They (Arab states) were going to be very little involved and now they insist on being involved.

“We were surprised,” he said, adding, “We told them, ‘We’ve got this,’ and now they want to fight.”

He called the Arab leaders “tough and smart,” and said Iran’s strikes — which "shot into" a hotel and an apartment building — “just made them angry.”

“That was probably the biggest surprise,” Trump said.

He added that Iran lost “a lot in terms of leadership” in the initial strikes.

“Forty-nine people,” Trump said. “It was an incredible strike.” He claimed those killed “got a little bit arrogant” by gathering together, adding, “They thought they were undetectable. They weren’t.”

“They don’t even know who’s leading them now,” Trump said.

“We took out 49.” With so many killed, he added, “We don’t know who’s running the country at this point… It’s almost like an unemployment line.”

At the direction of President Trump, the Treasury is terminating all use of Anthropic products, including the use of its Claude platform, within our department.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone conversation with Iranian FM Seyed Abbas Araghchi.

China supports Iran in safeguarding its sovereignty, security, territorial integrity, and national dignity, and supports Iran in upholding its legitimate and lawful rights and interests.

China has urged the U.S. and Israel to immediately cease military operations, prevent further escalation of tensions, and stop the conflict from spreading and engulfing the entire MiddleEast.