When Trump called Putin to suggest joining a meeting between Zelensky and the Russian leader, Putin replied, “You don’t have to come. I want to see him one-on-one.”

Source: POLITICO

France responds to Netanyahu on anti-Semitism:

We have no lessons to learn.

Ukraine's former military chief & current UK ambassador Valeriy Zaluzhny is quietly prepping a presidential run vs Zelensky.

HQ set up in London, recruiting staff; no public launch yet.

Team includes ex-generals, MPs, media/PR experts.

Source: US journalist in Ukraine, Katie Livingstone

White House:

Under Bush Russia invaded Georgia, Under Obama Russia took Crimea, under Biden Russia invaded Ukraine.

But under Trump, Russia did not invade or take anything.

White House:

US troops will not be on the ground in Ukraine. But we can certainly help in coordination and perhaps provide other means of security guarantees.

NEW: White House eyes Budapest for peace talks with Zelensky and Putin.

Source: Politico

White House:

Both Putin and Zelensky have expressed a willingness to sit down with each other.

White House:

Accommodations for the Putin-Zelensky meeting are underway.

Reporter: Did Putin promise to directly meet with Zelensky?

White House: He has.

White House:

Trump was serious, he wants to get to heaven.

Netanyahu’s linking of recognition of Palestine with antisemitism is ‘abject’ and ‘wrong,’ says the French presidency.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent:

Before the war in Ukraine, less than 1% of India’s oil came from Russia. Now it is 42%.

The system is allowing India to profiteer by buying cheap Russian oil, reselling it, and pocketing $16B in excess profits.

This opportunistic arbitrage is unacceptable.

Trump:

The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of “WOKE.”

I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made. This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE.

Four parked Bundeswehr vehicles were burned in an arson attack in Kassel, Germany,

The suspects remain at large, and state security is investigating possible political motives.

Earlier in June, Bundeswehr Rheinmetall MAN trucks were torched in Erfurt.

Source: FAZ

NEW: Venezuela bans all drone flights, sales, and training nationwide after Trump raised the bounty on Maduro to $50 million over alleged narco ties.

Only state security and defense forces are exempt.

Trump called Orban after meeting Zelensky and EU leaders, urging him to drop his veto on Ukraine’s EU talks.

Trump discussed "why Orban was blocking Ukraine’s accession talks with the EU."

Source: Bloomberg

Trump administration struck deportation deals with Honduras and Uganda to take in migrants who aren’t their citizens.

Honduras agreed to accept a few hundred Latin American deportees, including families, while Uganda will take some non-criminal African migrants.

Source: CBS News

Israeli "settlers" briefly crossed into Syria to settle the land, but were removed by the IDF.

Armenia’s PM Pashinyan:

Karabakh issue is “closed”.

Peace is an unfamiliar feeling for us, but from now on we must learn what it means to live peacefully.

New Trump portrait in the West Wing.

Ex-IDF Intelligence Chief Aharon Haliva (in leaked Channel 12 recordings):

For every person on October 7, 50 Palestinians must die.

It doesn’t matter now if they are children.

The fact that there are already 50,000 dead in Gaza is necessary and required for future generations.

They need a Nakba every now and then to feel the price.