Pete Hegseth:

As a direct gift from the United States to the world, we have established a powerful red, white, and blue dome over the strait.

Pete Hegseth:

Iran is the clear aggressor.

Senator Graham:

If you can prove to me the Kurds are stealing the weapons, the Kurds will regret that.

Senator Graham:

We've got millions of boots on the ground in Iran. They just don't have any weapons.

Türkiye and Saudi Arabia are expected to sign an agreement to ease visa requirements for certain citizens, mainly diplomatic and special passport holders, during talks between their foreign ministers.

Source: Reuters

NEW: UAE air defense systems are currently engaging ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones launched from Iran.

Trump:

Iran killed 42,000 people last month.

Trump on Iran:

Xi has been very nice about this. We haven’t been challenged by China; they don’t challenge us.

Trump:

I can say this — Iran wants to make a deal. What I don’t like about Iran is they’ll talk to me with such great respect, and then they’ll go on television and say, ‘We did not speak to the president!’ They play games.

Trump:

According to CNN, I’m at 100% approval within the Republican Party.

Trump:

I hope Iran’s financial system fails.

Trump on Iran:

They should do the smart thing, because we don’t want to go in and kill people — I don’t want to, I don’t want to — it’s too tough.

Trump on Iran:

They should wave the white flag of surrender.

Trump to kids:

Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him?

Trump:

Iran has no chance. They never did. They know it. They express it to me when I talk to them.

Dr. Andreas Krieg | Gulf Security Expert | Institute of Middle Eastern Studies:
 

The RSF is a genocidal militia. Some of the atrocities in Sudan may be worse than what happened in Gaza - fueled, supported & enabled by the UAE.
 
The networks channeling weapons & money to the RSF are run by non-Emiratis - often Sudanese based in the UAE, using Emirati jurisdiction to do their dirty work.
 
This gives Abu Dhabi plausible deniability - or rather implausible deniability, because you can no longer really deny it.
 
But legally, attribution is so indirect & multi-layered that Abu Dhabi will probably get away with it - unless the US has the guts to confront them directly.
 
Abu Dhabi is selling Sudan & the RSF to Washington as a fight against terrorism & the Muslim Brotherhood.
 
And the Trump administration has shown it's not sophisticated enough in Middle East affairs to see through that narrative.
 
US opposition could change Abu Dhabi's behavior. But legal cases won't.

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