President Donald Trump said the U.S. is negotiating with a more “reasonable regime” in Tehran after killing the previous leadership but warned the country that if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened “immediately,” Tehran would face new strikes on its civilian infrastructure.
CHRISTIAN ZIONIST HEGSETH PRAYED TO GOD TO HELP U.S. DELIVER ‘OVERWHELMING VIOLENCE’ AGAINST THOSE WHO ‘DESERVE NO MERCY’
Pete Hegseth, the former Fox News host playing the role of secretary of War, held a Christian worship service last week and called on God to help the U.S. deliver “overwhelming violence” on those who “deserve no mercy” as the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran.
TRUMP’S SIGNATURE TO APPEAR ON U.S. DOLLAR BILLS
The U.S. Treasury Department said last week that President Donald Trump’s signature will begin to appear on the U.S. dollar bills later this year to mark the 250th anniversary of the country.
KIM SAYS NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR STATUS IS ‘IRREVERSIBLE’
Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, said last week that his country’s decision to develop a nuclear weapon was the correct one given the situation around the world and said its status as a nuclear power is “irreversible.”
GERMANY RAMPS UP WEAPONS PRODUCTION TO 24-HOURS A DAY, PREPARES FOR A WAR ECONOMY
The chairman of the German Armed Forces Association said last week that the country’s defense industry needs to ramp up production to 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to prepare for a war economy.
ISRAEL USED WHITE PHOSPHORUS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON, REPORT SAYS
The Israeli military has been accused by human rights groups and researchers of using white phosphorus during its war in southern Lebanon, drawing criticism because it is considered an incendiary weapon under international law and highly toxic to civilians.
G7 ISSUES STATEMENT ON IRAN WAR CALLED A ‘DOCUMENT OF STUDIED EMPTINESS’
The Group of 7 (G7) issued a statement last week on the Iran War that a Chinese newspaper mocked as a document of “studied emptiness.”
NETANYAHU RAMPS UP STRIKES ON IRAN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered an increase in military strikes across Iran targeting key manufacturing infrastructure.
‘HORRIFIED’: AI ‘SLOP’ PUTS YOUNG BRAINS AT RISK — AND IT’S SPREADING FAST
In a video that has been played almost 50,000 times since it was posted five months ago, two cartoon children sing along as they guide viewers through the experience of riding in a car amid a vividly colored, utopian backdrop.
ECONOMIC UPDATE
The socioeconomic and geopolitical destruction caused by the U.S./Israel war launched against Iran a month ago has rippled across the planet.