Defense News, by Linus Höller: Volkswagen is in discussions with Israeli defense company Rafael Advanced Defence Systems to convert its factory in Osnabrück, Germany, into a production site for components of the Iron Dome air defense system, the Financial Times reported this week, citing multiple sources familiar with the plans.

The reported talks are one of the most dramatic signs yet of a structural shift underway in Germany’s automotive sector, which has struggled to stay competitive in the car industry and has increasingly reoriented itself toward manufacturing military gear.

The Federal Association of the German Security and Defence Industry last year proposed repurposing idle auto capacity for defense output, as Berlin began unlocking hundreds of billions of euros in new military spending under the country’s ambitious rearmament plans and the EU’s ReArm Europe framework.

Several automotive manufacturers have begun to retool factories and retrain workers. Among them, Rheinmetall has already moved to convert two of its own automotive plants in Berlin and Neuss. VW’s reported discussions with Rafael would extend that logic to the civilian carmaker.

The Osnabrück plant employs around 2,300 workers and currently produces the T-Roc Cabriolet, a model being phased out by mid-2027. Oliver Blume, the company’s CEO, had announced a week earlier that VW would no longer produce any of its own cars at the Osnabrück plant starting next year.

Under a prospective deal, the facility would manufacture support components for the Iron Dome − heavy-duty transport trucks, launch units and power generators − rather than interceptor missiles, which Rafael plans to produce at a separate German facility. Regarding the jobs at the plant, an insider told the FT the goal was to “save everybody, maybe even to grow.”

The talks come as Volkswagen contends with its worst financial performance in nearly a decade. The group’s operating profit collapsed 53.5% in 2025 to €8.9 billion ($10.3 billion), and net profit fell 44% to €6.9 billion − the lowest since the “Dieselgate” scandal.

VW announced plans in March to cut 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030, including at subsidiaries Audi and Porsche. Negotiations to sell the Osnabrück plant to Rheinmetall stalled, and the defense giant ultimately turned down the deal in mid-March.

No agreement about making Iron Dome components there has been finalized. The car maker said it is still examining options for the plant. The works council − which holds significant clout under German labor law − must approve any conversion, and its position is the pivotal variable. Production, if approved, could begin within 12 to 18 months.

Prophetic Link:
“The Spirit of God is being grieved away from the earth. The nations are angry with one another. Widespread preparations are being made for war. The night is at hand. Let the church arouse and go forth to do her appointed work. Every believer, educated or uneducated, can bear the message.” Testimonies for the Church, Vol 9, page 26

Source References

• Volkswagen in talks to make Iron Dome parts at struggling German auto plant: report

BBC, by Suranjana Tewari, Joel Guintoand, and Jessica Rawnsley: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos says he is working to secure new sources of oil after he placed the country under a state of national energy emergency in response to the war in Iran.

Marcos told Filipinos in a televised address that the government would procure one million barrels of oil to add to the current stock, which is good for 45 days.

“We will have a flow of oil. Not just one delivery, not two deliveries, but a flow of oil-related products,” he said.

The Philippines, which imports 98% of its oil from the gulf, became the first country to declare an energy emergency after local diesel and petrol prices more than doubled in the country since the war broke out on 28 February.

The US-Israel war with Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz – a key shipping route – have sent shock waves through global energy markets, causing shortages and price rises.

Marcos said the emergency declaration late Tuesday would give the government the legal authority to impose measures to ensure energy stability and protect the broader economy.

“Nothing is off the table. We are looking at everything we can do, whatever suggestion, whatever idea,” he said.

Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez had told Reuters that Manila was working with Washington to secure exemptions that would allow the country to import oil from US-sanctioned countries.

The Philippines is one of the US’ closest allies in the Pacific.

Under Marcos’ order, a committee has been formed to oversee the orderly distribution of fuel, food, medicines, and other essential goods.

The government has also been empowered to directly purchase fuel and petroleum products to shore up supplies.

The declaration will remain in place for one year, unless it is extended or lifted by the president.

It follows calls from several senators, who urged Marcos to acknowledge the “emergency-level” hardship faced by Philippine families due to soaring oil prices.

The price of petrol and diesel spiked again on Tuesday, rising to more than double its pre-war level in February.

One of the country’s main labour coalitions, the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) strongly criticised the emergency declaration, calling it an “admission” that the government failed to address the oil crisis.

It also accused the administration of downplaying the situation earlier, saying previous claims that “everything is normal” were misleading.

The KMU also raised concerns about what it describes as “anti-worker provisions” in the executive order – particularly clauses that could restrict activities seen as disrupting economic activity, including strikes.

They warn this could effectively limit workers’ ability to protest at a time when fuel prices are already hitting incomes.

But tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan, who chairs major utilities companies, has backed the emergency powers.

In a statement, he said his companies are feeling the strain of rising energy costs and warned the crisis is beginning to affect business operations, but added that the government “should have every option” available to steer the economy through what he described as a difficult period.

Transport workers and other groups including ride hailing services are planning a two-day strike on Thursday and Friday, reflecting wider anger over rising fuel costs and what they see as a slow or inadequate response from the government.

Transport union coalition Piston – which is leading planned strike action – has laid out sweeping demands from scrapping fuel taxes and rolling back oil prices, to abandoning deregulation and introducing state controls. They are also pushing for fare increases and higher wages.

Since hostilities in the Middle East began, the government has offered subsidies to transport drivers, reduced ferry services, and implemented a four-day work week for civil servants to save fuel.

Earlier on Tuesday, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said the country had about 45 days of fuel supply left.

Garin told reporters the country would “temporarily” depend more heavily on coal-fired power plants to meet its energy needs in response to the surging costs of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Asia is particularly exposed to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Last year, nearly 90% of all the oil and gas that passed through the waterway was bound for the region.

Prophetic Link:
“I saw that the powers of earth are now being shaken and that events come in order. War, and rumors of war, sword, famine, and pestilence are first to shake the powers of earth, then the voice of God will shake the sun, moon, and stars, and this earth also. I saw that the shaking of the powers in Europe is not, as some teach, the shaking of the powers of heaven, but it is the shaking of the angry nations.” Early Writings, 41.2

Source References

• Marcos promises ‘flow of oil’ as Philippines declares energy emergency

DailyMail, by Luke Andrews: Urgent warnings have been issued for travelers heading to multiple countries over spiraling outbreaks of a mosquito-borne disease that can cause brain bleeds.

The CDC issued a level 1 global travel advisory after detecting unusual upticks in cases of dengue fever across the world.

In particular, the CDC warned of 16 countries where travelers have an increased risk of contracting the illness, warning them to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites.

The CDC said it ‘has identified a higher-than-expected number of dengue cases among US travelers returning from’ Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Colombia, Cook Islands, Cuba, Guyana, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Samoa, Sudan, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.

Health officials urged travelers to wear insect repellent, long-sleeved shirts and long pants when outdoors, and to sleep in air-conditioned rooms or a room with window screens.

Dengue fever often causes an asymptomatic infection, but in some patients it can trigger life-threatening internal bleeding, respiratory distress and heart failure.

It can also lead to shock and organ failure, especially of the liver, brain and heart.

Patients may also develop dengue shock syndrome, a condition where severe bleeding leads to a rapid drop in blood pressure and causes the body to go into shock.

Children under five, adults over 65 and pregnant women are considered to be most at risk from the virus.

Where travelers are being warned over mosquito-borne dengue fever

Dengue was virtually eradicated from the US in the 1970s, but sporadic outbreaks have been recorded since, particularly in warmer states, including Florida and California. Most cases recorded in the US are linked to international travel.

A level 1 travel advisory urges Americans to practice usual precautions because of the presence of an outbreak. It is the lowest level travel alert out of the four levels that can be issued. Level four is advice to avoid all travel.

The Americas recorded a major dengue fever outbreak in 2025, with Brazil alone registering nearly 200,000 cases. Today, cases are still above normal, although well below this peak.

Samoa has been battling a dengue outbreak since April last year, that has already sickened 16,800 people and been linked to the deaths of eight individuals, including a seven-month-old baby.

Dengue is present in more than 100 countries globally and is a year-round threat to travelers and local people. Outbreaks occur every two to five years.

So far this year, no locally acquired cases of dengue fever have been detected in the mainland US.

A total of 55 cases have been detected, but these were all linked to travel outside the US. Florida had the most, at 16 cases, followed by New York, at eight cases.

In 2025, 67 cases of locally acquired dengue fever were reported in the US, including 60 in Florida, six in California and one in Arizona. There were also 1,128 cases that were linked to travel.

Health officials say about 40 to 80 percent of people infected with dengue fever do not develop any symptoms. If symptoms do develop, they appear abruptly about five to seven days after infection.

Warning signs include a fever above 100F (38C), severe headache, pain behind the eyes, bone, joint or muscle pain, and bleeding in the gums.

Some patients also develop redness of the skin on the face within the first 24 to 48 hours of symptoms emerging.

In severe cases, patients may also suffer from severe abdominal pain, persistent vomiting and lethargy.

There is no specific cure for dengue fever and treatment consists of supportive care and therapies to manage symptoms and complications.

Doctors recommend patients with mild symptoms drink plenty of fluids and take Tylenol to ease pain.

In severe cases, patients may be admitted to the hospital for supportive care, an IV, blood pressure monitoring and a transfusion to replace lost blood.

To protect against dengue fever, there is a three-dose vaccine available, which is recommended for children aged nine to 16 years. It slashes the risk of a symptomatic infection by about 80 percent.

Prophetic Link:
“While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation. Even now he is at work. In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves, and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power. He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous. Destruction will be upon both man and beast. “The earth mourneth and fadeth away,” “the haughty people … do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.” Isaiah 24:4, 5.” Great Controversy, 589.3

Source References

• CDC issues global travel notice as incurable brain-bleeding virus reaches Americas

The Christian Post, by Ryan Foley: Prominent Evangelical researcher George Barna is warning about a “definitive failing” among churches and leaders in the United States to instill biblical beliefs in their followers, citing new data showing that most Americans and emerging Christians don’t hold beliefs that align with a biblical worldview.

Led by Barna, the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University released the second installment of its American Worldview Inventory 2026 on Tuesday.

The research is based on responses collected from 2,000 adults interviewed both by telephone and online in January, with a sampling error of approximately plus-or-minus 2 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.

The latest batch of research examines the level of “biblical alignment across eight specific categories of beliefs and behavior that form the foundation of a person’s worldview.”

The report revealed that the overwhelming majority of respondents had “little to no biblical alignment” across all eight categories.

In the “purpose and calling” category, which “measures beliefs and behaviors related to life’s purpose, one’s calling, and what constitutes a successful life,” just 19% of respondents had a worldview reflecting full biblical alignment, while 13% had some biblical alignment. The remaining 68% had little to no biblical alignment.

Similarly, 68% of those surveyed had little to no biblical alignment when it comes to their “faith practices,” which include “prayer, Bible engagement, and sharing faith with others.” Sixteen percent of those surveyed had full biblical alignment with their faith practices, while the same percentage of respondents had some biblical alignment.

Seventy-four percent of respondents had little to no biblical alignment when it comes to “Lifestyle, Behavior, and Relationships,” which deals with “sexuality, wealth, and religious identity.” The exact same percentage of those surveyed had little to no biblical alignment regarding their views on “Sin, Salvation, and God Relationships,” specifically “whether a right relationship with God is earned through good works or received through Jesus Christ.”

In both categories, the share of respondents with full biblical alignment was measured at 10%, while the percentage of those surveyed who had some biblical alignment was 16%. In the category of “Bible, Truth, and Morals,” which focuses on “the Bible’s authority, moral relativism, and the nature of truth,” 77% of respondents had little to no biblical alignment, 14% have some biblical alignment and 10% had full biblical alignment.

Based on their responses to questions dealing with “God, Creation, and History,” which examine respondents’ views about “the nature of God, the origins of humanity, and the divine role in human history,” 79% have little to no biblical alignment, 14% have some biblical alignment and only 7% have full biblical alignment.

The overwhelming majority of those surveyed (79%) have little to no biblical alignment on questions of “Family and the Value of Life,” which include views about “marriage, the sanctity of human life and abortion, and personal ethics.”

Much smaller percentages of adults had some biblical alignment (16%) and full biblical alignment (5%) regarding their views on “Family and the Value of Life.” Eighty-two percent of respondents had little to no biblical alignment on matters of “Human Character and Human Nature,” specifically “the moral condition of humanity, including beliefs about sin, innate goodness, and the need for redemption.” Eight percent had some biblical alignment, while 10% had full biblical alignment.

Researchers grouped respondents into one of three categories, depending on levels
of biblical alignment. “Integrated Disciples” demonstrate overall biblical alignment in their beliefs and behaviors and possess a “cohesive biblical worldview.” “Emergent Followers” possess some biblical beliefs and behaviors but not a full biblical worldview,” and “World Citizens,” are adults whose beliefs and behaviors are shaped primarily by the surrounding culture rather than by Scripture.

Researchers found that the “Emergent Followers” segment is about “25 million people strong,” and Barna wonders how society would be impacted if that segment “realized its spiritual potential by rising to Integrated Disciple status!”

“The research provides us with a roadmap of how to raise the discipleship potential of American adults. Very few adults presently own a biblical worldview. But the survey also shows that with some commitment and very focused mentoring, millions of Americans could certainly develop a biblical worldview,” Barna stressed.

“While it would be advantageous to continue to deepen and refine the worldview of Integrated
Disciples, the most strategic focus should be upon upgrading the worldview of Emergent Followers,” he added. “Their weaknesses are most observable in the areas of Family and the Value of Life and also God, Creation, and History. This highlights a definitive failing in the way spiritual leaders — particularly pastors, seminary professors, parents, and parachurch ministers— are addressing information and applications in these two areas.”

Barna identified additional areas of concern as “the acceptance of animism and the spiritual implications; the alleged ambiguity of the Bible regarding abortion and the value of human life; the unwillingness to voluntarily suffer or sacrifice to advance the kingdom of God; and the infrequency with which they choose to verbally share their faith in Christ with nonbelievers.”

“If disciplers and teachers of the Bible were to effectively address these and the related shortcomings, the American Church could get back on the path to spiritual health and experience real transformation,” Barna predicted. “That improvement would bring renewal to the Church, which is a necessary foundation before spiritual revival in America is possible.”

Prophetic Link:
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 4

Source References

• Barna warns of ‘definitive failing’ to instill biblical beliefs in churchgoers amid release of new data

LifeSite, by Anthony Murdoch: The majority of Canadian MPs have voted to pass a Liberal bill that will allow the criminalization of religious expression and belief when quoting parts of the Bible, including about homosexuality and gender.

Early Wednesday evening, MPs from the Liberal Party and the Bloc Québécois, in a 186–137 vote, passed Bill C-9, known as the “Combatting Hate Act.” Conservatives, NDP, and Green Party MPs voted against the bill in a rare form of unity among the usually opposing parties.

The bill now heads to Canada’s rubber-stamp Senate for review.

A last-minute effort by the Conservatives to change the wording of the bill failed to pass.

Earlier this week, Liberal MPs forced the bill through the report stage, after earlier, as reported by LifeSiteNews, shutting down all debate on the bill in the committee stage.

In comments sent to LifeSiteNews, Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) blasted the passage of Bill C-9 and called upon “Christians and pro-life advocates to prepare for increasing hostility.”

“With the passage of Bill C-9 in the House, Christians and pro-life advocates will almost certainly face an entirely new level of hostility, as the door swings open to actual persecution under a cloak of supposed legality,” said CLC’s Campaigns Manager David Cooke, who is also a Christian pastor.

Cooke said the Bill C-9 was framed as a law going after “hate,” but, in reality, it is a bill that religious leaders from various faith communities “say could lead to hate-related charges against believers – empowers ideologically-driven police officers and judges to target, for the first time, the very word of God on matters of life, family, and faith.”

“We must prepare for the battle ahead,” said Cooke, adding Canadians must “commit” to the “One who has won the ultimate victory over every foe, demonstrated by His resurrection on that first Easter morning.”

CLC Director of Political Operations Jack Fonseca noted that Bill C-9 must be stopped in its tracks in the Senate, but admitted it will be a hard battle, as most of the senators were appointed by former Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“The battle to defend religious freedom in Canada has now moved to the Senate, which, unfortunately, Justin Trudeau has spent the past decade stacking with anti-Christian bigots like Kristopher Wells, a radical LGBT activist who I suspect will relish the opportunity to criminalize parts of the Bible as ‘hate speech,’” he said.

Despite this, Fonseca noted that there is always hope that things could turn around.

“We call upon all people of goodwill to flood senators with phone calls, emails, social media comments, and, if possible, personal visits. For those who are Christian, we also encourage these efforts to be reinforced spiritually through extra prayer and fasting between now and the final third reading vote in the Senate. God answers those who ask for help,” he said.

Conservative MPs have been demanding that a Liberal amendment to the bill, which removes a religious exemption, be rescinded immediately.

As reported by LifeSiteNews, Bill C-9 has been blasted by constitutional experts as allowing empowered police and the government to go after those deemed to have violated a person’s “feelings” in a “hateful” way. The bill was introduced by Justice Minister Sean Fraser last year.

The removal of the religious exemption prompted condemnation from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, who issued an open letter criticizing the proposed amendment and calling for its repeal.

Prophetic Link:
“The apostles counted not their lives dear unto themselves, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Christ. Paul and Silas suffered the loss of all things. They suffered scourging, and were in no gentle manner thrown upon the cold floor of a dungeon in a most painful position, their feet elevated and fastened in the stocks. Did repinings and complaints then reach the ear of the jailer? O, no! From the inner prison, voices broke the silence of midnight with songs of joy and praise to God. These disciples were cheered by a deep and earnest love for the cause of their Redeemer, for which they suffered.” Gospel Workers 1892, page 68.3

Source References

• Canada’s House of Commons passes ‘anti-Christian’ bill that would criminalize quoting Bible

AP News, by Colleen Barry and Paolo Santalucia: Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition of listing the world’s woes by name in the Urbi et Orbi blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica.

Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, emphasized Easter’s message of hope as a celebration of Jesus’ resurrection after being crucified.

“Let us allow our hearts to be transformed by his immense love for us! Let those who have weapons lay them down! Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace! Not a peace imposed by force, but through dialogue! Not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them!” the pope implored.

With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in its second month and Russia’s ongoing campaign in Ukraine, Leo acknowledged a sense of indifference “to the deaths of thousands of people … to the repercussions of hatred and division that conflicts sow … to the economic and social consequences they produce.’’

Without mentioning the wars by name, Leo quoted his predecessor, Pope Francis, who during his last public appearance from the same loggia last Easter reminded the faithful of the “great thirst for death, for killing, we witness each day.’’

Francis, weakened by a long illness, died the next day on Easter Monday.

The Urbi et Orbi blessing, Latin for “to the city and the world,’’ has traditionally included a litany of the world’s woes. Leo followed that formula during his Christmas blessing. There was no immediate explanation for the shift.

Earlier, Leo addressed some 50,000 faithful from an open-air altar in St. Peter’s Square flanked with white roses, while the steps leading down to the piazza where the faithful gathered were filled with spring perennials, symbolically resonating with the pope’s words.

He implored the faithful in his homily to keep their hope in the face of death, which lurks “in the abuses that crush the weakest among us, because of the idolatry of profit that plunders the earth’s resources, because of the violence of war that kills and destroys.’’

Speaking from the loggia, the pope announced a prayer vigil for peace April 11 in the basilica.

Small shifts in traditions

Leo greeted the global faithful in 10 languages, including Arabic, Chinese and Latin, reviving a practice that his predecessor Pope Francis had let lapse.

Before retreating into the basilica, Leo stepped forward out of the loggia’s shadow and waved to the cheering crowd below. He later greeted people in the piazza from the popemobile that took him all the way down Via della Conciliazione toward the Tiber River and back.

During the marathon that is Holy Week, Leo also reclaimed the tradition of washing priests’ feet on Holy Thursday, a gesture of encouragement toward clergy, after Francis had chosen a more inclusive path, traveling to prisons and homes for the disabled to wash the feet of women, non-Christians and prisoners.

The 70-year-old pontiff also became the first pope in decades to carry the light wooden cross for the entire 14 stations during the Way of the Cross on Good Friday.

Christians in the Holy Land mark a subdued Easter

Traditional ceremonies at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered by Christians as the traditional site of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, were scaled back under an agreement with Israeli police. Authorities have put limits on the sizes of public gatherings due to ongoing missile attacks.

The restrictions also dampened the recent Muslim holy month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr holiday, as well as the current weeklong Jewish festival of Passover. On Sunday, the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall — normally attended by tens of thousands — was limited to just 50 people.

The restrictions have strained relations between Israeli authorities and Christian leaders. Police last week prevented two of the church’s top religious leaders, including Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from celebrating Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Gaza’s tiny Palestinian Christian community celebrates first Easter since ceasefire

At the Holy Family church in Gaza City, Catholics young and old gathered for a traditional Easter Mass. Singing, they formed a queue in the aisle, waiting for their chance to kiss a sketch of Jesus held by a member of the clergy who wiped the glass frame between turns.

“There is great joy, especially after the ceasefire and after nearly three years of suffering and being unable to celebrate all the holy holidays,” said George Anton from Gaza City. “People are somewhat relieved and more stable.”

Armenian Christians try to show normalcy by celebrating in Iran

Armenian Christians observed Easter at a church in Iran’s capital on Sunday, striving to maintain a sense of normalcy five weeks into the war.

Families embraced and children exchanged painted eggs at the St. Sarkis Cathedral in central Tehran. Iran’s capital has been targeted by daily airstrikes since the United States and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28.

“Whether we like it or not, we have young children who do not understand what’s going on,” said Juanita Arakel, 40, an English language teacher. “They just need to feel normal.”

The Islamic Republic, with a population of around 90 million, is home to some 300,000 Christians, mostly Armenians, and three seats in parliament are reserved for Christians.

“Our calls and prayers are that we will be able to end this war,” said Sepuh Sargsyan, the archbishop of the Armenian Diocese of Tehran. “Our calls and prayers are that we will be able to end this war.”

Prophetic Link:
“And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.” Daniel 8:25

Source References

• Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran

The Christian Post, by Michael Gryboski: An agency of the United Methodist Church has expressed support for federal legislation that would eliminate bans on cosmetic sex-change surgeries for trans-identified minors.

Bishop Julius C. Trimble, general secretary of the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Church and Society, published an article on Monday denouncing discrimination against trans-identified people.

“Transgender youth often experience a combination of sexual harassment, bullying, school violence and estrangement from family members. They are also disproportionately placed in foster care and welfare programs compared to their peers,” wrote Trimble.

“Adult transgender people regularly encounter sexual violence, police violence, public ridicule, misgendering or other forms of violence and harassment in their daily lives.”

Trimble condemned lawmakers who have “enacted anti-transgender legislation” that “restrict access to gender-affirming care, sports, bathrooms and facilities, or the use of gender-affirming pronouns in schools.”

“As United Methodists, we are called to stand with transgender people, rejecting laws that allow politicians to dictate their healthcare decisions,” he continued.

Trimble advocated support for recently introduced federal legislation known as the Transgender Bill of Rights, which he said seeks “to protect and codify the rights of transgender and nonbinary individuals under the law and ensure their access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security.”

The bill includes a provision calling for the federal government to reaffirm “the right to bodily autonomy and health care for transgender and nonbinary people by … eliminating unnecessary governmental restrictions on the provision of, and access to, gender-affirming medical care and counseling for transgender and nonbinary adults and adolescents.” The bill comes as more than half of states now ban the provision of sex-change surgeries or hormone drugs to minors with gender dysphoria. 

Jeffrey Corey, senior executive director of communications for the General Board of Church and Society, told The Christian Post that the article reflected “the position of the United Methodist Church.” 

“The United Methodist Social Principles clearly recognizes that ‘gender minorities are disproportionally impacted by social stigmas, discrimination, coercion and violence. We call on churches, governments, businesses, and civic organizations to do all in their power to combat unjust treatment and promote equal rights for all,'” Corey stated, citing the document  “UMC Social Principles, the Political Community, Basic Human Rights and Freedoms.” 

Mark Tooley, president of theologically conservative Institute on Religion and Democracy, was among the critics of the statement, telling CP that it “affirms the dignity of transgendered people without citing the Christian teaching of male and female as God’s gifts, and also without citing the challenges to people, often Christians, who are coerced into affirming transgender ideology.”

“Fortunately, the statement will have no public influence,” said Tooley. “Very few United Methodists heed its counsel or even follow its work. In our post-denominational age, a denominational lobby office is truly passé.”

In recent years, there has been considerable debate in the United States and abroad about transgender ideology and the extent to which it should be legal for minors to receive surgical procedures or hormone drugs to reflect their self-declared gender identity.

The New York Times published a feature story in 2022 showing that an increasing number of medical professionals and formerly trans-identified people were concerned about the potential long-term harmful effects of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on children.

In December 2024, the United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Care announced that it was banning the use of puberty-blocking drugs on children who struggle with gender dysphoria for the foreseeable future, except for clinical trials. 

“The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) has provided independent expert advice that there is currently an unacceptable safety risk in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to children,” the department stated at the time.

“Puberty blockers for the treatment of gender incongruence and/or gender dysphoria in under 18s were banned temporarily in May 2024 after the Cass Review found there was insufficient evidence to show they were safe. Legislation will be updated today to make the order indefinite and will be reviewed in 2027.”

Last May, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a 400-plus-page report denouncing “gender-affirming care” for trans-identified children, calling it “invasive” and “usually irreversible” medical interventions.

Regarding concerns about gender transition procedures for children, Corey told CP that “the General Board of Church and Society does not engage in debates concerning trans medical or health care specifics” and that the agency believes such decisions should be left up to individuals and their doctors.

Prophetic Link:
“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.” Luke 17:28, 30

Source References

• United Methodist Church agency supports legalizing sex-change surgeries for kids

AP News, by Aniruddha Ghosal and Allan Olingo: Farmers around the world are feeling the squeeze of the Iran war. Gas prices have shot up and fertilizer supplies are waning due to Tehran’s near shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli bombing.

The fertilizer shortage is putting the livelihood of farmers in developing countries — already troubled by rising temperatures and erratic weather systems — further at risk, and could lead to people everywhere paying more for food.

The poorest farmers in the Northern Hemisphere rely on fertilizer imports from the Gulf, and the shortage comes just as planting season begins, said Carl Skau, deputy executive director of the World Food Program.

“In the worst case, this means lower yields and crop failures next season. In the best case, higher input costs will be included in food prices next year.”

Baldev Singh, a 55-year-old rice farmer in Punjab, India, says smallholders — the bulk of the country’s farmers — may not survive if the government cannot subsidize fertilizers when demand peaks in June.

“Right now, we are waiting and hoping,” he said.

The war halts supplies of key nutrients

Iran is seriously limiting shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage that usually handles about a fifth of the world’s oil shipments and nearly a third of global fertilizer trade.

On Friday Iranian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Ali Bahreini said Tehran has accepted a request from the U.N to let humanitarian aid and agricultural shipments move through the critical waterway, even as it endured strikes on its nuclear facilities.

The aid plan would be the first breakthrough at the shipping chokepoint after a month of war. While markets and governments have largely focused on blocked supplies of oil and natural gas, the restriction of fertilizer threatens farming and food security around the world.

Nitrogen and phosphate — two major fertilizer nutrients — are under immediate threat from the blockade.

Supplies of nitrogen including urea, the most widely traded fertilizer that helps plants grow and boosts yields, are the hardest hit because of shipping delays and the soaring price of liquefied natural gas — an essential ingredient.

The conflict has restricted about 30% of global urea trade, said Chris Lawson of CRU Group, a London-based commodities consultancy.

Some countries are already facing critical shortages, according to Raj Patel, a food systems economist at the University of Texas. For example, Ethiopia gets over 90% of its nitrogen fertilizer from the Gulf through Djibouti, a supply route that was strained even before the war began in February.

“The planting season is now,” Patel said. “The fertilizer isn’t there.”

Phosphate supplies, which support root development, are also under pressure. Saudi Arabia exports about a fifth of the world’s phosphate fertilizer, and the region exports more than 40% of the world’s sulfur, a key ingredient and byproduct of oil and gas refining, Lawson said.

Even after the war ends, producers in the Gulf would need clear security guarantees before resuming shipments through the strait, and insurance costs would almost certainly rise, said Owen Gooch, an analyst with London-based Argus Consulting Services.

In India, the government has prioritized urea supplies for domestic use and provides fertilizer manufacturers with about 70% of their natural gas needs. Some plants are still running below capacity, leading to lower output.

“The food system is fragile, and it depends on stable fertilizer supply chains to ensure farmers can produce the food the world relies on,” said Hanna Opsahl-Ben Ammar of Yara International, one of the world’s largest fertilizer companies.

Shortages hit at a critical time

Fertilizers are generally applied just before or at planting, so crops miss key early growth stages and yields can fall when deliveries are delayed, even if supplies improve later.

The impact is already being felt in the United States and Europe, where the main planting season is underway, and it is expected to hit the first planting season in much of Asia in the coming months.

“Our crops out in the field need nitrogen now — the sooner the better — so they can get off to a good start, helping them establish themselves and build up reserves for the harvest later this summer,” said Dirk Peters, an agricultural engineer who runs a farm outside Berlin.

Fertilizer prices are below the peaks seen after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but grain prices were higher then, helping farmers absorb the costs, said Joseph Glauber of the International Food Policy Research Institute. Grain prices are lower now meaning margins are tighter and farmers may have to switch to less fertilizer-intensive crops — such as soybeans in the U.S. — or apply less fertilizer, reducing yields. Lower yields can lead to higher consumer prices.

Other nations likely won’t make up the shortfall. China, the world’s largest producer of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers, is prioritizing domestic supply, and urea shipments probably won’t resume until May, Lawson said. Plants in Russia, another major producer, are already running near full capacity, he said.

Developing nations are vulnerable

The disruptions are already being felt across Africa, where many farmers rely on fertilizer imported from the Middle East and Russia.

Early heavy rains in East Africa have left farmers with about a week of dry weather to prepare fields and apply fertilizer, said Stephen Muchiri, a Kenya maize farmer and CEO of the Eastern African Farmers Federation, which represents 25 million smallholders.

Fertilizer shortages and price hikes hit farmers hard, forcing them to use less and leading to reduced yields. Even short delays can reduce maize yields by about 4% in a season, Patel said, citing research from Zambia.

Governments can intervene by applying subsidies, promoting domestic production and controlling exports.

India already subsidizes fertilizer to ease the financial strain on farmers, but those subsidies leave less money for long-term farming investments. It has budgeted $12.7 billion this year for urea subsidies alone, according to the U.S.-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

Efforts to produce domestic urea have increased India’s dependence on imported gas, and excessive urea use has harmed local soil, said Purva Jain of IEEFA, who supports the use of organic fertilizers.

Less reliance on imported fertilizers could protect farmers and consumers from energy price swings and climate shocks, said Oliver Oliveros, executive coordinator of the Agroecology Coalition.

“This could be a turning point,” he said.

Prophetic Link:
“My attention was then called from the scene. There seemed to be a little time of peace. Once more the inhabitants of the earth were presented before me; and again everything was in the utmost confusion. Strife, war, and bloodshed, with famine and pestilence, raged everywhere. Other nations were engaged in this war and confusion. War caused famine. Want and bloodshed caused pestilence. And then men’s hearts failed them for fear, “and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.” Maranatha, 259.4

Source References

• The war in Iran sparks a global fertilizer shortage and threatens food prices

The Blaze: Are youth sports quietly replacing church in American life?

Sports analyst Danny Kanell recently shined a light on this question when he suggested that youth games shouldn’t start before 9 a.m. on Sundays — and maybe shouldn’t be occurring on Sundays at all.

“He’s got two young daughters that are potential volleyball stars. And Sunday morning, Danny put out a video over X that complained about, ‘Man, what am I doing at 7:30 in the morning?’” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock comments, before playing the clip.

“We need to save youth sports. We need to save parents from youth sports, because I’m here at a volleyball tournament and it is 7:40 on a Sunday. We need to enforce some laws that you cannot start youth sports games on the weekends before 9:00 a.m.,” Kanell began.

“And how about no sports on Sundays? How about that one? Let’s put those laws into effect,” he added.

“I’m in full agreement with Danny,” Anthony Walker tells Whitlock. “I have seen, over my lifetime, sports just invade family life. And when I look at the scriptures … the scriptures tell us in Acts chapter 2 that they all who believe were together. They had all things in common. They fellowshipped together. They broke bread from house to house together. They were real community together.”

“And that was what was primary, you know, their families and the church community was primary, and everything else is secondary. We now live in a situation where we’re trying to squeeze in the family time. We’re trying to squeeze in the fellowship and worship time,” he continues.

“I actually think that’s the attitude we should all take,” T.J. Moe agrees.

“In fact, America used to take this as a whole. You know, going back … from the beginning of our founding till about 1960, we had something called blue laws, where you couldn’t go in and go shopping for anything that was nonessential because we believed in the Lord’s day,” Moe explains.

And when it comes to sports, it’s not just parents and their kids whose Sundays are being hijacked.

“Sunday is now NFL day. It is not the Lord’s day in America, and I think that is destructive and awful,” Moe adds.

Prophetic Link:
“Heretofore those who presented the truths of the third angel’s message have often been regarded as mere alarmists. Their predictions that religious intolerance would gain control in the United States, that church and state would unite to persecute those who keep the commandments of God, have been pronounced groundless and absurd. It has been confidently declared that this land could never become other than what it has been—the defender of religious freedom. But as the question of enforcing Sunday observance is widely agitated, the event so long doubted and disbelieved is seen to be approaching, and the third message will produce an effect which it could not have had before.” Great Controversy, 605.3

Source References

• Have youth sports replaced church? Jason Whitlock sounds the alarm on America’s Sunday problem.

AP News, by Tiffany Stanley: Since becoming defense secretary, Pete Hegseth has found no shortage of ways to bring his strand of conservative evangelicalism into the Pentagon.

He hosts monthly Christian worship services for employees. His department’s promotional videos have displayed Bible verses alongside military footage. In speeches and interviews, he often argues the U.S. was founded as a Christian nation and troops should embrace God, potentially risking the military’s secular mission and hard-won pluralism.

Now the defense secretary’s Christian rhetoric has taken on new meaning after the U.S. and Israel went to war with Iran, an Islamic theocracy.

“The mullahs are desperate and scrambling,” he said at a recent Pentagon press briefing, referring to Iran’s Shiite Muslim clerics. He later recited Psalm 144, a passage of Scripture that Jews and Christians share: “Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.”

Hegseth has a history of defending the Crusades, the brutal medieval wars that pitted Christians against Muslims. In his 2020 book “American Crusade,” he wrote that those who enjoy Western civilization should “thank a crusader.” Two of his tattoos draw from crusader imagery: the Jerusalem Cross and the phrase “Deus Vult,” or “God wills it,” which Hegseth has called “the rallying cry of Christian knights as they marched to Jerusalem.”

Matthew D. Taylor, a visiting scholar at Georgetown who studies religious extremism and has been a frequent Hegseth critic, said, “The U.S. voluntarily going to war against a Muslim country with the military under the leadership of Pete Hegseth is exactly the kind of scenario that people like me were warning about before the election and throughout his appointment process.”

Taylor said Hegseth’s rhetoric and leadership “can only inflame and reinforce the fears and deep animosity that the regime in Iran has towards the U.S.”

When asked whether Hegseth views the war in Iran in religious terms, a Defense Department spokesperson pointed to a recent CBS interview in which Hegseth seemed to confirm as much.

“We’re fighting religious fanatics who seek a nuclear capability in order for some religious Armageddon,” Hegseth said of Iranian leaders. “But from my perspective, I mean, obviously I’m a man of faith who encourages our troops to lean into their faith, rely on God.”

Allegations US military commanders cited biblical prophecies remain unverified

Generations of evangelicals have been influenced by their own version of Armageddon and the end of the world, circulated by books like the “Left Behind” series and “The Late Great Planet Earth,” or the horror film “A Thief in the Night.” Some evangelicals espouse prophecies in which warfare involving Israel is key to bringing about the return of Jesus.

Christian Zionist pastor John Hagee, head of Christians United for Israel, said of the Iran war, “Prophetically, we’re right on cue.”

The co-founder of Hegseth’s denomination, however, does not teach this theology. Pastor Doug Wilson of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches identifies as a postmillennialist, meaning he believes most of the apocalyptic events of the Bible have already happened, paving the way for the gradual Christianization of the world before Christ’s return.

Hegseth has not said the Iran war is part of Christian prophecy. Yet days after the conflict began, claims went viral that U.S. military commanders were telling troops the war fulfilled biblical prophecies around Armageddon and the return of Christ.

The Associated Press has not been able to verify these claims, which stem from one source: Mikey Weinstein, the head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a watchdog group. Based on allegations Weinstein said he received from hundreds of troops, 30 Democratic members of Congress asked the Pentagon inspector general to investigate.

In an interview with the AP, Weinstein declined to provide documentation or the original emails he received from service members. He said troops were afraid of retaliation, so they would not speak to the media, even if their identities remained protected.

Three major religion watchdog groups — the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Anti-Defamation League and the Council on American-Islamic Relations — said they have not received similar complaints. The Pentagon declined to comment on the allegations.

Hegseth wants to reform the military chaplain corps

Hegseth’s church network, the CREC, preaches a patriarchal form of Christianity, where women cannot serve in leadership, and pastors argue that homosexuality should be criminalized. Hegseth last year reposted a video in which a CREC pastor opposed women’s right to vote. Wilson, its most prominent leader, identifies as a Christian nationalist and preached at the Pentagon in February at Hegseth’s invitation.

Both Wilson and Hegseth have questioned Muslim immigration to the United States. Wilson argues the country should restrict Muslim immigration in order to remain predominantly Christian. In “American Crusade,” Hegseth lamented growing Muslim birth rates and that Muhammad was a popular boys’ name in the U.S.

cAs head of the armed forces, Hegseth has overseen changes that are in line with his conservative Christian worldview, including banning transgender troops, curtailing diversity initiatives and reviewing women in combat roles.

Youssef Chouhoud, a political scientist at Christopher Newport University, said, “The intrusion of Christian nationalist policy, not just Christian nationalist rhetoric … that is what’s troubling.”

Hegseth has pledged to reform the military’s chaplain corps, which provides spiritual care to troops of any faith and no faith at all. He scrapped the 2025 U.S. Army Spiritual Fitness Guide and wants to renew chaplains’ religious focus, which he said in a December video message has been minimized “in an atmosphere of political correctness and secular humanism.”

Rabbi Laurence Bazer, a retired U.S. Army colonel and chaplain, said it risks making service members feel like outsiders when the language of military leadership draws exclusively from one faith tradition.

“The U.S. military reflects the full diversity of this country — people of every faith step forward to serve,” Bazer said in a statement. “That diversity is a strength worth protecting.”

Prophetic Link:
“When the early church became corrupted by departing from the simplicity of the gospel and accepting heathen rites and customs, she lost the Spirit and power of God; and in order to control the consciences of the people, she sought the support of the secular power. The result was the papacy, a church that controlled the power of the state and employed it to further her own ends, especially for the punishment of “heresy.” In order for the United States to form an image of the beast, the religious power must so control the civil government that the authority of the state will also be employed by the church to accomplish her own ends.” Great Controversy, 443.2

Source References

• Pete Hegseth’s Christian rhetoric draws renewed scrutiny after the US goes to war with Iran

Prophecy News Watch: A decision made behind the historic walls of Britain’s Parliament has sent shockwaves far beyond London–and for many, it feels like a line has been crossed that cannot easily be uncrossed. This week, the House of Lords advanced legislation that pro-life leaders are calling not just controversial, but catastrophic. What has unfolded is not a minor policy shift. It is, in their view, a moral earthquake–one that strikes at the very foundation of how a society defines life, dignity, and justice.

At the center of the storm is Clause 208 of the Crime and Policing Bill, a provision that states that “no offense is committed by a woman acting in relation to her own pregnancy.” On its surface, it is framed as protection–shielding women from prosecution. But critics warn that beneath that language lies something far more sweeping and far more dangerous. According to Right to Life UK, this clause effectively removes any legal deterrent against self-administered abortion at any stage of pregnancy–up to and including the moment of birth–and for any reason.

Pause and consider that reality. For generations, even amid fierce debate, there remained at least some legal acknowledgment that late-term life carried weight–that it demanded caution, oversight, restraint. Now, pro-life advocates argue, that last line of defense is being erased.

“This is one of the most extreme pieces of legislation ever,” said Catherine Robinson of Right to Life UK. And as stark as that claim sounds, it is being echoed across denominational lines. Christian leaders–often cautious in their public language–are speaking with unusual urgency, warning that the consequences of this moment could echo for decades.

John Sherrington did not mince words when he warned that the clause could lead to abortion being effectively decriminalized “for any reason, up to the point of birth.” He called it a “radical departure” from Britain’s legal tradition, particularly from the Abortion Act 1967, which–however imperfectly–placed guardrails around the practice, including a general 24-week limit and the involvement of medical professionals.

Those guardrails are now at risk of collapsing.

And when guardrails collapse, the consequences are not theoretical–they are real, immediate, and often irreversible.

Sarah Mullally issued a warning that should not be easily dismissed: even if lawmakers claim the 24-week limit remains, the removal of enforcement mechanisms “undoubtedly risks eroding the safeguards” that give that limit meaning. Laws, after all, are only as strong as their ability to be upheld. Strip away accountability, and what remains is not protection, but permission.

This is where the urgency deepens. Because this debate is not only about unborn children–though they remain the most voiceless and vulnerable–it is also about women who may now be left more isolated than ever. Without requirements for in-person medical consultation, without meaningful legal boundaries, there is growing concern that women could be pushed–by fear, by pressure, by circumstance–into making life-altering decisions alone, outside the safety of clinical care.

What is being presented as compassion may, in reality, become abandonment.

Baroness Monckton and others attempted to halt or amend the clause, warning that removing legal deterrents could expose women to coercion, abuse, and serious medical risk. Those efforts failed. Amendments were voted down. Safeguards were stripped away. And perhaps most alarming of all, this transformation of British abortion law advanced with astonishing speed–after just 46 minutes of debate in the House of Commons.

Forty-six minutes.

In less than an hour, lawmakers moved forward on a change that touches the most profound questions a society can face: When does life matter? Who is protected? And who is not?

Supporters of the bill, including groups like the College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, insist the intent is limited–that the goal is simply to prevent criminalizing women. But for pro-life advocates, intent cannot outweigh outcome. If the result is a system where abortion up to birth carries no legal consequence, then the moral and legal landscape has fundamentally shifted–regardless of how carefully the language is framed.

And that shift raises a haunting question: if a society removes protection from life at its most vulnerable stage, what does that say about its understanding of human worth?

For centuries, the belief that every human life carries intrinsic value has shaped not only Christian teaching but the very structure of Western law. Leaders within the Church of England have warned that this principle is now under direct threat. When the “infinite value of human life” is no longer clearly reflected in law, something deeper begins to erode–not just policy, but conscience.

This is not a distant issue. It is not abstract. It is immediate. It is unfolding now.

The bill will continue through Parliament, and there is still time for scrutiny, for debate, for reconsideration. But that window is narrowing. And the voices raising concern are growing louder–not out of political instinct, but out of a conviction that something precious is being lost.

History will remember this moment. The only question is how.

Will it be remembered as a turning point where a nation paused and chose to protect both mother and child with greater care and compassion? Or will it be remembered as the moment when, quietly but decisively, the final safeguards for the unborn were swept away?

For those watching with shock and dismay, the answer matters deeply–because once a society redefines the value of life, the consequences are not easily contained.

Prophetic Link:
“The Lord will cut His work short in righteousness. The earth is corrupted under the inhabitants thereof. Disease of every kind is now afflicting the human family. The misery created by the corruption that is in the world through lust is developing in a startling manner in the commission of crimes of every description. Robbery, murder, sensuality, the cruelty of satanic powers—these and many other evils are seen on every hand. We are surrounded by unseen dangers.” Medical Ministry, 280.2

Source References

• Unthinkable: Britain Advances Law For Abortion Up To Birth

CBS News, by Jennifer Jacobs, James LaPorta, and Eleanor Watson: Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran, multiple sources briefed on the discussions told CBS News. 

Senior military commanders have submitted specific requests aimed at preparing for such an option as President Trump weighs moves in the U.S.-Israel-led conflict with Iran, the sources said. 

Mr. Trump has been deliberating whether to position ground forces in the region, sources said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. It was unclear under what circumstances he would authorize the use of troops on the ground. 

“No, I’m not putting troops anywhere,” he told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday when asked about ground troops, but quickly added: “If I were, I certainly wouldn’t tell you.”

Officials at U.S. Central Command referred questions from CBS News to the White House and Pentagon. 

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement: “It’s the job of the Pentagon to make preparations in order to give the Commander in Chief maximum optionality, it does not mean the President has made a decision, and as the President said in the Oval Office yesterday, he is not planning to send ground troops anywhere at this time.”

The military has also held meetings to prepare for how to handle the possible detention of Iranian soldiers and paramilitary operatives if the president decides to put American boots on the ground – including where the Iranians would be sent, two sources said. 

The U.S. is preparing to deploy elements of the 82nd Airborne Division into the Middle East region. 

The planning involves the Army’s Global Response Force and the Marine Corps’ Marine Expeditionary Unit. 

Thousands of Marines are being moved now to the Middle East. Three warships and about 2,200 Marines from an expeditionary unit departed California earlier this week, according to two U.S. officials. It was the second such Marine unit sent since the war began, and it could be a few weeks before it’s in place. The first was sent from the Pacific and is still making its way into the region. 

The movements underscore the Pentagon’s effort to expand military options available to the president, even as administration officials publicly decline to discuss potential next steps. 

Prophetic Link:
“The coming of the Lord is nearer than when we first believed. The great controversy is nearing its end. Every report of calamity by sea or land is a testimony to the fact that the end of all things is at hand. Wars and rumors of wars declare it. Is there a Christian whose pulse does not beat with quickened action as he anticipates the great events opening before us?” Evangelism, 219.1

Source References

• Trump administration making heavy preparations for potential use of ground troops in Iran