We have to start thinking about what we do if a few weeks from now Iran decides, "We don't care; we're going to keep the straits closed; we're going to sink any ship that doesn't listen to us or doesn't pay us"—then someone's going to have to do something about it.

I raised that point today; I got a lot of nods; I got a lot of people that came up to me afterwards and acknowledged it, but we don't have an announcement for you today in terms of something that's happening.

We have to have a plan B for if someone is shooting and how to reopen the straits, and so I made that point today. I don't know if that would be a NATO mission necessarily, but it would certainly be NATO countries that can contribute to it.

The primary interlocutor on Iran has been Pakistan and continues to be so.

Field Marshal Munir is traveling to Iran soon, and we're in constant communication with him at the highest levels of our government.

These bases in the region provided us logistical options that we wouldn’t otherwise have, and when some of their bases are denied to you during a conflict, you question whether that value is still there.

That’s gonna have to be discussed.

We didn't discuss Greenland today, but we had an Arctic meeting today of the seven countries, and it was very positive.

The Arctic is going to play a more prominent role in NATO and in discussions around NATO.

We got involved because we were the only ones that the Russians and the Ukrainians would talk to. They were not fruitful, unfortunately.

Despite leaks that are not true, despite stories out there about us forcing the Ukrainians to take this position or that position, which are not true, if we see an opportunity to to pull together talks that are productive, not counterproductive, and that have the chance to be fruitful, we're prepared to play that role.

There are no such talks occurring at this time. But we hope that will change, because that war can only end with a negotiated settlement. It will not end with a military victory by one side or the other, at least from a traditional standpoint of how military victories are defined.

It's concerning. We understand these countries feel threatened by Russia for obvious reasons.

You always worry that something like that can spark into something bigger, and that's always a possibility.

We're watching it carefully. We're obviously engaged with our allies in NATO in that regard in terms of what's happening, and we keep up to date.

There's been some progress. I wouldn't exaggerate it. I wouldn't diminish it. There's more work to be done.

We're going to respond based on the facts as we see them and as they emerge.

President Trump has outlined his priorities: Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, the issue of enriched uranium, and future enrichment.

I think there's been some progress, but we're not there yet, and hopefully that'll change.

We're dealing with a very difficult group of people. And if it doesn't change, then President Trump has been clear he has other options, though he prefers the negotiated option and having a good deal.

Trump has expressed concern that maybe that's not possible. But we're going to keep trying. I know our guys are still working on that very hard.

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There’s a quiet all out war for the future of our country. Let us not misdirect our precious resources.

I do not believe I lost due to fraudulent votes, mail-in ballots, hacking, or mistabulated results. I respect those who want to make sure, but I won’t be requesting a recount.

The U.S. cannot be everywhere at the same time.

I would not be too happy if I were Putin today.

But then again, I would never be happy if I were Putin — especially not in the last couple of weeks, because things are not going in the right direction.

Settler violence in the West Bank is at unprecedented levels.

Together with the United Kingdom, France and Italy, we call on the Government of Israel to end its expansion of settlements.

For a comprehensive and just peace based on a two-state solution.

I always felt that it is strange that a very rich part of the world — Europe, maybe the richest part of the world — needs the support of another part of the world to defend itself against the Russians to the extent that it has now, where we are overly reliant on one ally being the United States.

At the moment, 6 people have died, 39 have been injured, and 15 are listed as missing. The search for survivors continues.

I emphasize: there are no military facilities near the dormitory.

The attack on the college in Starobilsk was not accidental.

16 drones attacked the same place in three waves.

We all understand that it's impossible to just make statements from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in these cases.

I want to address the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: do not carry out the criminal orders of the corrupt Kiev junta; otherwise, you will become accomplices in crimes.

I know the situation "on the ground," there are many problems, there are always many of them everywhere.

Russia has always emerged from any difficult trials.

At the center of the network was sanctioned Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani, described as an “antisanction” operator, whose accounts processed around $850 million in transactions over two years.

Binance investigators flagged accounts tied to Zanjani, his relatives, and associates as potential sanctions-evasion and money-laundering operations linked to the Iranian government, though most of the accounts remained open for months even after internal alerts flagged.

The funds were connected to Iranian oil sales and flowed through crypto networks associated with Iran’s military and proxy groups, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis (Ansarallah).

Iran’s central bank moved more than $100 million in crypto through Binance-linked accounts in 2025 and that foreign law-enforcement agencies tracked hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions involving sanctioned Iranian entities.

Binance denied knowingly facilitating sanctions violations or illicit activity, saying the reporting was inaccurate and that the company takes action against sanctioned users when identified. The exchange said it has strengthened compliance controls since its 2023 U.S. anti-money-laundering settlement.