Keen eyes spotted a cheeky image that prompted the U.S. Navy to act quickly and scrub the photo from a Pentagon site. Originally posted to the official Defense Visual Information Distribution Service website, a photo showed a sailor wearing a patch on his sleeve that looked like a WWII recruitment poster and said: “Join the Navy — Save the Big Booty Venezuelans.” According to the original image, the sailor in the photo was aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford, working on an EA-18G Growler. The Pentagon has deleted an image it posted of an American soldier operating on an EA-18G Growler on the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford. A Patch with the title “Save the Big Booty Venezuelans” was seen on the soldier. pic.twitter.com/NIncokj6T6 — War Monitor (@WarMonitors) April 9, 2026 “We are aware of an image containing an unofficial and inappropriate patch circulating online,” the Navy said in a statement to the New York Post. “The patch in question is not consistent with uniform regulations, which state patches must be conservative and will be reflective of naval aviation professionalism.” “The content has been removed, and the matter is currently under review.” There were some debates on social media about whether the patch was real or the image was created using AI. But in all, the reactions found the humor in the now-scrubbed photo, with many clamoring to get one of the patches for themselves. @SHAeronautics I must have one of these patches. pic.twitter.com/pb3b8OyR7V — Jim Linz (@jim_linz) April 9, 2026 Heh! My only problem with this is the image was removed. — Greenbrier (@greenbrier_n) April 9, 2026 Does no one have a sense of humor anymore? — Bray (@LQDA_Bull1) April 9, 2026 Hilarious. If you can’t appreciate military humor, don’t look. — Cato (@CurtNAustin) April 9, 2026 When in reality, its

Vice President JD Vance is headed to Pakistan to lead the U.S. team in negotiations with Iran, a high-stakes assignment amid a fragile ceasefire. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will also reportedly be traveling with Vance, who is “widely seen as Trump’s heir apparent and the most likely GOP presidential nominee in 2028,” according to The Hill. .@VP departs for Islamabad, Pakistan: “As @POTUS said, if the Iranians are willing to negotiate in good faith, we’re certainly willing to extend the open hand. If they’re going to try to play us, then they’re going to find that the negotiating team is not that receptive.” pic.twitter.com/9nNDGsMmId — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 10, 2026 “This is probably the toughest thing he’ll do as vice president,” a former administration official told The Hill. “It’s not going to be easy,” the former official said. “These are the toughest negotiators in the world.” Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, the vice president was asked if the Iranian representatives specifically requested that he lead the Trump administration’s negotiating team. “I don’t know that. I would be surprised if that was true,” Vance said. “I wanted to be involved because I thought I could make a difference.” BREAKING: Vice President JD Vance has just BOARDED Air Force Two, en route to Pakistan for high stakes IRAN negotiations with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner Go CRUSH IT, JD, represent America proudly Have a safe flight, Mr. VP! pic.twitter.com/tpMItSJQrO — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 10, 2026 “His initial opposition to the war is appealing to Pakistani officials, who asked Mr. Witkoff for Mr. Vance to get involved, according to two people familiar with those discussions. The president then asked the vice president to lead the peace effort,” according to The New York Times.

Pope Leo XIV, in a follow-up to the traditional Easter Sunday Urbi et Orbi (‘To the City and the World’) message, in which he called on world leaders to lay down their weapons, stated on Friday that those who launch bombs are not true Christians. Speaking to bishops from Baghdad, the pope condemned the “blasphemy of war” and said peace comes from the “promotion of coexistence and dialogue,” not bombs. A message that conflicts with the actions and fiery rhetoric coming from President Donald Trump regarding the war on Iran, the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. “God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples,” posted the official X account for His Holiness. God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient… — Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex) April 10, 2026 “Absurd and inhuman violence is spreading ferociously through the sacred places of the Christian East, profaned by the blasphemy of war and the brutality of business, with no regard for people’s lives, which are considered at most collateral damage of self-interest. But no gain can be worth the life of the weakest, children, or families. No cause can justify the shedding of innocent blood,” the account posted in a follow up. The postings come one day after the pope