“What happened, what almost happened, what could have happened in the U.K. over the weekend is a very serious situation. It's one that clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor. … I think it ties us to the reality here, and that is, we are dealing with elements in the world, and in the case of Iran, for example, who have openly threatened to attack American interests globally. … We're going to always take that very seriously. There will be repercussions for that, if it ever were to happen or even attempted.
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“In order to solve problems, you have to meet with the people that you disagree with or the people that you might have some issues with. So we've invited President Putin to the G20. We think it's an opportunity for him to engage not just with the president, but with other world leaders. We hope that's an invitation he'll accept.
“This is not about Taiwan in specific, but when we sell something, that means we don't have it anymore. We can get it in the future, but we don't have it now. … [A]nytime we do any sales, not to Taiwan, to anybody, it is always balanced against what are our own needs in different parts of the world, and whether we can afford to sell something because we may need it for ourselves. … The relationship between the United States and China will define the 21st century. The idea that we would not interact with them at the highest level is irresponsible. It's outrageous. We have to.
“The Iranians are under this illusion that Democrats are going to win in November, and the president will no longer be able to do things against them. … Iran can never have a nuclear weapon: Everything emanates from that.
“I think both sides have expressed an interest in some limited ceasefire that involve grain and energy. Obviously, you know, that won't be easy either. [Rubio spoke after meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the U.N.]
“I don't want to mischaracterize this as a major breakthrough. … But at the same time, I think it was significant that at least there was a conversation. … I think the Iranians misread our system. I think the Iranians are under this illusion that Democrats are going to win in November and the President will no longer be able to do things against them. I just don't think they understand our system very well.
“There's a lot that needs to be fixed in order for Venezuela to be successful. Debt restructuring is key to that. … [Venezuela has] probably the world's largest sovereign debt that has to be restructured, [and] it has to be done in the right way. [Rubio called the meeting "short but important."]
“We're not closing CNN. There aren't a bunch of police officers or soldiers kicking down the doors of MSNBC or MS NOW, whatever it's called, and arresting people and unplugging it from the grid. They're just not allowed to work from the workspace at the White House. … What he is arguing is, why should I have these people, what right do they have to be embedded in this building? They can cover the White House. They just can't have a desk there.
“I think what you'll find from the first term, this president and now is that he's willing to talk and meet with anybody. … The central issue here is Iran is run by lunatic clerics, by lunatic clerics that have a radical view of their religion. … [Iran] sponsors terrorist groups. … They help Hezbollah in Lebanon. They're behind the Houthis in Yemen … and they want a nuclear weapon.
“[A historic deal and] a huge win for the United States and the American people. … Thanks to President Trump's vision and leadership, this historic agreement permanently guarantees U.S. security interests in the Arctic at zero cost to the U.S. taxpayer.
“Greenland will forever be part of the strategic defense area of North America and exclude any adversary from it and the surrounding area. This deal permanently and completely addresses our national security concerns in Greenland.
“Well again, it depends, and we still blow up ships.
“If you don't confront these groups, they will eat these countries alive. It's like a cancer that continues to grow until you don't literally have a state anymore.
“Obviously, we're not going to do what the UK did. We saw their announcement today, but I don't have any comment on it right now. We don't want to see anything destabilizing going on right now in the West Bank with so much going on in the region. We think it has implications as well on our ability to make progress with regards to Gaza and the 20-point plan and Board of Peace, which we're very committed to.
“We were made aware that they were going to make this decision. We heard their arguments as to why. But we share the goal of stability. We don't want to see some uptick in violence or an uptick in conflict or tensions in the West Bank at a very tenuous time in the region.
“The Houthis, in many ways, are agents and proxies of the Iranians. Behind some of this is clearly the Iranian hand. The US has a very strong defensive, military relationship with Saudi Arabia. We're watching those events very closely.
“This has been going on for some time. I think there's been some ground operations as well, where Yemeni forces are taking on the Houthis and pushing back against some of the ground advances that they attempted to make. And we're monitoring that, as I said, very, very closely. But I would defer, as far as the defence side, the Department of War, I don't think there'll be any announcements on that today.
“This deal is a huge win for both the American and Venezuelan people.
“Today, the United States sanctioned Autistici/Inventati — a major far-left tech collective whose services are used by the most active and violent Antifa cells in the United States and across the world.
“Far-left terrorism poses a profound threat to the United States and the broader West.
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