{"id":"1793306888999-news-segment","slug":"greece-calls-turkey-libya-deal-void","title":"Greece Calls Turkey-Libya Deal Void","summary":"At the UN Security Council, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum illegal and without legal effect, and called for a global maritime truce after drone attacks on Black Sea shipping. Greece's foreign minister separately said the 2019 deal is “null and void.”\n\nIn early 2024, Donald Trump pressured congressional Republicans to block a bipartisan border security bill negotiated by Senator James Lankford, and it died in the Senate. The post is broadly accurate that Trump helped stop it. This is a subjective reaction to a Facebook suggestion; it does not identify a specific immigration claim by JD Vance that can be fact-checked.\n\nThe post lists broad assertions without evidence; some are false or exaggerated. The U.S.-Mexico border was not literally closed, drugs still enter by sea, and inflation/energy-cost changes are not attributable solely to any president. Deportations of criminal noncitizens do occur, but the list overall is not a factual summary.","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T20:48:08.999Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"Washington","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: At the UN Security Council, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum illegal and without legal effect, and called for a global maritime truce after drone attacks on Black Sea shipping. Greece's foreign minister separately said the 2019 deal is “null and void.”\nSource: [euronews.com](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/26/turkey-libya-maritime-boundaries-deal-remains-null-and-void-greek-foreign-minister-says), [devdiscourse.com]( (https://x.com/Reuters/status/2115906571305734535)\n\nTRUE: In early 2024, Donald Trump pressured congressional Republicans to block a bipartisan border security bill negotiated by Senator James Lankford, and it died in the Senate. The post is broadly accurate that Trump helped stop it. This is a subjective reaction to a Facebook suggestion; it does not identify a specific immigration claim by JD Vance that can be fact-checked.\nSource: AP News NAMES: Langford = James Lankford, Republican U.S. senator from Oklahoma and lead GOP negotiator of the 2024 bipartisan border bill. POST 211590438418196 (https://x.com/EyesVnj/status/2115904422211449178)\n\nMISLEADING: The post lists broad assertions without evidence; some are false or exaggerated. The U.S.-Mexico border was not literally closed, drugs still enter by sea, and inflation/energy-cost changes are not attributable solely to any president. Deportations of criminal noncitizens do occur, but the list overall is not a factual summary.\nSource: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; FBI crime data NAMES: (https://x.com/GTackling/status/2115904339911065825)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"At the UN Security Council, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the Turkey-Libya maritime memorandum illegal and without legal effect, and called for a global maritime truce after drone attacks on Black Sea shipping. Greece's foreign minister separately said the 2019 deal is “null and void.”","sourceName":"[euronews.com](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/26/turkey-libya-maritime-boundaries-deal-remains-null-and-void-greek-foreign-minister-says), [devdiscourse.com](","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/Reuters/status/2115906571305734535","claim":"EXCLUSIVE: Greek PM calls Turkey-Libya maritime deal 'void;' calls for global truce after Black Sea attacks https://t.co/vFFDBgHb8W","author":"@Reuters"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"In early 2024, Donald Trump pressured congressional Republicans to block a bipartisan border security bill negotiated by Senator James Lankford, and it died in the Senate. The post is broadly accurate that Trump helped stop it. This is a subjective reaction to a Facebook suggestion; it does not identify a specific immigration claim by JD Vance that can be fact-checked.","sourceName":"AP News NAMES: Langford = James Lankford, Republican U.S. senator from Oklahoma and lead GOP negotiator of the 2024 bipartisan border bill. POST 211590438418196","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/EyesVnj/status/2115904422211449178","claim":"You lead with abolish the borders quite often but why did Trump stop the border policy Langford and others worked on for months We haven’t forgotten Vote https://t.co/iAZn7HWTL7","author":"VNJ (@EyesVnj)"},{"verdict":"MISLEADING","summary":"The post lists broad assertions without evidence; some are false or exaggerated. The U.S.-Mexico border was not literally closed, drugs still enter by sea, and inflation/energy-cost changes are not attributable solely to any president. Deportations of criminal noncitizens do occur, but the list overall is not a factual summary.","sourceName":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection; FBI crime data NAMES:","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/GTackling/status/2115904339911065825","claim":"Why hasn’t Trump made up a banner that shows all his accomplishments during this term. Closed Mexican border, deported ilegal criminal aliens, lowered crime , stopped drugs from entering the country by sea, brought down inflation and energy costs, brought billions of new","author":"Gary Tackling (@GTackling)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/Reuters/status/2115906571305734535","name":"[euronews.com](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/26/turkey-libya-maritime-boundaries-deal-remains-null-and-void-greek-foreign-minister-says), [devdiscourse.com](","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@Reuters"},{"url":"https://x.com/EyesVnj/status/2115904422211449178","name":"AP News NAMES: Langford = James Lankford, Republican U.S. senator from Oklahoma and lead GOP negotiator of the 2024 bipartisan border bill. POST 211590438418196","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"VNJ (@EyesVnj)"},{"url":"https://x.com/GTackling/status/2115904339911065825","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection; FBI crime data NAMES:","kind":"x","verdict":"MISLEADING","author":"Gary Tackling (@GTackling)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793306888999-news-segment-greece-calls-turkey-libya-deal-void","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793306888999-news-segment-greece-calls-turkey-libya-deal-void","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793306888999-news-segment-greece-calls-turkey-libya-deal-void and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"Greece's Prime Minister just called Turkey's maritime deal with Libya void—and he wants a global truce on the Black Sea after drone attacks on shipping."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking at the UN Security Council. Reuters has the exclusive. He said the Turkey-Libya memorandum is illegal, with no legal effect."},{"host":"Brian","text":"This is not a small dispute. The 2019 deal divided up waters Greece says are its own, and Turkey has sent survey ships into them before."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And now you have drone attacks sinking a Greek ship in the Black Sea. Mitsotakis is tying the two together: stop the fighting at sea, everywhere."},{"host":"Brian","text":"His foreign minister went further—he used the phrase \"null and void.\" That's the language of treaties being torn up."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Strong words from Athens. The question is whether Ankara cares. Turkey is not known for backing down on maritime claims."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No, but at the UN, with Romania and Bulgaria also worried about Black Sea attacks, this could actually force a debate."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Worth watching, especially for anyone near the Aegean."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Different kind of sea—the kind of rhetoric on X. A post from Gary Tackling is making the rounds, listing Trump's accomplishments: closed border, deported criminal aliens, lowered crime, stopped drugs by sea, brought down inflation and energy costs."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I saw that. And I'm going to fact-check it, because some of those are just not true. The border is not literally closed. Drugs are still coming in by sea."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Okay, but \"closed\" is shorthand. Illegal crossings are down massively. Deportations of criminal noncitizens are real and happening."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That part is real—but the post lumps it with \"brought down inflation and energy costs.\" Presidents don't control those single-handedly. This list is campaign talk, not a factual summary."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Come on, Bella. Energy costs did drop from the 2022 peak. Inflation did cool. You can't just say it's all nonsense."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I didn't say all nonsense. I said it's misleading to claim one man did it all. Gary Tackling wrote it as if Trump turned a switch."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But even the misleading parts point to a real shift: the border is far quieter, crime data shows a dip, and energy is more affordable than two years ago. People feel that."},{"host":"Bella","text":"They feel it because they remember the chaos. But if we're doing a banner, let's put accurate lines on it—not \"closed Mexican border\" when the border is still open to legal crossings."},{"host":"Brian","text":"You're splitting hairs. Most people understand \"closed\" as \"not the free-for-all it was.\" That's fair shorthand in a political post."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's not a free-for-all now, agreed. But Gary's post also says \"stopped drugs from entering by sea.\" The Coast Guard and CBP would disagree—they're still seizing cocaine shipments."},{"host":"Brian","text":"They're seizing them, which means enforcement is working, not that drugs aren't trying. You're making my point."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Brian, you're defending a post that says Trump brought billions of new—the post is cut off. It literally runs out of characters mid-thought."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fine, it's not a polished memo. But the thrust is true: things are better at the border. That's what voters will remember."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And here's the thing: if Trump really wanted a legislative fix, why did he kill the Lankford border bill? VNJ posted that question, and it's fair. James Lankford and others worked for months, bipartisan."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Because that bill had major problems—it didn't secure the border the way Trump wanted, it allowed too many crossings before shutdown authority kicked in."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But it would have funded more agents, more judges, more detention. Killing it left nothing until executive orders. That's not coherent, that's politics."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It was a compromise Biden would have signed as a win. Trump didn't want a weak border bill on his watch, and he was right—later enforcement worked without it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Later enforcement took months and a change of administration. In between, millions crossed. So \"we haven't forgotten,\" as VNJ says, is a legitimate grievance."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Millions crossed under Biden because he reversed Trump policies, not because the Lankford bill failed. The bill would not have stopped that."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It would have funded more capacity. But you're now defending Trump rejecting a bill his own party's senator negotiated."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It tells you Trump wanted better border security than a compromise that let people in for months before action."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That compromise included a shutdown trigger at a certain daily crossings number. Lankford put it in, and Trump still killed it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Because the trigger was set too high to matter. That's not a border, that's a turnstile."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And the alternative was zero legislative authority and no funding. How is that better?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Because executive enforcement works when the administration wants it to. We've seen that since January."},{"host":"Bella","text":"You keep saying that, but millions came in the gap. So VNJ's question stands: why kill a bill if the goal was really to fix it?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"The goal was to fix it right, not to pass something that would become permanent law with loopholes."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Or the goal was to keep the issue alive for the election. That's what Lankford said afterward."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Lankford was bitter. I get it. But he also admitted the politics were impossible."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Which proves the point: it was politics, not policy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No, it proves both parties had different definitions of security. That's a policy fight."},{"host":"Bella","text":"You're not going to give an inch, are you?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Not on this one."},{"host":"Bella","text":"No, but Gary Tackling's banner and VNJ's question are the same fight: did Trump actually deliver, or just claim it?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"I think he delivered more than his critics admit, less than the banner claims."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That might be the most honest thing said all hour."}]}