JD Vance to Viktor Orbán:

Trump loves you, and so do I. You have an election coming up and we just wanted to come and say good luck.

Tucker Carlson on Trump's Iran threats:

Unless someone puts the brakes on right away, we’re heading somewhere we can’t even imagine.

If you work in the White House or the U.S. military, now is the time to say no.

Absolutely not. Say it directly to the president: no.

If given the order, I’m not carrying it out. I’ll do whatever I can legally to stop this.

This is not hysteria. This is 100% real.

There are pivot points where nothing is the same.

State-run Tehran Times newspaper:

Diplomatic and indirect channels of talks with the US are not CLOSED.

Trump:

I love Hungary, and I love that Viktor.

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The United Nations Security Council has failed to adopt a Bahraini draft resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz after Russia and China used their veto power.

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei:

The power of a "CIVILIZED" nation's culture, logic, and faith in its righteous cause will undoubtedly prevail over the logic of brute force.

A nation that has every faith in the righteousness of its path shall harness all its capacities and capabilities to safeguard its rights and legitimate interests.

JD Vance:

In Western history, they don’t see a proud tradition; they see only injustice. Within our borders, they see exclusion and racism. In Christianity, they see not liberation but oppression. And in the family, they see constraint.

Their most radical members, of course, tear down monuments to our national heroes or throw buckets of fake blood on precious artworks in museums.

JD Vance attacks the EU:

Brussels bureaucrats become millionaires by threatening the sovereignty of the people across this beautiful continent.

JD Vance:

The European press asks: do Trump and Vance have something against Europe?

Let me be clear: we love Europe, we love it!

JD Vance claims:

Viktor Orbán has done more than any leader in Europe to bring about a successful resolution to the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah say they will release abducted American journalist Shelly Kittleson.

Source: Reuters

Trump is described by senior officials as emboldened and “in a mode of defiance,” proud of a recent rescue operation and open—but not expecting—a diplomatic deal with Iran.

The administration plans to keep “maximum pressure” on Iran, with no final decision yet on next steps if a deal isn’t reached.

Source: WSJ

JD Vance in Hungary:

Will you stand against the bureaucrats in Brussels? Will you stand for sovereignty and democracy? Will you stand for Western civilization? Will you stand for freedom, for truth, and for the God of our fathers?

Then, my friends, go to the polls this weekend. Stand with Viktor Orbán, because he stands for you—and he stands for all these things.

White House:

The Iranian regime has until 8 p.m. Washington time to seize the moment and reach an agreement.

White House:

Trump alone knows where things stand and what he will do.

The US war against Iran is costing about $500 million per day, totaling roughly $22–31 billion over five weeks so far.

Around $2–3.6 billion of that is from destroyed or damaged military equipment.

Source: FT

Sen. Ron Johnson:

I am hoping and praying that Trump is—that this really is bluster.

I do not want to see us start blowing up civilian infrastructure. I do not want to see that.

We are not at war with the Iranian people.

Talks between the U.S. and Iran have shown some progress, but reaching a deal before Trump’s 8pm deadline still seems unlikely.

U.S. officials say the focus has shifted from whether a deal is possible to whether it can happen in time.

Source: Barak Ravid, Axios

U.S. official to Axios:

The last proposal we got wasn't really what we wanted, but it was a lot better than we expected.

Marco Rubio:

Iran is violating every law known by striking commercial vessels in the Straits of Hormuz.

Iran is a regime that doesn’t believe in laws, rules, or anything like that.