Following what President Trump is calling a successful bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites, President Trump will address the nation tonight at 10:00pm ET. Livestream Links Below:
According to media reports, six 30,000 lb. massive ordinance penetrators (MOPs) were dropped by B-2 stealth bombers on the Fordow facility, and 30 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles targeting Iran’s Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities, fired by submarines.
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President Trump holds an impromptu press conference from the airport in Morristown, New Jersey. After making a few announcements about peace between Congo and Rwanda, President Trump took questions from the assembled press pool.
As we have mentioned before, there is a transparent effort by the mainstream media and their aligned allies in the intelligence bureaucracy to get DNI Tulsi Gabbard removed. President Trump is again questioned about Gabbard’s statements from March where she repeated an Intelligence Community assessment that Iran was not currently building a nuclear weapon. President Trump accepts the misleading question and responds by saying, “she’s wrong.”
President Trump’s admonishment of the manufactured statement is then amplified by the Israel-First group, which includes Laura Loomer and Mark Levin, both ‘influencers’ hoping to see Tulsi Gabbard removed, and replaced with a more pro-Israel, pro-war intelligence head. Watching this unfold is quite remarkable.
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During an oval office event to celebrate the Juventus team, President Trump took questions from the assembled press pool. The questions begin at 01:44 of the video below – prompted.
President Trump notes a situation room meeting was scheduled for updates in approximately 1 hour. The president also notes the Iranian delegation wants to meet to discuss the ongoing conflict; President Trump is not in a hurry to hear the requests at the current time.
President Trump is asked about what changed his perspective and leaned toward a willingness to engage with U.S. support for the physical removal of the Iranian nuclear capabilities. Trump notes Israel is proceeding “well” on a planned course of action to eliminate the threat Iran represented. WATCH:
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President Trump participated in a flagpole raising celebration earlier today at the White House. During the installation, President Trump delivered remarks to the media and took questions from the assembled press pool. WATCH:
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I post the direct statements from President Trump on the calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin because if you read the background, both before and after the Israel strike operation, you can clearly see the strategy. [Check Dates]
President Trump is doing what modern U.S officials never did, showing respect to the aligned nuclear powers and positioning any action for the least amount of geopolitical collateral damage. President Trump knows one of the key geopolitical influences upon Iran is the Russian Federation.
You do not have to be pro or anti-Trump to understand how executive level respect and diplomacy works. This is why the leadership of the Russian Federation respect Trump (firm but thoughtful), even if they are in opposition to his positions.
Remember the statements yesterday in Canada, at the G7, specifically about the Russian sanctions. These statements above should be read with the context of before and after the strikes in Iran began; then overlay the statements yesterday about the sanctions. There is a very clear message conveyed.
President Trump does not want a targeted problem to escalate into a regional geopolitical conflict. So, he takes proactive and ongoing steps to ensure containment. This is the part that French President Macron (doofus) cannot intellectually conceptualize; hence, President Trump’s curt remarks.
Even before the Israeli operation against Iran began, President Trump draws safe proactive perimeters that all traditional agents of governmental influence can understand.
Like you, I completely do not want expanded conflict that could potentially draw the U.S. into something far more dangerous. However, I also don’t see that as a likely outcome. President Trump is in the support position to eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons from Iran; let him work without our dark imaginings injecting something that does not exist.
After departing the G7 in Canada, President Trump held a press availability aboard Airforce One at approximately 1:00am. President Trump and Secretary Rubio were returning to the White House early to address issues of concern in the Iran-Israel conflict. WATCH (prompted):
The president’s entire national security apparatus are assembled in the White House today (Tuesday) as the principals review events from the situation room.
Jennifer Jacobs (Bloomberg) provides a solid recap of the AF1 presser. “Trump wants “a real end” to the nuclear problem with Iran and this morning will find him in the White House Situation Room, monitoring developments in Middle East, he told us during his midnight departure from Canada.
“I didn’t say I was looking for a ceasefire,” he said on AF1. He said he wants “a real end,” with Iran “giving up entirely” on nukes.
The Israelis aren’t slowing up their barrage on Iran, he predicted. “You’re going to find out over the next two days. You’re going to find out. Nobody’s slowed up so far.”
Asked his thinking on calling for Tehran to evacuate, he told me he wants “people to be safe.”
President Trump and Secretary of State/Nat Sec Advisor Marco Rubio left the G7 in Canada late last night following dinner with the G7 leaders. When asked by reporters about his early departure President Trump said, “for obvious reasons.”
President Trump is quickly assembling his national security, defense and intelligence apparatus to work throughout the day Tuesday from the situation room of the White House where real-time video feeds and interfaces with regional players are immediate. President Trump announces his departure during the G7 group photo session.
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President Trump left behind Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to represent our U.S. interests as the G7 completes without him.
Sometimes a media report from “sources familiar with the matter” does actually track with the way President Trump’s doctrine is seen. This is one of those times.
According to Axios, White House officials have directly relayed to mid-east friends that President Trump has no intention of using U.S. military resources to target Iran, unless the Iranian regime does something stupid like target Americans.
It is easy to imagine this type of relay was made by President Trump to Saudi Arabia (MbS), Qatar (Muslim Brotherhood) and/or Jordan (King Abdullah II), with the full intention of the message reaching Iranian govt officials.
[AXIOS] The big picture: The U.S. has helped Israel intercept missiles, but made clear Israel is acting alone in attacking Iran. The U.S. message is that if Iran attacks Americans in response, it will be crossing a red line.
The intrigue: The U.S. sent a similar message to the same countries about an hour between Israel launched the war last Thursday, telling them the U.S. would not participate.
In both cases, the U.S. seemed to expect the countries to pass that message to Iran to discourage any retaliation against U.S. forces or interests in the region.
U.S. President Trump and U.K Prime Minister Starmer finished signing the details of the U.S-U.K trade agreement on heavy industry, aerospace, car tariffs and automobile trade. Both Trump and Starmer delivered remarks to the assembled press pool prior to answering questions.
The media were full of questions for President Trump about the latest developments in the Israel-Iran conflict. President Trump noted he needs to conclude the commitments on his schedule before he can engage in Iranian negotiations.
The British media, maintaining their longstanding history against the Russian Federation, are worried that President Trump might like Russia and or even agree with Russian perspectives. To the British press this possibility gives them the vapors. President Trump tries to intercept the U.K fainting by reminding the Brits the goal is to “stop death” at a rate of 5,000 young lives per week. WATCH:
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes President Donald Trump at the beginning of the working sessions for the G7 assembly in Canada.
During the press availability President Trump notes the G7 used to be the G8, however following the Crimea referendum and President Putin’s response to accept the outcome of the vote, the NATO alliance led by President Barack Obama took Russia out of the group. President Trump says he “agreed” with Putin’s reaction to the decision.
The G7 speak about Russia consistently at almost every meeting, without a willingness to listen to the voice or opinion of Russia in context to their protestations. Quite simply it is easier for Italy, Canada, the U.K, France, Germany, Japan and the USA to exist inside an echo-chamber without having their multilateral arguments challenged. President Trump does not fear the debate of ideas with Russia present in the room, another point of distinction between Trump and the assembly.
Wrong is wrong even if everybody does it; and right is right even if nobody does it. It takes strong confidence to assert a position counter to popular opinion, this is what makes President Donald Trump a transformative political influence.
In the background, President Vladimir Putin is undoubtedly paying attention.
Also, read carefully what President of the European Council António Costa said today: