Ginny Andersen

Trump has threatened to blow up Iranian-linked vessels if they, quote, come anywhere close to the blockade, but this time...

No international navy clash.

While a lot of tankers are being held at bay and the IMF, the International Monetary Fund, says any escalation of the Iran war could trigger a global recession, Israel and Lebanon have just concluded their first direct talks in about 40 years at the White House.

A joint statement on that is expected soon.

They're talking about maybe putting together some kind of future discussion framework.

Anyway, Vance, who hasn't had the best week, is joining his boss in advising the American-born Pope Leo to stay out of American politics when it comes to all of this.

Vance is the highest-ranking Catholic in the administration, says the Pope should stick to matters of morality, suggesting what?

That war and peace is not a moral issue?

Anyway, it's all become somewhat strange with Trump saying... I'm not a big fan of Pope Leo.

then saying he owes no apology to the Pope.

No, I don't, because Pope Leo said things that are wrong.

That's when Trump posted that picture of himself as a Christ-like figure with beams shooting from his hands and a halo around his head, with Trump later saying, yeah, he wasn't pretending to be Jesus Christ, he was pretending to be a Red Cross doctor.

Bizarre.

Yeah, we said big, big trouble was ahead for Swalwell.

Didn't take too long to play out, did it?

He has not only quit the governance race, but also intends to leave the Congress amid one of the most seamy sex scandals on Capitol Hill for a little while.

It seems the 45-year-old Polly thought he was immune from any responsibility to the law, to his wife and three kids, to his staffers, to his supporters.

So now he has fired himself before his colleagues could expel him amid accusations of sexual assault and potentially alleged rape from at least four women, one of whom, Ali Samarko,

About one hour after Democrats four-wheel said he would quit, Republican Tony Gonzalez also said he would retire.

I made a mistake and I had a lapse in judgment.