Iran is trying to exercise a policy of blackmail for their political ends.

They need to understand that neither the Kingdom nor the Gulf countries would accept blackmail, and escalation would be met with escalation.

If Iran doesn't stop—that is the mood I also heard in the room with the foreign ministers earlier—I think there will be almost nothing that can reestablish trust.

It's important for the Iranians to understand that the Kingdom, but also its partners who have been attacked and beyond, have very significant capacities and capabilities that they could bring to bear should they choose to do so.

The patience that is being exhibited is not unlimited.

Do they have a day, two days, a week? I'm not going to telegraph that.

I would hope that they understand the message of the meeting today and recalculate quickly and stop attacking their neighbors. But I am doubtful that they have that wisdom.

The Iranian government's priority wasn't building development and economic collaboration.

Their priority was confrontation and trying to expand their sphere of influence and developing tools of might and power.

Unfortunately, this is what led us to where we are today.

I don't know when the war will come to an end. I believe this depends primarily on the Iranian side.

I don't know how they claim to be fighting for Islamic causes while attacking Islamic countries.

Even before this war, what was Iran's contribution to the issues related to the Islamic world? They support the Houthi militia in Yemen. They supported the popular militia in Iraq, who were—and now they are attacking Iraq. They are attacking Iraqi territories.

Hezbollah in Lebanon, which didn't suffice by hijacking the political decision in Lebanon but rather was an effective arm to perform sabotaging actions in the region and in Saudi Arabia.

And the biggest example is Iran and Hezbollah's role in Syria. Where is the so-called support in the Muslim world when they commit such crimes, supporting the former Syrian regime? How do they support the Islamic world when they assassinate politicians in Lebanon? How do they support the Muslim world's issues and causes when they empower the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq hindering the development efforts in Iraq?

I can't see how they support the Islamic causes. I believe these are simple slogans, which they hide behind.

And these tools, they work to serve the Iranian interests rather than the slogans they claim.

Civil Defense is dealing with a fire incident in Ras Laffan Industrial Area due to an Iranian targeting, without casualties.

I'm not sure what Joe Kent is reading but it is not the same intel I’m seeing. We had briefings and the intelligence was exquisite.

This was an imminent threat. Joe Kent seemed to understand that until about 24 hours ago.

I’m not sure what happened. But he is an outlier.

Everyone in the administration and everyone who sees the actual intelligence understands clearly that the president did what he had to do.

Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility known as South Pars Gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section of the whole has been hit.

The United States knew nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar was in no way, shape, or form, involved with it, nor did it have any idea that it was going to happen. Unfortunately, Iran did not know this, or any of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar’s LNG Gas facility.

NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field unless Iran unwisely decides to attack a very innocent, in this case, Qatar — in which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before.

I do not want to authorize this level of violence and destruction because of the long term implications that it will have on the future of Iran, but if Qatar’s LNG is again attacked, I will not hesitate to do so.