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Search results for "The U.S. military will begin President Trump's blockade of Iranian ports Monday at 10 a.m. ET"

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Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Israel War Room posted a helicopter emoji “minutes before the news of the Iranian President’s helicopter crash landing broke.”
By Loreben Tuquero• May 20, 2024
X posts stated on February 28, 2026 in on social media:
Video shows a US air base in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, being destroyed by Iran.
By Zoe Weyand• March 4, 2026
Viral image stated on April 01, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Says President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I am ending dual citizenship under the Espionage Act and all these traitors will be ‘denaturalized and deported.’”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 4, 2025
Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in a Facebook video:
A video shows President Joe Biden invoking the Selective Service Act.
By Loreben Tuquero• October 17, 2023
X posts stated on July 25, 2024 in X posts:
Videos show Jill Biden alone in Paris and at White House with Joe Biden at the same time.
By Jeff Cercone• July 25, 2024
Tim Scott stated on October 07, 2023 in a post on X:
The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas.
By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2023
Marco Rubio stated on January 17, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak."
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• January 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on February 26, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland, Ohio.:
Obama "basically threatened to bomb Pakistan."
By Bill Adair• February 27, 2008
Charlie Crist stated on July 01, 2010 in a speech at the Florida Association of Counties conference:
"I have spent virtually every weekend since Memorial Day in the Panhandle."
By Cristina Silva• July 2, 2010
Mitt Romney stated on March 06, 2012 in a speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee:
Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of "peace through strength" is why "the Iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that Reagan was sworn in."
By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2012
Donald Trump stated on October 09, 2016 in the second presidential debate:
Says a tweet he sent out "wasn’t saying, ‘check out a sex tape.’ It was just ‘take a look at" the background of Alicia Machado.
By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2016
Instagram posts stated on October 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Biden is “funding every angle” of the Israel-Hamas war.
By Jeff Cercone• October 13, 2023
Instagram posts stated on October 21, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Cargo ships “can’t get into port” because of Donald Trump’s executive order 13959.
By Tom Kertscher• October 25, 2021
Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2022 in a post:
“Trudeau declares Emergencies Act amounting to near martial law in Canada.”
By Monique Curet• February 17, 2022
The Gateway Pundit stated on June 01, 2021 in a blog post:
Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 17, 2021
Sebastian Gorka stated on November 13, 2017 in a speech at UNC-Chapel Hill:
Iran’s regime "every Friday declares war on us."
By Paul Specht• November 16, 2017
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
U.S. sanctions mean “Cuba can’t trade with any country or any company whatsoever.”
By Gabrielle Settles• July 19, 2021
Donald Trump stated on March 03, 2026 in remarks at the White House:
The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2026
Donald Trump stated on October 07, 2023 in a news release:
"Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 11, 2023
Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."
By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2018

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