German AfD leader Alice Weidel on Syrians in Germany:

For Syrian citizens who came to us, as soon as the reason for fleeing no longer exists in their country of origin, these people have to go back.

Asylum is a temporary right, and when the reason for asylum ceases to exist, these people have to return and must not be naturalized.

Under an AfD government, these people — Syrian citizens — will have to return to their country and not remain in Germany as, according to the Syrian foreign minister, a "strategic mass."

We will review naturalized Syrians to determine whether the naturalization criteria were actually met. We have considerable doubts.

German AfD leader Alice Weidel on the EU:

We are simply no longer going to co-finance all this fun for our neighboring countries. We want our money back. Very simple.

We want our money back, and we will make substantial cuts.

Then just watch the drama that will break out in Brussels and Strasbourg when we stop financing this whole circus. I’m looking forward to the reaction.

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council sanctioned Iuliia Mendel, former press secretary to President Zelensky.

Earlier today, Lithuania briefly closed Vilnius airport and NATO scrambled a fighter jet after a suspected drone was detected in its airspace.

The object turned out to be a flock of birds, and the airport reopened 38 minutes later after the NATO jet visually identified it.

Source: Reuters

CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper:

I’m not concerned at all about a shortage of munitions.

We’re well-armed and ready for any contingency.

Asked if he was worried about future threats: “I’m not.”

Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin:

I believe in Irish unity. Many political parties in the Republic believe in Irish unity, but we also, of course, believe in the Good Friday Agreement and how we got there, and we learned a lot in that process.

What I don’t want to do is go back to the failed sort of approaches historically, where we ended up talking to ourselves, whereas in reality we have to be persuaders as well for Irish unity.

Reporter: Did you tell Trump that what’s happening in Gaza was a genocide? Did you use that term?

Irish PM Martin: No, I didn’t use that term specifically.

But that’s not like — no, but this is again the campaigners kind of trying to denigrate people unfairly.

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Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin:

Trump is looking at it from a perspective of looking in on the island of Ireland and logically saying, "To me, it seems inevitable that it should be unified."

UK National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell:

The so-called Anchorage compromise is firmly dead.

That’s gone. We can stop worrying about it. It’s finished.

UK National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell:

Gas could be the problem as we come into the winter, where the EU is going to have real problems of shortage, and we cannot turn that into an advantage for Putin.

It will require some real hardship and difficulties on our parts, but we will have to swallow that.

UK National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell:

I see no cracks in British public opinion, young or old, on Ukraine.

It’s one of the most resolute countries in Europe or anywhere else in terms of supporting it.

There’s absolute consensus, with the exception of very small fringe right-wing groups and actually very extreme left fringe groups.

Trump announces he will drop the 15% tariff on Irish whiskey.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Iran:

The Iranians are not trustworthy negotiating partners. Of course, they lie every day. They sit at the table, tell you one thing, do the opposite.

For some of them, it’s part of their religion.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Iran:

I think it’s going to be a combination of our allied nations, our friends in NATO and other Arab states … who will come together to help make sure that the Strait of Hormuz remains open.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Trump:

Trump is a great idea generator.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson on Iran:

It’s not Trump’s war in Iran. Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism, and they were within weeks of having a nuclear capability — a nuclear bomb.

That had been an objective, preventing that, for every administration for 50 years.

They came this close, and the president had to act.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson:

If Congress just races in and does some sort of emergency session to try to regulate AI, we will lose the race to China.

And that is a threat to every single American.

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended backing Texas Republican congressional candidate Brandon Herrera despite past remarks in which Herrera called a child a “cum trophy,” goose-stepped to Nazi music and joked about killing older people.

Johnson called the remarks “detestable” but said Herrera had been trying to get attention as part of his “persona online.”

“He’s now running as a very serious candidate for Congress and a very thoughtful guy,” Johnson said, adding that Herrera had apologized.

Trump:

I think the polls are fake. My approval rating in Ireland is good.

My approval rating in the U.S. is great. The problem is, only the legitimate pollsters show it.

Reporter: Iran says one of their vessels was struck last night. Was this the U.S.?

Trump: I don't want to say.