Fox News correspondent: "It's a bit surreal seeing the juxtaposition of President Trump presiding over the Board of Peace while preparing for war"

From the February 18, 2026, edition of Fox News' The Faulkner Focus

JENNIFER GRIFFIN (CORRESPONDENT): It’s a bit surreal seeing the juxtaposition of President Trump presiding over the Board of Peace while preparing for war. The U.S. is engaged, as you mention, in the largest military build-up since the eve of the Iraq War. Meanwhile in the Strait of Hormuz today, Iran and Russia are holding live-fire exercises as the IRGC flexes its own muscle.

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