U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson:

The nightmare scenario, heaven forbid the Democrats take control of the House. They will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body.

They will do nothing all day, every day, every hour of the day, but go after the president, his family, his cabinet, donors in the party, the big figures in business and industry.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš:

We have to fight to make Europe competitive, so that we don’t sometimes have the feeling that we are heading toward the fall of the Roman Empire.

None of us would want that.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

I want an arms race in Israel that is even bigger than what the army wants. I am convinced that we have to be much stronger.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

If we become an empire of sophisticated armaments and sell to the whole world, the world will need us.

The State of Israel has to be an asset in the eyes of the world in order to preserve its standing.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

I want the entire Middle East, and beyond that countries in Europe, to be dependent on us and on purchasing our defense products.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

We are a peace-seeking people. We have never started a war. We never wanted to hurt anyone. We never asked to expel anyone.

We came and brought so much prosperity, development and progress to this land.

We are the greatest hosts in the world.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

What you did in Gaza, do in the West Bank. No terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank, no terrorists, no weapons, no tunnels.

They just found a tunnel in Qalqilya — the entire neighborhood needs to be flattened. Flatten the entire neighborhood.

If Arabs in the West Bank turn a vehicle into a weapon and run people over with it, as happened last week, then you will not drive cars on our roads. No games.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang:

We used to call them data centers, but the things we’re building now are SI factories.

Trump said Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton would be a “good” choice for AI czar as he considers filling the role within days.

Clayton has described AI as both an opportunity and a threat that government needs to “get your arms around.”

Source: Axios

JD Vance on AI:

I think a lot of Americans, when they think of AI or SI, they think, “Oh, my God. This is Skynet,” right?

They think the Terminators are going to come and take over everything and, you know, take over our nuclear weapons and have the robots running around killing people.

And that’s just not going to happen. That’s actually not going to happen.

JD Vance on AI:

A lot of people who are developing the frontier AI models come out and say, “Oh my God, this is a terrible, terrible thing we’re building.”

If you’re building a terrible, terrible thing, then stop and build something good.

It’s like a kid who just can’t stop eating cookies.

NEW: Boeing has won the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX competition, beating Northrop Grumman for a contract worth more than $20 billion to develop the Navy’s next-generation carrier fighter.

The aircraft is expected to enter service in the 2030s, replacing the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler.

Saudi Arabia has approved a visa exemption agreement with Türkiye for diplomatic and special passport holders.

Under the deal, holders can stay visa-free for up to 90 days within any 180-day period.

RFK Jr.:

We’ll never ever again be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, “Trust the experts.”

Qatari-mediated talks between the U.S. and Iran made little progress, with both sides refusing to compromise and fears of renewed fighting rising.

Qatar proposed a deal linking Iran’s demand to lift the U.S. naval blockade with U.S. demands for nuclear concessions. But Iran said it would only consider nuclear steps if Washington returned to the June memorandum of understanding.

U.S. officials initially described the talks as positive and said Trump was open to sanctions relief and releasing frozen funds for nuclear concessions. Hours later, Trump said he had offered Iran nothing.

A source told Axios the talks were “stuck,” while Trump said Tuesday that Iran “will give up” and “will not have a nuclear weapon.”

Source: Axios

JD Vance:

I think the fat JD singing “Free Bird” is the best meme to come out of the Trump administration. If you haven't looked at it, please do so.

Albania’s PM Edi Rama:

Albania is the country with the lowest robbery rate in Europe. Britain is number one.

And that’s why Brits say, "Because of the Albanians, they came to us." But the truth is totally different.

Albania’s PM Edi Rama:

I am for a bigger Europe, not for a smaller Europe. So Canada, welcome. Mexico, welcome.

I welcome everyone to join the European Union. Even President Trump, if he wants to come, he is welcomed.