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.

German Chancellor Merz:

We are a country of industrial companies — large, medium-sized, and small — and I want us to remain a country with strong industry.

I am not prepared to give up Germany as an industrial location just because we are pursuing an over-rotated environmental policy.

In the end, we may be climate-neutral — that may be so — but then we would no longer have a single industrial job left. That is not my answer.

German Chancellor Merz on social media:

When our children and grandchildren, at the age of twelve, spend an average of five and a half hours per day in front of a screen, I ask myself: when do they actually learn something in school? When do they develop social skills? When do they do sports? When do they make music?

What is happening there is simply too much, and we must find ways to get it under control.

WATCH: German Chancellor Merz does a very convincing Trump impression:

“What did you say? 60%? I don’t believe it!”

German Chancellor Merz:

The American government — and not only since Trump — has repeatedly told us: We are not prepared to guarantee your security in the long term while you do business around the world with cheap Russian gas and attractive Chinese intermediate products.

Trump on Anthropic:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military.

The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.

The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.

The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright joins Fox News, looking a bit too relaxed.

Passenger: Children of Gaza are dying every day.

Biden: I know that. I know that…

NEW: The U.S. State Department has designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, urging Tehran to release all unjustly detained Americans to have the label lifted.

Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi on Iran-US negotiatons:

The peace deal is within our reach.

We just need to allow diplomacy the space it needs.

A deal is in our hand, if we only allow the negotiators.

Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi on Iran-US negotiatons:

We have really advanced substantially, but there remain various details to be ironed out, and that is why we need a little bit more time to really try and accomplish the ultimate goal of having a comprehensive package of the deal.

Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi on Iran-US negotiations:

If the ultimate objective is to ensure forever that Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, I think we have cracked that problem.

Iran will never ever have nuclear material that will create a bomb.

Zero accumulation, zero stockpiling, and full verification. They would give it up.

This is something completely new.

A full and comprehensive verification by the IAEA.

Trump on Iran:

They should make a deal, but they don't want to quite go far enough. It's too bad.

Look, we've been playing with them for 47 years, and that's a long time. They've been blowing the legs off our people, blowing the face off our people, the arms.

They've been knocking out ships one by one. I mean, every month there's something else, so you can't put up with it too long.

We're not happy with the negotiation. They just don't want to say the key words, "we're not going to have a nuclear weapon." They have to say, "we're not going to have a nuclear weapon," and they just can't quite get there.

They want to enrich a little bit. You don't have to enrich when you have that much oil. So I'm not happy with the negotiation.