Overview
- Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy posted that he fully supports President Trump's decision on Iran, calling the regime a terror nation and saying the U.S. is on the right side.
- Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California congressman running for governor, replied on X telling Portnoy to stick to sports and wrote that “the adults will sort out the wars.”
- Portnoy responded by invoking Swalwell’s past ties to a suspected Chinese operative known as Fang Fang, telling the congressman to sit out national security lectures.
- The New York Post reported that the strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a claim presented here as reported by that outlet without broader independent corroboration.
- Coverage notes no clear indication of U.S. plans to deploy ground forces in Iran, while some critics on the left labeled the air campaign an illegal war.