America has Israel’s back. Our ironclad alliance has never been stronger.
An excellent meeting with Ambassador George Glass @USAmbJapan. Thank you for your warm welcome and friendship.
America’s alliances with Israel, the Middle East’s only democracy, and Japan, a beacon of democracy and a pillar of freedom and stability in Asia, are an indispensable shield against aggression and intimidation. Our security is interconnected.
Democracies that turn against Israel to appease anti-Western forces, abroad or at home, weaken the very free world on which their own security depends.
Those who seek to isolate Israel should be under no illusions about the strength of our alliances or the resolve of our friends.
I look forward to working with Ambassador Glass to deepen cooperation between the United States, Israel and Japan. Together, we can defend our shared interests and advance peace through strength.
@USEmbassyTokyo
This is how Chinese accounts work: they set their location to Japan, Korea, or another Asian country, pose as locals, then leave hate comments attacking other Asian countries and try to pit us against each other.
Fellow Asians — don’t fall for the divide-and-conquer game.
Don’t turn on each other.
Stand together.
Our common enemy is the Chinese Communist Party.🇨🇳
In July, I called on the Senate to advance the Clarity Act — a bill to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets and upgrade our ability to prevent bad actors from exploiting these critical technologies.
When the Senate returns from August recess, I strongly urge everyone to remain at the negotiating table, agree to the motion to proceed, and continue the legislative process. Failing to do so would send a troubling signal to our allies and adversaries alike that America is unwilling to lead on the future of digital assets and willing to forgo enhanced national security tools to combat their misuse.
El 94 % de los cubanos vive en situación de extrema pobreza, según un informe del Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos (OCDH).
https://t.co/9OACzfLLC1
🇰🇷 | High tensions in South Korea as protests erupt against Iran war deployment plans.
South Korea is actively preparing to become the first country to join the US militarily in the Strait of Hormuz — and Seoul has seen daily protests ever since officials confirmed it.
Police tried to contain demonstrators as they took to the streets. With slogans such as "Everyone opposed to the Hormuz deployment, unite!" and "Refuse US military pressure!", activists are protesting near the US embassy in the capital.
The demonstrations are organised by Seoul Peace Solidarity and National People's Action, which have urged the government not to bow to US pressure or capitulate to Washington, and vowed to continue the mobilisations. Further protests are planned.
Washington has pressured Seoul for months to deploy forces to West Asia. It has never looked closer to reality.
Seoul has notified Washington it is willing to dispatch naval ships and maritime patrol aircraft, and local media report parliamentary approval is already being prepared.
It would be South Korea's first deployment at US request in 22 years.
The deployment still requires that approval to proceed, but officials confirmed preparations are already under way regardless.
While South Korea frames the package as "defensive," it would actively supply and enable US military operations against Iran, providing logistics, intelligence and direct cooperation with US forces.
South Korea imports essentially all of its crude oil, 70% of it from the Gulf, leaving it heavily dependent on traffic through the Strait.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei warned Seoul on Monday, in Korean, that any country operating in the Strait would be regarded as directly supporting the aggressor, and that a sovereign state must not yield to US pressure.
Just last month, Washington downgraded its most important annual drills with Seoul, saying South Korea had refused to back its war on Iran.
South Korea is arguably the most subordinated country in the world to the US military. Under OPCON, it is the only country on earth whose military would pass to American command in wartime.
It hosts one of the largest US contingents anywhere, and Washington is its most important diplomatic and military partner.