Trump on Cuba:

I don’t think you can have much more pressure other than going in and blasting the hell out of the place.

Trump:

I think that Cuba is hanging by a thread. Cuba is in big trouble.

Trump:

We have many yards opening up, and we’re going to be very much back in the shipbuilding business.

And in some cases we’re partnering with South Korea and others initially, because we have to get—you know, we used to make almost a ship a day during World War II, and then we just totally got out of that business stupidly. But we’re back in the shipbuilding business. We have to be.

Trump on Zohran Mamdani:

He’s got a great personality, he’s a nice guy. His policies are not good, but maybe he changes.

US Envoy Tom Barrack:

We issue an urgent appeal to the leadership of the Syrian government, SDF, local authorities in Kurdish-administered areas, and all armed actors on the ground: pause hostilities, reduce tensions immediately, and commit to de-escalation.

Let us prioritize the exchange of ideas and constructive proposals over the exchange of fire. The future of Aleppo, and of Syria as a whole, belongs to its people and must be shaped through peaceful means, not violence.

Syria’s new chapter is one of cooperation, not confrontation. We will reach it together.

NYT: Are there any limits to your powers?

Trump: Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me. I don’t need international law. I’m not looking to hurt people.

NYT reports that the commander of a U.S. MH-47G helicopter was shot in the legs during a raid near Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.

The helicopter was hit but stayed airborne; the wounded commander landed, deployed special forces, then flew back to USS Iwo Jima.

80 CAG operators took part; Maduro and his wife were captured after a firefight with Cuban guards.

The commander is hospitalized in Texas; several others were treated and released.

Source: NYT

Asked whether Greenland or NATO mattered more, Trump said “it may be a choice.”

Source: NYT

Trump on Greenland:

Ownership is very important. Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success.

Ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get from just signing a document.

Source: NYT

Trump to NYT:

I think we’ll always get along with Europe, but I want them to shape up.

I’ve been very loyal to Europe. I’ve done a good job. If it weren’t for me, Russia would have all of Ukraine right now.

Trump on the nuclear arms control treaty with Russia:

If it expires, it expires. We’ll just do a better agreement.

Source: NYT

Reporter: Do you have a message for European leaders on Greenland?

JD Vance: My advice to European leaders is to take Trump seriously.

Spain's Sanchez on Europe's double standarts:

Coherence means that there are no double standards, that there cannot be double yardsticks.

Coherence in Venezuela, coherence in Gaza, coherence in Ukraine.

Always an identical response when international law is violated.

Trump on Xi and Taiwan:

He may do it after we have a different President, but I don’t think he’s going to do it with me as President.

Source: NYT

Spain’s Sanchez on violations of international law:

Words matter... they have consequences, they break trust, they pave the way for the unthinkable.

Spain is not going to be an accomplice to such an outrage.

We cannot accept it; we are not going to do it as a country, as a government.

BIG: Iran has shut down the internet nationwide and disabled phone lines, cutting communications across the country.

Total blackout to take place very soon.

NOTE: We observe that all Iranian Telegram channels have been silent for over an hour.

All Iran-based apps, websites, and services are also currently offline.

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Sean Combs wrote a letter asking Trump for a pardon, but Trump said he is not considering it.

“He asked me for a pardon,” Trump told The New York Times, adding the request came “through a letter.”