German AfD Leader Alice Weidel:

German companies are no longer competitive because costs are too high and bureaucracy is excessive.

Energy prices in Germany are the highest in the world.

And yet they simply continue on this path, because of Angela Merkel’s disastrous energy transition. They just keep going with this green policy.

The CDU is a party that likes to copy from the AfD program, promises the opposite of what it ultimately implements, and then does exactly the reverse.

And the sin last year, in October, was that the CSU in Bavaria blew up the Isar 2 nuclear power plant in Ohu near Essenbach, while at the same time having the audacity to talk about returning to nuclear energy.

From morning until night, they do nothing but lie.

And we, ladies and gentlemen, will put an end to that, because we make policy for you.

German AfD Leader Alice Weidel:

Germany must return to affordable and secure energy. That includes returning to nuclear power.

We must buy oil and gas where it is cheapest — and that is in Russia.

Scrap the CO₂ tax. Get rid of it.

German AfD Leader Alice Weidel:

Peace in Europe is only possible with Russia, not without it. We have always stood for peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.

End this senseless dying in Ukraine.

Why did the Western states, led in particular by Great Britain, prevent the Istanbul agreement in 2022? That would have been a better peace settlement for Zelensky than what is being discussed today.

Anyone who called for diplomacy was defamed as a Putin sympathizer. What kind of argument is that?

Boris Johnson says the UK and allies should deploy non-combat troops to Ukraine immediately to “flip a switch” in Putin’s thinking.

“If we can have boots on the ground after the war… then why not do it now?”

Boris Johnson says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “could have been prevented” if the West had acted more firmly years earlier.

He called the failure to respond to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea “tragic,” saying:

“The failure to do anything in Crimea was tragic.”

Trump:

Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there.

It’s on the way!!!

Sen. Lindsey Graham said some of Trump’s advisers are counseling against striking Iran, but he warned against inaction.

“The voices who counsel against getting entangled seem to ignore the consequences of letting evil go unchecked,” Graham said, adding that after his Middle East trip he sees a chance “to bring about historic change.”

Source: Axios

Steve Witkoff on Iran:

Trump is curious as to why they haven't — I don't want to use the word capitulated, but why they haven't capitulated?

Why under this sort of pressure with the amount of sea power, naval power that we have over there, why they haven't come to us and said, “We profess that we don't want to be — we don't want a weapon. So, here's what we're prepared to do.”

Steve Witkoff on Reza Pahlavi:

I think he's strong for his country, cares about his country, but this is going to be about Trump's policies, not Pahlavi's policies.

I think Trump is interested in hearing everyone's views.

Steve Witkoff on Russia-Ukraine:

It's a silly war. It really is a silly war. And they're fighting over — they're arguing this territory.

You know, everyone throws the word dignity around, but what does dignity get you if you have that amount of killing there?

Steve Witkoff on Russia-Ukraine:

They don't seem like they really want to fight with one another and I don't think they do.

I think what's happening is at the leadership levels, it's hard for them to finish off making a deal.

Somaliland has offered the United States exclusive access to its minerals and the possibility of establishing U.S. military bases on its territory.

Source: AFP

Steve Witkoff on Putin:

He's never been anything other than straight with me. And I say that and I get attacked, but that's an accurate statement.

I got attacked for going to meet him eight times. How would you make a deal with someone on the other side unless you knew where the other person was coming from?

JD Vance:

Now, what the Democrats will say — and I always find this so funny — they’ll say it’s racist to ask for a voter ID.

I actually think that’s kind of racist, assuming that people of color can’t get a driver’s license.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has handed major authority to National Security Chief Ali Larijani as the country prepares for possible war with the United States and Israel.

Larijani is now effectively running key security, military, and diplomatic operations, sidelining President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Khamenei has ordered extensive contingency planning, including multiple layers of succession in case top leaders — including himself — are killed.

Iran has placed its military on high alert, moved missile systems into strategic positions, conducted military drills, and prepared domestic security forces to suppress unrest during wartime.

Source: NYT

NEW: Indian Air Force HAL Tejas crashed during landing after a training sortie.

The pilot ejected safely, but the jet was badly damaged.

It’s the third major Tejas crash in recent years (after incidents in 2024 and 2025).