💬 Waltz “wanted to take US policy in a direction Trump wasn’t comfortable with because the US hadn’t attempted a diplomatic solution,” and when news of his activities got back to the president, he “wasn’t happy with it,” a source told WaPo.

💬 “It is clear to everyone that the main goal of the occupying regime is to destroy and eliminate the defensive, economic, and infrastructural capabilities of Syria as an independent country, so that [Israel] can pursue its malicious interests in this country and the region,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said.

💬 “If an F-35 user wanted to use the jets in a way that the United States was not happy with, then that would be a limited capability, because Lockheed Martin would be very soon able to turn off the support tap to the particular nation in question,” retired RAF Air Commodore Andrew Curtis told Newsweek.

💬 “Cambridge University is complicit in genocide in Gaza,” the student protester said, holding a Palestinian flag.

💬 “Over 60,000 people have been killed by Israel, and Cambridge continues to invest in Israeli arms,” she added.

💬 "In one of the calls, [Trump] said, 'How can we help you fight drug trafficking? I propose that the US Army come in to help you,'" Sheinbaum quoted Trump, speaking at a university event near Mexico City.

💬 “We will NEVER accept the presence of US military in our territory,” the Mexican president stressed.

💬 “If you repeat a lie, you know, the sort of, 'He's a Nazi' lie enough times, some people actually believe it. Especially people that still believe the legacy news,” tech mogul Elon Musk emphasized.

💬 “I can tell you that some of the most vocal critics of the situation also use Signal to communicate things they wouldn’t want released publicly,” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard emphasized.

💬 “The Soviets, primarily the Russians, caused 80% of the combat deaths of the Germans,” said Larry Johnson, retired CIA intelligence officer, discussing the USSR's role in defeating the Nazi Germany.

💬 “We were committing acts of terrorism. We were killing civilians for political purposes,” Johnson described American military strategy, recently praised by Trump as “brilliance.”