President Trump announced early today that he has temporarily stopped his commitment to destroy Iran's power infrastructure if Iran does not open the Straight of Hormuz. During our show today, he announced that "they" (our government negotiators) are now "talking" to us, and that President Trump is personally speaking with them today. Latest details in today's show.
Tom Homan with Homeland Security gives us the details of ICE agents immediately adding a new, temporary job: assisting with security check-ins at airports across the nation. More than 300 TSA agents have resigned. Flyers are forced to wait hours to get through security and onto their plane.
More than 200 countries signed a joint letter announcing they will work together to keep the Straight of Hormuz open for ships transporting oil through the Strait again. Trump had called on NATO members to step in and fill that role, but NATO declined.
We discuss deep details of the mysterious flurry of drones flying over Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. There are apparent ties to a Chinese National who owns two golf clubs that border this airbase. Why the concern? Barksdale houses B-52 Bombers and also a massive trove of nuclear weapons.