Look, I'm seeing this from the inside, and am admittedly biased towards our president (and my friend), but there's a lot of crazy stuff on social media, so I wanted to address some things directly on the Iran issue: First, POTUS has been amazingly consistent, over 10 years, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Over the last few months, he encouraged his foreign policy team to reach a deal with the Iranians to accomplish this goal. The president has made clear that Iran cannot have uranium enrichment. And he said repeatedly that this would happen one of two ways--the easy way or the "other" way. Second, I've seen a lot of confusion over the issue of "civilian nuclear power" and "uranium enrichment." These are distinct issues. Iran could have civilian nuclear power without enrichment, but Iran rejected that. Meanwhile, they've enriched uranium far above the level necessary for any civilian purpose. They've been found in violation of their non-proliferation obligations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is hardly a rightwing organization. It's one thing to want civilian nuclear energy. It's another thing to demand sophisticated enrichment capacity. And it's still another to cling to enrichment while simultaneously violating basic non-proliferation obligations and enriching right to the point of weapons-grade uranium. I have yet to see a single good argument for why Iran needed to enrich uranium well above the threshold for civilian use. I've yet to see a single good argument for why Iran was justified in violating its non-proliferation obligations. I've yet to see a single good pushback against the IAEA's findings. Meanwhile, the president has shown remarkable restraint in keeping our military's focus on protecting our troops and protecting our citizens. He may decide he needs to take further action to end Iranian enrichment. That decision ultimately belongs to the president. And of course, people are right to be worried about foreign entanglement after the last 25 years of idiotic foreign policy. But I believe the president has earned some trust on this issue. And having seen this up close and personal, I can assure you that he is only interested in using the American military to accomplish the American people's goals. Whatever he does, that is his focus.

🚨 ENDORSEMENT 🚨 This morning, Fox & Friends weekend panel unanimously endorsed the Defend the Guard Act. H.B. 229, which passed the New Hampshire House of Representatives on Thursday, would prohibit the deployment of the state’s National Guard into overseas combat without a declaration of war from Congress. @PeteHegseth, a National Guardsman and veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, said “New Hampshire is simply pointing out that it’s supposed to be Congress that declares war. It has become an executive branch function, and as a result unless the Congress declares war, New Hampshire doesn’t have to send troops for foreign wars. To me it makes a lot of sense. I spent most of my career as a National Guardsman, deployed multiple times with the National Guard to foreign wars. We got used to the idea that state National Guard are part of expeditionary forces, which is not traditionally the use of a National Guard. And so this is New Hampshire saying we don’t trust how the federal government is going to use our troops, so we’re willing to commit them when the American people, through their elected branch in Congress, commits those troops to a foreign war, then you can. I love this idea. I’m sure the National Guard Bureau is [grumbles]. I love states exerting their influence through a system of federalism, and the idea of protecting the prerogative of—why are we sending some young guy from New Hampshire to the eastern province of Afghanistan when you have a northern border problem, or floods that happen in New Hampshire and they’re not there to provide support for that? It’s an interesting development, it’ll be interesting to see if other legislatures do this and how the military reacts to it.” Former White House Press Secretary @kayleighmcenany asked “But why are states having to tell the federal government [to] abide by the letter of the Constitution? I love it as well, but it’s an unfortunate state of affairs when the states are having to say abide by the text.” @willcain previously endorsed our bill when he interviewed our Chairman @DanMcKnight30 while guest hosting Tucker Carlson Tonight.

I had a great meeting with @PeteHegseth today. I first met Pete 10 years ago and I look forward to continuing to support his nomination to lead the Department of Defense.

This initial deployment of 1,500 active-duty personnel brings the total military Title 10 forces along the border to nearly 4,000 personnel.

🚨ENDORSEMENT🚨 On March 16, during the Liberty Forum in New Hampshire, Lt. Col. @TulsiGabbard, former Hawaii congresswoman, praised the #DefendtheGuard Act as a viable way of restoring congressional war powers and encouraged more veterans to become involved in the movement. This bill, introduced in over 30 state legislatures in 2024, would prohibit the deployment of National Guard units into overseas combat without a declaration of war by Congress, as required by Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. "I think that the power of this legislation is it serves as a forcing function for Congress to do its job, really. That's really what it comes down to. The fact that Congress has abdicated its responsibility in being held to account, on the record, for actually having to cast a vote to declare war, to authorize the use of military force. There's a reason why they have ceded, essentially all of that power, to the executive. It's because they don't want to be on the record. They don't want to have to live with, as we saw with the Iraq War, that vote haunting them when they're on the wrong side." "It's maddening to me because they're so quick to call for war, to call for economic warfare through sanctions, call for proxy war where they say, 'Oh don't worry, we won't have any American boots on the ground. We'll just get other people to go, and give them our guns and pay for their salaries to go wage a war on our behalf.' As if that's a good thing." "They are refusing to take responsibility for putting people's lives in harm's way. When I was deployed—I've been deployed three times to three different areas—but I remember doing my first deployment to Iraq. You know, there were a few politicians who came through. And they generally come and they land and they'll stay maybe for 24 hours, maybe a day and a half. Shake some hands, take some pictures; and then run back to Washington and say 'Oh I just came back from the war.'" "At that time I had left the State House in Hawaii and I volunteered to deploy to Iraq, and my company commander—I served in a medical unit—and I remember we had one of those politicians come from Hawaii out to see the Hawaii troops and my commander came to me, and he's like excited, he's like, 'Oh you can take some time off if you want, you can go and see this member of Congress.' And I just looked at him and said, 'Sir, no thank you. I have better use of my time.'" "When you've lived through and seen the human cost of war first-hand, when you've experienced firsthand the war profiteering that occurs—we had KBR Halliburton stamps on everything in our camp. Everything. It literally makes me feel sick to my stomach to see politicians who don't honor the sacrifices that are made, both by those who pay the ultimate price, as well as those who come home potentially with both visible and invisible wounds. They don't care for the families who bear that cost of war. They take the cost and consequences so lightly." "This legislation would be a way to force them to do their job. I think getting more people who understand first-hand—and the numbers are becoming less and less now, than they were during the post-9/11 twenty years of a high level of deployments—but getting those who have been and are impacted directly by this to go and help advocate for it state by state will absolutely have an impact." Thank you @FreeStateNH for asking this important question, and your gracious acknowledgement of one of our best activists, @derek_proulx Tulsi Gabbard is the sixth federal official to endorse our bill, following Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), fmr Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), and fmr Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI).

Congratulations to @TulsiGabbard on her nomination as Director of National Intelligence. Her military service and dedication to our Constitutional rights make her a strong choice for this critical role. Wishing her success in leading our intelligence community.

I respect my friends suspicious of damaging endless wars. But, @realDonaldTrump is the Commander in Chief, and provided he is operating within his Constitutional powers to defend our nation, consider that he might end the endless war we’ve practically had with Iran since 1979.

Thank you @realDonaldTrump for your leadership and courage. I'm committed to advancing your vision to Make America Healthy Again. We have a generational opportunity to bring together the greatest minds in science, medicine, industry, and government to put an end to the chronic disease epidemic. I look forward to working with the more than 80,000 employees at HHS to free the agencies from the smothering cloud of corporate capture so they can pursue their mission to make Americans once again the healthiest people on Earth. Together we will clean up corruption, stop the revolving door between industry and government, and return our health agencies to their rich tradition of gold-standard, evidence-based science. I will provide Americans with transparency and access to all the data so they can make informed choices for themselves and their families. My commitment to the American people is to be an honest public servant. Let’s go!

Harris is shifting the Afghanistan question to point out that the US has no troops in combat zones in the world right now. (Why don't we talk about that more?)

Senate Republicans just blocked the PACT Act – critical veterans’ healthcare legislation that they supported just weeks ago. You need to watch @SenatorTester’s response.

This is not our war. But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution. I’m introducing a bipartisan War Powers Resolution tomorrow to prohibit our involvement. I invite all members of Congress to cosponsor this resolution.

A good DOGE man. Welcome aboard, ⁦@RepThomasMassie⁩. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

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Thomas Massie should be Speaker. All in favor say “aye”

US officials championing the Iraq war said it would be a cakewalk. Here, Cotton decries “hysteria” surrounding risks of an Iran war, and uses air quotes to dismiss the potential of a “forever war" with Iran. The war playbook: play up the ease & benefits, dismiss all risks.

Defend the Guard Act

NJ Soldiers prepare to go to Syria and Iraq "We have the people we need, we have the training that we need, we have the equipment that we need to fight and win," Minott said. cbsnews.com/amp/philadelphia…

Just weeks after Finland joined NATO, U.S. defense secretary Lloyd Austin is visiting Sweden, hoping to get the long-neutral, neighboring Scandinavian country to join NATO as well. This marks the first time a U.S. defense secretary has visited Sweden in 23 years. Austin said he predicts Sweden to join by this summer.

Three U.S. service members were killed and 25 injured Sunday in a one-way drone attack at a small U.S. base in northeast Jordan, near the Syria border, U.S. Central Command announced. stripes.com/theaters/middle_…

I support state-level "Defend the Guard" acts, which prohibit the deployment of the National Guard abroad without a formal declaration of war by Congress. It would put a limit on the military adventurism we take for granted today as normal.

9th US bombing of Yemen since Jan. 12

We must all do our part in the fight for freedom — from the workers in Scranton who make Pennsylvania the arsenal of democracy to the brave Ukrainian soldiers protecting their country. We stand with Ukraine in their just defense of their homeland in the face of Russian aggression.