At 11:26 AM in the East Room of the White House, Donald Trump stood before Navy midshipmen and turned their championship celebration into a 36-minute war rally. He skipped their names, ignored their accomplishments, and opened with a speech about Iran. Behind him stood young men in pressed uniforms who chose the Naval Academy over the NFL, many of whom will be commissioned as officers in two months and sent into a war zone under his command.
Trump hijacked the Navy football championship ceremony to deliver war propaganda, bragging about destroying Iran's navy while the athletes stood behind him in silence
Coach Brian Newberry reminded the president that his players would soon serve as officers under his command, a quiet moment of gravity in a room full of spectacle
Trump praised disgraced former White House physician Ronnie Jackson and asked him to declare the president healthier than the elite athletes standing behind him
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told the press that families told him to finish the job, but Charles Simmons, father of Tech Sgt Tyler Simmons, told NBC he said no such thing and instead told Hegseth he hoped the decisions being made were necessary
Trump posted on Truth Social that the US is winding down military efforts in the Middle East and declared the Strait of Hormuz someone else's problem, even as he called NATO allies cowards
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 55 percent of American households say rising gas prices are hurting their finances, Trump's cost of living approval dropped to 29 percent, and his overall economic approval fell to 35 percent
During a press gaggle on the South Lawn, Trump called the war a little journey, bragged about stock market records, and smirked when asked about a potential ground operation on Kharg Island
Trump repeated his desire to take Cuba, calling it a big honor and praising its weather and tourism potential, while Rubio declined to deny it was on the table
Denmark prepared to blow up its own runways in Greenland in case of an American attack, and the World Health Organization began planning for the possibility of nuclear fallout from the war
The Oklahoma City Thunder declined a White House invitation, joining a growing list of teams and organizations refusing to normalize this presidency
The next No Kings rally is March 28 and organizers are calling on Americans to show up in numbers across the country
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