Rupert Lowe, 2019: It should be easier for people from India to get a visa to come to the UK
Rupert Lowe, 2026: Why is it so easy for people from India to get a visa to come to the UK?
The New York Times reports that President Donald J. Trump has, for now, paused plans to significantly expand U.S. strikes against Iran after senior military leaders warned that doing so could dangerously deplete Patriot interceptor and other air defense missile stockpiles needed to protect U.S. forces in the Middle East.
According to the report, the administration is weighing those military constraints alongside the risks of broader regional escalation, while continuing economic pressure and leaving the door open to diplomacy. If accurate, the decision highlights how limited stocks of critical air defense munitions are increasingly shaping U.S. military options as the conflict continues.
I am deeply appalled and angry to see โFireworkโ used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes. I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.
I wrote this song to be an anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength for people going through their darkest personal moments. To see a message of self-worth and upliftment weaponized to soundtrack destruction and violence is a complete violation of everything my song stands for.
My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare.
Iโm sure this will play well with this struggling middle class in the United States.
Vance: โPeople go to the grocery store for me. I don't have to cook anymore because I have an army of people willing to cook my food. No more TSA lines for me.โ