March 10, 2026 - The Lindell Report - Mike Lindell
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The Mike Lindell Show-NEW: Important Pentagon and White House briefing updates!
Heather Mullins hosts a briefing-heavy episode featuring Pentagon Secretary Hegseth and Press Secretary Caroline Levitt, who detail Operation Epic Fury's 5,000+ strikes and claim a 90% drop in Iranian missile attacks. The discussion covers the Save America Act's voter ID mandates, alleged Iranian sleeper cells linked to Democratic funding cuts, and a controversial 2026 vote where 53 Democrats opposed condemning Iran. Levitt asserts oil prices will fall post-objectives while addressing Tomahawk missile investigations and economic updates under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, ultimately framing the administration's transparency as superior to the Biden era despite ongoing legal challenges for Lindell. [Automatically generated summary]
Heather Mullins here, guest hosting once again for Mike Lindell.
We've got a lot of news coming up today.
There's been two briefings today.
The first one this morning over at the Pentagon, the Department of War Secretary Hegseth held another briefing along with General Kane.
There's also a briefing we're expecting here shortly at the White House with White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt.
So there's a lot of news we're going to cover in today's show, but I want to go to some breaking news.
We're still waiting to confirm it, but we have a Army colonel, retired combat veteran, Douglas McGregor, who if we can put this tweet up on the screen, he said breaking Israeli military base under attack just west of the Sea of Galilee.
So this is something we're going to be covering and staying on top of as it unfolds.
But I want to switch gears and go back over to the Pentagon this morning's briefing.
Our own Kara Castranova filled in for me as I was unable to get out on a flight last night to make the briefing, but she did get an important question into the secretary this morning.
So let's take a listen to what Kara had to say.
President Trump has long said that he wants to minimize the loss of life in war, which wherever it occurs in whatever country, which so many people obviously appreciate.
Can you detail the specific measures the Pentagon is taking to minimize civilian casualties and strikes inside Iran?
And secondarily, is the Pentagon prioritizing replenishment of precision-guided munitions, long-range ranged strike weapons, or air defense interceptors?
And can you share any details on which systems are being prioritized?
Yeah, seeing it from the inside every single day, including this, no nation takes more precautions to ensure there's never targeting of civilians than the United States of America.
From the boat strikes in the Caribbean, where every single strike is assessed to this campaign here, no nation in the history of warfare has ever attempted in every way possible to avoid civilian casualties.
And frankly, that's a point that just isn't appreciated enough.
Where things happen that need to be investigated, we will investigate to the question shouted in the back.
That it's not open source is not the place to determine what did or did not happen.
We take things very, very seriously and investigate them thoroughly, which takes time, which is why it does take time.
But ultimately, unlike Iran, who targets civilians indiscriminately, who we've seen in the intel moving rocket launchers into civilian neighborhoods, near schools, near hospitals, to try to prevent our ability to strike.
That's how they operate.
And then they set the targeting of drones and missiles toward civilian targets, hospitals, hotels, airports.
CENTCOM's been very good about putting that information out.
That's how terrorist regimes fight.
They target civilians.
We do not.
And I can tell you this administration and this Pentagon focuses on that very, very closely.
So great question there by Kara.
And if you notice, like mid-question, he said somebody had been shouting in the back.
I just want to point out that's all the fake news that out of the kindness of the Trump administration's heart, they're still allowing you to be in that briefing room.
They're just sitting in the back now while the truth tellers like us at Lindell TV are actually given a chance to sit up front and get real questions in.
Because a lot of the times when the fake news has their opportunity to ask questions, it's really a gotcha question.
And, you know, we've seen how they didn't tell the truth when it came to the 2020 election.
They're certainly not going to report and tell the truth when it comes to matters as important as war.
I mean, the fake news, in my opinion, have behaved like journalistic terrorists over the years, really undermining what Americans truly need to know.
So super grateful that not only do we have a seat there at the Pentagon, but CARA's in the White House.
We have Allison on Capitol Hill.
This is truly a step forward.
And I want to remind everyone, as bad as things may seem, you know, with the war in Iran and some of the other things going on in politics, there's always negative things to focus on, but there's also a lot of good happening, right?
Just the very fact that we have that seat in that briefing room and the one at the White House and that we're present on Capitol Hill.
This is a sign of how much progress we've made on the media landscape side of things.
And wars are also fought with the dissemination of information.
So if you control the information, you control public perception and opinion.
And so the legacy media that has long provided cover for our enemies, for pharmaceutical companies and their bad products.
I mean, the list goes on.
They're losing their grip on the flow of information because networks like ours here at Lindell TV are growing and we're rising.
And a lot of that is in part because of people like yourself that's watching.
So again, I encourage everybody that's watching here, reach out to a friend, a family member, and get them plugged in to Lindell TV as well.
I want to move on to another topic a lot of people have been asking me about as Chief Pentagon correspondent for Lindell TV.
People bring their concerns to me through my DMs in person.
And a lot of people have brought up the concern on sleeper cells.
And so I want to hand this over to President Trump, who in a speech yesterday addressed this issue.
So take a listen.
Has Iran activated any sleeper cells inside the U.S.?
There's reports that they have pressed that trigger button to activate those cells, at least abroad.
Well, they've been trying for a long time.
We've been very much on top of it.
One of the things we have to do is get the Democrats to stop the Democrat shutdown, because as you know, the apparatus that looks into that, Schumer and the Democrats have shut it down, which tells you they probably hate our country a lot, but the Democrats have to open that up.
But we've got very, very good intelligence into that.
We know a lot of different things that have happened that have been very bad.
A lot of them came in during the Biden open border period, but we have them under, we've got them, we're watching every single one of them.
Yeah, we know a lot about them.
The biggest problem we have is the Democrat shutdown.
We know a lot about them, but the shutdown doesn't allow us to do what we have to do.
Do you have to take him out?
Does he have a target on his back?
You mean the new Supreme Leader?
You mean the sun?
How can there be an Iranian?
Well, I don't want to say that, but I was disappointed because we think it's going to lead to just more of the same problem for the country.
So I was disappointed to see their choice.
So, you know, what really stood out to me watching that particular comment about the sleeper cells, right, is that on the one side of things, it's right, like there is the threat of sleeper cells, right?
But then what President Trump highlighted, these Democrats that are not funding the very agencies that are tasked with overseeing how to stop domestic threats like that, that in itself is a threat.
And I thought about this the other day when I was visiting FEMA headquarters last week.
I was given a tour of the facility and really made aware of just how much of an impact the lack of funding going to FEMA has on our intricate communities nationwide.
Everything from, you know, like the threats to our waterways when they get polluted and it travels, FEMA monitors that to the tornadoes and floods that are approaching in this new season, you know, FEMA's response to that.
So whether it's DHS and ICE and their, the services they provide Americans from a safety perspective or to FEMA, right, the services, the emergency services they provide during times of natural disaster, the Democrats that are stopping the funding of these agencies are a threat to Americans themselves.
And it really begs the question, why would you not want those agencies funded when you benefit from them too?
I mean, it's like I was bringing this up last night with Mayor Giuliani and we were talking about, you know, the threat of 9-11.
He was mayor of New York City when 9-11 occurred.
And it didn't matter if you were Democrat or Republican in that building.
Once a terror attack happens, it impacts everybody in the vicinity.
Same with a flood or a hurricane or a tornado.
They don't avoid one political party.
And so things like FEMA, DHS, and TSA, that's another one, that the Democrats are stalling the funding of these agencies, it impacts them too.
So as much as we want to have this conversation about Iran and the threat that Iran poses to Americans, we should also be having the conversation that these Democrats in Congress, the threat they're posing to Americans by not funding these crucial, critical government agencies.
But, you know, turning it back to the Iran situation, because we still don't know when Democrats are going to agree to fund these programs.
What we do know, though, is Secretary Hegseth was asked in an interview with 60 Minutes whether or not they would consider boots on the ground.
And let's take a listen to what he had to say.
Is it possible to achieve the objectives President Trump has set before you if we don't locate and obtain and extract the highly enriched uranium?
There's a lot of different ways we can get after that.
They've used a conventional umbrella of missiles that was growing every single day, their production capacity, to try to cover over their nuclear blackmail ambitions.
As far as how you get at that nuclear option, we'll make sure that their nuclear ambitions are never achieved.
Will we take it out ourselves?
Never tell you or anybody else what our options are.
See, that's another thing.
People keep asking.
That's a very fair question.
People ask boots on the ground, no boots on the ground, four weeks, two weeks, six weeks, go in, go in.
President Trump knows, I know, you don't tell the enemy, you don't tell the press, you don't tell anybody what your limits would be on an operation.
We're willing to go as far as we need to in order to be successful.
Do we have any overt or covert forces inside Iran now?
I wouldn't tell you that if we did.
Only reason I ask is earlier this week you said no.
Is that still the answer?
Yeah, that's still the answer.
But we reserve the right.
We would be completely unwise if we did not reserve the right to take any particular option, whether it included boots on the ground or no boots on the ground.
It seemed like they were trying to get the Secretary in a gotcha moment there.
But, you know, to his point, and I know there was another viral clip of Caroline Levitt being asked, you know, would the Trump administration consider a draft for this?
And the one thing I understand, having come from a military family, is that you never, ever, ever play all your cards.
You never tell the enemy what you're going to do.
So, you know, the fake news is going to run with this and try to fear monger and be like, oh, they're going to bring back the draft or they're going to go put boots on the ground.
Whether we do or we don't, President Trump, it makes sense why a commander-in-chief or a secretary of defense or war, I should say, wouldn't reveal those things.
Because if you say, I'm not going to do something, your enemy is going to be like, okay, well, then we only have to get to this part.
And you're basically divulging your plan of action.
And you just don't do that in war.
So I would just caution everyone to ignore the fear-mongering regarding the boots on the ground or things like the draft.
Unless it happens, I wouldn't worry about it.
The fact that they're leaving the option on the table is just a matter of common practice for any good commander-in-chief.
You're never going to say what you are or not going to do.
You're going to give the illusion to your enemy, like you're willing to use every last, you know, like thing that you have in your arsenal of weapons, including your warfighter.
So it just makes sense why they're not answering it that way.
I want to play one other sound bite here from the Secretary, and that's just regarding the intelligence that they are.
He basically came out and said they're double checking all the intelligence, including the intelligence gathered from Israel.
So let's take a listen.
It has been said that the Israelis, through Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, provided on February 23rd, key information about intelligence they had developed about the likely whereabouts of Ali Khameni and many in his inner circle.
That the U.S. then checked it out through the CIA, confirmed that, and that was an opportunity that presented itself to the president.
And that was the precipitating factor for this war.
That's the way it's been reported.
Is that accurate, Mr. Secretary?
President Trump's approach has been our interest in advancing those interests from the beginning.
And so the fact that intelligence was gathered, whether from Israelis or ours, and always checked by our intellect agencies to make sure it's accurate.
A lot of times the best way to start operations is a trigger-based or condition-based moment.
And you can work together on whether that makes sense.
But we were always controlling the throttle about whether or not go or not go and ultimately to advance American interests and protect American lives.
Some might look at that sequence of events and say, well, that it was an opportunity more than an imminent threat.
I mean, I think much of that discussion is silly and academic.
They've been killing us for 48 years, 47 years.
They have unabated nuclear ambitions.
And when we obliterated their nuclear program at the end of the 12-day war in Operation Midnight Hammer, they should have come to the table and said, okay, we get it.
You mean business.
We're not going to have nukes.
And they haven't.
And as a result, when the president looks at it, generationally, he sees a threat that would continue to gather.
And if they build war missiles with a conventional shield, then that's a danger to U.S. persons, U.S. people, in our interests.
And unlike previous presidents, President Trump had the courage and boldness to act.
Fear of Muslims or Jews?00:03:40
And I'm grateful we have such a commander-in-chief.
And so the reason I wanted to share that clip with you guys is because I know that there is certainly a divide when it comes to the topic of Israel, right?
I have just amongst my own friends.
I have friends that are, you know, fully unwaveringly supportive.
And then I have other friends that are very concerned, right?
And I think the one thing that everybody agrees on is we love our country, we love our military.
And so to hear from the secretary that he is double checking all of the intelligence, including the intelligence we're gathering from Israel, I think should give people some sort of peace of mind because we can look back historically, unfortunately, and see things like the Levon affair and false flag attacks on the part of Israel that could cause some Americans to feel uneasy about us working alongside them and trusting that intelligence.
But according to the Secretary, they are rechecking all of their agencies, all of the intelligence that they're gathering, not just from Israel, but from elsewhere.
So that is a good little bit of information.
I'm really hopeful that Press Secretary Caroline Levitt, when she comes out here momentarily, any minute now, which we will go live to cover that, will shed a little more light on the unfolding situation in Iran and some of the steps maybe the White House is taking.
But there hasn't really been any indication on when this is going to end.
I know I've reached out to a lot of people I know with their predictions.
Some people said that President Trump had an off-ramp of just a couple of days before, you know, the war and the conflict would get too out of hand to kind of reel back.
It's unclear.
I also heard from another source that potentially we could see it all, you know, get wrapped up within the next week.
And then one other source says that they think it could go as long as September.
So it's really just one of those things that we're having to constantly cover, report things as they unravel.
There's been a lot of information coming out, you know, and it really feels like Americans are very divided on this whole situation.
One thing I don't think helps, and I really want to bring up this headline real quick because as a Christian, it really kind of rubbed me the wrong way here a little bit.
It said, A Republican says Muslims don't belong in American society draws fierce Democratic backlash.
And I would argue that that also needs to gain Republican backlash, right?
Like saying something like Muslims don't belong in society is as equally disturbing as saying Jews don't belong in society.
And as Christians, the beautiful thing is that when you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior, whether you were once a Muslim or a Jew or an atheist, we're all saved and we all get salvation through Jesus Christ.
So, you know, this whole idea that we should either fear Muslims or fear Jews, like it doesn't matter what side of the aisle you're on.
As Christians, the only thing we fear is God Himself.
We don't fear man.
And so I really just wanted to stress that because as you guys actually will continue this conversation a little bit with Kara, but we're going to go right over to the White House and hear from White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt.
Let's take a listen.
Efforts to continuing lowering prices to make everyday life more affordable for working Americans.
Keeping Global Markets Open00:04:16
The president will visit Thermo Fisher Scientific in Ohio and give remarks at Verst Logistics in Kentucky.
On Thursday, President Trump and the First Lady will host a Women's History Month event in the East Room.
And on Friday, the President will sign several executive orders, and we will provide more details on those later this week.
As President Trump shared with the American people last night, the United States military is making tremendous strides towards achieving our military objectives for Operation Epic Fury.
10 days in, this campaign has been a resounding success thus far, and America's warriors are winning this important fight at an even faster pace than we anticipated.
More than 5,000 enemy targets have been struck so far.
Iran's ballistic missile attacks are down more than 90%, and their drone attacks are down by approximately 85% since the start of Operation Epic Fury.
The United States is also annihilating the Iranian regime's Navy, and we have destroyed more than 50 Iranian naval vessels, including a major drone carrier ship.
None of the regime's vessels are operating in major regional waterways, and the Iranian Navy has been assessed as combat ineffective.
The trend is clear.
U.S. combat capabilities are increasing and growing more lethal and dominant by the day, while the Iranian terrorist regime's ability to respond has rapidly declined.
Now, the U.S. military is moving to dismantle Iran's missile production infrastructure.
Our incredible B-2 bombers recently dropped dozens of 2,000-pound penetrator bombs on deeply buried missile sites.
Last night, President Trump reiterated his commitment toward keeping oil flowing through the Strait of Hermuz so the United States and all of our allies can receive their energy needs.
President Trump will not allow rogue Iranian terrorists to stop the freedom of navigation and the free flow of energy.
Let me be clear.
It is a good thing to wipe out terrorists who indiscriminately target civilians and attempt to hold the global economy hostage.
And President Trump should be commended for doing so.
As the President made unequivocally clear to the remaining elements of this terrorist regime in his statement yesterday, if they do anything to stop the flow of oil or goods within the Strait of Hermuz, they will be hit by the world's most powerful military 20 times harder than they have been hit thus far.
Moving forward, the stated objectives for Operation Epic Fury remain the same.
Destroy the terrorist regime's ballistic missiles, raise their Iranian missile industry to the ground, ensure their terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region, and ensure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.
President Trump remains confident these goals will be accomplished in swift fashion.
As for the oil, President Trump fully expected the rogue Iranian regime to try and disrupt the global markets.
That's why President Trump and his energy team have been planning for this long before the strike and have moved quickly to address these temporary disruptions.
Thus far, the Trump administration has offered political risk insurance to tankers operating in the Gulf.
The Treasury temporarily waived certain oil-related sanctions.
And the Commander-in-Chief has offered the U.S. Navy to escort tankers when necessary.
The President and his energy team are closely watching the markets, speaking with industry leaders, and the U.S. military is drawing up additional options following the President's directive to continue keeping the Strait of Hermuz open.
I will not broadcast what those options look like, but just know the President is not afraid to use them.
Rest assured to the American people, the recent increase in oil and gas prices is temporary, and this operation will result in lower gas prices in the long term.
Once the national security objectives of Operation Epic Fury are fully achieved, Americans will see oil and gas prices drop rapidly, potentially even lower than they were prior to the start of the operation.
And we will live in a world where Iran can no longer threaten the United States or our allies with a nuclear bomb.
Unconditional Surrender and the Save America Act00:14:50
On another matter here at home, President Trump is urging Congress to pass the Save America Act, one of the most critical pieces of legislation in our nation's history.
The Save America Act is overwhelmingly popular with all Americans because each provision is rooted in common sense.
The Save America Act has five simple requirements as requested by the President of the United States.
Number one, voters have to show ID to cast a ballot in an American election.
Very simple.
90% of Americans, including more than 80% of Democrat voters, agree with this.
Number two, the Save America Act will require all voters to show proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in American elections.
Again, this is popular and rooted in common sense.
Only American citizens have the right to vote in American elections.
But after Joe Biden and the Democrats allowed tens of millions of illegal aliens into our country, it's more important than ever to ensure that only American citizens are registering to vote in our On Our Nation's voter rolls, and Congress needs to pass this.
Number three, the Save America Act abolishes the incredibly unsecure practice of universal mail-in ballots, which throw the door wide open for fraud.
Importantly, the Save America Act maintains exceptions for Americans to use mail-in ballots like for illness, disability, military, or travel reasons.
The bipartisan 2005 report of the Commission on Federal Election Reform, chaired by, of all people, former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker, concluded that, quote, absentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraud, and it is time for Congress to finally address this.
Number four, the Save America Act permanently bans men from competing in women's sports.
President Trump signed a landmark executive order upholding the promise of Title IX and ending this dangerous and unfair practice.
But now it's time for Congress to codify this into law.
Number five, the Save America Act bans transgender mutilation surgery for children.
Again, President Trump signed a common sense executive order to do this and kept his promise to the American people, but now Congress needs to do the same and codify it.
It's well past time for Democrats and Congress to stop perpetuating the radical and false claim that you can somehow change a child's sex.
You cannot.
Passing the Save America Act is the most important thing that Republicans and frankly Democrats can do to strengthen election integrity and protect our democracy.
It's what the American people elected Republicans to do and they must deliver on it as soon as possible.
The president is calling on Congress to get the job done and send this historic piece of legislation to his desk immediately for signature.
So with that today, I will take your questions.
Benny, thank you for being here and why don't you start us off?
Thank you, Caroline.
So my first question is actually about the Save America Act.
So one of the biggest things that the Democrats are saying, the claims that they're making, is that the Save America Act, it would prevent married women from voting in elections or make it harder for them.
What do you have to say to those claims?
Is there any validity to them?
And where do you think they're getting this from?
There is zero validity to these claims and I'm glad that you brought them up because you have the Democrats who have created this myth and it has been perpetuated, unfortunately, by many in the mainstream media.
Let me be very clear.
The Save America Act does not prohibit anyone from voting with the exception of illegal aliens.
And the greatest way to disenfranchise American citizens from voting in American elections is to allow illegal aliens to vote, which is what Democrats want to do.
We see it taking place in Democrat jurisdictions at the state and local level across this country.
So the Save America Act corrects that.
And as far as married women who have changed their name, if they're already registered to vote, they're entirely unaffected by the Save Act.
And for the small fraction of individuals who have changed their name or their address, they can still register to vote.
Of course, they just have to go through their state processes to update that documentation.
And this is something that the American people, married women and minorities and people all across this country who Democrats are insultingly saying cannot do this, they're already doing it every day, going to the Social Security office, going to the DMV.
And I think it's frankly insulting that the Democrats are saying that there are certain groups of people in this country who aren't smart enough to update their documentation to allow them to vote.
Again, this is a huge myth, and thank you for giving me the opportunity to address it.
Of course, and then just one more question about DHS, the funding issue.
It's been three plus weeks now.
I was actually, so I was at the airport this morning in St. Louis, Missouri, and it was early in the morning.
And one of the TSA agents, I saw her, she was kind of tearing up, she was crying.
I asked her, I was like, what's wrong?
And she was like, I can't make my phone payment.
I can barely make my car payment that's coming up.
I want, what do you, I think a lot in the Beltway, there's so much noise between Democrats, Republicans.
It's the Democrats' fault.
It's the Republicans' fault.
But what is the White House's message to the American people that are struggling because they're not getting that paycheck?
Take away the politics.
What do you have to say to those people?
President Trump wants the Department of Homeland Security.
He wants TSA.
He wants FEMA.
He wants the brave men and women of our United States Coast Guard to receive their paychecks.
And he wants this department to be fully funded and fully reopened.
And so to any American out there who is struggling without a paycheck, we know there's more than 100,000 of you across the country.
To any American out there who is showing up to an airport and facing incredibly long wait times and lines, call your Democrat member of Congress and tell them to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
That's what President Trump wants to do, and it's completely ridiculous that the American people are suffering as a result of these partisan games that are being played by Democrats on Capitol Hill.
Thank you.
Steve.
You said the operation was going faster than anticipated.
What is your current timeline for how long the war will last?
So look, as you know, Steve, the President and the U.S. military's initial timeline was about four to six weeks to achieve the full objectives of Operation Epic Fury.
Again, to destroy their missiles and their ability to make them, destroy their Navy, permanently deny them nuclear weapons forever, and to, of course, weaken their evil terrorist proxies in the region.
We know that the U.S. military and our brave warfighters are quickly and expeditiously executing these objectives well ahead of schedule, but ultimately the operations will end when the commander-in-chief determines the military objectives have been met, fully realized, and that Iran is in a position of complete and unconditional surrender, whether they say it or not.
Does the president still want Iran's unconditional surrender?
Well, when President Trump says that Iran is in a place of unconditional surrender, he's not claiming the Iranian regime is going to come out and say that themselves.
What the President means is that Iran's threats will no longer be backed by a ballistic missile arsenal that protects them from building a nuclear bomb in their country.
I could make an empty threat, but if I have no actions to back it up, then it's an empty threat.
And so President Trump will determine when Iran is in a place of unconditional surrender, when they no longer pose a credible and direct threat to the United States of America and our allies.
Adriana.
Thank you.
Can you explain why the Energy Secretary posted and then appeared to have deleted a post on X saying that the U.S. Navy escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Permus?
Yes, I was made aware of this post.
I haven't had a chance to talk to the Energy Secretary about it directly.
However, I know the post was taken down pretty quickly, and I can confirm that the U.S. Navy has not escorted a tanker or a vessel at this time, though, of course, that's an option the President has said he will absolutely utilize if and when necessary at the appropriate time.
Something that was posted erroneously, could it be because of a staffer?
What, you know, what, I guess, will there be any consequences for this?
I know you still have to consult, but generally speaking...
Again, I would defer you to the Department of Energy to answer that question.
And if I could just follow up really quickly.
In terms of oil sanctions, the President said that there would be some sanctions.
What that would be lifted?
Would those be on Venezuela, Russia?
Could you give some specifics there and then timing for that as well?
Sure.
I know it's something that the Treasury Department and the President's energy team continue to discuss, and they will ultimately consult with the President before decisions are made.
have any announcements on new sanctions or the lifting of new sanctions for you today.
Alex.
Thank you.
Reuters has reported that about 150 U.S. service members have been injured so far.
Can you confirm that number and elaborate on that?
I can't confirm the exact number.
I know it's within that ballpark, but I would defer you to the Pentagon for a specific number of wounded or injured thus far.
And then secondly, if I can, I wanted to ask about the there was a briefing on the Capitol Hill today, and some senators came out and said they were more convinced than ever that there was a U.S. boots on the ground.
Senator Blumenthal said that, in fact, your reaction to that and any update on President Trump's thinking about it.
Look, I would say that Democrats on Capitol Hill are clearly being quite disingenuous.
Three years ago, not a single Democrat voted for the, against the resolution condemning Iran as the world's leading state sponsor of terror.
Yet now, with President Trump as commander-in-chief, finally taking the action that so many Democrats have called on the Commander-in-Chief to do for many, many years to wipe out the threat of a rogue Iranian terrorist regime, now all of a sudden Democrats are playing politics with this long-standing bipartisan policy of the United States.
And 53 of them in the House recently voted against the resolution condemning Iran as the world's state sponsor of terror.
So I wouldn't take Democrats at their word.
As for boots on the ground, the president has talked about this repeatedly, wisely.
He does not rule options out as commander-in-chief.
So again, I would hesitate to confirm anything that a Democrat on Capitol Hill says right now about the president's thinking.
Garrett.
Killen, you outlined to Steve the military components of what would be involved in ending this war, but it seems like there's a political component too.
The president said to Fox earlier today that he doesn't believe the new Ayatollah can live in peace.
He made a variety of comments suggesting that he should be involved in picking the new Iranian leader.
Is the ending of this war also contingent on Iran selecting a leader that the president finds acceptable?
And if so, how is that not the definition of a regime change war?
Look, as President Trump has blatantly and frankly stated, it's obviously within the best interest of the United States and the West to no longer have a radical terrorist in charge of Iran, especially as we see their reaction to Operation Epic Fury.
They had their missiles turned towards our Gulf and Arab partners in the region.
Again, this was a regime that chanted or still chants death to America.
We look at the way that they are holding the entire world hostage with the restricting of the free flow of energy through the Strait of Hermuz.
So the President, I think, is making quite an obvious comment.
Again, as for the timeline of the military operations with respect to Iran, we have objectives that we have laid out that the commander-in-chief wants to see achieved.
When they are achieved, then it will ultimately be up to the president to end this operation.
Okay, so I think you're not exactly addressing my question, though.
Is that political objective also necessary for the president to decide to end this war?
Look, again, I just told you the objectives of Operation Epic Fury.
When those objectives are met, the president will dictate the end of these operations when he deems that Iran no longer poses a credible threat to the United States of America.
And again, it goes back to what does that unconditional surrender look like?
Iran can talk all they want, and their words will be very empty when we've completely annihilated their Navy as we are doing, when we've taken out the threat of their ballistic missile capability, when we can firmly, finally ensure that they can no longer make a nuclear bomb to threaten the United States and our allies and our troops in the region.
And that's what President Trump is ultimately seeking to do with respect to this operation.
Jennifer.
There was a shooting outside of a synagogue in Baltimore.
Do you know if the president has been briefed on that?
And do you have any more details on what happened?
I don't, but we certainly will get you more details, Jennifer.
And I don't know if the president has briefed, but I'll check on that when I get back to the Oval Office after this.
Sure.
Thanks, Caroline.
The President said yesterday for the first time that he had to strike Iran because he believes that Iran was going to strike U.S. targets within seven days.
And then he then bumped that down later to three days.
Where is he getting that?
Well, that's not the first time the president has said that he chose to launch Operation Epic Fury because he felt as though Iran was going to strike the United States and our assets in the region first.
Again, I addressed this in the last briefing.
This was a feeling the president had based on facts, facts provided to him by his top negotiators who had been engaged with the Iranian regime in a good faith effort.
The Iranian regime was lying, deceiving the United States of America, clearly trying to continue their nuclear program to create a bomb that would, of course, threaten the United States of America.
Again, their ballistic missile arsenal, they were rapidly and aggressively increasing that by the month to a place where they would essentially build immunity for themselves, where a future president or President Trump would not be able to launch this incredibly successful operation.
And so the President, again, as I have reiterated and he has said, was not going to sit back and allow the Iranian regime to threaten or to attack the United States of America any longer.
There are no U.S. leaders or Israeli leaders who are making those same claims.
So is he making this up to justify his decision to go to war now?
The President is not making anything up, Nancy.
He is looking at this every single day based on intelligence, based on facts, and based on intelligence that he himself and his negotiators have consumed based on their, again, negotiations with the rogue Iranian regime over the past year.
And the president and his team tried in a good faith way to reach a diplomatic deal through peaceful means with the Iranian regime.
And Iran chose this path to death and destruction.
Iran wanted to attack the United States of America, and the president was not going to sit back and allow that to happen.
He was not going to sit back and allow that to happen.
And everyone in this room should be grateful for it.
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John.
Thanks a lot, Caroline.
Two questions for you.
One has to do with a follow-up to your statement that you made at the beginning of the briefing regarding the Save America Act.
Yesterday, the Senate Majority Leader John Thune spoke on the effort to potentially have a filibuster broken.
The rules for the filibuster broken.
He said the votes aren't there one to nuke the filibuster, and the votes aren't there for a talking filibuster.
He says that's the reality.
What's your reaction to what Senator Thune said?
Look, I think President Trump, the urgency behind his need to pass the Save America Act and his desire to get this country-saving legislation passed has been made quite clear.
He wants all options on the table and he wants the Senate to move as quickly as possible through whatever means necessary.
And then secondly, just regarding the President's trip tomorrow, looking ahead, why Ohio and why Northern Kentucky?
Well, why not?
These are two great states with great Americans.
Just wanted to know why they're a children.
Great states with great Americans.
The President will be joined by lawmakers from both states who he greatly admires and respects and supports.
And he'll be meeting with business owners in both of these places and talking about the economy, which is, of course, the utmost importance to him.
Caroline, Caroline, thank you.
Last week, the energy security issued a waiver for India to get Russian oils during this energy crisis.
Have you spoken to the President about it?
What's the idea behind this?
Have I spoken to the President about it?
Yes.
Yes, I have spoken to the President about it.
And the President and the Secretary of Treasury and the whole national security team came to this decision because our allies in India, as you know, Lalit, have been good actors and have previously stopped buying sanctioned Russian oil.
So as we work to appease this temporary gap of oil supply around the world because of the Iranians, we have temporarily permitted them to accept that Russian oil.
And this Russian oil was already at sea.
It was already out on the water.
So this short-term measure, we don't believe it will provide significant financial benefit to the Russian government at this time.
I have one more question about Pakistan.
You know, Pakistan is a neighbor of Iran.
And Pakistan is also an ally of the U.S. President has been phasing a lot about the field marshal.
Is Pakistan providing any kind of support in this war against Iran?
That I will have to check on with the Pentagon and get back to you.
Shortly.
Thanks, Caroline.
The President said yesterday that President Putin told him he wanted to be helpful in the Middle East.
The Kremlin put out a statement where Putin said, quote, I would like to reaffirm our unwavering support for Tehran and our solidarity with Iranian friends.
How does the president think that Russia could be helpful if not helping Iran?
And did the president push Putin on Russia sharing intelligence with Iran in this war?
The president and his special envoy, Witkoff, have both said that, of course, they've sent a message to Russia that if that was taking place, it's not something they would be happy with, and they hope that it is not taking place.
As for further details about the discussions between these two leaders, I'll leave it to the president to divulge any more of that conversation.
But he did confirm it yesterday and provided you with a little bit of the background and his view and his perspective, as he always does.
Lucas.
Regarding the missile strike on the Iranian school, how long does the administration expect that investigation to take?
And will the White House or the Department of Defense release a full report of its findings once the investigation is completed?
The Department of War will do that.
The investigation continues.
And as the President said yesterday at his press conference, he will accept the conclusion of that investigation, whatever it may be.
We'll go to the back row for some love.
Sure, in the back with the glasses.
Go ahead.
Caroline, regarding the shield of the American.
Excuse me, Caroline.
Caroline, is it sitting there?
And then you can go, but go first.
Okay, thank you.
Is there an update regarding Cuba?
You have rough real estate back there, so I'm sorry.
Is there an update regarding Cuba and also is an economic deal imminent?
Sure.
I don't have any updates on Cuba for you today.
Obviously, this is something the administration is actively dealing with.
The president's made it quite clear, it's his belief, based on fact, that the Cuban regime is bound to fall.
The country is obviously in a very weak place, economically speaking.
The people are crying out for help, and the president believes and knows that the Cuban regime wants a deal.
So as you know, Secretary of State Rubio has been engaged in those conversations as directed by the President.
I don't have any updates for you today, though.
Thank you, Caroline.
Regarding the Shield of the Americas, the initiative by President Trump this weekend, big names, a lot of countries, but some notable absences.
For instance, Colombia, which is a key ally with the United States in terms of countering iconic exam.
President Gustavo Petro was here at the White House and he met with President Trump.
Why wasn't Colombia invited to the Shield of the Americas?
I don't think we're seeing the level of cooperation we quite want to see yet from the Colombian government to invite them to the Shield of America's event and pact, but we certainly hope that this newfound organization will expand and we can continue to invite additional member countries.
But there was quite a few countries there.
I believe there were 17 countries represented, 12 heads of state with the president over the weekend.
They signed a defense agreement with all of our militaries to emphasize the need to combat drug cartels through Latin America in the Western Hemisphere, and ultimately, of course, to curb the illegal trafficking of drugs to the United States, which is the President's utmost priority in all of this.
So it was a great event on Saturday, and we look forward to the coalition expanding.
Kelly, in the back.
Caroline, thank you.
See you.
I want to get back to another question that was asked earlier.
It talked about the political aspects, but there's also the ideological and the spiritual aspects of what Iran has said for 47 years.
Death to America, death to Israel.
And we've just finished talking about the fact that terror has been around the world.
Iran has been the nexus of that in so many ways.
Has the president stated clearly to the American people why this is such an imminent threat in order for Democrats on Capitol Hill and Republicans and the American people to understand how imminent the threat was?
I think he has, Kelly.
I mean, you've heard from the president on an almost daily basis over the course of the past 10 days.
You've heard it from me at this podium.
You've heard it from the Secretary of War, the Secretary of State, the Vice President of the United States.
You know, the President's top cabinet and his officials have been repeatedly explaining to the American public the threat that Iran has posed to our country in this moment, but of course, over the course of the past 47 years.
And their words, again, chanting death to America, speak for themselves.
Go ahead.
You can follow up.
Why the division within the American people?
I realize that we have people talking about the War Powers Act, they're talking about all kinds of issues, but have people forgotten just how imminent that threat was if they keep saying death to America and death to Israel, they mean it.
Look, I don't think the American people have forgotten, but I think Democrats on Capitol Hill have not forgotten, but they are just so plagued with this resistance to President Trump on everything that they do that, again, they can't even rally behind the common sense, bipartisan, long-standing principle of the United States of America that Iran absolutely poses a threat to the United States, that Iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism.
And I think that's reflected again in their voting pattern.
In 2023, every single member of the House of Representatives, with the exception of one, I believe the final vote was 412 to 1 in 2023 for a resolution condemning Iran as the world's state-leading sponsor of terror.
And now in this year, under this president, in 2026, 53 Democrats voted against that exact same resolution with the exact same language.
I don't think that's a change in the threat that Iran has posed to the United States.
I think it's a change in the Democrat Party's thinking and their vicious hatred for President Trump.
Danny, what's the national threat level?
Following on, Kelly, what's the national threat level right now because of this death to America, death to Israel issue?
I believe the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have repeatedly and continuously provided updates on the threat level to the homeland.
I don't want to speak on it out of turn from up here, but of course, the federal government is continuing to coordinate and partner with local law enforcement agencies across the ground to thwart potential threats to the homeland.
This is something the administration obviously takes very seriously.
We are thwarting threats that, frankly, most Americans don't know about because they never make headlines, but that's the great work that the Department of Homeland Security is doing.
And it emphasizes and underscores the point of why Democrats need to fund and reopen fully the Department of Homeland Security right now.
Daniel, Dr. Ben.
On the Iranian school, why did President Trump say yesterday that Iran may have tomahawk missiles when there are only three other U.S. allies plus the U.S. that have those missiles and therefore could be available?
Again, as the President said yesterday, he will accept the conclusion of this investigation by the Department of War.
I know there's been a lot of speculation in the media about who may be responsible for this.
We're not going to get ahead of the Department of War and the conclusion of that investigation.
The President has a right to share his opinions with the American public, but he has said he'll accept the conclusion of that investigation.
And frankly, we're not going to be harassed by the New York Times, who's been putting out a lot of articles on this, making claims that have just not been verified by the Department of War, to quickly wrap up this investigation because the New York Times is calling on us to do so.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Carolyn, with the DHS currently under a partial Democrat shutdown, does the administration have any specific concerns about potential impact on Homeland Security or intelligence monitoring on sleeper cells inside the United States?
And do you have any comment on the attempt on the bombing, the 200 individuals that bombed New York City or try to?
Yeah, it was absolutely despicable to see that attack in New York City.
I know the FBI is investigating and the Department of Justice and SDNY have announced they are charging those two individuals and alleged terrorists.
And I know they won't rest until justice is sought in this case.
Daniel.
Thank you, Caroline.
Appreciate it.
Millions of Americans are filing taxes for the first time since the president signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law.
New reports say that new IRS data says that the average federal tax refund is around $3,800, a little bit up from the last period of last year.
Does the President believe that the average federal tax refund increasing this year could provide a little bit more economic growth, something that he's been very focused on as the year progresses?
Absolutely.
And Americans are going to start benefiting from the fruits of President Trump and Republicans' labor through the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill and these historic tax cuts.
We are midway through tax season, so just to provide an update from the Treasury Department that just went out moments ago, nearly 63.5 million tax returns have been processed thus far, 45% of the anticipated total number of tax returns by April 15th.
So don't forget to file your taxes, people.
And the average refund this year is more than $3,700.
And we know that more than 27.5 million individuals who have filed their tax returns thus far have claimed at least one of President Trump's new tax cuts.
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Over 15.5 million returns have claimed no tax on overtime.
Over 9.2 million returns have claimed the enhanced deduction for seniors.
And over 690,000 returns have claimed no tax on car loan interest.
interest.
And another amazing statistic: nearly 3.5 million Trump accounts have been opened for children in our country thus far.
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And the president will be meeting with them himself tomorrow on the road in both Ohio and Kentucky.
And we look forward to seeing you all there.
Thank you guys.
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