Trump on his meeting with Xi:

I would say, on a scale of zero to ten, I would rate it at 12.

Reporter: Is the RAF Fairford event related to Iran?

Trump: Might be, but I would say that I'm surprised that they released them. I wouldn't have done that.

Trump on Iran:

We’re going to win. It’s going to be one way or the other. It’s going to go pretty quickly.

Q: Ambassador to China Perdue said that you suggested to Xi that the U.S. would sell U.S. military equipment to China. Is that accurate?

Trump: I never heard of that. They would probably like to buy it because we make better equipment, but we didn’t discuss that.

Q: Rwanda is violating the agreement with Congo.

Trump: If there is a problem, we will stop it.

Q: Rwanda is still killing people in Congo.

Trump: How is Ebola going?

Q: Ebola’s under control.

Trump on Canada:

Canada wants to have a deal with us. They call us all the time. The problem is they’ve treated the U.S. very unfairly.

Trump on Canada:

95% of the business they do, they do it with the United States, with us. With us, it’s a tiny fraction of that number. It’s not a big number at all.

We give them military. We give them icebreakers.

Trump on Iran:

If you want to see turmoil, let them take out a city with a nuclear weapon.

I’m not only talking about Israel and big parts of the Middle East.

Let them hit us with a nuclear weapon, for all those stupid people that think it’s okay.

Trump on Iran:

They are crazy. There’s no question about it. They are very crazy people.

I tell them all the time. I say, “You are crazy, man.”

Trump on Iran:

When you see what happens as soon as that war ends, inflation is going to be eradicated. Totally.

Trump on Iran:

I went to war to stop what could be one of the worst things that could ever happen to the world— to us, but to the world.

Israel would be wiped out right now.

There would be no Israel, there'd be no Middle East, and then the rockets and the bombs would start coming our way and Europe's way.

And I stopped it.

Trump:

Under Biden, you paid much more for gasoline than they’re paying now.

Trump on Canada:

They’re going to come in and say, “Sir, we are sorry.”

Trump on Canada:

I think what’s going to happen is, over the next three or four weeks, Canada is going to come to us and they’re going to say, “We’re going to get rid of all the tariffs.”

We’re going to win everything. We even have Lake Ontario is now “Lake America.”

Zelensky:

In effect, the Russians have already begun additional mobilization – they are increasing the number of people they recruit through various means.

They also plan to increase the recruitment of foreigners, and it is important that the governments of the countries from which Russia recruits people into its ranks counter this.

We will inform every relevant government.

Zelensky:

We also have new data on the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia. There are currently more than 8,000 North Korean troops on Russian territory.

In addition, preparations are underway to deploy another 10,000 troops – they are being selected for training and subsequent deployment to Russia.

In return, Russia is paying, among other things, with technology: production of shahed-type attack drones has been established in North Korea with Russian technical support.

UAE says President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed received Netanyahu on Sunday, with the "two discussing bilateral ties and ways to strengthen them."

Mediapart alleges that National Rally leader Jordan Bardella made antisemitic and conspiratorial remarks in private conversations between 2013 and 2015, including claims about Jewish domination and an Israel-led “New World Order.”

Bardella strongly denied the allegations, calling them “blatant fabrications” and a smear campaign, and said he would take legal action against Mediapart.

Marine Le Pen defended him, while Mediapart said its investigation was based on dozens of written exchanges it had independently verified, along with witness accounts.

The U.S. Navy’s USS Santa Barbara required urgent repairs in Singapore after documents warned all four engines were operating beyond recommended limits, creating a “critical threat of mechanical failure.”

The ship also had problems with cooling pumps, a non-operational fire pump that weakened firefighting capability, and a stern tube seal whose failure could risk “catastrophic flooding.”

The Navy initially received no bids from contractors for some of the repairs and had to rely on local Singapore facilities. The 7th Fleet said the ship arrived safely and would return to operations after maintenance.

Source: The Washington Sun