Trump on Cuba:

I don’t think you can have much more pressure other than going in and blasting the hell out of the place.

Trump on Zohran Mamdani:

He’s got a great personality, he’s a nice guy. His policies are not good, but maybe he changes.

The White House cut Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard out of months of Venezuelan planning meetings due to her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela.

Aides joked that DNI stood for “Do Not Invite.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/us-spy-chief-gabbard-excluded-from-maduro-plan-over-past-views

NYT: Are there any limits to your powers?

Trump: Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me. I don’t need international law. I’m not looking to hurt people.

BIG: Iran has shut down the internet nationwide and disabled phone lines, cutting communications across the country.

Total blackout to take place very soon.

NOTE: Iranian Telegram channels have been silent for over an hour.

All Iran-based apps, websites, and services are also currently offline

Sean Combs wrote a letter asking Trump for a pardon, but Trump said he is not considering it.

“He asked me for a pardon,” Trump told The New York Times, adding the request came “through a letter.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/sean-combs-pardon.html

Internet activity across Iran has dropped to ZERO

Trump:

I just finished a great meeting with the very successful Intel CEO, Lip-Bu Tan.

Intel just launched the first SUB 2 NANOMETER CPU PROCESSOR designed, built, and packaged right here in the U.S.A.

The United States Government is proud to be a Shareholder of Intel, and has already made, through its U.S.A. ownership position, Tens of Billions of Dollars for the American People — IN JUST FOUR MONTHS.

On US pressure to invest in Venezuela, an energy-focused private equity investor said:

“No one wants to invest when a random f***ing tweet can change the entire foreign policy of the country.”

Trump said in an interview with The New York Times that he has never taken GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic, adding, “I probably should.”

A new poll shows Germans now distrust the U.S. almost as much as Russia

BREAKING: Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei says “there are some rioters” who want to please the U.S. president by damaging public property.

"Trump should focus on problems in his own country."

🎥🇮🇷⚡️~ Iran’s national TV broadcasted footage of the aftermath of last night’s protests in Tehran.

Iran’s national TV is the only source so far that has been able to post amid internet blackout.