Welcome to the Jim Acosta Morning Memo on a Hump Day after Trump hid out and issued not-quite-final warnings to Iran and his top officials spent their time making it weird. Grab your toast and let’s put some JAMM on it!
I Dare You To Do That THREE Times: Trump spent a good part of his day threatening Iran, including dialing up Fox correspondent Trey Yingst to relay an almost final threat.
I just spoke with President Trump who indicated that if the Iranians respond to these US strikes against their country, 'they'll be hit much harder ... if it goes a third time, they're going to be totally wiped out as a country.'
That threat echoed a Truth Social post in which Trump also wrote that retaliation would be met with the second-worst attack, and if they did it again they’d get the actual worst attack.
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You Were Saying?: This threat came just a day after Trump called a reporter “stupid” for asking about nuking Iran.
Now What?: Iran did, in fact, retaliate with attacks on US bases in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, and Bahrain. Presumably with the missiles Trump keeps saying they don’t have any of. The strikes came as Iran accused the U.S. of bombing a wedding celebration.
From AFP:
Iran launched a wave of attacks on US sites across the Middle East on Wednesday as violence surged after an extensive American bombardment and the deaths of four people at an Iranian wedding party.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced attacks on US bases in Jordan, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, in the six-month conflict’s heaviest exchange in weeks.
Pathetic Pete: Meanwhile, the trade war with Canada got even uglier, with Pete Hegseth and others mocking Canada’s military — including teenage cadets.
Carney Politely Claps Back: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney defended his country and called on Trump to knock off the nonsense.
And when the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough, and start being serious about having those discussions, we can have those discussions.
Assail-mail: There has also been a bombshell development in a third war — Trump’s war against voting. A Postal Service whistleblower has come forward to sound a red alert about the Trump administration plowing ahead with a plan that can only be described as sabotage of our elections.
My office is in receipt of an alarming whistleblower disclosure (the “Disclosure”) outlining the United States Postal Service’s (“USPS”) perilously rushed and potentially unlawful implementation of President Trump’s Executive Order seeking to restrict mail-in voting.
The whistleblower’s allegations make clear that USPS lacks the technical or operational capability needed to effectively implement the EO’s provisions in a way that safeguards every citizen’s right to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. Despite this, the Trump Administration appears intent on USPS moving forward with its flawed plans, no matter the chaos they may create.
The whistleblower’s allegations also provide disturbing information suggesting that USPS may have violated a court order by continuing to implement the EO despite being ordered to cease all such work.
We’ve been saying for a long time that Trump isn’t just planning to steal the election, he’s already doing it. Here’s exhibit A. Read the full letter here.
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