Media Raises Cain | SOTU Boycotts? | 2/24/26

The A.M. Update

Aaron McIntire

Politics, Daily News, News

4.9 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Tuesday's A.M. Update tackles fresh media spin on the chairman of the Joint Chiefs supposedly wavering on potential Iran action—prompting President Trump to set the record straight—while the latest Mar-a-Lago security breach draws a characteristically candid response from the president. California Governor Gavin Newsom's attempts to connect with audiences fall flat in revealing ways, as he signals a Democratic shift toward seeming more "culturally normal" ahead of future elections. Amid boycotts of tonight's State of the Union, falling mortgage rates spark mixed economic signals, Chinese firms face accusations of stealing U.S. AI tech secrets, and Robert De Niro's sudden call for unity rings hollow given his past rhetoric. The episode closes with heartfelt gratitude for the administration's focus on angel families, including a new national day of recognition, powerful testimonies from victims' loved ones, and a reminder of the human stakes in securing the border and combating trafficking.

A.M. Update, Aaron McIntire, General Dan Cain Iran, Trump Truth Social, Gavin Newsom SAT gaffe, Democrats State of the Union boycott, mortgage rates drop, Chinese AI theft Anthropic, Robert De Niro unity, Angel Family Day, Lincoln Riley, Tom Homan border, immigration deportations

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. The media raises Kane, Gavin's no good, very bad soundbite,
0:06.9	and one issue where there should be unanimous Thanksgiving next on the AM update.
0:15.3	There were several stories making the rounds yesterday about how the General Dan Kane,
0:20.7	that would be the chairman of the
0:21.7	Joint Chiefs of Staff, how he was starting to raise alarm bells about going to war with Iran and
0:27.4	the second and third order impacts of that. A lot of stories insinuating that the very top general
0:33.6	that has the president's ear was starting to go wobbly on the issue of Iran, multiple outlets
0:40.0	reported that yesterday before President Trump had to clear the air on truth social, saying,
0:44.5	quote, numerous stories from the fake news media have been circulating stating that General
0:48.8	Dan Kane sometimes referred to as Raisin is against us going to war with Iran.
0:54.7	The story does not attribute this vast wealth of knowledge to anyone and is 100% incorrect.
1:00.5	General Kane, like all of us, would like not to see war, but if a decision is made on going
1:05.5	against Iran at a military level, it is his opinion that it will be something easily won.
1:12.5	He knows Iran well and that he was in charge of Midnight Hammer, the attack on the Iranian nuclear development. So there is
1:17.5	President Trump saying, no, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he's not going wobbly on the
1:22.2	issue of Iran and war still could be on the table. On the issue of the people who keep gunning for him, literally,
1:30.5	most recently over the weekend,
1:32.0	told you about that story yesterday at Mar-a-Lago,
1:34.1	that 20-something-year-old young man, President Trump,
1:36.9	had this to say.
1:37.9	I don't know how long I'll be around.
1:40.5	Got a lot of people gunning for me, don't I?
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