Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry:

Netanyahu wanted us to strike Iran. He came to President Obama. He made a presentation to ask to strike.

President Obama refused. President Biden refused. President Bush refused. The only president who has agreed to this, obviously, is President Trump.

Sen. John Fetterman:

If you have to pick a side, pick our side. Pick civilization. Pick Israel.

BIG: China quietly pushed Iran toward U.S. talks during the war, gaining diplomatic credit with Xi and Trump.

Beijing’s goal: build leverage ahead of their summit, where Xi is expected to press Trump to move closer to China’s position that Taiwan is a breakaway province that should ultimately reunify with the mainland.

Source: WSJ

Hunter Biden wants a cage match with Donald Trump's sons Eric and Don Jr.

Alex Jones on Trump:

5-6 times a day, it's, "Oh, we won, it's over. No, it's gonna go on forever. I'll never let them have the Strait. Yes, we're giving up the Strait. I'm getting out of NATO. We're staying in NATO."

When you know people in early dementia, that is exactly what they do.

Benny Johnson:

Netanyahu should be banned from the White House.

Scott Bessent and Jerome Powell quietly called in top Wall Street CEOs after concerns that a new AI model from Anthropic could significantly raise cyberattack risks.

The model, called Mythos, is reportedly capable of identifying and exploiting weaknesses in major systems, raising fears that it could be used for more advanced hacking.

Regulators wanted to ensure banks are aware of the threat and are strengthening their defenses.

For now, access to the model is limited to a small group of companies while security measures are being worked out.

Source: Bloomberg

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung:

The forced comfort women issue that we are raising is no different from the Jewish massacre or wartime killings.

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi has died at age 81 from wounds sustained in the April 1 strike in Tehran.

BIG: Chinese President Xi Jinping met Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun in Beijing:

The leaders of the two parties are meeting today to safeguard the peace and tranquility of our shared home.

To promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.

We are willing, based on the common political foundation of adhering to the 1992 Consensus and opposing Taiwan independence...

To seek peace for both sides of the strait, to seek well-being for our compatriots, and to seek rejuvenation for the nation.

To firmly hold the future of cross-strait relations in the hands of the Chinese people themselves.

Reza Pahlavi:

We never sought military intervention in our country.

Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun to Chinese President Xi in Beijing:

Today... I deeply feel the concerned gaze of the entire world.

Kuomintang and the Communist Party to jointly promote the institutionalization of cross-strait peace.

Based on the common political foundation of adhering to the 1992 Consensus and opposing Taiwan independence, the two sides should further plan and construct institutional and sustainable dialogue and cooperation mechanisms.

To make the peaceful development of the two sides irreversible, and to fundamentally eliminate all root causes of conflict.

Reza Pahlavi:

Everyone keeps asking: when will the Iranian people rise?

I don’t say they will rise right away—but at the right moment.

Chief of Indian Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on 2025 India–Pakistan conflict:

We made sure that when the people on the other side are going through that Namaz prayer in the terrorist camp, we said this time we'll not touch.

Because God is one for everyone.

Zelensky:

Without Ukraine and Türkiye, Europe will not have an army similar to Russia’s.

Zelensky:

We have to save our country, and then the economy.

First of all, security; second is the economy—not the other way around.

Zelensky:

With Ukraine, Türkiye, Norway and UK you will control security on the seas — not one sea.

Zelensky:

It’s a pity, but we have to recognize that some Americans feel that it’s not such a big price for us—for peace—to leave our territories.

They don’t want to recognize that Putin will lie to them and continue the occupation even after such steps.

I think that is the biggest problem: we don’t trust Putin, but they do.

Israel removes Spain from the coordination center in Kiryat Gat over “anti-Israel bias”

At Iran’s state-backed night rallies:

“A ceasefire without Lebanon is a betrayal of Islam.”

Cheng Li-wun, Leader of Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang, after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping today:

I am willing to do anything that is helpful to cross-strait peace.

I am willing to meet anyone who is helpful to cross-strait peace.