Reporter: Did President al-Sharaa make any commitments to you on helping with Hezbollah in Lebanon?

Trump: Yeah, he did.

Trump:

I should have won the Nobel Peace Prize more than anybody that ever received it.

Nobody settled wars. I settled eight of them.

Trump on Graham Platner scandals:

It's really a question of whether or not you believe the woman.

A lot of people say big falsehoods.

Reporter: If they want to make a deal, why do you think they attacked commercial vessels?

Trump: Because they're sort of crazy, to be honest with you. They're sort of crazy.

Reporter: Have you spoken to Senator Mitch McConnell?

Trump: No, I haven't. I have no idea how he's doing.

Reporter: You suggested that the only reason you came to the summit was because it was held in Türkiye. Was this your last NATO summit?

Trump: No. I think they came a long way today. They made some concessions, and I think NATO came a long way today.

One of the things is, we shouldn't be paying the kind of money we paid.

No president should be having to pay the kind of money we pay. I did in my first term, but Biden immediately gave it back.

Again, we're really there for protecting them, not for protecting us. It ultimately was protection against the Soviet Union, now Russia, but it was against the Soviet Union.

Honestly, we're very far away. We have an ocean separating us.

The meeting today settled a lot of things. It was a very, very good meeting, and people understand that the United States has been treated very unfairly.

Trump:

We paid the highest drug prices in the entire world, and now we pay the lowest drug prices in the entire world.

That means a 400%, 500%, or 600% difference.

Think of it. The press doesn't want to write about it.

Trump:

India and Pakistan.

That war was raging. They were a week into it. Eleven planes were shot down, and that war was going to go nuclear.

The Prime Minister of Pakistan said President Trump saved 30 to 50 million lives.

Well, guess what? It could have been a lot more than that.

Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has suspended his campaign after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her in 2021.

U.S. forces struck two railway bridges in northern Iran with cruise missiles—the first U.S. attack on Iranian infrastructure since the April 8 ceasefire.

Source: Barak Ravid

BREAKING: Iran's retaliatory missile strikes have begun, with Iranian missiles targeting Bahrain.

BREAKING: The Kuwait Army says its air defenses are intercepting incoming missiles and drones.

Iran's Ghalibaf:

America still hasn't learned that bullying and breaking promises are no longer cost-free. Let me put it plainly: if you strike, you'll get hit.

Don't flail around pointlessly, or you'll sink even deeper: the Strait of Hormuz will only open with "Iranian arrangements," not American threats.

Iran's IRGC says it retaliated for the U.S. strikes by launching missiles and drones at key U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, warning that any further U.S. attacks will prompt strikes on more American bases across the region.

The White House is preparing for a potentially prolonged confrontation with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. officials say the conflict's duration depends on Tehran's next moves.

Source: Axios

CENTCOM says U.S. forces carried out a second day of strikes on Iranian targets, hitting about 90 sites after roughly 80 the previous day.

As Trump was preparing to depart the White House for Türkiye, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth briefed him in the Oval Office on reports that Iran had launched cruise missiles and drones at commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, striking three vessels.

Trump questioned whether Tehran was still committed to reaching a final agreement and, after consulting with his senior national security advisers, concluded that it was not.

The meeting marked a turning point, prompting him to abandon the ceasefire framework and authorize new military strikes and renewed economic pressure on Iran.

Source: WSJ

US Prepares for Extended Military Campaign Against Iran over Hormuz

The White House is bracing for an extended military confrontation with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz as diplomatic efforts stall.

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Belgian PM Bart De Wever unknowingly brought home a loaded, personalized revolver gifted by Turkish President Erdogan at the NATO summit.

The gift wasn't opened until the delegation landed in Belgium, where they discovered the gun and ammunition.

The weapon was immediately handed over to airport police, and its fate is still undecided.

Source: 7sur7

Ukrainian forces struck 14 more Russian shadow fleet vessels in the Sea of Azov overnight, bringing the claimed total to 35 tankers, cargo ships, and support vessels hit in the past 96 hours.

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias:

Just throwing money on defense is not the answer.