Eisenhower said ‘Every gun that is made’ signifies ‘a theft from those who hunger and are not fed’?


In mid-June 2025, a rumour circulated on Facebook claiming former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”

For example, Robert Reich, former United States Secretary of Labor, posted the quote on his Facebook page, receiving over 80,000 reactions within two days. Two other Facebook posts attributed the quote to Eisenhower.

Historical records confirm that Eisenhower delivered this statement during a presidential address and primary sources document the quote’s authenticity. As a result, we’ve rated the attribution correct.

Eisenhower delivered the quote during his “Chance for Peace” speech, also known as the “Cross of Iron” speech, before the American Society of Newspaper Editors on April 16, 1953. The address came after the death of Soviet leader Josef Stalin, as Eisenhower sought to present an alternative to the Cold War arms race.

The website of the Miller Center, a nonpartisan institution at the University of Virginia, hosted audio of the full speech. The quote in question appears starting around the 11:17 mark.

The American Presidency Project also hosted transcripts of Eisenhower’s address. The Eisenhower Presidential Library listed the quote as authentic and also hosted audio of Eisenhower saying the quote in question.

Eisenhower delivered the speech from the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C., and television and radio broadcast it nationwide. In the speech, Eisenhower presented a choice between military buildup and investment in human welfare.

The passage containing the quote read (emphasis ours):

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

Eisenhower continued by suggesting different things the money used on weapons could pay for:

The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete highway. We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people.

He concluded this section by stating: “This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”

Despite the hopes Eisenhower expressed in the “Chance for Peace” speech, the Cold War continued to intensify during his presidency. By the time he left office in 1961, he felt compelled to deliver another warning about the “military-industrial complex” in his farewell address — a speech that bookended his presidency’s concerns about militarization.

 

 

Authentic Video Shows Air India Plane’s Final Moments Before Ahmedabad Crash ?


Watch out for video claiming to show Air India plane’s final moments before Ahmedabad crash. One video has been circulating after the June 2025 crash actually showed a plane crash in Nepal in 2023.

Claim: A video authentically showed the final moments before India Air Flight AI-171 crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025.

On June 12, as news emerged that an Air India flight bound for London crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, a video circulated online claiming to authentically show the final moments before the crash from inside the cabin.

(X user @MonitorX99800)

The video showed a man inside an airplane cabin smiling and showing the view when, suddenly, the phone he was holding appeared to tumble out of his hand. The video ended with flames and smoke visible in the frame.

The video circulated mainly on Facebook and X.

However, the video was miscaptioned. The footage first circulated on Jan. 15, 2023, and shows the final moments before Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, killing all 68 passengers and four crew members on board. The footage does not show the inside of the Air India Boeing 787 that crashed on June 12, 2025, while carrying 242 people.

The footage, sourced from a livestream by Sonu Jaiswal who was a passenger on Flight 691, was widely reported as authentic at the time of the Yeti Airlines crash.

Taiwan FactCheck Center published a video geolocating the footage four days after the crash.

Satellite imagery on Google Earth confirmed that the video circulating in June 2025 was recorded in Pokhora, Nepal, not Ahmedabad, India. We used a longer version of the video to replicate Taiwan FactCheck Center’s geolocation.


(Google Earth/X user @manishkhosiya illustration)

A report on the Yeti Airlines crash compiled by Nepal’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission found that the plane crashed after pilots mistakenly cut power, leading to an aerodynamic stall — essentially meaning the plane lost lift.

At the time of this writing, rescue work was still ongoing on the ground in Ahmedabad to recover passengers and crew from the Air India Flight AI-171 crash. According to The Associated Press, casualties included at least five people on the ground as the crashing flight hit a medical college. The cause of the crash was under investigation.

 

 

There’s No Evidence Tom Cruise, Young Thug & Kendall Jenner will be on next Blue Origin flight


A rumor that a number of celebrities — Young Thug, Kendall Jenner, Tom Cruise, Jameis Winston, Drew Desbordes and Angel Reese — would be aboard the next Blue Origin flight in May 2025 circulated online in April 2025.

Claim: A number of celebrities, including Young Thug, Kendall Jenner and Tom Cruise, will be aboard Blue Origin’s next flight in May 2025.

One X post making the claim, by the user @DailyNoud, had received more than 8.6 million views as of this writing:


(X account @DailyNoud)

Variations of the rumor spread on TikTok as well.

Some readers seemed to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life events. However, there was no evidence Blue Origin made such an announcement. Blue Origin has not publicly announced any details regarding celebrity passengers on future flights. The link on the post directs users to a Blue Origin news release regarding the company’s April 14, 2025, flight.

Rather, the rumor about Young Thug and others originated with Daily Noud — a social media account that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature. Its bio states:

#1 Source For PARODY Hip-Hop News | Follow For Viral Content | These are fake stories

The fictional story spread after Blue Origin successfully launched six women — including pop star Katy Perry and TV host Gayle King — on April 14.

Daily Noud has a history of making up stories for shares and comments.

Conclusion: We labeled Satire.