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The Virginia General Assembly has passed House Bill 333, establishing curriculum standards for any public school instruction on the events of January 6, 2021 at the United States Capitol. The bill passed the House 63 to 35 and the Senate 21 to 19, on largely party-line votes. Governor Abigail Spanberger is expected to sign it. It would be the first state law of its kind in the United States. Donna Phillips, head of the Center for Civic Education, confirmed this assessment.

The bill does not require any Virginia school to teach about January 6. No district is compelled to include a lesson, unit, or classroom discussion on the subject. However, if a school board elects to provide such instruction, the bill imposes the following requirements. The instruction must not describe any portion of the events as a peaceful protest or peaceful demonstration. The instruction must not present as credible the claim that extensive election fraud in the 2020 presidential election could have changed or did change the outcome. The instruction must describe the events as an unprecedented, violent attack on United States democratic institutions, infrastructure, and representatives for the purpose of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election. These requirements apply to any teacher who chooses to address the subject. The bill carries no penalty clause, no dedicated complaint process, and no funding for curriculum development or teacher training. The fiscal impact to the state is assessed as none. Local impact is listed as indeterminate. The Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union declined to comment.

The bill’s sponsor, Delegate Dan Helmer of Fairfax, stated that HB333 is a direct response to a webpage published by the White House on January 6, 2026, the fifth anniversary of the attack, which described the events as a peaceful march, attributed the violence to law enforcement, accused then-Vice President Mike Pence of cowardice and sabotage, and found no wrongdoing on the part of President Trump. Fact-checkers and news organisations identified multiple false claims on that page. Helmer described the bill as a preventative measure against what he characterised as a White House disinformation campaign. Republican Delegate Tom Garrett of Buckingham characterised the bill as telling legislators what they are not allowed to say and what they must say, and compared the measure to tactics employed by Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. The bill passed. The whitehouse.gov page has not been amended.

This correspondent further notes, for purposes of administrative completeness, that forty-six individuals who were present at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 filed a class-action lawsuit in Florida on March 30, 2026, seeking 18.4 million dollars in damages from the Capitol Police and DC Metropolitan Police Department, alleging excessive force. Their complaint states that no one intentionally harmed any officers. Several named plaintiffs were previously convicted of assaulting the officers they are now suing, and were subsequently pardoned by President Trump. Virginia’s curriculum standards, if signed into law, would require that any classroom instruction on January 6 describe the event as a violent attack. The lawsuit describes it as a peaceful protest. Both documents are a matter of public record.

The Governor’s office has indicated she will review all legislation that comes to her desk.

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The Kentucky General Assembly has introduced Senate Resolution 204 and House Resolution 132, recommending that a permanent statue of United States Senator Mitch McConnell be placed in the New State Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort, currently undergoing a 300 million dollar renovation. Senate President Robert Stivers filed the resolution, describing McConnell as the most influential Kentuckian in the last century or, possibly, the history of the state. McConnell, 84, served as United States Senator from Kentucky from 1985 until his retirement and became the longest-serving Senate party leader in American history. The resolution does not carry the force of law. It is intended, per its sponsor, to start the discussion.

The proposal has received mixed reviews. Donald Trump Jr. responded to the statue resolution on X with the following assessment: “It belongs in Kiev, not Kentucky.” This is a geographic recommendation, not an endorsement. President Donald Trump has not publicly commented on the Kentucky statue specifically, though his views on Senator McConnell are a matter of extensive public record. The President has previously described McConnell as a “political hack,” referred to him as “Old Crow,” accused him of “getting NOTHING done,” and stated that McConnell had “betrayed” him following January 6, 2021, when the Senator described Trump as “practically and morally responsible” for the attack on the Capitol before voting to acquit him. The relationship between the two men has been described by both parties as not warm. Senator McConnell did not seek reelection.

The Kentucky General Assembly has not passed legislation making Juneteenth a state holiday. Juneteenth, which commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865, became a federal holiday in 2021. As of this filing, Kentucky is among the states that have not enacted Juneteenth as an official state holiday. Governor Andy Beshear has publicly described the simultaneous advancement of the McConnell statue resolution and the absence of Juneteenth legislation as wrong. He suggested that a more fitting subject for commemoration might be General Charles Young.

This correspondent notes the following regarding General Charles Young. Charles Young was born into slavery on March 12, 1864, in Mays Lick, Kentucky. His father escaped enslavement in 1865 and enlisted in the United States Colored Heavy Artillery. Young became the third Black graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1889. He was the first Black national park superintendent, overseeing Sequoia National Park in 1903. He was the first Black military attache. He was the first Black man to achieve the rank of colonel in the United States Army. He was passed over for promotion to brigadier general in 1917, despite his distinguished record, because White officers declined to serve under a Black superior. The Secretary of War medically retired him instead. To demonstrate his fitness for active duty, Young rode 500 miles on horseback from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington DC. The Secretary of War did not reverse the decision. Young died in Nigeria in 1922. He was buried with full military honours at Arlington National Cemetery. In 2022 — one hundred years after his death — he was posthumously promoted to brigadier general. Governor Beshear had initiated Kentucky’s request for this promotion in 2020. Neither President Trump nor Donald Trump Jr. has publicly commented on General Young.

The New State Capitol Rotunda currently contains statues of Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay, Alben Barkley, and Dr. Ephraim McDowell. There is also a vacant corner where a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis stood until Governor Beshear requested its removal in 2020. The General Assembly has final say over permanent displays in the space. Senate Resolution 204 is in committee. Juneteenth is not on the legislative calendar. General Young does not currently have a statue in the Kentucky Capitol. These are the facts as filed.

Primary source: Governor Andy Beshear — Facebook post (screenshot on file)

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The President of the United States published a statement on Truth Social on March 30, 2026, the day before the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case concerning his executive order ending birthright citizenship. The statement reads, in relevant part: “Birthright Citizenship has to do with the babies of slaves, not Chinese Billionaires who have 56 kids, all of whom ‘become’ American Citizens. One of the many Great Scams of our time!”

The President’s statement arrives the day before oral arguments in a case that will determine whether his executive order — signed on his first day in office — is constitutionally permissible. The order redefines citizenship to exclude children born in the United States to parents without legal status or on temporary visas. The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

This correspondent notes the following items for the record. The President’s characterisation of birthright citizenship as applying exclusively to the children of slaves is his stated position and the stated position of his administration’s legal filings before the Supreme Court. It is not the position of the Supreme Court, which in 1898 ruled in United States v. Wong Kim Ark that the 14th Amendment confers citizenship on children born in the United States to immigrant parents. Wong Kim Ark was the child of Chinese immigrants living legally in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that he was a citizen. The case is directly on point. It has governed birthright citizenship for 128 years.

Legal scholars across the ideological spectrum, including those who support the President’s broader immigration agenda, have described the argument that the 14th Amendment applies only to the children of enslaved persons as inconsistent with the amendment’s text, its legislative history, and the 1898 precedent. Senator Jacob Howard, the Republican who managed the 14th Amendment’s passage in the Senate, stated in 1866 that the citizenship clause would include “every other class of persons” except foreign diplomats and their families. The children of Chinese immigrants were discussed specifically during the amendment’s drafting. They were included. This is in the congressional record.

The President additionally stated that the United States is “the only Country in the World that dignifies this subject with even discussion.” Approximately thirty countries currently offer unrestricted birthright citizenship under the legal principle known as jus soli, including Canada, Mexico, and every country in Central and South America. The United States is not the only such country. This has been noted.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow. A decision is expected before the end of June. The 14th Amendment has been in continuous effect since 1868.

Primary source: President Donald J. Trump — Truth Social, 30 March 2026

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Oracle Corporation began notifying employees of their termination on March 31, 2026, at approximately 6 a.m. local time across the United States, India, Canada, and Mexico. The notifications arrived via email from an address identified as “Oracle Leadership” with the subject line: “Immediate Action Required – Important Information Regarding Your Employment.” The body of the email informed recipients that their role had been eliminated as part of a broader organisational change, that today was their last working day, and that access to company systems had been revoked. There was no prior notice from HR. There was no prior notice from direct managers. The email offered severance contingent on signing separation paperwork. Investment bank TD Cowen estimates the total cuts will affect between 20,000 and 30,000 employees — approximately 18 percent of Oracle’s global workforce of 162,000 people. Oracle has not confirmed the number. Oracle has not commented.

The layoffs are tied to Oracle’s AI infrastructure buildout. The company has taken on 58 billion dollars in new debt in the past two months and has committed to capital expenditure of an estimated 156 billion dollars to construct AI data centers. The job cuts are expected to free up between 8 and 10 billion dollars in cash flow toward this project. Oracle posted a 95 percent jump in net income last quarter, reaching 6.13 billion dollars. This is not a company in financial distress. It is a company that has decided to fund the future using the present workforce as collateral. The employees who received the 6 a.m. email did not receive advance notice of this decision.

Later on March 31, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps published a statement through its official outlet Sepah News designating 18 American and allied technology companies as legitimate military targets. The statement advised employees of these institutions to immediately leave their workplaces to preserve their lives and warned that the companies should expect destruction of their respective units starting at 8 p.m. Tehran time on Wednesday, April 1. Oracle is on the list. The other 17 companies named are Cisco, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Dell, Palantir, Nvidia, JPMorgan Chase, Tesla, General Electric, Boeing, Spire Solutions, and UAE-based AI firm G42. The IRGC stated that these companies are considered legitimate targets due to their involvement in planning and tracking targets for US-Israeli military strikes. Oracle holds an 88 million dollar contract with the US Air Force to integrate its cloud computing software into Air Force operations. Oracle has not commented on the IRGC designation.

This correspondent notes that Oracle employees in the Gulf region received two significant communications on March 31, 2026. The first arrived at 6 a.m. and informed them their employment had ended. The second arrived later and advised them to leave their workplace before 8 p.m. on April 1. The sequencing is noted. Oracle has not commented on either.

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The President of the United States issued three diplomatic communications on the morning of March 31, 2026, between 8:06 AM and 9:42 AM. They are presented here in order of transmission.

At 8:06 AM, the President addressed countries experiencing difficulty obtaining jet fuel due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. He singled out the United Kingdom by name, noting that it had refused to become involved in the decapitation of Iran. He offered two suggestions. The first was to purchase fuel from the United States, which he noted has plenty. The second was to, in his words, “build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.” The President added that the United States would not be available to assist these countries going forward, as they had not been available to assist the United States. He noted that Iran had been “essentially, decimated” and that “the hard part is done.” He closed with the instruction: “Go get your own oil!” The post was signed: President DJT.

16 minutes after this, at 8:22 AM, the President addressed France. He stated that France had refused to permit planes loaded with military supplies for Israel to fly over French territory. He described France as “VERY UNHELPFUL” with respect to the “Butcher of Iran,” who he noted had been “successfully eliminated.” He stated that the United States will REMEMBER. The post was signed: President DJT.

One hour and 20 minutes later, at 9:42 AM, the President announced that Their Majesties the King and Queen of the United Kingdom will visit the United States for a Historic State Visit from April 27 to 30, to include a Banquet Dinner at the White House on the evening of April 28. The President noted that the visit will be even more special this year as it coincides with the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America. He stated that he looks forward to spending time with the King, whom he greatly respects. He stated the visit will be TERRIFIC. The post was signed: DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

This correspondent notes that the United Kingdom was addressed twice in the same morning, at an interval of 96 minutes. In the first communication it was advised to build up delayed courage and go take its own oil, as the United States would no longer be available to help. In the second it was invited to a Banquet Dinner. The King is greatly respected. France was not mentioned in the third post. France will be remembered.

The Strait of Hormuz remains closed.

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency issued its highest-level air quality designation — “hazardous” — across a 200-mile stretch of Texas and New Mexico on March 27, 2026, affecting approximately 1.3 million residents. A second cloud of unhealthy air formed simultaneously near the US-Mexico border, centred over El Paso, a city of nearly 700,000 people. The air quality index in the border region reached 290 at its peak, a reading worse than any major city on Earth at the time of measurement, surpassing Dhaka, Delhi, and Lahore. Anyone within the affected zones was advised to close their windows, avoid outdoor activity, wear a face mask when leaving the home, and operate an air purifier if one was available.

The source of the hazardous air is fine particulate matter designated PM2.5 and PM10, produced in this instance by a combination of industrial emissions, wind-blown dust, and fires reported outside Odessa. The region sits within and adjacent to the Permian Basin, the largest oil and gas producing zone in the United States, which contributes materially to baseline particulate matter levels in the area under normal conditions. The EPA’s air quality advisory instructs residents that PM2.5 particles are small enough to penetrate deep into the lungs, cause inflammation and breathing difficulties, and contribute to heart attacks and strokes. Residents are encouraged to run their air purifiers. The agency did not specify how residents without air purifiers should proceed.

The Environmental Protection Agency, which issued this advisory, has undergone significant organisational changes in recent months. Under EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, the agency has terminated approximately 400 probationary employees, closed its Office of Environmental Justice, shuttered its Office of Inclusive Excellence, and eliminated all diversity and equity staff across its ten regional offices. President Trump stated in a cabinet meeting that he expected 65 percent of the EPA’s workforce — approximately 11,000 employees — to be let go, though EPA spokespeople declined to confirm this figure. DOGE has been granted sign-off authority over all agency expenditures exceeding $50,000. The agency’s budget has been proposed for reduction by 65 percent. Administrator Zeldin has outlined five new strategic pillars for the EPA. They include bringing back American auto jobs, making America the AI capital of the world, and boosting fossil fuel development. Protecting human health and the environment is also on the list.

One million three hundred thousand Americans have been advised to stay inside and lock their windows. The air purifiers are running where available. The EPA is on the case.

Primary source: Daily Mail — toxic air warning Texas New Mexico, 27 March 2026

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A social media post published Monday morning by @USronaldcarter, describing the previous twelve hours as “catastrophic” for Israel and the United States, received 1.9 million views and 11,000 retweets within hours of publication. This correspondent has cross-referenced its claims against reporting from the New York Times, BBC, Al Jazeera, Times of Israel, and Reuters. The following is what can be confirmed.

Iranian missile fire struck the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa on March 30, causing a fire and thick smoke visible across the city. A tanker in the facility’s grounds received a direct hit. Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen described the damage as not significant and confirmed no fuel disruption. The refinery has now been struck three times in less than a year. Its planned relocation from Haifa Bay, due to longstanding environmental and safety concerns, has been delayed to 2031. The chemical and pharmaceutical industrial zone near Beersheba, which includes one of Teva Pharmaceutical’s largest facilities, sustained fire damage from intercepted missile fragments in a previous barrage. Teva is the largest generic drug manufacturer in the world. The fire was reported as contained. US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia have sustained damage from Iranian strikes, with the Institute for National Security Studies estimating over 800 million dollars in regional damage to date. These are confirmed.

The claim that Iran carried out 27 strikes on the Negev with zero air defense interceptions is not confirmed. Multiple Israeli media sources report interceptions in recent barrages, though the rate and effectiveness have been described as diminished. The claim that Iran issued an ultimatum threatening to strike American universities by noon March 30 is not confirmed in the precise phrasing reported. The claim that Iran announced targeting of the personal homes of military commanders reflects stated Iranian intent but was not phrased as a formal announcement. The claim that Iran has full control of the Strait of Hormuz is not confirmed; Iran has asserted control and the strait remains closed to US and Israeli allied shipping, with QatarEnergy having already declared force majeure on LNG contracts.

This correspondent notes the following without editorial comment. The military operation is now in its fifth week. More than 15,000 bombs have been dropped on Iran. More than 5,500 targets have been struck by coalition forces. The Iranian Red Crescent has recorded more than 1,900 dead and 20,000 wounded in Iran. Seventy-two fatalities have been recorded from Iranian strikes outside Israel. Israel’s missile interception capacity has been described by analysts as materially diminished. The Tomahawk stockpile has been described as alarmingly low. The RUSI think tank has estimated five years to replenish what has been expended. Civilian infrastructure on both sides — refineries, pharmaceutical plants, universities, power plants, desalination facilities, ports — is now a primary target category for all parties. The Atlantic is running headlines about a multidimensional economic disaster. These are all confirmed.

The viral post closed with the words: “This war just entered a phase nobody planned for.” An AI system that nominated targets during the opening strikes has been promoted to a core Pentagon program of record. The President of the United States has outlined contingency plans for the desalination plants in a Truth Social post signed with his full name and title. The Vice President believes the unidentified aerial phenomena may be demonic. A UN representative resigned and said may God bless this world. God has not responded.

The phase nobody planned for is being planned for now.

Primary source: @USronaldcarter — X, 30 March 2026

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The Israeli Knesset has passed legislation mandating the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of intentionally killing a person with the intent to deny the existence of the State of Israel. The bill was introduced by the Otzma Yehudit party, led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and passed its final readings on Monday, March 30, 2026. The law now applies in any territory under Israeli functional control, including the West Bank and 53 percent of the Gaza Strip. Courts may impose the death sentence even if the prosecution did not request it. Unanimous consent of the judges is not required. Executions are to be carried out within 90 days of confirmation by the Israeli Prison Service.

This correspondent notes several procedural details. The bill’s language specifies killing with intent to deny the existence of the State of Israel, a threshold that Israeli legal experts and IDF representatives both warned creates a practical distinction making the law applicable almost exclusively to Palestinians. Israeli nationals convicted of lethal nationalist attacks against Palestinians are not subject to the same provision, as the ideological burden of proof operates in one direction. The Justice Ministry’s representative described establishing the death penalty in the West Bank through civilian legislation as “very problematic.” The IDF warned the law contradicts international treaties to which Israel is signatory. The bill passed.

Israel has executed two people in its history. The first was Meir Tobianski, an IDF soldier convicted of treason by court-martial in 1948, granted no lawyer or right of appeal, and hanged. He was subsequently exonerated. The second was Adolf Eichmann, convicted of crimes against humanity in 1962. Israel holds approximately 9,500 Palestinian prisoners. Several hundred are estimated to be eligible for the death penalty under the new law.

Minister Ben-Gvir has been wearing a lapel pin in the shape of a noose to National Security Committee meetings during the bill’s deliberation. He handed out sweets to Knesset colleagues after the bill passed its first reading. His colleague, MK Limor Son Har-Melech, who co-sponsored the legislation, dressed as an executioner complete with noose and syringe for the Purim holiday. Her husband wore a costume representing the themes of, in his description, “occupation, expulsion, settlement.” Minister Ben-Gvir has confirmed that doctors have expressed willingness to participate in executions. Their message to him was: “Just tell us when.” The method of execution has not been finalised. Hanging is described as one of the options. The electric chair has also been mentioned. Ben-Gvir noted that euthanasia is another possibility.

France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement expressing deep concern. They described the bill as having a de facto discriminatory character. Israel’s Foreign Ministry accused them of double standards. The bill passed. The doctors are available.

Primary source: AP News — Israel death penalty bill Knesset

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The Precision Strike Missile designated PrSM completed prototype testing in 2025 and entered combat on the first day of the military operation in Iran, February 28, 2026. Its first confirmed strike hit a sports hall and adjacent elementary school in Lamerd, a city in southern Iran. At least 21 people were killed, including two schoolgirls aged 10 and 11 and their volleyball coach. The New York Times, working with munitions experts, verified the weapon’s distinctive silhouette in flight footage, its mid-air fireball detonation, and the pattern of tungsten pellet fragmentation damage across the school grounds and surrounding residential area. A United States official confirmed to the Times that the missile used was the PrSM. The missile is designed to detonate above its target and blast small tungsten pellets outward. The playground was peppered with fragmentation holes. The weapon performed as designed.

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps compound is situated next to the sports hall. It appears to have been the intended target of the attack, though it is unclear whether it was damaged. According to archival satellite imagery reviewed by the Times, the school and sports hall have been separated from the IRGC compound by a wall for at least fifteen years. The school was publicly identified as a civilian facility on Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Wikimapia at the time of the strike. The wall is still there.

CENTCOM’s response to reports of the strike was as follows: “We’re aware of the reports and are looking into them. U.S. forces do not indiscriminately target civilians, unlike the Iranian regime.” This was also the day a Tomahawk cruise missile struck a school in Minab, several hundred miles away, killing 175 people. Two schools on the first day of the military operation. One struck by a cruise missile. The other by a weapon so new the military was publicly celebrating its combat debut in the days that followed. Whether the Lamerd strike was a targeting failure, a design flaw, or deliberate, CENTCOM is looking into it.

The AI targeting system that nominated locations for the opening strikes of the military operation is called Maven Smart System. It was built by Palantir Technologies under a contract valued at 1.3 billion dollars. It fuses satellite imagery, drone feeds, radar data and signals intelligence into a single interface, compressing the process of identifying, approving and striking a target from hours into seconds. Maven was being investigated for its possible role in the school strike in Minab. Following this investigation, Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg signed a memo designating Maven an official Pentagon program of record, mandating its adoption across every branch of the United States military by September 2026. The contract ceiling was not reduced. Palantir’s stock has approximately doubled in the past year. The children’s volleyball team did not have a contract ceiling.

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The President of the United States has issued a progress report on negotiations to conclude the military operation in Iran. The update was published on Truth Social at 7:26 AM on March 30, 2026, and signed “President DONALD J. TRUMP.” It is reproduced here in full, as it constitutes its own summary:

“The United States of America is in serious discussions with A New, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran. Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately ‘Open for Business,’ we will conclude our lovely ‘stay’ in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet ‘touched.’ This will be in retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime’s 47 year ‘Reign of Terror.’ Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

This correspondent notes several items for the record. The President is negotiating with a regime he has described as new and more reasonable than the previous one, which is the regime the military operation began against in February. The transition between regimes appears to have occurred during the operation. The new regime’s precise composition and the circumstances of its emergence were not addressed in the post.

The contingency targets identified by the President — electric generating plants, oil wells, Kharg Island, and possibly desalination plants — are civilian infrastructure. The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols prohibit the deliberate targeting of objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, a category that includes drinking water installations. The desalination plants appear in the post with an exclamation point, suggesting the President considers their potential inclusion a matter of some enthusiasm. The word “touched” appears in quotation marks, implying the restraint exercised to date has been deliberate and provisional.

The Hormuz Strait, closure of which would affect approximately 20 percent of the world’s oil supply and the economies of multiple nations not party to the current military operation, is described as needing to be “Open for Business.” This is a commercial framing. The post closes with “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” which is a formal epistolary convention typically employed in correspondence with landlords, utility providers, and regulatory bodies.

In a related development, Israeli Channel 12 has reported that if the United States proceeds to a ground operation in Iran, Israeli forces will not participate. This is a troop contribution update. The military operation, which began as a joint US-Israeli air campaign, has killed the Iranian Supreme Leader, expended more than 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles, and produced over 1,900 confirmed dead. Israel has indicated it will observe the ground phase from a comfortable distance. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s precise location at the time of this clarification was not reported. He was not in Iran.

Great progress has been made. The desalination plants have not yet been touched.

Primary source: President Donald J. Trump — Truth Social, 30 March 2026

Secondary source: AF Post — @AFpost, X, 30 March 2026

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