I agree that we need to prepare for the day the Iranian people rise up again — as they did in 1999, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022-2023, 2025-2026. But President Trump needs to instruct the CIA to build a plan — “Operation People’s Fury” — to support Iranians when they do.

Got to hand it to Qatar: when it comes to buying influence and corrupting democracies, they’re impressively nonpartisan. Left, right, radical left, radical right — no ideology is off-limits, no political camp beyond reach. Their only loyalty: their own interests and the advancement of Islamism. Their greatest success is eroding public trust in our democratic institutions from every direction.

Trump ordered the US to cease funding for 31 UN entities in January. The UN estimates its overall resource base has shrunk by $16 billion over the last two years. @BenCohenOpinion:

.@SecRubio: "More oil is now flowing through the southern Straits. The U.S. military, under the President's command, has cleared it of mines, and you see, every day, more and more ships coming out... At the same time, Iran is getting nothing out."

Washington squabbling with Ottawa and Mexico City won’t protect anyone’s auto industries. If the three nations want to stop China, they have a narrow window to agree: The only Chinese vehicles and parts allowed in should be those built in North America, writes @ElaineDezenski:

.@SecRubio: "Iran is run by lunatic clerics that have a radical view of their religion — very radical view, an apocalyptic view of their religion. These people can never have nuclear weapons... Eventually, someone has to do something about it or it's going to happen."

We now know that 48 hours ago counter terror police arrested two men who were allegedly planning an imminent terror attack on Manchester's Jewish community, set to take place on Yom Kippur. Just like the one last year.

"If we stand united, we will soon see a world free at last from the 51-year menace of Iranian terror, & oil prices will come plummeting down even lower than they were at the start of the conflict. With courage & resolve, anything is possible." - President Trump at the @UN.

.@POTUS: In America, we just marked the 25th anniversary of the worst terror attack in history, September 11, which killed 3,000 people a few miles from here. In two weeks, we will mark the third anniversary of the October 7 attack in Israel, where terrorists funded by Iran tortured, mutilated, and killed 1,200 innocent civilians, including dozens of Americans. Iran’s Supreme Leader celebrated that massacre and called it a “service to humanity.” The same regime slaughtered over 72,000 of its own citizens this year. Just imagine if such a vile regime were ever empowered to carry out large-scale terror attacks from behind a nuclear shield. This was the reality we had to confront — a reality that far too many preferred to ignore. After giving Iran every chance for a deal, I took action to ensure that neither the United States, nor any nation in this hall, would ever have to face such a nightmare.

President Trump: There is no better example of a danger that was allowed to gather strength at the world's peril than the number one sponsor of terror, the Islamic Republic of Iran. For 51 years, the fanatical Iranian regime has ruled by bloodshed and mass murder, spreading death and carnage and chaos across the entire Middle East and beyond. They were the bully of the Middle East, but they are the bully no more. From the first day I entered the political arena, have been unwavering. I will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

Chinese labs created thousands of fraudulent users and proxies to evade geographic restrictions and steal US AI outputs at industrial scale. @Leahsiskind & @ari_ben_am on closing the gap between warning and deterrence:

Trump will say in his UNGA speech: "In America, we just marked the 25th anniversary of the worst terror attack in history, September 11th, which killed 3,000 people a few miles from here. In two weeks, we will mark the third anniversary of the October 7th attack in Israel, where terrorists funded by Iran tortured, mutilated, and killed 1,200 innocent civilians, including dozens of Americans. Iran’s Supreme Leader celebrated that massacre and called it a 'service to humanity'. The same regime slaughtered over 72,000 of its own citizens this year. Just imagine if such a vile regime were ever empowered to carry out large-scale terror attacks from behind a nuclear shield.  This was the reality we had to confront—a reality that far too many preferred to ignore"

Qatar has positioned itself as the world's go-to mediator from Gaza to Ukraine to Venezuela. But does that record hold up? A new FDD Memo by @NatalieEcanow finds Qatar's mediation "successes" often come by empowering groups like Hamas, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban. Washington needs a due-diligence policy for vetting mediators:

.@POTUS: I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before — maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world? Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy again? Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness?

.@POTUS: Working with many nations in this room, we are solving decades of intractable challenges — and we are settling years of unfinished business. There is no better example of a danger that was allowed to gather strength at the world’s peril than the number one sponsor of terror, the Islamic Republic of Iran. From the first day I entered the political arena, I have been unwavering — I will NEVER allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

JUST IN: Marco Rubio warns Iran is being run by "lunatic clerics" who he says can never have a nuclear weapon. "Think about it. The thousands and thousands and thousands of their own people they've killed. Imagine if they had a nuclear weapon and the ability to use that." The secretary of state also insisting that if the regime had a nuclear weapon, fuel prices would be even higher than they are now. | @foxandfriends

This held up extremely well. “But Iran hasn’t capitulated yet!” They literally can’t do anything. Hormuz is now open while Iran is under full naval blockade and totalizing sanctions. All the will in the world doesn’t matter if you have no capability