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Sep 20, 2026 - World

Tehran issued President Donald Trump a fierce warning Sunday against launching an attack on Iran, threatening to carry out “painful attacks” in retaliation at a moment’s notice — and “without any limitations or considerations,” Al Jazeera reported.Speculation swirled Saturday night that a U.S. attack in the Middle East may be “imminent” after Trump abruptly cut his weekend getaway in Maryland short — without explanation — and returned to the White House, his 35-year-old female aide Natalie Harp in tow. Sunday morning, Trump told Fox News that he was in a “deciding mode” as to whether to authorize strikes in the Middle East, telling Fox News’ Trey Yingst that whatever he decided, “very big things” would take place in the “not-so-distant future.” He also told Yingst that “wiping Iran out” was actively being considered, insisting that “if and when” he decides to “blow the entire nation up,” Iranians had “better behave.”Iranian officials, who are reportedly already preparing for the United States to resume hostilities, cautioned Trump to think carefully about his next move.“Any mistake will result in painful attacks,” reads a statement published by Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya military headquarters, according to Al Jazeera.“According to information received, the United States — seeking to cover up its failures and achieve fabricated gains in a war that was launched based on Israeli lies and stage-managing and has been sustained through deception and trickery — has once again decided, with the green light from some regional countries, to resume actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran at a joint meeting in a European country.”The Khatam al-Anbiya military headquarters also warned U.S. allies in the region that they would be “considered complicit” in any attack on Iran should Middle East U.S. bases be utilized.“We warn that if the countries of the region — by continuing their dual policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran — align with the Great Satan’s aggression against a powerful and sovereign Iran they will all be considered complicit in this evil and can no longer expect restraint or decency from Iran’s powerful armed forces,” the statement reads.

Sep 20, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Trey Yingst Sunday morning that, regarding speculation of an imminent U.S. escalation in the Middle East, “very big things” would take place in the “not-so-distant future,” things that include ‘wiping Iran out” entirely.Fears mounted Saturday night after Trump abruptly cut his weekend getaway in Maryland short and returned to the White House without explanation, a schedule change that came amid other signals that hinted at imminent U.S. military action. Yingst spoke to Trump by phone Sunday morning and was asked by Fox News’ “Fox & Friends Weekend” to provide viewers with the latest on the president’s thinking.“[Trump] tells Fox News he's in a 'deciding mode' and that 'very big things' are going to be happening in the 'not-so-distant future,’” Yingst said.“The president described the current choices on the table as 'wiping Iran out, letting them rot economically, or making a deal.’ He added, 'my question is, if and when do I blow the entire nation up, they better behave.'”Fox News’ Charles Hurt pressed Yingst for more details.“Can you give us any idea about what 'not-so-distant future' means?” Hurt asked. “Are we thinking hours, or we thinking days?”Yingst said it was “not clear at this moment,” with Iranian officials reportedly preparing for the United States to resume hostilities. Trump tells Fox he's in a "deciding mode" and that "very big things" to come in the "not-so-distant future.""If and when do I blow the entire nation up, they better behave" pic.twitter.com/URLKDgLhzX— Alexander Willis (@ReporterWillis) September 20, 2026

Sep 20, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump claimed last week that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to avoid striking energy infrastructure targets, but on Sunday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proudly boasted about striking “one of Russia’s key oil industry facilities,” leading critics to condemn Trump for “just another lie to manipulate markets.”BBC reported that Ukraine launched its “largest” drone attack on the Moscow region since Russia's 2022 invasion, killing at least two people and injuring 20 others. Moscow’s "main oil refinery" was among the targets struck.“It appears that Trump’s claim last week that he negotiated a deal between Putin and Zelenskyy to stop bombing energy infrastructure was just another lie to manipulate markets,” wrote MeidasTouch Editor-in-Chief Ron Filipkowski Sunday morning in a social media post on X. “Every hour of every day, Trump lies about everything.”As global oil prices skyrocket amid the U.S. war against Iran, Trump has attempted to dispel claims that the war he launched in February was to blame for the spike in energy costs.“The World’s Diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran,” Trump wrote last week.Trump reiterated his request to Zelenskyy last week in Ireland, telling reporters that the Ukrainian president “has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia… because he’s causing a shortage.”With Zelenskyy boasting about an attack on a Russian oil refinery just days later, Trump was swiftly mocked by critics.“Yeesh,” wrote military historian Phillips O’Brien, head of the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, in a social media post on X. “Trump promised us there was an agreement that this would not happen!”It appears that Trump’s claim last week that he negotiated a deal between Putin and Zelenskyy to stop bombing energy infrastructure was just another lie to manipulate markets. Every hour of every day, Trump lies about everything. pic.twitter.com/laEAhpK8hi— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 20, 2026

Sep 20, 2026 - World

The Trump administration warned U.S. allies that shipments of key weapons could be delayed by as much as five years as the United States faces a “shortfall in ammunition” amid its war against Iran, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, leading international law scholar Alonso Gurmendi to float a jarring theory.According to Bloomberg, “multiple European nations” have been informed that deliveries of key weapons, including “missile and air defense capabilities,” will face severe delays. Japan was also told by the United States that a shipment of Tomahawk missiles would be “delayed by as much as two years.”Gurmendi, a London School of Economics Fellow in Human Rights, argued that the development represented the end to US “military superiority” on the world stage, and blamed two key figures for the fallout: Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who’s been increasingly accused of having “dragged” Trump into the deeply unpopular U.S. war against Iran.“Netanyahu and Trump have ended US military superiority,” Gurmendi wrote in a statement published on social media. “It’s frankly a jarring level of incompetence driven by religious/ideological fundamentalism and male fragility, respectively.”Trump has been scrutinized for years regarding what countless critics have described as his “fragile male ego,” with male fragility playing an outsized role in his first bid for the White House, according to social psychologists Eric Knowles and Sarah DiMuccio.“The Pentagon’s decision to prioritize its own stockpiles is also straining Ukraine’s push for the U.S. to send it more Patriot air defense interceptors ahead of what is expected to be a difficult winter for the war-torn nation,” Bloomberg’s report reads. “The issue of Ukraine’s badly needed air defense will be a key topic at next week’s United Nations meetings in New York.”Netanyahu and Trump have ended US military superiority. It’s frankly a jarring level of incompetence driven by religious/ideological fundamentalism and male fragility, respectively. https://t.co/qMCNcJ5HbO— Alonso Gurmendi (@Alonso_GD) September 19, 2026

Sep 20, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump abruptly cut short his weekend at Camp David and is returning to the White House for reasons that remain “unclear,” multiple journalists reported Saturday evening, sparking fears the sudden change could signal an impending "major escalation" in the Middle East.Trump’s schedule change came shortly after the U.S. Embassy in Israel issued a security alert instructing Americans in the Middle East to “exercise heightened vigilance and be aware of potential flight cancellations, airspace closures, and travel disruptions.” Also on Saturday, Israeli news network i24NEWS reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut his scheduled U.S. visit short.“There’s a TON of very obvious signaling taking place right now for imminent massive escalation against Iran. President Trump, just after Camp David, is returning early to the White House. Bibi Netanyahu is cutting his U.S. Tour a day early, cancelling the Texas leg, and flying directly back to Tel Aviv from New York,” warned geopolitical expert Brett Erickson on Saturday.“All Middle East US embassies have issued STEP alert warning to Americans in the region. This could certainly be a legitimate escalation… but this is a LOT of very public signaling that is textbook TACO Trump. That said… if it’s not, we’re looking at a MAJOR escalation inbound.”Sophie Mokoena, a veteran South African journalist, came to a similar conclusion, warning of an “imminent attack.”INSIGHTS: There’s a TON of very obvious signaling taking place right now for imminent massive escalation against Iran.President Trump, just after Camp David, is returning early to the White House (and reported on by Barak…).Bibi Netanyahu is cutting his U.S. Tour a day… https://t.co/ntsZHwJj00— Brett Erickson (@BrettErickson28) September 19, 2026