchmitt/status/2031344100318863724">added</a>, &#8220;CNN got this headline wrong. It should be: &#8216;Two radical Islamic terrorists came to NYC pledging allegiance to ISIS with bombs meant to kill Americans&#8217;&#8230;There. Fixed it for you.&#8221;
&#8220;What on Earth? CNN acts like they were sightseeing and accidentally found some bombs. NO. They bought chemicals, made the bombs and went to NYC to commit a terrorist attack,&#8221; another comment <a href="https://x.com/JimHansonDC/status/2031345695567835363">said</a>. &#8220;CNN is an unfunny version of the Onion designed to misinform.&#8221;
Another post from <a href="https://x.com/HonestReporting/status/2031321288912797744">@honestreporting</a> criticized the outlet for &#8220;infantilizing&#8221; the people who carry out violent crimes driven by ideology.
&#8220;Wow. ISIS-inspired perpetrators commit a literal terrorist act, and this is what CNN comes up with? Oh, those poor &#8216;Pennsylvania teenagers,&#8217; whose lives have &#8216;drastically changed&#8217; because they made the conscious decision to throw bombs. When will the media stop employing narrative storytelling to infantilize perpetrators of ideologically motivated crimes?&#8221;
After deleting the post, CNN attempted to explain it away with a follow-up: &#8220;A post regarding the two individuals arrested for throwing homemade bombs outside of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home failed to reflect the gravity of the incident thereby breaching the editorial standards we require for all our reporting. It has therefore been deleted.&#8221;
Edits were also made to the story itself, which had initially included the same descriptions of the perpetrators. The accompanying <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/10/us/mamdani-gracie-mansion-protest-what-we-know">editor&#8217;s note</a> read, &#8220;A previous version of this story included a summary that does not reflect the gravity of the incident, thereby breaching the editorial standards we require for all our reporting. It therefore has been changed.&#8221;
A post from Brian Stelter&#8217;s &#8220;Reliable Sources&#8221; newsletter conceded that the X post was problematic but claimed that &#8220;the story itself was solid&#8221; — but critics pointed out that the post had been lifted directly from the story.
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This morning&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/ReliableSources?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ReliableSources</a> newsletter has the context &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href="https://t.co/v9NLjgs75l">https://t.co/v9NLjgs75l</a> <a href="https://t.co/S5pR7kirMB">pic.twitter.com/S5pR7kirMB</a>
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/2031375202366418947?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2026</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;&#8216;The story itself was solid. But the tweet was outrageous,'&#8221; Jerry Dunleavy <a href="https://x.com/JerryDunleavy/status/2031380748930863374">quoted</a>, adding, &#8220;The tweet in question ***was also the lede of the story*** before the article was stealth edited.&#8221;

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American military action in Iran has entered its second week — and the political war at home is in full swing. Democrats and legacy media are racing to brand President Donald Trump the architect of yet another “forever war,” accusing him of violating the Constitution and demanding he seek congressional approval if he wants to continue bombing Iran.
For those who don&#8217;t spend their weekends glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week&#8217;s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.
In addition to complaining about Trump taking action without first getting the support of Congress, the key note struck by legacy media outlets was the notion that war with Iran — which has thus far lasted just over a week — will necessarily snowball into the same kind of long, drawn-out affair the United States saw in Iraq and Afghanistan: a &#8220;forever war.&#8221;
To kick off the weekend, Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) sat down with HBO host and comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-bill-maher-tricks-adam-schiff-who-thought-he-was-criticizing-donald-trump">Bill Maher</a>, where he repeated the same refrain being sung by most Democrats: Trump must first go to Congress.
Maher quickly laid a rhetorical trap for the lawmaker: &#8220;This statement from the administration: ‘The president had the constitutional authority to direct the use of military force because he could reasonably determine that such use of force was in the national interest.’ That’s too vague for you?”
“Totally vague,” Schiff agreed.
Maher dropped the other shoe then, saying, “OK. Because that’s from Obama about Libya.”
Schiff scrambled, saying that then-President Barack Obama had taken the issue to Congress when he wanted to take action in Syria in 2013. He ignored Obama&#8217;s 2011 actions in Libya entirely, largely because the Obama administration continued those actions for months without ever getting congressional approval.
By Sunday morning, the narrative had shifted to focus on whether or not Iran would be another &#8220;forever war.&#8221;
On ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; anchor Martha Raddatz spoke with correspondent Ian Pannell about the objectives — which they said were thus far unclear — and suggested that it would be difficult to evaluate whether the U.S. and Israeli coalition had &#8220;won,&#8221; and if so, when.
&#8220;The president tells us we’re winning. How do we know that we’re winning, and if we don’t know that, how do we know when it ends?&#8221;
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ABC News’ Ian Pannell joins Martha Raddatz in Jerusalem as the UAE joins the U.S. and Israel in firing shots into Iran: “The president tells us we’re winning. How do we know that we’re winning, and if we don’t know that, how do we know when it ends?” <a href="https://t.co/zjSQAcbPh6">https://t.co/zjSQAcbPh6</a> <a href="https://t.co/1XV7irvDGi">pic.twitter.com/1XV7irvDGi</a>
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U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz pushed back on Raddatz later in the show, explaining that the objectives in Iran were fairly straightforward. The Trump administration, he says, is &#8220;focused on an Iran that can no longer pose a threat to Americans, in an American-first foreign policy, but also no longer pose a threat to our allies in the region.&#8221;
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U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz tells Martha Raddatz that President Trump “is focused on an Iran that can no longer pose a threat to Americans, in an American-first foreign policy, but also no longer pose a threat to our allies in the region.” <a href="https://t.co/FIig18PSLv">https://t.co/FIig18PSLv</a> <a href="https://t.co/wHxMAznCAY">pic.twitter.com/wHxMAznCAY</a>
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Admiral (Ret.) Mike Mullen, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs at the end of former President George W. Bush&#8217;s last term and the beginning of former President Barack Obama&#8217;s first, warned that wars can start small and grow quickly, especially if the declared objectives change in any way.
&#8220;Wars expand, objectives change, circumstances come up that you didn&#8217;t expect,&#8221; he said.
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Retired Adm. Mike Mullen, former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that he worries the current war with Iran could drag on for years: “Wars expand, objectives change, circumstances come up that you didn&#8217;t expect.” <a href="https://t.co/6dNhTiUoMP">https://t.co/6dNhTiUoMP</a> <a href="https://t.co/UG2pVmwtjy">pic.twitter.com/UG2pVmwtjy</a>
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&#8220;Yes, the [Iranian] supreme leader is dead, but I don&#8217;t think the regime change that we&#8217;re talking about is represented just by that,&#8221; Mullen added, saying that &#8220;the regime is embedded, deep, dedicated, and sees this war as a war of survival for Iran.&#8221;
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“Yes, the [Iranian] supreme leader is dead, but I don&#8217;t think the regime change that we&#8217;re talking about is represented just by that.” Ret. Admiral Mike Mullen says that he thinks “the regime is embedded, deep, dedicated, and sees this war as a war of survival for Iran.” <a href="https://t.co/F5yMWOLhcf">pic.twitter.com/F5yMWOLhcf</a>
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On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; anchor Jake Tapper pressed Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) on his vow to vote against funding for any military action in Iran.
&#8220;You have said you&#8217;re a &#8216;hell no&#8217; on funding the war. We have seen this movie before. We know that vote will be cast as — especially if you run for higher office — you voting against the troops,&#8221; Tapper prompted.
&#8220;Oh come on I mean, the American people don&#8217;t want this war,&#8221; Murphy scoffed. &#8220;They don&#8217;t want this war. They have seen what happens when American troops go into places like Iraq, places like Afghanistan. Ultimately we get a lot of people killed, we waste a lot of dollars, the one thing the American people are clear about is they do not want the United States dragged into another long term war in the Middle East.&#8221;
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TAPPER: &#8220;You have said you&#8217;re a &#8216;hell no&#8217; on funding the war. We have seen this movie before. We know that vote will be cast as &#8211; especially if you run for higher office &#8211; you voting against the troops.&#8221;
MURPHY: &#8220;Oh come on I mean, the American people don&#8217;t want this war.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/lTB5isM8I7">pic.twitter.com/lTB5isM8I7</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/2030640466153107679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Although President Trump has said that he is willing to continue military action in Iran as long as it takes to achieve his objectives, his initial assessment was that the entire thing could be handled in a matter of weeks.

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Spin Cycle: Media, Dems Dub Iran ‘Forever War’ As Conflict Expands To Second Week

Spin Cycle: Media, Dems Dub Iran 'Forever War' As Conflict Expands To Second Week

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Unwittingly, CNN provided a moment of narrative-shattering clarity as the network’s reliable stable of liberal pundits was reminded that history didn’t actually begin the day Donald Trump took office.
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During a heated panel discussion, host Abby Phillip and commentator Ashley Allison attempted to pin the &#8220;warmonger&#8221; label on President Trump, suggesting his aggressive posture toward the Iranian regime—and his apparent support for the Iranians&#8217; desire for freedom—amounted to starting a new conflict.
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The panel, which included Foreign Policy editor Ravi Agrawal, journalist Elise Labott, and conservative radio host Jason Rantz, was descending into the usual media hand-wringing over &#8220;regime change&#8221; and &#8220;parsing language.&#8221; Phillip and Allison were busy clutching their pearls over Trump’s suggestion that the Iranian people should rise up, with Allison demanding to know if the U.S. was &#8220;at war.&#8221;
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Then came Kian Tajbakhsh.
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Tajbakhsh isn’t some ivory-tower academic theorizing from a D.C. coffee shop; he is an Iranian-American scholar who was actually imprisoned by the brutal mullahs in Tehran. When the CNN hosts tried to frame Trump as the aggressor, Tajbakhsh stepped in to provide a much-needed reality check that left the set momentarily stunned.
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&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s right to say that President Trump has started a war with Iran,&#8221; Tajbakhsh stated calmly. &#8220;I think President Trump wants to finish a war that Iran started in 1979.&#8221;
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He didn&#8217;t stop there. He recounted a chilling anecdote from 2004 while he was working at a high level within Iran. A senior official in the Foreign Ministry looked him in the eye and told him point-blank: &#8220;We believe we are at war with the United States.&#8221;
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Former Iranian political prisoner Kian Tajbakhsh shuts down an entire CNN panel with a blunt reality check.
Abby Phillip and Ashley Allison were spiraling over whether the U.S. is actually at war with Iran.
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For the Left, the fiction that the Islamic Republic is a rational actor—one that was &#8220;peaceful&#8221; until Trump arrived—is a necessary component of their worldview. Tajbakhsh’s testimony destroyed that facade. He reminded the audience that the regime has been waging a &#8220;cold war&#8221; against America for nearly 50 years, fueled by the same &#8220;death to America&#8221; ideology that has defined them since the embassy hostage crisis.
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While the media elites worry about the &#8220;brutality&#8221; of a social media post, Tajbakhsh pointed out the actual brutality: an unarmed, disorganized Iranian citizenry facing a regime so lopsided in its power that they cannot overthrow it alone.
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Trump isn&#8217;t starting a fire; he’s finally acknowledging the one that’s been burning since 1979—and he’s looking for the extinguisher.
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Former Prisoner Torches CNN Panel: Trump’s Not Starting A War, He’s ‘Finishing One’ Iran Started

When CNN anchor Jake Tapper contrasted President Trump’s blunt remarks with those of past presidents, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy didn’t hesitate. He delivered a sharp counterpunch that instantly reframed the moment.
Tapper glossed over the behavior of Democrats at Tuesday evening&#8217;s State of the Union address by suggesting that the real problem was the fact that President Donald Trump had noticed — and dared to say something about it. Speaking to Duffy after the speech, he complained that Trump effectively shattered the fourth wall when he spoke directly to the American people about the Democrats in the chamber who refused to stand for even the most basic of shared values.
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JAKE TAPPER: &#8220;He said, &#8216;these people are crazy I&#8217;m telling you, they&#8217;re crazy.&#8217; That&#8217;s not something we ever heard from Obama or Biden from that that stage.&#8221;
SEAN DUFFY: &#8220;We&#8217;ve never had a Speaker rip up a speech either&#8221;
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&#8220;He said, quote, &#8216;These people are crazy, I&#8217;m telling you, they&#8217;re crazy,'&#8221; Tapper said, referencing Trump&#8217;s brief departure from his remarks to call out Democrats who would not stand in support of key policies. &#8220;I mean, but that&#8217;s not something we ever heard from Obama or Biden from that stage.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah. We&#8217;ve never had a Speaker rip up a speech either,&#8221; Duffy punched right back, referencing former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s performance during the 2020 State of the Union, when she dramatically ripped up her copy as Trump concluded his remarks.
Duffy went on to argue that what Trump was saying at the time — addressing concerns about illegal aliens being given commercial driver&#8217;s licenses and putting American citizens at risk — should not have been a partisan issue.
&#8220;You have states that are issuing driver&#8217;s licenses to illegals — illegals who haven&#8217;t been trained to drive an 80,000-pound truck on an American road,&#8221; Duffy continued. &#8220;We have a little girl that has been — had her life impacted for the rest of her life — and she&#8217;s five years old, it was an illegal who hit her. I think the question becomes, why doesn&#8217;t every Democrat stand up and go, &#8216;No, we want well-qualified drivers on American roads.'&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s not partisan,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We don&#8217;t want illegals who can&#8217;t speak the language, contrary to American law for decades, to be on American roads. I think these are easy issues, Jake, and I don&#8217;t think we saw Democrats stand up and support them.&#8221;
Duffy noted that there was one truly bipartisan moment during the speech — when the U.S. Olympic hockey team entered the chamber after winning gold for the first time in 46 years — and said that was truly &#8220;too bad.&#8221;
&#8220;If inflation is down, Democrats should applaud it. If real incomes are up, Democrats should applaud it. Those are good things that we should support as Americans,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;Just because Donald Trump&#8217;s in office doesn&#8217;t mean you have to sit on your hands.&#8221;

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