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Fox News anchor Bret Baier said that President Donald Trump told him that America’s military actions against Iran have essentially hit their “four-point checklist for Operation Epic Fury’s success,” adding that it has been “check, check, check, check.”
“I just got off the phone with the president. He is very pleased with you how things are going. Disheartened about the loss of life and there may be more. He said along the way. As far as the progress, he said they are ahead of where they thought they would be,” Baier began.
“I want to read some quotes that I asked him and how he answered. He said that as far as a plan, they do have a plan. Always had a plan. The intelligence, the level of intelligence that they have had up to this point is truly amazing. I asked what you are saying is you know there is somebody on the ground in Iran that is going to rise up. Quote, yeah, I feel there is. I feel that and some of them are no longer with us to be honest because it was 49 leaders that were taken out,” Baier added.
“That was going to take four to six weeks to get rid of the Iranian leadership, and it is always, you know, if they hide it is a lot longer than four weeks. They would have been hiding. We were shocked when we heard what was going on. We knew exactly what was happening and where. 49 leaders. You know, they are talking about using people now that nobody ever heard of even they don’t know,” he continued.
Baier then kicked it over to senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy to provide more details.
“The checklist for success in Epic Fury had four points on it, and according to officials here, so far it has been check, check, check, check. So, Epic Fury can end soon, that is what we are going to hear from President Trump in less than three hours,” Doocy said.
“13,000 combat flights have struck 12,300 targets and destroyed 155 Iranian vessels. Iran is a danger and I think we have attacked and destroyed their industrial complex and their weapons. I thank the administration for doing that, but I think we need to go ahead and wind down very soon,” Doocy said.
“In two to three weeks it will wind down, according to White House officials, who tell us tonight’s remarks will highlight how the Pentagon has met these goals: destroy Iran’s deadly ballistic missiles and production facilities, annihilate their navy, ensure their terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region, and guarantee that Iran can no longer obtain a nuclear weapon. Iran’s president
complained today: ‘Portraying Iran as a threat is neither consistent with historical reality nor with present-day observable facts.’ But the White House says Iranian leaders keep lying,” Doocy continued.
“Pressure on Europe from the West Wing is building. According to the Financial Times, Donald Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons for Ukraine in order to pressure European allies to join a coalition of the willing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,” Doocy continued.
“And Reuters reports that tonight President Trump will express his disgust with NATO for what he considers the alliance’s lack of support for U.S. objectives in Iran. President Trump says he is strongly considering withdrawing from the alliance, and he can do that with two-thirds Senate support or an act of Congress. So far, key NATO allies unmoved,” Doocy added.
“The special relationship not so special during this military campaign. Still, we don’t expect to hear President Trump say that alliances are weaknesses, it’s gonna be more like alliances are irrelevant and Epic Fury is proof. Now, NATO says they are going to send their secretary general here to Washington next week for what they insist is a long-planned visit,” he added.
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Former President George W. Bush grimaced as the ball bounced, and millions laughed. They didn’t know the truth. They didn’t see the scar, the fusion, the quiet agony under the stadium lights. His daughter finally broke the silence, hinting at the cost of that single throw, the hidden surgery, the pride, the pai
When George W. Bush walked to the mound for the World Series opener, most viewers saw only a former president reliving a famous ritual. What they missed was the stiffness in his stride, the guarded way he moved his shoulders, the subtle calculation of a man testing the limits of a surgically repaired back. Months earlier, he had undergone fusion surgery on his lower spine, the kind of operation that changes the way you stand, sit, and sleep—let alone throw from a major-league mound.
Jenna Bush Hager’s defense of her father was less about excuses and more about context: the courage it takes to step into a stadium after being rebuilt with screws and rods. His spokesperson confirmed the surgery but emphasized his nature—he doesn’t complain, he just shows up. One awkward, bouncing pitch became something else entirely: not a failure, but proof that recovery doesn’t erase the will to stand in the spotlight, pain and all.
Former President George W. Bush grimaced as the ball bounced, and millions laughed. They didn’t know the truth. They didn’t see the scar, the fusion, the quiet agony under the stadium lights. His daughter finally broke the silence, hinting at the cost of that single throw, the hidden surgery, the pride, the pai
When George W. Bush walked to the mound for the World Series opener, most viewers saw only a former president reliving a famous ritual. What they missed was the stiffness in his stride, the guarded way he moved his shoulders, the subtle calculation of a man testing the limits of a surgically repaired back. Months earlier, he had undergone fusion surgery on his lower spine, the kind of operation that changes the way you stand, sit, and sleep—let alone throw from a major-league mound.
Jenna Bush Hager’s defense of her father was less about excuses and more about context: the courage it takes to step into a stadium after being rebuilt with screws and rods. His spokesperson confirmed the surgery but emphasized his nature—he doesn’t complain, he just shows up. One awkward, bouncing pitch became something else entirely: not a failure, but proof that recovery doesn’t erase the will to stand in the spotlight, pain and all.
Are We Ready to Rehabilitate George W. Bush’s Reputation?
Can a batch of new books, a documentary, and Donald Trump’s calamitous administration resuscitate the legacy of our 43rd president—and his illustrious family?
Illustration by Lincoln Agnew. George H. W. and Barbara: Mark Reinstein/MediaPunch/IPX via AP; George W.: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP; Jenna: Dennis Van Tine/Geisler-Fotopress/picture-alliance/dpa via AP; Jeb: Spencer Platt/Getty; George P.: Eric Gay/AP
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum opened seven years ago and anchors the southeastern corner of campus at Southern Methodist University, where I teach history. In late November 2016, I took a tour of the facility with five college friends who were visiting from the East Coast. The recent presidential election was much on our minds as we wandered through the building, contemplating various artifacts from Bush’s two terms in office.
Although we were hardly fans of his presidency, one of my pals—fearful, like everyone in our group, of a Trump administration—got misty-eyed when reflecting upon Bush’s obvious love of country. After an hour or so, with a requisite stop for photos in the museum’s full-sized and perfectly appointed replica of the Oval Office, we left in glum moods.
As was the case with my friends and me, the chaos of the past few years has caused some of Bush’s detractors to revise their assessment of W and his legacy. Princeton historian Sean Wilentz, for instance, no longer regards him as the most likely modern contender for the worst president in U.S. history.
Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a onetime Bush adversary, confessed to a journalist earlier this year that he often finds himself thinking, “ ‘Boy, I wish Bush were here now.’ . . . He was a patriot. I disagreed with him. But he was somebody you could talk to, joke with, had a good personality.”
And many noted the heartfelt decency that Bush demonstrated during his brief but moving remarks at the recent funeral for Congressman John Lewis—who had declined to attend Bush’s inauguration in protest over the contested 2000 election.
Ghislaine Maxwell Dropped New Detail About Big Bill Clinton During DOJ Interview
Ghislaine Maxwell provided a heretofore unknown detail about former President Bill Clinton regarding his relationship with the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year.
Maxwell told U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that she does not believe former Clinton ever received a massage aboard Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane, according to transcripts of her testimony released by the Justice Department.
The DOJ on Friday released the transcript of Maxwell’s interview with Blanche, in which she discussed her ties to Epstein during a two-day session. At one point, Blanche asked whether Clinton had ever been given a massage, The Daily Caller reported.
“I don’t believe he did,” Maxwell replied. Asked what made her doubt it, she said: “Well, because I don’t—so that’s a good question. The time that Epstein and President Clinton spent together, the only times I believe—well, obviously they traveled. There was that, you know, the plane, they went on the plane 26 times or whatever … So they spent time on the plane together, and I don’t believe there was ever a massage on the plane. So that would’ve been the only time that I think that President Clinton could have even received a massage. And he didn’t, because I was there.”
Photographs from September 2002 appear to show Clinton receiving a massage from Epstein accuser Chauntae Davies during a humanitarian trip to Africa aboard Epstein’s plane. Another Epstein accuser, Virginia Giuffre, told an attorney that Clinton had visited Epstein’s private island, though she did not accuse him of committing any crimes.
Clinton has denied having knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. In July 2019, a spokesperson said Clinton knew “nothing about the terrible crimes” attributed to Epstein and denied that the former president ever visited Epstein’s island.
Maxwell also described her involvement with Clinton Global Initiative.
Blanche asked Maxwell whether she was part of the launch of the Clinton Global Initiative, which its website describes as hosting annual gatherings of “leaders of nonprofit and philanthropic organizations; prominent voices in business, labor, and finance; youth leaders and grassroots activists; heads of state and prominent government officials; global citizens; and more,” Fox News reported.
“I was,” Maxwell said. “I would say very central to that, yes.” She added that Epstein was “very enthusiastic” about her work with the initiative.
“[Epstein] supported me to help them, but then I think he may have tried to use that to insert himself in some way, that would not have surprised me at all,” she said. “And I know that he was annoying, in terms that I could catch him on the phone and he wouldn’t always agree with what I wanted to do. And I was like, it’s not your idea. I don’t really care what you think, but that didn’t go over so well.”
Maxwell said she went to Davos with Clinton at least once, insisting he never visited Epstein’s private island. She said she first met Clinton at a White House event and later became friendly with him through former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine.
“Once for sure. And I think maybe twice, but I don’t remember,” she said of her trips to Davos with Clinton. Maxwell also emphasized that Clinton was her friend, “not Epstein’s friend.”
She recalled meeting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton once on a flight, possibly from Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard back to New York, though she was not certain. Maxwell also said she attended Chelsea Clinton’s wedding with a former boyfriend, adding that Epstein was not present.
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In a statement, Maxwell’s lawyer David Oscar Markus defended her cooperation and credibility.
“Ghislaine Maxwell is innocent and never should have been tried, much less convicted, in this case,” Markus said. “The materials newly released by the Department of Justice make this clear. Ms. Maxwell answered every question. She did not refuse to respond and did not dodge any question.”
