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Jun 25, 2025 - World

President Donald Trump’s reaction to being warned about Iranian bombs being dropped on a US base was “it’s fine” during a press conference at the NATO summit.The remarks came while he was speaking about Europe’s military spending.“It's vital this additional money be spent on various areas of military hardware, not bureaucracy,” Trump said. “And hopefully the hardware is going to be made in America because with the best hardware in the world.”He then went on to boast about how great U.S. military weapons are. “You saw that, working vessels were shot at us the other day, and [Iran was] very nice. They said, 'We were going to shoot them at 1:00, okay?'”“I said ‘it's fine,’” Trump remarked of the bombing.He added, “Everybody was evacuated off the base so they could get hurt except for the gunners. they call them the gunners, and out of 14 high in the missiles that we shot at the base in Qatar, all 14 as you know, were shut down by our equipment. Amazing stuff. Amazing that they could do, like shooting a bullet with a bullet. It's the same thing if you think about it.”Watch the full moment below or click the link.

Jun 25, 2025 - World

Israel is now questioning President Donald Trump’s damage report, and CNN political and global analyst Barak Ravid claims Israeli intelligence is “a bit perplexed.”The remarks came while Ravid was speaking with anchor Kate Bolduan. “You have new reporting on what Israeli intelligence services believe,” Bolduan said, “but what are you hearing about this?”“Well, I don't know if Israel had anybody on the ground going into the facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan and looking up close at what happened,” Ravid, who is also an Axios reporter, said. “I just don't know if that's true. I do know that President Trump was accurate when he said that Israel is preparing its own battle damage assessment report.”Ravid added, “Several Israeli officials told me that they were actually a bit perplexed by how fast the defense intelligence agency produced their own battle damage assessment, because for the Israelis, it is still too soon to have, you know, those kind of specific conclusions of how far back the Israeli and U.S. strikes took the Iranian nuclear program.”The political and global analyst sources told him, “It is still unclear whether they were damaged, but it is still unclear if there was internal collapse, and in Fordow there was also significant damage, but it was still unclear whether there was collapse underground. I think that's the situation, at least as I heard it last night from Israeli officials.”Bolduan then asked, “If the ceasefire between Israel and Iran is now holding, as it obviously seems to be, what are you hearing from your sources about what happens now?” “I think there's a lot of focus on Gaza now,” Ravid said. “Seven Israeli soldiers were killed yesterday. In an IED that was put under an armored personnel carrier. I think that both Israeli public opinion and parts, big parts of the Israeli leadership want this war to be over.”Watch the full interaction below or here. - YouTube youtu.be

Jun 25, 2025 - World

Donald Trump's latest move "puts us in danger," according to a former Republican strategist Wednesday.Conservative anti-Trump activist Rick Wilson, who co-founded the Lincoln Project and hosts the group's podcast, published a Substack post called The Only Thing Trump Obliterated Is The Truth in which he argues that Trump's "boasting triumphalism about Iran puts us in danger."For starters, according to Wilson, Trump's move to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities wasn't the big success the president is claiming."No matter what, he was going to declare total victory. It’s as ludicrous as the claims that he’s 6’4” and 225lbs, that he won the 2020 election, or that he’s ever given a woman an orgasm," Wilson wrote. "The reality, as usual, is more complicated, and since we live in the real world, not in his lurid power fantasies, it is more dangerous."Wilson stresses that, while the military did their job perfectly, Iran's nuclear setup is just too complex to be bombed away in a one-day attack."In the real world (you know, the one not curated for Truth Social dopamine hits), Iran’s nuclear program is not just a collection of buildings. It’s a network of facilities, knowledge, materials, and scientists, some hidden, some mobile, and all guarded by one of the most ruthless internal security forces on the planet," Wilson wrote. "Iran’s nuclear apparatus has redundancies, backups, and tunnels deeper than Trump’s daddy issues."Wilson added that Trump is "dreaming if he thinks this will be free of consequence for America." He notes the consequences will be "brutal."Answering the question of, "So what does Iran do now?" Wilson says, "Iran’s IRGC fights in the shadows, with murders, bombings, kidnappings, and cyber warfare. They won’t respond with a giant red button push and a convenient missile launch.""Retaliation will come, but not in the form Trump fantasizes about," the strategist added. "What’s far more likely are asymmetric responses: a car bomb in a European capital targeting American or Israeli diplomats. American tourists snatched and held hostage. A mysterious fire at some American shipping or logistics hub in Iraq. A cyberattack that cripples Gulf oil infrastructure. A drone strike on a U.S. ship in the Red Sea. Attacks on the American power grid in the peak of this hellish summer. Maybe even a targeted assassination of American troops in Europe or the Middle East."He added:"Iran’s response won’t be broadcast with a countdown clock. It’ll come like all their dark work, in ways that are deniable, precise, and bloody. They’re masters at using proxies to execute their horrors."Read the full post here.

Jun 21, 2025 - World

Islamabad says US president helped resolve India conflict but critic says ‘Israel’s sugar daddy in Gaza’ not candidate for any prizePakistan has said it will recommend Donald Trump for the Nobel peace prize for his work in helping to resolve the recent conflict between India and Pakistan.The move, announced on Saturday, came as the US president mulls joining Israel in striking Iran’s nuclear facilities. Continue reading...

Jun 19, 2025 - World

Army chief’s effusive welcome in Washington hints at strategic recalibration amid Middle East turmoil After years in the diplomatic deep freeze, US-Pakistan ties appear to be quickly thawing, with Donald Trump’s effusive welcome for Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, signalling a possible major reset.Once snubbed so badly that former prime minister Imran Khan had to board an ordinary airport shuttle after arriving in the US rather than being whisked off in a limousine, Pakistan is now enjoying top-level access in Washington, including a White House lunch for Munir on Wednesday and meetings with top national security officials. Continue reading...