Anonymous ID: d52e09 April 18, 2026, 2:49 p.m. No.24513987   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4083 >>4141

During an appearance on NewsNation on Friday, House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) admitted concerns about the direction of his party on foreign policy.

 

“Does Democrats effectively taking the side of Iran not bother you?” Smith was asked by the honest.

 

“I think it is just one of the most dishonest things that perpetuates a war. If you’re not in favor of a war, you’re rooting for us to lose, and you’re rooting for the opposition. That is just a ridiculous argument.

 

”Are you in favor of a full-scale invasion of Iran to make the regime crack? I don’t think you are. Does that mean you don’t want America to win?”

 

However, he admitted he was worried about the direction of his party on foreign policy.

 

“I do worry about where my party is at in foreign policy, that we are moving away [from] fundamental support for the United States.”

 

But Donald Trump doesn’t help when he comes out and says, ‘What is the United States of America about?’”

 

“We want to completely erase the Iranian civilization, we don’t care how many civilians we kill, we have the Secretary of Defense saying, give them no quarter, which means no survivors.”

 

“Basically, it’s making the United States of America into, basically, a predatory entity. I want to balance those two things. I don’t want my party to wind up too far over there.”

 

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/04/18/dem-rep-smith-i-worry-dems-moving-away-from-fundamental-support-for-the-united-states/

Anonymous ID: d52e09 April 18, 2026, 3:15 p.m. No.24514085   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4091

Trump nears deal with IRS that could see him given billions in taxpayer money

 

Donald Trump may have arranged himself a 11-figure payday after his own tax office signalled they would settle a lawsuit with him.

 

The US president and two of his sons have sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for $US10 billion after his tax information was leaked to the media in 2018 and 2020.

 

Today both Trump and the IRS asked a court to grant a 90-day extension so they could resolve the matter.

 

The extension will promote judicial economy and allow the Parties to explore avenues that could narrow or resolve the issues efficiently," the statement to court read.

Given the president has appointed the senior staff at the IRS and the Department of Treasury and has the power to fire them, the lawsuit has raised the ire of ethics watchdogs.

 

https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-irs-lawsuit-suing-10-billion-dollars-tax-office-usa-politics-news/929663f2-f255-4936-8084-1d986ee08d65