“You have a little higher. It’s a very inexpensive price to pay for what we’ve done. Remember that. It’s a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more.”

— President Trump, quoted by the Associated Press, downplaying higher gas prices.

“Iran and the United States exchanged new threats on Sunday, with President Donald Trump warning Iran would fail ‌economically or face its leadership being wiped out if it didn’t make a deal, and the Iranian military saying it would retaliate harshly to any fresh attack,” Reuters reports.

“The conflict has looked stalemated for months, with no sign either side was ready for concessions even as it has deepened a global energy crisis, cratered swathes of Iran’s economy and spilled over into new regional escalations.”

Mediaite: Trump lists Iran war among his top “achievements” of “term three.”

“North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, days after the North threatened to bolster its nuclear deterrent capabilities and respond to what it called U.S. hostilities,” the Associated Press reports.

“The launches were the latest in a series of weapons demonstrations by North Korea even after U.S. President Donald Trump scaled back a joint military exercise with South Korea last month in an apparent effort to revive diplomacy with the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un.”

“Denmark said on Saturday that ​its sovereignty over Greenland would not be compromised by a deal taking shape with the Trump administration that would ‌allow a significant expansion of the U.S. military presence on the Arctic island,” Reuters reports.

“The United States, Denmark and Greenland said on Friday they had reached an agreement for the U.S. to expand its military footprint in the self-governed Danish territory, while preventing U.S. adversaries from establishing bases there.”

“The U.S. State Department warned Americans to reconsider traveling to the Middle East, adding that the Iran war could quickly worsen, as Tehran maintained a defiant stance over the Strait of Hormuz,” CNBC reports.

“Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed an attack Saturday on Saudi Arabia’s capital that apparently targeted jet-fuel storage at its airport, marking the first direct assault on Riyadh in months as the group squeezes the kingdom’s Red Sea route for its oil exports,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Black smoke could be seen at King Khalid International Airport, in the latest escalation in the attacks targeting the kingdom.”

“The strike hit jet-fuel facilities at the airfield, three officials with knowledge of the incident said.”

“Saudi Arabian authorities issued air-raid alerts for Riyadh early Saturday, the first in the capital since the height of the U.S.-Iran war in March and April,” Bloomberg reports.

“The kingdom’s early warning system issued emergency alerts at 4 a.m. and again at 6 a.m. for residents of the capital, without giving further details.”

“The Pentagon is weighing a drastic plan to pull planes, ships, weapons and tens of thousands of U.S. troops from Europe, despite warnings from NATO allies about the growing threat of Russian aggression,” NBC News reports.

“The reduction could be roughly one-third of all U.S. troops in Europe, or roughly 25,000. One U.S. official and another person with knowledge of the deliberations say it could be even larger — as much as half, or up to 40,000 troops.”

“If carried out, it would be the most significant scaling back of the 80,000-strong U.S. military presence in Europe since the aftermath of the Cold War in the 1990s.”