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Misdirection and ‘deception’ likely key in Trump admin’s surprise Iran strike

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Potential misdirection likely served a key role in the Trump administration’s successful strikes on a trio of Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday evening, which were abruptly announced by President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post just days after he said his decision on Iran would unfold within the next two weeks.
«We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan,» Trump said on Truth Social on Saturday evening. «All planes are now outside of Iran air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow.»
Trump’s surprise announcement came with no media leaks ahead of time, and followed White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announcing on Thursday during a press briefing that Trump would make a decision on potentially striking Iran within a two-week time period as opposed to an imminent decision.
«I have a message directly from the president, and I quote, ‘based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,’» Leavitt said at a White House press briefing on Thursday, quoting Trump.
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U.S. strikes three sites in Iran (Fox News)
Ahead of the strikes on Saturday evening, six B-2 stealth bombers from an Air Force base in Missouri appeared to be en route to a U.S. Air Force base in Guam, U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News on Saturday.
Fox New’s Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin said during an appearance Saturday evening as news broke of the strikes that reports of the bombers were likely part of the «misleading tidbits put out there to suggest that maybe President Trump had had put off the decision.»
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«Those six B-2 bombers that were heading west towards Guam, they would not have made it to Iran in time to take part in this strike. So, that suggests to me that there was an additional B-1 package that perhaps flew eastward from Whiteman Air Force Base. Again, this was all part of the deception. There was a great deal of sort of misleading tidbits put out there to suggest that maybe President Trump had put off the decision and that this would happen two weeks from now.» She said this while speaking with Fox News’ Bret Baier on Saturday evening.

Trump takes questions on Air Force One. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
«But as we knew, there were other indications, and we did not report earlier this week, even though we knew that Whiteman Air Force Base had put out a notice suggesting that the base was closed for so-called repairs until Monday, June 23. Now, if you look at the timeframe of where we are right now, those B-2s would be home at Whiteman by the time that notice and that would be lifted on Monday, June 23. So, that was put out a week ago, and so we should have had some clue that this might have been some indication of the time frame,» Griffin added.
Fox News’ Lucas Tomlinson added on Saturday:»Everyone woke up this morning to chatter about these six B-2 bombers flying West over the Pacific, refueling over Hawaii at about 11pm.But it’s clear now that those were decoys and that another flight of B-2s flew east, likely three of them.»
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Trump said in his Truth Social post he will address the nation at 10 p.m. ET to provide details on the strikes.
«I will be giving an Address to the Nation at 10:00 P.M., at the White House, regarding our very successful military operation in Iran. This is an HISTORIC MOMENT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE WORLD. IRAN MUST NOW AGREE TO END THIS WAR. THANK YOU!»

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Israel launched pre-emptive strikes on Iran on June 12 after months of attempted and stalled nuclear negotiations and subsequent heightened concern that Iran was advancing its nuclear program. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared soon afterward that the strikes were necessary to «roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.»
He added that if Israel had not acted, «Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time.»
Dubbed «Operation Rising Lion,» the strikes targeted Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure and killed a handful of senior Iranian military leaders.
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Trump has repeatedly urged Iran to make a deal on its nuclear program before striking its nuclear facilities, but the country pulled out of ongoing talks with the U.S. scheduled for June 15 in Oman and refused to return to the table in the days following.
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«Iran should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them to sign,» Trump posted to Truth Social Monday evening, when he abruptly left an ongoing G-7 summit in Canada to better focus on the Israel–Iran conflict. «What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!»
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Brasil subastó cinco nuevos bloques petroleros en el Atlántico, a pocos días de la cumbre climática COP30

El gobierno de Brasil otorgó este miércoles los derechos de exploración de cinco bloques petroleros situados en aguas profundas del Atlántico, apenas dos días después de que la estatal Petrobras obtuviera licencia ambiental para iniciar perforaciones exploratorias marítimas cerca de la desembocadura del río Amazonas. La decisión reafirma el compromiso brasileño con la producción petrolera, una postura que genera controversia a menos de un mes de la conferencia climática COP30 de la ONU en la ciudad amazónica de Belém.
Las subastas, organizadas por la Agencia Nacional del Petróleo (ANP), se llevaron a cabo en Río de Janeiro y sumaron un total de 103,7 millones de reales (alrededor de 19,2 millones de dólares). De los siete bloques ofertados, cinco fueron adjudicados a grandes consorcios internacionales y nacionales, entre ellos la multinacional noruega Equinor y la china Cnooc. Estas áreas se localizan en el denominado presal, una reserva petrolera ubicada bajo una gruesa capa de sal en aguas ultraprofundas, donde se estima la existencia de yacimientos de alto potencial económico.
De las siete zonas ofrecidas en la subasta, las áreas de Jaspe, Citrino e Itaimbezinho fueron obtenidas respectivamente por un consorcio integrado por Petrobras (60%) y Equinor (40%), por Petrobras de forma individual, y por Equinor también de manera individual. Todas ellas se encuentran en la cuenca de Campos, frente al litoral del estado de Río de Janeiro.
En la cuenca de Santos, frente a las costas de San Pablo, la australiana Karoon se adjudicó el bloque de Esmeralda, mientras que un consorcio liderado por CNOOC (70%) y Sinopec (30%) obtuvo el área de Amatista. El resto de los bloques ofertados no atrajo el interés de las 15 empresas habilitadas para participar.
A diferencia de anteriores licitaciones, en esta ocasión no se otorgaron concesiones plenas, sino que las empresas ganadoras operarán en asociación con el Estado brasileño, que mantiene la propiedad de los derechos de exploración y producción. Para resultar seleccionadas, las compañías debieron ofrecer el mayor porcentaje de participación estatal en el excedente de producción de petróleo y gas.

La subasta formaba parte de una oferta inicial de 13 áreas, aunque las compañías solo mostraron interés por siete. De acuerdo con Artur Watt, director general de la ANP, “el mantenimiento de las actividades de exploración y producción es completamente compatible con la transición energética”. Watt defendió que este proceso debe acelerarse ajustando la demanda, sin restringir voluntariamente el suministro nacional, dado que “sería rápidamente cubierto por otros países en detrimento de los intereses nacionales”.
El lunes, Petrobras recibió la licencia ambiental del Instituto Brasileño del Medio Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables (Ibama) para perforar un pozo exploratorio en el bloque FZA-M-059, situado a 175 kilómetros de la costa del estado de Amapá, próximo a la frontera con Surinam. La estatal inició los trabajos el mismo día de la autorización, según informó en un comunicado. Este pozo no producirá petróleo durante la fase exploratoria y las tareas podrían extenderse hasta cinco meses.
El ministro de Energía, Alexandre Silveira, celebró la decisión y subrayó en sus redes sociales que “el Margen Ecuatorial representa el futuro de nuestra soberanía energética. Brasil no puede renunciar a conocer su potencial”. Silveira insistió en que la perforación se realizará bajo “los más altos estándares internacionales” y con “responsabilidad ambiental”.
No obstante, la explotación petrolera en la región ha suscitado críticas de organizaciones ambientalistas y comunidades indígenas, dadas la vulnerabilidad y “extrema sensibilidad” del ecosistema amazónico. La polémica aumenta en vísperas de la COP30, donde uno de los ejes clave de debate será la reducción gradual del uso de combustibles fósiles.
La Margen Ecuatorial, que se extiende desde la frontera con Surinam hasta el noreste del país, es señalada por analistas geológicos y la industria como una de las zonas más prometedoras de Brasil por sus similitudes con los descubrimientos de hidrocarburos realizados en Guyana. Durante la última década, la región ha sido objeto de exploración por parte de importantes compañías internacionales, como Chevron, ExxonMobil, Petrobras y la Corporación Nacional de Petróleo de China.
El gobierno de Lula da Silva argumenta que el crecimiento del sector es clave para financiar la transición energética y el desarrollo económico. En junio, el Ejecutivo subastó otros 19 bloques en alta mar, algunos en cercanías del Amazonas, reafirmando su determinación de expandir la actividad petrolera en el país pese a las restricciones impuestas por las demandas ambientales.
La exploración en aguas profundas bajo la capa de sal, así como en la denominada Margen Ecuatorial, plantea desafíos técnicos y ambientales, en especial por las fuertes corrientes oceánicas y la proximidad a zonas de alta biodiversidad. Petrobras señaló que el pozo exploratorio en el bloque FZA-M-059 forma parte de su estrategia para incrementar reservas y conocer el potencial petrolero brasileño, aunque aún no está previsto su desarrollo comercial inmediato.
(Con información de AFP, AP y EFE)
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Trump to host roundtable on efforts to thwart cartels, human trafficking operations

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Mexican Senator Lilly Téllez joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss growing tensions between President Trump and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. boosts its military presence in the region to target drug boats and cartels.
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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will host a roundtable at the White House Thursday afternoon with law enforcement and administration officials to discuss the successes of the Homeland Security Task Forces, which the president established on his first day in office to snuff out threats from criminal cartels in the U.S.
«The President’s Homeland Security Task Forces are a landmark achievement that highlight what the federal government can achieve with a leader like President Trump who is willing to slash red tape, increase coordination and put the safety of the American people first,» White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital of the event.
«In a short period of time, the Trump Administration has removed lethal drugs, illegal weapons, dangerous foreign terrorists and cartel members from American communities,» she added. «The American people are safer today because of the HSTFs — and they’re just getting started.»
Trump established the creation of Homeland Security Task Forces Jan. 20 — his first day back in office — via executive order, «Protecting the American People from Invasion.» The executive order directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to establish such task forces in each state as part of the administration’s efforts to thwart cartels and human trafficking networks operating on U.S. soil.
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President Donald Trump is slated to hold a roundtable with administration officials to discuss updates on the Homeland Security Task Forces. ( Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The executive order specifically directed the task forces to «end the presence of criminal cartels, foreign gangs, and transnational criminal organizations throughout the United States, dismantle cross-border human smuggling and trafficking networks, end the scourge of human smuggling and trafficking, with a particular focus on such offenses involving children, and ensure the use of all available law enforcement tools to faithfully execute the immigration laws of the United States.»
On Thursday, administration officials will join Trump to provide updates on the task forces’ efforts.
The roundtable will be joined by Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller, Noem, Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, FBI Director Kash Patel and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Fox News Digital learned.
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A January executive order directed Attorney General Pam Bondi, here, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to establish such task forces in each state as part of the administration’s efforts to thwart cartels and human trafficking networks operating on U.S. soil. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital learned that the task forces nationwide became fully operational at the end of August and have yielded thousands of arrests, and the removal of dangerous drugs and illegal firearms from U.S. streets.
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More than 3,000 foreign terrorists and cartel members were arrested as part of the task forces’ operations, including members of notoriously dangerous gangs such as the Sinaloa Cartel, MS-13 and Cartel Jalisco Nuevo Genaracion, Fox News Digital learned.

President Donald Trump will host a roundtable at the White House Oct. 23, 2025, with law enforcement and administration officials, like Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. (Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press)
The task forces also have recovered two million fentanyl pills and seven tons of other deadly narcotics, seized $3 million in currency and removed more than 1,000 illegal guns from U.S. communities.
Trump campaigned, in part, on removing violent illegal immigrants and crime from U.S. communities, spotlighting the efforts in his address before Congress back in March 2025.
«The territory to the immediate south of our border is now dominated entirely by criminal cartels that murder, rape, torture and exercise total control. They have total control over a whole nation. posing a grave threat to our national security,» Trump said at the time. «The cartels are waging war in America, and it’s time for America to wage war on the cartels.»
The roundtable comes as the U.S. military carries out strikes on suspected drug cartel vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. The strikes began in September and are part of Trump’s broader effort to dismantle transnational cartels by force.
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Trump held a similar roundtable at the White House earlier in October, inviting independent journalists who have experienced Antifa’s violence firsthand to speak about their experiences as the administration targets the left-wing group’s protests outside immigration facilities and recently designating it a «domestic terrorist organization.»
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