😭 🇺🇸 The U.S. said no vessels left Iranian ports during the first day of its blockade, with six merchant ships turning back after U.S. warnings.

Over 10,000 personnel and multiple warships are involved, but no direct enforcement actions have occurred.

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has continued, with over 20 vessels passing.

- WSJ

💬 🇺🇸 JD Vance:

I recognize that a lot of young voters don’t love the policy we have in the Middle East.

💬 🇺🇸 JD Vance:

Trump says to Iran: “If you commit to not having a nuclear weapon, we are going to make Iran economically thrive.”

💬 🇺🇸 JD Vance:

The person who is effectively running Iran sat across from the Vice President of the U.S.—that had never happened.

I think those people wanted to make a deal… you never know, though.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump says he doesn’t plan to extend the ceasefire with Iran, calling it unnecessary, and hinted at “an amazing two days ahead.”

- ABC News

💬 🇺🇸 Trump to ABC News:

If I weren’t president, the world would be torn to pieces.

💬 🇺🇸 JD Vance:

Stopping funding the Ukraine war is one of the things I’m proudest of we’ve done in this administration.

💬 🇺🇸 JD Vance on Epstein:

If you look at the emails, it’s obvious that Jeffrey Epstein hated Donald J. Trump.

The fact that Jeffrey Epstein hates Donald J. Trump is a pretty good thing for Donald J. Trump.

💬 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷 Ukrainian President Zelensky:

The sooner the American team arrives in Kyiv, the more understandable their reasoning [regarding negotiations] becomes.

They're constantly in talks with Iran and have no time for Ukraine.

💬 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺 Ukrainian President Zelensky:

I would put it this way: I am not of the opinion that they have a better relationship with Moscow.

I don't feel that one could have very good relations with Moscow. That's impossible, because Moscow only thinks about itself, about the power it could gain, and about its own influence.

Kushner and Witkoff — they're pragmatic guys. The only problem is that they think the Russians are winning this war. However, they're wrong. This isn't the first time the Americans have been wrong about the Russians. I'm saying that openly.

We have very constructive conversations with Kushner and Witkoff, but they think that the Russians are winning.

💬 🇮🇷 Iran's Fars:

A sanctioned Iranian supertanker sailed openly (with its tracker on) through the Strait of Hormuz into Iran without interference.

💬 🇺🇸 Senator Graham:

I don’t trust Iran when it comes to enrichment.

The 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium needs to be in our control.

💬 🇺🇦 Zelensky:

The Strait of Hormuz is blocked, and we want to unblock it.

We already have experience from the blockade of the Black Sea.

America has not asked us yet.

💬 🇺🇦 Zelensky:

Americans are constantly in contact with Iran and have no time for Ukraine.

If the war lasts longer, there will be fewer weapons for Ukraine.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 THE UNITED STATES IS SENDING THOUSANDS MORE TROOPS TO THE MIDDLE EAST AS TRUMP SEEKS TO PRESSURE IRAN — WP.

The U.S. is deploying additional troops to the region; the Trump administration is trying to pressure Iran into a deal that could end the conflict, while also considering further strikes or even ground operations if the fragile ceasefire does not hold.

💬 🇹🇷 Turkish President Erdogan:

If there is to be peace in our region, it will be achieved despite this Zionist regime. If stability is to be established in our region, it will again be achieved despite the Israeli government acting with the delusion of the promised lands.

If peace is to come to our blood-soaked geography, it will likewise come despite Israel, which ties its own security to the insecurity of others. Because whenever even the slightest hope for peace emerges, Israel will try every way to sabotage it, as it has done many times before.

As the front of humanity strives to extinguish the fire in our region, the network of massacre will carry more wood to the flames. Of course, while doing this, they will continue to brazenly target countries that raise the voice of peace, especially Türkiye and Spain.

With their hired pens, their media, and the pawns they use as instruments, they will try to silence people of conscience.

But no matter what they do, they will not be able to silence brave hearts, nor will they be able to shackle the hearts that defend truth and justice.

💬 🇹🇷 Turkish President Erdogan:

We will continue to call the oppressor an oppressor, the bandit a bandit, and the murderer a murderer.

💬 🇹🇷 Turkish President Erdogan:

I remind the baby killers who insult me and our country on social media of some truths once again.

The Republic of Türkiye is not an ordinary state. No power can wag a finger at Türkiye or at the President of Türkiye.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump on Iran:

I don’t know how much longer they can survive.

💬 🇺🇸 Trump:

The Iran war could be settled “almost immediately.”

💬 🇺🇸 Trump:

I wrote a letter to Xi. I asked him not to give Iran weapons. He wrote me a letter, and he is saying that he is essentially not doing that.