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Peacemaker Minerals Deal w Katanga

by Oui Sat Jun 21st, 2025 at 08:55:16 AM EST

Intelligence, and the broader intelligence community is wrong about Iran's nuclear capabilities. Gabbard previously said - including during testimony to Congress earlier this year - that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon. However, Trump in recent days has doubled down on his assertion that Iran is close to building a nuclear weapon.

Trump said that Iran is a "matter of weeks" or a "matter of months" away from having nuclear capabilities, and when asked about the discrepancy between that assertion and Gabbard's, he said "my intelligence community is wrong about having no evidence of nuclear weapons."

Trump said Iran has two weeks to make a deal as missiles continue to volley between Iran and Israel, who first struck an Iranian nuclear site last week.

Trump said he is "always a peacemaker," but said there are moments that require "toughness."

Enjoy your day at the golf link Donald ‼️

Before heading to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump also talked to reporters about the Los Angeles anti-ICE protests and the recent trade deals made with Congo and Rwanda.

Trump says Tulsi Gabbard is wrong "off-message" about Iran nuclear capability


Peace between India and Pakistan

Trump: "I'm a peacemaker."

United Nations Security Council Statement U.S. Veto Power

The Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for all the terror in the world from the hostage-taking US Embassy in 1979, through the 9/11 attacks on America, both Palestinian uprisings on West Bank, or Infidada's 1 and 2, and the horror attack by Hamas on 10/7.

Statement by U.S. Ambassador just yesterday ...

US diplomat Dorothy Shea corrected herself after saying Israel's government had "spread chaos, terror and suffering" across the Middle East during her statement at the UN Security Council.

Defense Secretary Hegseth likely on the way out ... sidelined on Iran response.

Introductory statement by the chairman is worth listening to ... the state of mind in warmongering Washington DC of Pax Americana a new century of solitary power

The new axis of evil is the same as the old one ... except Saddam Hussein and Bashar Al-Assad.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth participated in his last hearing before lawmakers, with Senators zeroing in on the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and questioning how the Pentagon will respond, as President Donald Trump hints at increased U.S. involvement.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on how U.S. will respond to Israel-Iran conflict

Pete, you are not MAGA enough, you did your utmost best ... riding high.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that any decisions related to joining the Israel-Iran conflict "are at the presidential level" during his testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns has the latest from Capitol Hill.

On his way out ... reality check for DJT and his handful of advisors who are "on message."

Neither Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard nor Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, once close allies to Trump, are playing a role in President Trump's inner circle amid the Israel-Iran conflict. Former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel and former Campaign Advisor to President George W. Bush Mark McKinnon join Katy Tur on Trump's agenda and priorities.

Ghosts of Iraq War

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday oversaw the signing by Congo and Rwanda of a pledge to work toward a peace deal that would ease U.S. access to critical minerals in resource-rich eastern Congo, bringing U.S. influence to bear in a minerals trade that has helped fuel the conflict.

Wonderful critical minerals deal in Dark Africa, who needs Ukraine anyway ... leave that to buddy Vlad 🇷🇺 . 😄

U.S. Secretary Rubio oversees Congo-Rwanda deal to ease mineral conflict

First democratically elected President of Congo Lumumba executed (CIA) and dissolved in acid.

Belgium hands over remains of Patrice Lumumba to DR Congo | DW News |

Trump collecting the spoils of decades of war ... hand this man Time's Person of the Year Award, or worse the trendy Swedish Nobel Peace Prize ... ceremony coming week @NATO Summit in The Hague?

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