Trump condemns 'foolish' Tehran as U.S. forces 'prepare to join the war' and he abruptly leaves G7

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Trump condemns 'foolish' Tehran as US forces 'prepare to join the war' and he abruptly leaves G7 - as Israel kills Iran's military chief, days after killing his predecessor, and more missiles hit Tel Aviv | 17 June 2025 | President Donald Trump has called for the "immediate evacuation of Tehran" and branded Iran "foolish" for not signing a deal with the U.S. on its nuclear program before Israeli strikes began... Earlier this morning, Israel announced that it had assassinated Iran's top military commander just days after his predecessor was killed in strikes. The IDF said its jets killed Ali Shadmani, Iran's highest-ranking military officer and chief war commander who was considered to be the closest person to Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. Israeli media says U.S. is preparing to join an attack on Iran. Israeli media reports that the Trump administration is preparing to join an attack on Iran "if President Donald Trump gives it the green light."

U.S. shifts aircraft carrier closer to Israel, deploys aerial refueling tankers to Europe --Flight tracking radars showed over 30 refueling aircraft from the U.S. Air Force heading for Europe | 17 June 2025 | The United States has redirected an aircraft carrier from the South China Sea to the Middle East and deployed several aerial refueling tankers to Europe, US officials told Al Arabiya English on Monday amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier will once again provide the U.S. military with a second carrier strike group, something which has been consistent since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel. The USS Carl Vinson arrived to the US Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility earlier this year, replacing the USS Harry S. Truman strike group... Overnight, flight tracking radars also showed over 30 refueling aircraft from the U.S. Air Force heading for Europe. U.S. defense officials confirmed these deployments were part of the plans the Pentagon had provided the Trump administration in the event they need to be used to defend U.S. assets in the Middle East.

U.S. bolsters Trump's Middle East military options by moving refueling aircraft, officials say | 16 June 2025 | The U.S. military has moved a large number of refueling aircraft to Europe to provide options to President Donald Trump as Middle East tensions erupt into conflict between Iran and Israel, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The officials also said the U.S. aircraft carrier Nimitz was heading to the Middle East, in what one of them said was a pre-planned deployment. The Nimitz can hold 5,000 personnel and more than 60 aircraft, including fighter jets. Taken together, the deployments, which were first reported by Reuters, suggest the United States is greatly strengthening its air power for potentially sustained operations as Iran and Israel trade blows in unprecedented open warfare. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a post on X late on Monday, said he had ordered the deployment of additional defensive capabilities to the Middle East, but did not offer specifics.

Trump to depart G7 after calling for mass evacuations in Tehran, requests National Security Council be prepared in the Situation Room for his return | 16 June 2025 | President Donald Trump will depart from the G7 Summit Monday night because of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump will leave Alberta, Canada, after a dinner with heads of state. "President Trump had a great day at the G7, even signing a major trade deal with the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Much was accomplished, but because of what's going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State." Trump has requested that the National Security Council be prepared in the situation room for his return, Fox News has learned... Trump says everyone should "immediately evacuate" Tehran and that Iran should have signed a deal.

Trump issues terrifying warning to 17 million people living in Tehran as he abandons G7 summit early and rushes back to Washington, D.C., for 'important matters' | 16 June 2025 | President Donald Trump gave a terrifying warning to Iranians to leave Tehran amid Israel's bombings, as the White House announced he would depart the G7 Summit in Canada a day early to deal with the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. "Well, I have to be back, very important," he told reporters as he posed for the G7's family photo Monday evening. "I just want to thank our great host, Canada." He will depart Kananaskis, Canada, Monday night and is expected to arrive back in Washington, D.C., early Tuesday morning, with Fox News reporting that Trump had instructed the National Security Council to assemble in the White House's Situation Room. Prior to the photo-op, Trump took to Truth Social, frightfully instructing those living in Tehran -- the Iranian capital -- to get out. "Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" the U.S. president wrote in a Truth Social post, as he was attending the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada, on Monday.

Israel warns 300,000 people in Tehran to evacuate as Trump issues ominous message | 16 June 2025 | Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate the middle of Iran's capital as Israel's air campaign on Tehran appeared to broaden on the fourth day of an intensifying conflict. An Iranian television anchor fled her studio during a live broadcast as bombs fell on the headquarters of the country's state-run TV station. U.S. President Donald Trump posted an ominous message on his social media site later Monday calling for the immediate evacuation of Tehran. "IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON," Trump wrote, adding: "Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!"

Trump: 'Everyone Should Immediately Evacuate Tehran' | 16 June 2025 | President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to declare that Iran "cannot have a nuclear weapon" and that people should evacuate Tehran. The president issued his decree days after Israel launched its attack on Iran by bombing key military sites. The president also urged people to evacuate Tehran. "Iran should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!" he wrote. As Breitbart News reported on Monday, the president also rejected "the G7's proposed statement on Iran because it called for monitoring of Iran's nuclear activities rather than an outright halt to Iran's program of nuclear enrichment."

Trump issues ominous threat to Iran as Israel urges America to join spiraling conflict | 15 June 2025 | President Donald Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social early Sunday morning to set the record straight in regards to America's lack of involvement in the developing conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East. "The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight," the president wrote. "If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before." "However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!" he added. The president has consistently prided himself on being the only one of his compatriots to not start any new wars while being in office.

Israel strikes Iranian state broadcaster's office --The office has continued to operate despite the damage sustained in the attack, according to local media | 16 June 2025 | The Israeli military has targeted the headquarters of Iran’s state broadcaster (IRINN) as part of its bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic. The office has continued operating despite sustaining damage, according to Iranian media. The strike came as IRINN was broadcasting live on air. Videos shared by both Israeli and Iranian media show a female anchor being forced to interrupt her work as the room she is in is affected by the attack. Dust and small pieces of debris can be seen flying in the air before the lights in the room go off after the sound of an explosion.

Israel Kills Iranian Intelligence Chief and Deputy; 'Wide-Scale' Strikes | 15 June 2025 | Israeli media sources and Iranian state media both confirmed late Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had succeeded in killing Iran's intelligence chief and his deputy, a major blow to the government. The fact that Israel was able to locate and to eliminate the highest officials in Iran's intelligence hierarchy suggests an unprecedented depth of intelligence penetration - the entire government may be compromised. The Times of Israel reported: "Iranian state media officially confirms that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence chief, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Kazemi and his deputy Hassan Mohaqiq were killed in an Israeli strike today."

Israeli military kills 41 people in Gaza, medics say | 15 June 2025 | Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 41 Palestinians across Gaza on Sunday, local health authorities said, five of them near two aid sites operated by the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Medics at Al-Awda Hospital in the central Gaza Strip said at least three people were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli fire as they tried to approach a GHF site near the Netzarim corridor. Two others were killed en route to another aid site in Rafah in the south. An airstrike killed seven other people in Beit Lahiya town north of the enclave, medics said. In Nuseirat camp in central Gaza Strip, medics said an Israeli airstrike killed at least 11 people in a house. The rest were killed in separate airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip, they added.

Pakistan calls for Muslim states to unite against Israel | 16 June 2025 | Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has called on Muslim nations to unite against Israel following its strikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites. He warned that failing to act collectively would only encourage further attacks across the Middle East. Speaking in the National Assembly on Saturday, Asif argued that Israel "did not act alone" and had received "intelligence, cover, and support." He said the Muslim world remained "militarily vulnerable" and urged a joint response. "Just as Israel is currently targeting Yemen, Iran, and Palestine, if the Muslim world does not unite today and continues to prioritize its own interests and agendas, then everyone's turn will come," he told lawmakers. Asif called for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to convene and devise a strategy to confront Israel.

Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran's supreme leader, U.S. officials say | 15 June 2025 | President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill the Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday. "Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we're not even talking about going after the political leadership," said one of the sources, a senior U.S. administration official. Despite evidence that the conflict between Israel and Iran is escalating, Trump expressed optimism on Sunday that peace would come soon and cited the possibility that Russia's Vladimir Putin could help. In a social media post, Trump said there were many unspecified meetings about the issue happening and encouraged the two countries to make a deal. And in an interview with ABC News, he said he was open to Putin serving as a mediator.

Russia should be in G8 - Trump | 16 June 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump has called Russia's removal from the group of major Western economies (G8) a mistake, arguing that the country's presence could have helped prevent the escalation of the Ukraine conflict. Russia joined the group originally known as the G7 in 1997. Moscow's membership was suspended in 2014 following Crimea's reunification with Russia, upon which the G8 reverted to the G7. Trump made the remarks on Monday at the opening of the G7 Leaders' Summit in Canada, recalling that Russia had been part of the group before. "The G7 used to be the G8," he said at his first meeting of the summit with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. "[Former US President] Barack Obama and a person named [former Canadian Prime Minister Justin] Trudeau didn't want to have Russia in. And I would say that that was a mistake, because I think you wouldn't have a war right now if you had Russia in, and you wouldn't have a war right now if Trump were president four years ago," he argued.

Alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter texted family, 'Dad went to war last night,' hours after killing spree - prosecutors | 16 June 2025 | Alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter texted his family, "Dad went to war last night" hours after his deadly shooting spree early Saturday, according to federal prosecutors. The madman -- who killed a state representative and her husband and wounded another pol and his wife at their homes -- sent the chilling message to wife and other relatives in a group thread around 6:15 a.m. that day, a criminal complaint said. "Dad went to war last night...I don't wanna say more because I don't wanna implicate anybody," Boelter, 57, allegedly wrote. He also sent an apologetic message to his wife around the same time. Boelter was finally captured about a mile from his family home, authorities said. He appeared in federal court for the first time Monday afternoon and was ordered to be held without bail.

Wife of Suspected Minnesota Lawmaker Killer Vance Boelter Detained by Police | 15 June 2025 | The status of the wife of suspected Minnesota political assassin Vance Boelter remains unclear after she was detained and questioned when police reportedly found a weapon, ammunition, and passports in her car during a traffic stop Saturday morning. St. Paul station KSTP first reported the traffic stop, which a witness said involved a dozen police officers who converged on Jenny Boelter's vehicle near Onamia, Minnesota, and remained on the scene for three hours. Boelter reportedly was traveling with several relatives at the time of the stop. As of Sunday, husband Vance Boelter remained at large and was considered "armed and dangerous."