🇦🇪🤝🇺🇸 As the U.S. considers a possible amphibious operation to seize Iran’s Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, a broader push could target Abu Musa and the Greater Tunb islands.

The UAE could potentially join the U.S. Marines in such an operation, given its sizable fleet of amphibious landing ships, including numerous LSTs and support vessels.

🔗 EGYOSINT

🤡 Trump, 3 days ago:

We want to talk to them, and there is nobody to talk to... we like it that way.

🤡 Trump today:

We have been negotiating with them thoroughly the past few days

Trump says what is unfolding in Iran can be described as “regime change.”

Source: CNBC

Trump on Iran:

This is regime change because it is totally different people.

Source: CNBC

By different people does he simply mean a different person leading the same system lol? Could have gotten the same result if he waited for 86 y/o Sayyed Ali to pass from natural causes

🇺🇸 Ted Cruz admits he played a key role in pushing President Trump to launch a war with Iran just one day before it started.

He told Trump that the collapse of Iran would be one of the greatest steps for America’s safety.

Cruz says he persuaded the President to abandon all peaceful negotiations.

“I urged the President to launch this attack.”

🔗 Shadow of Ezra (@ShadowofEzra)

🇰🇷⚓️🇺🇸 In South Korea, shipbuilding is far ahead of the U.S. 60 Minutes saw nine ships built at once with rows of robots working.

📝: Reminder that the U.S. withdrew all THAAD and MIM-104 Patriot radars and launchers from South Korea leaving them vulnerable to an attack from the DPRK to defend Israel, this all the while South Korean shipyard carry out critical maintenance procedures for the U.S. Navy's warships and even build new ships for it, the U.S. Coast Guard and more.

🔗 60 Minutes (@60Minutes)

Hezbullah attacked the town 5 times today after continuous Israeli aggression on Lebanese towns

❗️Medics are responding to reports of several rocket impacts in the northern border city of Kiryat Shmona.

Iranian MP Bijan Nobaveh:

Because the United States realized that Iran had entered an existential conflict and would definitely act on its threats, it cowardly backed down.

Trump said that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner took part in talks with Iran last night.

❗️An Israeli targeted assassination took place in Hazmieh area in Beirut

A very rare attack in this area, if not the first

The damages done to the Dalafa Bridge after it was targeted by the Jews

Trump on Iran:

We are dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader.

✍ He probably means the parliament speaker who led the war effort in both wars. He's the Chad that flew the airliner from Iran to Lebanon during an official visit.

Trump on Iran:

We want the nuclear dust. We’re going to want that, and I think we’re going to get that.

We’ve agreed to that—yeah, we’re going to; we’ve agreed to that.

Trump on Iran:

We want no enrichment, and we also want the enriched uranium.

If this happens, it is a great start for Iran to build itself back.

Reporter: If these talks go well and you reach a ceasefire agreement with Iran, do you believe Israel would abide by that agreement?

Trump: I think Israel will be very happy with what we have. I think they will be very happy.

Reporter: How are you going to get the enriched uranium?

Trump: It’s very easy—if we have a deal, we will go and take it ourselves.

Trump on Iranian oil:

I just want to have as much oil in the system as possible. We don’t even know if Iran gets that money.

Any small amount of money Iran gets is not going to make a difference in this war.

Reporter: If you end up hitting Iranian power plants, how is that different from what Russia is doing in Ukraine?

Trump: I think it’s a lot different... I’m not a fan of what Russia is doing either, just so you understand, but it’s a lot different.

Reporter: If you obliterated their nuclear sites last summer, then how can you argue it was an imminent threat now?

Trump: We obliterated them. But that doesn’t mean with the right equipment you can’t dig down and go get it. We don’t want that.

Trump on a possible deal with Iran:

There are many points of agreement with Iran right now like 15 points.

They’re not going to have a nuclear weapon—that’s number one. That’s number one, two, and three.

They will never have a nuclear weapon—they’ve agreed to that.