Trump on Iran:

Here’s the deal: if they try again, and I let them know that if they do, we’re going to send them right back and do the job again.

They tried to go back to the site. They couldn’t even get near it. There was total obliteration.

They were thinking about starting a new site in a different part of the country.

We found out about it. I said, “If you do that, we’re going to do very bad things to you.”

Trump on Iran protests:

We’ve had their back, and that country is a mess right now because of us.

Turkish President Erdogan gifted Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi with Türkiye's domestic electric vehicle Togg.

BREAKING:

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi:

Nuclear talks with the United States are scheduled to be held in Muscat on about 10 am Friday.

I'm grateful to our Omani brothers for making all necessary arrangements.

Zelensky:

In Ukraine, the number of soldiers killed—career soldiers or mobilized—is 55,000, and many are considered missing.

Journalist: This war, Volodymyr Zelensky, are you afraid of losing it?

Zelensky: Of course, losing this war means losing the independence of our country.

If we lose our independence and become part of Russia, it would be an absolutely monstrous loss.

I am sure that it won’t happen.

Zelensky:

Russia wants us to leave all of the Donbas because since they started this war, they haven’t won any victories.

They don’t count the people who die; we are obliged to do so.

To conquer the east of Ukraine, it would cost them 800,000 more corpses.

It would take them at least two years; they won’t last that long.

Zelensky:

Putin is currently only afraid of Trump. That’s a fact.

If President Trump knows that Putin is afraid of him, then he doesn’t have to accept all the conditions set by the Russian president.

It’s Putin who is afraid of Trump, not the other way around. And thank God.

President Trump knows he has leverage through the economy, through sanctions, through weapons.

Journalist: Does that mean he is not at all afraid of the Europeans?

Zelensky: Yes, he is not afraid of Europeans. They are our partners; they have helped us enormously. But Putin is not afraid of them, unfortunately.

Zelensky:

If Ukraine does not stop Putin, he will invade Europe.

I don’t want to scare anyone, but the range of their missiles is unlimited; they will strike everywhere.

Journalist: To get here, we passed several barriers and checkpoints. They took our phones; we were searched. Every day, do you fear for your life?

Zelensky: Russia has already tried to eliminate me several times.

I don’t feel the same fear as at the beginning of the war; I’ve gotten used to it. It’s part of my life.

French President Macron’s top diplomat, Emmanuel Bonne, held talks with Russian officials in Moscow on Tuesday.

The discussions focused mainly on Ukraine and were described as technical-level contacts coordinated with Ukraine and key European allies.

Bonne reportedly met Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.

Source: Reuters

JD Vance on Iran:

You think it's bad when we have a domestic terror attack where a couple of people die, and you're right.

What happens when the same people who are shooting up a mall or driving airplanes into buildings have a nuclear weapon?

That is unacceptable.

JD Vance on Iran:

If the Iranians get a nuclear weapon, you know who gets a nuclear weapon like the next day? The Saudi Arabians.

JD Vance on Iran:

We know the history and Trump does not have any interest in repeating the history of Iraq.

JD Vance on Iran:

If Iranians took over their own country and had a government that was much more friendly to the United States of America, would that be a good thing? Absolutely, that would be a good thing.

But fundamentally, what Trump has always been focused on is nuclear weapons based.

We are still focused on this question of ensuring they don't get a nuclear weapon.

JD Vance on Greenland:

Our entire missile defense system would be inoperable if the Russians or the Chinese controlled Greenland.

So, God forbid, I don't think it's going to happen to be clear, but God forbid some foreign country launches a missile, an ICBM at the United States of America, we couldn't defend ourselves if a foreign country controlled Greenland.

And by the way, the Chinese and the Russians have both expressed an interest in controlling Greenland.

JD Vance on Europe:

The Europeans, they're so friendly in private and they're willing to make a lot of accommodations and then publicly they attack us and they say, “We're not going to work with the Americans. We're not going to do anything with the Americans.”

I'm sorry. It's all bogus.

JD Vance on the new world order:

There’s a new world order and Trump is willing to shake up some old alliance structures.

I mean NATO I think is much different because of Trump’s leadership than it was 10 years ago.

It was effectively a protectorate of the United States of America.

JD Vance on Iran:

The person who makes the decisions in Iran is the Supreme Leader. The President doesn't really matter.

The Foreign Minister seems to talk to the Supreme Leader and that's mainly the person that we've communicated with.

But it's a very weird country to conduct diplomacy with when you can't even talk to the person who's in charge of the country.

Trump can pick up the phone and call Putin. He can pick up the phone and call Xi. Even countries that we have very hostile relations with.

It is bizarre that we can't just talk to the actual leadership of Iran. It really makes diplomacy very difficult.

JD Vance on Iran:

Trump is going to try to accomplish what he can through non-military means.

And if he feels the military is the only option, then he will ultimately choose that option.