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- CNN Guest Tells Fellow Panelist He Understands Tariffs ‘Better Than You,’ Th...
CNN guest and pro-MAGA investor Hal Lambert told a fellow guest that he understands tariffs better — before falsely claiming China is paying President Donald Trump‘s tariffs. A discussion about the impact of surging oil and gas prices on Spirit Airlines’ shutdown quickly dissolved into a debate about tariffs among CNN panelists Monday night. Anti-Trump influencer Adam Mockler claimed that these surging prices have “completely ruined a lot of companies” with “bankruptcies overall among large corporations” at the “highest point in 15 years.” “Farm bankruptcies are at the highest point,” he said as he addressed Lambert. “I mean, they’ve gone up 46 percent since Donald Trump took office. Is that because of Biden, too? Are the farm bankruptcies up 46 percent because of Biden, too?” In response, Lambert suggested that there are “a lot of fertilizer issues” among farms. Mockler pressed him on the matter: “Because of what? Because of tariffs?” The two argued over whether Trump was handed an economy with 2.9 percent inflation, according to Mockler, or 2.4 percent, according to Lambert. “There’s a difference between shooting yourself in the foot like Trump did versus having extrinsic factors—” Mockler said as Lambert interrupted to assert Trump “did not shoot himself in the foot.” “Okay, what do you call liberation day?” Mockler continued. “What do you call the Iran War? What do you call the fact that he could have just been steady-handed and had a better economy?” Lambert slammed Mockler, insisting he does not “understand how inflation operates” as it’s for “printing money.” Mockler pressed Lambert further, asking who pays the tariffs. “I do understand [tariffs] much better than you do,” Lambert said before asserting that who pays them “depends” and, falsely, that “China paid a lot of those tariffs.” In reality, tariffs are paid by U.S.-registered importers, not exporters. Watch above via CNN.The post CNN Guest Tells Fellow Panelist He Understands Tariffs ‘Better Than You,’ Then Falsely Claims China Is Paying Trump’s Tariffs first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Lindsey Graham Does 180 on Fox News, Says U.S. Shouldn’t Be ‘Taking Kharg Is...Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) did a dramatic about-face on Monday night, saying the U.S. should not seize Iran’s Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, directly contradicting what he said just weeks ago. On March 22, Graham appeared on Fox News Sunday, where he implored President Donald Trump to send U.S. forces to seize Kharg Island, which processes about 90% of Iran’s oil exports. At the time, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran was three weeks old, and the senator offered some unequivocal advice to the president. “Here’s what I’d tell President Trump,” Graham said at the time. “Keep it up for a few more weeks. Take Kharg Island, where all of the resources they have to produce oil. Control that island. Let this regime die on a vine.” On Monday’s edition of Hannity, however, the senator reversed himself: I’m not a real advocate of taking Kharg Island. I think we oughta tell the Iranians we will destroy it from the air. That will accomplish the mission that I have in mind, which means they can never regenerate anytime soon to become the largest state sponsor of terrorism and their nuclear program’s been obliterated. We’re close to victory. Victory to me would be regaining freedom of navigation of the Strait of Hormuz, degrading a little bit further short big strong response, degrade their military capability a bit further, threaten Kharg Island with destruction, and pull out and try to get Israel and Saudi Arabia back to the peace table. In the aforementioned March 22 appearance on Fox News, Graham likened taking Kharg Island to the Battle of Iwo Jima. “We’ve got two Marine Expeditionary Area Units sailing to this island,” the senator said then. “We did Iwo Jima, we can do this. The Marines, my money’s always on the Marines.” The U.S. and Israeli war on Iran flared up again on Monday amid a tenuous ceasefire, as the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the vital Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has restricted travel since the war began on Feb. 28. In response, the U.S. has imposed a blockade on Iran. The conflict has sent oil prices soaring, with Brent crude futures around $114 a barrel. Watch above via Fox News.The post Lindsey Graham Does 180 on Fox News, Says U.S. Shouldn’t Be ‘Taking Kharg Island’ Just Weeks After He Told Trump, ‘Take Kharg Island’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
- Police Tackle Anti-Bezos Protestor Who Stormed Red Carpet Railing at Met Gala
Screenshot via New York magazine New York police tackled an anti-Bezos protestor at the Met Gala Monday night after he stormed the red carpet railing. Monday’s extravagant event sparked backlash after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos were named honorary chairs, with a staunch anti-Bezos campaign spreading across New York City. The guerrilla activist group Everyone Hates Elon called for a boycott of this year’s Met Gala, and claimed to have hidden bottles of fake urine around the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the event takes place. It is apparently a nod to allegations that Amazon employees were forced to urinate into bottles due to the grueling job demands. In video footage from the event, an individual, reportedly among the anti-Bezos protestors, sprinted through oncoming Fifth Avenue traffic toward the red carpet railing, where he seems to have leapt over one of two steel barriers before he was jumped on by scores of police officers. The moment activist Chris Smalls jumps the barricade at the #MET_GALA attempting to crash the red carpet. Somebody yelled protest and I couldn’t see a thing so I put my iPhone 17 Pro Max at the extension of the monopod and pressed record. And followed the camera. #jeffBezos… pic.twitter.com/fnzI0ScsCU — Sandi Bachom (@sandibachom) May 5, 2026 Someone attempts to enter the #MetGala red carpet and is tackled by security. pic.twitter.com/PWLlbNRAzS — New York Magazine (@NYMag) May 4, 2026 According to Page Six, the individual, who pushed through scores of people in his sprint toward the red carpet, was apprehended approximately twenty feet from Tom Ford and Julianne Moore, with Ford reportedly wrapping his arms protectively around Moore. Some initial reports suggest the individual could be Chris Smalls, activist and founder of the Amazon Labor Union, though that has not been confirmed. Smalls was previously detained by Israeli forces in July 2025 when his ship, purportedly carrying aid to Gaza, was intercepted.The post Police Tackle Anti-Bezos Protestor Who Stormed Red Carpet Railing at Met Gala first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago - Lindsey Graham Urges Trump To Flood Iran With Guns: ‘Give Them the Weapons’Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) urged President Donald Trump to arm the Iranian people so they can attempt to overthrow their government. The U.S. and Israeli war on Iran flared up again on Monday amid a tenuous ceasefire, as the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the vital Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has restricted travel since the war began on Feb. 28. In response, the U.S. has imposed a blockade on Iran. The conflict has sent oil prices soaring, with Brent crude futures hovering around $114 a barrel. The Trump administration’s main goal currently is to get the strait reopened. But Graham, a longtime warhawk, wants the president to revisit the idea of toppling the Islamic Republic. Last week, Trump claimed he sent weapons to Kurdish fighters in the region, but that he does not know what happened to the arms. “I’m not happy with the delivery of the weapons,” Trump said on Friday. “I’m not thrilled with it. But a small amount of weapons were sent, and we’ll see who has them. But I’m not happy with what happened with the Kurds. The Kurds did not deliver the weapons.” The Kurds said they did not receive any such weapons. Appearing on Monday’s Hannity on Fox News, Graham proposed “a Second Amendment solution for the Iranian people.” “If I were President Trump and I were Israel, I would load the Iranian people up with weapons so they can go to the streets armed and turn the tide of battle inside Iran,” the senator said. “We don’t need American boots on the ground. We’ve got millions of boots on the ground in Iran. They just don’t have any weapons. Give them the weapons so they can rise up like we did to destroy this regime. A Second Amendment solution, I think, would go a long way to ending this war.” Host Sean Hannity responded by echoing Trump’s claim. “My understanding is there have been attempts to do so, and they tried to funnel it through groups–” Hannity said. “Do it again,” Graham interjected. “My understanding is, for example, working with the Kurds, they were stealing 90% of the weapons,” the host continued. “Don’t work with the Kurds,” Graham replied. “Work with somebody else. And if you can prove to me the Kurds were stealing the weapons, the Kurds will regret that. I love the idea of empowering the Iranian… [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago
- Jesse Watters Blames Biden for Spirit Airlines Collapse: ‘Let Thousands of Wor...Fox News host Jesse Watters blamed former President Joe Biden for the collapse of Spirit Airlines and letting “thousands of workers lose their job.” Watters and his co-hosts on The Five slammed the Biden administration’s Department of Justice for blocking the $3.8 billion merger between JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in January 2024 on antitrust grounds. At the time, the DOJ argued that removing the “ultra-low-cost” airline would deprive travelers of options and increase ticket prices. Fox News contributor Tyrus said “mission accomplished” for the Biden administration as there is now one less airline, and therefore less competition. “I’m going to miss Spirit Airlines,” he waxed nostalgic. “I’m going to miss the hours of sitting in the airport watching people behave the way they behave, the fights, the dragging out. You always kind of feel better when you go to get on your Delta—love you guys, millionaire miles—the sad part is she [Elizabeth Warren] was right. Fewer flights, higher fares, mission accomplished. You just don’t get it. They get involved in things they don’t know. I think it’s funny that people who fly private are so concerned about JetBlue and Spirit meether. And they stopped it, and they’re great, and now how many people were stranded? Why do they hate the airports? What happened? Did the airports not give them complimentary water in first class? They don’t want to pay TSA agents. Why does the democratic partner continually go after airports? I don’t think any person who was flying Spirit this weekend, whose flight was c,anceled and you can’t transfer the ticket because it’s gone, was saying, ‘Wow, thanks, Warren.'” Watters agreed with Tyrus on Spirit Airlines’ fate. “I never really liked the idea of a budget airline,” he said. “You’re all the way up in the sky on a budget? They’re basically admitting, yep, we cut some corners, the landing is going to be a little rocky. I don’t know, when I buy a bulletproof vest, I don’t buy a budget bulletproof vest. I might want to pay a little bit more when it’s life and death, but that’s just me. I’m with Tyrus. We are going to miss not only this airline but the segments. … Countless hours of drunks throwing haymakers, twerking in the aisles, people bringing their emotional support squirrels. We can’t even quantify the loss, but I do agree in theory with the Democrats. You want… [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago
- Poll Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Naming Government Buildings After Tru...
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin A poll by the Pew Research Center shows that the efforts to rename government buildings after President Donald Trump is overwhelmingly unpopular, even with Republicans. The polling numbers for Trump and the GOP have been brutal as his second term has progressed, with his immigration crackdown cratering his support, the handling of the Epstein files getting abysmal marks, and even Americans’ views on his handling of the economy taking body blows. The president’s recent social media posts and public comments about the Iran war sparked new chatter, with reporters openly asking him about his “mental health” and critics accusing him of advocating for war crimes. Meanwhile, Trump’s name has been added to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts and the Palm Beach International Airport, a proposed commemorative coin, and more. Critics have denounced these moves not just over opposition to Trump’s political position, but have also voiced a distaste for naming anything after someone who is still alive, much less still in office. This latest Pew poll surveyed 5,103 U.S. adults from April 20 through 26, 2026 as part of Pew’s American Trends Panel, including 4,900 who were polled online and 203 who were polled via live telephone calls. The margin of error was +/- 1.6 percentage points. When asked about “naming government buildings after Donald Trump,” only 9% of poll respondents thought that would be acceptable while he was president, 21% said only after he was no longer president, 50% said it was not acceptable, and 19% said not sure. Image via Pew Research Center. Republicans were, as expected, more favorable toward renaming buildings after Trump, but a strong majority still did not think that it was appropriate to do so while he was in office. Only 17% of Republicans said it would be acceptable to name government buildings after Trump while he was still in office and only 33% said it would be acceptable after his presidency ended. Twenty-one percent of Republicans said it would not be acceptable at all, and 31% said not sure. For Democrats, a mere 3% said it was acceptable to name government buildings after Trump while he’s still in office, 11% thought it would be acceptable after he was out, and 77% said it would never be acceptable. Democrats were “far less likely than Republicans to express uncertainty on this question,” Pew noted, with only 9% saying… [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago
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