Donald Trump issued a weird monologue on his Truth Social website tonight, after Iran attacked US airbases in Qatar. The US President chose to completely ignore the latest developments, and instead started rambling about "sleazebags in the media" and "fake news".
He wrote: "The sites that we hit in Iran were totally destroyed, and everyone knows it. Only the Fake News would say anything different in order to try and demean, as much as possible — And even they say they were 'pretty well destroyed!'
"Working especially hard on this falsehood is Allison Cooper of Fake News CNN, Dumb Brian L. Roberts, Chairman of 'Con'cast, Jonny Karl of ABC Fake News, and always, the Losers of, again, Concast’s NBC Fake News. It never ends with the sleazebags in the Media, and that’s why their Ratings are at an ALL TIME LOW — ZERO CREDIBILITY!"
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WHITE HOUSE/AFP via Getty Images)Iran launched a missile attack on a US airbase in Qatar earlier this evening, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites.
Witnesses reported seeing missiles in the skies, followed by explosions, but it wasn't clear if there was any damage. Iran announced on state television that it attacked American forces stationed at Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base.
A caption on screen called it "a mighty and successful response" to "America's aggression" as martial music played. The attack came shortly after Qatar closed its airspace as a precaution amid threats from Iran.
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Anadolu via Getty Images)Just before the explosions, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on the social platform X: "We neither initiated the war nor seeking it. But we will not leave invasion to the great Iran without answer."
After the attack, the Gulf nation of Bahrain - which is home to the US 5th Fleet headquarters - temporarily suspended flights in its air space, which is similar to what Qatar did shortly before it was hit.
Qatar condemned the attack on Al Udeid Air Base, but said it intercepted the missiles and no casualties were reported. It said its air space is now safe.
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X)The US confirmed the air base was targeted by a missile attack from Iran but added that casualties were reported. Tehran said the attack in Qatar matched the number of bombs dropped by the US on Iran's nuclear sites over the weekend, signalling its likely desire to de-escalate. Iran also said it targeted the base because it was outside populated areas.
Earlier in the day, Israel expanded its war against Iran to include targets associated with the country's struggling theocracy, striking the gate of a Tehran prison notorious for holding political activists and hitting the headquarters of the military force that suppressed recent protests.
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As plumes of thick smoke rose over Tehran, Israel was attacked with another barrage of Iranian missiles and drones. The persistent fire has become a reality for civilians in both countries since Israel started the war to target Tehran's nuclear programme.
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