Fox & Friends host on Americans trapped in the Middle East: “They were warned”
Lawrence Jones: “Karoline Leavitt laid it out. ... There was a warning for the entire Middle East.”
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From the March 5, 2026, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends
BRIAN KILMEADE (CO-HOST): Now we're worried about these tourists stuck in these Middle Eastern countries, and we should be. But you cannot ignore what happened in Afghanistan and then act like, well, now we can jump on Donald Trump for not getting everyone's visas ready ahead of time.
LAWRENCE JONES (CO-HOST): But, Ainsley, also real quickly, on the — and we talked about this. I feel for the people that are trapped there, but they were warned. There were multiple — and Karoline Leavitt laid it out.
KILMEADE: We had a two-month build-up.
JONES: There was a warning for the entire Middle East.
AINSLEY EARHARDT (CO-HOST): Look, we can say they were warned. They're still Americans.
JONES: We're going to get them out.
EARHARDT: They're trapped. We're going to get them home.