Aaron MacLean

First time in the UAE since the ceasefire. Let’s see if it is a glitch or war is restarting.

BREAKING: A South Korean vessel has reportedly been hit by the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Federation of Korean Seafarers' Unions -Yonhap

BREAKING: A South Korean vessel has reportedly been hit by the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Federation of Korean Seafarers' Unions -Yonhap

U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are currently operating in the Arabian Gulf after transiting the Strait of Hormuz in support of Project Freedom. American forces are actively assisting efforts to restore transit for commercial shipping. As a first step, 2 U.S.-flagged merchant vessels have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz and are safely headed on their journey.

U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are currently operating in the Arabian Gulf after transiting the Strait of Hormuz in support of Project Freedom. American forces are actively assisting efforts to restore transit for commercial shipping. As a first step, 2 U.S.-flagged merchant vessels have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz and are safely headed on their journey.

Or, per the Journal, simply a "process" for "coordination"... how this can be accomplished without Iranian consent OR without escorts is... not entirely clear. I would have a lot of questions if I were the captain of one of these ships.

The president announces what appears to be a limited escort operation to move commercial shipping trapped in the Persian Gulf *out* of the Strait of Hormuz (but not the other direction, it seems…)

"It's the biggest event we've had since Bing Crosby was here in 1950." The small town of Front Royal, Virginia, got a visit from royalty as King Charles and Queen Camilla attended a block party to celebrate America's 250th birthday on Thursday.

I have been very critical of the security and Secret Service performance at the WHCD since the night itself. It's not earning me a lot of friends--but this new video does nothing to mollify my concerns. Standing post is one of the hardest tasks in the world, because USUALLY nothing happens, and yet when things get interesting they can do so quickly, and your whole life could be defined by your actions in those seconds. I go into some of what goes wrong in the video below. The officer who draws and fires his weapon in this video deserves to be commended for being the only officer to be alert and to react in time... but things then get very hairy as he continues to fire, missing his colleagues only by dumb luck (and failing to hit the attacker.) The lax atmosphere at the checkpoint in the video, the decisions made, the training and standards that led to this situation in the first place, all need to be rigorously questioned. This can't be what the Secret Service considers "okay." This is now the third attempt on President Trump's life. This attacker was unserious and apparently tripped just out of frame before being apprehended. The threat is real and the quality of the protection around him needs to be the highest possible in the world. What you see in this video... is not that.

I have been very critical of the security and Secret Service performance at the WHCD since the night itself. It's not earning me a lot of friends--but this new video does nothing to mollify my concerns. Standing post is one of the hardest tasks in the world, because USUALLY nothing happens, and yet when things get interesting they can do so quickly, and your whole life could be defined by your actions in those seconds. I go into some of what goes wrong in the video below. The officer who draws and fires his weapon in this video deserves to be commended for being the only officer to be alert and to react in time... but things then get very hairy as he continues to fire, missing his colleagues only by dumb luck (and failing to hit the attacker.) The lax atmosphere at the checkpoint in the video, the decisions made, the training and standards that led to this situation in the first place, all need to be rigorously questioned. This can't be what the Secret Service considers "okay." This is now the third attempt on President Trump's life. This attacker was unserious and apparently tripped just out of frame before being apprehended. The threat is real and the quality of the protection around him needs to be the highest possible in the world. What you see in this video... is not that.

Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).