Tim Khan

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[China V @China_V7]

🚨 BREAKING:

Reacher star Alan Ritchson on Donald Trump:

"Where are the Epstein files? It's the law—release them. Are we going to stay silent? That scumbag has the nuclear codes. He's literally chasing 13-year-olds. Throw him in jail."

[IRAN EMBASSY in KENYA @IRANinKENYA]

Israel is the only on Earth that can:
• Bomb 9 countries
• Invade 3 neighboring ones
• Kill 100,000 people (including 25,000 children) in 1,000 days
• Displace nearly 6 million across 3 countries
• Starve 2 million in Gaza
• Violate every major international convention
• Kidnap, rape, torture, shoot, imprison and murder
…and still be sold to the world as the victim.
Let that sink in.

[Mega-Politics @_MegaPolitics]

Breaking:

Iran says "it has brought the US to it's knees by continuing long war with it."

[THE DIVIDEND DOMINATOR @TheAlphaThought]

Paying taxes on money you make, being taxed on money you spend, and also being taxed on things you own that you already paid taxes on with previously taxed money has to be one of the biggest scams of all time.

[KAST @KASTxyz]

Never leave home without it 💳

[Patricia Marins @pati_marins64]

Phone Call: Saudis Issue Ultimatum to Trump on Behalf of GCC

Amid strong rumors that Netanyahu had already agreed with Trump to resume bombings against Iran, Gulf countries like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates were already working behind the scenes.

Qatar, in particular, had been warning about the imminent risks to its massive infrastructure and natural gas exports.

This, however, was not enough to dissuade Trump, who was moving forward with his plan, especially since the two major American natural gas exporting companies are benefiting from the scenario and were donors to Trump's campaign. The UAE had also been warning about the risks to its facilities, but with little progress.

In the last 72 hours, these countries informed Washington that local intelligence reports confirmed Iran had already mapped oil fields, refineries, and power plants across all GCC members for an immediate counter-attack should the US initiate the bombings, but also to no avail.

It was Mohammed bin Salman who aligned the GCC's position. On Saturday, he placed a call to Trump and warned that Iran would respond to any bombings by directly attacking the energy infrastructure of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf neighbors. This was nothing Trump and Netanyahu did not already know and had not already ignored in advance when deciding on the attack.

But the Saudi leader went further: on behalf of the GCC, he expressly requested that Trump back down from plans for large-scale attacks against Iranian territory. He directly demanded clarification on Washington and Tel Aviv's plan of action, arguing that missteps at this juncture would destabilize the global energy market for extended periods.

In doing so, he implicitly conveyed two things:

The first is that, if destroyed, the GCC economies would be unable to honor the signed agreements, Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), and long-term structural partnerships celebrated during Trump's administration, values that range between $2 trillion and $3 trillion. This is not to mention the billions injected directly into the businesses of Donald Trump himself and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. 
To the wise, it became clear that these resources could be redirected toward investments in other blocs, including the Chinese.

The second is that, if Trump refused the request of the Saudis, acting as spokespersons for the Gulf and pressed ahead, he would be solely responsible for the destruction of local economies and a global economic crisis. Faced with structural disaster in their own territories, Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf countries would close their airspace to American fighter jets and revoke permissions for the use of logistical bases in the region.

It was these two implicit messages that deterred Trump. Everything else he had already evaluated and, nonetheless, decided to proceed with the attack.

Continue reading:
https://t.co/cxspI7luG8

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: The U.S. has made a last minute peace offer to Iran through Qatar, and Iran is now reviewing it, per initial reports.

Iran is highly likely to reject the offer, which means this was another TACO.

[GBC @GBC_Press]

NEW: Sixteen Chinese military cargo planes landed in Iran—the largest shipment so far.

Israel 🇮🇱 and the US 🇺🇸: "We will destroy weapons sent by air or sea."

🇨🇳 China: "We just delivered them. Touch us, and you will turn to ashes."

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran directly rejects Trump's new claim that Iran has asked for a deal and seeks to agree to it by reopening the Strait of Hormuz, saying "there is no agreement regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz," adding the US-backed Qatari proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is false and Israeli Channel 12's claim that Iran FM Araghchi accepted the deal is also completely false, per Fars.

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains fully closed under any circumstances, with passage only through the designated route with IRGC Navy permission. No changes have been made to Iran's policy.

Iran adds every US threat is treated as real, with Iran not backing down and instead using Trump's ceasefire period to raise combat readiness and strengthen deterrence.

[Angelo Giuliano 🇨🇭🇮🇹 @angeloinchina]

Feel free to vomit.

RIP the proud Venezuela of Chavez.

It is now the Venezuela of the Epstein pedophile corrupt class.

[Madrid Xtra @MadridXtra]

🚨 CONFIRMED: Infantino is going to be FORCED to hand his RESIGNATION.

His opponents want this to happen IMMEDIATELY. @thetimes

[Mega-Politics @_MegaPolitics]

Breaking:

Saudi Arabia says it is our responsibility to protect Iran as brother country if it is attacked by Israel and the US now .

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇮🇷🇺🇸 As if on cue, officials in Tehran denied Trump's claim of a deal to cancel the planned strikes on Iran

Negotiating committee member Mohammad Mardini and advisor Mohammad Marandi called it "fake news," saying Iran never requested or agreed to anything and that Trump simply backed down.

Source: Middle East Observer (Telegram) / Writer: Ian

[JustDario @DarioCpx]

> Iran called MBS and gives him the list of ARAMCO facilities they were going to blow up if US attacked theirs

> MBS knows the whole region is low on air defences and calls Trump

> MBS reminds Trump KSA will sell US Treasuries and stocks to pay for war damages

> Trump TACO

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

TRUMP LIED

Irans FARS News Confirms The Hormuz is NOT Opening and the Omani Route News is FAKE

FARS NEWS
A source close to the nuclear negotiation team told Fars:
"There is no agreement regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the news published about it is false."

Furthermore, a military source:
"As long as the United States continues its hostile actions, the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and the passage of ships will only be possible through the designated route and with permission from the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps."

Hours ago, some media outlets affiliated with Israel claimed that Iran had agreed to a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a plan under which ships would enter the Persian Gulf through Iranian territorial waters and exit through Omani territorial waters.

[The Hormuz Report @HormuzReport]

BREAKING: Iran has rejected the latest U.S.-backed Qatari proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and denied Israeli Channel 12's report that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accepted the deal, calling the claim false, per Fars News Agency.

Citing military sources, Fars said no changes have been made to Tehran's policy, insisting the Strait remains closed and that any vessel seeking passage must still obtain authorization and coordination with the IRGC Navy.

Iran's Defense Minister said every U.S. threat is treated as real, adding that Tehran is not backing down and is instead raising combat readiness and strengthening deterrence for any scenario.

[Pepe Escobar @RealPepeEscobar]

TACO, RE-EXPLAINED

POTUS vociferations are LIES.

Iran never asked for a break.

This is what really happened:

- Iranian retaliation against Gulf energy and water infrastructure would be mega-devastating.

- Saudi Arabia and GCC refused to absorb the consequences of escalation. MbS personally asked Trump to back off.

- Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz would not be affected.

- Global energy shock before Monday’s market opening would be inevitable.

- The TOTAL vulnerability of U.S. bases in West Asia.

POTUS: Liar-in-Chief.

TACO: reality.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Fars: Iran says there is no agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the waterway will remain closed as long as the U.S. continues what it described as hostile actions.

[Mr. Hass 💛 @Lassegaf_1]

"BREAKING:🚨" CNN: "CONFIRMS"
🇺🇸: The Trump administration is in total collapse, showing signs of hitting rock bottom. A massive disaster.

🇺🇸: Trump is hurtling toward the abyss of electoral ruin.

[Going Underground @GUnderground_TV]

‘The West will be SHOCKED at how quickly the Donbass falls to Russia🇷🇺, Anchorage was the last chance to avoid Ukraine🇺🇦 becoming a RUMP STATE.’

—Donald Trump’s Former Lawyer Robert Barnes

‘They've interpreted Putin's self-restraint as a sign of weakness when it was always a sign of just not wanting to escalate the conflict, wanting to minimise the amount of civilian harm.

And as the gloves come off, Russia is going to, you know, as Otto von Bismarck famously said, they're slow to saddle up, but when they ride, they ride fast. And that's where Russia is going.

And that's where everybody in the West is going to be shocked as how quickly the Donbass falls. What could have been, Ukraine could have kept Odessa, Kiev, Kharkov, and large parts of the country under the deal that Trump promised in August in Anchorage last year.

But Trump actually saw Putin's willingness to do that deal as weakness rather than this was the last exit ramp for the West to avoid Ukraine just becoming a rump state. And that's what's going to happen there.

Vance knows Russia is winning the war. He knows Russia will win the war. And he made efforts to try to get the Anchorage deal through.

But Trump rug pulled it all the way through because he wants Putin to bow to him, he wants Xi to bow to him. He wants the Ayatollah to bow to him…

And so that's problem one, is that our complete lack of realism and escalating unnecessarily with Russia, the greatest nuclear power in the world, contrary to what the President said.’

—@barnes_law on the latest episode of Going Underground

Watch the full interview in the quoted post below 👇