Josh Holmes

A hundred percent. No question about it. I mean, we did our entire show basically on this today. And look, the upshot of this thing is that every administration makes some kind of mistake. The previous administration, their mistake cost their team Marines their lives. This administration added a reporter to a text chain.

And then happened to run a flawless mission against the Houthis, which was a 17-month in the making problem where they had 175 separate attacks on U.S. Navy personnel. While the Biden administration did absolutely nothing, Donald Trump's in office all of eight weeks, boom, taken care of. Suez Canal reopened, an Iran-funded terror operation destroyed.

And then happened to run a flawless mission against the Houthis, which was a 17-month in the making problem where they had 175 separate attacks on U.S. Navy personnel. While the Biden administration did absolutely nothing, Donald Trump's in office all of eight weeks, boom, taken care of. Suez Canal reopened, an Iran-funded terror operation destroyed.

And then happened to run a flawless mission against the Houthis, which was a 17-month in the making problem where they had 175 separate attacks on U.S. Navy personnel. While the Biden administration did absolutely nothing, Donald Trump's in office all of eight weeks, boom, taken care of. Suez Canal reopened, an Iran-funded terror operation destroyed.

Okay, you know, like in the matter of scandal, where does this rank? I mean, for me, overwhelming success. Now, granted, they shouldn't have any sort of external communication with the heads of national security apparatus that includes a reporter. They know that. They acknowledge as much literally the day afterwards.

Okay, you know, like in the matter of scandal, where does this rank? I mean, for me, overwhelming success. Now, granted, they shouldn't have any sort of external communication with the heads of national security apparatus that includes a reporter. They know that. They acknowledge as much literally the day afterwards.

Okay, you know, like in the matter of scandal, where does this rank? I mean, for me, overwhelming success. Now, granted, they shouldn't have any sort of external communication with the heads of national security apparatus that includes a reporter. They know that. They acknowledge as much literally the day afterwards.

They did not want to include him. Right. And the president, in fact, took it straight on. He said, here's the way that I would prefer we handle this. And he talked about the lead ceilings and lead walls, basically describing the situation room. And that should make perfectly clear to anybody going forward the way the president sees this. It was a screw up.

They did not want to include him. Right. And the president, in fact, took it straight on. He said, here's the way that I would prefer we handle this. And he talked about the lead ceilings and lead walls, basically describing the situation room. And that should make perfectly clear to anybody going forward the way the president sees this. It was a screw up.

They did not want to include him. Right. And the president, in fact, took it straight on. He said, here's the way that I would prefer we handle this. And he talked about the lead ceilings and lead walls, basically describing the situation room. And that should make perfectly clear to anybody going forward the way the president sees this. It was a screw up.

He's standing by his people because, oh, by the way, they executed a perfect mission, which was the whole point of this. And by the way, an afterthought in the media. Yeah. But, but ultimately, yeah. I mean, that's why you stand by your national security folks. Clearly a screw up, but we'll do things differently and move on. The story's done as far as I'm concerned.

He's standing by his people because, oh, by the way, they executed a perfect mission, which was the whole point of this. And by the way, an afterthought in the media. Yeah. But, but ultimately, yeah. I mean, that's why you stand by your national security folks. Clearly a screw up, but we'll do things differently and move on. The story's done as far as I'm concerned.

He's standing by his people because, oh, by the way, they executed a perfect mission, which was the whole point of this. And by the way, an afterthought in the media. Yeah. But, but ultimately, yeah. I mean, that's why you stand by your national security folks. Clearly a screw up, but we'll do things differently and move on. The story's done as far as I'm concerned.

I think it's also worth a little trip down memory lane when we're talking about the press here. And you're right. They're trying to get a scalp, whether it's Pete or Waltz or whatever they ask incessantly about whether or not one of them are going to get fired. How many of those same journalists talked about Afghanistan withdrawal in the same way? Who is going to get fired?

I think it's also worth a little trip down memory lane when we're talking about the press here. And you're right. They're trying to get a scalp, whether it's Pete or Waltz or whatever they ask incessantly about whether or not one of them are going to get fired. How many of those same journalists talked about Afghanistan withdrawal in the same way? Who is going to get fired?

I think it's also worth a little trip down memory lane when we're talking about the press here. And you're right. They're trying to get a scalp, whether it's Pete or Waltz or whatever they ask incessantly about whether or not one of them are going to get fired. How many of those same journalists talked about Afghanistan withdrawal in the same way? Who is going to get fired?

Of course, nobody got fired. Right. And it cost 13 Marines their lives. But also the story was sort of a process story about, well, Trump wanted to get out of Afghanistan to everybody wanted to do this thing and move on. And you look at some of the Democrats like Chuck Schumer, we had highlighted on our show. He had exactly one.

Of course, nobody got fired. Right. And it cost 13 Marines their lives. But also the story was sort of a process story about, well, Trump wanted to get out of Afghanistan to everybody wanted to do this thing and move on. And you look at some of the Democrats like Chuck Schumer, we had highlighted on our show. He had exactly one.

Of course, nobody got fired. Right. And it cost 13 Marines their lives. But also the story was sort of a process story about, well, Trump wanted to get out of Afghanistan to everybody wanted to do this thing and move on. And you look at some of the Democrats like Chuck Schumer, we had highlighted on our show. He had exactly one.

thing on all of X over the last five years that contained the word Afghanistan, where there was no call for an investigation. There was no discussion about what went wrong. He condemned terror, right? Now he's saying that every single American's life is at risk because of an operation that happened 10 days ago, which was a resounding success. Like this doesn't, it strains credibility.