John Powers

Cathy Wilcox is a national treasure. What a brilliant cartoon

@RoddyFor @BogataTimar Note to readers: current UK polls show that wanting the UK to rejoin the EU is a plus.

@BogataTimar Those of us in the rest of Europe will judge Magyar by his actions in office. Backing Ukraine is a plus. Sweeping away Orban’s cronies will be a plus. Wanting the UK to rejoin the EU is a minus. And a big minus: if he lets more migrants into Hungary, Fidesz will return to power.

okay I guess I have to talk about Péter Magyar here. Let me just start with saying, in a very unladylike way, that you guys seem to have zero clue what happened in Hungary in the last two years, you completely miss the point, and you're a disappointing bunch. Let's go.

@Bjornapoor @humeyra_pamuk We (UK) have no manned minesweepers but we have autonomous mine clearing technology. Starmer has indicated that we will participate in mine clearing operations as part of opening the strait, but not in the blockade.

@humeyra_pamuk So trumps claim that England is sending mine sweepers is bs?

PARIS/LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - NATO allies said on Monday they would not get involved in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to blockade Iranian ports, proposing to intervene only once fighting ends, in a move likely to anger Trump and increase strains in the alliance.

Magyar: I will not actively seek ties with Russia, but if Putin calls me, I will pick up the phone and ask him to end the war. Hungary is a free, independent European country, part of the EU and NATO, and that is how we will act in the world. 1/

Ukraine's Defense Minister Fedorov announced that Belgium and Spain will each provide €1 billion in aid to Ukraine, along with additional F-16s.

There is a possibility of US-Iran agreement. —FT US asked for a 20 years moratorium on Uranium enrichment while Iran is mulling a 10 years pause. Russia has offered to transfer the existing Uranium material from Iran. —Press

Chinese Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun: Our ships are moving in and out of the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. We have trade and energy agreements with Iran. We will respect and honor those agreements and expect others not to interfere in our affairs. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz and it is open for us.

@CriticSusan @atrupar And the UK said no.

@atrupar The EU already said "no". So who are the other nations?

Q: Is your expectation other countries will help in the effort to blockade Iran? TRUMP: Yeah, other countries are gonna also. We don't need other countries, frankly.

Trump is having a mental health episode right now. He’s been posting on social media all night. He posted at: 9:49pm (Ai Jesus photo) 9:50pm (Trump tower on moon) 10:10pm (dumb meme) 10:32pm (news clip) 10:53pm (news clip) 12:43am (announcing Hormuz blockade) 2:35am (article about Biden) 2:36am (article on naval blockade) 2:37am (article on Rep. Swalwell) 2:37am (posted the same article about Biden again) 2:38am (article on his ballroom) 4:10am (article on Iran) He’s not sleeping, he’s pretending to be Jesus, and he’s posting all night. He’s not well.

Trump's followers on Truth Social are calling him the Antichrist after his post of an image depicting himself as Jesus

Magyar on Ukraine 🇭🇺🇺🇦: "Everyone in Hungary knows that Ukraine is a victim of this war and no one should tell them under what conditions they should enter a peace or sign a peace treaty. We cannot tell any country to give up their territory. And this is what the Fidesz politicians said. Then I would like to ask them: What would you do if Russia attacked Hungary? Which Hungarian counties would you be willing to give up? Ukraine should receive security guarantees and territorial guarantees that can be observed and kept. Ukraine, under the Budapest Memorandum, gave up its nuclear arsenal for guarantees, but those guarantees were violated repeatedly by Russia."🔚 This is a good starting point. Hopefully, the relationship between our countries can be mended from here. I'm really looking forward to having sane neighbors.

The JD Vance Effect…

BREAKING: Southport Inquiry utterly damning of the failure of both policy and parenting in relation to the attacker. Almost nobody in his life - police, council, mental health services, Prevent, nor his father and mother - did enough to stop him. itv.com/news/granada/2…

محسن رضایی: نیروهای مسلح ایران اجازه محاصره دریایی به آمریکا نخواهند داد و اهرم‌های دست‌نخورده بزرگی برای مقابله با آن دارند. ایران جایی نیست که با توییت و طرح‌های خیالی محاصره شود! isna.ir/xdWdwB

💥🇭🇺With 95% of votes counted, Hungary’s map shows the opposition Tisza party crushing Fidesz 94–12 in constituencies. Péter Magyar has secured a 2/3 majority, asked President Tamás Sulyok and other Orbán loyalists to resign immediately, and announced his first visit to Warsaw.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just called to congratulate us on our victory.

@panyiszabolcs @Telexhu 3 Research Institute’s Apr 8–11 exclusive survey

“Open the Fuckin' Strait.” Oh. Wait. No. “Close the Fuckin’ Strait.”

This exchange between the current Hungarian foreign minister and Lavrov should quite literally never be forgotten

Many thx @JDVance ❤️🇪🇺