President Trump just went off on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, warning him to “watch his a*s!” Calling Petro a “troublemaker,” President Trump told him to immediately close down Colombia’s cocaine factories “fast” because we “know where they are.” Watch here: Trump just clapped back at Colombian President Petro, who accused the U.S. of being on “stolen land,” in gangster fashion: “He’s gotta watch his ass because he makes cocaine, and they send it into the U.S…he’s got factories and we know where they are.” pic.twitter.com/U8ZxcK9D8j — johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 22, 2025 President Trump’s warning comes in response to Petro criticizing the U.S. for taking sanctioned oil tankers from Venezuela and saying that that Southwestern America is stolen land. The Hill explained further: Trump made the comment in response to a question about Petro’s criticism of the U.S. for demanding that Venezuela return all assets it seized in the past from U.S. oil companies. “Texas is a territory that was invaded. It wasn’t sold. So was California and all of the southern U.S.,” Petro said over the weekend. Tensions have simmered between the two leaders, who occupy two ends of the political spectrum. Petro is the first left-leaning leader in recent history in Colombia. And it comes amid heightening tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela as oil tankers continue to be seized in the Caribbean. Trump hit Petro and his family members with sanctions in October. If I were Petro, I’d take President Trump’s warning seriously… He’s not messing around. While speaking to reporters from Mar-a-lago on Monday, President Trump also confirmed that he is planning land strikes, not just on Venezuela, but “anywhere drugs are pouring in.” Watch this: WOW! President Trump is playing NO GAMES Q: You said you’ll start land strikes soon. Do you only mean Venezuela? TRUMP: No. ANYWHERE. Anywhere DRUGS are pouring in…NOT just Venezuela. Trump Doctrine pic.twitter.com/ZUGD0k1f98 — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 22, 2025 President Trump’s message is clear, and Petro, Maduro and all the rest who are contributing to the dangerous drug trade better listen up! Your thoughts?

Hunter Biden just shocked the Democrat party by essentially condemning his father’s entire four years in the White House. During a rare interview on the ‘Shawn Ryan Show’ while promoting his new book, Hunter called out Joe Biden’s immigration policies for failing the American people and prioritizing illegals over veterans. “We don’t want immigrants coming here illegally, DRAINING us of resources, and being prioritized above people that are actual, literal heroes. People that are still recovering from years of endless war, or anybody else in our society,” Hunter said. Maybe this is why his family tries so hard to keep Hunter out of the public eye. Watch for yourself: Hunter Biden: “We don’t want immigrants that are coming here illegally, draining us of resources, and being prioritized above… anybody in our society.” A stunning indictment of his father’s four years in office. pic.twitter.com/U6ZYF7Hc1D — Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 23, 2025 It’s very rare that I agree with Hunter Biden on something. But this time, he’s right. It’s estimated that around 11 million illegal immigrants crossed the border underneath Joe Biden, thanks largely to the open-border policies under his administration. These are illegals that contribute nothing to the U.S. while siphoning away taxpayer-funded benefits and opportunities from hardworking, law-abiding American citizens. As Hunter Biden just proved, it doesn’t take a genius to recognize the unfairness of that. It’s really saying something when a crackpot like Hunter Biden has a better policy on immigration than his father’s previous administration. This reply on that clip is just hilarious, but I have to agree: Wait. Hold up, I knew he knows how to cook other things but damn he cooked here. — Jeremy (@Jeremy_rhetor) December 23, 2025 Your thoughts?

A Mexican Navy aircraft carrying medical patients crashed Monday near Galveston, Texas, resulting in at least two confirmed deaths. According to Fox News, the Mexican Navy said eight people were on board the aircraft – four naval crew members and four civilians. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted search and rescue operations. A Mexican Navy Beechcraft King Air 350i crashed into Galveston Bay in southeastern Texas while approaching Scholes International Airport. Local authorities and the U.S. Coast Guard are conducting ongoing search-and-rescue operations. pic.twitter.com/ycmL1TDJBH — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 22, 2025 More from Fox News: Search and rescue protocols were immediately activated following the crash in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard, which has rescued six people so far. Four were found alive, while two deaths have been confirmed. Efforts remain underway to rescue two additional people still believed to be inside the wreckage, the Mexican Navy said. According to the Michou and Mau Foundation’s website, its vision is to “provide assistance so that children with severe burns have the best advanced treatment programs and multidisciplinary care.” The Mexican Navy added that search and rescue efforts were immediately activated in coordination with local authorities. The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office said its personnel also responded to the plane crash near the base of the causeway. “A 1-year-old medical patient,” was among the individuals on board the aircraft, the New York Post noted. At least 2 people killed in Mexican Navy plane crash in Texas — 1-year-old medical patient was aboard https://t.co/83FscP45tl pic.twitter.com/3xkhXsLb4o — New York Post (@nypost) December 23, 2025 “The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is the primary agency leading the crash investigation, with the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office and Galveston Police Department providing support. The incident remains under investigation, and additional information will be released as it becomes available,” the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office stated. The New York Post shared further: It’s not immediately clear if weather was a factor. However, the area has been experiencing foggy conditions over the past few days, according to Cameron Batiste, a National Weather Service meteorologist. He said that at about 2:30 p.m. Monday a fog came in that had about a half-mile visibility. The foggy conditions are expected to persist through Tuesday morning. Watch additional coverage below:

Vice President JD Vance said he feels like he “got hit by a freight train” after a 90-minute training session with Navy SEALs. “Just finished PT with the Navy SEALs for 90 minutes (I’ll post some photos when I get them). They took it easy on me and I still feel like I got hit by a freight train,” Vance said. “So grateful to all of our warriors who keep us safe and keep the highest standards anywhere in the world!” he added. Just finished PT with the Navy SEALs for 90 minutes (I'll post some photos when I get them). They took it easy on me and I still feel like I got hit by a freight train. So grateful to all of our warriors who keep us safe and keep the highest standards anywhere in the world! — JD Vance (@JDVance) December 22, 2025 “New photos obtained by FOX News Digital show Vice President JD Vance training with U.S. Navy SEALs in California,” Fox News wrote. EXCLUSIVE: New photos obtained by FOX News Digital show Vice President JD Vance training with U.S. Navy SEALs in California — a 90-minute workout the vice president later said left him feeling like he’d been "hit by a freight train." "So grateful to all of our warriors who keep… pic.twitter.com/05qcI9kJ6F — Fox News (@FoxNews) December 23, 2025 Fox News has more: The vice president participated in multiple stages of SEALs training at a facility in Coronado, California, per a source familiar. Many of the SEALs’ faces have been blurred to protect their identities. Vance is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in the Iraq War. He enlisted in 2003 and deployed to Iraq in 2005 with the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, where he worked in public affairs. The vice president previously has said his time in uniform shaped his views on national security, the costs of war and the responsibility leaders bear when sending troops into harm’s way. Navy SEALs are among the U.S. military’s most elite special operations forces, known for grueling physical standards and missions ranging from counterterrorism to maritime operations. The post aligns with broader messaging from Trump administration officials emphasizing physical readiness across the armed forces. “I am so proud to be the first vice president of the United States to have been a United States Marine,” Vance previously said. Check it out: VP VANCE at Marine Corps Ball: “I am so proud to be the first vice president of the United States to have been a United States Marine.” pic.twitter.com/tuqFdR83HI — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 9, 2025 The Department of War under Pete Hegseth has emphasized raising military fitness standards to support “operational effectiveness and combat readiness.” “REAL fitness & weight standards are here. We will be FIT, not FAT,” Hegseth said earlier this year. Completely unacceptable. This is what happens when standards are IGNORED — and this is what we are changing. REAL fitness & weight standards are here. We will be FIT, not FAT. pic.twitter.com/KWMlFbS1c8 — Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) April 25, 2025 More from the U.S. Department of War: The Marine Corps is implementing changes to its physical fitness test and body composition standards in accordance with the secretary of war’s military fitness standards memorandum issued Sept. 30. These changes, announced in MARADMIN 613/25, will take effect Jan. 1, 2026. The Marine Corps will institute sex-neutral scoring for the physical fitness test for Marines with a combat arms primary military occupational specialty. The PFT will require those Marines to achieve a minimum score of 210 points, 70% of the total possible points, using the male, age-normed scoring standard outlined in Marine Corps Order 6100.13A. The PFT will continue to be administered annually, from Jan. 1 to June 30. Noncombat arms Marines will continue to follow existing sex- and age-normed standards. The new PFT standards reflect the unique physical demands of combat arms roles, ensuring Marines are prepared for the sustained physical performance required in direct combat. Those who do not meet the 210-point requirement by the end of the reporting period will be assigned to remedial physical training and may be subject to reclassification and/or promotion restriction. “Our combat arms MOSs require rigorous physical readiness for direct ground combat,” said Marine Corps Col. James Derrick, director of the Training Standards Division at the Marine Corps Training and Education Command. “These changes ensure all combat arms Marines meet the same high sex-neutral standards.” The Marine Corps is also revising its body composition evaluation process. The current height and weight standards, along with the tape test, will be replaced by a new waist-to-height ratio method. The Marine Corps will publish service-specific standards upon receipt of additional War Department guidance.

Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, 82, announced Monday that he has lung cancer. “As many of you know I recently went through six weeks of bronchitis followed by a relapse of another five weeks. Even though I was over the bronchitis and back on stage at the Westgate Las Vegas, my wonderful doctor ordered an MRI just to make sure that everything was OK,” Manilow wrote in a statement posted to social media. “The MRI discovered a cancerous spot on my left lung that needs to be removed. It’s pure luck (and a great doctor) that it was found so early. That’s the good news,” he added. A Statement from Barry Manilow. pic.twitter.com/p7k9XOvTnc — Barry Manilow (@barrymanilow) December 22, 2025 More from The New York Times: He said that doctors did not think the cancer had spread and that he would have additional tests to confirm their diagnosis. “No chemo,” he added. “No radiation. Just chicken soup and I Love Lucy reruns.” Manilow did not say when he would have the surgery, but he is expected to need a month to recover from it. That means, Manilow wrote in his statement, that nine concert dates scheduled for January will be postponed. “Just like you, we were all looking forward to the January shows and hate having to move everything around,” he wrote. “I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. And remember, if you have even the slightest symptom…get tested!” Manilow said. “I’ll see you at the Westgate Las Vegas for Valentine’s!” he added. pic.twitter.com/b99026GcMI — Barry Manilow (@barrymanilow) December 22, 2025 PEOPLE shared further: Manilow then shared the rescheduled dates from his farewell tour, which were supposed to take place in January 2026, which included stops in nine markets like Orlando and Tampa, Fla., and Columbus, Ohio. “Ironically, I feel great and have no symptoms,” Manilow said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE, which noted the cancerous tumor is stage one. “I’m thankful that my doctors were proactive and ran tests that typically wouldn’t be done. They caught it very, very early.” In June, Manilow spoke with Billboard about his The Last Concerts series, which were slated for a handful of cities around the U.S. and how it made him reflect on his career, as well as his ’70s-’80s musical peers. “It’s like, ‘What? Am I the only one left?’” he told Billboard. “It’s Billy Joel, and Elton [John] is not well and Rod [Stewart] and Neil [Diamond]. Diana Ross is still in great shape, I think.” Manilow continued, “There must be only a handful of people in my world that are still there. I’m still healthy. I’m strong and I’ve still got my voice and my energy. The night I can’t hit the F natural on ‘Even Now,’ that’s the night I throw in the towel. But I can still do it.”