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- Retired Lt. General Says Missing U.S. Aviator Would Be ‘Killed on the Spot’ ...
Ret. U.S. Army Lt. General Russell Honoré said that if Iran were to apply Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s “no quarter” attitude, the American aviator missing in Iran would be “killed on the spot” if found. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shot down a U.S. F-15 fighter jet on Friday over Iran. One of the two crew members was rescued, but another is missing in action. Later, it was reported that Iran also shot down an A-10 Warthog, whose lone pilot was rescued. After the shootdowns, Honoré noted on social media some remarks made by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. “We will keep pushing, keep advancing, no quarter, no mercy for our enemies,” Hegseth said during a March 13 news conference. “No quarter” is broadly understood to mean “no prisoners.” Killing captured or surrendering soldiers is a war crime. In his post, Honoré called Hegseth’s comments “reckless and outrageous, and why it may be what gets these pilots tortured or killed.” Hours later, the retired lieutenant general appeared on CNN and elaborated: It’s a direct relationship. And the concern we had at the time the secretary of defense made that statement that we will give “no quarter” is a violation of our rules of war that we have trained our soldiers on. And it was practiced when we shot the Iranian warship off the Indian Ocean. We gave no quarter. We did not provide assistance to the survivors… So the secretary of defense’s language and his rhetoric about giving no quarter would have direct impact on our airman that’s on the ground somewhere in Iran right now trying to survive, that, if he’s caught, if the Iranians were to use the secretary of defense’s rule, that aviator will end up being treated very bad or even killed on the spot because that’s the way that’s translated: give no quarter to the injured or those who no longer can fight. Watch above via CNN.The post Retired Lt. General Says Missing U.S. Aviator Would Be ‘Killed on the Spot’ if Iranians Apply Hegseth’s ‘No Quarter’ Rule first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - Former Trump NatSec Advisor Says President Probably in ‘Panic Mode’ After Tw...Former National Security Advisor John Bolton said President Donald Trump is “probably back in a panic mode” after Iran shot down two U.S. military planes on Friday. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard shot down an F-15 fighter jet, whose two-person crew ejected. One aviator was rescued, but the other is still missing in action somewhere in Iran, which also shot down an A-10 Warthog, whose lone pilot was rescued. The shootdowns come after Trump repeatedly boasted of having air supremacy. On multiple occasions in recent weeks, he had even claimed Iran was not even firing on U.S. aircraft. “Their anti-aircraft equipment is gone. We’re flying wherever we want. We have nobody even shooting at us,” the president said on March 19. His remarks came hours after a U.S. F-35 fighter jet was struck by Iranian fire. The pilot involved in that incident managed to make an emergency landing outside Iran. Bolton appeared on Friday’s episode of The Source on CNN, where Kaitlan Collins asked, “Does it undermine what the White House has been saying about how degraded Iran’s capability is? I mean, the president said this week that Iran had no anti-aircraft equipment, that their radar was 100% annihilated.” “Sure, it absolutely degrades White House credibility,” said Bolton, who served in the first Trump administration. “And that’s a self-inflicted wound by the White House, not by the Iranians. If you overstate what you’ve accomplished and evidence comes that shows that you’ve overstated, you look foolish.” Collins noted that Trump had not spoken about the shootdowns on Friday. “Why do you think the president hasn’t spoken about this on camera today?” she asked. “Does that stand out to you at all?” Bolton responded: Uh, no. It sounds to me like he’s probably back in a panic mode, wishing he could find a way to declare victory and get out of this war, regardless of whether or not he opens the Strait of Hormuz before he does it. I think that’s a mistake, too. I think if there had been an effective decision-making process before the war started and these concerns were raised and they bothered the president, he had the option then not to initiate the attack. But apparently he was satisfied. Now, if things are upsetting him that he either didn’t think about or didn’t pay any attention to in the run-up to the war, that’s a problem for… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
- Fox News Host Says Europe Won’t Join Trump’s War Because They’ve Accepted ...Fox News host Lawrence Jones ran with a novel theory as to why European countries are refusing to join President Donald Trump’s war on Iran: too much immigration. The U.S. and Israel launched the war in February, and it has been unpopular from the beginning. A Reuters poll released on Wednesday shows that 60% of Americans disapprove of military strikes on Iran, while 35% approve. The economic consequences of the war have become increasingly acute, as Iran has restricted travel through the vital Strait of Hormuz and set up a lucrative tolling system for vessels seeking guaranteed safe passage. Since the war began, oil prices have surged and stocks have tumbled worldwide. Trump has responded to the turmoil by demanding that European allies and China open the strait, which is closed because of actions he took without their input. On Fox News on Wednesday night, Jones asked Jim Hanson if Europe’s refusal to join the unpopular war would mean the end of NATO. “I don’t think this by itself would be an end to NATO, but I think there’s a reckoning that’s been due for a while,” said Hanson, of the Middle East Forum, a right-wing think tank. “You know, they don’t share many of our values. They censor free speech. They’ve allowed migrants to take over their countries. They’re not really the best allies and the people we stood side by side with to stop the Soviet Union. ” “I just hope we take the warning as well,” Jones replied, before alluding to the Muslim immigrants in Europe. “Part of the reason why the Europeans are so resistant to join in is because their population has changed. They invited a reorganizing of their country, and they’re afraid of upsetting a certain population within their country. America should take warning because the same thing could happen to us as well.” Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) agreed. “We’ve got to be careful, because we share our intelligence with them and we arm them and share our weapon systems with them,” Jackson said. “And at some point, we have to rethink that because you’re right. Things are rapidly changing in Europe and not for the best.” “Hopefully it changes soon,” Jones said. Watch above via Fox News.The post Fox News Host Says Europe Won’t Join Trump’s War Because They’ve Accepted Too Many Immigrants: ‘Their Population Has Changed’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago
- NYT Interviews Waffle House Regulars About Trump Official’s Teleportation Clai...The New York Times interviewed “roughly two dozen workers and regulars” at Waffle House locations in Rome, Georgia in an entertainingly thorough effort to investigate a truly unusual claim by a top FEMA official that he once teleported there. Yes, teleported. As in, the ability to instantly travel between two distant locations as seen in Star Trek and other popular science fiction — with fiction being the operative word here — stories. If you haven’t heard the story, that’s a damning sign of how unhinged our current political climate is that such a bonkers tale got missed, but that’s a column for another day. In March, CNN’s KFile team of Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, and Gabe Cohen reported that Gregg Phillips, the head of FEMA’s Office of Response and Recovery, had a disturbing history of violent political rhetoric and claims of teleporting to a Waffle House. The KFile report covered in detail Phillips’ past comments and social media posts that included angry, violent rhetoric about President Joe Biden and other Democrats, inflammatory comments about migrants, as well as this claim Phillips made on a podcast in January 2025 about his “incredible adventure” teleporting to a Waffle House: I was with my boys one time and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House. And I ended up at a Waffle House – this was in Georgia and I end up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was. And they said, “where are you?” and I said, “A Waffle House.” And “a Waffle House where?” And I said, “Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.” And they said, “That’s not possible, you just left here a moment ago.” But it was possible. It was real… Teleporting is no fun. It’s no fun because you don’t really know what you’re doing. You don’t really understand it, it’s scary, but yet – but so real. A few days after the KFile report, Phillips claimed many of his comments were “taken out of context,” but he doubled down on the claims about teleporting to a Waffle House. Friday afternoon, The New York Times published the results of an in-depth investigation into Phillips’ claims. Kaczynski, who was on CNN’s Out Front Friday with guest anchor Brianna Keilar, shared the Times article with a tongue-in-cheek comment calling it “an important update.” New… [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago
- Fox’s Jennifer Griffin Says Silence From Trump Signals a ‘Ticking Clock’ f...Fox News’ chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin said on-air Friday night that President Donald Trump’s failure to appear before the press all day signals a “ticking clock” for the U.S. pilot still missing after being shot down over Iran. Earlier on Friday, news broke that a U.S. F-15 jet was shot down over Iran by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps air defense system. While American special operations forces rescued one of the pilots, the search for the second remains ongoing. “I think what’s most notable is that there have been no statements from U.S. Central Command, no statements from the Pentagon,” said Griffin. “Secretary [Pete] Hegseth and the rest of the national security team have been over at the White House with the president. No statements from the president or the White House.” She continued: That suggests to me that we are in a very intense phase, a very dangerous phase in terms of, you know, the ticking clock in terms of trying to find this second crew member. It is very, very delicate, and obviously, nobody wants the Iranians to have a propaganda win by either capturing this crew member or, you know, so we are waiting. It is tense. It has been very tense. Normally, we’re able to speak to people behind the scenes and find out what’s going on, but they have all been very tight-lipped today. That’s why information is so scarce. According to NewsNation White House correspondent Libbey Dean’s X updates, the White House called a lid on Friday afternoon, meaning the press shouldn’t expect to see the president for the remainder of the day. UPDATE: A senior Trump administration official tells me the President's national security team is currently at the White House. President Trump has been working in the Oval (or Oval dining) all day receiving updates, per official. — Libbey Dean (@LibbeyDean_) April 3, 2026 She wrote, “A senior Trump administration official tells me the President’s national security team is currently at the White House. President Trump has been working in the Oval (or Oval dining) all day receiving updates, per official.” Watch the full clip above via Fox News.The post Fox’s Jennifer Griffin Says Silence From Trump Signals a ‘Ticking Clock’ for Missing Pilot first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
- Congressman Says ‘Jackass’ Trump Has Been ‘Alienating Everybody’ and Is ...Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) expressed amazement at the degree to which President Donald Trump has been “alienating” key allies, even as the president asks for their help. Trump has been lobbying other countries to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran closed after the U.S. and Israel launched their war on the country in February. In requesting these countries’ assistance, Trump has made the questionable decision to repeatedly berate them. Smith, who is the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, appeared on MS NOW on Friday night, where he slammed Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for their bellicose behavior toward U.S. allies. “What Hegseth and Trump have done in terms of alienating all of our partners and allies, alienating everybody, I mean, the humiliating language that Donald Trump loves to use about people, the dismissive nature of how he views our alliances,” Smith said. “Every single country in the world right now is trying to figure out how to de-risk from America, because they’re sick of having to suck up to Donald Trump while he belittles and insults them.” The congressman pointed to remarks Trump made this week about French President Emmanuel Macron and French First Lady Brigitte Macron. “I called up France, Macron, whose wife treats him extremely badly, still recovering from the right to the jaw,” Trump said, seemingly referring to a video from 2025 in which Brigitte appeared to shove her husband in the face. “That’s oh so helpful in trying to win a war,” Smith sarcastically continued. “Look, people have pride past a certain point, and much of it is practical, but it’s also the reality. Nobody wants to work with this guy because he’s a jackass, all right? He insults, and he belittles absolutely everybody like he runs the world. They’re gonna look for other options. Smith concluded, “And we, the American people, are paying the price for Trump’s stupidity.” Watch above via MS NOW.The post Congressman Says ‘Jackass’ Trump Has Been ‘Alienating Everybody’ and Is Causing Allies to ‘De-Risk From America’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
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