{"id":2578889,"date":"2026-03-12T01:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T05:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-blasts-left-wing-media-over-mixed-messaging-claims-about-epic-fury\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T02:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:00:26","slug":"karoline-leavitt-blasts-left-wing-media-over-mixed-messaging-claims-about-epic-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-blasts-left-wing-media-over-mixed-messaging-claims-about-epic-fury\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt blasts \u2018left-wing media\u2019 over \u2018mixed messaging\u2019 claims about Epic Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkaroline-leavitt-blasts-left-wing-media-over-mixed-messaging-claims-about-epic-fury%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2578889&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece reports that Karoline Leavitt,the White House press secretary,attacked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-comms-team-gets-a-pass-where-trump-administration-would-have-had-a-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden Comms Team Gets A Pass Where ... Would Have Had A Scandal\">left-wing media<\/a> for claiming there is \u201cmixed messaging\u201d about Operation Epic Fury against Iran. She argued on X that the administration has been consistently communicating its goals and posted four objectives: destroy Iran\u2019s missiles and missile industry, annihilate the regime\u2019s navy, prevent proxies from destabilizing the region and attacking U.S. forces, and ensure Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon. Leavitt cited statements from Trump and other senior officials, including a thread highlighting remarks by VP JD Vance, Secretary of State marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Admiral Brad Cooper, and Gen. Dan Caine, to support the claim of a clear strategy. The article also notes criticism from outlets like Axios and the Council on Foreign Relations that the messaging has been unclear or inconsistent, describing it as \u201call over the map.\u201d It <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mentions ongoing regional actions<\/a> and coverage from Washington Examiner and others, including references to strikes and the closing of shipping lanes, as part of the broader debate over the administration\u2019s war objectives.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Karoline Leavitt blasts &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-present-leftists-as-experts-to-smear-opponents\/\" title=\"CBS News Present Leftists As &#039;Experts&#039; To Smear Opponents\">left-wing media&#038;rsquo<\/a>; over &lsquo;mixed messaging&rsquo; claims about Epic Fury<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2529429\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> took to social media on Wednesday night to blast the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-pins-political-violence-on-democrats-left-wing-media\/\" title=\"Vance Pins Political Violence on &#039;Democrats,&#039; &#039;...&#039;\">left-wing media&#038;rdquo<\/a>; for claiming that the Trump administration has delivered &ldquo;mixed messaging&rdquo; regarding the objectives in Iran and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4489005\/trump-name-operation-epic-fury-iran\/\">Operation Epic Fury<\/a>. Leavitt insisted the administration has been consistent in its communication about the overall goals of the military operation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The left-wing media is lying and pushing a fake narrative that there has been &lsquo;mixed messaging&rsquo; about the objectives of Operation Epic Fury,&rdquo; Leavitt said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/presssec\/status\/2031886160293740844?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> on X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4489146\/persian-gulf-oil-tanker-attack-iran\/\">One dead in attack that set two oil tankers ablaze in Persian Gulf: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4489116\/trump-oil-release-strategic-reserve-iran-war\/\">Trump orders release of 172 million barrels of oil from strategic reserve amid Iran war<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4488941\/trump-newsom-unfit-president-cant-read\/\">Trump says Newsom is unfit to be president because he &#8216;can&rsquo;t read&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The left-wing media is lying and pushing a fake narrative that there has been &ldquo;mixed messaging&rdquo; about the objectives of Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n<p>From the beginning, President Trump and his entire team have consistently laid out clear objectives to the American people about what the&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sx0GBYPMc7\">pic.twitter.com\/Sx0GBYPMc7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/2031886160293740844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;From the beginning, President Trump and his entire team have consistently laid out clear objectives to the American people about what the U.S. Military seeks to accomplish through these ongoing successful major combat operations,&rdquo; Leavitt said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She then provided the objectives that she and other members of the Trump administration cited as goals. She listed four <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/presssec\/status\/2031886160293740844?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">objectives<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>1.) Destroy the terrorist Iranian regime&rsquo;s missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>2.) Annihilate the terrorist Iranian regime&rsquo;s navy.<\/p>\n<p>3.) Ensure the regime&rsquo;s fellow terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region and attack our forces<\/p>\n<p>4.) Guarantee the terrorist Iranian regime cannot obtain a nuclear weapon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a continuation of her post, Leavitt provided a thread on X, referencing previous videos of Trump administration explaining the objectives of Operation Epic Fury, including President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Admiral Brad Cooper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, and herself.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For almost 47 years this regime has been attacking the United States and killing Americans,&rdquo; said Trump in the video clip Leavitt posted. &ldquo;This was our last best chance to strike, what we&rsquo;re doing right now, and eliminate the intolerable threats posed by this sick and sinister regime, and they are indeed sick and sinister.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our objectives are clear. First, we&rsquo;re destroying Iran&rsquo;s missile capabilities,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/presssec\/status\/2031886160293740844?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;Second, we&rsquo;re annihilating their navy. We&rsquo;ve already knocked out ten ships. They&rsquo;re at the bottom of the sea.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Third, we&rsquo;re ensuring that the world&rsquo;s number one sponsor of terror can never obtain a nuclear weapon,&rdquo; Trump added. &ldquo;And finally, we&rsquo;re ensuring that the Iranian regime cannot continue to arm, fund, and direct terrorist armies outside of their borders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent post in the thread, Leavitt posted a video of Rubio explaining the objectives of Operation Epic Fury.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecRubio<\/a> (March 3): &ldquo;Our objectives remain, as they&#8217;ve been identified from the beginning&hellip;&rdquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Do9mElfbL7\">pic.twitter.com\/Do9mElfbL7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/2031886165238825427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;With an update, I will obviously refer you to the Department of War,&rdquo; Rubio said. &ldquo;Suffice it to say, our objectives remain, as they&rsquo;ve been identified from the beginning, and by the president, laid out clearly yesterday. Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and we will not allow Iran to hide behind the immunity of a massive short-term ballistic missile inventory, or the ability to make them or launch them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In the last week, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-10\/us-says-it-s-escalating-war-on-iran-dampening-chance-for-talks\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multiple<\/a> news publications from around the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c93j2dw72q9o\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">world<\/a> and think tanks, such as the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/articles\/trump-gives-mixed-war-messaging\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Council on Foreign Relations<\/a>, have accused the Trump administration of not providing a clear <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7383292\/trump-iran-war-end\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">message<\/a> on the objectives of the military conflict. For example, <em>Axios<\/em> recently published an article, &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s Iran war messaging is all over the map,&rdquo; claiming that he has provided inconsistent communication about objectives, goals, and timelines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ten days after the U.S. and Israel struck Iran, President Trump&rsquo;s endgame is a murky, ever-moving target,&rdquo; <em>Axios <\/em>claimed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Across interviews, press conferences, and social media, Trump floated and erased timelines, predicted the war&rsquo;s end or promised new escalation, and argued he must choose Iran&rsquo;s new leader while the administration denies regime change is the goal,&rdquo; the publication added.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4477846\/us-decimates-iranian-base-in-strait-of-hormuz-as-irgc-says-shipping-lane-closed\/\"><strong>US DECIMATES IRANIAN BASE IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS IRGC SAYS SHIPPING LANE CLOSED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> &ldquo;Daily on Defense&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-on-defense\/4486252\/trumps-mixed-message-weve-already-won-but-we-havent-won-enough\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared<\/a> similar sentiments, also claiming that Trump was &ldquo;all over the map&rdquo; when providing updates and assessments of Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is it &lsquo;very complete, pretty much&rsquo; as he told CBS News in a phone interview yesterday afternoon?&rdquo; asked the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Jamie McIntyre. &ldquo;Or is it &lsquo;only just the beginning,&rsquo; as War Secretary Pete<strong> <\/strong>Hegseth told CBS&rsquo;s <em>60 Minutes<\/em> over the weekend? Is the war a &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iran-conflict-is-going-to-be-a-short-term-excursion\/\" title=\"... says ... conflict is &#039;going to be a short term excursion&#039;\">short-term excursion<\/a>,&rsquo; that will be ending soon, as he told Republicans at an issues conference in Miami, or are we &lsquo;going to go further,&rsquo; as he told reporters later at a news conference?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Leavitt&rsquo;s post sought to address those concerns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leavitt accuses media of &#8216;mixed messaging&#8217; on Epic Fury<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2578890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WEX_TRUMP-4-e1772220797375.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[75606,72836,49967,56439,75605],"class_list":["post-2578889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-epic-fury","tag-karoline-leavitt-2","tag-left-wing-media","tag-media-bias-2","tag-mixed-messaging"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WEX_TRUMP-4-e1772220797375.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578889"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578893,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578889\/revisions\/2578893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}