The Spectator Index
Trump says that Iran lied and did not open the Strait of Hormuz as it said it would.
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WarMonitor
Trump is going after Pope Leo in a new post, calling him “weak on crime” and accusing him of siding with critics of the Trump administration on issues like Iran and U.S. foreign policy. https://twitter.com/TheWarMonitor/status/2043503085725610363/photo/1
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OSINTtechnical
Trump on US-Iran negotiations tonight:

"I don't care if they come back or not. If they don't come back, I'm fine." https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/2043504697907056758/video/1
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OSINTdefender
Following comments by Pope Leo XIV and three U.S. cardinals that were critical of U.S.-Israeli operations against Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah, U.S. President Donald J. Trump criticized the Pope, calling him “weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy.” He went on to criticize the Catholic Church’s treatment of priest and ministers during the COVID-19 epidemic, while praising the Pope’s brother Louis for his support of the administration.
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Open Source Intel
U.S. President Donald Trump:

"Iran is in very bad shape, and just so you understand. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. There is no way. They still want it, and they made that clear the other night. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon."

Contributed by @AZ_Intel_. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2043506717426696282/video/1
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Open Source Intel
U.S. President Donald Trump:

"At 10 AM tomorrow, we have a blockade going into effect - that'll be 10 AM tomorrow. Other nations are working, so that Iran will not be able to sell oil and that will be very effective." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2043507749489676463/video/1
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Open Source Intel
U.S. President Donald Trump on negotiations with Iran:

Oh, I don’t know. I don’t care if they come back or not. If they don’t come back, I’m fine.

Their military is gone. Their missiles are largely depleted. The manufacturing capability for missiles and drones is largely defeated.

We’ve been very nice. We haven’t taken down too many bridges. We did one only because they broke their word. They broke their promise.

And remember, their promise was that they were going to open the Hormuz Strait. They didn’t do it. They lied.
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WarMonitor
That assumes China and other Asian economies can and are willing to pivot overnight, they can’t. Now regional partners absorb the fallout and blame the U.S. even more, while Americans pay higher prices.

At this point, it’s hard to see a strategy at all, just an effort to make it look like there is one.

Honestly, Trump ordering navy to block the Strait of Hormuz is a pretty smart strategy. It took away the only Trump card that IRAN has while re-routing the global oil dependency to US.

However, it’s unsure whether US or IRAN can afford longer in this case. I don’t think a country that couldn’t afford the market to dip 15% can outlast a country has been economically sanctioned for 40 years. - Mao BaoBao
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The Spectator Index
Indonesia's rupiah falls to record low of 17,130 per US Dollar.
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ELINT News
RT @CENTCOM: http://x.com/i/article/2043411331861057536
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WarMonitor
Trump says the Hormuz blockade kicks in at 10am tomorrow.
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WarMonitor
Insane. From going after the Pope to this… speaks for itself.

President Trump posts an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus on Truth Social https://twitter.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/2043514644724134281/photo/1 - Faytuks Network
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WarMonitor
Do you want a war with China? Because this is how you get a war with China.

The longer the Iran war goes on, the more China suffers.

Everyone would like the war to end quickly.

But the negative impact on China can't be ignored. - Anthony Pompliano 🌪
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Open Source Intel
President Donald Trump on the two U.S. airmen rescued from Iran:

"They are in very good shape, and we're very proud of them." https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2043533864111333563/video/1
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Open Source Intel
Earlier tonight: U.S. President Donald Trump on Truth Social shared a post depicting himself as Jesus Christ. https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2043537626032988463/photo/1
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Open Source Intel
U.S. President Donald Trump on Pope Leo:

"I don't think he's doing a very good job. He likes crime, I guess. He hit us. Think of it. He's worried about fear. What about the fear when the ministers and the priests and all of those great people that were arrested during COVID, and in many cases they're outside 10 feet apart and they were arrested. So we don't like it. We don't like a pope that's going to say that it's okay to have a nuclear weapon. We don't want a pope that says, crime is okay in our cities. I don't like it. I'm not a big fan of Pope Leo. He's a very liberal person, and he's a man that doesn't believe in stopping crime. He's a man that doesn't think that we should be toying with a country that wants a nuclear weapon so they can blow up the world. I'm not a fan of Pope Leo."

U.S. President Donald Trump:

"Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. He talks about “fear” of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, even when going outside, and being ten and even twenty feet apart. I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn’t! I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers, into our Country. And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History. Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise. He wasn’t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump. If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican. Unfortunately, Leo’s Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons, does not sit well with me, nor does the fact that he meets with Obama Sympathizers like David Axelrod, a LOSER from the Left, who is one of those who wanted churchgoers and clerics to be arrested. Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician. It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church! President DONALD J. TRUMP." - Open Source Intel
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The Spectator Index
Japan's 10-year government bond yield has risen to 2.48%, the highest since mid-1997.
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