Paul Morrow

Hello, everybody.

I'm Martha McCallum, along with Kaylee McEnany, Jessica Tarlov, Paul Morrow, and Greg Gutfeld.

5 o'clock in New York on Friday night in New York City, and this is The Five.

The battle for the Strait of Hormuz is on.

Officials say that the United States is deploying an additional three warships and more than 2,000 Marines to help further decimate the already badly battered Iranian regime.

This is President Trump calls out NATO for their lack of support, criticizing the destroyed alliance as a paper tiger in a Truth Social post.

And here's the president making a bunch of news on all of that while leaving the White House for Mar-a-Lago just a short time ago.

Of course, that one Australian ship did get through just a short time ago.

That may be underway.

So meanwhile, the loudest voices on the left are continuing to rail against Epic Fury.

The Republican Party's support for the military and for the troops has always been performative.

They fund the bombs.

They fund the war.

I think the Trump people are in a bit of panic.

They're losing ground.

Gas prices are soaring.

There is massive discontent against this war.

It's got to end.

Bernie Sanders chiming in there.

So I did speak briefly with President Trump earlier today, and he talked about the fact that all he believes is necessary in the street really is a presence.