Tom Dickson
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@TomDickson
I have Cerebral Palsy and chronic face pain - Classical Liberal/Buckleyite Conservative - Eagle Scout - Sports + esports fan - The cool uncle 😎
Breaking: #Iran has struck a major energy site in #SaudiArabia, killing a Saudi security officer and injuring several workers. Riyadh has announced its production and processing capabilities have been hit and might impact world market. A Saudi Energy Ministry source told state media that the Kingdom’s critical energy infrastructure has come under multiple recent attacks. Targets included oil and gas production, transport and refining facilities, petrochemicals, and the electricity sector in Riyadh, the Eastern Province, and Yanbu Industrial City. One Saudi national from industrial security was killed; seven others were injured. Several key operations across the energy system were disrupted. A pumping station on the vital East-West pipeline was hit, cutting flows by 700,000 barrels per day, a key route supplying global markets. The Manifa field saw output drop by 300,000 bpd; Khurais had earlier lost another 300,000 bpd, reducing total production capacity by 600,000 bpd. Major refining facilities were also targeted, including SATORP (Jubail), Ras Tanura, SAMREF (Yanbu), and Riyadh refinery, directly impacting exports of refined products. Processing facilities at Juaymah were hit by fires, affecting LPG and natural gas liquids exports. Continued attacks risk further supply shortages, slower recovery, and increased volatility in global oil markets, especially as emergency reserves are already partially depleted, limiting the ability to offset disruptions.
There is good reason to worry about the safety of our negotiators in Pakistan. The country is armed and dangerous and the government is not fully in control. Previous high level visits were short and they involved decoy aircraft, as when then-President Clinton surreptitiously changed airplanes so no one would know which one he was on. The USSS did not like President Bush going there in 2006. The Secret Service will be tested this trip. So too will the military that supports this mission. Pray for the safety of our negotiators, including the VP, and for their success.
Pedro Sanchez’ Spain is planning to reopen its embassy in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 🇪🇸🇮🇷
A rare and deadly “civil war” has broken out between two factions of chimps in Africa. on.wsj.com/48AuGRq
Israel has nukes, but doesn't need to admit it as they're America's ally Meanwhile Iran just got bombed to oblivion because of their "nuclear program"
BREAKING: China pushed Iran to agree to a ceasefire, in an attempt to win favor with the Trump administration. Xi aims to convince Trump that Taiwan is a "breakaway province" of China in their meeting next month - WSJ
BREAKING: China is responsible for 'nudging' Iran to agree for talks with US and now has 'diplomatic capital' with Trump, according to Wall Street Journal report.
It’s genuinely grim that the insane conspiracy theorist wing of the GOP has better foreign policy ideas than the president
President Trump: “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!” President DONALD J. TRUMP
🚨🛢🚢Trump on Truth Social: Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!
