🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Israeli arrivals in the Tartus region now, coastal Syria.

🇸🇦🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israel blocks a Saudi-led Foreign Ministry delegation from visiting the West Bank to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

The delegation, led by Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, was to visit the region over the weekend. Foreign Ministers from the UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, and Turkey were to join too.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "If Washington wants a diplomatic solution, it must abandon the language of threats and sanctions.

Trump's threat to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities is a clear red line and will have major repercussions," - Fars News Agency, Iranian outlet.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: "The Trump administration is expanding federal surveillance capabilities through increased reliance on Palantir's data analysis technology." - New York Times, stating that the Trump administration will begin centralizing and collecting personal data on Americans using Palantir, a company owned by Peter Thiel.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Palantir has secured over $113 million in federal contracts since Trump took office, with ongoing talks to expand its technology to the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service." - New York Times, citing six US government officials and Palantir employees.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Trump has tapped Palantir to create a 'master database' on every American." - The New Republic.

Right about everything.

🇺🇸⚡️- Saronic is a new and innovative defense startup building Port Alpha, a next-gen shipyard to mass-produce autonomous warships and bring back US naval dominance. Backed by 600 million dollars and valued at 4 billion, Saronic plans to outpace traditional builders with modular, unmanned vessels from small spy boats to 150-foot warships. These drone fleets could replace some crewed ships or augment them. With China’s shipyards producing around 23.2 million tons a year, which is over 230 times more than the US’s under 100,000 tons, these drone fleets could help close that huge gap. If Port Alpha works, it could change naval warfare and America’s role at sea.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "For a generation, the United States ignored this region [Indo-Pacific]. We became distracted by open-ended wars, regime change, and nation building," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "We are done with that approach. We are focused on delivering for the American people, on safeguarding their security, on protecting their economic interests, and on using common sense to preserve peace in the Indo-Pacific," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "We are not here to pressure other countries to embrace and adopt policies or ideologies. We are not here to preach to you about climate change or cultural issues. We are not here to impose our will on you. We respect you, your traditions, and your militaries. And we want to work with you where our shared interests align for peace and prosperity," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡️- "We do not seek conflict with communist China. We will not instigate nor seek to subjugate or humiliate. But we will not be pushed out of this critical region," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "China seeks to become the hegemonic power in Asia, no doubt," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

A round of applause from other Indo-Pacific delegations present.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "China hopes to dominate and control too many parts of this vibrant and vital region. We will no longer ignore you," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "It has to be clear to all that Beijing is credibly preparing to potentially use military power to alter the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "Any attempt by communist China to conquer Taiwan by force would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "China is preparing for war, we must be ready," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "We must ensure that China cannot dominate us, or our allies and partners," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "Our goal is to prevent war. And we will do this with a strong shield of deterrence. Peace through strength," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.

🇺🇸🇸🇬⚡- "We have shifted our focus to this [Indo-Pacific] region," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, at the SLD 2025.