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| Hey Patriots! | President Trump says the United States is "locked and loaded" to destroy Iran's most valuable oil export hub if Tehran refuses to change course. | Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump warned that Kharg Island — the regime's primary oil lifeline — could be eliminated "on five minutes' notice." U.S. forces recently struck military facilities on the island as part of Operation Epic Fury, but deliberately left the oil export infrastructure intact. | The message is clear: the capability is there, and the decision rests with the president. | Trump suggested the threat is meant to push Iran back to the negotiating table as the three-week conflict continues.
Keep scrolling below to get the rest of today's top Trump headlines! | - Nick | In today's email: | 🔔 Trump Gives NATO Strong Warning
🔥 Trump Claims U.S. Obliterated 90 Percent of Iranian Missiles
⚖️ Trump Blasts Supreme Court Over Rulings
🔥 Trump Says Rejects Iran's Ceasefire Terms
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| | | | | 🔥 Trump Claims U.S. Obliterated 90 Percent of Iranian Missiles
Trump announced that the United States has knocked out close to 90 percent of Iran's missiles, along with the majority of its drone manufacturing sites, calling the military campaign "ahead of schedule" and saying the American military is "hitting them harder than anybody's been hit since World War II." He said the country has "virtually unlimited ammunition" and gave no specific timeline for an end to what he described as an "excursion," adding that pressure on Iran would intensify over the coming week. On Truth Social, Trump declared that Iran's navy is gone, its air force is no longer operational, and its missiles, drones, and leadership have all been decimated, pledging "unparalleled firepower" and "unlimited ammunition" against the regime. He also confirmed the U.S. is prepared to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz if needed to protect oil shipments, following a series of Iranian Navy strikes on commercial ships transiting the waterway. Operation Epic Fury was launched after nuclear negotiations with Tehran collapsed, with Trump framing the campaign as the consequence of Iran's refusal to reach an acceptable agreement. | ⚖️ Trump Blasts Supreme Court Over Rulings
Trump unloaded on the Supreme Court in a lengthy Truth Social post, accusing Republican-appointed justices of going out of their way to prove their "independence" at the expense of American interests, particularly over the court's 6-3 ruling that struck down his emergency tariff authority under a 1977 law, finding that Congress rather than the president holds the power to impose import taxes. Trump wrote that the decision potentially "gives away Trillions of Dollars to Countries and Companies" that have exploited the United States for decades, and thanked Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh for their dissent, calling their votes an act of "Wisdom and Courage." In a second post, Trump turned his fire on U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, accusing him of suffering from "the highest level of Trump Derangement Syndrome" after Boasberg quashed Justice Department subpoenas tied to an investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's oversight of a costly headquarters renovation. Trump accused Powell of either "gross incompetence" or "total dishonesty" in his management of the Fed and argued the renovation project had turned into a taxpayer-funded "money pit" that deserved scrutiny. The president insisted that Boasberg's ruling blocking the investigation had "little to do with the Law, and everything to do with Politics." | 🔥 Trump Says Rejects Iran's Ceasefire Terms
Trump confirmed publicly that Iran has been seeking to end the conflict but said he is refusing to engage because "the terms aren't good enough yet," adding that a full abandonment of Iran's nuclear ambitions would need to be central to any deal he would consider. The White House separately rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to initiate ceasefire talks, with a senior official saying Trump is "not interested" in negotiations at this time and intends to continue the operation "unabated." Trump signaled that Kharg Island, Iran's primary oil export hub, remains in the crosshairs, saying after a massive strike on the facility that the U.S. may "hit it a few more times just for fun" while noting that oil infrastructure was deliberately spared as leverage over the Strait of Hormuz dispute. Trump also cast doubt on the status of Iran's newly installed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, saying "I don't know if he's even alive" after the new leader issued a statement without appearing on camera following the death of his father, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Trump added that if Mojtaba Khamenei is alive, "he should do something very smart for his country, and that's surrender." | 🌎 Trump Says Cuba Wants a Deal
Trump confirmed aboard Air Force One that active talks with Cuba are underway, telling reporters "Cuba also wants to make a deal, and I think we will pretty soon either make a deal or do whatever we have to do," while making clear that Iran remains the immediate priority. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel acknowledged the negotiations from his end, stating on state television that his government opened talks with Washington aimed at finding solutions through dialogue to the bilateral differences between the two nations and expressing hope that the contact would move both sides "away from confrontation." Cuba is in the grip of one of its worst economic crises in decades, with fuel shortages forcing rolling electricity blackouts across the country as disruptions in imported oil have crippled the island's power plants and transportation networks. Trump had previously suggested Cuba was on the verge of collapse and floated the idea of a "friendly takeover," before adding moments later that it "may not be a friendly takeover." Despite the renewed contact, the two sides remain far apart, with U.S. officials expected to demand political and economic concessions from Havana before any easing of pressure is considered. |
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| | | | | | 🔔 Trump Gives Strong Warning to NATO🔔 | Trump issued his most pointed warning yet to NATO allies on Sunday, telling the Financial Times that countries benefiting from the Strait of Hormuz had better show up to help defend it, or risk a "very bad" future for the alliance. "It's only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there," Trump said, adding that a failure to respond would carry serious consequences for NATO's standing. He repeated those remarks to reporters aboard Air Force One, saying it "would be nice" to have other countries police the strait alongside the United States, and characterizing it as a relatively small ask given how degraded Iran's military has become. | The Trump administration is simultaneously preparing a formal announcement that several nations have already agreed to join a naval coalition to escort commercial vessels through the waterway, with the announcement expected as soon as this week. Discussions are still underway over whether escort operations would begin immediately or wait for hostilities to subside, and some countries have publicly hesitated to commit given the risks of operating in an active combat zone. | The Strait of Hormuz, located between Iran and Oman, is the world's most important energy chokepoint, with roughly one-fifth of the global oil supply passing through it every day. Iranian forces have been deploying small fast-attack boats, explosive-laden skiffs disguised as fishing vessels, naval drones, and threats of sea mines to harass and deter commercial shipping. Trump has been direct about what the U.S. will do in the meantime, writing on Truth Social that American forces would be "bombing the hell out of the shoreline" and shooting Iranian boats out of the water until the strait is "open, safe, and free." | Trump administration officials have consistently pointed out that the United States, as a net oil exporter, is far less dependent on Middle Eastern oil than NATO allies, many of whom rely heavily on the corridor for their energy supplies. Trump made the same point to reporters on Air Force One, framing the request as all the more reasonable given how much the U.S. has done for NATO over the years, including backing Ukraine in a conflict that Trump noted does not directly affect the United States. U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker has credited this administration with getting NATO members to commit to spending 5 percent of GDP on defense, a major step beyond the 2 percent threshold Trump spent his first term demanding allies meet. | Trump said he is receiving a "good response" from countries approached about joining the escort mission, while leaving the door open either way. Whether NATO falls in line or not, Trump made clear the strait will be reopened, one way or another. | | | | | 🍟 Quick Bite News 🍟 | 💬 Sen. Elizabeth Warren took to social media to blast Trump for settling the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, calling it the equivalent of giving the company a "corporate pardon" and a betrayal of every fan in America. The settlement, which fell far short of breaking up the company, requires Ticketmaster to open its ticketing system to competitors like SeatGeek and StubHub and to sell up to 13 amphitheaters, but does not force a structural separation. Warren argued the fine was less than 1 percent of Live Nation's annual revenue and said the deal lets the company continue charging what she described as a 15 percent "Ticketmaster Tax" on top of ticket prices. | 🏛 Emergency repairs to the Potomac River sewage interceptor are complete, with DC Water announcing that full flow has been restored and the cleanup of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal finished, capping a round-the-clock repair effort that began after a pipe rupture in January sent more than 240 million gallons of raw sewage into the river. The work was completed less than a month after Trump approved a federal disaster declaration that brought FEMA resources to bear on the cleanup. Trump had pushed hard for a swift resolution, citing concern that the river would still smell foul when America250 summer celebrations get underway in Washington. | ✈️ The American flag flew over the U.S. Embassy compound in Caracas, Venezuela for the first time in seven years, marking a significant shift in relations between Washington and the South American country. The embassy had been shuttered since Washington and Caracas cut diplomatic ties in 2019, and the compound is still undergoing renovations with no official reopening date announced. The flag's return comes roughly two months after U.S. forces captured former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January; he is now being held in a federal jail in New York facing charges that include narco-terrorism conspiracy and weapons offenses. | 📺 Veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley publicly accused CBS's previous owners of buckling under political pressure when they settled Trump's election interference lawsuit, saying the prior ownership "faced political pressure and crumbled." The lawsuit stemmed from the network's airing of a "60 Minutes" interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential campaign, in which Trump alleged the show had swapped out one of her answers between a preview broadcast and the primetime special that followed. Paramount Global ultimately settled the case for a sum expected to exceed $30 million. | God bless,
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