In their words · Updated August 5, 2026
24 verified quotes on the record, July 24, 2026 to August 5, 2026. Every one is a character-for-character copy from its source; the lens colors mark the outlets and channels that carried the words, never the person.
Posted it themselves Aug 5
“president trump’s announcements notwithstanding, i see no circumstance where the united states is able to control the strait of hormuz. i’d love to be proven wrong about this.”
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Posted it themselves Aug 4
“the real red lines aren’t iranian military targets. they’re gulf energy infrastructure. desalination plants. airports. that’s what’s keeping trump from escalating. @gzeromedia”
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Posted it themselves Aug 4
“trump doesn’t want to escalate. iran knows it. the single biggest source of leverage tehran has right now. @gzeromedia”
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Posted it themselves Aug 4
“iranian leaders surely convinced at this point that president trump really (really really) doesn’t want to further escalate the war.”
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Posted it themselves Aug 1
“the danger of targeting iran’s energy/critical infrastructure is that the united states cannot adequately defend gulf infrastructure in return when the iranians strike it (and they will).”
on risks of US strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure
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Posted it themselves Jul 31
“iranians are paying the greatest cost of the ongoing war… thousands killed by their own regime in january, thousands more killed in this war, and a new supreme leader just as capable and willing to repress his own people… under even worse economic conditions taking stock six months into this war with @tedtalks”
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Posted it themselves Jul 29
“perspective: if iran’s closure of the strait of hormuz is the largest oil supply move in history (13 million barrels per day), china’s import reduction is the second largest (5 million).”
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Posted it themselves Jul 28
“the houthis aren't just doing iran's bidding. they're pursuing their own negotiations, their own leverage, and their own war. @gzeromedia”
on the Houthis acting on their own agenda rather than just Iran's
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Posted it themselves Jul 28
“trump is betting economic pain will force iran to back down. tehran is betting the us won't tolerate the costs. @gzeromedia”
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Posted it themselves Jul 28
“talks with iran no more likely to succeed this week than before the latest round of us bombings. president trump still unwilling to compromise on control of the strait. not much change here until the costs go up.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 25
“or else... or else... or else... the iranians - correctly - see through empty us threats. the unwillingness to follow through on those threats is keeping a lid on how bad this war could get. but it also makes it more likely we'll continue to see major disruptions.”
on U.S. lack of follow-through on Iran threats risks escalation
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Posted it themselves Jul 24
“as of now, houthis are not trying to completely shut down bab el-mandeb. threats only directed at ships transiting saudi ports. fair amount of traffic is otherwise still moving through the strait.”
on Houthi blockade tactics and shipping movements
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Posted it themselves Jul 24
“zero saudi-linked tankers transiting bab el-mandeb since houthi blockade announcement. no houthi attacks to date…but a lot of caution.”
on Saudi tanker movements following Houthi blockade announcement
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Posted it themselves Aug 5
“russian missiles into ukraine now at highest levels, putin’s response to ukraine bringing his war to his own country.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 29
“zelensky came to washington with something trump respects: momentum. @gzeromedia”
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Posted it themselves Aug 1
“the uk is on their seventh prime minister in the last ten years. peru: hold my beer”
on UK political turnover compared with Peru's
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Posted it themselves Jul 29
“two wars now overlap. russia is helping iran. america is helping ukraine. but this is still not one war. @gzeromedia”
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Posted it themselves Jul 25
“i don’t accept the argument that if you cut foreign aid—even valuable, well targeted foreign aid (which some of usaid was)—you’re responsible for killing people. this should be obvious. so it will probably be controversial.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 24
“it’s extraordinary that a president who won election—twice—promising no new wars has for nearly six months been completely consumed by a new war entirely of his choosing.”
on president contradicting campaign promises against new wars
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Posted it themselves Jul 24
“americans’ opposition to the war in iran isn’t selfishness. it isn’t a lack of patriotism. it’s distrust in leadership.”
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Posted it themselves Jul 28
“$73 billion in additional fuel costs for americans since the start of the iran war…or $562 per household.”
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Posted it themselves Aug 1
“the bullest of markets for billionaire spending in us elections”
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Posted it themselves Aug 1
““having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place.” - gianni infantino, weenie”
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Posted it themselves Aug 1
“the g-zero hits football. just an extraordinary statement from all 55 national associations of uefa (even russia and ukraine) boycotting the world cup.”
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