Trump on Iran:

It’d be nice if we could do it without the military, but sometimes you have to do it with it.

Trump on Cuba:

They have no money. They have no oil. They have no food.

They want our help.

Rubio is dealing on it at a very high level.

Reporter: Are you considering declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections?

Trump: Who told you that? No.

Reporter: Pakistan is facing war again in Afghanistan. Are you seeking to intervene?

Trump: Well, I would, but I get along with Pakistan, as you know, very well — very, very well.

You have a great Prime Minister, you have a great general there, you have a great leader — two of the people that I really respect a lot.

And I think that Pakistan is doing terrifically well, yeah.

Pete Hegseth takes the stage at an event in Arkansas to “Many Men (Wish Death)” by 50 Cent.

Hegseth on Venezuela:

Three minutes before our helicopters landed on the objective, 44 missiles landed simultaneously on 44 different targets, powered by rocket motors and launched from different platforms and systems across the Caribbean.

Oman’s Foreign Minister, Badr Albusaidi:

I met Vice President JD Vance today and shared details of the ongoing negotiation between the United States and Iran and the progress achieved so far.

I am grateful for their engagement and look forward to further and decisive progress in the coming days.

Peace is within our reach.

Interviewer: The Kremlin is claiming that Ukraine is trying to get a nuclear weapon via Britain and France. Is that the case?

Zelensky: I didn’t have proposition… but with pleasure.

Interviewer: So we can put that to bed. That’s not happening at all?

Zelensky: No. It’s not happening.

Zelensky:

If we withdraw from this territory like you said — for example Kramatorsk, Sloviansk — at this very moment 200,000 people who are there now will be occupied by Russians who say to Russians that these people are ready to be Russian people, and if they don’t, they will kill them or push them to the front or push them to prison.

They did the same steps in Luhansk, in Donetsk, in Crimea.

Zelensky:

I’m not playing games with Putin. I’m ready to meet and I’m ready to speak.

But not in Russia and not Belarus, because they are allies during this war. Belarus is a passive aggressor. They attacked us from the territory of Belarus.

Zelensky:

For Americans, it’s difficult to understand the Russian mentality — when they lie and when they tell the truth.

I said once to Jared and to Steve, honestly, it’s more simple to recognize that they lie every time.

Zelensky:

Why are elections in Ukraine so important for Russians and Americans — and not important for Ukrainians?

Zelensky:

I think I’m quite strong — like our people.

I always loved Ukraine. I can’t say I love it more. But I respect more — the resilience of our people is unbelievable.

Zelensky on himself:

I don’t have too much free time. But I can live with it already.

I sleep with music. Only this way.

Warner Bros Discovery has agreed to a $110 billion takeover by Paramount Skydance after Netflix declined to match its higher bid.

The deal will create one of Hollywood’s largest studios and strengthen Paramount’s streaming position, though it faces regulatory scrutiny and concerns about reduced competition.

Source: Reuters

The U.S. Secretary of Health, RFK Jr., attempts to do leg presses.

German Chancellor Merz on NATO:

I am not sure whether in five or ten years we will still have NATO in its current form.

German Chancellor Merz:

We are simply no longer productive enough. Each individual may say, “I already do quite a lot.” And that may be true.

But when you return from China, ladies and gentlemen, you see things more clearly.

With work-life balance and a four-day week, long-term prosperity in our country cannot be maintained. We will simply have to do a bit more.

German Chancellor Merz:

If we take action to combat climate change, our measures must meet certain conditions.

First, if we act alone, it will achieve nothing. Climate change is a global phenomenon — it is happening all over the world, not just in Germany.