ABC News has officially abandoned any pretense of honest reporting. After Iranian-backed Houthi missiles struck an Aramco office and killed 13 people in Riyadh, the network's Ian Pannell looked directly into the camera and blamed President Donald J. Trump for the attack. Not the Houthis who fired the rockets. Not the IRGC spotters who walked those missiles onto target. Not the Iranian regime that has been arming terrorists for decades. No—ABC blamed the 47th President, the same man who was in Alaska at that very moment warning Iran that America would "do a number" on them.
Pannell's exact framing called it the biggest strike in the Gulf "since President Trump launched his war against Iran." Let that sink in. A network correspondent just renamed Iranian aggression "Trump's war" while American B-2 bombers have already crushed Iran's nuclear sites under thousands of tons of rock. This is not journalism. This is propaganda laundering.
24 Ships Hit in Two Weeks—And the Press Blames Trump?
The Strait of Hormuz remains the single most important artery for American fuel prices. The IRGC has deployed unarmed spotters into those waters specifically to walk missiles onto civilian shipping. The result? Twenty-four ships struck in just two weeks. Six hit in a single day three days ago. Houthi missiles slammed into Aramco overnight, killing 13 in Riyadh. And ABC's response is to paint the American president as the aggressor.
President Trump stated clearly that America controls the strait and is moving more oil out of it than before the war started. That is the man defending your pump price and your grocery bill. Those B-2 missions that buried Iran's nuclear program are the same operations keeping Iranian oil routes from dictating your monthly expenses. The math is simple: a weak response would mean $6 gas and empty shelves. Trump's strength is the only thing standing between American families and economic pain.
Zelensky's Hostage-Style Energy Politics Gets Soft Coverage
While the Gulf burns, Ukrainian President Zelensky told NPR that the Trump administration threatened to cut intelligence unless Ukraine stopped hitting Russian refineries. Then he taunted Washington by asking why America doesn't conclude a diesel deal with Ukraine—even as Russian strikes blacked out Kiev. That is hostage-style energy politics, and the same press that soft-pedals Zelensky's demands is the same press calling Houthi missile fire "Trump's war."
"Wait until you see what we do to Iran. We're going to do a number. We sort of had it."
That was President Trump's warning—not a timetable. The B-2 mission already did the work. Iran's nuclear program lies buried. American oil flows through Hormuz at levels exceeding pre-war numbers. The Houthis cannot launch another rocket without the IRGC's spotters, and Iran cannot export terror without its oil revenue. That is why the rewrite machine is already running.
Ian Pannell and ABC rename Iranian aggression "Trump's war." Zelensky brags about holding the diesel market hostage while his own capital goes dark. The press asks zero follow-up questions about Ukrainian refinery strikes but races to blame the American president for missiles fired by Iranian proxies. Patriots, do not let the legacy media gaslight you into forgetting who actually fired those rockets. Share this report with someone who still trusts the people blaming America first.
