Trump told Israel’s Channel 12 that he had always planned to endorse Netanyahu in the upcoming Israeli elections but deliberately waited before making his support public.

“I always intended to endorse Bibi. I didn’t want to do it too early,” Trump said.

James Talarico:

I want to get back to the kind of capitalism we had in the middle of the 20th century in this country.

I want competition, but it's got to be fair competition. We've got to take on these monopolies, this consolidation, because again, it's fundamentally anti-capitalist.

All of the wealth is being accumulated by the top 1%. It's actually not going to the people doing the actual work in this economy.

James Talarico:

If Adam Smith saw the kind of crony capitalist system we have today, he would be rolling over in his grave.

And so what I'm trying to get back to is OG capitalism, where we actually reward work instead of wealth.

I'm all for success. I want an economy that creates fewer trillionaires and more millionaires.

Right now our tax system literally taxes work more than it taxes wealth. And I think that's backwards.

James Talarico on ICE:

We were told that ICE was going to go after violent criminals. And I support that.

If you're an undocumented immigrant and you commit a violent crime, you should be deported immediately.

But that's not what they're doing.

They're going after Uber drivers. They're going after small business owners. They're going after grandmothers and infants.

They should be focused on going after the cartels, not our communities. They should be going after violent gang members, not moms and babies.

Q: Do you support abolishing ICE or not?

Talarico: No. And I never have.

We need immigration and customs enforcement in this country, but that's not what we're seeing.

Q: So, now the U.S. stance is to pressure Ukraine, not Russia?

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright: Oh, this is pressuring Russia. Russia does not have diesel to export.

The only way they can get additional diesel to export is if they turn down the conflict with Ukraine.

They have to either get an energy ceasefire, they have to either end the war, or they have to reduce their war efforts so they have additional diesel to export.

James Talarico:

Let me say something that a lot of Democrats aren't willing to say.

We should be looking for efficiency in our government.

I believe in stewardship. We should be good stewards of taxpayer funds.

Q: Why was the deal made before Russia agreed to tone down, or really come to an end with, the war against Ukraine?

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright: What President Trump is trying to do is find what different way will lead to peace.

He's always looking for innovations. This is quite innovative, actually.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright:

If Russia can bring additional diesel to the market and export it, it would benefit American consumers.

It would benefit the world.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright:

Trump didn't end the Lindsey Graham sanctions. He's just suspended the enforcement of them for now.

Q: Are you comfortable with where gas prices are now?

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright: I'm happy they're coming down.

Netanyahu on Türkiye:

I hope we don’t reach a direct confrontation with Türkiye.

At least, that is what I am trying to avoid.

Netanyahu on Russia:

Russia has its own interests, and the State of Israel has its interests, and they do not always overlap.

Sometimes they even clash.

Source: The Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu on Russia:

Russia's cooperation with Iran is something we oppose, as is the fact that there are networks, a bot operation against the State of Israel involving the most blatant antisemitism imaginable.

We raise all these issues, and we raise them very clearly.

I talk with Putin as needed.

Source: i24

Netanyahu on Russia:

Given the Muslim population within Russia itself, Iran will want to turn those elements into its agents as well.

Because they have insane ideas about conquering the world.

Source: i24

French President Macron:

We all feel angry tonight. We feel shame as well, seeing the disasters that unfolded in our streets.

French President Macron:

Those people who looted need to pay for their crimes.

Those people who attacked government buildings need to pay for their crimes.

French President Macron:

We should never mix up peaceful protesters with looters and rioters, because there are people who rightfully feel that fuel prices are going too high. It's because of the Iran war.

French President Macron:

Let me be clear to all of the looters: We will come down with a firm hand.

There is no impunity.

Netanyahu to Americans:

If you're worried about today's gas prices, think of what will happen if Iran gets nuclear weapons, something that Trump and I will never allow.

And when that happens, when that threat of that regime disappears, gas prices will go down.

But only under Trump. It's not going to happen with those who want to accommodate and appease these tyrants.