Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has sought to reaffirm her alliance with President Donald Trump after the president this week seemed to complain that Japan was among the nations that did not quickly join his call to help protect the Strait of Hormuz.Takaichi, who met with Trump at the White House, told the Republican president that Japan has opposed Iran's development of its nuclear programme and appealed to his desire to be seen as a peacemaker, despite his launching a war of choice with Iran. She t ...

Takaichi, who met with Trump at the The two leaders had warm words for each other, including Trump calling the prime minister a "popular, powerful woman," but there appeared to be some tension as they faced repeated questions from reporters about Japan's support for the Iran war. As Trump fielded questions during the roughly 30-minute public appearance with the prime minister in the Oval Office before their closed-door meeting, Taikaichi could be seen checking her watch. And then Trump made a particularly ...

Trump’s Iran war is churning through whatever money DOGE may have saved https://t.co/rGABnMcjhN ...

Sanae Takaichi's visit to Washington was meant to be about China. Instead, writes @GearoidReidy, it's a test of what Japan is willing to give amid the Iran war (via @opinion) https://t.co/qO7kMvVCxd ...

RT Auldluð (@oldluth)Kent's job was exposing and thwarting terrorism. He was digging into Kirk's murder and Trump's FBI shut him out. This emasculated, impotent role is the "power" he gave up.He seems to have discovered that Israel is the greatest sponsor of terrorism in the world, and that they are the tail wagging the United States dog.Paradoxically (which is why no one seems to grasp it), his resignation, naming Israel as the cause of the Iran war and all of our middle east involvement for the past 20+ y ...

covering developments from Dubai, MSNOW senior national security reporter David Rode. Also with us, Josh Letterman, Princeton University fellow at the Center for International Security Studies, Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director of foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, and Michael Feinberg, a former senior FBI counterintelligence agent. So, David, let me start with you.Tell us about the significance of this resignation and the impact on U .S. national security. I think there's definitely a ...

Early on congressional Democrats seemed hesitant to openly criticise the Iran war. But as the conflict drags on, they are starting to sound more assertive https://t.co/6zRbXMxs48 ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping could be delayed for logistical reasons during an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box." ...

“The best case scenario is we stop it as soon as possible.” @electadamsmith tells “Checks and Balance” why he thinks America should end the Iran war https://t.co/tVcPZHsQyi ...

🇺🇸 BIG: The United States issued a 30-day waiver allowing countries to buy stranded Russian oil to stabilize markets amid the Iran war. https://t.co/EmOpeD6GzV ...