🇮🇱❌🇱🇧❗️🇱🇧 — URGENT: Israeli Channel 15 reports that Israel has been given approval by President Trump to proceed with a military operation in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah.

🇮🇷🇮🇷❌🇮🇷👑🌹❗️ — Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s former Shah, posted a message on X announcing a coordinated call to action.

▶️He said he would share his first public address today and urged supporters to begin chanting slogans simultaneously on Thursday and Friday, January 8 and 9, at 8:00 p.m., whether in the streets or from their homes.

▶️He added that based on the response to this initiative, he would announce further steps afterward.

🇮🇷The statement:

“I am sharing my first call with you today and inviting you to start chanting slogans this Thursday and Friday, January 8 and 9, simultaneously at 8 pm, all of you, whether in the streets or even from your own homes. As a result of the feedback from this movement, I will announce the next calls to you.”

🔗Reza Pahlavi

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🇺🇸🤝🇮🇱❌🇵🇰🇱🇧 — Israel's Channel 12 commentator Amit Segal said that Trump hasn't just given Israel the green light for a new military operation against Hezbollah, but is actively pushing Israel to start an offensive.

▶️ Trump sees Hezbollah as having missed a January 1 deadline to disarm south of the Litani River.

🇺🇸❌🇩🇰🇬🇱⁉️ — A pretty interesting article in the Financial Times lays Trump's case for an intervention to take control of Greenland.

▶️ The article argues that taking control of the island provides immediate political, economic, security and strategic benefits for the U.S. while reinforcing American influence in the Western hemisphere.

▶️ The takeover of the island would, in theory, also be "easy" and risks no American casualties, while also distracting from policy defeats within the United States.

"Trump’s [...] pain is increasingly domestic and the cure foreign. The more dire his situation at home — his poll numbers are bad and show no sign of improving — the greater the temptation of getting a fix abroad."

"As a source of shock value, mission accomplished and moneymaking, Trump always has Greenland. His temptation is only likely to grow."

🔗 Financial Times

🇺🇸❌🇩🇰🇬🇱⁉️ — Danish and Greenlandic authorities also have good reason to believe Trump is not bluffing, as new statements from the White House make American intentions clear.

▶️ The Trump administration is "discussing options" to acquire Greenland, and the White House was quoted by Reuters saying that "utilizing the U.S. military is always an option".

▶️ It was also noted that Trump would rather solve the issue diplomatically, with a purchase of Greenland or the signing of a Compact of Free Association with the island.

🇺🇸❌🇻🇪🇻🇪❗️ — According to Reuters, the U.S. has warned Venezuelan Diosdado Cabello, Maduro's right hand, to cooperate or "face potential targeting".

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦🤝🇫🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 — France, the United Kingdom and Turkey presented a plan to deploy peacekeeping forces in Ukraine, should a ceasefire come into place.

▶️ The proposal projects a 15,000 to 20,000 strong force, provided mainly by France and the UK, while Turkey would be in charge of security in the Black Sea.

▶️ The U.S. would give the coalition logistic and intelligence support.

▶️ British PM Keir Starmer also stated that France and the UK will "establish military hubs" and "build protected facilities" in Ukraine.

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦🤝🇺🇸 — Something that should be highlighted from the Paris summit is that this is the first time that the U.S. backs the "coalition of the willing" in providing security guarantees to Ukraine.

▶️ U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Trump "strongly stands behind security protocols", and that these are "largely finished".

▶️ While Russia has not responded to the promises of security guarantees, it's expected that the territorial questions will be the most difficult moving forward.

🇺🇸❌🇻🇪🤝🇷🇺 — Russia has sent a submarine to escort the fleeing tanker BELLA 1, now MARINERA, which is currently close to UK waters.

🇺🇸🤝🇻🇪🇻🇪❗️🛢 — Trump has said the Venezuelan government will be "turning over" up to 50 million barrels to the U.S., presumably to be sold by the Trump administration and for the profits to be distributed between the U.S. and Venezuela.

▶️ Right now, 11 Chevron tankers are making their way to Venezuela, and are expected to arrive later in the month.

🇺🇸 Full statement:

I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

🇺🇸😥🇺🇸❌🇺🇸 — Today, while speaking to GOP House legislators on their member retreat, Trump said that "if we don't win the midterms [...], I mean, they'll find a reason to impeach me".

▶️ It's likely that the Republicans will lose at least one of the chambers in Congress during the midterms, given Trump's management of the Epstein files, the economy, foreign policy, and the historical tendency of Republicans to lose seats in the midterms.

🇸🇴❌🇮🇱🤝🇸🇴 — Today, the Israeli Foreign Minister, Gideon Saar, made a first "diplomatic visit" to Somaliland's capital, Hargeisa.

▶️ There, he held talks with president Abdirahman Mohammed Adbullah to "vigorously advance relations" between both nations.

▶️ Somalia said Saar's visit was an "unacceptable interference" in its internal affairs and a "serious violation" of its sovereignty.

🇾🇪❌🇾🇪❗️ — A massive shift of power is occurring in Yemen, as Saudi-backed Homeland Shield Forces (HSF) completely take over the governorates of Shabwah and Abyan.

▶️ UAE-backed STC forces are now cornered into Lahij and Aden, the capital.

▶️ Saudi drones have already been spotted over Aden, and the HSF offensive shows no signs of slowing down.

▶️ Should the STC be defeated, the internationally recognized government in Yemen will be reunified.

▶️ Rumors say the HSF might receive U.S. and Israeli support to finish off the job, launching an offensive against the Houthis.

🇸🇾❌🇸🇾❗️ — Kurdish SDF have deployed heavy vehicles, including main battle tanks, in the streets of Aleppo as clashes with STG forces intensify.