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Fox News Turns on Trump After Iran Reversal
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Intro: Fox News Melts Down Over Trump's Iran Retreat
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Ben Meiselas wastes no time setting the scene: Fox News — which he consistently calls 'state regime media' — is in full meltdown mode. For weeks, Fox hosts and guests had been cheering on Trump's promises to obliterate Iran, open 'the gates of hell,' and launch apocalyptic strikes on bridges, power plants, and even the Bushehr nuclear plant. Now Trump has reversed course, and the network that helped build the war fever is furious. Meiselas explains the strategic reality behind the reversal: top US generals and admirals have reportedly warned Trump that the military has essentially run out of munitions, and Iran has been methodically picking off early radar detection and interceptor systems at US bases in neighboring Arab nations. A New York Times report confirmed what MeidasTouch had been saying for months — the US simply doesn't have the firepower to escalate. If Trump tried, Meiselas argues, Iran would retaliate so devastatingly that neither the US nor Israeli military could mount a response.
Fox News personalities who spent weeks hyping a massive Iran strike are now furious that Trump backed down. From calling for the destruction of nuclear power plants to blaming JD Vance, the meltdown is playing out live on air.
The New York Times reported — and MeidasTouch had been covering — that the US military has effectively run out of munitions. Iran has been systematically destroying US interceptor capabilities at regional bases, leaving Trump unable to escalate even if he wanted to.
Ben Meiselas reports that top US generals and admirals warned Trump the military has essentially run out of weapons, limiting its ability to escalate against Iran.
Ben Meiselas reported that Iran has been systematically destroying early radar detection and interceptor capabilities at US bases in Arab nations neighboring Iran.
Fox News panelist Mark Thiessen argued Americans should be willing to pay $4 a gallon for months to disarm Iran. If they can't stomach that, the US is no longer a superpower — a claim that drew immediate mockery from Ben Meiselas.
Fox News panelist Mark Thiessen argued that if Americans can't handle $4-per-gallon gas for a few months to disarm Iran, the US is no longer a superpower.
