Germany's Merz to hold crisis talks with
Trump in Washington
Posted By: Moritz55, 3/2/2026 9:11:36 AM
It is a trip that had been planned for a long time, but under very different circumstances: This Monday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will depart for Washington. On Tuesday, he will meet with US President Donald Trump amid an escalating conflict in Iran and the Middle East. Merz had a range of issues with him that have been turned upside down by current events. On Sunday, Merz insisted that Germany stood behind the US and Israel. He condemned Iran's attacks on the Gulf states, US military bases and Israel.
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The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US airstrike has brought new urgency to the question of who will become Iran’s new Supreme Leader.
Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is a prominent figure in these deliberations and is seen as a relative moderate within the establishment.
Mr Khomeini, 53, holds a symbolically important role as custodian of his grandfather's mausoleum and has close ties to reformist politicians.
Some politicians inside Iran have seen him as a rival to hardliners who gained sway under Ayatollah Khamenei, notably his son, Mojtaba.
How do destructive ideas and bouts of collective madness so quickly become policy, law, and the status quo?
After all, most have little public support — and are not Western nations supposedly rationally governed?
There is usually a multi-step process on the road to these self-destructive fits of society-wide insanity.
The suicidal impulse so often begins with left-leaning researchers in elite universities (that is, the tenured in search of a novel, grant-getting theory).
They begin insisting that a new existential threat requires immediate government intervention, novel legislation, ample funding and public awareness of the impending danger.
It is a trip that had been planned for a long time, but under very different circumstances: This Monday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will depart for Washington. On Tuesday, he will meet with US President Donald Trump amid an escalating conflict in Iran and the Middle East. Merz had a range of issues with him that have been turned upside down by current events. On Sunday, Merz insisted that Germany stood behind the US and Israel. He condemned Iran's attacks on the Gulf states, US military bases and Israel.
In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's horrifying assassination on Sept. 10, I hoped that at least something good might come from it. I did see a renewed energy among conservatives, revival among young people and a message of forgiveness, the heart of Christianity, on the national stage for all to see. But in the months since he died, something else has risen up, too: Candace Owens, a former colleague of Charlie Kirk, and her ever-spiraling grift. At first, I was saddened by the grip she seemed to have on everyday conservatives, caught up in her bombastic storytelling and bizarre tendency toward conspiracy theories.
In early January, President Trump warned Iran’s Islamist government that if it killed peaceful civilians protesting the economy’s collapse, “the United States of America will come to their rescue.”
In a post on Truth Social, he declared, “We are locked and loaded and ready to go.”
Days later, when it became clear authorities and their henchmen were slaughtering thousands of unarmed protestors, Trump delivered another warning– — and a promise. After urging “Iranian Patriots” to keep protesting and “save the names of the killers and abusers, he said, “They will pay a big price” and added ominously:
“Help is on its way.”
That help arrived Saturday
The strikes President Donald Trump launched against Iran Saturday are not just military operations — they are the answer to decades of prayers by Iranians who have suffered under tyranny.
And they represent the first time an American president has truly come to the rescue of the Iranian people.
I was born and raised in Iran, where my family lived under the grip of an authoritarian theocracy. Growing up in the 1980s, my classrooms were filled with anti-Western indoctrination and “Death to America” chants. Yet to most of us, America was a symbol of justice and freedom from fear.
To see just what lunacy is in store for the nation if Democrats flip the House in November’s midterm elections, consider Tuesday night’s “State of the Swamp” rally, “counterprogramming” President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) gave Dems’ public-facing reply, but the party’s true heart was on display at the event sponsored by the Democratic National Committee-associated Defiance.org.
They’re revving up the old #Resistance machine and studying their old playbook for ideas.
News that US-Israeli forces took out Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and dozens more senior figures in the first hours of Saturday’s strikes means regime change has come to Iran — the only question is how much, and how quickly a civilized government can take over.
Iran’s rulers have been at war with “the great Satan” since they seized power amid the 1979 revolution, taking our diplomats hostage, masterminding the slaughter of our troops from Beirut to Baghdad, sending assassins to strike on our soil and more.
For decades, they’ve worked to acquire nuclear weapons and missiles that can strike the United States — capabilities they think would secure their rule forever
Iran latest: Supreme leader Ayatollah
Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes,
says senior official 16 replies
Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes,
says senior official 16 replies
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, the clerical ruler who transformed Iran into one of the Middle East’s dominant powers, was killed by US-Israeli strikes on Saturday, a senior Israeli government source has told The Independent.
The source confirmed that he had been killed by the joint US-Israeli airstrikes which flattened his compound. The US launched a “major combat operation” overnight, Donald Trump said on Saturday. The Israeli military later confirmed that 200 warplanes were involved in attacking Iran.
The Iranian Supreme Leader's office accused the country's enemies of "mental warfare" following the Israeli claims.
A blockade on oil imports is leaving Cuba with few resources. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants Cuba's government on its knees. The situation has become even more tense following a fatal confrontation at sea. In the early hours of Wednesday, a speedboat carrying 10 Cuban exiles drew near the coast of Cuba. It appears to have set out from Florida . It was intercepted by a patrol boat of the Cuban coastguard. There was an exchange of fire that left four people in the speedboat dead and the other six injured.
As the United States and Iran depart their third round of nuclear talks amid growing fears of another possible war in the Middle East, one man is hoping the US will launch a targeted attack on Iran, regardless of whether or not they reach a deal.
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, has spent almost 50 years living abroad, serving as a rallying — but at times polarising — figure for opponents of Iran's regime.
In his view, if the US strikes the Iranian regime's nuclear facilities and apparatus, that could further weaken it and give Iran's people the chance to rise again.
Honest question: Why do Democrats spend so much time grandstanding against what the vast majority of Americans want?
Because it doesn’t make sense to me.
Case in point – Republicans in Congress want stricter voting requirements, such as voter ID and proof of citizenship. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (also known as the SAVE America Act) has already passed the House and is now before the Senate. At his State of the Union address on Feb. 24, President Donald Trump specifically called on the Senate to take up the bill.
"Congress should unite and enact this commonsense, country-saving legislation right now," Trump said.
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Kamala Harris has joined other far-left Dems by stating that she doesn’t support regime change in Iran.
The former vice president posted her critique of Operation Epic Fury and President Donald Trump shortly after Saturday’s attack began.
Harris described the attack as “a war American people do not want.”
Her statement comes despite Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei being wiped out in his fortified compound along with 40 top Iranian security and regime figures. “Let me be clear: I am opposed to a regime-change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm’s way for the sake of Trump’s war of choice,
Last week Tucker Carlson met with President Trump in the White House where he urged the US President to hold back on attacking Iran. Tucker made the request last week during his visit with President Trump in the Oval Office.
Here is video of Tucker Carlson entering the White House for an earlier meeting with President Trump. President Trump ignored his advice and took out Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and his top officials in a military strike on Saturday.
Later today, Jon Karl reported that Tucker called the US strikes on Iraan “disgusting and evil.”
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — a polarizing hardliner who became the face of Tehran’s nuclear defiance and incendiary anti-Israel rhetoric — was reportedly killed in Israeli airstrikes during Saturday’s strikes inside Iran.
A report by the Israeli media outlet Ma’ariv stated that Ahmadinejad was under house arrest at the time and was killed in a targeted strike on his home.Ahmadinejad served as Iran’s sixth president from 2005 to 2013, rising from relative obscurity as mayor of Tehran to defeat establishment figure Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in a surprise 2005 runoff.
Critics at home and abroad described him as a confrontational ideologue whose economic management —
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US airstrike has brought new urgency to the question of who will become Iran’s new Supreme Leader.
Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is a prominent figure in these deliberations and is seen as a relative moderate within the establishment.
Mr Khomeini, 53, holds a symbolically important role as custodian of his grandfather's mausoleum and has close ties to reformist politicians.
Some politicians inside Iran have seen him as a rival to hardliners who gained sway under Ayatollah Khamenei, notably his son, Mojtaba.
Operations are still underway over and around Iran on Sunday, and the United States and Israel are well on their way to not only owning the skies over Iran, but the waters around it. On that morning, President Trump took to his Truth Social account to inform us that at least nine Iranian navy craft have now found new berths at the bottom of the ocean. [Tweet]
The president wrote:
I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important. We are going after the rest —
Americans woke up Saturday morning to the news that the United States and Israel unleashed a coordinated strike, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, leveling key Iranian military sites and taking out much of the regime’s top brass. Among the dead is none other than Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
It was a good day for the Middle East and the world.
Except for the Democrats.
Almost instantly, Democrats in Washington started howling, calling the strikes “illegal,” “dangerous,” and “reckless.” They claimed that President Donald Trump didn’t consult Congress. You’d think they’d be cheering the demise of one of the world’s most dangerous tyrants, but no. For the left, this wasn’t a victory against terror.
Dozens 'dine-in,' rally at immigrant-owned
restaurants in northeast Minneapolis to
protest ICE 19 replies
restaurants in northeast Minneapolis to
protest ICE 19 replies
Although there’s been a reduction in the number of ICE agents in Minnesota, community activists say the fear of ICE still prevails and restaurants continue to lose business. That’s why dozens of people gathered to eat at several immigrant-owned restaurants along Central Avenue in northeast Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon. Some of the businesses included El Taco Riendo, Holy Land and The Golden Nuts. “The reason that we wanted to do this action was to show support for immigrant businesses that are really struggling even after the supposed draw-down,” Jae Yates of Twin Cities Coalition for Justice. Yates was one of
News Outlets Rushed to Claim That U.S.-Israel
Strikes Hit a School in Iran; Confirmation
Is Fleeting 18 replies
Strikes Hit a School in Iran; Confirmation
Is Fleeting 18 replies
Most of us are familiar with the term “the fog of war” to describe the gauzy details that emerge in the breaking news environment of an outbreak of hostilities. Originally, it had been a description applied to military matters, but in the past generation or so, it has expanded to include the information pathways that emerge when conflicts erupt. What we have sadly come to expect is that news outlets are often the ones operating a fog machine as news breaks.This being a common occurrence, and also due to the sensitivities attached to the activity,
The UK has agreed to a US request to use British military bases for "defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
But the prime minister said the UK had learned lessons from the "mistakes of Iraq", and was not involved in the initial strikes on Iran and "will not join offensive action now".
Sir Keir said the basis of the decision to accept the US request was the "collective self-defence" of allies and protecting British lives, accusing Iran of pursuing a "scorched-earth strategy".
The BBC understands the US is likely to use RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for strikes on Iranian missile sites.
The conflict between the United States, Israel and the Islamist regime in Iran could result in terror blowback across Europe, German security officials have warned.
The chairman of the Bundestag’s Parliamentary Control Committee (PKGr), which oversees Germany’s intelligence services, warned on Sunday in comments reported by Die Welt that “retaliatory measures” by pro-Iranian regime terrorists, including “sleeper cells in Europe”, could not be ruled out.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said, “The Iranian regime has repeatedly demonstrated in the past that it carries out its terror beyond its own borders.
Iran Raises the ‘Red Flag of Revenge’
Over Jamkaran Mosque After Death of Ayatollah Khamenei 18 replies
Over Jamkaran Mosque After Death of Ayatollah Khamenei 18 replies
The regime of the imams is trying to show defiance after the crushing blow of Khamenei’s death.
While many observers look for ‘offramps’ for the US, Israel and Iran to cease the war that’s setting the whole Middle East on fire, signs on the ground suggest the hostilities may go on for a long time.
Following the death of its supreme spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranians have raised the ‘red flag of revenge’ above the Jamkaran Mosque, located in the city of Qom. “According to several media reports, a red banner, which symbolizes justice and revenge in Shiite tradition, was seen atop the Jamkaran Mosque.
Did You Read The Washington Post's Obituary
of Ali Khamenei? You're Not Going to Believe It 15 replies
of Ali Khamenei? You're Not Going to Believe It 15 replies
What is fresh hell is this?
The media's coverage was terrible when Trump once turned Qasem Soleimani into ash, so it’s no surprise they react similarly to the death of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was killed in the first wave of airstrikes Saturday morning, which effectively weakened the Iranian regime.
So, of course, the major publications are posting obituaries about this clown, which is a waste of ink and space, but whatever. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think you were reading the Babylon Bee, an elite satire site, but no—this is the real deal from The Washington Post.