Trump:

The last time I took a day off, everybody said bad things happened to me.

Trump announced that the G20 summit in 2026 will be held in the US for the first time in 20 years, with Miami as the venue.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has announced that he is staying in the mayoral race.

G20 will be held at Doral, a club Trump owns.

Trump:

I won't go to G20 this year. It is in South Africa. JD will go.

Trump on inviting Russia to G20 next year:

I will think about that for a while.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson:

Trump was an FBI informant in an effort to take Epstein down.

Trump signed an executive order authorizing penalties against countries complicit in holding ‘wrongfully detained’ Americans.

Trump on the Economy:

We were on a very downward path with Biden. I think our big year won't be next year, it will be the year after.

Trump:

I would love Xi and Putin to attend the G20 next year. They would be observers, I am not sure if they would want that.

📸 Reuters published a photo of a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone with Hellfire missiles and an ELINT system at Rafael Hernández Airport, Puerto Rico.

The drone was likely involved in the September 3 strike on the “Tren de Aragua” gang’s boat near Venezuela.

Trump:

I will always be friends with Modi. He is great. I just don't like what he is doing at this particular moment.

India and the US have a special relationship. We just have "moments" on occasion. There is nothing to worry about.

Zelensky:

Putin can come to Kyiv.

Zelensky:

Putin is playing games with the US.

Indian PM Modi:

Deeply appreciate and fully reciprocate President Trump's sentiments and positive assessment of our ties.

Iranian TV aired an interview with IRGC missile crews describing how, during Israeli airstrikes in June, a neighboring launcher was hit while they prepared to fire their Khaybar Shekan missile.

Despite burning debris flying overhead, they “followed orders and launched at Israel” as planned.

Somalia: ISIS-Somalia claimed clashes over the past two days killed 22 Puntland soldiers and wounded 30.

Pentagon Shifts Focus Away From China to Homeland Security

A leaked draft of the new U.S. National Defense Strategy shows the Pentagon is pivoting from deterring China to prioritizing homeland and Western Hemisphere security.

It reverses Trump’s 2018 strategy that put China at the top of U.S. defense concerns.

Source: Politico