🇺🇸 "Are you ready to officially declare victory?"

Trump: Absolutely unhinged rant about AI and fake news. And no, he is not ready to declare victory yet... even though he declared it a few times already.

🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Reporter: Do you have a comment on the six service members who died last week?

Trump: *moves to next question* Who else?

🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 Pete Hegseth lashes out at the press, accusing reporters of “cheering against Trump” and undermining U.S. pilots simply for questioning the claims surrounding the strikes on Iran.

What was meant to be a military update turns into a grievance session, with Hegseth demanding journalists celebrate the operation and repeat the administration’s language that the attack “destroyed,” “defeated,” or “obliterated” its targets.

Instead of presenting evidence or answering basic questions, the Pentagon podium becomes a stage for political loyalty tests, with Hegseth framing scrutiny as betrayal and insisting the press corps fall in line behind the White House narrative.

🔗 Thomas Keith (@iwasnevrhere_)

🇦🇺❌🇺🇸 Australia rejected president Trump’s request to send its Navy and provide escorts to oil tankers in the Hormuz Strait.

🔗 Agence France Presse

🇯🇵❌🇺🇸 Japan rejected president Trump’s call to send its navy to the Hormuz and escort oil tankers.

🔗 Agence France Presse