Trump says media will not give him credit score for Iran ceasefire progress

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President Trump struck a ceasefire with Iran that didn’t appear potential.

Doesn’t matter.

Trump pressured Israel into halting its attacks on Lebanon .

So what.

TRUMP RENEWS BRIDGE, POWER PLANT THREAT AGAINST IRAN IN PUSH FOR DEAL, MOCKS 'TOUGH GUY' IRGC

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The inventory market reached report highs as buyers concluded the battle is about to finish.

Huge deal.

It doesn't matter what the man does, his opponents gained’t give him credit score.

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And when the murderous mullahs once more shut down the Strait of Hormuz –in retaliation, they are saying, for the U.S. enforcing its own blockade of Iranian ports–you could possibly virtually hear the sighs of reduction that the peace deal is likely to be crumbling.

Trump informed ABC’s Jonathan Karl yesterday that Iran has dedicated a "critical violation" of the ceasefire , however he was nonetheless assured a few deal:

"It would occur. A method or one other, The good means or the exhausting means. It’s going to occur. You may quote me."

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On X, Karl obtained hammered for–get this–calling the president for touch upon a big setback within the battle.

"Why compromise your self as a journalist & publish BS from a pathological liar?" one girl mentioned.

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"Jon, simply cease," mentioned one other feminine poster. "You realize he doesn’t have a clue so he simply feeds you guys lies."

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After the Karl change, Trump tweeted: "NO MORE MR. NICE GUY1"

A banner headline on Drudge learn "LEAK: TRUMP GRIPPED WITH FEAR." This was tied to a Wall Avenue Journal piece about Trump’s frustrations with the battle, typically dropping focus, and musing about awarding himself the Medal of Honor.

When Tehran fired on two Indian-flagged ships within the strait, it was a troubling signal. The speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Ghalibaf, says the 2 sides are far aside on a closing settlement. Possibly that’s a negotiating tactic.

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The bigger level is that the majority Democrats and many in the media gained’t acknowledge it when the president does one thing that seems proper. As a result of it’s Trump.

Now a few of that is rooted in Trump’s resolution, underneath stress from Israel, to launch his battle of selection, conduct airstrikes towards Iran with out a lot as a nod to Congress or our supposed European allies.

President Donald Trump confirmed the U.S. launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (The White Home through X Account/Anadolu through Getty Pictures/Contributor/Getty Pictures)

Possibly that was a foul resolution. It definitely wasn’t a preferred one.

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Seven weeks later, a brand new Politico ballot finds 38% of these surveyed assist the strikes–and virtually half say Trump spends an excessive amount of time on international affairs reasonably than home points.

The president’s inflammatory rhetoric hasn’t helped, from "Shut the F—in’ Strait" on Easter Sunday to vowing two days later that "a complete civilization will die tonight."

So I perceive those that have principled objections to the battle, particularly Trump’s former acolytes within the conservative media.

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However whether or not he was fortunate or simply stumbled into the proper state of affairs, he definitely deserves a belated little bit of recognition.

Trump says his robust and typically erratic discuss saved the Iranian leaders who survived the bombing off stability. And, after all, his newest delay within the bombing pause created the house for a tentative agreement (which theoretically expires Tuesday).

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Come on: If President Biden had achieved a double ceasefire–with Iran and Lebanon–Democrats can be hailing him as an important commander-in-chief and highly effective peacemaker. (And most Republicans can be vital.)

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Trump, by no means one to deflect credit score, posted Friday: "The Failing New York Instances, FAKE NEWS CNN, and others, simply don’t know what to do. They're desperately on the lookout for a motive to criticize President Donald J. Trump on the Iran situation , however simply can’t discover it."

In the meantime, Trump hasn’t misplaced his expertise for stepping on his personal story.

By posting that fake AI picture of himself as Jesus, and a followup of Christ comforting him, the president angered many Catholic followers who seen the pictures as blasphemous. Trump needed to delete the primary one inside 12 hours, which he virtually by no means does.

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I do know why he did it. Trump needed to attract consideration to his disagreement with Pope Leo, and this assured the subject would dominate the information for days. He even had JD Vance , a transformed Catholic, warn the American-born Pope to watch out about discussing theology.

By the way in which, I don’t agree with Pete Hegseth (who delivered a biblical verse really lifted from "Pulp Fiction") unloading on the "Trump-hating" legacy media. I don’t imagine they’ve portrayed the battle as a failure.

Conflict Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media throughout a press briefing on the Pentagon in Washington on April 8, 2026. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

However in watching present after present after Trump’s announcement, I noticed a little bit of straight reporting on the president’s replace shortly fade into the Jesus uproar, dissing NATO, the Epstein information, RFK’s ostensible shift on vaccines, Victor Orban’s defeat–all the identical stuff they'd have been speaking about had there been no progress on the battle.

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Regardless of the president’s repeated pronouncements of victory, we do need to ask the place this would depart his major rationale for the airstrikes–to maintain Iran from constructing nuclear weapons.

Whether or not such an consequence was imminent or not, I haven’t seen the Iranians, who lie for a residing, conform to forfeit their longtime ambitions.

What I’ve watched as a substitute is Trump saying he would strongly think about unfreezing $20 billion in Iranian belongings if the U.S. can take away the enriched uranium –and underground nuclear "mud" – from the nation. Possibly with that supposed price ticket, it’s worthwhile for the world’s largest terror state.

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However as we’ve simply discovered once more, the satan is at all times within the particulars.

Let’s say the ceasefire holds, Hormuz is reopened, and a deal is made–placing apart, for the sake of argument, all of the caveats about how this practice may very well be derailed.

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Will the Democrats and the mainstream media even grudgingly concede that Donald Trump pulled off one thing fairly historic?

I’m not so certain about that.

Howard Kurtz is a media and political analyst and the previous host of FOX Information Channel's MediaBuzz . Based mostly in Washington, D.C., he joined the community in 2013 and commonly seems on Particular Report with Bret Baier and The Story with Martha MacCallum amongst different applications.