Trump on U.S. casualties:

That's 18 in two wars.

Trump on Venezuela:

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is running Venezuela.

Trump on Iran:

The Iran War is going better than anybody expected could be done.

Trump on Iran:

Iran has no military.

They have nothing other than that they are mean and smart, and they still have some capability.

China is using its partnership with Russia to gain battlefield experience and advanced military know-how from the Ukraine war, including drone tactics, submarine stealth technology, missile defense, and intelligence.

Western officials fear these lessons could significantly strengthen China's military capabilities in a future conflict over Taiwan.

Source: The Economist

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

Compromised individuals in the U.S. administration are burying their heads in the sand. They ignore the realities on the ground and seem focused only on 2028.

The mindless aggression they advocate will only ensure that POTUS pays heavier price for deal he's trying to achieve.

Senior Iranian MP Ebrahim Azizi:

The era of Sykes–Picot is long over. The day is not far when you will lose Diego Garcia, like your other colonies.

The UK would be wise to reflect on the fragility of its own borders and to recognize that Iran’s capabilities extend far beyond military options.

Nearly a dozen U.S. troops seriously wounded in recent Iranian strikes were evacuated to a U.S. military hospital in Germany.

They are among about 100 American service members injured since early July, though the Pentagon says most suffered mild concussions and have already returned to duty.

Source: NYT

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

There's been billions of dollars spent to influence particularly young American minds on social media through TikTok and Instagram and Twitter.

They've spent billions of dollars financing Middle East Studies series in various universities and brainwashing kids.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

When you say, or Mamdani says, that Benjamin Netanyahu is guilty of genocide, that Israel committed genocide, on its face, that is a stupid thing to say.

Why? Because when you commit genocide, you try to erase an entire people.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

Chuck Schumer is a coward. He is a coward for not calling this out.

And if he doesn't, then I hope that nobody ever calls him a Jewish leader again.

I'm not even Jewish, and I think I'm probably a much more effective Jewish leader than somebody who will not say what Mamdani is.

And that is an anti-Semite. You just can't go any other way with this.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

It is the Jewish foundation upon which Christianity is built. People can argue all they want to.

Jesus was Jewish. The early church—they were all Jews. Everything about the New Testament is built upon the Old Testament.

So as Christian believers, we owe the foundation of our faith to the Jewish faith.

Without the Jews, there would be no Christianity.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

So here's the way I look at it. It is the Jewish people upon which Christianity is built. It is the Judeo-Christian foundation upon which Western civilization was built.

If there was no Western civilization, the idea of the sanctity of the individual—where did that come from? From the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Where did that get into motion in government? Was it from ancient Rome? No. Was it from ancient Greece? No. Was it from the Ottoman Empire? No.

If there had not been an Israel, there would never have been an America.

INTERESTING: Iranian sources claim Iran destroyed a U.S. HIMARS system in northern Kuwait.

Webcam footage shows a massive fire near the reported launch area.

Not confirmed yet.

WATCH: Indian students free detained protesters.

NEW: The US Army placed its first new order for PAC-2 GEM-T Patriot missiles in over 30 years.

PAC-2s are older and less capable than PAC-3s, but stockpiles are so depleted (the US fired an estimated 1,060–1,430 Patriots against Iran) that the Army needs everything it can get.

Global demand from Ukraine, Israel, and the Gulf is straining supply, and deliveries take years.

Trump is seeking $67.1B in supplemental funding to replenish munitions.

Dozens of USAF cargo planes (C-17s and other heavy-lift) flying from European bases to the Middle East today.

It's a full-scale "airbridge" reactivated after the June ceasefire with Iran collapsed in early July.

Trump:

The Oval Office is a great place to negotiate.

Everyone is discombobulated when they walk in.