BREAKING: Saudi Crown Prince MbS tells Iran:

We will not allow our airspace or territory to be used for any military action.

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Canada's Carney says he did not walk back Davos speech to Trump:

I meant what I said in Davos.

It was clear that it was a broader set of issues, and that Canada was the first country to understand the change in U.S. trade policy that he had initiated.

Netanyahu blames Biden for the deaths of Israeli soldiers:

Simply, at a certain stage, we didn't have enough ammunition. And people fell, heroes fell. Part of this loss of ammunition was also the result of an embargo.

This situation of the embargo changed beyond recognition with the entry of the administration of President Trump.

Netanyahu:

We agreed to open the Rafah crossing in a limited manner, and only with our inspection.

It will be for people only, in limited numbers, and everyone who exits or enters will undergo our inspection — a full inspection.

US Envoy to the UN Mike Waltz:

Almost half of the world’s adults now harbor deeply entrenched antisemitic attitudes. There was a staggering 107 percent increase in global incidents in 2024.

In the United States, there were 9,354 incidents — the highest ever recorded. Campus incidents among young people exploded by 84 percent.

In Europe, Jewish communities reported an increase of more than 400 percent in antisemitic harassment, threats, vandalism, and violence.

Synagogues are under siege. Jewish students are hiding their identity. Whole communities are living in fear.

What are we back in 1933?

Macron’s Red Line in Syria Means Nothing

France is trying to shield terror group SDF/YPG after the U.S. pullback, but Macron’s leverage is limited.

He personally tried to mediate between SDF commander Mazloum Abdi and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, arranging a call to prevent an attack on Ayn al-Arab, which was “encircled by the Syrian army.”

When al-Sharaa did not answer, Macron was reportedly furious.

He warned Damascus that “France will not tolerate a massacre in Kobane” and that it “will not abandon the Kurds,” even as Paris pressures them to accept “very significant concessions.”

French intelligence has quietly helped, placing bases “on alert,” but military action remains “an unthinkable option.”

A former official calls abandoning them “a moral failure,” saying France “subcontracted our security to the Kurds for fifteen years.”

“France has no right to say ‘thank you’ and ‘goodbye’ like the Americans,” a former senior DGSE official said.

For now, “the Kurds can now count only on themselves.”

France has reduced its own presence as well, leaving only a few personnel in SDF/YPG areas while repositioning most of its forces to Erbil, Iraq.

Source: Le Point

Trump:

Bovino is very good, but he's a pretty out there kind of a guy.

In some cases that's good, maybe it wasn't good here.

Q: What will happen if Democrats take the House or the Senate?

Trump: They will probably try to impeach me.

Trump on Minnesota:

We’re going to de-escalate a little bit.

Trump:

We solved a tremendous problem in conjunction with Syria and saved many lives.

Trump on Macron:

What was the story with his glasses the other day?

What the hell was that all about?

Trump in Iowa:

I am here because we are starting the campaign to win the midterms.

Trump on the Democrats:

We can never forget what that group of morons did to this country.

Trump on Somalia:

They are good at one thing: pirates. But they don't do that anymore, you know why?

Because they get the same treatment from us as the drug dealers get:

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Trump:

Drugs coming in by water is down 97%. We are trying to find out who the other 3% is.

We consider them the bravest people in the world.

Trump on drugs:

Now we are taking them down on the land.

Trump:

2% of the population causes 90% of the crime.

Trump on Iran:

There is another beautiful armada floating beautifully toward Iran right now, so we will see.

I hope they make a deal. I hope they make a deal.

In prepared remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration is ready to use military force if Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodríguez, does not cooperate with US demands.

He said Venezuela has agreed to open its oil sector to US companies and use oil revenue to buy American goods.

Source: Bloomberg