\u201cWith tensions in the Middle East at a new peak, stability must be the priority,\u201d thundered Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, just as Trump made a loud \u201cKA-BLAMO!\u201d noise in the White House situation room. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe situation in the Middle East remains volatile and stability in the region is a priority,\u201d droned Keir Starmer, as he checked to see if his WhatsApp notifications from the U.S. prez had somehow been muted. <\/p>\n
\u201cEngaging in dialogue and securing a clear commitment from Iran to renounce nuclear weapons are essential to avoid the worst for the entire region,\u201d Emmanuel Macron offered up, while donning a radiation suit and popping into the bunker, just to be on the safe side. <\/p>\n
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas went further still, offering up words that will have no doubt sent shivers down spines in Tehran, Jerusalem and Washington. \u201cEU Foreign Ministers will discuss the situation tomorrow,\u201d she warned. At least they\u2019re all keeping busy.<\/p>\n
We chuckle, but maybe it is having an impact. The Don seemed to take all this posting-things-into-existence to heart. Over on Truth Social \u2014 like X but featuring just one self-obsessed diva rather than multiple millions \u2014 Trump was begging our old friend the global oil price to stop being so very naughty. <\/p>\n
\u201cEVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN, I\u2019M WATCHING! YOU\u2019RE PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY, DON\u2019T DO IT,\u201d he Truthed. OIL PRICES did not immediately respond to a request for comment \u2014 but you can bet they were listening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWith tensions in the Middle East at a new peak, stability must be the priority,\u201d thundered Commission President…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[19132,32,34,2000,299,5187,774,837,2596,807,2452,839,8041,2661,7965,41764,182,6647,49,1220],"class_list":{"0":"post-217543","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-declassified","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-emmanuel-macron","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-european","14":"tag-iran","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-kaja-kallas","17":"tag-keir-starmer","18":"tag-media","19":"tag-middle-east","20":"tag-nuclear-weapons","21":"tag-oil","22":"tag-platforms","23":"tag-radiation","24":"tag-social-media","25":"tag-stability","26":"tag-united-states","27":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114753154542089969","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}