HE EXPOSED HIMSELF! Streamer Appears to Hit Pregnant Wife on Camera & Today's News
PDS Published 03/25/2026
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This streamer hit his pregnant wife on camera then made her come back and tell all his viewers that he didn’t hit her… all while you have people saying it looks like she has a black eye.
Right, this is Jordan Sisco - he’s a streamer across several platforms, with just under 60,000 followers on Twitch.
But he’s gained a lot more attention since this clip went viral.
[Wife: “Chill. You need to have no drinks in here. Ow, ow!” 0:02-0:10]
From there, he quickly cut off the stream - apparently not realizing he was still live. [B Roll 0:22-0:27]
Now, you can’t actually see him make contact but many people saw two sharp arm movements in rapid succession, each followed by two quick thuds, which are also then followed immediately by his wife’s “ow’s” – and concluded that Sisco had hit her.
Some even pointing out when his hand comes back into frame, he appears to still have it in a fist.
And just a few hours later, he went live again to do damage control - insisting he didn’t hit her while also begging fans not to send hate to his family.
Saying they can send it to him which, by this point, was definitely already happening.
He claimed that he was having a panic attack because he spilled an energy drink on his PC and by the time his wife came in, he was hyperventilating.
He even brought her on the stream to say that he didn’t hit her.
[Sisco: “Wife, can you come record this, please? Wifey! By the way, just before I’m talking about the - come here. Before I’m talking about everything else, like, if I ever did hit her - which is insane. I would never hit my wife. And she’s pregnant.”1:28-1:43]
[Sisco: “Got stuff on her face. I mean you could -” Wife: “Yeah, you guys can - here.” Sisco: “You can literally see, like, I mean -” Wife: “I have shorts on. Nothing on my legs.” Sisco: “I don’t know what else to say. I mean, I don’t know what else to say.”1:55-2:05]
He explained that he was moving PCs around and pushed her because her fingers were trapped under the computer.
[“She had her fingers right here. She literally - that’s when she was like, she couldn’t get it on the PC. So I pushed her and she literally was saying ow because of the fucking shit on her fingers. It was literally on her fingers.” 2:55-3:08]
Though many people were quick to point out a mark on his wife’s face, saying it looked like a black eye. [B Roll 1:43-1:53]
Later on, he got on stream again to keep defending himself - saying he pushed her to stop her hands from getting stuck but definitely didn’t hit her.
[“I grunted in that, I mean I grunted but I wasn’t hitting her bro - I pushed her. That’s the only thing that I did. I didn’t fucking hit her. I would never hit her on her face. Bro, that’s fucking crazy.”0:22-0:34]
But, notably, this is far from the first time he’s been violent on stream - with other clips of him throwing things and punching walls also surfacing. [B Roll 0:09-0:18]
In one, he’s freaking out, punching things and a woman that appears to be his wife runs in, grabs him, she’s begging for him to stop.
So you’ve got people online calling for him to be banned from Twitch, TikTok, everywhere. [] [][]
Others saying this warrants an investigation and that he should be arrested for domestic violence. [] [] []
Many afraid if he’s left unchecked, this is going to happen to her again – or maybe even their kid down the line.
But it isn’t clear whether there are going to be any real repercussions from this situation.
Especially because his old clips are not the only ones resurfacing at the moment.
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Because our newly sworn in DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin is facing a ton of heat for previously bragging about spanking his daughter and threatening to drag a teenager’s face through asphalt.
The video is from 2023 when he was speaking in front of conservative Christian organization called City Elders and brought up discipline.
He said he was raised by “fear of the belt,” and while raising his own children, has used spanking as a form of discipline.
And he told this story about how one of his daughters responded to that:
“Now you take Larra, for instance, trying to spank her tail was a four minute ordeal because she’s like, ‘No Daddy! No Daddy! No Daddy! No! I’m sorry! I’m sorry Daddy!’ And she would get madder and madder and she just could not get herself to even bend over for me to bust her butt. And I’m like, you got two seconds or you’re going to get two instead of one. (31:4-31:58)
He also talked about how spanking one of his sons was difficult because the son was so hard on himself and would have tears in his eyes.
“It’s hard to discipline them when they are truly sorry, but sometimes you still gotta discipline them.” (32:27-32:34)
So you had some people saying, no matter what you think of spanking as a punishment, it’s weird to go on stage and just “casually talk about ‘busting your daughter's butt.’ They're all creepy.”[]
Some going further, with the Democrats account writing:[]
“He’s bragging about hitting his daughter. This is who’s running ICE for Trump now.”
Others saying:
“People who beat their children should be in jail, not in office.”[]
But that was also not the only troubling thing he said during that speech.
Because he also talked about how he didn’t like his daughter’s boyfriend, and said this to him:
“He’s a great kid, but ugh, he’s dating my daughter and I don’t like him. I told him, I said, if I ever see you kiss her in front of me, I’m dragging your face across the asphalt. And that is a true story I told him that.” (5:46-6:01)
And yes, while you could easily argue that he was just kidding, he never actually intended to do that to his daughter’s boyfriend, you still have people thinking it’s a gross thing to say to a child.
And that again, it is even weirder to bring that up in a public speech.
Especially since Mullin has a history when it comes to condoning violence and aggression.
You might remember just from his confirmation hearing, Senator Rand Paul went after Mullin because he said he “understood” why Paul was assaulted by a neighbor in 2017 in an attack that left him with broken ribs.
“I was shocked that you would justify and celebrate this violent assault that caused me so much pain and my family so much pain. I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits on the proper use of force.” (0:28-0:45)
Also in the past, Mullin challenged the head of the Teamsters union to a fight and seemingly suggested that journalists who report fake news should be killed.
Right, that last bit he did in a kind of roundabout way, posting a video where he told a story about a clash between a reporter and congressman in 1890, []
The reporter published a negative story about the congressman, for years they hated each other, and then one day their altercation escalated to the point where the reporter killed the lawmaker.
“Kincaid decided he had enough and shot the former Congressman in the face.” (1:16-1:21)
And Mullin’s takeaway from this was:
“There's a lot we can say about reporters of the stories they write, but I bet they would write a lot less false stories — as President Trump says, 'fake news' — if we could still handle our differences that way.” (1:38-1:51)
So some just think this is now a pattern of him discussing and condoning forms of violence really casually.
And he is not even the only person tied to Trump’s administration for condoning and encouraging violence right now…
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Diving back into the news, TSA is sharing your information with ICE while they grab parents and children straight out of the endless lines that are still pouring out the door.
And once they’re arrested, this administration seems to be sending them to unfamiliar countries without even giving them a fair trial in court.
The New York Times has reported that TSA agents tipped off ICE agents before an arrest at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday night.
“What is your name? What is your badge number? We need to see your badge number. Show your badge number.” (:00-:10, :24-:30, :38-:42)
Angelina Lopez-Jimenez (Him-in-ez, pronunciation :33), who you see in the video with her 9-year-old daughter, had a deportation order since 2019. []
Reports say they were flagged on the flight list, which allowed TSA to tip off ICE agents. []
But the question is, how were they flagged in the first place?
Apparently, last year, the Trump administration quietly created a partnership between ICE and TSA, allowing ICE to check and flag TSA air traveler lists for passengers with deportation orders. [] []
A spokesperson for DHS said, “The message to those in the country illegally is clear: The only reason you should be flying is to self-deport home.” []
The former deputy head of the ICE office in New York City said, “The administration has turned routine travel into a force multiplier for removals, potentially identifying thousands who thought they could evade the law simply by boarding a plane.” [] []
Now, it’s not a new thing for federal entities to have some level of access to airline passenger information, which may be used for national security reasons.
However, allegations of TSA specifically tipping off ICE agents for arrests have raised concerns about how much data is being shared in these inconspicuous ways.
Democratic officials have heavily criticized data-sharing in this administration, saying it “seemed to be ‘omnipresent’ under the Trump administration, putting personal information at risk and bypassing due process.”
And in this particular case, they’ve criticized the administration for using this data to arrest mothers and children instead of the dangerous criminals we keep being told they’re focusing on. []
People are also concerned that this data-sharing and preoccupation with ICE arrests could distract from airport security and the effort to cut down on wait times. [] []
A senior ICE official during the Biden administration also said that “If you have more officers conducting arrests at airports, it puts more strain on the system, delays and complications may annoy and frighten some travelers…” []
As ICE’s increased presence at US airports has yet to make a significant change in wait times, and TSA officials say it takes months for agents to be fully trained on security checkpoints, this incident makes you question if the data-sharing and arrests were the real agenda to begin with. []
And to add insult to injury, these ICE arrests are leading to quick, sloppy deportation processes that are violating people’s basic rights.
Earlier this month, a federal appeals court allowed the Trump administration to resume expedited deportations, which reports say are landing people in unfamiliar countries without even giving them time to fight back in court. []
A judge had previously decided that these rushed deportations were a violation of migrants’ due process rights, leaving them vulnerable to that exact problem. []
The policy allows migrants to be sent to those countries if authorities, quote, “either have credible diplomatic assurances they will not be persecuted or tortured if sent there, or have given migrants as little as six hours of notice that they are being sent to such a place.” []
DHS says, despite these dangers, the appellate court was right to remove the restriction because they "must be allowed to execute its lawful authority and remove illegal aliens to a country willing to accept them." []
As if that’s not horrifying enough, these expedited deportations are leading to overworked immigration lawyers, particularly in Minnesota, where Somalians have been taking a huge hit in this immigration crackdown. []
Two Minnesota legal providers have filed a lawsuit claiming that the administration has been denying Somalians the right to a fair hearing. []
They say the Justice Department has placed Somali nationals on a separate docket and scheduled hearings with little notice, leaving their lawyers no time to prepare proper representation. [] []
Kelsey Hines, who owns Hines Immigration Law, one of the groups that filed the lawsuit, said, “This is not about efficiency or docket management. This is an undeniably targeted policy that singles out one nationality, designed to rob them of the due process they are legally guaranteed and to strip their legal teams of the ability to adequately and ethically prepare their cases for hearing.” []
While immigration cases can normally take years, reports say that hearings for Somalians that were scheduled to take place as late as 2028 have been rescheduled with as little as one month’s notice. []
Hines said in a statement that 97 percent of her Somali client cases had been rapidly advanced in this type of manner, saying that even if she worked 12-hour days, seven days a week, she would still be 7000 hours short of the time she’d need to prepare for those cases. []
So not only is this administration targeting migrants in the airport, but once those arrests are made, they also have basically no time to work with a lawyer to build a case for themselves.
And if they’re deported, apparently, there’s also no guarantee that they’ll actually end up in a country they have any connection to.
All the while, the only thing longer than the lines at the airports that ICE hasn’t made a dent in is the list of cases on those immigration lawyers’ desks.
At the same time, ICE is being equipped with more access to data and tools like AI to further this assault on immigration.
And the AI, by the way, seems to be less and less reliable as time goes on.
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OpenAI is officially shutting down Sora for good.
But it’s not just the Sora app that’s being shut down — according to The Wall Street Journal, CEO Sam Altman also told staff that OpenAI will wind down ALL products that use its video models, with this including a version of Sora for developers as well as video functionality inside ChatGPT.
And this move is absolutely massive for OpenAI.
Right, everyone thought Sora was going to revolutionize the AI world when it was first launched back in 2024, with many concerned about the product’s ability to generate incredibly realistic videos that were increasingly hard to detect.
And those concerns were only exacerbated this past October, when OpenAI released a standalone app and a second-generation Sora model that was even more advanced and harder to distinguish as AI.
And after that, the Sora app quickly became the most-downloaded in the iOS App Store’s Photo and Video category within a few days.
Then, two months later, Disney announced that it would invest $1 billion in OpenAI as part of a broader deal that would give Sora users access to many popular characters.
But with the latest announcement, that deal is now reportedly dead.
So it’s a big surprise that OpenAI decided to close Sora just months after all these big moves.
But it also comes as part of a broader shift by the company as it struggles to compete with other AI giants in the space and as it takes steps to go public.
Right, OpenAI has recently come under pressure from Anthropic, specifically, which has avoided image and video generation, instead focusing on developing tools that have become increasingly popular among businesses and software engineers.
And when OpenAI first launched the Sora app, some OpenAI employees were reportedly surprised that the company was pouring so many computing resources into a project that didn’t have any clear demand.
But at the time, Altman wanted the company to be ambitious and expand its market dominance to areas its competitors weren’t.
But apparently, OpenAI is doing a complete 180 — according to the WSJ, the company is now reallocating resources to compete more directly with Anthropic by developing productivity tools that will win over the business of coders and enterprise users.
Right, those tools are known as AI agents, and OpenAI has reportedly already been taking steps to move computing resources and top talent toward these kinds of productivity.
With the company also reportedly announcing last week that it was combining the ChatGPT desktop app, the coding tool Codex, and the Atlas browser into one “superapp.”
So it’ll be really interesting to watch how these changes impact OpenAI as a company, but it’ll be arguably even more important to see how the shuttering of Sora affects the AI ecosystem as a whole.
Right, does this signal a broader shift away from AI video content — or at least good quality AI video content? Or will other companies just fill the void Sora is leaving behind?
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But while AOC and Bernie are reaching for the stars, Zohran Mamdani is rapidly falling back down to Earth.
You’ve got people accusing him of betrayal and broken promises, but he’s throwing up his hands like, look, I’m doing everything I can.
Right, because you’ll remember that last month the mayor came out in front of his constituents and declared: [Lead B roll into clip]
[Clip, 00:31 - 00:35] Caption: “New York City is facing a serious fiscal crisis.”
Basically, for reasons he blames on Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo, the city’s facing a budget deficit of 5.4 billion dollars. [B roll, and B roll]
So Mamdani laid out two options:
Either Governor Kathy Hochul and the state legislature in Albany raise income taxes by 2% on New York’s 33,000 wealthiest residents who make over a million dollars a year, raise corporate taxes as well, and stop the drain of city resources to the state, [B roll]
Or, if they refuse, the city will have to dip into its cash reserves and hike property taxes, which are extremely unpopular and hit the middle class, not just the super rich. [B roll]
We’re talking a 9.5% tax hike on over three million single-family homes, co-ops and condos, as well as over 100,000 commercial buildings. [Quote, find “9.5”]
With the Citizens Budget Commission estimating that would amount to some 700 extra dollars a year in taxes for the typical owner of a one-, two- or three-family home. [Quote same link, find “700”]
Now this ultimatum was widely seen as a threat to pressure Albany into raising income taxes.
And apparently that’s how Hochul saw it too, with sources telling The New York Times she was greatly angered by the framing and thought Mamdani’s presentation amounted to grandstanding. [Quote, find “angered”]
Though for his part, the mayor reportedly agreed not to escalate his rhetoric on demanding tax increases, and he refrained from attending “tax the rich” rallies. [Quote same link, find “escalate”]
But now the April 1st deadline for the state budget is quickly approaching, and neither Hochul nor the state legislature show any signs of bowing to Mamdani’s pressure campaign.
In fact, if anything, Mamdani’s the one who’s buckled under pressure, with the Times now reporting that he seems to have all but given up on the idea of hiking property taxes. [Quote, find “given up”]
This after local elected leaders running the gamut from left progressives to centrist Democrats representing Black homeowners told him it’s a nonstarter. [Image]
With sources describing how City Hall officials were taken aback by the level of opposition to the proposal. [Quote, find “taken aback”]
A former colleagues from the State Legislature even told Mamdani that if he went through with it, he would be a one-term mayor. [Same quote]
So according to The Times, he quietly retreated, telling city and state lawmakers he was highly unlikely to pursue the tax increase, and was optimistic that he could get more state aid to close the budget gap. [Quote same link, find “retreat”]
And while he still wants the income tax hike, according to New York Focus he’s now also asking the state to raise taxes on corporations, unincorporated businesses, and high-value real estate. [Table, find “narrower”]
But there’s only so much he can do on the revenue side, and although he’s fought tooth and nail to avoid it, he’s taking a red pen to expenses as well.
Specifically one huge expense known as CityFHEPS [City-feps], or its longer name: Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement.
Right, it’s a rental assistance program created in 2018 that now covers over 65,000 households. [B roll, 01:23 - 01:27, 01:10 - 02:14]
Basically the way it works is that poor tenants, often people moving out of homeless shelters, find a private market apartment and pay 30% of their income in rent, while the city picks up the rest. [Same B roll]
Now currently, CityFHEPS costs 1.2 billion dollars, but that’s projected to reach 4.7 billion by 2030. [Quote, find “4.7”]
This because in 2023, the City Council passed laws broadening eligibility for the program in a number of ways.
Namely removing work requirements, raising the income limit, and extending coverage to people who are facing eviction but aren’t actually in a shelter yet. [Quote, find “73,000”]
Now housing advocates say the expansion is needed because the cost of living has soared and Trump has cut federal rental assistance.
But when Eric Adams was mayor, he refused to implement the expansion, then challenged its legality in court. [B roll]
Arguing that the city did not have the money to pay for it and that the Council didn’t have the authority to do that anyway. [Quote, find “price tag”]
Now at first, a state court sided with Adams, but then the appeals court sided with the Council.
Meanwhile, Mamdani had campaigned on dropping the case altogether and just implementing the expansion. [B roll, 02:51]
But now, with this huge budget guillotine hanging over his head, he’s like, eeeeeeeeeh, actually …
So instead he’s been negotiating with Council members and housing activists on a compromise, proposing to keep work requirements and income limits the same, but expand eligibility to people facing eviction from rent stabilized apartments. [Quote, find “stabilized”]
But they couldn’t come to an agreement, so last night Mamdani appealed the case again to New York’s high court.
With one shelter operator telling Gothamist she was “shocked” by the move, explaining:
“Candidate Mamdani and Mayor-elect Mamdani promised to drop the appeal on day one. This is the classic political example of promise made, promise broken.” [Quote same link]
But there’s still a lot that could change between now and June 30th, when the city budget’s due.
Right, we should get a state budget in April, and then Mamdani’s next budget presentation is due on May 1st.
Plus the ups and downs in the stock market affect how much tax revenue the city’s projected to rake in, though right now the market’s not looking super good, to say the least.
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But then the final thing we should talk about today, the US sent Iran a 15-point peace proposal—which Trump claimed it had already largely agreed to—but instead the country blasted the deal and laid out its own demands.
And the American military may be getting ready for this war to last a lot longer—ramping up defense production, expanding eligibility, and sending thousands more troops to the region.
But let’s start with this 15-point peace plan—which is believed to have been sent from the US to Iran via Pakistan.
And the Trump administration had apparently been hoping to discuss it with Iran at an in-person meeting in Pakistan as soon as tomorrow.
The plan reportedly calls on Iran to dismantle its three main nuclear sites, end any enrichment on its soil, suspend its ballistic missile programme, curb support for its regional allies and fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
In return, Iran would have nuclear-related sanctions lifted and the US would assist the country’s civilian nuclear programme. []
And US envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly told Trump that the Iranians have already agreed on several key points—including on giving up their stockpile of highly enriched uranium. []
Which would be a pretty massive step forward—but it was never clear whether anyone really made those commitments on Iran’s behalf or, if they did, whether they had the authority.
And it’s not even clear who in Iran’s government would be able to negotiate—or would be willing to—as Israel has said it plans to keep targeting the country’s leaders.
And in fact, senior Iranian officials have reportedly been having trouble communicating with each other, at least partly because they’re worried that Israel might bomb them if they meet in person. []
Which Trump seemingly acknowledged with his recent refusal to name the person the US had allegedly been talking to—other than saying it’s not the supreme leader but they “seemed” to be in charge.
And yesterday he continued to shed light on how Israel’s tactics have made negotiating even more difficult than usual:
“They have no air force left. They have no anti-aircraft equipment left, no radar left, no leaders left. The leaders are all gone. Nobody knows who to talk to. But we're actually talking to the right people, and they want to make a deal so badly. You have no idea how badly they want to make a deal and we'll see what happens.” (BYTE)
You also had Trump making this strange claim that the US had received a mysterious gift from Iran:
"They did something yesterday that was amazing actually. They gave us a present and the present arrived today. It was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money.” (BYTE)
But he didn’t say what it was other than suggesting it was "oil and gas-related" and connected to the "flow" in the Strait of Hormuz.
And on that note, while it’s not clear that this is what Trump was referring to, you did have Iran sending a letter to the UN's maritime organization yesterday claiming that “non-hostile” ships may pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz.
With Iran defining nonhostile vessels as those which “neither participate in nor support acts of aggression against Iran” or belong to the United States or Israel.
But you had analysts arguing that this is unlikely to encourage many more ships to try their luck making their way through the Strait since so many countries have ties to the US.
In any case, you had Trump claiming the gift from Iran—whatever it was—showed the US was dealing with the right people in Tehran—saying:
"They said they were going to do it and it happened, and they are the only ones that could have done it."
And markets responded to the possibility of the situation improving—with the price of oil falling five percent to $99 a barrel—even though it wasn’t remotely clear that this war was nearing its end.
Right, one, it’s not known whether Israel supports Trump’s 15-point plan.
And, two, Iran gave no indication it’d be willing to accept the plan as even a jumping off point to begin negotiations.
And in fact, while Iranian officials have acknowledged receiving messages from the US through intermediaries, they continued denying Trump’s claims that negotiations were even underway.
With one military spokesperson mocking Trump in a statement—saying (BROLL: 1:24):
"Has the level of your inner struggle reached the stage of you negotiating with yourself?"
"People like us can never get along with people like you."
And on the flip side, while the US appeared to be interested in negotiating—as we know—appearances can be deceiving.
Right, despite the push for diplomacy, there have continued to be signs the US may be gearing up for long-term conflict.
The Defense Department has just reached deals with defense firms to boost production of munitions as part of a push to put the military on a "wartime footing."
It also just raised the maximum enlistment age to from 35 to 42 years old and made it easier to join the military if you have a conviction for marijuana or drug paraphernalia possession.
And, most notably, at least when it comes to a potential escalation in the very near future, the Pentagon is reportedly ordering the deployment of about 2,000 more soldiers to the Middle East—bringing the number of additional troops deployed to the region since the war began to nearly 7,000.
With White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirming yesterday that the US “operation” in Iran “continues unabated to achieve the military objectives laid out by the commander in chief and the Pentagon.”
And an advisor to Trump reportedly telling Axios:
"Trump has a hand open for a deal and the other is a fist, waiting to punch you in the f***ing face.” []
But that’s not exactly reassuring the other side—and you also have Axios reporting that Trump's decision to send thousands more troops to the region have only increased their suspicion that his proposal for peace talks is just a trick.
With Iranian officials reportedly having told countries trying to mediate peace talks that they “don’t want to be fooled again”—referring to the fact that Trump has now twice attacked Iran in the middle of negotiations. []
And with all that, you’ve had Iran’s speaker of Parliament saying on social media today that his country was “closely monitoring all U.S. movements in the region, especially troop deployments”—adding:
“Do not test our resolve to defend our land.”
With Iranian media later reporting that Iran had officially rejected the White House's proposal—calling it “excessive” and laying out its own five conditions for a ceasefire and ending the war, including:
an end to attacks and assassinations, mechanisms to ensure they wouldn’t pick back up, compensation for damages, and recognition of Iran’s authority over the Strait of Hormuz. []
And in the meantime, like the US and Israel, Iran has also kept up its attacks.
With its military claiming today to have fired cruise missiles at an American aircraft carrier—the USS Abraham Lincoln—after warning it would strike if the vessel came within range.
Although this is reportedly far from the first time the ship has been targeted—with Trump claiming yesterday that more than 100 missiles had been launched at the carrier but “every single one of them was knocked down.” []
But, of course, it only takes one.
And if you keep firing, you might eventually get a hit—which is something Israel is increasingly having to deal with.
With recent strikes shaking confidence in the country’s air defenses and even raising questions about whether it may be running short of interceptors.
And, of course, air defenses across the entire region are being tested.
Kuwait’s defense ministry said at least six drones had been intercepted since yesterday evening—with a fire breaking out overnight at the country’s international airport after some made it through and hit a fuel tank.
Saudi Arabia’s defense ministry said at least 30 drones had been intercepted since yesterday evening.
And the UAE said its air defenses had intercepted nine drones just today.
And the hits these Gulf countries are taking are part of the reason some are reportedly pushed Trump to continue the war and even come around to the idea of joining it themselves—which we talked about yesterday.
Although an update there is that, according to Bloomberg, Turkey is trying real hard to stop Gulf Arab countries from joining the war.
And other countries are still just focused on managing the chaos.
Right, today, Iraq’s prime minister directed his foreign ministry to summon the top American diplomat in Baghdad to give him a “strongly worded letter of protest” over strikes against the country’s “Popular Mobilization Forces.”
Which are technically sort of part of Iraq’s regular armed forces but are actually partly backed by Iran.
And, earlier today, seven soldiers were killed and 13 injured in a strike on one of their bases, a day after another strike killed 15 on the same base, with the group blaming the US.
Although that’s the kind of complex, sort of tangential news you gotta wonder if Trump even had any idea about whatsoever.
Especially based on recent reporting from NBC suggesting one of the main ways he gets updates on the war is through daily two-minute montage of the biggest, most successful strikes on Iranian targets over the previous 48 hours
With one official describing each daily video as just a series of clips of “stuff blowing up.”[]
Now, that said, Trump is also reportedly updated through conversations with top military, intelligence advisers, and foreign leaders—as well as news reports.
But the sizzle reel situation apparently has some of his allies worried that he’s not really getting the complete picture of the war.
With one official claiming the information Trump gets about the war tends to emphasize the military’s successes while giving relatively little time to Iranian actions.[]
And others suggesting the videos are driving his growing frustration with media coverage of the war. []
For example, according to NBC, Trump wasn’t briefed on an Iranian strike that hit five American refueling planes in Saudi Arabia a couple weeks ago—only learning about what happened from media reports.
And so he then asked about what happened, was told the planes weren’t badly damaged, and complained privately about the coverage of the attack before going public with a post on social media—accusing those in certain media organizations of being “truly sick and demented people.”
And you actually had Joe Kent, the intelligence official who resigned over the Iran war, making similar points to what these other officials were saying—recently telling Tucker Carlson:
“A good deal of key decision-makers were not allowed to come and express their opinion to the president.” (41:35-41:41)
“...there wasn’t a robust debate.” (42:02)
“Our assessment really hadn’t changed, we would send those up through intelligence channels, everybody’s kind of reading the same intelligence, but then what actually gets briefed to the president can be very very different depending on who and how it's delivered.” (42:04-42:17).
And with all that, the chaos we’ve seen from this administration obviously makes a lot of sense, but it’s also maybe even more reason to be nervous about what it might do next.
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