Mark Toth

@marktoth.bsky.social

National Security & Foreign Policy: The Hill, NY Post, Kyiv Post, BBC, Fox News, Daily Mail & TVP World. Seen: CNN, NewsNation, Newsweek, Daily Express, The Telegraph, The Mirror &The Sun. Verified Journalist. Articles: https://muckrack.com/mark-toth-1

Our latest INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 08.04.2026 is live. While @jonsweet.bsky.social made his way to the Big Island in Hawaii, I focused on the Israeli-Lebanese talks in Rome. I also touched on the deal developing between the U.S. & Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. Link below.

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If lBarak Ravid's reporting is accurate, then this is a massive U.S. strategic defeat. POTUS would be giving Iran effective control of the Strait of Hormuz, something it didn't have before the war started. Steve Witkoff has to go. Everything he touches either goes sideways or gets worse. Link ⬇️

Sec State Rubio, If it is the type of progress being reported by the NY Times, meaning Iran controls shipping into the Arabian Gulf, & can interfere with exiting traffic, then it’s only progress for the IRGC.

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If Iran is duplicitous - and they are - POTUS is naive for believing its regime will ever be good faith negotiating partners with U.S. There isn’t a deal to be made. Trump can’t want a deal more than Vahidi & his IRGC commanders. Spoiler: They do not want one.

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Mark me down as highly skeptical. Nothing fundamental has changed in Iran, especially with the IRGC. IMO, every time POTUS plays this game, he weakens his negotiating position with Iran.

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Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 07.31.2026 is live. Today, while @jonsweet.bsky.social & his wife are enjoying Maui, I examine the lack of OPSEC today at the White House as the U.S. & Israel prepare to potentially return to full-scale military operations in Iran. Link below.

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How many more little Ukrainian kids does Putin have to kill before POTUS gets it that it’s time to stop talking about it? Get it done already Mr. Trump.

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Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 07.29.2026 is live. @jonsweet.bsky.social is off today. He will be back tomorrow reporting from Maui. I focused on the growing friction between the U.S. & South Korea and urge both sides to pull back from the brink. Link below.

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Forgive me, but I am going to show my age. My grandfather was born in 1895. After he returned from WWI, he started barn storming & became part of the golden age of aviation. By the time he died, mankind had made it to the moon & 747s & Concordes flew around the world. 1/2

Either people get it or not, Russia & China alongside their Axis of Evil allies Iran & North Korea, have been at war against the West since Putin invaded Ukraine. Araghchi’s government sold drone technology to Moscow that attacks Ukraine every day. POTUS, finish the job.

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President Donald Trump just now on Truth Social. So long as they are legitimate dual use military targets, Kuwait & the Gulf states likely want POTUS’ threat to include the IRGC targeting or striking their own existential water desalination & electrical facilities.

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