Trump:

Oil is flowing through the Hormuz Strait. The Countries of the World, which have been no help to us whatsoever, should, and will, reimburse the United States of America when this SCAM Confligration is all over.

We are doing it much more for others, than we are for ourselves, and we have been for Generations!

Saudi Arabia is seeking to increase oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz after attacks forced the shutdown of its key East-West pipeline, which bypasses the waterway.

The Kingdom had already raised Hormuz shipments in early September and is now trying to boost them further.

Source: Bloomberg

Trump:

I hope everyone realizes that price increases throughout America were caused by Sleepy Joe Biden and the Biden Administration, not by “TRUMP.”

Even Oil was higher under Biden than it is right now, and we prevented Iran from having a Nuclear Weapon!

With the temporary exception of Oil, prices are coming down sharply, and Oil will drop like a rock as soon as the Military Conflict with Iran is over, and that will not be long.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi said Iraq will not become a “launchpad for attacks” against its neighbours and can help “de-escalate tensions and open avenues for dialogue.”

Kirkiversary attendees:

If Islam takes over our country and you're a Christian, you're not allowed to fight for them. You have to pay them a yearly tax.

If they got military weapons in the mosque in Iran, what do they have here in the 3,000 mosques that we have on our land? Probably military grade weapons.

Their god's fake. Their god's probably Satan.

Islamic anything is just gang gang. It's just gangster stuff... If you try to quit, you're dead.

They came here to conquer with the ideology. They didn't come here to assimilate.

BIG: US Strategic Petroleum Reserve at its lowest since 1982 — down to 285 million barrels, about 40% of capacity.

Two massive drawdowns in four years.

Biden released ~180M barrels after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Trump released ~172M after the Iran war disrupted Hormuz.

The reserve went from ~415M barrels in early 2026 to 285M now.

NEW: AfD hits 30% in a national poll for the first time.

10 points ahead of Merz's CDU/CSU at 20%.

The party that got 20.8% in the 2025 federal election has gained nearly 10 points in 18 months while the governing coalition crumbles.

SPD at just 11%.

The "firewall" against AfD holds politically, but the numbers keep climbing.

State elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in six days.

NEW: Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran's stadium tour after saying "Free Palestine" at MetLife.

Macklemore says Robert Kraft called Sheeran and rallied other stadium owners to give an ultimatum:

Drop him or lose the venues.

Macklemore's take:

If Ed Sheeran's tour was the biggest stage I was ever given, and those words got me kicked off, but it put the conversation back on Palestine — it was the most successful tour I've ever been on.

He says Sheeran told him the words "Free Palestine" were "hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with."

Macklemore responded there's no neutral position "between the oppressor and the oppressed."

Seven or eight stadium dates gone.

Neither Kraft nor Sheeran has confirmed or denied the ultimatum.

Saudi Crown Prince MbS is heading to Cairo tomorrow for talks with Sisi.

Agenda centers on Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb security, Houthi threats, Iranian attacks on Gulf states, and broader Iran war spillover.

Notably, Egypt joining the Mecca Defence Alliance (Saudi-Türkiye-Pakistan pact) is not on the table.

Satellite imagery shows two Saudi pipeline pump stations hit in the September 10 drone attack.

One near Medina with a 12-hectare burn scar and oil spilling into the desert, another at Pump Station 9 (also hit in 2019) with damage to main crude pump trains.

The pipeline carried 4–5 million barrels/day as Saudi Arabia's Hormuz bypass.

Repair estimates range from days for a partial restart to 6–8 weeks for full capacity.

US Energy Secretary says it should be "running back soon."

Pipeline remains offline as of today.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering Saudi requests for military support against the Houthis, including help defending oil infrastructure and preventing a Houthi advance toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Burnham has agreed to send British military advisers to Saudi Arabia, but it is unclear whether he will approve the other requests.

Source: Bloomberg

JD Vance:

If you don’t have confidence that the federal government is going to protect your money, why do you pay taxes at all?

Trump:

Concerning AI, when, in the History of Business, did anyone see the Leaders of an Industry call for Regulation that, if strongly implemented, will drive them into oblivion and bankruptcy?

AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX, no different from RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA — UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE — IMPEACHMENT HOAX #1 — IMPEACHMENT HOAX #2 — and all of the other HOAXES and SCAMS that America was forced to endure through the Destructionists’ and Deviants’ foul play and illegal conduct.

President Xi, of China, just announced that China will be doing absolutely nothing to stand in the way of AI, or its future. Google has recently stated that they want to build a massive Plant in Finland, all because they are finding permitting too difficult in the United States.

I am not happy about this, and want them to change their thinking. AI, and Data Centers, will be the Greatest Economic Development Engine in History ­­— Bigger than Oil, Gold, Diamonds, or even the Internet. It will not be stopped by brilliantly run Destructive Forces during the Term of President DONALD J. TRUMP!

Saudi Arabia’s key East-West Pipeline hit by drones could remain mostly offline for three to five weeks, tightening global supply as Houthi forces expand along Red Sea shipping routes.

The pipeline may operate at reduced capacity, but officials could not say how much oil would flow.

Source: AP

Zelensky:

Currently, there is a strong proposal from the United States regarding a mutual cessation of strikes on critical infrastructure.

If our American partners can ensure Russia's real willingness to stop this war of destruction and do so truly and in the long term, Ukraine will take its own de-escalation steps.

Peace is needed. Energy, food transportation routes, and critical infrastructure – all of this must be part of the discussion on ending the strikes.

A strong, fair solution is needed, and not just for "elections," but for all time. We are waiting for specifics from our partners.

NEW: IRGC Navy says Supertanker EL GAIA hit a sea mine while attempting to pass through a "prohibited zone" south of the Strait of Hormuz.

Firefighting efforts failed and the entire tanker is engulfed in flames.

IRGC says it had previously warned about the danger of the illegal passage route, and declares Hormuz "remains closed and under our intelligent control."

JD Vance calls Abdul El-Sayed a “clown.”

President Trump privately met OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backstage at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, after Altman requested the meeting. Their discussion focused mainly on AI and its growing capabilities.

Days later, Altman, Elon Musk and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei all called for slowing frontier AI development over safety concerns.

Trump rejected new guardrails, arguing that regulation would hurt U.S. innovation and saying AI only needs “a strong and smart president.”

Source: MS NOW

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Thank God our Supreme Leader is alive, and he’s doing his job within the same framework.

Since they cannot locate his exact place, they are spreading speculation regarding our Supreme Leader.

The U.S. imposed Iran-related sanctions on Russia’s VTB Bank, accusing it of helping Tehran evade sanctions.

VTB, Russia’s second-largest lender, has already been under U.S. sanctions since 2022.

German AfD Leader Alice Weidel:

Germany once had the most modern nuclear power plants. We were world leaders, and these nuclear power plants produced CO₂-neutral electricity.

They deliberately shut them down; they destroyed them. I call this deliberate technological and machine-smashing.

Mao would have been proud of this federal government.