Q: You said that you wouldn't attack Iran until after the midterms. Did this latest attack in Saudi Arabia change that?

Trump: We're going to take a look.

Trump:

I stopped China, and I stopped Taiwan. That's going along. Who knows what happens? But I stopped it.

Trump Suggests Ukraine Replace Zelensky With a Leader Who Can Make a Deal

Trump’s call for a leadership change in Kyiv follows a dispute over Ukrainian refinery strikes and his diesel agreement with Putin, as US-mediated peace talks continue.

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says a supertanker carrying crude oil struck a naval mine while attempting to leave the Strait of Hormuz through an "unauthorized route."

Palestinian Elections Pushed to 2027 Over Israeli Restrictions

Palestinian President Abbas cited Israeli restrictions and Gaza’s humanitarian crisis as barriers to election preparations across the Palestinian territories.

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A man died after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster, England, where he was attacked by a tiger.

Police said the man died at the scene, while the tiger was unharmed and posed no wider risk to the public.

The Pentagon has raised the official U.S. death toll from operations against Iran to 21 troops killed and 865 wounded, adding two previously unreported noncombat deaths.

The correction comes after The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon had undercounted fatalities, a claim Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed as “a complete lie.”

A separate training accident in Iraq brings the total number of U.S. troops who have died in the Middle East since February 28 to 22.

Source: WaPo

Milorad Dodik wasn’t even on the ballot.

But his party still swept the key Serb institutions in Bosnia.

Now Bosnia’s long-running breakup fears are back.

U.S. negotiators offered Russia three major economic incentives in exchange for a limited cease-fire covering energy infrastructure or maritime operations.

The proposals included releasing billions in frozen Russian sovereign assets, potentially reviving an earlier plan involving up to $100 billion.

Washington also revisited a multibillion-dollar deal to sell parts of Russian oil giant Lukoil to Middle Eastern investors, some with business ties to U.S. negotiators, and a proposal allowing Belarus to export potash.

Ukraine did not reject the proposals outright but demanded safeguards, including matching payments from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine and additional military aid if Moscow violated a truce.

Source: NYT

Trump:

The Dumocrats, along with their partners in crime, the Fake News Media, are trying to create the false narrative that, Donald Trump is so “unpopular,” the Republicans are going to lose.

Actually, it's just the opposite. I'm so “popular,” that the Republicans are going to WIN, and that's being proven by the Record Setting Rallies we're doing (including the one in Tennessee where I'll be in a short while — See you soon!).

U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle boasted about luxury trips funded by Greek businessmen, according to an audio recording.

At Davos in January, Guilfoyle said she flew on a private jet with Alexandros Exarchou, CEO of Aktor Group, whose business interests she had promoted to foreign governments. She also described traveling with shipping tycoon Nikolas Tsakos, who reportedly paid for her stay at a luxury Paris hotel.

The recording also captured Guilfoyle angrily demanding an invitation to a dinner attended by Eric Trump and promising an American businessman she could make him “a lot of f—ing money.”

The revelations follow allegations that Guilfoyle asked a Trump donor for $100,000 to cover credit-card expenses in exchange for assistance with legal and tax matters.

The State Department’s inspector general is investigating whether she accepted improper gifts or favors, while Trump administration officials are discussing her possible removal.

Source: WSJ

Trump:

They are Dumocrats. Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.

Boris Johnson:

It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.

Trump on Iran:

They're a lunatic country. They know that. I tell them that all the time.

I say, "You guys are freaking crazy." They are.

Trump on Iran:

Iranians say, "We will kill everyoneeeee! Everyoneeee!"

They also say, "Praise be to Allah! Praise be to Allah! Praise be to Allah!"

I say, "Man, you guys are crazy."

Trump on Iran:

We can end it really quick. They don't know how nice I've been to them.

Trump on Iran:

We're thinking about renaming the Strait of Hormuz to the Trump Strait.

BIG: At least 50 people were hospitalized after a Houthi missile hit Riyadh airport’s domestic terminal on Saturday.

The FT, citing Saudi sources, says ~50 were admitted to a hospital near the airport with some in critical condition.

Other hospitals also received casualties and major facilities across Riyadh activated emergency disaster-response protocols.

AFP reports at least five are in intensive care (all Saudis), some were airlifted by helicopter, and ER doctors were called up across the capital.

The NYT puts the toll higher.

At least 12 dead and 50+ injured.

Injuries included shattered-glass wounds from the ceiling collapse near Gates 401/403.

Mecca-bound pilgrims were among the hurt.

Saudi authorities have officially confirmed only “several” wounded and no fatalities so far.

Trump:

I was thinking of either the Atlantic or the Pacific. We call it Trump Ocean or Ocean of the Americas.

Trump:

If I look around and I start to see people leaving like they do with other candidates, that's when it's time to shorten the speech.