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Fox News
31-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Mark Levin torches UK leader Starmer, details why he's 'sick and tired' of Europe's lectures to Israel
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer entered Mark Levin's crosshairs Wednesday after making demands of Israel and threatening to recognize a Palestinian state unless the former agrees to a ceasefire and takes "substantive steps" to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. "I'm a little sick and tired of these Western Europeans lecturing the state of Israel about how to fight a war," the "Life, Liberty and Levin" host said on "America's Newsroom." "If they had had their way, Israel already would have surrendered to Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. These guys [European leaders] don't know how to fight a war, they don't know how to defend their own people, they have open immigration, their countries have been taken over… They have no rational policy at all for Israel to defend itself and protect itself." Levin said what Starmer and other European leaders like French President Emmanuel Macron expect from Israel is an "impossibility" and asked what the nations have done to de-escalate the conflict and humanitarian crisis in the region. "[Israel] is the only country in the history of modern warfare that has fed the citizens of its enemy in a time of war… We have never done it. No country has ever done it. Israel, their IDF is dying every day. Nobody cares about it. Nobody reports about it. They're fighting a defensive war, they've said enough is enough, and they're being told 'You need to feed the enemy while you defeat the enemy, while you have a ceasefire, while you have peace,' and this jackass in Britain is sitting there saying, 'We're going to have a two-state solution.' "Somebody posted, 'that's like giving the Third Reich a country before it's defeated' for the purposes of a ceasefire," said Levin, author of the new book, "On Power." The conservative host also slammed legacy media outlets for misrepresenting starvation in Gaza and pinning the responsibility on Israel, particularly pointing to an instance of an emaciated child with preexisting health conditions who was framed as starving. Starmer warned during a press conference Tuesday that the United Kingdom will recognize a Palestinian state if Israel does not agree to a ceasefire and move toward peace in Gaza by September. "I can confirm that the U.K. will recognize the State of Palestine by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September, unless the Israeli government take substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza, agree to a ceasefire and commit to a long-term sustainable peace, reviving the prospect of a two-state solution," Starmer told reporters. "This includes allowing the U.N. to restart the supply of aid and making clear there will be no annexations in the West Bank." Starmer's move followed similar rhetoric from France. The Labour Party leader also urged Hamas to take steps to do its part in restoring peace. "Meanwhile, our message to the terrorists of Hamas is unchanged and unequivocal. They must immediately release all the hostages. Sign up to a ceasefire, disarm and accept that they will play no part in the government of Gaza," he continued. The development came shortly after President Trump met with Starmer in Scotland. Trump declined to endorse Starmer's move in a statement to reporters aboard Air Force One.
Int'l Business Times
23-05-2025
- Business
- Int'l Business Times
Trump Official Mocked After Failing to Name Next Country Expected to Complete a Trade Deal: 'Translation: We Have No Deals'
A senior Trump administration official is being mocked by social media users online after being asked to identify the next nation the US is expected to complete a trade deal with during a televised interview. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared on Fox News America's Newsroom on Friday in order to discuss the new tariffs President Donald Trump is threatening to levy against the European Union and Apple. While speaking to host Bill Hemmer, Bessent failed to name which nation would be the next to secure a trade deal with the US. "On the tariffs that you mentioned, you had a lot of discussions in Canada. Japan was a part of that. You've talked about Japan a lot. If Japan is not the next country to do a deal, who is?" Hemmer asked. "As I've mentioned before, we're far along with India. Early on, many of the asian countries have come with very good deals. There are 18 important trading partners, and I would say, with the exception of the EU, most are negotiating in very good faith," Bessent replied. "Who do you think goes first?" Hemmer further inquired. "We're gonna have to see," Bessent responded. "Is this a summer battle? Do we take this into the fall? And if we take it into the fall, are we talking about 2026 to do a deal which we can announce publicly?" Hemmer asked. "These deals are moving quickly and I think, as we approach the end of the 90 day period, we are going to see more and more of them announced," Bessent said. Frustrated social media users quickly took to online platforms to mock Bessent for his apparent confusion and inability to provide a straight answer. "@RealPNavarro said 90 deals in 90 days. What happened?" said one user, mentioning trade counselor Peter Navarro. "This is such vague bullsh-t," wrote another user. "Nobody buys this bullshit. We were 'close' a month ago to a deal with the EU," said a third. "Translation: We have no deals!" wrote a fourth. Bessent also shared that he hoped the renewed calls for tariffs against the European Union made by President Trump would expedite negotiations and allow for a deal to be reached sooner. "I would hope that this would light a fire under the EU, because... I've said before, [the] EU has a collective action problem here. It's 27 countries, but they're being represented by this one group in Brussels. So some of the feedback that I've been getting is that the underlying countries don't even know what the EU is negotiating on their behalf," Bessent said. Originally published on Latin Times
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
McEnany on Ocasio-Cortez leading Dems in 2028: ‘Watch out for her'
Fox News host and former top White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is a Democrat to watch ahead of the 2028 race for president. 'I really think she has her eye on something bigger,' McEnany said Wednesday during an appearance on Fox News's 'America's Newsroom,' adding, 'I think she looks at running for president and taking the mantle from [Vermont Sen.] Bernie Sanders.' The commentator noted Ocasio-Cortez has 'the highest favorable of any Democrat who hasn't run for president.' 'But that's among Democrats. She repels the very voters that the party repelled in 2024, centrists, independents. So, you can win a primary, perhaps,' McEnany continued in comments first highlighted by Mediaite. 'That's still a big haul. But winning a general election is a much different thing.' 'But I would watch out for her. I mean, she's pulling in tens of thousands of people,' she added. The New York Democrat has drawn large crowds across the country with Sanders as the two rolled out a 'Fighting Oligarchy' speaking tour that has sparked speculation about her political future and fueled suggestions she may run for president. McEnany wasn't the first to raise speculation around the fiery Democrat, as former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and veteran pollster Nate Silver have also floated her name as a potential contender. Ocasio-Cortez is also a frequent target of scorn on the right, with Fox News personalities and conservative social media accounts making regular practice of mocking her press conferences and political positions. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Hillary Clinton Shares Blunt Message About Trump's Administration — And It's Spot-On
Hillary Clinton delivered a characteristically unvarnished assessment of President Donald Trump and his administration. 'Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism,' the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential candidatewrote on X, formerly Twitter. Clinton was referring to the Trump administration's defiance of a Supreme Court order to 'facilitate' the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man with protected legal status who was mistakenly deported to a notorious Salvadoran prison. 'If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison — accused of no crime, with no trial — they can do it to anyone,' she continued. Clinton ended her statement with a call to action, urging 'Americans of conscience' to stand up and resist the current administration. The Justice Department has said Abrego Garcia's deportation was an 'administrative error,' but still maintains they cannot bring him back to the U.S. When pressed by the courts to explain further, the administration has repeatedly focused on accusations that he was a member of the MS-13 gang. On Monday, White House adviser Stephen Miller appeared on Fox News and told 'America's Newsroom' host Bill Hemmer that the record needed to be corrected. 'First, we won the Supreme Court case already, 9-0,' he declared. But the administration did not win the case. Rather, the justices released an unsigned opinion last week, with no recorded dissents, stating that action must be taken to return Abrego Garcia to the United States. On April 11, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) offered her own unfiltered assessment of the administration's behavior. 'I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship,' Crockett said. 'I think all Americans may feel like we're in an abusive relationship with this administration, as well as with the Supreme Court.' Jasmine Crockett Uses 2 Cutting Words To Describe The Trump Era U.S. Senator Stonewalled In Attempt To Speak With Wrongly Deported Man Hillary Clinton Torches Trump Admin Move With Scathing, Sarcastic Jab
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fox News Fails to Get Stranded Astronauts to Blame Biden for Failed Mission
The astronauts rescued by Elon Musk after being in space for nine months rebuffed a Fox News reporter's efforts to mete out blame for their predicament. 'Based on how they were couching this—that we were left and forgotten and all that—we were nowhere near any of that at all,' astronaut Butch Wilmore told host Bill Hemmer on America's Newsroom Monday. 'In the big scheme of things, we weren't stuck. We were planned, trained.' Wilmore and Sunita Williams lifted off for an eight-day test flight on Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft in June, but technical issues on the capsule required them to hunker down on the International Space Station until March 18, when a Crew Dragon capsule from Musk's SpaceX brought them home. During the ordeal, the trapped astronauts became fodder for President Donald Trump, who claimed former President Joe Biden 'abandoned' them in space—a talking point Musk repeated as well. A gracious Wilmore conceded that all parties involved—including Boeing and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)—made mistakes and acknowledged his own failures. 'I'm culpable—I'll admit that to the nation," he said. 'There's things that I did not ask that I should have asked. I didn't know at the time I needed to ask them, but in hindsight, some of the signals were there.' Wilmore insisted that it was more important to learn from the mission's failures than assign blame. 'I don't want to point fingers,' Willmore said. 'We don't want to look back and say, 'shame, shame, shame.' We want to look forward and say, 'Let's rectify what we've learned and let's make the future even more productive and better.''
