Trump:

The United States can’t take care of daycare.

We can’t take care of daycare. We’re a big country. We have 50 states. We have all these other people. We’re fighting wars.

It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things.

Trump on JD Vance:

Oh, JD. He’s lost weight. He got a little thinner. And I’m looking for a heavyset gentleman, and now I find a perfect — a perfect-looking specimen.

Trump on Iran:

Iran’s Navy is gone. Their Air Force is in ruins...

Trump on Iran:

We’re now totally independent of the Middle East. We are there to help.

We don’t have to be there. We don’t need their oil. We don’t need anything they have. But we’re there to help our allies.

Trump says Iran is the most "violent and thuggish regime on Earth."

Trump on Iran:

Qasem Soleimani was an evil genius.

Trump on Iran:

I am pleased to say that our core strategic objectives in Iran are nearing completion.

Trump on Iran:

I want to thank our allies: Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain.

We will not let them get hurt.

Trump on Iran:

We are going to finish the job. We are going to finish it very fast.

We are getting very close.

Trump:

Many Americans have been concerned to see the recent rise in gasoline prices here at home.

This short-term increase has been entirely the result of the Iranian regime launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers and neighboring countries that have nothing to do with the conflict.

Trump:

The countries of the world that do receive oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage.

They must cherish it. They must grab it and cherish it.

They can do it easily.

Trump:

When this conflict is over, the Strait of Hormuz will open up naturally.

It will just open up naturally.

BREAKING: Trump on Iran:

We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next 2–3 weeks.

We are going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong.

BREAKING: Trump on Iran:

If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard, and probably simultaneously.

Trump to the countries of the world:

Go to the strait and just take it. Protect it. Use it for yourselves.

Trump:

We are unstoppable as a military force.

Trump:

American involvement in WW1 lasted one year, seven months, and five days.

WW2 lasted for three years, eight months, and 25 days.

The Korean War lasted for three years, one month, and two days.

The Vietnam War lasted for 19 years, five months, and 29 days.

Iraq went on for eight years, eight months, and 28 days.

We are in this military operation for 32 days.

Trump:

We have not hit their oil, even though that is the easiest target of all, because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding.

But we could hit it, and there is not a thing they can do about it.

Trump:

We have all the cards, they have none.

Senator Graham is now talking about destroying stuff that allows Iran “to function as a nation.”

Brent oil prices surged past $105 per barrel again after Trump’s remarks.