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Iran’s Khamenei warns of ‘strong blow’ as Trump threatens to drop bombs, Putin silent on US ire
Furious comments issued by President Donald Trump over the weekend prompted a swift and aggressive response from Iran, while Russian President Vladimir Putin remains tight-lipped in the face of the U.S. leader’s ire.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, issued a warning on Monday and said it would respond «decisively and immediately» to any threat issued by the U.S. after Trump said there «will be bombing» and likely more tariffs if Tehran does not agree to a nuclear deal with Washington.
«The enmity from the U.S. and Israel has always been there. They threaten to attack us, which we don’t think is very probable, but if they commit any mischief, they will surely receive a strong reciprocal blow,» Khamenei said according to a Reuters report.
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President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One before arriving at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Mar. 28, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
«And if they are thinking of causing sedition inside the country as in past years, the Iranian people themselves will deal with them,» he added.
Despite Iran’s refusal and warning directed at both the U.S. and Israel, Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran expert and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Khamenei’s comments are an attempt to «buy time» while balancing growing external and internal pressures on his regime.
«At once, Khamenei sought to both downplay the chances of President Trump or Israel taking military action while also looking to deter such an eventuality due to the regime’s own policies,» he told Fox News Digital. «This is a tightrope Khamenei will increasingly be forced to walk as he plays for time and engages in nuclear escalation.
«U.S. policy should be to keep Khamenei off balance,» he added.
While Iran takes an offensive stance against Trump and his ambitions to finally bring Tehran to heel on its nuclear expansion, Russia is taking a different approach as it refuses to bow to Trump’s plans to see an end to the war in Ukraine.
TRUMP SAYS HE IS ‘PISSED OFF’ WITH PUTIN OVER LACK OF PEACE PROGRESS: REPORT
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, meets with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran. (Dmitry AZAROV / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Over the weekend, Trump said he was «pissed off» over comments made by Putin on Friday when he suggested the work Washington was doing to negotiate a ceasefire with Russia and Ukraine was moot because he believes the government in Kyiv to be illegitimate and therefore cannot sign any deals.
«If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault … I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,» Trump said, noting that tariffs could be as high as 50%.
The president later said his ire could «dissipate quickly» if Putin «does the right thing,» and once again noted he has «a very good relationship with [Putin].»
However, the Kremlin chief, who reportedly has another call scheduled with Trump this week, has not responded to Trump’s heated comments.
The chief spokesman for Putin, Dmitry Peskov, said on Monday that Russia will continue to work on «restoring» relations with Washington that he said were «damaged by the Biden administration» following Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, and noted that Putin remains in «open contact» with Trump.
However, Putin’s lack of public response and the toned-down statements from the Kremlin are all part of Putin’s broader strategy, former DIA intelligence officer and Russia expert, Rebekah Koffler, told Fox News Digital.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on his return to Washington, D.C., on Mar. 30, 2025, when he said he was «pissed off» at Russian President Vladimir Putin. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
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«Putin, like Trump, thrives on confrontation,» Koffler said. «Except his approach is different. The Kremlin deliberately is projecting that Putin is cool, calm, and collected now, which he is.
«The fact that President Trump reportedly got mad and used those words means to Putin that he finally got to him, the way he got to Biden, Obama, and others who called him a killer and other derogatory words,» she continued.
«Putin now feels that not only Russia has an upper hand on the battlefield over Ukraine and in terms of total combat potential over NATO, but he also was able to unbalance Trump,» Koffler explained. «That is the whole point – it’s a judo move.»
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Pritzker joins chorus of Dem governors boycotting White House dinner after snub ignites ‘chaos’
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A chorus of Democratic governors are rallying behind their fellow Democratic Governors Jared Polis, from Colorado, and Wes Moore, from Maryland, after they did not receive invites for a traditionally bipartisan White House dinner.
Illinois Democrat Governor J.B. Pritzker was among those who decided they would be boycotting the slate of events hosted at the White House for the National Governors Association’s annual winter gathering held Feb. 19-21.
«No way will I attend the White House dinner with this President,» Gov. Pritzker said Tuesday. «I’m standing with Gov. Wes Moore and Gov. Jared Polis — and standing against Trump’s corruption and hatred. And I’m calling on my Republican colleagues to do the same.»
The boycott is being led by the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, and its vice chair, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Other Democratic Party governors who have committed to the boycott include California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. A coalition of 18 governors signed a statement Tuesday slamming President Donald Trump for creating «chaos and division» by snubbing the state leaders.
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Democratic Party Governors Wes More (left), from Maryland, and Jared Polis (right), from Colorado. (Getty Images)
The White House reportedly decided to divert from the traditional path of inviting both Republican and Democratic governors to the events being held at the White House. Although a White House official also reportedly told Politico that «many Democrats were invited to dinner at the White House» while others were not.
The move not to invite all Democrat governors to the winter gathering comes after President Trump got into a public spat with Democrat Governor of Maine, Janet Mills, at a bipartisan «Governors Working Session» last year in February over transgender sports participation. The heated back-and-forth was televised on national stations for all to see and led to the pair exchanging barbs for the subsequent weeks over the matter and over the state’s unwillingness to follow federal orders, such as those related to transgender sports participation.
When reached for comment on the matter, a White House spokesperson referred Fox News Digital to press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s comments Tuesday on the matter from the White House briefing room, during which she defended President Trump’s decision to not invite the Democratic Party governors.
«I just spoke with the president about this. It is a dinner at the White House. It’s the people’s house. It’s also the president’s home, and so he can invite whomever he wants to dinners and events here at the White House,» Leavitt told reporters from the White House briefing room Tuesday.
Reporters raise their hands to ask a question as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
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She added that Gov. Moore had been invited the previous year, but never ended up coming. «Nobody reported on it. But, again, the president has the discretion to invite whomever he wants to the White House, and he welcomes all those who received an invitation to come and if they don’t want to that’s their loss.»
During an appearance on CNN’s «State of the Union,» Moore suggested his lack of an invite was due to race, telling the show it was «not lost» on him that he is the only black governor in the country and the president was trying to deny him attendance at an organization’s event that Moore said his fellow Democrat governors have said they would like to see him lead. Moore also pointed to the fact he led a delegation of governors to the White House several weeks ago.
President Donald Trump (left) and Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore (right) (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
In a statement, Brandon Tatum, CEO of the National Governors Association, said he was «disappointed in the administration’s decision.»
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican who is the chairman of the NGA, said in a Monday letter to fellow governors that the association was «no longer serving as the facilitator» for the upcoming event, according to The Associated Press. Stitt said the NGA was meant to represent all governors — those of the 50 states as well as the governors of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Fox News Digital’s Rachel Wolf and Patrick Ward contributed to this report.
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Los therians llegaron a Uruguay y un centenar se reunió en Montevideo: “Desde chico me identifico como mono”
Uruguay se sumó a la tendencia de los nuevos personajes conocidos como therians. Son personas que aseguran sentirse animales y adoptan comportamientos en la vida cotidiana. En la tarde del martes, cientos de ellos se dieron cita en Montevideo y colmaron la Plaza Independencia con máscaras de animales que cubrían sus rostros y otros accesorios.
Un centenar de jóvenes, en su mayoría adolescentes, se encontraron en ese punto céntrico de la capital uruguaya, de acuerdo a la crónica del noticiero Telemundo de Canal 12. La idea en Uruguay surgió de una joven llamada Manuela, que vio la tendencia internacional y decidió replicarla en Uruguay. En un video de Tik Tok planteó su curiosidad, propuso reunirse y su posteo se viralizó. Y el encuentro se hizo realidad.
Francesca, una joven que participó del encuentro, contó que su familia se tomó “bastante bien” la decisión porque no es “muy prejuiciosa”. “Yo soy un humano normal, me comporto como humano. Es espiritualmente que yo me siento conectada”.
“En mi caso me identifico solo con el mono. Desde chico siempre me gustó estar abajo de los árboles, comer banana, caminar de esta forma”, relató otro de ellos en la televisión uruguaya.
Uno de los jóvenes detalló que no están todo el tiempo vestidos de esa manera porque se haría imposible la vida en sociedad. Entonces, es una vestimenta que queda para los ratos libres. Aclaró, sin embargo, que no pueden replicar todas las conductas: “No podemos c… en la calle, por ejemplo, ni tener sexo en la calle como haría un gorila salvaje”.
Otra de las jóvenes relató que es un “politherian”: “Es un therian que tiene más de un theritipo, por lo que me identifico con más de un animal. Ser therian no se puede elegir porque es una conexión. He visto muchos therians que dicen: ‘Uh, me gusta ser therian, voy a serlo’. Si querés hacerlo está bien, pero no es lo recomendado”, señaló la adolescente.
“El término therian es sentir una conexión con el animal. Sentís que pertenecés a esa vida”, señaló.
Algunos de los participantes señalaron que durante la mayor parte del día se comportan como seres humanos normales.
Consultada en Telemundo, otra adolescente contó que “desde siempre” fue una therian. “Empecé sintiéndome sola, haciéndome máscaras. Las intentaba vender, pero nadie me las compraba. Nadie sabía lo que era. Entonces, en un momento descubrí lo que era la comunidad therian y ahí empecé a juntarme más, a conocer gente, incluso a enseñar a gente a saltar y caminar. Ahí empezó todo”, describió.
La joven luego remarcó: “¡Los therians no están locos! Los therians sienten alguna conexión con un animal”.
Enzo, uno de los therian que estaba en la juntada, relató a Canal 5 que hay distintas categorías de therian. Una de ellas se denomina “otra pata” y consiste simplemente en utilizar la máscara, la cola y los guantes. Ellos, según el joven, siguen una “moda” y utilizan la máscara por “estética”.
Otro segundo nivel se llama “otro corazón”, pensado para quienes se identifican “espiritualmente” con un animal. El tercer nivel es propiamente ser un therian, para quienes se identifican completamente. Puede ser porque la persona siente que “en otra vida” fue un animal, relató el joven.
“En mi caso, me identifico como un perro. Un perro así nomás. ¿Por qué? Porque considero que tengo la personalidad de un perro. Soy muy leal, muy fiel”, comentó.
Muchos llegaron hasta la Plaza Independencia solo por curiosidad y observaron cómo los jóvenes saltaban y exhibían otras destrezas que los identificaba con un animal.
El senador opositor Sebastián Da Silva se sumó a la tendencia. En la red social X bromeó en una repuesta a un usuario: “Me hice therian así cambiás un poco la obsesión”.
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