Mid-Day Report： March 25, 2026
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Summary
The Pentagon is preparing to deploy about 3,000 troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, according to multiple reports. President Trump gives an update on the ongoing Operation Epic Fury, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signals he may run for president in 2024. Delta suspends special services for members of Congress flying on their airline due to the ongoing government shutdown. Iran is reportedly ready to give up their nuclear weapons program.
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Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Wednesday, March 25th.
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The Pentagon is preparing to deploy about 3,000 troops from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East,
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Politico is reporting that the deployment would add thousands of Marines already heading to the region.
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Two defense officials confirmed the planned troop deployment.
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Pentagon officials said no decision has been made yet to send troops into Iran.
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That reporting is attributed to the Wall Street Journal.
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The U.S. currently has about 50,000 troops in the area.
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The troop increase follows ongoing U.S. military operations against Iran.
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The U.S. Central Command said strikes have destroyed thousands of military targets since February 28th,
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when President Trump took action and announced the beginning of Operation Epic Fury.
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The New York Times previously reported that the Pentagon was considering deploying the 82nd Airborne to the area
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as Iran continued drone and missile attacks in the region this afternoon.
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Trump said he delayed additional strikes due to conversations with Tehran,
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which are geared towards a peace deal which he says are going well i guess we're just gonna have
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to wait and see the democrat induced airport nightmare is finally hitting members of congress
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as it should have done since day one it's gonna be hitting homes for these members delta airlines
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which is headquartered in atlanta is suspending a specialty service desk for federal lawmakers
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until the tsa is fully funded i think it's great on delta's part that they're holding these low
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life's accountable for not paying our TSA agents for coming up on a month now, it's absolutely
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despicable. Delta put out the statement said due to the impact on resources from longstanding
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government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend special services to members of Congress
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flying on Delta. Next to safety, Delta's number one priority is taking care of our people and
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customers, which has become increasingly difficult in this current environment. American air travels
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have been under increased strain since congressional Democrats refused to fund the Department of
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Homeland Security, which of course includes the TSA. TSA agents missed their first full
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paycheck on March 13th. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is signaling he may not be done with
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presidential politics, and he's making it clear he believes the 2024 race would have looked very
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different without Donald Trump. That is, of course, because he got absolutely trounced by him and
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couldn't beat him. In a recent interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, DeSantis declined to rule out
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a 2028 bid. He says, we'll see. DeSantis, who is term limited and will leave office in January of
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2027, will exit the governor's mansion roughly a year before the next Republican primary season
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begins. His 2024 campaign ended early after a second place finish in Iowa caucuses where Trump
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beat him by around 30 points. Yet DeSantis argued that the outcome was largely dictated by Trump's
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presence in the race. Well, I think that's probably fair to say. President Trump is also
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mulling giving DeSantis a job in the administration come 2027 when he's term limited out.
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President Trump giving an update on the ongoing Operation Epic Fury, talking about his discussions
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Iran is reportedly ready to give up their nuclear weapons program.
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Take a listen to President Trump on if he trusts the Iranians to stay by their word
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But if I didn't know you, I'd probably have more trust.
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They did something yesterday that was amazing, actually.
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They gave us a present, and the present arrived today.
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but what it showed me is that we're dealing with the right people
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Because, you know, you don't know, because the leadership was killed, all gone.
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Khomeini, all gone, as the expression goes, the past Supreme Leader.
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And then the new Supreme Leader was racked up, at a minimum racked up pretty good, and everyone else was gone.
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And then many of the people in the third tier are gone.
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But we're dealing with a group of people that I think turned out.
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And the present, the gift they made to us was very significant.
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And they said they were going to do it, and it happened.
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And they're the only ones that could have done it.
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Please be sure to join us tonight and each and every night, 6 p.m. Eastern Time for The Great America Show.
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Great guest tonight, Professor Nicholas Giordano.
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We're going to take all this up and much, much more in the world of politics.
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So please be sure to join us for that tonight, 6 p.m. Eastern Time.