Bullhead CityTrump: “In the old days, we used to shoot leakers.”
The US government has subpoenaed journalists and asked staff and officers to take polygraphs.
He said leakers “should be shot,” citing leaked strike timing on Iran that he says forced a two-day delay.
Trump said the Iran war will end “very soon,” less than three weeks before the midterms.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 70+ reports worldwide
- Al Jazeera Online leans critical
- ties the leak remark to the 2025 Midnight Hammer strike and the unreleased DIA report, which contradicted Trump's damage claims
- The Times of Israel leans critical
- reports Trump's joke about killing too many Iranian leaders and his crowd poll on who should lead Iran
Sources: Al Jazeera Online, The Times of Israel