Trump blasts Merz:

Germany—he is doing a terrible job. He has got immigration problems, he has got energy problems, he has got problems of all kinds, and he has a big problem with Ukraine.

Trump on Iran:

I am trying to save that country in a certain way.

A 48-year-old French Catholic nun was assaulted in the Old City of Jerusalem (Mount Zion area) by a 36-year-old man, who pushed her to the ground and beat her, causing injuries.

Police arrested the suspect and are investigating the case as a possible religiously motivated assault.

Trump on Iran:

They are sitting in a cave… We can fly right over the middle of Tehran without being shot at.

Reporter: Is there talk about wearing a bulletproof vest going forward?

Trump: I don’t know if I can handle looking 20 pounds heavier.

Trump:

They will either give us the nuclear dust, or we will take it.

A White House official says the administration is in “active conversations” with Congress about possibly seeking authorization for the Iran war.

Source: ABC News

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico:

We are under pressure from oil prices depending on how Trump sleeps.

When he sleeps well, prices go down. When he doesn’t and makes some statement, oil automatically goes up.

U.S. officials say the Iran war has likely cost closer to $50 billion—about double the $25 billion publicly cited by the Pentagon.

The lower figure excluded major expenses like destroyed equipment and damaged bases.

Much of the added cost comes from replacing lost munitions and assets, including dozens of MQ-9 Reaper drones.

Source: CBS News

BIG: UAE has banned its citizens from traveling to Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq.

Nationals already there are told to leave immediately and return home.

Reason: unspecified “current/regional developments.”

Israel quietly and urgently supplied the UAE with a compact drone-detection system called “Spectro” during the recent wave of Iranian missile and drone attacks.

The system was rushed in to strengthen the UAE’s early-warning capabilities.

The transfer happened alongside the deployment of Israel’s Iron Beam laser air-defense system.

The support included early-warning systems (detecting drones ~20 km away), Iron Dome batteries, and Israeli personnel on the ground, along with real-time intelligence sharing.

Source: FT

Trump on Iran:

We have already won, but I want to win by a bigger margin.

WATCH: Catholic Nun shoved to the ground at King David’s Tomb in Jerusalem.

36-year-old suspect arrested, being questioned for racist assault.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico:

I meet with Putin and everyone criticizes, and when I return after the meeting with Putin, everyone in the restrooms in Brussels asks me what he said.

So, why do they not go and communicate with him too?

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico:

Why was the United Nations created? Well, because it was supposed to ensure peace and the use of military force only where it is necessary to secure peace.

Today the UN is a laughingstock. Who will stop the Americans in Iraq? Who stopped Russia in Ukraine? Who stopped the Americans in Iran? Who stopped the Americans, for example, in Venezuela?

German Chancellor Merz claims:

We have managed to save NATO.

About 6,500 tons of weapons and equipment arrived within 24 hours via ships and aircraft as part of major U.S. resupply operation to Israel.

Delivered items included munitions, military trucks, and JLTV armored vehicles.

Germany's Chancellor Merz:

On social media, anyone can say whatever they want, anonymously, in whatever tone they choose, often in language that I find very difficult to tolerate.

I have to endure it. I can’t change that. I find it regrettable.

Q: The United States is playing Peru in the World Cup. Who do you cheer for?

Pope Leo XIV: Probably Peru.

At the 76th FIFA Congress, Gianni Infantino tried to stage a photo between Palestine and Israel.

The Palestinian representative refused, saying “We are suffering.”