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Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Health
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I Cut My Workouts in Half. The Gains Didn't Stop—Here's Why.
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." UNLESS YOU'RE LUCKY enough to work out for a living, you might find it challenging to try to fit your training into your day-to-day life. Balancing your job, family, other hobbies, and much-needed down-time can leave little room for exercise, depending on what you prioritize. So if you want it all—great relationships, success at work, and some size and strength—how much time do you need to schedule in for the gym? Unfortunately, there's no magical 'hour and a half' or some other answer, says Mike Nelson, Ph.D., C.S.C.S., an associate professor at the Carrick Institute. Getting results in the gym, on the bike, on the track, or wherever else you get sweaty is less about a set period of time than it is about the work you're able to accomplish, he says. Shawn Arent, Ph.D., C.S.C.S., chair of the Department of Exercise Science at the University of South Carolina, agrees: 'You need to be less caught up on time, and more about what you're doing in that time,' he says. The more quality work you can fit into your session—no matter its length—the fitter you'll be. Here's how you can use the time you have more wisely for more gains in fewer hours. How You Should Actually Measure Your Workouts 'THE MATH PROBLEM is your set [multiplied by] your reps,' rather than minutes spent in the gym, Arent says. 'That's what dictates the adaptation.' He's talking about your training volume: The total amount of pounds you lift across all your sets and reps for an exercise or body part. A mountain of research has shown that for both strength and size gains, increasing the volume of your workouts is the key to growth, not increasing time. So the answer to how long your workouts need to be depends on how long you've been exercising to reach the volume you're lifting now, according to Arent. To get stronger and bigger, you'll need to do more workout volume, week over week and month over month—a concept called progressive overload. For example, let's say you've been doing dumbbell bench press three times per week. In each workout session, you've been doing four sets of eight reps with 50 pound dumbbells in each hand. That's 1,600 pounds of work per session. To increase your strength and size over time, you'll need to do that much work… or more. You could increase the amount of weight you're lifting, or add more reps or sets (and there are reasons to choose each). But your workout needs to last long enough to increase that volume. If you're just looking to maintain what you've built for now, you may be able to do slightly less work, Arent says—around 80 percent of the volume you've been lifting so far. In this case, your workout may be a little shorter. For beginners, getting more volume can take very little time, Nelson says. 'If you are untrained and just starting, or if you haven't trained in a while, you don't need much time," he says. In fact, some beginners do too much, he says, putting in long workouts that leave them too sore to train again in the days that follow. For these guys, workouts as short as 15 minutes—like this 15-minute HIIT workout—can provide enough volume to progress. 'But the more advanced you get, you're just going to have to accumulate more high-quality volume,' he says. And that will likely take more time. 'There's just no real way around it.' How Rest Affects Your Workout Time THERE'S ANOTHER VARIABLE that can impact how long you're in the gym: Rest. When you rest between sets, Arent says, the muscles you were working replenish their stores of adenosine triphosphate. This compound, commonly known as ATP, is your muscles' main energy currency that it uses to contract. Resting refills this gas tank so you can do another set. When it comes to strength training, research reviews have shown that for strength and size gains, a little more rest is better: Rest periods of two to three minutes between sets result in slightly more gains than rest periods of 60 seconds each. But that doesn't mean you have to rest that long—and double or triple your time in the gym—to be replenished on every set, Nelson says. In research studies, things need to be normalized so it can be tested: Everyone needs to rest for 60 seconds, or for 120 seconds, for example. But you're not in a research study, so your rest periods can vary. What should determine your rest period between sets, he says, is the quality of the work you can do in the next set. 'Let's say you're doing dumbbell bench presses. You're using 90-pound dumbbells, and you can do six reps,' he says. 'You should rest long enough that you can get pretty close to six reps again. If can only get three reps, you probably didn't rest enough. So now you're compromising the amount of quality work and volume that you can do.' Practically speaking, he says, this might mean that your rest periods get longer as your workout goes on. Between your first and second sets on an exercise, you might still be pretty fresh, and don't need a full two- to three-minute rest to hit those six reps again. But in the later sets of your workout, you might need more rest to do the quality volume you'll need to make gains. Adjusting your rest periods in this way can save time. Another rest-related way to save time: Save big rest periods for big exercises, he says. While you might need several minutes of huffing and puffing to recover after a set of heavy deadlifts or squats, you probably don't need the same amount of time to feel replenished after a set of an isolation move like triceps pushdowns. How Long You'll Need to Rest for Strength 'If you're looking to maximize strength, longer rest periods are going to win. You're probably using heavier weight, or you should be,' Arent says. When you're lifting heavy sets of one, two, or three reps, you need to muster near-maximum levels of strength. These moves use lots of muscles, and lots of ATP (a.k.a. adenosine triphosphate, the molecules your body uses for energy). As a result, you'll need more time to replenish the ATP your muscles need to make these big moves again. So even though your sets are shorter, Arent says, your workout is likely to be a little longer. Another reason your workout might get longer with this type of training, Nelson says: You'll need more sets to warm up. When they're working up to heavy sets of one or two reps, powerlifters don't just slap all the weight on the bar and let it rip. They do a significant amount of warm up sets. Paired with longer rest periods, this takes more time. How Long You'll Need to Rest for Interval Workouts When it comes to increasing your fitness, workouts as short as four minutes have been shown to improve VO2 Max, a measure of your cardiovascular workout. Seven-minute interval cardio workouts (like this one) have been shown to be effective: In a 2013 study, participants experienced strength and endurance gains with a series of back-to-back movements that only lasted seven minutes per session. To get these kind of results, you'll still need to increase the work you're doing over time. Even if workouts don't get longer, they need to increase in intensity, Arent says. Even for high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts like these, 'progressive overload is a real thing,' he says. 'You're going to have to continue to challenge the system, whether it's with more weight, more reps, a combination of both of those, or more work throughout the week.' Balance time and intensity: If you're doing a shorter workout or shorter intervals, the work you do should be more intense. If you're doing more or longer intervals, your workout will be longer, so you won't be able to go all out. 4 Tips for Shorter Strength Workouts That Still Work WHEN LIFE GETS busy, you can still get stronger. Use these four strategies from Nelson and Arent to squeeze more volume into your resistance training minutes. Superset Opposing Exercises Alternating between two exercises that use opposing muscles is a classic way to do more work in less time. Performing a set of pushing exercise, like dumbbell bench, then a set of a pull like a dumbbell row, lets you work your back while your chest is recovering, and vice versa. This approach is known as a superset. That's because your body's use of ATP is local, Arent says: The muscles you contract to do a move use up ATP in those specific muscles. So when you bench and use your chest and triceps, for example, the ATP used for contraction in your back and biceps isn't used up. These types of supersets alternate pushing exercises with pulling exercises—pullups with pushups, or biceps curls with triceps pushdowns, or leg extensions with leg curls, for example. Supersetting can result in slightly reduced performance in both exercises, Nelson says, compared to resting fully. But setting up your training in this way can reduce overall workout length while still allowing you to fit more quality volume into your session time. Trade Isolation Moves for Large, Compound Exercises Saving time is about prioritizing. If you're trying to save time, Arent says, focus on the most impactful moves for your goals of getting stronger and more muscular—moves that use more muscles and joints at once, and let you move heavier weights. That means lots of squats, deadlifts, rows, bench presses, pull ups, pushups, and other moves that use at least two joints. Save accessory moves like biceps curls, skull crushers, and other single-joint movements for the end of your workouts. If there's time, Arent says, you can fit them in. Do Sets with Slightly Fewer Reps Long sets, Arent says, take a long time: Many research studies, he says, compare longer sets with lots of reps to sets with five to eight reps. Even when the longer sets produce the same results, they take longer. Let's do the math: If each rep in a 15-rep set takes four seconds, the set will take one minute. But if you perform a set of eight reps with a slightly heavier weight, reps that take five seconds will still only result in a 40-second set. That's only 20 seconds of time saved. But if your workout has 30 sets in it, your workout will become 10 minutes shorter by making this change. Focusing on five to 10 reps per set can save you time and let you build up similar volumes, he says. Do Some Aerobic Training When You're Not Lifting This might sounds counterintuitive—aerobic cardio training takes time, which you're trying to save—but by building your aerobic base, Nelson says, your strength workouts may be shorter … because you won't need to rest as long between sets to recover. 'If you look at someone who has a horrible aerobic capacity, they're going to be limited by just how much volume they can do in the gym because they can't recover,' he says. Better aerobic fitness means faster recovery, which means more volume. Nelson's suggestion: Do your best to move for an hour each day, five days per week, whether it's lifting or cardio. If you lift on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for example, try to do some brisk walking or other cardio work for 30 to 60 minutes on Tuesday and Thursday. Over time, this may mean you can do more work—and make more gains—on your lifting days without increasing the time spent in the gym. You Might Also Like The Best Hair Growth Shampoos for Men to Buy Now 25 Vegetables That Are Surprising Sources of Protein
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Four students in unique UK-US school exchange programme reunite 55 years later
FOUR people who took part in a unique UK-US school exchange programme have reunited in Amesbury 55 years later. In 1970, at the age of 17, Clive Barton, Mike Nelson, Steve Deorocki, and Deb Whelan (nee Finley) swapped their schools, homes, and countries for a year. Clive and Mike, accustomed to the all-boys Bishop Wordsworth School, found themselves in a co-ed environment at Amesbury High School in Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Steve and Deb experienced the British education system, complete with its strict uniform policies. This exchange happened in an era without mobile phones, the internet, or affordable international calls, making the experience even more daunting. Clive and Mike had to book a single Christmas call home two weeks in advance, at a staggering cost of $24 a minute. Mike and Clive packed everything they anticipated needing for a year in a climate with harsher seasons, including summer temperatures and deep winter snow, into one suitcase each. Thanksgiving Dinner in the Nelson household, Amesbury, Wiltshire, Nov 1970 (Image: Julia Doig) They arrived at JFK airport in the sweltering August heat, dressed in their winter coats. Despite being in the UK, Thanksgiving was a celebration they didn't miss out on, thanks to one of the host families who organised a traditional feast. The year was filled with new experiences for all four. Steve camped as a Scout, exploring much of the UK, an activity he hadn't considered in the US and thoroughly enjoyed. Deb, fascinated by the differences in the same language, listed 400 words with differing meanings and wrote articles for her local US paper. Read more New Forest museum to mark 25th anniversary with special weekend of events Hundreds attend remembrance service for World War One troops Talk exploring river's thousand-year history to take place in Salisbury Mike learned and reported on American football for the same paper. Educationally, the American students returned home with college-worthy grades and smoothly transitioned with their peers, unsurprisingly pursuing careers and lives filled with travel. However, Clive and Mike had to redo their last year of sixth form. When asked if it was worth it, they gave a resounding 'yes'. These 'kids', now 72, recently visited Amesbury History Centre for a reunion. Waving hello to Deb Whelan (nee Finley) on Zoom (Image: Julia Doig) Steve made the trip from Amesbury, Massachusetts, while Deb joined via video from the US. The reunion marked 55 years of keeping in touch, initially through airmail and later via Facebook. Their extraordinary exchange experience originated from an advert in the Salisbury Journal, marking the first and only school exchange programme between the two Amesburys. The Amesbury History Centre uncovered and shared the story of these remarkable individuals, celebrating an achievement that significantly impacted their lives. The exchange programme turned out to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, enriching the lives of all those involved.
Scotsman
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Art reviews: Mike Nelson
Installation view of Mike Nelson's show at the Fruitmarket Gallery. Picture: Ruth Clark Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Mike Nelson: Humpty Dumpty Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh ★★★★☆ Jonathan Baldock Installation view of WYRD by Jonathan Baldock at Jupiter Artland. Picture: Neil Hanna Mike Nelson's major new installation work for the Fruitmarket Gallery is something of a coup for Edinburgh, and looks set to be one of the highlights of Edinburgh Art Festival. Nelson, who represented the UK in Venice in 2011 and has been shortlisted twice for the Turner Prize, has carved out a practice making immersive installations from salvaged materials which are suggestive of stories. But they're big works and the chance to see a new one built from scratch is rare. At the Fruitmarket, the 'story' is woven between the three distinct spaces of the gallery. Nelson has been based in the Warehouse space for two months, building the work on site. The three elements appear separate, but are part of a single vision. The magic of the show ignites when the three work together, but this is also risky: I suspect it might not work for everyone. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The lower gallery houses a series of photographs Nelson took in the Turkish city of Mardin, in the predominantly Kurdish south-east region, in 2012. The pictures show a city in flux as new infrastructure is installed for drainage and broadband: trenches dug everywhere, piles of rubble on every corner. It's like a giant earthwork and Nelson plays on this idea, part prehistory, part Robert Smithson. Ancient foundations are dug up, the past of this intriguing multicultural city briefly exposed, then filled in again or destroyed. Detail from WYRD by Jonathan Baldock at Jupiter Artland. Picture: Neil Hanna He makes the gallery feel a bit like a subterranean excavation with the photographs mounted low on the wall next to tiny benches and lit by workmen's lamps. It's like a pause in time in which different eras collide, and old foundations become part of modern reconstructions. Upstairs, the focus shifts to the Heygate estate in South London where Nelson worked on a major project with Artangel in 2014. He had hoped to deconstruct an empty block of flats from the 1970s estate, which was then awaiting demolition, and build sections of them into a pyramid or zigurrat. But the project fell apart amid criticism that the art was part of the gentrification of an area from which working-class residents had been evicted. The estate was later demolished, and replaced by new largely private developments. Here, Nelson's photographs of the vacated flats are shown large-scale, back-to-back, mounted in sculptural structures made from timbers and girders, some from Nelson's previous works, others from sites around Edinburgh. Almost life-size, they convey a sense akin to being in these now-demolished spaces. The melancholy of peeling wallpaper and discarded objects like a hamster cage lying in grass covey traces of the lives once lived here. It's powerful stuff. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The hairs on the back of my neck were prickling nicely by the time I got the Warehouse space where Nelson delivers his pièce de résistance. Inside it, he has built a lifesize replica of sections of two of the abandoned flats. One room houses a huge digital photographic printer dating from 2014 (now considered obsolete technology) on which all the photographs in the show were printed. The detail is masterful: the rusting desk lamp, William Hill calendar, dust mouldering in the corners, the Stairway to Heaven graffiti on the printing machine. It has the uncanny chill of abandoned spaces with enough left in them to evoke the presence of past inhabitants. Although it has just been built, it feels like it has been here for years. The whole thing has an elegant circularity which threatens to tie bits of the brain in knots. The photos were made here, in this time capsule, which are themselves time capsules. And, just in case that wasn't enough, one of the rooms contains a scale model of the ziggurat he hoped to build from flats like these - perhaps even from these very materials. The self-referentiality could become insular, but Nelson knows better than to let the whole thing turn in on itself. This is about places where people live, how they are shaped by a wider political context: inclusion, idealism or submission to market forces. Improvement and demolition happen, outside of most people's control. The past is part them – built into them, or destroyed in the building. Nelson's own practice makes art out of what is discarded. This latest installation is not only clever and well made, it's perhaps also a profound reflection on his own modus operandi. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Meanwhile, a new commission by London-based Jonathan Baldock has been unveiled at Jupiter Artland for Edinburgh Art Festival. WYRD, in the Ballroom, is an assembly of animals immaculately crafted from textiles and ceramics. There are pairs of cats, lizards, giraffes, penguins, constructed in part using toy-making manuals from the 1970s and 1980s. Look closely and you will see that some also have human features – faces, hands, feet – which are modelled on the features of Baldock himself and his partner Rafal Zajko. The accompanying text explains that all are species which have been scientifically observed to engage in same-sex sexual behaviour. Queerness, then, is part of the natural world, indeed evidence of it has been underreported. Baldock uses the old Norse 'wyrd', with its overtones of supernatural otherness or transformation. All of which is fine. The creatures are more quaint than uncanny or transgressive. There are bows and appliqued hearts. The penguins are so adorable I could steal them. But I don't feel it is telling me anything new. A further installation, Warm Inside, first shown in Sweden in 2021, is in the Lower Steadings Gallery until the end of July. This is a collection of suspended pods, cocoon-like structures, beautifully made of basketry and hand-spun, naturally dyed wool. Through small openings, we glimpse a ceramic face or a hand, again modelled on the artist's own body. The scent of the dried lavender used in some of the cocoons – a natural sedative and antiseptic – permeates the warm, dark space. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Changes – internal, external – need safe spaces in which to happen. This work is about bedding in, allowing things, ideas, lives to incubate. It's about taking the time you need, being kind to yourself, knowing when you need to retreat. Again, all good, in fact, impossible to argue with. However, as with WYRD, one finds oneself in a closed circle. Instead of opening up a space for thought, these works let you know, in the nicest possible way, what you should be thinking. All you can do is agree that, yes, you are, and quietly take your leave.
Chicago Tribune
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Despite planning challenges, officials count Aurora fireworks show a success
Undeterred by the closure of RiverEdge Park, thousands filled parks and parking lots near downtown Aurora last Friday night to watch fireworks whiz, bang and boom over the Fox River. The annual Independence Day fireworks show put on by the city of Aurora typically uses RiverEdge Park as one of its official viewing spots, but the park is closed for renovations this year, which made planning for the event more difficult, Aurora Director of Community Events Mike Nelson told The Beacon-News. However, despite the planning challenges, Nelson considers the fireworks show a success. 'Kids and families loved it, so that to me is just a win,' he said. In place of RiverEdge Park, the city closed down the Aurora Transportation Center's parking lot to use as one of two official viewing locations. City staff weren't sure what kind of turnout to expect since that lot is where people typically park for the fireworks show, but Nelson said he was happy to see about 2,500 people in attendance. Nelson was also happy to learn that the other official fireworks viewing spot, McCullough Park, saw 5,000 attendees. That's roughly double the amount of people who typically watch the fireworks show at the park, he said. On Friday evening, before the show began, adults could be seen lounging on lawn chairs or picnic blankets across McCullough Park's lawn while children ran around and played, some trying to catch fireflies that lit up like miniature versions of the fireworks to come. Nelson said that city staff had a feeling more people would show up to the park this year, so they 'simplified' operations by not putting up the typical inflatables and other activities for kids. 'I'm so glad we did because we had an overwhelming number of guests there,' he said. People also found other, unofficial spots to watch the fireworks. Nelson said Northgate shopping center's parking lot also filled up with those looking to see the show. 'Even when you throw a big curveball like shutting down the train station parking lot and eliminating that source of parking, Aurorans still show up,' he said. 'They love the Fourth. They love the fireworks.' Those fireworks this year cost around $46,000, according to Nelson. The city has been working with fireworks company Pyrotechnico for over a decade, he said, and it is currently at the start of a new three-year contract with them. Planning for the annual Independence Day fireworks show, which Nelson called one of the greatest around, starts at the very beginning of January, he said. Both the fireworks and the Fourth of July parade are planned at the same time, he said, since it is sort of like one event spread across two days. The two Independence Day celebrations take place on different days for manpower reasons, according to Nelson. 'Each event takes so much in terms of resources and whatnot, and it's just gotten too complex for us to be able to pull both off in one day,' he said. It took 'an incredible amount of city staff and resources' to pull off the switch from RiverEdge Park to the Aurora Transportation Center's parking lot as an official fireworks viewing location, Nelson said, especially since it contains a Metra stop that is very busy. It was a big operation to inform Metra riders, work with Metra and work with various city divisions to get the parking lot cleared and shut down appropriately and safely, he said. On the night of the fireworks, both official viewing locations had food trucks and DJs who played a special soundtrack created to accompany the show. But there were many more people working that night. Nelson said around 50 police officers were on-duty, as were other city employees, including the six people on his own team, maintenance crews, the train station team, the communications team and staff from the mayor's office. When asked how much more difficult planning for the fireworks show was this year compared to past years when RiverEdge Park was open, Nelson called it a 'night and day' difference both because they were inconveniencing Metra riders and because they were basically removing their main source of parking for the event. To help with the parking issue, the city this year beefed up the event's shuttle ride service and pushed that service in messaging about the fireworks show, he said. Change might be hard, Nelson said, but 'you pull it off no matter what.' However, he is looking forward to next year, with RiverEdge Park renovated and able to hold even more people than it did in years past. 'I can only imagine how awesome its going to be,' he said. Just days after the Independence Day celebrations, Nelson's team is already on to the next project: planning for the holidays. He said on Monday that all the chaos of planning for those events was set to begin the very next day at 10 a.m.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Politics
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Former Special Forces operators blast Iran bombing assessment leak
(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump pushed back against reports that the United States' attack on Iranian nuclear sites was not the success the White House initially claimed it to be Wednesday. He wrote on Truth Social, 'We just caught the Failing New York Times, working with Fake News CNN, cheating again! They tried to demean the great work our B-2 pilots did, and they were wrong in doing so. These reporters are just BAD AND SICK PEOPLE. You would think they would be proud of the great success we had, instead of trying to always make our Country look bad. TOTAL OBLITERATION!' Retired Special Forces Lt. Col. Mike Nelson, who has extensive experience with U.S. Central Command, told NewsNation on Wednesday that the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency's assessment of Operation Midnight Hammer should not be looked at as definitive. NATO hikes defense goal as Trump claims Israel-Iran conflict is 'over' 'The report was an initial reflection, low confidence, and just one portion of the larger (intelligence community) assessment, so largely a partially formed opinion, and one taken out of context from what the rest of the IC thinks,' he said. Nelson said the assessment is a 'best guess' based on several forms of intelligence, including imagery, human intelligence and tracking the movement of equipment in and out of the site. Nelson continued, 'Which is why this one DIA report, early, limited, and only one of many bits of information, should not necessarily be looked at as definitive.' House torpedoes Rep. Al Green's effort to impeach Trump over Iran strikes The DIA report from Monday stated the attack only pushed back the Iranian nuclear program by months, according to The Associated Press, which spoke with two people familiar with the report. According to the two unnamed sources, the nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan did endure heavy damage; however, they were not fully demolished. A senior DIA official told NewsNation on Wednesday, 'This is a preliminary, low confidence assessment – not a final conclusion – and will continue to be refined as additional intelligence becomes available.' 'We have still not been able to review the actual physical sites themselves, which will give us the best indication,' the source told NewsNation. 'We are working with the FBI and other authorities to investigate the unauthorized disclosure of classified information.' 5-year-old girl's 'brutal murder' prompts 'Missy's Law' in Florida Pete Hegseth confirmed the leaked report Wednesday. The defense secretary stated, while in the Netherlands for the NATO summit, that the FBI will investigate the leak. 'We are doing a leak investigation with the FBI now, because this information is for internal purposes — battle damage investigation — and CNN and others are trying to spin it to try and make the president look bad when this was an overwhelming success,' Hegseth said. CIA Director John Ratcliffe said in a statement Wednesday that the agency can confirm Iran's nuclear program was 'severely damaged' in the bombings. 'This includes new intelligence from a historically reliable and accurate source/method that several key Iranian nuclear facilities were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course of years,' the statement said in part. A source close to the White House said the leak of the initial report was an attempt to 'degrade a mission that the White House and DOD have come out and said was successful' and 'undermine the president and the work of several Air Force pilots that risked their lives to accomplish this mission.' Nelson lambasted the leakers of the DIA report. He said, 'Whoever leaked it lacks the maturity, trustworthiness or professionalism for their job.' Jonathan Gilliam, former Navy SEAL and FBI special agent, told NewsNation the leak could weaken the United States' stance with Iran, as the public narrative goes hand in hand with tactical missions. 'Iran responds to projection of power, diminishing this victory in any way on the global stage has the possibility of weakening the chance for overall diplomatic agreements between Israel and Iran,' Gilliam said. 'If Iran feels emboldened, they are more likely to step away from the bargaining table in an attempt to rebuild their reputation that has been decimated by Israel's actions. So as you can see, flexing the narrative and exaggerating the outcome of mission success when needed is vital to the overall projection of power for the president.' The Associated Press contributed to this report. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
