Shrugging off resounding criticism over his diesel deal with Russia—which is only for about two days worth of consumption—by allies and even members of his own party, Trump elevates his stab in the back for Zelenskyy, threatening to stop intelligence sharing with Ukraine if they don’t stop destroying Russian refineries and suggesting that the country needs a leadership change. At a campaign rally in Tennessee—in what should be a GOP stronghold but has come into play with the disastrous administration—the American president tells the crowd , „I could say the dumbest thing and you would still clap,“ to thunderous applause. The original MoU having expired on Monday, negotiations between Washington and Tehran remain deadlocked, Trump falsely claiming that direct talks are occurring with the Revolutionary Guards regarding surrender. Hurricane Isaiah batters the US gulf coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity and threatening to severely disrupt US petroleum production in the corridor corresponding to the cone of predictably.