Leland Vittert’s War Notes: Flexing the Muscle 💪🏼

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NewsNation Chief Washington Anchor and On Balance host Leland Vittert was a foreign correspondent for four years in Jerusalem. He gives you an early look at tonight's 9 p.m. ET show, delivered straight to your inbox.

Flexing the Muscle 💪🏼

📚"Born Lucky" is a message of hope and proof of the "mountain-moving power of parental love."

📘Get your copy of "Born Lucky" today on Amazon or at BornLuckyBook.com.
- 🎉"Born Lucky" debuted at No. 4 on The New York Times Best Seller List.

Book events‼️: Get your tickets!!!

📍Come out to Politics & Prose at The Wharf in Washington, D.C., next Wednesday, October 22, at 7 p.m. Get your FREE tickets HERE.
- 🎤We will be talking with NewsNation contributor Chris Cillizza.
📍Then we will be at Hearth & Soul in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday, October 25.
- ☀️And Oxford Exchange in Tampa on Sunday, October 26.
  - 🚨CLICK HERE for tickets.

🤷🏼‍♂️We can finally dispel the idea Palestinians are the big concern in the Middle East — because clearly, they are not.

❌Hamas said they aren't going to disarm.
- 😶This proves that creating peace with Palestinians is impossible, at least right now, because they don't want peace.
- 👎🏼And the Arab world couldn't care less.

📺We have seen videos of Hamas terrorists killing Palestinians in the streets of Gaza.

🤷🏼‍♂️Where are the pro-Palestine marches?
- 👀Don't they care deeply about the Palestinians and are horrified by these Hamas executions?

Tomahawks ✈️

💪🏼President Trump is on a tear internationally. But what does he do next with the power?

😳Trump showed that he can make strong men afraid of him.
- 🌎Now, he's trying to do the same thing around the world.
- Who's next👀: Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping.

🗺️Trump is using his connections in the Middle East to corner Russia and China.

🤞🏼If it works, he could end another war in Year 1 of his second term.
Next up🤷🏼‍♂️: Does Trump give Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine?
- ‼️President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is at the White House Friday.
What President Putin is thinking💭: Trump bombed Iran – maybe he will give Ukraine new weapons?

Watch tonight📺: Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Stavridis joins us on the key for Trump to end another war.

Different Trump ‼️

💪🏼For as strong as he is feeling internationally, Trump is also feeling strong domestically.

🏆He thinks he is winning at home.
- The government shutdown, which could soon be the longest in history
- The war on crime
- The immigration battles
- The legal battle against his political opponents

🥇Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk.

🤷🏼‍♂️This was his chance to make up for missing the moment at Kirk's funeral.
- 📺Watch my TikTok video HERE. It shows the crowd leaving after Trump bragged about hating his enemies – as opposed to Kirk, who debated them.
  - 🎥It's one of my most-watched videos I've posted.
- 🎤Today, Trump spoke BEFORE Erika Kirk – and once again talked about his enemies.
  - "He was able to fight people that were enemies. And he didn't necessarily love those enemies so much. And I heard that he loved his enemies and I said wait a minute is that the same Charlie that I know. I'm not sure but I didn't want to get into it."
🥹Erika then again stole the day with a message from her daughter to Charlie on his birthday.
- 🎂"Happy birthday, daddy. I wanted to give you a stuffed animal. I want you to eat a cupcake with ice cream. And I want you to have a birthday surprise. I love you."
Watch tonight📺: Congressman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on the apparent divide between MAGA and the TPUSA view of American politics.

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