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UPI
6 hours ago
- Politics
- UPI
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyeb Abbas Araghchi says Israel ran 'Daddy' to avoid missiles
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi appear in Muscat, Oman, on April 12, for nuclear talks with the United States. Photo by Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs/UPI | License Photo June 27 (UPI) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyeb Abbas Araghchi said Friday that the "Israeli regime had NO Choice but to RUN to 'Daddy' to avoid being flattened out by our missiles." Araghchi posted the comments on X, four days after President Donald Trump announced there would be cease-fire the next day. The truce has held. Mark Rutte, NATO secretary-general, described Trump as "Daddy" for using strong language against Iran and Israel. Trump said the two nations were like "two kids in a schoolyard" that had a "big fight." The White House embraced the term and released a video of Trump's participation in the NATO Summit in the Netherlands, accompanied by the song Hey Daddy (Daddy's home) by Usher. In the foreign minister's social media post he said: "The Great and Powerful Iranian People, who showed the world that the Israeli regime had NO CHOICE but to RUN to 'Daddy' to avoid being flattened by our Missiles, do not take kindly to Threats and Insults. If Illusions lead to worse mistakes, Iran will not hesitate to unveil its Real Capabilities, which will certainly END any Delusion about the Power of Iran." Araghchi also warned Trump to better treat Iran's supreme leader. "If President Trump is genuine about wanting a deal, he should put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards Iran's Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, and stop hurting his millions of heartfelt followers," he wrote. In Truth Social post on Friday afternoon, Trump wrote: "Why would the so-called 'Supreme Leader,' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of the war torn Country of Iran, say so blatantly and foolishly that he won the War with Israel, when he knows his statement is a lie, it is not so. As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie." Trump said he saved the 85-year-old Khamenei from "UGLY AND IGNOMINOUS DEATH," though the president told Israel not to assassinate the leader. The foreign minister said the Iranian people are strong. "The complexity and tenacity of Iranians is famously known in our magnificent carpets, woven through countless hours of hard work and patience," he wrote. "But as a people, our basic premise is very simple and straightforward: we know our worth, value our independence, and never allow anyone else to decide our destiny." Trump has announced that U.S. and Iranian officials will meet next week to discuss a potential nuclear deal but that an accord was not necessary. Trump continued to claim that U.S. strikes "obliterated" Iran's nuclear enrichment capacities, even though doubt looms. Trump has said he would "absolutely" consider bombing Iran again, especially if Iran continues to work toward a nuclear bomb. Satellite imagery captured Friday appears to show new activity at Iran's Fordow nuclear facility. It is deep inside a mountain to guard it from attacks. Seven B-2 jets struck Iran with seven bombs on Saturday night after a 17-hour trip from Missouri. But the US military did not use bunker-buster bombs on one of Iran's largest nuclear facilities last weekend due to the site's depth, the top US general told senators, according to CNN sources. On Friday, the U.S. Senate rejected a resolution that sought to rein in Trump's ability to use military action against Iran without congressional approval. The vote was 53-47. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted with Democrats to advance the resolution, and Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voted against it.
Toronto Sun
7 hours ago
- Business
- Toronto Sun
LILLEY: Carney puts Canadian jobs at risk over foolish tax idea
Canadian jobs are now on the line over a foolish move to bring in a Digital Services Tax that is angering all sides in the United States. Get the latest from Brian Lilley straight to your inbox Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a closing press conference following the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS Mark Carney has decided to put Canadian auto jobs, manufacturing jobs, and the whole steel and aluminum industry at risk over a yet-to-be implement tax. It's a foolish move for the Liberals from both an economic point of view and from a negotiation standpoint. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account On Friday, Donald Trump announced that trade talks with Canada, the ones to try and ease the tariffs, were off. The reason, Carney's insistence on pushing ahead with a Digital Services Tax that comes into effect next week. Industry told the Liberals to scrap the asked them to drop it. The Biden admin started a pending trade dispute with us. The Liberals kept this tax. Now Trump has cancelled all trade talks with us. We are killing other industries over this dumb tax. It must go. — Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) June 27, 2025 Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It will require big tech companies like Apple, Uber, Amazon and others to pay 3% of their revenue from Canada — that's revenue, not profit — to the Canadian government. It also comes with a retroactive payment of roughly $3 billion for the American tech companies to cover the period going back to 2022. The bill imposing this legislation and the retroactive payments to 2022, only passed Parliament on June 20, 2024. No wonder President Trump calls this legislation unfair. Trump, like Biden before him, has been asking us to drop this tax, which both sides in America believe violates CUSMA, and we have refused to budge so now, he's walking away from talks. 'Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let Canada know the Tariff that they will be paying to do business with the United States of America within the next seven day period. Thank you for your attention to this matter!' Trump posted to his Truth Social account. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Speaking with reporters in the White House during a signing ceremony on Friday, Trump was blunt at times when asked about Canada. At first, Trump batted away a question about trade with Canada noting that the ceremony was about a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Moments later, he made his views clear. 'Canada put a charge on some of our companies and Canada has been a very difficult country to deal with over the years,' Trump said. 'Economically we have such power over Canada. I'd rather not use it,' Trump said. 'It's not going to work out well for Canada. They were foolish to do it.' Foolish is correct because this means tariffs stay in place, jobs are put at risk and Canada suffers. It's not just voices in Washington saying that, it's coming from business groups and provincial premiers as well. Various industry groups have been warning the government that this was the wrong path to take and the Business Council of Canada had come out strongly against the tax. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Read More 'In an effort to get trade negotiations back on track, Canada should put forward an immediate proposal to eliminate the DST in exchange for an elimination of tariffs from the United States,' BCC president and CEO Goldy Hyder said after Trump's announcement. Last October, when it still looked like Kamala Harris and the Democrats would be the likely winner of America's November election, Ontario Premier Doug Ford was calling for the DST to be scrapped. Speaking to the Empire Club in Toronto, Ford said the tax threatened Canadian jobs. 'I talk to Democrats, I talk to Republicans, and they are furious,' Ford said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'We cannot put millions of Canadian jobs in our historic economic partnership with the U.S. at risk because of a stubborn refusal to listen to the concerns of our American friends,' Ford added. 'The federal government needs to pause the implementation of the digital services tax.' We need the federal government to pause the implementation of their Digital Services Tax. For our American partners, this is nothing but an unfair tax that's putting millions of Canadian jobs at risk. — Doug Ford (@fordnation) October 19, 2024 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Carney Liberals, much like the Trudeau Liberals refuse to listen to the Americans when they have issues with us on trade, but we expect them to listen to us. The Liberals seem to think this is a one-way conversation where we talk, they listen, and we get what we want. I've been hearing for months that we haven't caved on the DST because we are holding out to get something in return for dropping it. The tax comes into effect Monday, we have refused to drop it and we have gotten nothing in return. This isn't a Mark Carney elbows up moment; this is a complete and utter failure that anyone paying attention could have predicted. 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The Hill
8 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Iran's foreign minister: Israel had to run to ‘daddy'
Iran 'showed the world that the Israeli regime had NO Choice but to RUN to 'Daddy' to avoid being flattened out by our missiles,' wrote Seyeb Abbas Araghchi, Iran's Foreign Minister, on X. This comes amid a back and forth between Iran and the U.S. after the supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei spoke for the first time since the U.S. strikes. 'My congratulations on our dear Iran's victory over the US regime,' he said. Trump reacted to Khamenei's words by saying in a post on Truth Social, 'Why would the so-called 'Supreme Leader,' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of the war torn Country of Iran, say so blatantly and foolishly that he won the War with Israel, when he knows his statement is a lie, it is not so. As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie.' Trump also expressed that he saved Khamenei from 'UGLY AND IGNOMINOUS DEATH.' The foreign minister continued to defend his supreme leader by threatening Israel. 'If Illusions lead to worse mistakes, Iran will not hesitate to unveil its Real Capabilities, which will certainly END any Delusion about the Power of Iran,' Araghchi wrote. This put the already-fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel in jeopardy. He also said in the post that 'If President Trump is genuine about wanting a deal, he should put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards Iran's Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, and stop hurting his millions of heartfelt followers.' Trump announced that U.S. and Iranian officials will meet next week to discuss a potential nuclear deal but that it was not necessary. Trump continued to defend claims that U.S. strikes 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear enrichment capacities, even though doubt still looms. Trump said that if intelligence reports cast any more doubt on the state of Iran's nuclear program, he would consider bombing again. The use of the word 'Daddy' to describe President Trump continues. Mark Rutte, NATO secretary-general, began the trend when he called Trump 'Daddy' for using strong language against Iran and Israel. The White House then embraced the term and released a video of Trump's participation in the NATO Summit accompanied by the song 'Hey Daddy (Daddy's home)' by Usher.
Time of India
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Putin Issues BIG Warning After NATO Increases Military Spending
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a stark warning to NATO, accusing the West of decades of deceit over military expansion. Citing broken promises of 'not one inch east,' he condemned NATO's push toward Russia's borders. Putin slammed Europe's stance on so-called 'Russian aggression,' asserting Moscow's sovereign right to set red lines. The warning comes just days after the NATO Summit in The Hague, where the alliance agreed to increase military spending to five percent.
Time of India
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Putin Hails ‘Courageous' Trump After He Snubs Zelensky At NATO Summit; ‘Want To Meet Him'
Putin Hails 'Courageous' Trump After He Snubs Zelensky At NATO Summit; 'Want To Meet Him'
