Caroline Leavitt

Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, the rogue Iranian terrorist regime is being absolutely crushed.

47 years of tolerating and enabling the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism are over.

Iran's murderous terrorist leaders are paying for their crimes against America, and they are paying in blood.

Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt posted on social media that before the attacks, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was able to brief seven members of the Gang of Eight, top congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle.

Trump ordered the strikes without official congressional approval.

Presidents have for decades authorized military actions without congressional approval, but only an act of Congress can declare war.

Levitt also said that Trump and his national security team monitored the attacks from Mar-a-Lago, where he is spending the weekend.

He also spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone.

Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.

President Trump set the Democrats up in a trap and they fell right into it because they cannot help themselves.

They truly stand on the side of the tens of millions of illegal aliens who they allowed to pour in to our nation's open borders under the Biden administration.

They truly stand on the side of career criminals who have gone to jail not once, not twice, not three times, but 12 times in the case of the young woman in North Carolina whose neck was slit by a career criminal who was released back onto the streets in North Carolina by Democrat policies.

And they could not even stand for her heartbroken mother who President Trump was commending last night.

I don't want impeachment.

I don't want them to serve time.

I want them taken into the city town square, hung from their ankles, and cut them from going to jail.

I'll see you back here on Monday.

You're going to hear President Trump tackle that message head on tonight, and I know he's greatly looking forward to addressing the nation.

His speech is going to be a celebration of the 250th year of America's independence.

He is going to share the stories of great American heroes who exemplify bravery and the spirit of 1776.