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Trump says he’s ‘left instructions’ should Iran assassinate him: ‘Bomb them at levels’ never seen before
President Trump on Friday told The Post he has “left instructions”
should Iran succeed in their plots to assassinate him — and there’ll be
hell to pay.
“I’ve been on their list for a long time. That’s what we’re dealing
with,” he said. “… The only thing is, I’ve left instructions — if
anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve
never seen before.”
Asked about recent reports that Israel this week flagged intel of a
plot to take out the US president, Trump indicated there was no fresh
plan from Iran — but said Tehran has wanted him dead for years.
“No, no. Israel came up with nothing. No, no,” he said. “I’ve been No.
1 [on Iran’s kill list] for a long time, and it’s the way life is, you
know.”
Qatari negotiators traveled to Iran for US-coordinated de-escalation talks: source
Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi welcomes Qatari Prime Mnister
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani ahead of their meeting in
Tehran on August 26, 2024. Credit: ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images
Qatari negotiators have traveled to Iran after a fragile truce between
the U.S. and Tehran broke down in the last 48 hours, Fox News has
learned.
"Qatari negotiators have travelled to Iran, in coordination with the
U.S., to meet with Iranian officials in an effort to de-escalate the
situation and create the conditions for negotiations to resume," a
source with knowledge of the situation told Fox News senior foreign
correspondent Trey Yingst.
IEA: US-Iran Escalation Could Threaten 2027 Oil Surplus
A recent escalation of hostilities between the U.S. and Iran could
upend the International Energy Agency's forecast of a significant oil
market surplus next year, it said on Friday, as global supply jumped in
June when the Strait of Hormuz reopened but still lagged prewar levels.
Global oil markets received some respite last month as a peace
agreement between the U.S. and Iran facilitated the opening of the
strait, the effective closure of which had taken out as much as 14
million barrels per day (bpd) of crude flows during the peak of the
largest oil supply crisis in history.
The IEA said global oil supply rose by 4.1 million bpd in June but remained 9.4 million bpd below prewar levels.
Syria deal gives Trump potential route to bypass Hormuz
When Donald Trump sat down with Syria’s president this week, he was not in a good mood.
Just hours earlier, the Iranian “scum” – as the US president called
them – had blown their chance at peace, and the ceasefire was annulled
after Tehran fired at vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
But Ahmed al-Sharaa, who once had a $10m (£7.5m) US bounty on his head,
has become a firm favourite, and a potential solution to the US
president’s greatest problem: finding a way to loosen Tehran’s
chokehold on a key conduit for shipments of gas and oil.
In Mr Trump’s eyes, he is “fantastic” and has done a “great job”
bringing together a country that was “a real mess, very disjointed”.
Trump Refuses to Sign Housing Bill
President Donald Trump on Friday said he will not sign the bipartisan
housing bill "in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is
not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT."
Because Trump has neither signed nor vetoed the bill within the
Constitution's 10-day review period, excluding Sundays, the legislation
is expected to become law automatically Friday.
In a Truth Social post, Trump doubled down on his opposition to the
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, arguing that election integrity
legislation should take priority over the housing measure, which passed
Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support.
"I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by
Congress and sent to the White House," Trump wrote, adding that the
SAVE America Act enjoys overwhelming support among Republicans and
would require voter photo identification and proof of citizenship and
sharply limit mail-in voting except for military personnel, disabled
voters, those who are ill, and travelers.
Marco Rubio steps in after Tim Walz pardoned illegal alien child rapist before deportation
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Fox News Digital that Americans shouldn't have to live in fear of illegal alien criminals
An illegal alien child rapist from Laos who was set for deportation
until Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the State Board of Pardons
granted him clemency has been removed from the United States, Secretary
of State Marco Rubio told Fox News Digital.
Rubio stepped in to terminate Tue Lue Vang's legal status in the U.S.
and ensure that Walz's actions would not create roadblocks for the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) removing him from the country.
"Just weeks ago, a foreign child rapist was freed to once again
endanger America's children after receiving a pardon from Minnesota
Governor Tim Walz," Rubio said. "Tue Lue Vang admitted to committing
heinous crimes against a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota. He attempted to
pay his victim for her silence and dismissed his acts of child abuse as
a 'minor thing.'"
Tyler Robinson hearing: Top moments from explosive Lance Twiggs interview played in court
Twiggs told prosecutors Robinson began engraving bullets with a Dremel tool a month before the Turning Point USA shooting
The former lover of Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin told Utah
prosecutors that the suspected killer "wishes he hadn't done it,"
according to a video played in court Thursday.
"I just asked him in person if what he said was true the night before,
and he said it was, started crying a little bit and said he wishes he
hadn't done it," Lance Twiggs told investigators in a video interview.
The night before, according to text messages prosecutors displayed
later, Robinson allegedly took credit for Kirk's shooting in a
conversation with Twiggs.
Scope of SPLC's deeply embedded influence training teachers nationwide uncovered in sweeping report
Defending Education found the SPLC's
Social Justice Standards in required courses and student-teacher
evaluations in colleges nationwide
A new report is shining a spotlight on the Southern Poverty Law
Center's influence in American colleges, revealing its educational
materials are being used to train future K-12 teachers in 38 states as
Congress and federal investigators intensify their focus on the
organization.
According to a report from Defending Education, an education watchdog
group that the SPLC once labeled an "extremist" group, researchers
examined 100 colleges of education and uncovered SPLC's Learning for
Justice, formerly Teaching Tolerance, and the group's Social Justice
Standards embedded into teacher preparation programs nationwide.
The report said the organization's Social Justice Standards are
incorporated into teacher preparation programs that include "Equity,
Access, and Anti-bias Education," "Teaching for Social Justice,"
"Critical Consciousness" and "Socially Just Teachers."
New 911 audio captures neighbors warning of 'full-out war' before police were attacked in block party chaos
North Charleston residents reported gunfire and crowds of 500 before officers were attacked in South Carolina
Newly released 911 calls capture North Charleston, South Carolina,
residents expressing fear as they reported armed teens, gunfire and
what one caller described as a "full-out war" before police were
assaulted during a Fourth of July block party.
Fox News Digital obtained recordings of the calls from Charleston
County Dispatch, which reveal multiple residents calling dispatchers
shortly before 8:30 p.m. as a city-permitted Fourth of July block party
in North Charleston's Chicora-Cherokee neighborhood began spiraling out
of control.
Callers reported people openly carrying guns, hearing repeated gunfire
and fearing for their safety as officers struggled to disperse hundreds
of attendees before multiple officers were assaulted, and six people
were later charged.
King Charles 'fed up' with Prince Harry drama as reunion with grandchildren hangs in balance: expert
King Charles wants to see his Montecito grandchildren but insists any visit must be strictly private and properly planned
King Charles III is said to be "fed up" with the drama that continues to follow his estranged son.
The claim comes from British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard
following The Mirror's report that the Duke of Sussex is "frantically"
trying to secure private security for his wife, Meghan Markle, and
their two young children so they can travel to the U.K.
"Of course, grandfather Charles wants to see his Montecito
grandchildren," said Chard. "He just does not want the Sussex drama.
King Charles is fed up — fed up with the rolling media briefings, the
last-minute changes of plan, the security fight being litigated in
public and in court.
Report: New Air Force One Lacks Key Defenses
The new Air Force One lacks the same defensive countermeasures of its predecessor, according to reports.
The new jet, a Boeing 747-8 donated by Qatar and rushed into service
this year, doesn't include some of the advanced defensive systems
carried by the aging presidential aircraft it is temporarily replacing,
raising questions about security as tensions with Iran remain high, The
New York Times reported.
The Times and CBS News reported that the Secret Service urged Trump to
leave Turkey on Wednesday aboard the older Air Force One rather than
the newly retrofitted jet following the NATO summit.
Trump calls terrorist Iranian a ‘cancer.’ Is he finally the one to remove it?
President warned any new Iranian attack would trigger a devastating military response
By Erfan Fard
President Donald Trump’s remarks on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in
Ankara, Turkey, may represent one of the most consequential shifts in
America’s strategic language toward the Islamic Republic of Iran since
the 1979 revolution.
By warning that any new Iranian attack would trigger a far more
devastating response — and by describing the regime as a "cancer" that
must be removed — Trump signaled something that goes beyond
conventional political rhetoric. In the language of national security,
such terminology often reflects a fundamental change in how a threat is
defined.
For more than four decades, U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic has
centered on containment and deterrence. The underlying assumption was
that Tehran’s behavior could be influenced, constrained or made more
costly. Trump’s remarks suggest a different premise: the issue is no
longer merely the regime’s behavior, but the system itself. The
objective is no longer to manage the crisis, but to eliminate its
source — raising once again the prospect of regime change as a
strategic outcome.
What the pessimists just don’t understand about America’s greatness
By New York Post Editorial Board
In a slight twist on other 250th-anniversary polls about declining
faith in the American dream, a Wall Street Journal/ NORC survey shows
dropping confidence in both capitalism and democracy — with, once
again, support steadily dropping, generation after generation.
We credit the decades-long progressive project of smearing the most
free and successful nation ever, with perhaps a touch of
social-media-fostered delusions about how tough life is for
twentysomethings today.
Yet, as it happens, social media right now can point you to the truth —
all those World Cup visitors amazed at experiencing the real America,
with even Brits admitting they were wrong.
Americans’ pessimism, in short, is significantly a result of limited information.
E.g., European and American media prefer to obscure some pretty
important facts, such as how Europe’s GDP grew just 13.5% from 2008 to
2023 while US GDP nearly doubled — and America continues to outgrow the
competition.
