Iran War: Trump sez US is “locked and loaded”

Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump confirmed that “We are talking to them.”

“I think they’re getting more and more serious as the days go by, for maybe the obvious reason, but we are talking to them right now,” the president continued. 

“I think they are being by far the most serious that we’ve seen. But that doesn’t mean we get there,” Trump added.

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

The 13th consecutive night of strikes rained down on Iran early Friday, with the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reporting that they targeted “military command centers, drone facilities, communications networks, and maritime capabilities.”

The latest round of attacks came as Trump said he was weighing a “massive attack bigger than anything before,” while Tehran rejected another ceasefire proposal, Breitbart News reported.

Trump: Iran Talks Getting ‘More Serious,’ but Not Worried About Rushing Peace Deal Before Midterms

  • Saudi Arabia launches strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-held city of Hodeidah in the latest escalation during the regional war between the United States and Iran.
  • President Donald Trump says dialogue between Washington and Tehran continues and a threatened “massive” attack may be unnecessary, although the US remains “locked and loaded”.
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran does not fear threats or succumb to pressure.
  • Erbil airport reopens after a drone crashed near the facility following a drone attack on the city. Iran’s army says it has attacked Al-Azraq US Airbase in Jordan. Sirens sound in Bahrain as both the kingdom and Kuwait say they have intercepted Iranian missiles.
  • The US Central Command says it has concluded air strikes against Iran for the 13th consecutive night, with Iranian media reporting blasts in several cities, including Khorramabad, Jask, Ahvaz, Bandar Abbas, as well as Qeshm Island.
  • A US missile strike near Ahvaz left four people dead and five injured, while additional strikes on Khorramabad and the port city of Bandar Abbas resulted in two injuries at each site, according to Iranian media.
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that “mindless aggression” will only see Trump pay a “heavier price” for a deal to end the war.
  • Iran hangs six accused of membership in banned group, as executions ramp up amid war
 
French criminal Turut Ozkor, who went by ‘Philip,’ was allegedly recruited to gather intel on a target in Israel and carry out an attack, and was subsequently expelled by Paris

ELON TAKES ON THE ECONOMIST

Elon Musk Schools Zanny Minton Beddoes, a Pompous Twat From the Economist.

THE ECONOMIST is a Partner organization with THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM. The Rothschilds just sold around 27% of their stake in The Economist Group the parent organization of THE ECONOMIST.

Elitist hack Zanny tries LECTURING Elon Musk on being “divisive” and disliked, it BACKFIRES MASSIVELY:

Zanny: The kinds of things you push make it worse

ELON: “I think you’re the problem. The media.”

“Speaking of loathing — YOU are loathed FAR more than I am, and you don’t even seem to REALIZE that!” “You’re hated.” “Do you even know that? You probably don’t.”

Then comes the coup de grâce:

“….a quarter billion people follow me. I think a lot more people actually like me than don’t, and I think a lot more people hate you and the media more than you realise.”

Zanny is fake news. SHE is most likely bought and paid for by the CCP. It is her job to distribute propaganda. We trust Elon. NOT her or her joke publication.

She is a sanctimonious, sneering, condescending, pompous, privileged, elitist, duplicitous white woman cos playing at being a journalist as a cloak for her leftist political activism.

She went to public school, @UniofOxford and @Harvard (“studied” lesbian dance theory type non-subjects), is editor of the economist and is so lacking in any shred of self awareness that she claims not to be living in an elitist bubble.

Someone needs to seriously force her to check her extremely  privileged existence. Perhaps a stint living in rural Afghanistan, Somalia or Pakistan where she can lecture then about feminism and see how far she gets. It would be fun to watch.

 

Decolonisation: Who are the colonisers?

Believe it or not, there is a “World Decolonisation Forum”, driven by Islamic colonisers from Istanbul, Jakarta, Addis Abbaba, Rabat, Cairo, and Gaza (of all places!)

At the World Decolonization Forum, Dr. Esra Albayrak, the daughter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, spoke about their endeavour to “decolonize” the West. The first phase of their plan as she says is not within the political realm, but the realm of knowledge and thought. Their alliance is not advocating for a world without the West, rather, there is an open invitation for the West to accept its own “decolonization”. The current centers of knowledge located in Paris, London, Amsterdam. And New York; need to be replaced by new centers in Istanbul, Jakarta, Addis Abbaba, Rabat, Cairo, and Gaza.

“Decolonisation” is a Mohammedan smoke screen over Islamic desires of conquest and dominance.

How Globalists, Elites & Our Own Governments Are Deliberately Betraying Western Civilization

Western civilization, the one that gave the world democracy, individual rights, scientific progress, and the highest living standards in human history is being dismantled from the inside. This isn’t “bad luck,” incompetence, or random social change.

It’s a coordinated, multi-decade strategy by globalist elites, unelected billionaires (think Davos, WEF, Soros-funded networks), and captured Western governments who no longer see themselves as servants of their own people.

Their endgame? A borderless, rootless, low-trust, dependent society that’s far easier to control, tax, monitor, and profit from. Strong, sovereign nations with proud identities are the biggest threat to their vision of top-down global governance. So they’re using your tax dollars, your institutions, and your goodwill against you. Here are the key tactics they’re deploying. Continue reading Decolonisation: Who are the colonisers?

Mamdani

Mamdani just went on camera and counted dead Hamas terrorists as innocent victims of the Gaza war.

Read that again.

The mayor of New York City is publicly mourning terrorists who invaded Israel, raped women, burned families alive, kidnapped children, and have repeatedly tried to murder Jews in this city and around the world.

He doesn’t distinguish between civilians and Hamas because he doesn’t want to. To him, a dead Hamas murderer is one more victim of “the Jews.”

Millions of New Yorkers voted for this man.

Mayor Mamdani spent the week inflaming anger toward Israel and threatening to arrest PM Netanyahu if he arrived in New York.
TODAY, a visibly Jewish man leaving synagogue was stabbed in broad daylight.
Now the sly jihadist from Uganda will tell us he’s “shocked” and “saddened” and “there’s no place for hate in NYC”…unless, of course, he’s the one dishing the hatred while Jews are left to bear the consequences.

So apparently… Senator John Fetterman made this statement recently while criticising New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for threatening to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and focusing on foreign policy attacks against Israel instead of fixing city problems like potholes and homelessness.
Fetterman pointed out that the mayor only criticises Netanyahu but stays silent on Iran and Hezbollah and noted Iran’s history of killing tens of thousands of its own people during protests for democracy. #nyc #politic #news
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Dr. Maalouf:

I used to think Zohran Mamdani was a ‘cultural Muslim’ who didn’t really care much about religion, and was just a third-worldist using his Islamic background for identity politics and votes. I was wrong.

It is becoming increasingly more obvious by the day that he’s actually an extremely radicalized Shia Muslim practicing taqiya all along.

Remember a couple months ago when relatives of Iranian Regime officials were arrested across America? They were all pretending to live secular lives, the women even wore provocative clothing. They were all practicing taqiya.

While all Islamic sects allow you to lie in order to advance Islam, this is even stronger in Shia Islam. You can live a completely different life.

Well, I believe this is the same situation. Zohran Mamdani is not only a Muslim, he’s a Twelver Shia Muslim. He belongs to the exact same sect as the Islamic Regime in Iran, Hezbollah, and Houthis.

His ‘progressive’ persona is all an act. The only thing he cares about is advancing Islam. This is why he pretends to care about the LGBT and other useful idiots. Taqiya allows him to do that.

Just like during the Islamic revolution in Iran, when the Muslims and leftists were allies, and we all know how that ended for the leftists when the Muslims got to power.

This man is a monster. Continue reading Mamdani

Trump warns of unprecedented ‘massive attack’ on Iran

The US-Israeli war on Iran has triggered a global energy crisis

U.S. VOWS TO PUNISH IRAN AFTER HOUTHIS STRIKE TANKERS

  • Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait have reported retaliatory missile and drone attacks from Iran after a 12th consecutive day of US strikes, including an attack on Kuwait’s Al-Abdali border crossing with Iraq.
  • US President Trump says he is considering a “massive attack” on Iran, “bigger than ever before”, and that he is close to making a decision.
  • US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking on the sidelines of the ASEAN conference in Manila, says Iran is “begging for a deal” but are not ready to keep to one.
  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says a tanker is ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz, while Yemen’s Houthis also claim missile and drone strikes on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.
Houthi supporters hold a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, July 17, 2026, against the Saudi-led coalition. Banner in Arabic reads, “All Saudi oil facilities are targets to our missiles and drones.”

Trump: US will use Iranian money in its ‘possession’ to pay for damage to ships, cargo

The US president says on his Truth Social platform that, from now on, “Any and all damages done to Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto, will be paid for by Iranian Money that the United States has in its possession, and controls”.

“These damages may be very substantial but, nevertheless, this is the fair and equitable thing to do”, Trump added.

Tehran has nearly $100bn in assets frozen by other countries and beyond its control.

 

China Demands Middle East Parties ‘Remain Calm’ as Houthis Threaten Its Oil Tankers

The Chinese Communist Party has historically supported Iranian interests in the Middle East and Iranian terrorist proxies such as Hamas. Communist leaders, including genocidal dictator Xi Jinping, have maintained a marked distance from Iran during the current conflict with the United States, however, repeatedly demanding that all sides of the war respect freedom of navigation in and around the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have blockaded on and off since March. China is heavily dependent on the Middle East for its oil and other fossil fuel supplies, placing it in an especially vulnerable position despite not being an active combatant in the conflict.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry pronounced Beijing “deeply concerned” on Thursday over the ongoing war between Iran and its proxies and the United States in the Middle East, demanding all parties “remain calm.”

Iran Defiant:

Iran’s chief negotiator and parliament speaker has mocked the US military strategy aimed at degrading Tehran’s ability to control the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting it has backfired.

US State Department tells citizens in Middle East to prepare for potential flight cancellations due to Iran war

The US State Department has issued an advisory urging US citizens in West Asia to be prepared for emergency travel situations due to potential flight cancellations and disruptions to air travel as a result of the Iran war.

This warning comes amid President Trump’s latest threat to carry out a “massive attack” on Iran.

The European Commission rejected the registration of the @SaveEuropeAct

The activists behind the Save Europe Act are not giving up, after the Commission refused to register the Act as a European Citizens’ Initiative.
The Commission said the Act, which calls for a stop to non-Western mass immigration, is contrary to “EU values.”

The European Commission announces it won’t register the Save Europe Act as a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) because it would be discriminatory to stop non-Western migration to Europe.

Launched by @EvaVlaar last month, it has gathered 590 000 signatures so far. A million would have been needed for the European Parliament to vote on it.

The proposed Save Europe Act would have halted non-Western immigration, strengthening the EU’s external borders, ended replacement migration and implemented remigration of non-integrated migrants and those deemed burdens on welfare systems. Today, the European Commission rejected its registration, citing violations of EU values on non-discrimination and equality. The organizers plan legal challenges to the decision.

Bring ’em on home to me!

Australians are being deceived by a ruthless, criminal gov’t that is complicit in advancing the global jihad by all & any means. Reimporting jihadists who have denounced their Australian citizenship is a disgrace. It is an insult to every red-blooded Australian. Treason on this level must never be forgotten. Justice must be served.

If you are a Muslim and you call your son Tariq. You really should not be surprised if he grows up to join Jihad.
 
“Tariq ibn Ziyad is widely celebrated as one of the most successful and impactful Muslim military commanders in history. He launched the 711 CE conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal)” that resulted in a 700year occupation ….

Australians have made it abundantly clear: we do not want former ISIS fighters or their spouses returning to our country.
 
When ISIS fighter Tareq Kamleh was reportedly discovered alive almost a decade after he was declared dead, Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt said:
“We won’t be providing assistance, just as we haven’t provided assistance to others to come back.”
 
And “we’ve made clear for some time now that we won’t be providing any assistance as a government to anyone who’s made the absolutely awful decision to join a foreign terrorist organisation.”
 
YET they still returned.
 
 
The Australian Islamophobia Report That Never Defines Islamophobia

When Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal recommended adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism in July 2025, the backlash arrived within days. The Jewish Council of Australia argued that Segal’s plan entrenches a selective approach to racism that serves political agendas. UN Special Rapporteur Ben Saul and Greens Senator David Shoebridge said the definition’s broad framing conflates legitimate criticism of Israeli government policy with antisemitism itself.

Amnesty International warned that the plan risks weaponizing criticism of Israel to silence protest. We’ve discussed how meritless these arguments are – the IHRA definition explicitly allows criticism of Israel that is similar to criticism of any other country – but that doesn’t stop the IHRA foes from making up their arguments. 

Even if the IHRA definition is vague in parts – and it is – it is at least a definition that can be argued about. It provides a basis for discussion. 

But how can one discuss Islamophobia without defining it?

Israeli Expert on Islam: “What Muslim Leaders Say in English Means Absolutely Nothing”

Iran FM says he has never met new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei

Houthis congratulate new Hamas leader al-Hayya

“The Palestinian cause and the injustice inflicted upon Gaza will remain our fundamental and central issue, one that is not subject to compromise,” he said in the statement, adding that the Houthis “will not permit a return to war and aggression against the Gaza Strip”.

Al-Madani concluded: “We reiterate our complete readiness to resume military escalation immediately, should the Israeli enemy attempt to launch another aggression or war against the Gaza Strip.”

On Monday, al-Hayya replaced Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in combat with Israeli forces in October 2024 as Hamas fought a full-scale, two-year war with Israel in the Gaza Strip.

Al-Hayya, a former deputy chairman of the Palestinian group and one of five members of its leadership council, won an internal ballot in a run-off against former political leader Khaled Meshaal, Hamas said in a statement on Monday.

Gazans at a burning Israeli military vehicle on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, October 7, 2023.

Some 3,800 terrorists from the Hamas terror group’s elite Nukhba forces smashed through the border fence, among a total of 6,000 Gazans who crossed into Israel that day.

Communist “progressives” live in a fantasy. They must all be removed from any position of influence.

Continue reading Israeli Expert on Islam: “What Muslim Leaders Say in English Means Absolutely Nothing”

Iran: Negotiator Ghalibaf says war will end or engulf region

It already does.

Worldwide Caution:

Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation. Americans currently in the Middle East should exercise caution and heightened vigilance and should be prepared for flight cancellations, periodic airspace closures, and potential travel disruptions. Some airlines in the region have postponed resumption of earlier flight schedules; others have cancelled some routes.

Continued below….

US bombs Iran as IRGC and Houthis claim attacks on ships in Hormuz, Red Sea

  • Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says there will be no security in the region if Iran’s security is not guaranteed.
  • President Donald Trump threatens that the US will bomb and destroy critical Iranian infrastructure every time Iran shoots at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Iran has pledged retaliatory attacks on civilian infrastructure in the region, including bridges and energy sites.
  • Iran’s Health Ministry says that at least 53 people have been killed in US strikes on the country since June 27.

US military disputes Iran’s assertion it controls Hormuz Strait

US Central Command (CENTCOM) has asserted that Iran’s claim that it controls the strategic Strait of Hormuz is false.

“Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. The international waterway remains open for transit regardless of IRGC threats and attacks,” it said in a post on social media.

CENTCOM added that it has facilitated the passage of more than 900 commercial ships through the strait since early May.

US’s Hegseth wants $70bn more to keep fighting Iran

Iran activated air defence systems across Tehran on the 11th night of US strikes, as the war edges closer to the capital.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon is seeking nearly $70bn more to sustain the war, on top of the $37.5bn it’s already cost.

Latest Updates:

  • The US bombs Iran for the 12th consecutive night, killing at least two people and wounding 11 others in an attack on the Shalamcheh border crossing with Iraq.
  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says a tanker is ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz, while Yemen’s Houthis also claim missile and drone strikes on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.
  • Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, says Tehran’s defence doctrine is an “eye for an eye” after US President Donald Trump warned that US forces would bomb an Iranian bridge or power plant every time Iranian forces hit a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • The US and Saudi Arabia reach a landmark nuclear cooperation agreement that could let Riyadh develop civilian uranium enrichment capabilities.

US advises ‘Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution’

The US State Department has renewed a security alert advising Americans “worldwide to exercise increased caution” due to “heightened tensions in the Middle East”.

“The security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation,” the department said in its latest update.

Travel Warning:

U.S. diplomatic facilities, including outside the Middle East, have been targeted. Iran and groups supportive of Iran may target other U.S. interests overseas or at locations associated with the United States and Americans throughout the world, including U.S. businesses and other institutions.

Americans outside the Middle East should reconsider travel to and through the region. Americans traveling in or through the region should check with their air carriers to make sure their flights are still scheduled. Contact your airline directly for flight change details if your flight is affected. Full information: travel.state.gov/en/internation

Not every Muslim is a terrorist, but….

An Englishman once got into trouble for stating that “all Muslims, like all dogs, show similar characteristics”.

This here’s from a person who took a real close look some of the Islamic terrorist organisations, are there are quite a few of them. None of them works in our interests….

Just because there are a few terrorist organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizbul Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Indian Mujahideen, Students Islamic Movement of India, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Afghan Taliban, Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Al-Badr, Al-Umar Mujahideen, Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen, Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Ansarullah Bangla Team, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh, Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province, Islamic State Khorasan Province, Islamic State Sinai Province, Islamic State Central Africa Province, Islamic State East Asia, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, Ansar Dine, Katibat Macina, Al-Mourabitoun, Ansar al-Sharia, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah Islamiyah, Jemaah Ansharut Daulah, Mujahidin Indonesia Timur, Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia, Ansar al-Islam, Ansar al-Sunna, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Khorasan Group, Jund al-Aqsa, Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Fatah al-Islam, Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Islamic Jihad Union, East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Turkistan Islamic Party, Caucasus Emirate, Riyad-us-Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs, Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade, Ajnad al-Kavkaz, Armed Islamic Group, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Takfir wal-Hijra, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, Maute Group, Khalifa Islamiyah Mindanao, Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, Ansaru, Jundallah, and Jaish ul-Adl, it doesn’t mean Muslims have a sick ideology.

Hamas & Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PLO, Hizb ut-Tahrir are not even mentioned. If you can think of a few more, please add them for keeps!