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- Pete Hegseth Rips Europe Allies and Their ‘Fancy Conferences’ Over Lack of I...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ripped European countries over a lack of support in the Iran war, mocking their “fancy conferences” over the conflict. During a Friday morning press conference on the war, Hegseth took multiple shots at the European Union, calling for them to do more to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, where roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply runs through. Iran recently declared its own blockade in the Strait amid President Donald Trump extending a ceasefire with the country. Hegseth told allies refusing to support the war that the “free riding is over” and the Strait of Hormuz is more essential to other countries than the United States. Hegseth said: Europe and Asia have benefited from our protection for decades, but the time for free-riding is over. America and the free world deserve allies who are capable, who are loyal, and who understand that being an ally is not a one-way street, it is a two-way street. We are not counting on Europe, but they need the Strait of Hormuz much more than we do and might want to start doing less talking and having less fancy conferences in Europe, and get a boat. This is much more their fight than ours. On this core mission, America’s will is unshakable. Our capabilities unmatched, our blockade only growing and going global. As the president said, we have all the time in the world. Iran has a historic chance to make a serious deal and the ball is in their court. He later referred to a meeting by EU leaders to discuss the Iran conflict in a Cyprus summit this week as a “silly conference.” “I would call it a silly conference in Europe last week where they got together and talked about talking about maybe doing something eventually when things are done,” Hegseth said. Watch above via Fox News.The post Pete Hegseth Rips Europe Allies and Their ‘Fancy Conferences’ Over Lack of Iran War Support: ‘Time for Free Riding Is Over’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Joe Scarborough Cuts Into Pentagon Presser Feed to Torch ‘Obsessed’ Hegsethâ...Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough cut in from the MS NOW studio and interrupted the live feed of the Pentagon’s Iran update presser to torch Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attack on European NATO allies on Friday. The show’s panel commentary had paused while the network aired the briefing live as Hegseth offered details on the ongoing U.S. military blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The defense secretary detailed how military units were “controlling” the vital waterway and putting pressure on the Iranian regime, before he pivoted to rip Europe and repeat President Donald Trump’s repeated grievance at NATO. “We are not counting on Europe, but they need the Strait of Hormuz much more than we do and might want to start doing less talking and having less fancy conferences in Europe and get in a boat,” he said. “This is much more their fight than ours.” As the words left Hegseth’s mouth, Scarborough’s voiceover dropped in as he railed against the Pentagon chief’s remarks, fuming that the Trump administration was “obsessed with their hatred of Europe” and “hatred of Western democracy.” “It’s fascinating that he talks about, mocks, and ridicules our allies in Europe that helped us destroy the Soviet Union. This is something the administration is obsessed with their hatred of Europe, their hatred of Western democracy, their hatred of the very people that helped us defeat the Soviet Union, and also many who fought side by side with us to destroy Nazi Germany and imperial Japan,” the host snapped. He continued, flipping to attack the administration’s approach to the war in eastern Europe: “Just a note here, the only reason I’m jumping in, interesting timing to talk about how Europe does nothing but conduct fancy cocktail parties the morning after €90 billion of aid given to Ukraine, because this administration continues to do nothing to help the Ukrainian people push back the Russians.” Watch above via MS NOW.The post Joe Scarborough Cuts Into Pentagon Presser Feed to Torch ‘Obsessed’ Hegseth’s ‘Hatred’ of Europe first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- CNN’s Jake Tapper Calls BS on Trump Rant Over War Reporting: ‘Quite Clearly ...CNN anchor Jake Tapper called BS on President Donald Trump over his rant attacking the press and professing to feel no pressure to end the Iran war that shows no sign of imminent resolution. As the Iran war hurtles toward its ninth week, the Strait of Hormuz remains blockaded by the U.S. and choked off by Iran — and well-sourced reporters like Maggie Haberman are being told the president is looking for a way out. Trump lashed out over those reports with a lengthy rant in which he made the grand claim that he is “possibly the least-pressured person ever.” Tapper opened Thursday’s edition of CNN’s The Lead with a commentary that concluded with a blunt refutation of Trump’s cucumber-esque claim: JAKE TAPPER: The developing story in our world lead tonight, President Trump claiming that the U.S. is in total control of the Strait of Hormuz despite the total maritime standoff that appears to be the reality in the Middle East. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We have total control of the strait. And the fact that it slows, you know, they would have opened it up three days ago. They came to us and they said, we will agree to open the strait. And all my people were happy. Everybody was happy except me. I said, wait a minute, if we open the strait, that means they’re going to make $500 million a day. I don’t want them to make $500 million a day until they settle this thing. (END VIDEO CLIP) TAPPER: The president’s comments coming after a series of Truth Social posts about the war, including a directive to the Navy to shoot and kill any Iranian boat laying mines in the strait. President Trump also continuing to air out what the White House calls divisions among the top Iranian leadership, leading to a disruption in peace talks and, according to Trump, a disruption in the Iranian economy. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TRUMP: They’re not doing well economically, financially. They’re not doing any business because of the blockade. They want to make a deal. We have been speaking to them, but they don’t even know who’s leading the country. They’re in turmoil. (END VIDEO CLIP) TAPPER: But as is said in wartime, the enemy gets a vote. To assert that the U.S. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz is not accurate because Iran,… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Reveals Cancer Diagnosis He Kept Secret During Ira...
(Ilia Yefimovich/Pool Photo via AP) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed on Friday that he had been declared cancer-free after undergoing treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, a diagnosis that was kept secret during the opening weeks of the conflict with Iran. In a post to X, the prime minister said he had delayed public disclosure “to allow the Iranian terror regime to spread even more false propaganda against Israel.” היום התפרסם הדו״ח הרפואי השנתי שלי. ביקשתי לעכב את פרסומו בחודשיים כדי שהוא לא יפורסם בשיא המלחמה על מנת שלא לאפשר למשטר הטרור באיראן להפיץ עוד תעמולת כזב נגד ישראל. אני מבקש לשתף אתכם בשלושה דברים: 1 – ברוך השם, אני בריא. 2 – אני בכושר גופני מצויין. 3 – הייתה לי בעיה… — Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) April 24, 2026 The report, detailed by The Jerusalem Post, dated April 20, confirms that Netanyahu underwent successful surgery on December 29, 2024, at Hadassah Medical Center to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia. A subsequent routine MRI detected what the report called a “minuscule suspicious lesion” measuring less than one millimetre. Further tests confirmed early-stage prostate cancer, with no signs of metastasis. Despite the diagnosis, the condition was not made public at the time. In his tweet, Netanyahu said that doctors gave him the option to monitor the lesion or undergo surgery. “You already know me. When I’m given information in time about a potential danger, I want to address it immediately. This is true on the national level and also on the personal level,” he wrote, adding: “I underwent targeted treatment that removed the problem and left no trace of it.” He said that he has since completed his course of treatment and is now in full remission.The post Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Reveals Cancer Diagnosis He Kept Secret During Iran War first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Calls Trump Out With Barrage of Video Receipts on Ending...CNN anchor and senior White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins called out President Donald Trump’s Iran War rhetoric with a barrage of video receipts that say it should already be over. As the Iran war hurtles toward its ninth week, the Strait of Hormuz remains blockaded by the U.S. and choked off by Iran as the president insists he’s under no pressure and wants to take his time getting a deal. On Thursday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Collins contrasted Trump’s indefinite non-timeline with a pile of clips featuring Trump and his officials promising the end of the war after “four to six weeks”: KAITLAN COLLINS: Nearly eight weeks into a war that the President said would last six weeks at most. He told reporters today, Don’t rush me. I’m Kaitlan Collins. And this is THE SOURCE. There is a lot of uncertainty about what comes next, between the United States and Iran. But at the White House today, one thing was made very clear. The President wants to stop being asked about the timeline for this war, including the timeline that he put in place at the beginning of it. The President alluded to this question of how long this war could go on, when he posted, today, I am possibly the least-pressured person ever to be in this position. And, I have all the time in the world. Then, just a few hours later, inside the Oval Office, when questions started popping up about Iran, about the ceasefire that he’s now extended in this Iran war, this is how the President responded when he was asked how much longer Americans should expect this war to last. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JEFF MASON, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, BLOOMBERG: On the war with Iran, how long are you willing to wait until you get a unified response? DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Well, don’t rush me. Don’t rush me, Jeff. We were in the Korean War for seven years. I’ve been doing this for six weeks. I could make a deal right now. I don’t want to rush myself, you know, because every story says, Oh, Trump is under time pressure. I’m not. No. No. You know who’s under time pressure? They are. I don’t want to rush it. I want to take my time. We have plenty of time. And I want to get a great deal. I can only… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Stephen Colbert Revives RFK Jr. Bear Story With Savage Crack at HHS Chief’s He...Stephen Colbert cracked that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sounded “like a bear getting autoerotic asphyxiated” at his Senate hearing on Thursday, reviving a bizarre and notorious story that the Trump cabinet member can’t shake. Kennedy admitted in 2024 that he was responsible for leaving a dead bear cub in New York’s Central Park 10 years earlier after he picked up the animal he claimed a woman had hit with her van. At the time, the incident was a national story in the press, first published by one of his own relatives in The New York Times. During his Late Show opening monologue, Colbert hit at Kennedy over brand new revelations in an upcoming book that he “once sliced off a dead raccoon’s penis while his wife and kids waited in the minivan.” “He took the genitals so he could, quote, study them later,” Colbert said. Then, rounding on the hearing, which he noted was supposed to be about “slashing the HHS’s new budget” the host said that the “weirdest part” of the televised session “wasn’t” what Kennedy said but “what he breathed.” “Listen to the health secretary on the mic while being questioned,” Colbert said. The host then rolled back a video of Kennedy being questioned by Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), during which the Health Secretary could be heard rasping through the live mic. Kennedy’s distinctive voice is the result of spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological condition that affects speech. Spasms of vocal cord muscles caused by the condition, however, can cause noisy and labored breathing. Cutting back to the studio, Colbert quipped: “Is that a good sign when your health secretary breathes like a walrus snorting lobster bisque?” He continued, pointedly reviving Kennedy’s Central Park bear story: “If he sounds like a bear getting autoerotic asphyxiated?” “Like he’s the first person in history to need a CPAP while awake?” he asked, tripling down. Colbert then used the moment to pivot to a totally unrelated story about a study that found salmon exposed to cocaine swam “twice as far” in a week as those in the control group, and joked they were “three times more likely to start a band.” Watch above via CBS.The post Stephen Colbert Revives RFK Jr. Bear Story With Savage Crack at HHS Chief’s Heavy Breathing at Hearing first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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