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Breaking: White House Concerned as Russia Enters Iran War and Economy Tanks
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We have major developments this morning in the news from the job reports to to Iran. America has a lot to deal with right now. First, on the job front, the United states economy lost 92,000 jobs in the month of February. That is a lot less jobs than economists had predicted. Economists had predicted that the economy would gain about 60,000 jobs. Instead, the economy lost more than 90,000 jobs, one of the worst job numbers in recent memory. And it comes as gas prices continue to rise. While the President is not concerned, he says, about the gas prices, they are rising to some of the highest levels we've seen since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. And when we're talking about Iran, the President says he acknowledges that Americans may face attacks here on the homeland in the United States of America, saying that some people die in war, all while Russia is now assisting Iran overseas in the Iran war to help with various military targets. A lot of news to cover right now. Make sure to like, comment, share and subscribe. The more you like, the more people see this. Even if you don't like the news, subscribe to my substack, click the link below to support my work and let's keep building. I want to begin by talking about a quote that the President gave to Time magazine last night. Asked whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump acknowledges the possibility. I guess he says, but I think they're worried about that all the time. We think about it all the time. We plan for it. But yeah, you know, we expect some things. Like I said, some people will die when you go to war. Some people will die. Now, when he first said that comment, he actually said it about when he announced the war. He said that we will have some casualties and that when you're in war, essentially you have casualties. That makes sense, right? American troops on the ground, in the battlefield could face, could be a casualty. Never did I think that the President was referring to Americans here at home because Iran, while it doesn't have the ballistic missile capabilities to reach the United States of America homeland, there are concerns from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies that Iran may launch some type of terrorist type attack through a lone wolf attack, through a sleeper cell, et cetera. And in recent days they've raised their alertness nationwide and maybe this is why the President is acknowledging that some Americans here at home may die because of the war abroad. And the way they will die, according to him, is due to retaliatory attacks here at home. That is a significant shift in messaging from a president who previously would not really kind of go down this path. So if you are living in the United States of America, my recommendation to you is to remain vigilant, because right now there are concerns of possible attacks on the homeland. And it comes as, according to the Washington Post, Russia is now reportedly providing intelligence support to Iran to target U.S. forces in the Middle East. U.S. officials say that Russia has been sharing targeting information with Iran, including the locations of American warships and aircraft. This is the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is indirectly assisting Iran in the conflict. Now, a lot of people said from the beginning, well, if we strike Iran, will China get involved? Will Russia get involved? Iran is a close ally to both. And typically the answer is yes and no. You're never going to have Russian troops fighting American troops in Iran. We're Chinese troops fighting American troops in Iran. The last thing Russia and China want is to get into a world war with the United States. That's not what they want. But through intelligence support to Iran, that's a different beast. And here we have confirmation that Russia is now assisting its ally against the United States of America. And, well, it comes at a time where the President is saying that there will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender. He says after that and the selection of a great and acceptable leader or leaders, we and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. Iran will have a great future. Make Iran great again. Thank you for your attention to this matter. But until that moment happens, Americans are facing concern. They're facing concern from retaliatory attacks. They're also facing concern at the pump as gas prices are rising to the highest level in years. Now, the president himself is not concerned with the rising gas prices. Here's what he said to Dana Bash this morning.
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Quickly turned to Cuba. He said, and I asked about rising gas prices. And he said, that's all right. It'll be short term. It'll go way down very quickly. And I said, well, they're pretty high now. And he said, no, they're not. They're up a little bit, not much, but it'll drop to record lows. And so I asked, well, does this mean that you're going to figure out the Strait of Hormuz soon. Again, something you were just talking about. He said, quote, it's already figured out we've knocked their Navy because, you know, when you knock out the Navy, they can't do what they wanted to be able to do. The Navy is almost. He said, we just hit the 25 mark. Can you imagine that? Big ones, 25 ships are down. We're doing very well.
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And so he is saying that gas prices aren't that high. But based on what I hear in my comments and from you all, gas prices are rising and the average price of a gallon of gas is significantly over $3, which is much higher than it was just a week ago. And while it's not just Iran that the world is talking about, Trump is moving on to Cuba.
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Soon turned to Cuba. He said without being asked, Cuba is going to fall pretty soon, by the way, but Cuba is going to fall. They want to make a deal so badly. And I asked how. So he said, they want to make a deal. So I'm going to put Marco over there and we'll see how that works. But we're really focused on this one now, meaning Iran. We've got plenty of time on Cuba.
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Seems as though Marco Rubio, the secretary of State, may be getting a new job from the Trump White House, leader of Cuba may be next. And it comes as America's job report that came in this morning is not good, not good for the administration. America lost 92,000 jobs in February. That is one of the worst job numbers in recent memory. As you can see, since 2022, America has only faced 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 months of job loss. All six months of job loss have come under the Trump White House. And every month under the Biden administration from 2022 to the present, you had job gains. And when you look at the numbers even closer, almost every major industry group shed jobs in February. Hospitality down 27,000. Healthcare down 28,000. Manufacturing down 12,000. Transport and warehouse down 11,000. Construction down 11,000. Information down 11,000. Federal government down 10,000. Professional jobs down 5,000. Mining jobs down 2,000. The only job gains that you saw are within the social assistance sector, which gained 9,000 jobs, and in the financial sector, which gained 10,000 jobs. So you have an American economy that is relatively struggling right now. And it came after surprise numbers in January which showed good job growth. And now you have revisions back down. If this trend continues, it'll be a very, very difficult time for this White House heading into a critical midterm election year because if job numbers are not high, the President's results may not be high as well. As always, make sure to like, comment, share and subscribe. I'll have more updates for you very soon.
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