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“.. Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying U.S. troops on the ground inside of Iran, according to two U.S. officials, a former U.S. official and another person with knowledge of the conversations.”
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Wow. Trump treats Doocy the way he normally treats Kaitlan Collins.
Senior administration figures from the President on down are all shrugging their shoulders over evidence that Russia is helping Iran target US military personnel. All claim it doesn’t matter. There is no floor, nor any explanation for Putin’s hold on these people.
Brilliant!
Translation: we're going to run out of munitions if we're not careful.
No word on whether he's invoked the Defence Production Act as he orders up more "exquisite class" weaponry (which sounds like someone just sold him a bill of goods).
White House says Trump did not really mean that he was demanding Iran's "unconditional surrender" when he called for Iran's "unconditional surrender". My live update for LBC News with Jonathan Ray presenting.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/887078...
FT exclusive:
Russia has shared targeting intelligence with Iran, including locations of American military assets in the Middle East, as Tehran unleashes a barrage of drone and missile strikes against the US and its allies, said people familiar with the matter.
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She said that even if they are, it's making no difference.
Cheers, David. Thanks so much for listening!
My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk.
This week: Trump & Netanyahu plunge the Middle East into war, with no plan for its end.
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/887075...
We are all going to need to read this book.
So when Trump says he wants Iran's UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, that's apparently not what he means. Leavitt via White House Pool:
Simon - this is just the start
Via a colleague, Richmond CA.
Why is there so much mixed messaging around Iran? | Simon Marks
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Collecting 53,173,939 tariffs was easy, tho.
2026 is about to make an appearance on this list... +33.9c/gal as of this moment
"American Week" comes your way at 5:50pm on @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on @lbc.co.uk.
Meanwhile, here's my earlier dispatch with @mrjamesob.bsky.social:
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Waking up and looking at oil markets gave me the chills- that’s definitely rare- not great news incoming, will be at it all day sharing new data and analysis.
And still, so-called patriots queue up to condemn their own Prime Minister for refusing to join in with all this…
I mean, c’mon….we’re really gonna do this??
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Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
As we head into the evening the fresh price cycling happening in at least half a dozen states is again accelerating the national average price of gasoline, which has jumped past $3.27/gal after staying below a penny rise until 4pm ET.
One theocracy toppling another.
“Forget about what comes next” is the new official policy.
Oh.
with Inter Miami standing behind him, Trump provides an update on "our operation in the country of Iran"
