So, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky just had a chat at the NATO summit, and Trump dropped a casual bomb: he wants to license Ukraine to build its own Patriot air-defense missiles. Sounds great, right?
Just when the global economy was wobbling like a Jello mold on a washing machine, someone decided to throw a firecracker into the mix.
So, Donald Trump is at the NATO summit, and he just decided that Spain is officially canceled. No trade, no tapas, not even vacations.
Nothing says "we hear you, please don't leave us" quite like a massive joint military project. With the US constantly telling Europe to pay its own way, a dozen countries just agreed to build a brand-new, super-long-range precision missile.
Just when you think politics cannot get any more cinematic, France gives us a presidential frontrunner who literally has to charge her leg before going to bed.
Just when we thought the Middle East couldn't get any more tangled, Tehran decided to widen the target list. Because nothing says 'de-escalation' like looping in neighbors who were minding their own business.
The fragile peace deal between Washington and Tehran just lasted about as long as a New Year's resolution.
Because the global economy wasn't stressful enough, America and Iran decided to spend their Saturday trading airstrikes like they're in a toxic relationship.
So much for that fragile peace treaty. After Iranian missiles and drones struck a base in Jordan, killing two American troops, the ceasefire is officially in the trash.
So, the Strait of Hormuz is officially blocked, the U.S. is trading heavy airstrikes with Iran, and somehow Kuwait's drinking water got caught in the crossfire.
Next time anyone thinks about calling the police for help during a crisis, they might want to think twice. In Maryland, the justice system decided that shooting a vulnerable guy 12 times is totally fine.
Just when it looked like the US and Iran might actually agree on a peace deal, things went sideways in the most predictable way possible: someone touched the boats.