Hello, everybody. I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show Midday Update for Friday, March 20th.

Happy Friday, folks. I hope you all had a great weekend. You're ready for the weekend.

President Trump this morning lashing out on NATO once again, typical Trump style. He did not hold back.

President Trump labeling NATO a paper tiger and a bunch of cowards, and he's particularly upset that NATO countries would not

help clear the strait of our moves. President Trump posting the following message on truth social

this morning. Without the USA, NATO is a paper tiger. They didn't want to join the fight to stop the

nuclear-powered Iran. Now that that fight is militarily won and very little danger from them,

they complain about the high oil prices that they are forced to pay, but they don't want to help open the Strait of Harmoos, a simple military maneuver, and the reason why oil prices are so high.

So easy for them to do with so little risk, cowards, and we will remember President Donald J. Trump. Now, earlier this

week, President Trump expressed great displeasure with other countries for turning down his

request to send militaries to the Strait of Harmuz to protect oil tankers as Israel and U.S. wage

war against Iran, saying that the U.S. once again will remember their refusal.

And it's what it is, folks.

They look for us when they need help,

and when the shoe is on the other foot, couldn't care less.

Now, speaking of the war, Republican lawmakers are expressing deep concern

about a radical escalation in funding the ongoing Iran conflict

following the reports of a Pentagon asking for an additional $200 billion.

Now, Secretary of War Pete Higgsett said that $200 billion he thinks could move.

Obviously it takes a lot of money to kill the bad guys, he says.

So we're going to go back to Congress and our folks here to ensure that we're properly funded

for what's been done and what we may have to do in the future

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