Trump gave Iran two or three days to come to the table. "Maybe Friday or Saturday. A limited period of time," he said yesterday evening (May 19). A U.S. security official confirmed joint U.S.-Israeli preparations to resume military operations against Iran are complete. Iran submitted a new proposal yesterday to end the war. The terms include five demands: U.S. troops leaving areas close to Iran, the U.S. paying war reparations, lifting sanctions on Iran, releasing Iran's frozen assets, and ending the U.S. blockade, per Reuters. The U.S. Senate voted 50 to 47 overnight (May 19-20) to advance the Iran War Powers Resolution, after 7 previous efforts failed. The measure would require congressional approval before further military strikes on Iran. U.S. forces seized two Iran-linked oil tankers overnight. They took one in the Persian Gulf with roughly one million barrels loaded at Kharg Island, per the Wall Street Journal. They grabbed the second, the Skywave, in the Indian Ocean. CENTCOM (U.S. Central Command) has redirected 89 commercial vessels and disabled 4 in the Arabian Sea. Trump and Netanyahu held a late-night call described as "lengthy and dramatic," per N12. This morning (May 20) Trump said Iran is "begging to make a deal." "We may have to give them another big hit." |
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"I was an hour away. We were all set to go... it would have been happening right now." — President Trump · Reporter Q&A |
Trump-Backed Gallrein Knocks Off Massie
Republican incumbent Thomas Massie lost the KY-04 primary overnight (May 19-20) to Ed Gallrein, per DDHQ (Decision Desk HQ) projection. Massie delivered his concession with a jab: "I would have come out sooner but I had to call my opponent to concede and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv." Trump celebrated this morning (May 20). "We won the Massie thing. He was a bad guy. He deserved to lose." Trump had been calling Massie a "terrible congressman" and "a democrat," and posted separately that Massie was "the Worst Congressman in the History of Kentucky." Senator Lindsey Graham congratulated Gallrein and added: "The power of Donald Trump is real." Massie's coalition included Candace Owens, Dan Bilzerian, Cenk Uygur, and Nick Fuentes. One of his top campaign supporters openly said he hoped U.S. service members would be kidnapped. Trump-endorsed Andy Barr also won the Republican primary for retiring Senator Mitch McConnell's seat in Kentucky. |
Putin Lands in Beijing for 25th China Visit
Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing yesterday (May 19) for talks with Xi Jinping. Xi noted it was Putin's 25th visit to China. "This in itself demonstrates the high level and special nature of China-Russia relations." Xi told Putin this morning (May 20) that negotiations are especially important to address the Middle East situation and that the fighting must stop. The two signed a statement committing to deeper Russia-China ties. Putin: "Russia and China are committed to an independent and sovereign foreign policy." Trump told reporters yesterday that Xi had promised him China would not send weapons to Iran. "President Xi has promised me he's not sending any weapons to Iran. That's a beautiful promise. I take him at his word." Trump also said Xi never told him Putin would come to regret invading Ukraine. Russia's Rosatom said it expects to restore staffing at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant within weeks. A Kremlin correspondent reported Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is expected in Russia "soon." |
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