Trump on Iran:

There are the moderates and the lunatics in Iran.

The moderates are more respected. The lunatics want to fight to the end.

We have lunatics in our country too.

Trump blasts Kurds:

The Kurds take, take, take. They have a great reputation in Congress. Congress says they fight hard. They fight hard when they get paid.

I am very disappointed in the Kurds.

Trump:

The ceasefire is on massive life support.

Trump:

I am willing to take a bullet for the country.

Trump on Iran:

I deal with them. I say it to them: “You people are crazy. You are crazy. You are nuts.”

Trump on Hantavirus:

This one is much harder to catch, and it’s been around for a long time.

I hope it’s fine.

Trump on Iran:

They are very dishonorable people, the leadership.

The U.S. Navy confirmed a nuclear-armed Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine has docked in Gibraltar — an unusually public disclosure of one of America's most secretive assets.

The announcement came hours after Trump rejected Iran's latest ceasefire proposal as "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE."

Source: WaPo

Trump is expected to bring 17 top US business leaders on his trip to China this week, including Tim Cook, Elon Musk and Larry Fink.

Executives from Apple, Tesla, SpaceX, Meta, Visa, JPMorgan Chase and Boeing are also expected to attend.

Iran’s Ghalibaf:

Our armed forces are ready to deliver a well-deserved response to any aggression; mistaken strategy and mistaken decisions will always lead to mistaken results— the whole world has already figured this out.

We are prepared for all options; they will be surprised.

60 Labour MPs have now called for Keir Starmer to resign.

Source: Sky News

WATCH: UAE delegation receiving a traditional welcome at Damascus's Guest Palace with Syrian folk dancers, sword performances, drums, and Arabic coffee.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says today's teenage boys have only half the sperm count of men in 1970.

French President Macron in Kenya:

France for 25 years was pushed around in Africa. And that's normal, and that's very good.

Since we are French, everything is open to us... Well, no, it's over!

The Chinese have arrived, the Turks, the Americans, many others, and many other Africans, who said we are more competitive than you.

Netanyahu’s Office attacks Europe:

As Israel and the US are “doing Europe’s dirty work” by fighting for civilization against Jihadist lunatics in Iran and elsewhere, the European Union exposed its moral bankruptcy by drawing a false symmetry between Israeli citizens and Hamas terrorists.

European politicians are coerced by their radical constituencies but sanctioning Jews for living in Judea and Samaria is unacceptable.

Judea is where Jews come from and Israel will always protect the rights of Jews to live in the heart of our ancestral homeland.

The European Union's attempts to sanction Israeli civilians is a further sign of weakness and will not succeed.

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) have formally served former Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak — who resigned in November 2025 — with a notice of suspicion in a major money-laundering case.

He is accused of being part of an organized criminal group that laundered roughly $10.5–11 million through luxury real estate developments near Kyiv.

The charges tie into Operation Midas — the largest corruption probe of Zelensky's presidency, involving over $100 million in alleged Energoatom kickbacks and earlier suspects including businessman Timur Mindich, who fled to Israel.

Yermak denies wrongdoing.

FC Barcelona star Lamine Yamal was filmed waving a Palestinian flag handed to him by fans during the club's open-top bus parade in Barcelona while celebrating their 29th La Liga title.

Prof. John Mearsheimer:

If I was the national security adviser to Xi Jinping… I should tell Xi Jinping that he should try to be a regional hegemon.

China should try to push the United States out beyond the first island chain and then out beyond the second island chain.

If we have a Monroe doctrine, they should have a Monroe doctrine.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Prof. John Mearsheimer:

Our biggest problem today is Iran and what the consequences of Iran are.

I find it hard to imagine how we're going to get out of there.

And how we're going to be able to pivot back to East Asia...

BIG: The United Arab Emirates has carried out undisclosed military strikes on Iran, including hitting an oil refinery on Lavan Island in early April — around the time Trump announced a ceasefire.

The attack sparked a large fire and knocked the refinery offline for months. Iran retaliated with missile and drone strikes against the UAE and Kuwait.

Source: WSJ

Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser:

This is the largest energy supply shock the world has ever experienced.

The world has lost about one billion barrels of oil supply over the past two months.

Markets are losing around 100 million barrels per week.

Even if shipping routes reopen immediately, it will take months to rebalance the market.

If disruptions continue into mid-June: full normalization could be pushed into 2027.