Tucker Carlson:

Israel controls our politics through campaign donations at least. And maybe there are other ways that it controls our politics, but there's no debate about it.

Now, this is not an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. My whole life I've watched this. My whole life I've said nothing about it. And in a lot of ways, I was intimidated by the claim that anyone who notices it is an anti-Semite.

Well, I'm not an anti-Semite. I'm never going to be an anti-Semite. I abhor anti-Semitism and all forms of racism, no matter what they say. That's not my motive.

My motive is it's true. And trying to bully me into saying it's not true is not going to work.

Tucker Carlson:

Both parties supported regime change in Iran because both parties have the same paymasters and the same donors who are demanding loyalty to a foreign country.

The same AIPAC donations that, like, I think 90% of the entire Congress takes money from a foreign lobby, unregistered foreign lobby. That's bonkers.

If this were Liechtenstein or Congo bribing 90% of our lawmakers to tow the Liechtenstein or Congo line, I'd be totally opposed to it.

Doesn't make me anti-Congolese or anti-Liechtensteinian. I'm not a racist for thinking that. I'm an American who wants my lawmakers to vote on behalf of my country. Like, it's that simple. It's literally that simple.

Japan's planned participation in a USD 40bn US small modular reactor (SMR) project has stalled because Tokyo wants legal assurance that its lenders won't be liable if a nuclear accident occurs.

The project, agreed as part of Japan's USD 550bn US investment pledge tied to lower US tariffs, would fund SMRs in Tennessee and Alabama.

US officials have verbally assured Japan that state-backed lenders such as JBIC would bear no liability, arguing the reactors will be US government-owned and operated.

However, Japan wants those assurances in writing before committing funds.

Source: FT

A person in the crowd imitates Trump's mannerisms behind him during a speech in Georgia.

Marco Rubio on the Saudi nuclear deal:

When countries decide they want to pursue a peaceful nuclear program, we prefer them to do it with us.

Saudi Arabia has been an important strategic partner for us. It would make sense for us to enter such an agreement.

Marco Rubio on the Saudi nuclear deal:

Any agreement that we are going to make with any country in the world on civil nuclear energy is going to be one that will have safeguards in place to ensure that it cannot be turned into a weapons program.

Marco Rubio on Cuba:

The people in charge of Cuba don't know what they are doing.

They don't understand basic concepts.

They want to somewhat improve their economy, but they are afraid they will lose political power if they improve it too much.

Marco Rubio:

We're not members of the ICC. We never signed that treaty, we never joined it.

And they somehow claim that they have a right nonetheless to go after non-treaty members and put heads of state and others in jail.

We've long had quarrels with them and we have lunatics and crazies involved in the ICC that are talking about charging members of the US military, maybe even the president or a future president with crimes and this not gonna happen, it's just not going to happen.

If people want to sign it and be a part of that stupid organization they can, but we're not going to be a part of it and they're not going to apply their jurisdiction to Americans.

That's just not going to happen. We're not going to tolerate it, now or in the future and we've warned them about it repeatedly. And now they're going to see the consequences of ignoring us.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

Araghchi says their policy is an eye for an eye.

Trump's policy is a head for an eye.

They will pay a very heavy price.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

They are calling us every day, begging us for a deal.

Every time they make a deal, they either break it or want to change it after making the deal.

They are probably not ready to do a deal yet, but they will be soon.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

Despite their tough talk and their stupid Lego videos, they are suffering tremendously, and they will suffer more until they come to their senses.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

They violated the MOU. We kept our end of it.

And now they are paying the price.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

Iran could be the richest country in the Middle East if they wanted to be.

But they give all of their money to their proxies and spend it to build missiles and drones.

Reporter: Is the U.S. seeking regime change in Iran?

Rubio: We are seeking to denuclearize Iran.

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Reporter: Did you talk to the Russians about Russia sharing information with Iran targeting U.S. troops?

Rubio: Who says that they are?

Reporter: Are they not?

Rubio: Who says they are?

Reporter: There's been reporting...

Rubio: Reporting in the media? Oh, then it must be true. It's in the media. It's a leaker. I'm not going to—let me say, let's imagine that were true. I certainly wouldn't discuss it in the press.

Nothing that anyone's doing to help Iran, is in any way increasing their ability to target Americans.

Marco Rubio:

I hope that the Houthis stop. They shouldn't really do that. They got suckered into this by the Iranians. The Houthis largely were smart and stayed out of all this throughout the conflict. They now apparently have gotten themselves suckered into this by going after Saudi Arabia and their ships.

I was reading reports a few hours ago that there was actually a Saudi fuel ship that's flagged Chinese. It's a Chinese ship. Are they going to blow up the Chinese ship? Then this becomes a problem for China. This will become a problem for the whole world.

But I hope that will de-escalate because I think the Houthis, frankly, got snookered into this thing by the Iranians. They were smart to stay out of it, and they should stay out of it, and they should stop.

We'll see what happens there. Obviously, it's not a positive development. We'll see what happens.

The Sudanese army found Swedish-made Dometic Medical Systems coolers in areas it recaptured from the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The RSF reportedly used these coolers to harvest and traffic the organs of civilians they killed.

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