Trump said the U.S. could strike Iran's leadership gathered for Ali Khamenei's funeral but won't because it wants to preserve nuclear negotiations.

"One shot [and we can take them all out], but we are not going to do that because then we would have nobody to negotiate with."

Source: Axios

Trump said he was surprised to see Iranians crying at Ali Khamenei's funeral, saying he thought people hated the former supreme leader and suggesting the displays of grief might not be genuine.

"I was surprised to see some Iranians crying. I thought people hated Khamenei... Maybe it's fake tears."

Source: Axios

Trump claimed Iran is "begging to make a deal" but said both sides agreed to pause nuclear talks for a week until events surrounding Ali Khamenei's funeral conclude.

He added that neither side would attack the other during the pause.

Source: Axios

U.S. official to Axios:

Many of Trump's closest advisers think that Bibi Netanyahu was wrong about everything.

At Ali Khamenei's funeral, a handwritten sign read:

"We will kill Trump."

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JD Vance:

You will hear a couple small but loud voices today speak obsessively not of our national greatness but of our national imperfections.

They will speak of the powerless and the dispossessed. They will tell you that America is just another country where the weak struggle against the strong.

And if they acknowledge that there is anything to be proud of in our history, they'll say it's the fact that sometimes the powerless have won a zero-sum battle. They're wrong.

They'll talk about America's sins with the anger and zeal of a brimstone preacher, but without any of the grace or forgiveness that must be present in the Christian faith. These people misunderstand the essence of America.

From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kaiser, they misunderstand that we all have moments of great power despite those very real imperfections. That there are victims and heroes who live inside of each of us.

From the most ambitious leaders and builders to steel welders like my grandfather, people who had their own role to play in turning this dangerous wilderness into the proudest civilization in history. So, what I'd ask you to do, my fellow Americans, on our 250th birthday, is to reject the two-dimensional view of your fellow citizens and reject the two-dimensional view of your country.

Reject that America is a place for zero-sum thinking because it is not. Our history is one of people carving a great civilization out of the wilderness.

Reject the view of your nation that sees only its sins but not its grace and its greatness. Everything that we have done, everything that we have done as a country, we have done together. Not as citizens divided against each other, but as a common people working toward a common future.

JD Vance:

1776 was not an accident. The patriots of that era understood themselves to be heirs to an older civilization who would carry it forward.

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Trump:

Despite the heat, which isn’t as bad as predicted, the crowds in D.C. are INCREDIBLE! The love of our Country has never been stronger! The Air Shows are at a level never seen before - What great pilots, what great equipment!!!

See you all later! Speaking at around 10:00 P.M. at The Lincoln Memorial.

The Reflecting Pool looks great, despite all it went through with the Vandal Thugs. Will quickly drain and fix the damage done right after this big weekend.

Happy Independence Day. Our Country is Stronger than EVER!!!

Trump:

Europe is learning that when you take in Third World criminals, you become a Third World Country.

It happens quickly, in just a blink of the eye. I was elected just in time!!!

Trump:

Liberty has prevailed here because of the culture and the character of the people who declared it, defended it, and preserved it—We reach a milestone like no other and celebrate with joyful hearts and soaring spirits…

Nigel Farage is accused of failing to declare financial support from longtime aide George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster, before becoming an MP.

The alleged support included staff, security, and accommodation. Reform UK denies any rules were broken.

Farage is also under investigation over an alleged undeclared £5 million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.

If he is found to have breached parliamentary rules, he could face sanctions, including suspension and a potential by-election.

Source: The Times

Trump was seen watching himself watching himself on Fox News.

Trump:

All over the world they try and be like us.

Nobody can be like us.

Trump:

Communists haven't got a chance.

We don't want communists in our country.

Trump:

We have equal justice under the law, although I wasn't treated that well, but we won't get into that.

Trump:

Communism is a loser, and it always will be.

The communist system is the opposite of the American system.

Our warriors did not fight communism on battlefields across the world only to have that menace rear its ugly head right back here in America.