Vice President J.D. Vance defends Trump-Iran memorandum of understanding, pushing back on GOP critics who say the deal gives Tehran economic benefits.
Former President Biden wins a three-week injunction blocking release of audio recordings from Special Counsel Hur's classified documents investigation.
Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz again, accusing the US of violating the memorandum of understanding signed earlier this week. Hezbollah and Israel continued fighting on Saturday morning, with Hezbollah launching dozens of projectiles and Israeli strikes killing more than a dozen people, CBS reports. The post Iran Says It’s Closing the Strait of Hormuz After Accusing US and Israel of Violations – VP Vance Says Strait is Still Open With Record Amount of Traffic (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
President Donald Trump floated a plan Saturday that he hoped will “totally discombobulate” journalists and make them “go totally crazy” – a plan he asked his supporters for feedback on in a post on social media.That plan, as Trump explained, would be to rename Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the “National Immigration and Customs Enforcement" (NICE), an idea he floated last month to little fanfare. Such an action would require approval from Congress, something that appears unlikely given Republicans’ razor-thin majority.“The concept I have had for quite some time – A strong feeling that the name of these Patriots, ‘ICE,’ should be changed to, ‘NICE,’ in that it will totally discombobulate Crooked, Dishonest, and Unpatriotic Reporters and Journalists,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “For them to say, ‘We went to a NICE Facility today,’ as opposed to ‘ICE’ or, ‘NICE Agents have deported a Violent Drug Dealer,’ they won’t be able to handle it, they will go totally crazy! Everyone loves it, but I have been told by the legendary Tom Homan that the Agents do not love it as much as the other population. Who thinks that we should add an ‘N’ to change the name of ‘ICE’ to ‘NICE?’”Just as he had done about an hour earlier, Trump also included a poll in his social media post to gauge his supporters’ thoughts on the matter. As of 10:40 a.m. ET, 81% of Trump’s followers indicated they supported the name change.Trump’s two polls come amid the tentative peace deal between Washington and Tehran falling apart, with Iranian military officials announcing earlier Saturday morning that the Strait of Hormuz was, again, closed to commercial traffic citing a violation of the agreement.
Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to President Donald Trump, lashed out at Fox News host Mark Levin Saturday over Levin’s continued criticisms of the tentative peace deal the Trump administration had agreed to with Iran, going as far as to suggest he was working on behalf of a foreign government.Previously a “Never Trump” conservative, Levin has championed the president amid his deeply unpopular war against Iran. After the Trump administration reached a tentative peace deal with Iran, however, Levin appeared to reverse course and repeatedly attacked the Trump administration for having “capitulated” to Iran’s demands.Levin’s latest criticism of the Trump administration was lobbed Saturday morning on social media where he sarcastically criticized a social media post from Trump in which the president appeared to back the idea that he “holds the cards” in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election chances.“Surely we’re not interfering in another country’s election,” Levin wrote. “We oppose that. Must be fake news.”After seeing Levin’s social media post, Bruesewitz issued the Fox News host a blistering response.“Hey [Levin], I’m getting really sick of you attacking President Trump,” Bruesewitz wrote in a social media post on X.Bruesewitz flagged a report by The Times of Israel on Thursday about Netanyahu’s supposed plans to “use right-wing media personalities” to “influence” the terms of the tentative peace deal between Washington and Tehran. The report explicitly names Levin as an example.“This report came out a couple of days ago and I haven’t seen you respond to it,” Bruesewitz wrote.“Are you working with a foreign government to try to influence the American people’s opinion and President Trump’s deal with Iran? Or are you just spreading lies and misinformation because you are returning to your anti-Trump roots?”Bruesewitz has supported Trump since 2015 and was an organizer behind the Stop the Steal movement, the movement led by those who falsely allege that systemic voter fraud occurred in the 2020 election that culminated with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021.Hey @marklevinshow, I’m getting really sick of you attacking President Trump.This report came out a couple of days ago and I haven’t seen you respond to it.Are you working with a foreign government to try to influence the American people’s opinion and President Trump’s deal… https://t.co/hdfpjV0AOI pic.twitter.com/K4pe39r2iK— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) June 20, 2026
Vice President Vance said Saturday there was no evidence that Iran had blocked off the Strait of Hormuz even as the Middle East country’s top joint military command announced that it would shutter the key waterway. In an interview with “Fox & Friends Weekend” early Saturday, Vance responded to reports saying Iran’s naval forces were…
President Trump cracked a joke Wednesday about who would get credit — or blame — for his administration’s Iran deal. If the Iran effort succeeds, Trump said, he would take the credit. If it fails, he said he would blame Vice President Vance. “You better be careful, JD!” the president quipped. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the…
President Trump on Friday highlighted the vandalism of the monuments in Washington, DC, and slammed liberal ABC reporter Jonathan Karl for celebrating the destruction of the Capital. Leftists in DC have inscribed "86 47," calling for Trump's death, on the grass of the National Mall and on the bottom of the Reflecting Pool in recent days. The post NEW: Trump Comments on Vandalism of Reflecting Pool – Nukes “Lightweight” Jonathan Karl for “Trying to Rip the Rubber Off of the Surface” (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni's war of words over a factually contested photo op at the G-7 exploded on Saturday, with the one-time friends blasting each other in angry terms on social media.Why it matters: Even as Trump lavishes praise on American adversaries like China's Xi Jinping, close allies are increasingly willing to split with him. Catch up quick: The controversy erupted earlier this week when Trump claimed Meloni begged him for a photo together at the global gathering in France.Meloni was quick to deny she'd ever made such a request.Trump took to Truth Social Saturday morning to again insist she'd begged for a picture in an effort to improve her poll numbers, and to accuse her of being ungrateful for American support. "[S]he wants to be friends again in order to get her 'numbers up.' No thanks!!!" Trump wrote.Driving the news: Meloni blasted Trump in an Instagram post just minutes later. "President Trump, these constant, unprovoked attacks are senseless," she wrote."As for my popularity, being your friend certainly has not helped it, nor does it depend on my relationship with you." The Italian press sided with their prime minister; one newspaper insulted Trump in vulgar terms on its front page Saturday.Between the lines: The U.S.-Italy relationship has grown strained in recent months over the war in Iran.Italy at one point denied U.S. aircraft permission to land at its bases. Meloni, in her Instagram post, defended that decision as a matter of protecting Italian sovereignty."In any case, my popularity is none of your concern. I suggest you focus on yours," she wrote. The bottom line: At a fraught moment for international relations, the U.S. has another brewing diplomatic crisis on its hands.