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President Donald Trump's fixation on social media is nothing new, but according to a new analysis from the Wall Street Journal, his use of his own platform as a "unique form of online diplomacy" amid the war in Iran is a new development, and one some experts have called "jarring.""Three weeks into the war, the commander in chief has used his favorite platform — Truth Social — to cajole allies, berate adversaries, reassure embattled Gulf states and conduct his own unique fo

One of President Donald Trump's big plans has been to open risky investment markets for anyone who wants to participate using their retirement funding. Now there is a fear that doing so could push markets teetering over a cliff.Politico opened Friday with a bombshell: the financial markets are starting to crack amid Trump's troubled economy."The Labor Department is planning to roll out a long-awaited proposal that would offer workers invested in retirement products like 401(k)s access to the so-called private markets — a class of highly coveted but risky

On CNN and MS NOW, it isn't hard to find political strategists — some of them conservative Republicans — who are wondering if U.S. President Donald Trump has "lost control of the narrative" when it comes to justifying his war against Iran. Many polls, they argue, are showing that the war is wildly unpopular among non-MAGA voters, and strategists are asking if Trump could be doing a better job selling the war.But in analysis

There are several clear winners from Trump’s attack on Iran:— Russia, who can again fund its violence against Ukraine with new oil revenue and now claims its unprovoked attack on that nation is consistent with this new Trump Doctrine;— Saudi Arabia, which has long hated Iran and lobbied since at least 2008 for the US to attack that country;— the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth found himself in hot water Friday, after a report from NBC News caught him seeming to lie about conversations he had with the parents of deceased service members.As President Donald Trump's war with Iran nears the start of its fourth week, at least 13 U.S. military service members have been killed in the fighting, with many m

According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday, March 19, less than 10 percent of Americans favor using ground forces in President Donald Trump's war against Iran —which so far, has been an air offensive. Yet among Trump's hardcore MAGA base, Trump's Iran war still has plenty of supporters, according to polls. Although the Iran war has some high-profile MAGA opponents — from former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) to ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson to

President Donald Trump has repeatedly offered optimistic projects about the Iran war, but according to a prominent columnist, he is actually caught in a “quagmire” that will require a “military miracle” to be resolved.“Here is the present situation, in a nutshell: The United States and Israel have established absolute air dominance over the nation of Iran,” wrote columnist David French from The New York Times on Thursday. “In a few short days, our combined forces have destroyed Iran’s ability to protect its own airspace, have killed much of Iran’s senior military and civilian leader

Republican strategist and media consultant Rick Wilson says he keeps bumping into Trump voters who are wailing over the predicament their president keeps putting them in.“You can't spin your way out of objective reality hitting people in the face [at the gas pump,” Wilson told “Jim Acosta Show” host Jim Acosta. “I’m out at the airport right now. And a couple hangers down I’m talking to [this guy]. Very MAGA. And he's like, ‘I can't believe what Trump did. I can't believe he did this. Because … I just paid $7 a gallon for aviation fuel for my airplane.’ I'm like, yeah, you did. What was it two weeks ago? ‘$4.35 [he says].’”“Flying is not a cheap hobby, right? But this guy, I've talked to him a number of times — we’re civil with each other — but he was stunned. But he had to kn

Comedian Francesca Fiorentini joined Wajahat Ali on his “Left Hook” podcast to destroy MAGA’s weird fixation with manliness and war.Fiorentini began the destruction by describing President Donald Trump’s invasion of Iran as “regime change with no lube,” which, she said, was “how these little f—— procreate anyway.” She also blasted the administration’s use of memes to sell the war to its childish MAGA admirers.“[J]ust looking at the [meme] of whatever island that we bombed. Like, I

One of President Donald Trump’s former appointees to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee spoke with The New York Times’ Ross Douthat on Thursday about the controversies that ultimately led to him withdrawing his nomination for Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.“I can show how totally disingenuous my critics have been,” former Trump appointee Jeremy Carl told Douthat when asked about his use of phrases like “cultural genocide.” “I mostly just kind of saying this, I literally say, to troll the libs.” Adding that he was trying to take “some genuine ironic distance,” he added that “I don’t actually th