Liberal commentators panicked after President Donald Trump articulated the same view of America’s “Anglo-Saxon” heritage as that of the Founding Fathers during King Charles III’s visit this week.

During his speech on Tuesday, Trump rejected the premise that America was “merely an idea,” but instead argued it was a unique nation founded by English settlers and the Founding Fathers who led them.

“Long before Americans had a nation or a Constitution, we first had a culture, a character and a creed. Before we ever proclaimed our independence, Americans carried within us the rarest of gifts: Moral courage,” Trump said. 

He went on to cite that American patriots’ blood was filled with “Anglo-Saxon courage” and that, “Their hearts beat with an English faith, and standing firm for what is right, good, and true.”

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President Trump gave a speech at the arrival ceremony at the White House, in honor of King Charles and Queen Camilla. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin reacted to the speech by objecting to how “the president said things like, ‘You know, this country, we have Anglo-Saxon blood running through our veins,’” noting the presence of both Indigenous tribes and enslaved peoples. “He doesn’t understand history,” she concluded.

Jonathan Chait at The Atlantic condemned Trump’s speech for having “embraced the idea that the nation is an Anglo-Saxon one,” arguing his speech “walks up to the edge of [W]hite nationalism.”

“The analysis Trump endorsed is that America is defined not by its founding values but by its Anglo-Saxon cultural and genetic heritage. This idea has radical consequences, some of which have already manifested under the administration,” he wrote.

He went on to warn of a “national conservative faction,” of conservatism that “considers itself a heroic vanguard dedicated to rescuing American civilization from the Third World immigrant hordes who have transformed it beyond recognition.”

“The natcons have enjoyed almost untrammeled influence over the course of Trump’s second term, which has combined challenges to birthright citizenship and aggressive immigration enforcement with a campaign to entrench power and intimidate political opponents. In his speech yesterday, Trump made his affinity with their project more overt than ever,” he warned.

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President Trump and King Charles shared a laugh outside the White House ahead of the state dinner. (Henry NICHOLLS / AFP via Getty Images)

Ahmed Baba, a columnist for The Independent, condemned the speech, warning: “The [W]hite nationalist undertones in this speech have been dramatically underreported. Trump says the colonists had British blood, the 1776 revolutionaries’ ‘veins ran with Anglo-Saxon courage,’ and criticized the notion that America is an idea. Echoed Vance’s blood and soil speech from last year.”

NBC4 host Joseph Olmo also knocked the speech as well, warning that usage of the term “Anglo-Saxon,” while it has some historic usage, “certain groups use it, ‘Anglo-Saxon,’ as a way to identify the type of America they want to live in, an America much less diverse than it is today.”

When reached for comment by Fox News Digital, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly replied to criticism of Trump’s speech by declaring, “These Trump-deranged Democrats need to touch grass. President Trump was proud to welcome King Charles and Queen Camilla to the United States and recognize the special, historic relationship between our two countries.”

Meanwhile, many conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic have praised the speech or shared similar sentiments. Use of the term Anglo-Saxon to address people of British heritage around the world or even in England itself has become a hot topic amid debates about immigration and demographic change.

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Even after the Revolutionary War that divided them, the United States and the United Kingdom have maintained a special relationship united by common language, legal traditions, history, and culture. (James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

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Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss posted on social media, “We in Britain desperately need to rediscover that Anglo-Saxon courage if we are to save our country. Thank you President Trump for reminding us who we are.”

A piece from NotTheBee, the news sister outlet to The Babylon Bee, replied to Trump’s remarks in article, saying, “What a great day to be an American” and agreeing the U.S. “is not an economic zone, nor an experiment in unfettered diversity, equity, and inclusion. That does not mean one cannot become American, but it is a process that takes generations. It is not magically granted because your mom gave birth on U.S. soil.”

Political commentator Gunther Eagleman hailed Trump’s similar rhetoric in another speech that night, replying that, “PRESIDENT TRUMP just dropped a very true point at the State Dinner: Anglo-Saxon culture was one of the greatest gifts to the world and former colonies should be grateful for it. The English language, common law, individual rights, limited government, and the spirit of liberty that built America didn’t come from nowhere.”

During his speech on Tuesday, Trump also noted the signing of the Magna Carta, a medieval peace treaty that emerged amid the rebellion against King John in the First Barons’ War of 1215, where rebel barons demanded rights, liberties and checks on royal power. The Founding Fathers frequently cited the Magna Carta, the “Rights of Englishmen,” and specifically “Anglo-Saxon” ideals as their birthright, arguing it was King George, not they, who had betrayed such ideals. 

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An archaeologist uncovered a cache of rare religious artifacts deliberately thrown in an English river — and has now shed light on why they were dumped.

Gary Bankhead, an archaeologist at Durham University, has found a variety of valuable Christian artifacts in the River Wear in Durham.

The artifacts included a bronze crucifix, a silver trowel and a christening spoon, as well as a silver key, a 19th-century Russian icon depicting Jesus on the cross and a silver medal from 1964 showing Christ with open arms, surrounded by Greek letters in a Byzantine-style font.

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Other significant finds included gold, silver and bronze medals commemorating the Second Vatican Council, as well as a gold Greek Orthodox cross pendant and other medals, including one marking the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Bankhead has linked the hoard to Michael Ramsey, an English bishop who served as the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1961 to 1974 and later retired to Durham.

An archaeologist at Durham University uncovered a cache of Christian artifacts in the River Wear, linking them to former Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey, pictured at left, and raising questions about their unusual disposal. (Ware in the World/Heritage Images via Getty Images; Gary Bankhead)

It’s “exceptionally unusual” to find a hoard of artifacts in a river, said Bankhead — especially one linked to the head of the Church of England.

Bankhead told Fox News Digital he’s spent “many years” diving the River Wear and has recovered over 14,500 artifacts from the river in total. 

Still, to him, the Ramsey hoard “immediately stood apart.”

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He uncovered the hoard nearly two decades ago, but recently detailed the findings in his book, “Pilgrim Souvenirs, Devotional and other Objects of Faith: Late-medieval to modern period small finds from the River Wear, Durham.”

“What made it so striking was the way the objects had been deposited,” he said. “They weren’t scattered randomly across the riverbed.”

Instead, Bankhead found “distinct clusters” beneath Prebends Bridge, one of Durham’s best-known bridges.

The archaeologist said the hoard stood out among over 14,500 objects he has recovered over the years. (Gary Bankhead)

The archaeologist noted it looked “as though someone had stood above the bridge and deliberately dropped them into the water” — hinting at what was to come.

Bankhead spent the next two years recovering the hoard. Once he’d recorded each object, he found that a clear pattern emerged.

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He found that Ramsey’s housekeeper, Audrey Heaton, removed the artifacts at the instruction of Joan Ramsey, the bishop’s wife, as the pattern did not suggest a crime.

Bankhead said his explanation “only really came together” when he spoke with the niece of Heaton, who shared Heaton’s diaries and memories of her aunt.

“She recognized that they had real historical and monetary value, and struggled with the idea of throwing them away.”

He determined that Joan Ramsey packaged small groups of objects into plastic bags and weighed them down with stones to ensure they sank — though the exact reason remains unclear. Bankhead suggested the items may have been discarded because they could not be sold or given away.

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The niece told Bankhead that she recalled her aunt being “extremely upset” about being asked to throw the religious items in the river.

“She recognized that they had real historical and monetary value, and struggled with the idea of throwing them away,” said Bankhead.

The discovery’s explanation came together after diaries detailed distress about being asked to dispose of the religious items. (Gary Bankhead)

“This wasn’t something Heaton ever forgot. It weighed heavily on her, which is why she talked about it whenever they met.”

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The disposal process was covert, and Heaton was tasked with disposing of the bags while walking her dogs early in the morning or late at night.

“She was instructed to ensure that no one saw what she was doing,” Bankhead said.

“My interest has always been in the history and the story — not the monetary value.”

He added, “The objects were not randomly dispersed. Items relating to Greek Orthodoxy were found together in one location, Vatican-associated objects in another, with the remaining material arranged in distinct clusters beneath the four different bridge abutments.”

Bankhead said he’s never seen himself “as a treasure hunter in the commercial sense.”

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“When the hoard was formally valued, I donated my share to the Help for Heroes charity, because making any personal financial gain from it never felt appropriate,” he said.

The hoard included a mix of Christian items, including Catholic and Greek Orthodox objects, with each group found clustered in separate areas beneath the bridge. (Gary Bankhead)

“My interest has always been in the history and the story — not the monetary value.”

Bankhead noted that each piece of treasure had its own story, with each one carefully created by skilled artisans.

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Though the pieces are more modern, it’s not the first time in English history that religious artifacts have been deliberately dumped in a river.

The hoard “feels like a modern continuation of a pattern I’ve encountered repeatedly among the more than 14,500 artifacts I’ve recovered from the Wear,” Bankhead said.

The discovery revealed a collection of devotional objects spanning different Christian traditions and time periods. (Gary Bankhead)

“[It shows] people choosing the river as the final resting place for religious or deeply personal objects,” he added.

“What the hoard makes clear is that this practice stretches back to late-medieval pilgrimage and continues, quite remarkably, into the 20th century.”

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Bankhead’s book, “Pilgrim Souvenirs, Devotional and other Objects of Faith: Late-medieval to modern period small finds from the River Wear, Durham,” is available on Amazon.

As the Trump administration escalates its campaign against Iran through sanctions, naval pressure and financial enforcement, a central question is emerging: Can unprecedented economic strain truly weaken the regime, or will Iran’s rulers once again absorb the pain, suppress unrest and survive?

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday post on X that the “Economic Fury” campaign already has disrupted “tens of billions of dollars in revenue” that would otherwise support terrorism, while arguing Iran’s inflation has doubled and its currency has sharply depreciated under the current maximum pressure campaign.

Bessent also warned that Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil export terminal, is nearing storage capacity and could soon force production cuts, which he said may cost the regime an additional roughly $170 million per day in lost revenue.

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The escalating pressure campaign marks one of the most aggressive U.S. efforts in years to economically isolate Iran. But the central question is whether this strategy can force meaningful concessions from a regime that has historically absorbed economic pain, or whether it risks triggering broader instability — from energy market shocks to regional escalation — before Iran is pushed to a breaking point.

A cargo ship sails in the Persian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz on April 22, 2026. (AP Photo)

A senior administration official told Fox News Digital that Treasury is aggressively expanding “Economic Fury” beyond traditional sanctions by targeting Iran’s ability to generate, move and repatriate funds across oil, banking, cryptocurrency and covert trade networks.

The official said Treasury has disrupted billions in projected Iranian oil revenue in recent days alone, including freezing $344 million in regime-linked cryptocurrency, while also escalating pressure on Chinese “teapot” refineries, foreign banks and sanctions-evasion networks facilitating Tehran’s trade.

The Treasury also has warned financial institutions in China, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Oman that continued facilitation of Iranian illicit commerce could trigger secondary sanctions, while signaling that foreign companies — including airlines — may also face penalties if they support prohibited Iranian activity.

But Alireza Nader, an Iranian independent analyst based in Washington, is skeptical that economic pressure alone will force a strategic breaking point. 

“It looks like a game of chicken and I think the regime thinks that it can win this game of chicken with President Trump,” he told Fox News Digital.

“I don’t see this economic blockade … leading to some sort of breaking point for the regime,” Nader added, arguing that Iran’s leadership has repeatedly shown it is willing to let ordinary citizens bear extraordinary suffering to preserve power.

“The regime cares about staying in power,” he said, warning that public hardship does not necessarily translate into vulnerability.

“The economic clock is moving much faster on Iran than on its adversaries.”

That skepticism stands in stark contrast to Miad Maleki, a former Treasury sanctions analyst, who argues Washington may now hold its greatest leverage over Iran since the 1979 revolution.

“We’ve never had the level of leverage that we have today with Iran in the history of our conflict … since 1979,” Maleki said.

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A senior administration official said Treasury has disrupted billions in projected Iranian oil revenue in recent days alone.  (CENTCOM)

For Maleki, what makes this moment different is not sanctions alone, but the convergence of sanctions, naval blockade and aggressive secondary enforcement.

He said Iran’s already fragile economy — marked by 104% food inflation and a roughly 90% collapse in purchasing power — could face roughly $435 million in daily economic losses if maritime restrictions hold.

“Iran’s economy relies on the Strait of Hormuz more than any other economy,” Maleki said, arguing that disruption around the strait may ultimately hurt Iran faster than its adversaries.

If restrictions are fully enforced, Maleki warned, “crude onshore storage shortages in about 7 to 14 days, then they can buy a few weeks with filling up a dozen tankers already in the Persian Gulf, but they have to start dropping oil extraction now in anticipation of running out of storage. They are also facing gasoline shortages in matters of days or a few weeks, forced oil-production cuts, and eventually banking or salary strain.”

Independent shipping intelligence from from shipping intelligence firm Kpler suggests Iran’s oil bottleneck may already be intensifying, though perhaps on a slightly longer timeline than some sanctions advocates predict.

Before the conflict, Iran exported roughly 2 million barrels of oil per day, Court Smith, Kpler’s head of engagements and partnerships, told Lauren Simonetti at FOX Business, but current exports appear closer to 1 million barrels daily, leaving an estimated 1 million barrels per day accumulating in storage.

Smith estimated Iran may have roughly 30 days before shoreside storage faces severe capacity constraints under current conditions, while warning that older fields or marginal wells could already be facing early shut-in pressures.

To buy time, Iran has reportedly begun pulling decades-old tankers out of storage for temporary floating capacity, a sign of mounting logistical strain. 

Former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror argues the blockade should not be judged by whether it forces immediate capitulation, but by whether Washington has the patience to let time erode Iran’s strength.

“Blockade is one of the oldest forms of warfare,” Amidror said. “Blockade equals time.”

In his view, the strategy’s advantage is precisely that it imposes relatively low costs on the United States while gradually exhausting Iran’s economy.

“The siege does its work. It weakens Iran,” he said, describing it as one of the cheapest long-term methods of pressure available.

Amidror also pushed back forcefully against claims that modern enforcement is unrealistic.

“I don’t buy the idea that the U.S. Navy in the 21st century can’t monitor the 35 kilometers of blockade” he said, arguing that American surveillance, satellites and naval assets are more than capable of controlling the choke point over time.

Danny Citrinowicz, a nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs, offers a far more skeptical view.

“The blockade won’t force Iran to capitulate,” Citrinowicz said.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday post on X that the “Economic Fury” campaign already has disrupted “tens of billions of dollars in revenue” that would otherwise support terrorism.  (U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters)

“This country is under sanctions since 1979 … they know how to make adjustments,” he added.

“The regime isn’t just dependent on oil and energy exports to survive, it has other means of income,” Nader argued, “Oil and natural gas are its biggest sources of income, but I think this regime has made a calculation that it can withstand even months of economic siege because it may think that the Trump administration is more vulnerable to political pressure.”

“Look,” he added, “American voters vote in the president and vote out the president. In Iran, nobody’s voted in and out. The regime maintains power through brutal force. If there are public disturbances, if there are new uprisings, the regime will try to deal with them as it has in the past to mass violence, killing thousands of people. That’s how this regime stays in power.”

Citrinowicz warned that Iran may escalate regionally or exploit global energy vulnerabilities long before economic collapse forces surrender, potentially driving oil prices sharply upward and creating international political pressure before Tehran truly breaks.

“In the pain game … the world will feel that before,” he said.

That leaves the administration facing a strategic endurance contest: Can economic warfare degrade Iran faster than the regime can adapt, repress and weaponize global pain?

Nader believes Iran’s rulers may still calculate that they can outlast U.S. patience through repression and resource management.

Maleki believes the economic “clock is moving much faster” on Iran than on its adversaries.

Amidror argues time itself may be Washington’s greatest weapon.

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A senior administration official told Fox News Digital that Treasury is aggressively expanding “Economic Fury” beyond traditional sanctions by targeting Iran’s ability to generate, move and repatriate funds across oil, banking, cryptocurrency and covert trade networks. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Tajh Payne/U.S. Navy/Reuters)

And Citrinowicz warns that if the United States expects quick capitulation, it may be underestimating both Iran’s resilience and its willingness to escalate.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Iranian mission to the U.N., CENTCOM and the Pentagon for comment. 

The conflict among power factions in Tehran is no longer hidden; signs of confusion in a tense atmosphere, internal clashes and a power struggle are clearly visible, and internal rifts have become more apparent than ever. Under current conditions, Ahmad Vahidi, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), operates as a shadow leader; his faction stands in opposition to the faction of parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, while in the meantime the faction of Director of the Supreme National Security Council Mohammad Zolghadr plays the role of a hidden orchestrator. The circle of power is becoming tighter day by day, and in practice, the structure of governance has turned into a kind of joint-stock company of intelligence-security criminals.

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, too, has so far been kept hidden by the core of power; and gradually, rumors of his death are spreading in society. But the question remains: how long can the ruling establishment continue this game? Is he even alive to be unveiled one day? If conditions are normal, what is the purpose of all this cat-and-mouse game; and if he is not alive, does this not mean an intensification of the power struggle within the regime?

At present, the remnants of the Assembly of Experts have issued a statement declaring that he is alive, and some regime-affiliated clerics — known as Shiite sources of emulation — have also confirmed this claim through official notices. But are all these staged scenes anything more than a political trick? Are the street mobilizations and regime propaganda among its supporters real, or merely part of a controlled performance? If the truth is revealed, does the regime have the capacity to respond to the destructive consequences?

Meanwhile, U.S. and Israeli intelligence and espionage agencies have so far not fully confirmed whether he is alive or dead. On the other hand, it is still unclear why and how he was selected, through what process he rose to this position and by what mechanism he was approved.

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A poster is pasted on a motorbike windshield with graphic depicting Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as government supporters gather to mark the 40th day since the killing of his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)

What is also evident to international observers is that within the logic governing this structure, democracy, the people’s vote and electoral mechanisms have no place; what exists is the continuation of a dictatorship defined under the title of “absolute guardianship of the jurist,” and referred to by the Islamic community as “pure Muhammadan Islam” — a delusional interpretation that, within its specific ideological framework, is completely detached from the common standards of modern governance, rationality and civility.

The junta-like segment of the regime also acts as a serious obstacle to any negotiation with President Donald Trump and the United States and continues to pursue its declared goal of the destruction of Israel. From Tehran’s perspective, Trump is not inclined toward entering a war and seeks to avoid direct confrontation; for this reason, a strategy of attrition, wasting time and deception has been placed on the agenda.

At the same time, the first circle of power and the regime’s hard core still include figures who have not been eliminated by Israel or the United States — a combination of fanatical elements with Russophile and Anglophile tendencies who are unwilling to concede any advantage. Internal divisions and conflicts are far deeper than what U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies imagine or analyze. In this context, it is still unclear who will ultimately be willing to “drink from the poisoned chalice.”

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At the same time, it has nothing to offer at the negotiating table. In this context, giving time under the guise of diplomacy by Washington and Israel can effectively create an opportunity for propaganda exploitation, allowing Tehran’s government to claim a kind of “victory” through narrative construction; as if there is no decisive will to bring the process of structural change to an end.

The regime, in order to preserve appearances, has kept this negotiation channel open and created a quasi-suspended and ambiguous atmosphere. At the same time, it tends to expand the scope of tensions in order to use them as a tool for extracting concessions and wearing down the other side.

What is stated by the IRGC is more a play on words than a clear response; neither transparent diplomacy is visible, nor is there a specific answer to U.S. demands. The main strategy is to buy time and continue the game within the dimension of time — a deliberate effort to exhaust the opposing side, particularly the United States and the Trump administration. In this framework, time has become one of the most important tools in the hands of Iran’s ruling actors.

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At various times, the regime leaves the negotiating table — not as part of a calculated diplomatic strategy, but due to its inability to understand the logic of diplomacy and its inclination toward psychological warfare, displays of leverage and the reproduction of crisis. These very behaviors are themselves signs of Tehran’s disorientation. The ruling establishment is caught in a vague and deadlocked situation and seeks to project that it determines the timing and conditions; whereas this is more than anything a psychological game to preserve prestige. The main objective is to avoid direct confrontation, not to move toward a real agreement. In this framework, the tactic of pressure is employed as the primary tool.

What is presented by the IRGC lacks real credibility and weight in the eyes of the United States, and Israel is well aware that Iran’s responses will never be clear or reliable. This political structure, more than being familiar with the language of negotiation, is shaped within a framework that prioritizes confrontation and the application of pressure. In such an environment, genuine dialogue has been replaced by ambiguity, suspension and attritional tactics.

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 27, 2024. (Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS)

For this ruling establishment, Iran’s national interests are not a priority, and there is no inclination to offer concessions, because it possesses only limited reliable tools. Excessive reliance on levers such as the nuclear program or regional networks, rather than generating sustainable power, has led to the deepening of crises. Under such conditions, the prospect of stability in Iran and the Middle East is increasingly tied to fundamental transformations in the structure of power. This is no longer a structure of power; it is a scene of the erosion of power. In other words, power in Tehran is not being divided — it is collapsing from within.

Ultimately, what is unfolding in Tehran today is not a sign of power management, but an image of its erosion. This is no longer a cohesive structure; it is a collection of rival factions, each fighting for survival, not for governing the country. Power in this system is neither consolidated nor distributed — it is disintegrating from within.

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Secrecy, psychological warfare, playing with time and propaganda displays are all signs of a deeper reality: a ruling system that no longer has the capacity for decisive decision-making and is merely trying to buy time. Under such conditions, even diplomacy has turned into a tool for delaying crisis, not resolving it.

In this context, the main question is no longer who will take power, but whether this worn-out structure can continue at all. What is seen in Tehran is not competition for the future, but a struggle over the survival of a decaying order — an order that is closer than ever to its endpoint.