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Trump describes Iran war horrors in Oval Office full of kids: ‘Right between the eyes’
President Donald Trump described Iranian protesters being shot “between the eyes” by snipers and dying en masse as he subjected a room full of White House guests including children to a rant about the Iran war on Tuesday.
Trump gave the group of children and other White House guests a stark and somewhat gory look into global politics on Tuesday as he held them captive in the Oval Office while he took questions from the press on the Iran war and other topics. He then followed it up by launching into a Q&A session with the media, leaving his guests standing awkwardly by for the second time in two months as he rambled on about unrelated issues.
In one surreal moment the president was asked by a reporter — with a young child standing directly beside him — whether he believed Iranian protesters could topple their government if armed by the U.S., and the president responded by describing the brutal massacre of protesters, with detail, to the press and his assembled visitors.
“They don’t have..
Iran-US war live: Hegseth erupts after conflict is dubbed a ‘quagmire’ by lawmaker during Congressional hearing
Hegseth explodes after Democrat accuses him of misleading country into 'disaster' Iran warEmbattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth erupted at a California Democrat who dubbed the war in Iran a “quagmire” during a congressional hearing into the conflict, which has so far cost an estimated $25 billion.
Hegseth is being questioned under oath by the House Armed Services Committee alongside Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, as negotiations to end President Donald Trump’s war remain at an impasse.
California Democrat John Garamendi said Trump has got himself “stuck in the quagmire of another war in the Middle East” and accused Hegseth of “misleading” the American people.
“Shame on you for that statement,” Hegseth said. “Don't say, I support the troops on one hand, and then a two month mission is a quagmire…Who you cheering for here? Who you pulling for?”
The war, which Hegseth pledged in early March would likely last between “four to five weeks,” has now entered its eig..
US lawmakers tell BBC Andrew should testify over Epstein files
US lawmakers tell BBC Andrew should testify over Epstein files6 hours agoShareSaveImogen JamesShareSaveRoyal Family 'have not been transparent' over Epstein questions, US congressman saysAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor is facing growing pressure from US officials and the family of his prominent accuser Virginia Giuffre to testify in the US about his links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Speaking to the BBC, Democrat Congressman Ro Khanna said the Royal Family had “not been transparent”, while Democrat Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez said King Charles III “should direct his brother” to go to the US to answer questions.
On Monday, the King said the Royal Family were “ready to support” police in their inquiries.
Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and reached an out-of-court settlement with Giuffre in 2022 containing no admission of liability.
In the King's first intervention in the latest round of revelations in the Epstein scandal, a Buckingham Palace ..