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- ‘You Just Said a Bunch of Nothing’: Bakari Sellers Shoots Down Kevin O’Lea...
CNN NewsNight panelist Bakari Sellers shot down Kevin O’Leary’s defense of President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, calling the Shark Tank star’s explanation “a bunch of nothing.” O’Leary outlined what his “guarantee” for the two primary outcomes of the war on Wednesday, claiming that the crucial Strait of Hormuz would be reopened and that Iran would be isolated on the world stage. “I guarantee you two things. Before this has worked out, the strait will be open and probably policed by people around that region because it’s in their best interest. And secondly, there are no friends in the world left for Iran,” he said. “Maybe you could call China in. Maybe you could call Russia. But these are rogue nations. And what Trump has done, whether you like it or you don’t, he’s changed the axis of power there because at the end of the day, this is good for that region. That region has such potential and growth. And you can see it in Dubai.” Sellers interjected, asking O’Leary to explain how the war was benefiting the American people. When O’Leary claimed that the region’s growth potential would ultimately expand U.S. business, Sellers dismissed his answer as “a bunch of BS.” Read their exchange below: SELLERS: Explain to me what’s good right now. Explain to me right now as we sit here, what’s good for the American public. O’LEARY: We want to do business in growing jurisdictions. We want to sell stuff to people where their economies are growing. That’s what we’ve done for two hundred years– SELLERS: You just said a bunch of nothing. Like, explain to me right now, somebody who lives in South Carolina, Nebraska, Ohio, what is good right now for the American public going into a war where you do not understand that they’re going to close the Strait of Hormuz. Explain to somebody watching right now where they’re from. O’LEARY: This war is seventy eight days old. SELLERS: So you don’t have an answer. Just say, “I don’t have an answer.” O’LEARY: I have a 100% answer. SELLERS: What’s the answer? O’LEARY: You make stuff in North Carolina. You make stuff in South Carolina. You have to sell it to somebody. You want to ship it to countries where they can afford it, where they make a lot of money, where the income per capita is very high. I think the Middle East has. SELLERS:… [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago - Bank Teller Hangs Up on Pope Leo, Thought Call Was a ‘Prank’Pope Leo XIV was hung up on after a bank employee thought she was the target of a prank call. Robert Francis Prevost was trying to change his on-file address and phone number with his Chicago bank. He’d just made a big move two months prior– setting up residence in the Vatican as the newly elected pope. Pope Leo told his brother John Prevost about his bank-related problem on their daily phone call. “I said, ‘Okay, I’ll get the number, the bank, and we’ll call the bank,'” said John in retelling the moment to CNN’s Erin Burnett on Wednesday’s OutFront. The story of what happened next went viral after Pope Leo’s friend, Rev. Tom McCarthy, told a gathering of Catholics in Naperville, Illinois, about the pontiff’s customer service experience. Once on with the bank teller, the man who identified himself as Robert Prevost explained that he had recently moved and needed to change his information. “She said, ‘Okay, what’s the bank account number?'” John said to Burnett. “He gave it to her. ‘What is your Social Security number?’ He gave it to her. ‘What was your formal address?’ He gave it to her. There were about four or five different questions. He gave them all to her.” According to McCarthy, the teller then told Pope Leo that he would need to come to the Chicago bank in person to finalize the process. The pope claimed he could not, before attempting to explain why. In John’s telling, it was he who told the bank employee about the special circumstances at the other end of the line. “It went on so long, I said, ‘You know, ma’am, it might be helpful for you to know you’re talking to my brother who’s in Rome right now,'” said John. “‘You’re speaking with the pope.'” In both tellings, the result was the same. “She said, ‘Oh, really?’ And hung up,” said John. “And that was the end of the call.” Burnett asked John if the teller “just thought it was a prank,” lamenting that after all of the questions, the pope was still unable to get his number changed with the bank. “Prank call, yeah,” said John. “One of the provincials had to go into the bank and take care of it for him.” McCarthy summed up the baffling story’s crux. “Could you imagine being known as the woman who hung up on the pope?” he… [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago
- Thomas Massie Aghast at ‘Despicable’ Comment Trump Allegedly Made to Marjori...
The Tucker Carlson Show/X Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) expressed disgust at President Donald Trump over a remark he reportedly made to former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). Greene resigned from Congress in January after a falling out with Trump, whom she had ardently supported. During the first year of Trump’s second term, however, Greene began to split with Trump on several issues. Most notably, Greene backed Massie’s successful effort to compel the Department of Justice to release all of its files on the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who officials say died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019. In February, Greene said Trump initially opposed releasing the Epstein files because, he said, “My friends will get hurt.” Last month, the former congresswoman said she and her children had received death threats for bucking Trump. Upon telling the president about the threats, Greene said Trump told her they were her fault. “He basically blamed me,” she said. “He had no compassion for death threats on my children. He blamed me basically that if my son were to get killed, it would be my fault.” On Wednesday, Massie appeared on The Tucker Carlson Show, where he discussed Trump and the files. The congressman praised Greene, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) for being the first Republicans to sign a discharge petition that ultimately forced the Epstein files bill to a floor vote. “Marjorie practically gave up her political career over this,” Massie said. “Yes, she did,” Tucker Carlson responded. Thirteen days from now, Thomas Massie will prove whether or not pro-American politics are allowed in Donald Trump’s Republican Party. pic.twitter.com/aZayxBtjUi — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) May 7, 2026 (Cited excerpt begins at 1:17:45) “She and her children got death threats,” Mass continued. “Not from the left. From the right.” “And she went to President Trump and said, ‘One of my children is getting death threats.’ And he said, ‘That’s your fault.'” “Yeah, despicable,” Massie replied. Trump has thrown his support behind Massie’s Republican primary challenger Ed Gallrein.The post Thomas Massie Aghast at ‘Despicable’ Comment Trump Allegedly Made to Marjorie Taylor Greene first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago - Trump Reportedly Backed Off Hormuz Plan After Angry Response From Allies
Photo by Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via AP President Donald Trump paused his operation to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz after backlash from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf allies, according to U.S. officials. The president announced the pause on Tuesday evening on Truth Social, claiming it would last for “a short period of time” while the U.S. pursued a “Complete and Final Agreement” with Iran. The move came just a day after “Project Freedom” began on Monday, following Trump’s Sunday announcement that the U.S. Navy would help “guide” ships of “neutral and innocent bystanders” safely through the Strait of Hormuz. “Based on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that we have had during the Campaign against the Country of Iran and, additionally, the fact that Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran, we have mutually agreed that, while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project Freedom (The Movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz) will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the Agreement can be finalized and signed,” the president wrote. But two U.S. officials told NBC News that the president’s reversal was actually triggered by Saudi Arabia, after the country’s leadership was angered by Trump’s surprise Sunday announcement of the initiative. The country retaliated by telling the U.S. it would no longer allow U.S. military aircraft to use the Prince Sultan Airbase or fly through Saudi Arabian airspace while conducting “Project Freedom.” Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke via phone but were unable to resolve the dispute. The president then paused his new military action. Qatar was also reportedly surprised by Trump’s announcement, speaking with the U.S. president only after “Project Freedom” began. A Saudi source told NBC News that Trump and bin Salman “have been in touch regularly,” while Saudi officials were also in contact with the president, Vice President JD Vance, U.S. Central Command, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “The problem with that premise is that things are happening quickly in real time,” the Saudi source told NBC News when asked whether Trump’s Sunday announcement caught Saudi leaders by surprise. The source said Saudi Arabia was “very supportive of the diplomatic efforts” by Pakistan in conducting talks to end the conflict. In answer to a question about the surprise of some Gulf leaders… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago - Anthropic’s C.E.O. Says It Could Grow by 80 Times This Year
The chief executive, Dario Amodei, said the rapid growth had exponentially increased the start-up’s need for more computing power. [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago - MAGA Pollster Says Everyone Has Trump’s Approval Ratings Wrong – Except Him:...Pollster Matt Towery told Fox’s Laura Ingraham on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s historically low approval ratings are wrong, claiming that “the pollsters are wrong and I’m right.” Towery joined The Ingraham Angle to discuss Tuesday’s primary elections and the upcoming midterms. The pollster noted that even Republicans were concerned about the president’s flagging polls, but told Ingraham that, in fact, Trump’s approval numbers among his party were “the best they have ever been.” “There was about a month or so ago, I think we were talking about a month or so ago, you had a group of Republicans saying, ‘Oh, is he diminished. The war is killing him. It’s taking his polling numbers away,'” he said. “His polling numbers among Republicans are the best they have ever been. They’re at the height.” He went on to claim that the president’s approval could only reach a low of 42% on his “worst day,” telling Ingraham that he could “guarantee” that the scores of polls putting Trump’s numbers well below 40% were “wrong.” “I want people to know right now, the polling that you’re seeing come in on Trump is incorrect. The reason it’s off is most of these polls do not correlate. They don’t wait for his last election. Donald Trump has a floor basically of about 41, 42 if he has an absolutely worst day,” he said. “He was a ceiling of about 56 or 57, because the rest of the country is so polarized, you can only go that far. But he has a loyal 43 to 44 percent on any day of the month. And when he is doing well, he has got 50 plus. And the pollsters are wrong. And I’m right. I guarantee I’m right about that.” Trump has had continuously bad polling during his second term, with recent surveys reflecting all-time low approval ratings in the mid-thirties as well as horrific economic numbers. The president did not see a rally in his numbers after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and voters have continued to report disapproval over Trump’s war, his ballroom, and his handling of the economy. The president has complained repeatedly about his poor polling, going so far as to boast about a non-existent poll on Tuesday that he claimed showed 100% approval within his party. “I am at, according to CNN, 100% approval within the Republican Party… I’m at 100% approval,” the president said while… [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago
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