Trump Threatens To 'Blow Up' World's Largest Gas Field, But Distances US From Israeli Actions, As Macron Urges Direct Talks

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53% : Here's what he said in part before an EU leaders' summit in Brussels on Thursday: "We will obviously defend a de-escalation, a return to stability in the Middle East," Macron said, adding that he spoke to Qatari emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Donald Trump about the war on Wednesday night.
47% : Iran's retaliation is already hitting energy nodes across the region after Israel's Wednesday South Pars strike, pushing tensions with neighbors past a potential point of no return.
46% : Macron Urges Direct Talks: 'Return to Reason' At a moment Gulf shipping lanes are freezing up with tankers idling in the Gulf of Oman waiting for a greenlight through what's been for most a no-go zone, Iranian lawmakers have proposed a plan to impose tolls and taxes on ships passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz - which of course would not include passage of US and Israeli ships, or others deemed participants of Operation Epic Fury.
37% : " The air war is continuing against Iran, with retaliatory strikes still raining down on Israel, but reportedly at slower pace when compared to the opening days of the war.
31% : Then came the kicker: "In which instance the United States of America, with or without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow up the entirety of the South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before," he wrote.
20% : Trump insisted the US "knew nothing" about Wednesday's Israeli strike on the shared South Pars field, claiming neither did Qatar, while simultaneously declaring "no more attacks will be made by Israel" there - unless Iran escalates.
12% : * * Trump Threatens To "Massively Blow Up" South Pars, Tries To Distance US & Israel Ops In a late-night Truth Social post, President Trump has once again cranked the rhetoric to eleven, warning he'll "massively blow up" Iran's crown jewel gas field if Tehran dares hit Qatar's LNG infrastructure again.

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