2026-06-26: Trump Roundup

So far today: 2026-06-26 6:24pm GMT

ecns.cn (2026-06-25). Trump: Iran will not possess a nuclear weapon, and I have agreed to that 100%. ecns.cn

| Reuters | (2026-06-26). Vance, Rubio strike different tone on Iran and Israel. tribune.com.pk President Donald Trump's administration has pushed hard to present a united front on the Iran war, but statements by his vice president and secretary of state have at times diverged over the past week, especially on the subject of Israel. | Vice President JD Vance, speaking at the White House last week, lashed out against Israeli critics of the preliminary US-Iran deal. He suggested that Israeli bombings of civilian ‌infrastructure in Beirut — intended to weaken Hezbollah, which has been attacking Israel — were undermining US-led peace efforts. | Secretary of State Marco R…

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. (2026-06-26). Democrats And Trump Are In Sync On Iran. popularresistance.org The United States began its latest attempt at regime change against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28, 2026. The Trump administration bragged about torpedoing an Iranian ship returning from a naval exercise in India and killing more than 80 sailors. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth released a video of the act of war and added, "They thought they were safe in international waters," an admission of a U.S. violation of international law. The killing of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and some of his family members and the bombing of an elementary school in the city of Minab were also war crimes.

Matt Willgress, Orinoco Tribune. (2026-06-26). The US Empire's 25-Year War On Venezuela. popularresistance.org Donald Trump's attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro nearly six months ago (January 3 2026) marked a dangerous and deadly escalation in Washington's long-running campaign against the Venezuelan people. | This is an ongoing war for Venezuela's oil — the largest proven oil reserves in the world, and the attacks followed the seizure of numerous tankers carrying Venezuelan oil. | It is also the first step in a new strategy to turn the whole of Latin America back into a US colony, seeking to reassert total domination in the region. | It's now 100 per cent clear, less than six months late…

Unearthed Reporters, Sam Bright, Resilience. (2026-06-26). Trump Donors, Billionaires And Oil Companies Fund The Alliance For Responsible Citizenship. popularresistance.org A high-profile conference for right-wing activists gathering in London this week has been funded by a host of American fossil fuel interests, major Trump donors, and billionaires who have bankrolled UK political parties, Unearthed and DeSmog have found. | The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), running from 23-25 June at the Olympia in Kensington, has hosted appearances from British politicians including Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch alongside international stars of the libertarian and populist right. | The event's 4,000 attendees have also been able to hear speeches from leading figures in the Trump adm…

Lynda Carson (2026-06-26). Postmaster General, David Steiner, threatened to restrict delivery of mail-in-ballots. indybay.org Postal workers handling mail-in-ballots at Post Office, in these very grim times when postal workers are under attack, and the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump, and his myrmidon billionaire Postmaster General, David Steiner, are viciously trying to unlawfully restrict our votes!

WSWS (2026-06-26). Trump administration requests approval of $87.6 billion for Iran war. wsws.org The White House padded its request for $87.6 billion—down from the previously discussed $200 billion—with items aimed at getting the votes needed in both chambers of Congress to pass the military appropriations.

Tom Engelhardt (2026-06-26). Addicted to War? War Fever, Trump Style. juancole.com (

Derek Grossman (2026-06-26). Thanks to Trump, Russia's own 'pivot to Asia' is bearing fruit. responsiblestatecraft.org Last week, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations led by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visited Kazan, Russia, to celebrate 35 years of ASEAN-Russia relations and 30 years of dialogue cooperation.Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam to Russia's fifth largest city where they signed a joint

Staff (2026-06-26). Trump Trapped by his Self-Inflicted War. scheerpost.com John Feffer for Foreign Policy in Focus Donald Trump has always considered himself exceptional—that is, an exception to the rules. As a tycoon, he has demonstrated that multiple bankruptcies and an utter contempt for business associates have not hindered his accumulation of wealth. As a politician, he has shown that the same outrageous statements and …

Seth Stern (2026-06-26). 30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech. theintercept.com The harsh sentence for a defendant who wasn't even at the Prairieland protest is likely only the start of the Trump administration's efforts to outlaw free speech.

Staff (2026-06-26). PRESS RELEASE: Supreme Court Paves Way For Mass Deportations. wibailoutpeople.org PRESS RELEASEJune 25, 2026 Haiti Action Committee denounces in the strongest possible terms today's Supreme Court ruling allowing DHS to terminate TPS for Haitian and Syrian refugees currently in the US under Temporary Protected Status.This decision could leave 350,000 Haitians along with 6100 Syrians without work permits, subject to Trump's brutal deportation machine for one …

Staff (2026-06-26). I was DOGEd from USAID: 14 Million Will Die. scheerpost.com Alex Poppe Informed Comment JD Vance recently sat down with "Interesting Times" podcast host Ross Douthat. When Ross Douthat pointed out that the Trump administration had been "more hostile than any prior Republican administration…to the way we do humanitarian aid," the vice president argued that conservative or centrist parties "keep winning landslide elections in Latin …

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