Fox News Host Deeply Troubled by Insurrection,Texts Show

A series of texts written by Fox News host Sean Hannity,and quoted by the House Select Committee investgating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in its letter to Hannity requesting that he appear before the committee,reveal his serious unease over the events surrounding the violent 6 January 2021 events inspired by former President Donald Trump and several of his associates- 31 December 2020 to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows: We can't lose the entire WH counsel's office.I do NOT see January 6 happening the way he (Trump) is being told.After the 6th he should announce will lead the nationwide effort to reform voter integrity.Go to Fl (Florida) and watch Joe (Biden) mess up daily.Stay engaged.When he speaks people will listen. 5 January 2021 to Meadows: I am very worried about the next 48 hours.Pence pressure (Trump's pressure on Vice President Mike Pence to illegally derail the Electoral College certification of President-elect Biden).WH counsel will leave (resign in protest). 10 January to Meadows and Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio): Guys,we have a clear path to land the plane in nine days (get Trump settled down in Florida before President-elect Biden is sworn in).He can't mention the election again.Ever.I did not have a good call with him today.And worse,I'm not sure what is left to do or say,and I don't like not knowing if it's truly understood (that Trump must stop repeating the Big Lie about the election being stolen from him.)Ideas?* Mr.Hannity was not just a host on Fox News,but was clearly acting as an advisor to former President Trump-to no avail,as it turned out.Mr.Trump failed to call off the insurrection and continues to falsely claim to this day that he was robbed of a second term in office.

President Trump Makes Secret Visit to Iraq - second stop in Germany

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump flew into Iraq under cover of darkness on 25 December 2018,Christmas Night.The President had been taken to task in the media for not visiting the troops over the holidays.
Air Force One landed at a darkened Al-Asad Air Base west of the Iraqi capital,Baghdad.During his three-hour visit,the President thanked the US troops and their senior leaders for their service,success and sacrifice.He wished tham a Merry Christmas,posed for selfies and signed autographs for the broadly smiling Soldiers gathered in a dining hall.*
National Security Advisor John Bolton accompanied the Trumps.From Iraq,the presidential entourage flew on to Ramstein Air Base,Germany to visit US forces there.It was the President's first ever trip to a war zone.*
Islamic State militants persist in western Iraq by hiding in caves and tunnels of the desert region,and also range across the Iraqi border into Eastern Syria.President Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the US had intended all along to withdraw its 2,000 troops from Syria once all of the IS military bases there had been taken out.The withdrawal from Syria will be measured,rather than hasty.In any event,he had no intention of withdrawing US forces from Iraq,and they were capable of responding if IS staged a resurgence in Syria.
There have reportedly been plans to station US Special Operations Forces in Iraq who could mount raids into Syria as needed.Additionally,President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has promised to hunt down any IS remnants in Syria,Mr.Trump said.