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title: Reconstruction Plan for Gaza in The Context of the Belt and Road: The Xinjiang Model
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<div><img src="https://brixsweden.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bild2.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>By: Hussein Askary<br>Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden</p>
<p>The absurd statements made by U.S. President Donald Trump on relocating the Palestinians from Gaza, followed by the insults directed by Benjamin Netanyahu to some important Arab countries, have opened a window of opportunity for the Arab countries and the Global South to put forward an alternative plan that is realistic, humanitarian, and compatible with international law to save the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, resolve the Palestinian issue, and establish peace and development in the West Asian region (erroneously called the Middle East). But this requires guarantees and cooperation from international powers, most importantly the U.S. Administration, but not alone. China, Russia, the BRICS countries, that were joined this year by Egypt, the UAE, Iran and Ethiopia (and potentially Indonesia), and many other countries in the Global South have risen economically, militarily and politically today. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently recognized that the era of unipolarity is over and has been replaced by an era of multipolarity. This historical fact must be exploited by Arab countries, not to play the East against the West, but to build bridges through Arab countries between them.</p>
<p>First, it is imperative to uphold the two-state solution and the right of the Palestinian people to establish their own state with East Jerusalem as its capital on Palestinian lands in accordance with UN Resolution 242 of 1967 and the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002. However, for this state to be sustainable, there must be an economic policy for reconstruction and development and to compensate the Palestinian people and their younger generations for the tragedies and horrors they have faced so far.</p>
<p>The gates of humanitarian relief must be opened immediately to prevent hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza from dying of hunger, immunodeficiency and infectious diseases due to water contamination and lack of sanitation and health care. Perhaps this is what the extremist Israeli government is counting on to drive the Palestinian people out of Gaza voluntarily. We must remember what happened in Iraq after Desert Storm in 1991, where nearly one million Iraqis, half of them children, were killed not by Anglo-American bombing, but by the consequences of the destruction of basic infrastructure and the economic blockade that led to malnutrition and the spread of diseases.</p>
<h6>The Oasis Plan</h6>
<p>As for the long-term plan, we are pleased with the statements made by the Egyptian government that there are two plans that will be discussed with the Arab countries before the upcoming summit at the end of this month. While we do not know the details of these plans, we would like to put forward a set of ideas within what we call the “Oasis Plan”, an idea launched by the late American economist Lyndon LaRouche in the 1970s and based on the concept of “peace through development”, where there is no peace without development and no development without peace, and where the two issues must go in parallel.</p>
<p>This is what did not happen in the Oslo Agreement, as the economic decisions in Annexes III and IV were neglected, albeit insufficient, and the focus was on political solutions only. This is what prompted LaRouche to predict the failure of the Oslo Accord and to warn of the role of the Israeli extreme right and its supporters from the Christian Zionist movements in the United States and Britain in destroying any foundations for peace and assassinating and imprisoning its advocates on both sides.</p>
<p>The Oasis Plan is to address the issues of water shortage and desertification in the region, the lack of modern basic infrastructure for development, and the lack of agricultural and industrial capabilities despite the existence of natural resources, geographical location, financial and human resources in the region but are unevenly distributed. The plan sees the issue of reconstruction in Gaza, Palestine, and the entire region (especially Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen) in a larger context. It is not possible to find solutions to local issues whose causes are global.</p>
<p>The plan in its new form developed by this author and his colleagues at the Schiller Institute in the last two years evolves in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative or the New Silk Road and the connectivity of West Asia’s infrastructure and its utilization as a bridge between Asia, Europe and Africa on the one hand and the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean on the other. This is done by building development corridors throughout the region consisting mainly of transportation lines such as railways, highways, water, electric power, oil and gas pipelines, and building new agricultural and industrial zones and cities on both sides of these development corridors, which will extend to Palestine (from Jordan to the West Bank, to Gaza, to the Mediterranean Sea, and from there to Egypt).</p>
<h6>Water and agriculture</h6>
<p>The plan first aims to solve the issue of water shortage, underdeveloped agriculture and desertification. The amount of water naturally available in this part of the region, especially the Golan Hights, South Lebanon, and the West Bank, most of which is appropriated by Israel, cannot be relied upon, even if it were hypothetically divided fairly. There is a need throughout the region to increase the amount of water available exponentially, and this can only be done through seawater desalination.</p>
<p>There are two major projects for desalination:</p>
<p><strong>First:</strong> Building two canals to the Dead Sea, one from the Red Sea and the other from the Mediterranean. The purpose of these two canals is not for maritime transportation, as is rumored, and they can be replaced by large diameter pipes. Rather, their purpose is to take advantage of the huge difference in elevation between the Red and Mediterranean Seas on the one hand and the Dead Sea on the other. The Dead Sea is four hundred meters below sea level. The rapid flow of water in the two channels sloping towards the Dead Sea can be used to generate energy for desalination and other uses.</p>
<p><strong>Second:</strong> In the future, nuclear plants with small modular reactors could be built to desalinate water and produce electricity. Similar plants powered by either natural gas or nuclear power should be built in the future on the Mediterranean coast and along the Suez Canal as well.<br>Agriculture must be significantly developed, using modern irrigation and seed development techniques in the Palestinian territories and in neighboring Arab countries to achieve food security and economic, political, and stability because a large part of the Arab countries’ resources are wasted on importing foodstuffs. Social and political shocks occur in Arab countries whenever there is a global crisis that leads to a rise in food prices, as happened in 2008 and 2009 and after the outbreak of the Ukraine war in 2022. Therefore, the cultivation and afforestation of dry and desert areas must be expanded throughout the Arab region.</p>
<h6>Industries</h6>
<p>Lyndon LaRouche proposed at an international conference on oil and gas in global politics in Abu Dhabi in May 2002 that oil-producing countries should build nuclear power plants both for water desalination and also to use their oil and gas resources for petrochemical, chemical and other industries that increase the added value of crude oil and gas exponentially. A few years later, the UAE launched its own peaceful nuclear program and completed the construction of four large-scale nuclear reactors in cooperation with South Korea last year. Egypt is currently building the Dabaa nuclear plant in cooperation with Russia.</p>
<p>China’s industrial and technological progress has also enabled it to localize some advanced industries in Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. All Arab countries should build industrial parks and special economic zones, in addition to establishing industries in Gaza and the West Bank, taking advantage of their geographical location, availability of raw materials and labor, and proximity to markets. The construction of a world-class port in Gaza, an airport, and rail and metro line (see proposal below) should be implemented.</p>
<p><strong>Financing</strong></p>
<p>We cannot rely solely on foreign aid to sustain the economic situation of the Palestinian people and their future state. The Oasis Plan includes the establishment of an Arab or regional development bank modeled after the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with a capital of $100 billion. The Arab countries should collectively establish such a bank. Its purpose would be not only to issue low-interest, long-term credits to finance basic infrastructure projects throughout the region, especially in Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, but also to provide financial leverage for national development banks to be established, such as the Palestinian Development Bank (which was envisioned in the Oslo Accords but has not been established). National banks would be able to finance local projects for housing, agriculture and industry. This would save poor Arab countries and the Palestinian people from relying on foreign aid with strings attached including political concessions.</p>
<p>Funding could in addition be obtained from the AIIB and through bilateral “oil-for-construction” and “oil-for-technology” agreements, where a small portion of the region’s oil and gas exports (5% to 10%) could be used to finance the proposed Arab Development Bank and to obtain bilateral credits from oil and gas importing countries such as China, Japan, Korea, India, and European countries and utilize these credits in infrastructure, industry, and agriculture projects. We have explained this in detail in <a href="https://brixsweden.org/belt-and-road-countries-can-finance-their-own-progress-five-methods-of-doing-it/"><span>a previous article.</span></a></p>
<h6>How can Gaza be rebuilt without relocating its population?</h6>
<p>There are many simple solutions, but they need good organization and joint funding. For example, Asian countries, including China, have the capacity to manufacture small prefabricated mobile houses the size of a typical shipping container cheaply and quickly. The Palestinian people in Gaza cannot continue to live in tents without experiencing all sorts of health, psychological and social issues. Communal sanitation facilities could be built around clusters of such housing along Gaza’s coastline, supplied with water, electricity and sewage treatment via floating power and desalination plants that are available in many parts of the world or can be built quickly. Likewise, field hospitals and schools must be built.</p>
<p>The Oasis Plan is a plan that, although it is regionally comprehensive and needs global consensus, is capable of finding solutions to even local and national issues. Its details can be expanded upon in collaboration with local planners and engineers to adapt it to the local situation of each region and country. Our purpose in proposing the Oasis Plan is not to design precise policies for each country, but to develop a general but scientific and conceptual framework that reflects the economic, technical and political developments in today’s new world.</p>
<h6>The Xinjiang model</h6>
<p>Contrary to the unfounded allegations about the realities of the human rights and living conditions of the minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, it is uniquely positioned and fits squarely as a model for the four major initiatives launched by President Xi Jinping: the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, the Global Development Initiative (GDI) in 2021, the Global Security Initiative (GSI) in 2022, and the Globel Civilization Initiative (GCI) in 2023. Besides, it serves as a great example of the harmonious co-existence of the fascinating panoply of 56 ethnic groups of China striving together to prosper and live in peace and security.</p>
<p>Xinjiang, which this author visited and <a href="https://brixsweden.org/will-xinjiang-become-the-new-miracle-of-eurasia/"><span>reported on</span></a>, has long surpassed the stage of stabilization and establishment of peace and security and is moving into a new stage of industrialization. Its isolated geographical location has been transformed to a great advantage for all of China due to the BRI. Its ethnic diversity has been transformed from a potential source of divisiveness and separatism into a source national cultural enrichment and of unity for the whole nation with all its ethnic groups.</p>
<p>What makes Xinjiang a good model for the Arab countries and West Asia in general, besides this diversity, is its climate. The climate in Xinjiang is arid and with a very fragile ecosystem. It is host to the second largest shifting sand desert in the world, the Taklimakan Desert. The average annual precipitation in Xinjiang is less than 150 millimetres (mm) per year. Compare this to Afghanistan (250 mm/year), Iran (240 mm/year), Saudi Arabia (150 mm/year), and Morocco (300 mm/year). But despite this fact, Xinjiang is one of the great producers of cotton, fruits, nuts, etc. Even fresh seafood is locally produced in fish farms in the lakes of Xinjiang.</p>
<p>The desert-agricultural technology this author saw in the region is utilizing the most advanced tools, with water saving techniques such as drip irrigations and fumigation (covering the field with plastic film to prevent evaporation), and the use of precise mereological and satellite data for exact timing of sowing and harvesting. All these technologies and methods carry very important lessons for other nations along the New Silk Road. The narratives spread about the use of “forced labour” in cotton harvesting are absurd given the fact that this makes no economic sense. In one of the farms that we visited north of Korla, the full mechanisation of the process of harvesting cotton means that the cost per hectare of land is reduced by full five times, from 15,000 RMB per hectare if done manually to a mere 5000 RMB when done by machines.</p>
<p>The modern water resources management system and infrastructure which extends to all parts of Xinjiang, is a marvellous achievement. The water resources management infrastructure extends long into the desert areas along the roads, such as in Yuli County of the Bayin’gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, where land continues to be reclaimed not only for reforestation but also for agriculture.</p>
<p>These are the main features of Xinjiang’s success story in not only bringing peace and stability to the people, but also great economic prosperity and hope for the future that makes it a great model for Palestine and the region of West Asia.</p>
<h6>Proposal for a subway system in Gaza</h6>
<p>This author would like to propose that the government of Xinjiang province, with support from the central government of the People’s Republic of China, offers a gift to the people of Gaza buy building a subway line similar to the Metro Line 1 in Ürümqi, capital of Xinjiang province. The subway, which this author visited in 2024 is one of the most modern metro systems. Its length of 32 km is slightly shorter than the length of the Gaza Strip (40 km). The Hamas tunnel system that was used in war time can be replaced with a subway system in peace time, extending from the south to the north. The subway system can be used, besides passenger transport, as the core of a development corridor with logistics, power, water, telecommunications lines. It will save much of the surface area of this densely populated area. The geological structures of sedimentary limestone and sandstone layers are very easy to work for tunnelling. One advantage of the horrific destruction of 80% of the Gaza infrastructure and houses, is that it could be built from the ground up after clearing all the ruble and debris.</p>
<p>Replacing tragedy with hope and fear with joy of achievement will lift the people of Gaza, especially the children, from the very dark psychological effects of the war launched against them by the Israeli army. Economic, social, and cultural development will be the best remedy for despair, hatred, and extremism. The new name for peace, as proven by China, is development.</p>

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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893270873307541569" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">New research has challenged “normal” B12 levels.<p>Even within the “normal” range, lower B12 was linked to:<br>⚡ Slower cognitive processing<br>🧠 Delayed brain signal transmission (visual evoked potential latency)<br>🔬 Structural brain changes</p><p>Let’s break it down 🧵1/10 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkY_D3HXEAAtfJ-.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkY_D3HXEAAtfJ-.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893270876327383069" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Researchers at UCSF studied 231 healthy older adults (avg. age: 71). All had B12 levels in the “normal” range (median 414.8 pmol/L). But when they looked at brain function &amp; structure, a surprising pattern emerged <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">2/</span><br><a data-preview="true" href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.27200" data-sanitized-class="entity-url">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…</a><span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkY97z2W0AAn0hX.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkY97z2W0AAn0hX.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893270878810485081" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Participants with lower active B12 (holo-transcobalamin) had:<br>📉 Slower processing speeds (reaction time tasks)<br>👁️ Delayed visual evoked potentials (a marker of brain conductivity)<br>🧠 More white matter hyperintensities on MRI<br>All signs of subtle neurological dysfunction. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">3/</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893270880513368120" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_4" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Low active B12 = less available to brain cells. This wasn’t a deficiency by traditional lab cutoffs—these people had “normal” B12.<br>But they still had signs of impaired brain function with lower values, suggesting that our definition of normal may be too low. 4/ <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkY-_qyWYAArVlZ.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkY-_qyWYAArVlZ.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893270883474583934" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_5" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">It gets more interesting…<br>🔹 Low holo-transcobalamin (active B12) was linked to slower brain processing<br>🔹 High holo-haptocorrin (inactive B12) was linked to higher Tau levels—a biomarker of neurodegeneration<br>This means BOTH low &amp; high B12 could be problematic. 5/ <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkY-2zUXQAApFSp.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkY-2zUXQAApFSp.png"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893270886393803090" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_6" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Current B12 cutoffs are based on population averages—not functional brain health.<br>The U.S. deficiency threshold is 148 pmol/L, but this study suggests neurological impairment starts well above that.<br>The researchers suggest re-evaluating B12 guidelines. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">6/</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893270887895376137" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_7" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">B12 is essential for:<br>✅ Myelin integrity (protecting nerve fibers)<br>✅ DNA &amp; red blood cell production<br>✅ Energy metabolism<br>But many older adults struggle to absorb it due to a variety of factors such as medications (e.g., PPIs, metformin) or gut issues. As a reminder, it's always a good idea to check with your doctor if you have concerns about deficiency and are considering supplementation, especially if you have pre-existing medical conditions <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">7/</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893270889245954132" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_8" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">This study raises big questions:<br>🔬 Are we missing early signs of B12-related brain decline?<br>📉 Should we redefine what’s considered low B12?<br>🧠 Could supplementing prevent cognitive decline?<br>More studies are certainly needed <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">8/</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893270891196199317" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_9" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">B12 plays a crucial role in brain health, but both low and high levels may have consequences. Low active B12 (Holo-TC) was linked to slower processing speed, myelin damage, and more white matter lesions. High inactive B12 (Holo-HC) correlated with elevated Tau, a marker of neurodegeneration. More research is needed to determine optimal supplementation regimens and levels for brain health 9/<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkY-SCKXAAARjMV.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkY-SCKXAAARjMV.jpg"></a></span></div>


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<div><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:best,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fantonchaitkin.substack.com%2Ftwitter%2Fsubscribe-card.jpg%3Fv%3D-1560552167%26version%3D9" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>This is a reminder of the presentation by Anton Chaitkin on Sunday, February 23, 2025.</p>
<p>The usurpers who ruled after the 1960s assassinations took American industry down. They dictated wars, austerity and censorship. That era is now ending, though they will try to sabotage and regroup.</p>
<p><span>How can we shape a</span> <strong>development agenda</strong> <span>to return America to progress and self-government? Why is international cooperation vital? What reckoning is needed with crimes against humanity, and crimes against our nation?</span></p>
<p>Anton Chaitkin will address these topics in a presentation to the Rising Tide Foundation on Sunday, February 23, 2025, from 2 PM to 3:30 PM Eastern Time. Participation in this event will be for paid subscribers only.</p>


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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652348003647642" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">🎧 Binaural beats are a powerful tool for focus—but not all frequencies work.<p>When I need to concentrate, I use the exact 15Hz frequency proven to enhance working memory and brain connectivity.</p><p>I’ve recreated and posted them for you to try 👇 🧵 1/11<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeY5_eXwAAtbAr.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeY5_eXwAAtbAr.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652349924651352" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">For those ready to start listening, here’s the video.<br>Want to know the science behind how these binaural beats enhance focus and how to best use them? Keep reading. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/2</span><br><span data-sanitized-class="entity-embed"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HAZuZaP31VM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-sanitized-class="youtube-player keep-ratio-4-3" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin">[embedded content]</iframe></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652351782695030" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Binaural beats use two slightly different tones in each ear. Your brain detects the difference which can influence brainwave patterns.<br>🎯 At 15Hz, this process has been shown to enhance working memory by optimizing brain connectivity in a recent study. /3 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZAVuWQAA0c3h.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZAVuWQAA0c3h.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652353644954095" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_4" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Study participants completed a working memory task while listening to different sounds:<br>🎵 Classical music<br>🎧 Pure tones<br>⚡ 5Hz, 10Hz, or 15Hz binaural beats<br>Only 15Hz significantly improved accuracy and altered brain networks. /4 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZH08WgAAQnlD.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZH08WgAAQnlD.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652355683422571" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_5" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">🧠 15Hz binaural beats strengthened bilateral frontoparietal network and left hemispheric connectivity, a network essential for working memory. It also increased theta-band activity and enhanced brain network synchronization. /5 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZKYSXQAA_MnN.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZKYSXQAA_MnN.png"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652357734441437" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_6" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">EEG scans showed stronger connections between key attention regions while listening to 15Hz beats. More efficient information transfer across brain regions = better focus and mental clarity. These changes improved accuracy and information transfer during a working memory task. /6 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZMQ-W4AA-pMS.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZMQ-W4AA-pMS.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652359961587781" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_7" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">I recreated the exact 15Hz binaural beats from this study<br>🎶 Left ear: 240 Hz<br>🎶 Right ear: 255 Hz<br>Most binaural beats online don’t use these evidence-based frequencies. I made sure mine match the research, especially since similar but slightly different tones show no significant results. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/7</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652361605714035" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_8" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">How to use them for peak performance:<br>Research suggests binaural beats work better when:<br>⏳ You listen for longer durations<br>🔄 You play them before &amp; during deep work or study sessions /8 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZSzUXEAAL2w1.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZSzUXEAAL2w1.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652363321221326" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_9" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">🎧 How to choose the right binaural beats for your goal.<br>I use 15Hz for focus &amp; working memory—perfect for tasks that require attention.<br>For long-term memory, I’ve shared 20Hz beats, backed by evidence—ideal for studying.<br>Try them here: /9<span data-sanitized-class="entity-embed"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/21dRQnjqghk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-sanitized-class="youtube-player keep-ratio-4-3" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin">[embedded content]</iframe></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652365128974367" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_10" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Binaural beats aren’t just for focus. Studies suggest they may also help with:<br>📈 Memory<br>✨ Anxiety and pain reduction<br>💤 Sleep improvement<br>But different frequencies serve different purposes—so using the right one is key. /10 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZf1eWQAA_3eL.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkeZf1eWQAA_3eL.png"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1893652367914004972" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_11" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">In summary: I recreated this evidence-based binaural beat track specifically to enhance focus and attention during deep work. 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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894161084837171564" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Tylenol use during pregnancy has been linked to childhood ADHD in a new study:<br>📊 3x higher odds of ADHD diagnosis<br>💊 5x more likely to be prescribed ADHD meds<br>🧬 In females, 5.22% higher odds, mediated by placental gene expression<p>Let’s break it down 🧵👇 1/9 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GklpNLFXAAAn7R4.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GklpNLFXAAAn7R4.png"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894161087592886713" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Researchers analyzed 307 African American mother–child pairs, measuring APAP (Tylenol) metabolites in maternal blood during pregnancy and tracking ADHD outcomes in children at ages 8–10.<br>The key question: Does prenatal APAP exposure impact neurodevelopment? /2 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GklpPSFWIAAi240.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GklpPSFWIAAi240.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894161090193289635" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">🧠 Children exposed to APAP in the womb had 3.15x higher odds of an ADHD diagnosis.<br>💊 They were also 5.2x more likely to be prescribed ADHD medications.<br>This adds to growing concerns about APAP’s effects on fetal brain development. /3 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GklpRn_XkAAsw36.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GklpRn_XkAAsw36.png"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894161092001067211" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_4" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Sex differences emerged:<br>♀️ In girls, the risk appeared higher:<br>🔹 6.16x higher odds of ADHD diagnosis<br>🔹 10.26x higher odds of ADHD medication use<br>♂️ In boys, there was a positive trend but not statistically significant. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/4</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894161093531992559" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_5" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">To uncover how APAP might influence brain development, researchers analyzed placental gene expression.<br>🧬 Prenatal APAP exposure altered immune system pathways in girls and energy metabolism (oxidative phosphorylation) in both sexes. These biological changes may contribute to ADHD risk. /5<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GklpVCxXEAA13Yb.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GklpVCxXEAA13Yb.png"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894161096413495350" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_6" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">A key link: Higher expression of IGHG1 (an immune-related gene) in the placenta was associated with higher ADHD risk in girls.Statistical mediation analysis suggests that prenatal APAP exposure increased ADHD risk by 5.22% through IGHG1 expression. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/6</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894161097583665289" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_7" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">This study aligns with prior research linking prenatal APAP to ADHD but strengthens the evidence by using biomarkers instead of self-reported use. It also highlights potential molecular mechanisms, particularly immune activation and disrupted energy metabolism in the placenta. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/7</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894161099034910820" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_8" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Limitations to consider:<br>🔹 The study focused on African American mothers in the urban South, limiting generalizability.<br>🔹 Small sample size for placental RNA analysis.<br>🔹 APAP exposure was measured at one time point, though effects may vary across pregnancy.<br>Further research is needed. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/8</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894161100301598932" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_9" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Tylenol is widely used in pregnancy, but emerging evidence suggests possible neurodevelopmental risks. 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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894356699051434230" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Lifestyle is a stronger predictor of aging and mortality than genetics.<p>A new Nature study of ~500,000 people found:<br>🎯 17% of mortality variation was linked to lifestyle (exposome).<br>🧬 &lt;2% of was explained by genetics.</p><p>Here’s what you need to know 👇🧵 1/10<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkoYzuKXgAAV7OP.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkoYzuKXgAAV7OP.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894356701039522179" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">The study examined 164 environmental exposures, genetic risk scores for 22 diseases, and a proteomic “aging clock” to track biological aging. This allowed researchers to quantify the relative contributions of environment and genetics to aging and mortality. /2 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkoY1yzXAAE20TZ.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkoY1yzXAAE20TZ.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894356703434482087" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">For premature death, the exposome explained 17% of variation, while genetics explained less than 2%. 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Mice exposed to blue light had lower insulin receptor substrate-2 (Irs2) expression in the liver—a key marker for insulin resistance. /3 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gkv3rX9XsAApMbA.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gkv3rX9XsAApMbA.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894880679701147776" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_4" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">After wearing blue-light blocking glasses for 1 month, human participants saw significant reductions in fasting blood glucose (↓3.9%) and insulin resistance (HOMA-IR ↓25%). 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Given the rise of social jet lag and screen use before bed, blocking blue light may be an easy, low-cost strategy to improve glucose control and sleep without medication. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/6</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1894880686248731120" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_7" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">These results are limited and should be interpreted with caution. The human trial had only six participants, and the study lasted only one month. 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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895088530491351078" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">A ketogenic diet outperformed DASH for fatty liver disease (MASLD) in key metabolic measures:<br>⚖️ Weight: -6.16 vs. -2.14 kg<br>🩸 Blood Pressure: -9.4 vs. +4.4 mmHg<br>📏 Waist: -9.6 vs. -4.2 cm<p>Yet no change in liver fat or stiffness after 8 weeks—longer studies may be needed 🧵1/10 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gky0stwXsAAHQp_.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gky0stwXsAAHQp_.png"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895088536929321290" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">MASLD affects ~25% of the world's population and is strongly linked to obesity and metabolic syndrome. While weight loss is beneficial, the impact of a ketogenic diet—popular for blood sugar control in diabetes—on MASLD remains unclear but several beneficial mechanisms have been proposed (). 2/<a data-preview="true" href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/16/4857" data-sanitized-class="entity-url">mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/1…</a></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895088538363850823" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Researchers randomized 24 patients with MASLD to either:<br>🥑 A ketogenic diet (home-delivered, 5% carbs, 70% fat, 25% protein)<br>🥦 A DASH diet (nutrition education, low-fat, rich in vegetables/ fruits, and whole grains)<br>They followed the diets for 8 weeks while tracking liver health, body composition, and metabolic markers. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">3/</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895088539978678329" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_4" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">After 8 weeks, the ketogenic diet group lost ~4 kg (9 lbs) more than the DASH group. They also had:<br>📉 Greater reductions in waist circumference &amp; visceral fat<br>💪 Lower fat mass<br>⬇️ Improved blood pressure &amp; triglycerides<br>But what about liver health? 4/ <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkyzIZYXMAAX-lA.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkyzIZYXMAAX-lA.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895088542617116948" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_5" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Despite weight loss and metabolic improvements, liver stiffness and steatosis (fat content) remained unchanged in both groups.<br>This suggests that while keto helps with metabolic markers, it may not reverse liver fat accumulation in just 8 weeks. 5/ <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkyzL-HWkAAsdX7.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GkyzL-HWkAAsdX7.png"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895088545250910301" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_6" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">One reason? MASLD is a chronic condition, and it may take longer to see liver changes. Another factor is that participants only reached mild ketosis, which might not have been enough to drive significant liver improvements. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">6/</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895088546463027219" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_7" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">While the ketogenic diet improved triglycerides &amp; blood pressure, it also lowered HDL ("good cholesterol"), raising concerns about its long-term effects on cardiovascular health.<br>More research is needed to understand its safety &amp; sustainability over time. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">7/</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895088547905831035" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_8" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Key takeaways:<br>✅ A ketogenic diet led to more weight loss &amp; metabolic improvements than standard lifestyle advice.<br>❌ But it did not significantly reduce liver fat or stiffness in 8 weeks.<br>⚠️ Long-term effects on heart health &amp; liver function remain unclear. If you have pre-existing medical conditions, it's always a good idea to speak to your healthcare team before trying a new diet, especially if it is significantly different from what you usually have <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">8/</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895088549382496684" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_9" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">What’s next?<br>🔎 How does keto compare to other diets over longer periods?<br>🔎 Would a stricter ketogenic approach lead to better liver outcomes?<br>🔎 How does keto affect MASLD patients with diabetes?<br>🔎 Can a ketogenic diet play a role in preventing MASLD in at-risk individuals? <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">9/</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895088551416512975" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_10" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">A ketogenic diet reduced weight, waist size, blood pressure, fat mass, and visceral fat more than DASH. But larger studies are needed to assess its long-term impact on liver fat, stiffness, and overall health. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">10/</span><br><a data-preview="true" href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11743996/" data-sanitized-class="entity-url">pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11…</a><span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gky0z0sWEAAE6FY.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gky0z0sWEAAE6FY.jpg"></a></span></div>


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<div><img src="https://threadreaderapp.com/images/screenshots/thread/1895118335852830788.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div>It might make sense to increase compensation for Congress and senior government employees to reduce the forcing function for corruption, as the latter might be as much as 1000 times more expensive to the public


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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895442621272621560" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">🧠 Exercise enhances learning—but timing is key.<p>In this study, exercising 4 hours after learning improved retention by 8.3% and enhanced hippocampal activation. But exercising immediately after? No effect.</p><p>Here’s how to optimize learning with exercise 🧵 1/11<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk32Qf3WYAA8Qq2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk32Qf3WYAA8Qq2.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895442623655194970" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Researchers tested whether exercise after learning could improve memory consolidation.<br>They compared:<br>1️⃣ No exercise<br>2️⃣ Exercise immediately after learning<br>3️⃣ Exercise 4 hours later<br>Who would remember best after 48 hours? /2 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk32SwtXAAAJPUO.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk32SwtXAAAJPUO.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895442626708652251" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Participants learned 90 picture-location associations and took an initial memory test.<br>48 hours later, they were tested again inside an MRI scanner.<br>Memory retention = Test 2 performance / Test 1 performance. /3 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk32VH4XQAA4mSO.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk32VH4XQAA4mSO.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895442630135476387" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_4" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">✅ Exercising 4 hours later led to 8.3% better memory retention vs. no exercise or immediate exercise.<br>✅ MRI scans showed better hippocampal pattern similarity, meaning stronger, more stable recall. /4 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk32XZhXwAAoKZX.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk32XZhXwAAoKZX.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895442634032005627" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_5" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">❌ Immediate Exercise? No Effect<br>Exercising right after learning did not improve memory suggesting the physiological response to exercise did not benefit memory consolidation at this stage /5 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk32ZmcXEAA81v2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk32ZmcXEAA81v2.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895442636724727809" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_6" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Why Does This Work?<br>Exercise releases dopamine, noradrenaline, and BDNF, which support memory consolidation.<br>The key? Waiting 4 hours may align exercise with a critical memory stabilization phase, maximizing retention, but the answer is still unclear. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/6</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895442638364610792" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_7" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Key Takeaways<br>1️⃣ Exercising immediately after learning? No effect on this memory task.<br>2️⃣ Exercising 4 hours later? Improves memory significantly.<br>3️⃣ Exercise 4 hours later also changed hippocampal activity during recall <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/7</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895442640004321383" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_8" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">This study tested visual memory—it’s unclear if timing matters for other types of learning. The optimal delay for exercise isn’t known, and longer-term effects beyond 48 hours weren’t tested. This paves the way for new research to be conducted on these topics to explore these questions. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/8</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895442641933983927" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_9" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Another study found that cold exposure immediately after learning boosted long-term memory—but only for emotionally charged events. This suggests a potential way to enhance retention of impactful experiences. I covered this in a previous thread <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/9</span><br><blockquote data-conversation="none" data-align="center" data-dnt="true" data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p><span data-sanitized-class="entity-embed"><a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonLuuMD/status/1890372346545926475">https://x.com/BrandonLuuMD/status/1890372346545926475</a></span></p>
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</div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895442643813126187" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_10" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">I also use exercise as a tool to optimize cognitive performance when sleep deprived. More on that here <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/10</span><br><blockquote data-conversation="none" data-align="center" data-dnt="true" data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet">
<p><span data-sanitized-class="entity-embed"><a href="https://twitter.com/BrandonLuuMD/status/1888215714168733697">https://x.com/BrandonLuuMD/status/1888215714168733697</a></span></p>
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<p data-sanitized-class="">By Bruce Pardy | The Epoch Times</p><p data-sanitized-class="">President Donald Trump confirmed this week that new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China will go into effect on March 4. For weeks and months, a chorus of conservatives and libertarians have savaged Trump’s fondness for tariffs. Tariffs punish your own people, said <a href="https://reason.com/2024/07/10/biden-and-trump-are-both-disastrously-wrong-about-tariffs/" target="_blank">John Stossel in <em>Reason Magazine</em></a>. Tariffs are taxes, and taxing trade will mean less trade and higher prices, said <a href="https://nationalinterest.org/feature/donald-trumps-tariffs-bad-economics-and-maybe-illegal-too" target="_blank">Sen. Rand Paul</a>. The optimal level of tariffs is zero, said <a href="https://financialpost.com/opinion/trump-trade-mutually-beneficial" target="_blank">Walter Block in the <em>Financial Post</em></a>. They’re not wrong. But like Trump himself, sometimes tariffs are not that crazy.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Yes, tariffs are taxes, and taxes are bad. Tariffs tax your own people when they buy foreign goods. Tariffs raise prices and increase inflation. They impede transactions that benefit both sides. Consumers and producers in both countries would be better off without trade impediments. Yes, the ideal level of tariffs is zero.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">But circumstances are rarely ideal. Paradoxically, if you value free trade and economic competition, sometimes tariffs are the best choice.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">A small town has two bakeries. They offer delicacies of the highest quality. The owner of the Indigo Bakery is friends with the mayor. The mayor uses his office to benefit his friends. He arranges for the town to subsidize the Indigo Bakery.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">The Indigo Bakery uses its largesse to undercut the prices of its competitor, the Violet Bakery. The Violet Bakery cannot compete. It goes bust, not because its products were inferior but because it lacked influence in the political sphere. The town breached the first principle of free markets: The same rules apply to everyone.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Two car manufacturers are in adjacent countries. Each sells its cars on both sides of the border. The government of the Indigo Country imposes a tariff on cars from the Violet Country. Indigo importers pay the tariff tax to the Indigo Country’s government. Under a 20 percent tariff, importers pay $20 in tax for every $100 worth of car. They pass on that expense to Indigo purchasers. Inside the Indigo Country, the price of Violet cars goes up. More Indigo consumers buy Indigo cars instead. Like the Indigo Bakery, the Indigo manufacturer has an artificial advantage.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Of course, the best solution is to remove the tariff. But the Indigo government refuses. It protects its domestic friends. If you are the government of the Violet Country, what to do? You cannot remove the tariff, but you can remove the advantage it creates.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Match the tariff. Level the playing field. Subject competitors to the same rules.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">That’s what Trump has proposed to do. On Feb. 13, the White House released a memorandum on <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/reciprocal-trade-and-tariffs/" target="_blank">Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs</a>. A few days later on X, Trump <a href="https://x.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1891572283161944433?s=12" target="_blank">described his intentions:</a> “On Trade, I have decided, for purposes of Fairness, that I will charge a RECIPROCAL Tariff, meaning, whatever Countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them - No more, no less! … It is fair to all, no other Country can complain and, in some cases, if a Country feels that the United States would be getting too high a Tariff, all they have to do is reduce or terminate their Tariff against us.” Reciprocal tariffs are scheduled to take effect in April.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Free trade purists object. Even reciprocal tariffs, they say, are bad. They would cause the same harm on the other side of the border. Indigo Country tariffs disadvantage Violet businesses but not Violet consumers, who can buy Indigo products tariff-free at cheaper prices. A reciprocal tariff, the argument goes, would increase prices, reduce transactions, and be less “efficient,” just like the original tariff.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">But that’s a chimera. For real “free trade,” the same rules apply to all competitors. That’s as true for exporting manufacturers as it is for small-town bakeries. In every country, people both produce and consume. If they don’t produce, they can’t consume. If Violet workers lose their jobs, they won’t be able to buy Indigo cars, even tariff-free.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Back in the small town, the Indigo Bakery used its windfall to lower its prices—but only until the Violet Bakery went bust. No longer subject to competition, the Indigo Bakery was free to raise its prices to new highs. So too between countries. If foreign tariffs cause Violet manufacturers to go out of business, prices in the Violet Country will go up.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">The United States is the most lucrative domestic market in the world. For some reason, Canadian business and governments seem to believe they have a right to access it. Yet Canada insists upon imposing a plethora of tariffs and trade restrictions of its own.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Yes, the best tariffs are no tariffs. But imposing reciprocal tariffs at least preserve a level playing field and a fair fight. If I was President Trump, that’s what I would do.</p><p data-sanitized-class=""><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/bruce-pardy-in-some-scenarios-tariffs-actually-make-sense-5817962">For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here</a>.</p><p data-sanitized-class=""><em>Bruce Pardy is executive director of </em><a href="https://www.rightsprobe.org/" target="_blank"><em>Rights Probe</em></a><em> and professor of law at Queen’s University.</em></p>





















  
  



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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895802386674757917" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">🧠 Parenting may protect the brain from aging.<p>A study of 37,500+ men and women found that having more children was linked to stronger brain connectivity—in the same regions that typically weaken with age.</p><p>Does parenthood slow brain aging? 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The somato/motor network—which helps with movement, coordination, and sensory processing.<br>This region declines with age, but parents showed stronger connectivity here, suggesting a protective effect. 3/ <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk89mIJXsAAvS6Y.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk89mIJXsAAvS6Y.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895802395445354584" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_4" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Parenting is a multifaceted experience that often includes increased physical activity, higher cognitive demands, and greater social engagement. 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For example, those with less likelihood of aging with healthier lifestyle factors to begin with may be more likely to have more children. It focused on biological parents—other forms of caregiving (e.g., adoption) weren’t analyzed. Other life factors (e.g., stress, socioeconomic status) could also play a role. 7/<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk8-AJUWwAAa0Eh.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gk8-AJUWwAAa0Eh.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1895802403863347358" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_8" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">In summary, parenthood may offer lasting protective brain benefits, acting as a form of cognitive enrichment that helps counter age-related decline. 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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896174469288517880" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">🧠 Cognitive function changes with the seasons.<p>A study found that sustained attention peaks in summer, but in winter, the brain has to work harder to maintain the same level of focus.</p><p>How does this impact learning, productivity, and performance? Let’s dive in 🧵1/9 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlCO8pjX0AI13rN.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlCO8pjX0AI13rN.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896174472295526726" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Researchers studied 28 people, isolating them from seasonal cues for 4.5 days. They measured brain activity during two tasks: one testing reaction speed and focus (PVT) and another assessing working memory (n-back). Surprisingly, brain activity varied across the seasons. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/2</span><br><a data-preview="true" href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1518129113" data-sanitized-class="entity-url">pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…</a><span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlCPCISXQAA02b0.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlCPCISXQAA02b0.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896174474803945814" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Brain regions linked to alertness and executive control were most active in June and least active in December. This suggests that attention and focus peak in the summer, while winter may come with a natural dip in cognitive alertness. /3 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlCPEE2WcAADYHk.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlCPEE2WcAADYHk.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896174477744148601" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_4" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">For working memory, the pattern was different. Brain regions responsible for executive function showed the highest activity in autumn and the lowest in spring. /4 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlCPHgmXgAAaMDW.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlCPHgmXgAAaMDW.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896174480453439791" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_5" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Why does this happen? One possibility is that seasonal light exposure affects brain circuits, even after days without natural light. Another is that neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine fluctuate seasonally—serotonin seems to peak in summer, while dopamine rises in fall—potentially shaping cognitive performance. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/5</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896174481875554487" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_6" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Interestingly, despite these shifts in brain activity, participants performed equally well on tasks year-round. 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<p>Four years in the making.</p>
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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896893232392683653" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">🧠 Testosterone may promote honest behaviour.<p>A randomized study found that men who received testosterone were less likely to lie for financial gain compared to those who didn’t.</p><p>Let’s break down what happened—and why it matters 🧵 1/8 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlMdznLWIAEqbzJ.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlMdznLWIAEqbzJ.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896893235760672853" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Researchers conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled study with 91 young men. Half received 50 mg of testosterone, while the other half received a placebo.<br>The next day, participants played a game where they could lie to increase their earnings. /2 <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlMd3t2WcAA6RXm.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GlMd3t2WcAA6RXm.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896893238260506863" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">In the game, participants rolled a die privately and reported the result. Higher numbers earned more money—but there was no way to verify if they were telling the truth.<br>This setup allowed researchers to measure dishonesty at the group level. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/3</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896893240017912293" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_4" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Both groups lied, but those who received testosterone lied significantly less. Their reported earnings were lower than the placebo group’s, suggesting they were more honest.<br>Testosterone seemed to reduce self-serving dishonesty. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/4</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896893241427173401" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_5" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Why? One theory is that testosterone increases concern for self-image or pride. Lying for financial gain may feel "cheap," and testosterone could make people more likely to act in ways they find honorable. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/5</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896893242911949286" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_6" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">This challenges the common belief that testosterone only drives aggression. Other studies suggest it may promote social status-seeking behaviors—including prosocial actions like fairness and generosity. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/6</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896893244711268384" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_7" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">The study has important limitations. The sample size was small (91 men), and it only measured short-term effects after a single testosterone dose. More research is needed to understand long-term impacts and effects in different contexts. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/7</span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="BrandonLuuMD" data-tweet="1896893246217027870" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_8" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">In summary, testosterone may do more than drive dominance—it could also reinforce honesty, possibly by enhancing self-image and pride. However, more research is needed to confirm this effect and understand the underlying mechanisms. <span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-end">/8</span><br><a data-preview="true" href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0046774" data-sanitized-class="entity-url">journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…</a></div>


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<p data-sanitized-class="">By Bruce Pardy | American Thinker</p><p data-sanitized-class="">For weeks, President Donald Trump has said that Canada should be America’s 51st state.  He has mocked Canada’s economic dependence on the United States.  He has condemned Canadian tariffs and trade restrictions.  He has scolded Canada’s free riding on American defense.  He has knocked Canada’s porous borders and drug dens.  He has accused Canada of colluding with hostile foreign powers and global institutions. He has trolled our prime minister.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">It’s delightful. Many Canadians are enjoying the show.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Up here in the cold white north, Trump has set the cat among the pigeons. Canada’s chattering classes are wringing their hands and gnashing their teeth. He has challenged their sense of entitlement. He has exposed their patriotism of convenience and knee-jerk anti-Americanism. He has exposed their haughty righteousness. He has identified rot that Canadian leaders refuse to acknowledge.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Here is some friendly advice for the president. The 51st state will not be Canada. The Canadian political establishment, largely centered in Ontario and Quebec, will fight it tooth and nail. Their vested interests depend upon the existing federal order of things. Big fish in small ponds will steadfastly refuse to abandon the pond. Canada will not join the United States as a single unit.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">But the country’s provinces are a different matter. Some parts of Canada might be persuaded, one or two at a time, to come stateside. If there is to be a 51st state from north of the border, the best bet is Alberta. Even better would be to <a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/if_trump_wants_canada_here_s_how_he_gets_it.html#commentsSection"><span>adopt two provinces</span></a>, Alberta and Newfoundland, to start.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Canada has always been an unlikely country. It looks huge on the map, but most of its people live in a ribbon from east to west, close to the U.S. border. Canada is a layer of icing on the American cake. Trade and traffic travel primarily north-south across the border, not east-west within the country. Canada has long had tariff-like trade restrictions even between its own provinces.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">The country is a collection of regions in permanent conflict. Some have legitimate and longstanding grievances. The strongest, wealthiest, and most aggrieved of these is Alberta.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">The quest for liberty is America’s origin story. Its revolution against the British king lies deep in America’s cultural DNA. Canada does not share that foundation. In fact, the Canadian story is the mirror opposite. When the Americans rose up, the Canadians resolved to remain loyal to the king. If you like, Canada’s <em>raison d’être</em> is to oppose the American spirit. But Canada also depends on the United States for its security and fortunes. The result is a fragile national psyche. America’s best friend and ally is also its shrillest critic.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">So it is understandable why politicians in Canada — even in Alberta — have decided, at least for the time being, that their political fortunes depend upon rejecting Trump’s solicitations. Instead, they have elected to wrap themselves in the Canadian flag.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Albertans, or at least a good number of them, disagree. Some want to become an independent country. A nascent movement to leave Canada has been bubbling in Alberta for a long time. They could start from scratch to draft a constitutional order that would preserve their liberty for the foreseeable future. They could even use the American constitution (not the Canadian one) as a model on which to improve. But many of these Albertans are interested in the potential of joining the United States, too.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Two weeks ago, I published a <a href="https://www.rightsprobe.org/alberta-declaration-of-independence"><span>declaration of independence for Alberta</span></a>. There is nothing official about it. I’m not even from Alberta; I’m an Ontario boy. Who am I to draft an Alberta Declaration of Independence? The answer is, I’m Canadian, and my compromised, complacent country needs shaking up. If Alberta and other parts of this huge country resolved to separate from Canada, who could blame them? I believe that Alberta would be better off on its own, or as part of the United States.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Many Albertans appear to agree. <a href="https://x.com/PardyBruce/status/1891180065049940210"><span>On X</span></a> and on my <a href="https://brucepardy.substack.com/p/a-declaration-of-independence-for"><span>Substack</span></a>, they have written the equivalent of “I am Albertan, and I endorse this message.” Of course, that sentiment is not universal. Some strongly oppose any suggestion of leaving Canada. Still more, I would guess, are those in between — unhappy Albertans dissatisfied with the status quo but wary of launching into the great unknown.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Trump has opened the door. He should invite Alberta in. He should make the people of Alberta an offer, even an informal one, to tell them what potentially lies before them should they support American statehood. He might start with these two promises:</p><p data-sanitized-class=""><strong>1. A State, Not a Territory</strong></p><p data-sanitized-class="">America would welcome Alberta as its 51st state, not as a territory. Trump would urge Congress to pass legislation pursuant to Article VI, Section 3 of the United States Constitution to provide for Alberta’s direct and immediate entry to the Union. It would have all the rights and status of a state of the Union, including two seats in the United States Senate and representation in the House of Representatives in proportion to its population.</p><p data-sanitized-class=""><strong>2. Dollar for dollar</strong></p><p data-sanitized-class="">Upon Alberta’s entry to the Union as a state, the federal government of the United States would recognize, transfer, and exchange Canadian dollars for American dollars on a one-to-one basis, notwithstanding the difference in the value of the currencies. All accounts, financial assets, and legal instruments in Alberta expressed in Canadian dollars would be recognized and honored as American dollars. (Some transitional plan would be necessary to avoid Canada-wide free riding on this windfall.)</p><p data-sanitized-class="">President Trump can make Alberta America — not again, but for the first time.</p><p data-sanitized-class=""><a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/03/make_alberta_america.html"><span>For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here</span></a>.</p><p data-sanitized-class=""><em>Bruce Pardy is executive director of </em><a href="https://www.rightsprobe.org/" target="_blank"><em>Rights Probe</em></a><em> and professor of law at Queen’s University.</em></p>





















  
  



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title: Chinese public opinion on Zelensky Trump meltdown
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<p><a href="https://trendcompass.substack.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-ukraines-rare?r=cpxww">I first wrote about the “rare earths” deal</a> between the US and Ukraine last week, on Tuesday, 25 February and I intended to follow up with this report in a day or two. However, the situation continued to evolve and the rabbit hole presented new discoveries. The affair appears to be a deceitful ploy contrived by the British ruling establishment to lure <strong>Donald Trump</strong> into providing security for Ukraine and ultimately to go to war against Russia. However, this could prove to be the British Empire’s fatal mistake that will probably accelerate its final collapse.</p><h2>The undead empire</h2><p>Yes, the British Empire is still a thing. It’s an undead empire of money, bankers and money laundering; it’s an empire of secret intelligence networks and covert diplomacy; of illicit influence, bribery and corruption; it’s an empire of false narratives and co-opted governments of degenerates, morons and incompetent bureaucrats. It’s a parasite that has infected humanity centuries ago and turned it into a radical perversion of itself. </p><p>It’s also a dying empire, wounded and extremely dangerous as it is prepared to set the world on fire to preserve itself. Today this empire has run up against powerful opposition, not only from Russia, China and other sovereign world powers, but now also from the new administration in the US. The unravelling could span years and will present one of the most investable geopolitical themes out there, but more about that toward the end of this report.</p><h2>The fallout at the White House</h2><p><strong>Volodymyr Zelensky</strong>’s visit to the White House on Friday, 28 February has got to be one of the most extraordinary events in modern history. Zelensky came to Washington, ostensibly to sign the “rare earth” minerals deal with the US, turning over some $500 billion in Ukraine’s resources to American interests. In exchange, Zelensky wanted a security guarantee and continued financial and military support for Ukraine from the United States.</p><p>The joint press conference that preceded the signing ceremony was attended by <strong>President Trump</strong>, Zelensky, vice President <strong>JD Vance</strong> and the Secretary of State <strong>Marco Rubio.</strong> It was the most unfriendly exchange between two heads of state in the living memory. Zelensky irritated his hosts by taking a confrontational stance, talking over them during much of the session and contradicting them in front of the reporters. Apparently, the abrasive conduct continued after the press conference, and President Trump ultimately threw Zelensky out of the White House.</p><p>Subsequently, the President published a statement about the experience on X: </p><blockquote><p>“We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today. Much was learned that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure. It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.”</p></blockquote><h2>What’s the deal with Ukrainian rare earths?</h2><p>So, what was this all about? The saga with Ukraine's rare earth minerals has turned into a kind of bizarre kabuki theater that doesn’t seem to make any rational sense. The whole diplomatic row escalated over the Trump administration's demand that Ukraine turn over those resources to the US in compensation for the military and financial aid the US had already provided to Ukraine. The figure in question, according to Trump, could be $350 billion. In last week's <a href="https://x.com/C__Herridge/status/1892766345760014657">interview with</a> <strong><a href="https://x.com/C__Herridge/status/1892766345760014657">Catherine Herridge</a></strong>, Secretary <strong><a href="https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1892806427808522684">Marco Rubio explained</a></strong> that Zelensky agreed to this request, only to publicly reject it later:</p><blockquote><p>"We discussed mineral rights with Zelenskyy and said we want to be in a joint venture with you.... We need to be paid back some of the $200 billion in taxpayer money we've given you. He said 'Sure, I need to run it through my legislative process.' I read two days later he's saying he rejected the deal. That's not what happened in that meeting. We're trying to help these guys. Ukraine doesn't directly impact the daily lives of Americans, there should be some gratitude here. When you see him accusing the President of disinformation, that's highly counterproductive. President Trump isn't going to take that. He's not going to get gamed. He hopes Zelensky isn't trying to hustle the United States, that's not going to be productive here."</p></blockquote><p>It seems extraordinary that Zelensky, who is desperate for continued US financial and military support would antagonize President Trump in such a brazen manner, which included insulting him and embarrassing his Secretary of State. The explanation may have emerged from a Czech publication AENews, citing leaks from Ukraine's intelligence. <a href="https://aeronet.news/zelensky-ma-obrovsky-pruser-podle-uniklych-informaci-v-pulce-ledna-prevedl-velkou-cast-nerostneho-bohatstvi-ukrajiny-londynu-v-tajnem-dodatku-100-lete-bezpecnostni-smlouvy-s-velkou-britanii/">AENews reported</a> that Zelensky is unable to cut the deal with the U.S. because he already signed over Ukraine's resource wealth to Britain.</p><h2>The “deal” precedes Trump’s presidency</h2><p>There’s further relevant background to this saga. Some commentators in the West are trying to insinuate that Trump - because he could - decided to take advantage of Ukraine’s misfortune and simply appropriate $500 billion of its resource wealth. That’s not the story, however. Back in late September 2024, two months before the US elections, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/09/27/us-news/trump-makes-nice-with-zelensky-in-trump-tower-after-accusing-him-of-nasty-little-aspersions-very-good-relationship/">Zelensky paid a visit to Trump in New York and proposed</a> the minerals deal. Perhaps he wanted to win Trump over to Ukraine’s cause just in case he won the elections and became the new president. The $500 billion figure came from Zelensky, not from Trump, and I very much doubt that Zelensky came up with the idea himself.</p><h2>Starmer’s stealth act of piracy</h2><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c22f17f-4dd3-47ed-a187-02a62ec1a6da_538x304.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c22f17f-4dd3-47ed-a187-02a62ec1a6da_538x304.png" width="538" height="304" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3c22f17f-4dd3-47ed-a187-02a62ec1a6da_538x304.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":304,"width":538,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":82208,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/i/158640042?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c22f17f-4dd3-47ed-a187-02a62ec1a6da_538x304.png","isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>To preempt Trump and secure Ukraine’s resources for Britain, <strong>Sir Keir Starmer</strong> rushed to make the deal with Zelensky under the framework of the "<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/one-hundred-year-partnership-agreement-between-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-and-ukraine">One Hundred Year Partnership...</a>" The new partnership was signed on 16 January of this year, only four days before Donald Trump's inauguration. In Article 4, the agreement sets out its purpose: to “strengthen conditions for investment and trade … and cooperate across a range of sectors, including but not limited to transport, infrastructure, and energy to make both their economies more modern, resilient and prosperous.”</p><p>According to the intelligence leaks from Ukraine, the agreement includes a secret Appendix, which provides that after the end of hostilities, the UK would gain control of all of Ukraine's ports, power plants, natural gas deposits, storage facilities and pipelines, titanium deposits and more.</p><p>Apparently, Zelensky signed over these resources in exchange for the UK's commitment to Ukraine's security, support for her NATO membership and "<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/678a3a54d0561c11b91d0576/UK-UKRAINE_100_YEAR_PARTNERSHIP_DECLARATION.pdf">no less than £3 billion a year</a>," for "as long as needed to support Ukraine." Reading through the "One Hundred Year Partnership" agreement makes the allegations made by AENews seem plausible.</p><h2>Britain’s support isn’t likely charity</h2><p>To begin with, it is unlikely that the UK has committed to providing such generous support to Ukraine out of pure charity. AENews dismisses this idea, citing Czechoslovakia’s historical experience with the British government. The Czechs fought for Great Britain in World War I. </p><p>After the war, however, London charged the <strong>Edward Benesh</strong> government [1935-1939] for repayment of all the costs of clothing, gear, food, accommodation, and training of Czechoslovak soldiers. They charged them even for the medical bills of wounded soldiers and for the funerals of fallen ones. There’s no reason to believe that the current British government will prove any more charitable with the future governments of Ukraine.</p><p>Furthermore, the 100-year partnership agreement is not an "entire agreement." Customarily, agreements include the "entire agreement" clause which stipulates that contracting parties' commitments are limited to that which is explicitly spelled out in the signed agreement or specifically listed schedules or addendums. Instead, Article 11 refers to unspecified "further agreements or arrangements as necessary and appropriate to implement this agreement." That implies that there might exist a secret appendix granting the rights to Ukraine’s resources to British interests.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe80e0640-93aa-4c2e-87e7-c015dc6851e8_538x304.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe80e0640-93aa-4c2e-87e7-c015dc6851e8_538x304.png" width="538" height="304" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e80e0640-93aa-4c2e-87e7-c015dc6851e8_538x304.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":304,"width":538,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":58702,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/i/158640042?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe80e0640-93aa-4c2e-87e7-c015dc6851e8_538x304.png","isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><a href="https://uk.news-pravda.com/uk/2025/01/17/15369.html">According to Pravda News</a> report on 17 January, Zelensky corroborated as much himself: in a video message on Telegram, Zelensky referred to the 100-year partnership stating that, “There is also a closed, secret part of this agreement,” which would add to Ukraine’s “resilience and the opportunity to develop.” Another corroboration came from the British government itself, in their <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-ukraine-sign-landmark-100-year-partnership-to-deepen-security-ties-and-strengthen-partnership-for-future-generations">16 January press release about the 100-year partnership</a>. It states that, the agreement “also cements the UK as a preferred partner for Ukraine’s energy sector, critical minerals strategy and green steel production.”</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3113bea-a83f-4322-b3c8-5dceb14c1d70_538x304.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3113bea-a83f-4322-b3c8-5dceb14c1d70_538x304.png" width="538" height="304" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f3113bea-a83f-4322-b3c8-5dceb14c1d70_538x304.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":304,"width":538,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":54928,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/i/158640042?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff3113bea-a83f-4322-b3c8-5dceb14c1d70_538x304.png","isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h2>Zelensky is NOT a dictator, okay?</h2><p>All this might explain why <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/02/19/president-trump-blasts-zelensky-a-dictator-without-elections/">Trump's statement that Zelensky was a dictator</a> caused such a hysterical reaction in the UK: if Zelensky is not the legitimate representative of Ukraine, then Keir Starmer signed the agreement with a private person, not with a representative of the government of Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky’s term in office expired in May 2024 and Ukraine’s constitution is clear in that the President’s term cannot be extended beyond the 5-year term under any circumstances and that presidential elections can’t be delayed. Therefore, the 100-year partnership could be null and void, together with whatever secret clauses or appendices it includes.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9a5dc03-a531-433d-a3b2-5de6c276ab2d_969x268.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9a5dc03-a531-433d-a3b2-5de6c276ab2d_969x268.png" width="969" height="268" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c9a5dc03-a531-433d-a3b2-5de6c276ab2d_969x268.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":268,"width":969,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":512334,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/i/158640042?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9a5dc03-a531-433d-a3b2-5de6c276ab2d_969x268.png","isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">The lady doth protest too much, methinks…</figcaption></figure></div><p>The same day when Trump called Zelensky a dictator, the British media collectively sprang to his defence with headlines like, “Shameful Trump Attack Stuns World” (Daily Express), and “Trump Appalls World With ‘Dictator’ Blast at Zelensky” (Daily Mail). Keir Starmer stated that “Zelensky is not a dictator,” and that it was “perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during wartime, as the UK did during World War II.” To boot, Starmer equated Zelensky with <strong>Winston Churchill</strong>. Even the opposition leader <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeEY808lxJw">Nigel Farage joined the chorus</a></strong> in defence of Zelensky.</p><h2>Dispatching Boris Johnson - again</h2><p>But by this time the situation got a bit out of control; Zelensky had brazenly rejected the agreement proposed by the U.S., embarrassed Secretary of State Marco Rubio and insulted President Trump. In turn, Trump’s public attack at Zelensky brought the question of his legitimacy to the fore. It was time for damage control and once more London dispatched <strong>Boris Johnson</strong> to Kiev to fix things… He arrived in Keiv for the occasion of the third anniversary of Russia’s Special Military Operation, the 24<sup>th</sup> of February 2025.</p><p>Two things happened almost immediately upon Johnson’s visit: first, Zelensky reversed his prior rejection of the US "rare earths" deal. Second, Ukraine's parliament passed the resolution extending Mr. Zelensky's presidential mandate. That was the lawmakers' second vote on the same resolution: the first time they voted wrong and failed to grant Zelensky legitimacy as Ukraine’s president. </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F71f6e933-4559-4b09-b0cb-db712976dcc2_921x520.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F71f6e933-4559-4b09-b0cb-db712976dcc2_921x520.png" width="921" height="520" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/71f6e933-4559-4b09-b0cb-db712976dcc2_921x520.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":520,"width":921,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":431216,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/i/158640042?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F71f6e933-4559-4b09-b0cb-db712976dcc2_921x520.png","isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Johnson aroused suspicion about his actions in several interviews he gave from Kiev and also from his statements at the <a href="https://x.com/yes_ukraine">Yalta European Strategy forum</a>'s "special gathering," held on 24 February under the slogan, "Three Years - Time to Win." In all these appearances, Johnson delivered pretty much the same talking points. In the process however, he also ran his mouth a bit and revealed much about the British role.</p><p>Now, if we regard Johnson as a bona fide public official, at the very least he might come across as unconvincing. But if you put your street hustler hat on, things seem almost obvious: if anyone tried to hustle you in this way, you'd likely see it coming from miles away. In an early morning <a href="https://x.com/GMB/status/1893931180103205144">interview from Kiev with "Good Morning Britain</a>," Johnson refers to the "rare earth minerals deal," and says what it's for: "…that commits the US not only to future financing of Ukraine but also to a free, sovereign, and secure Ukraine under Donald Trump and that is not to be sneezed at. That's a very, very important commitment and also, as it happens, it spells out in the agreement that Russia is the aggressor in this war."</p><p>Notice, Johnson appears to know quite a bit about the agreement's provisions. He then pretends that this is some really tough deal that confers great benefits to the greedy Americans: "Now, people will say, oh, this deal is extortionate for Ukraine and America is being too rapacious - but not a penny can flow from this investment fund that is going to be set up unless you have a free, sovereign and secure Ukraine." This last statement also makes it obvious why the America’s security guarantee is so important: without it, not a penny can flow westward from Ukraine. As Keir Starmer had conceded, “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/17/starmer-urges-trump-to-provide-backstop-to-european-peacekeeping-force-in-ukraine">US backstop is vital</a>.”</p><h2>The Americans are so very greedy</h2><p>Asked about whether Zelensky would now reverse his rejection of the draft agreement, Johnson plays dumb: </p><blockquote><p>"It's my hope that they will, I can't be absolutely sure that that is going to happen - various drafts have been floating around over the last few days. The only point that I'm trying to make is that when you look at this deal, when you look at what it says in black and white about the American commitment to Ukraine, to the freedom, sovereignty, and security of Ukraine, when you look at what it envisages for the long term for Ukraine, that's ... economic integration with the West, a big partnership with the most powerful economy in the world, that's positive for a country..."</p></blockquote><p>Notice, Johnson <em>hopes</em>, he doesn't really know, "various drafts have been floating around, " and so on. But then in the very same sentence he displays keen knowledge of specific provisions of the deal that's supposed to be signed between Ukraine and the US. Finally, Johnson takes a contemptuous jab at the designated dupe of the whole hustle, the United States:</p><blockquote><p>"... it is a good deal for the United States as well, but then don't forget what we had to face in 1940-41 with the lend-lease deal - we had to give up a huge amount - bases in the Caribbean, in Newfoundland, Bermuda and so on, we got a lot of rust bucket destroyers in exchange and ... the UK taxpayer stopped paying back the United States for lend-lease in 2006... So, you know, America has a history of demanding a price for its support."</p></blockquote><p>It's all very unfortunate, you see, because the Americans are so unscrupulous and greedy. Poor Ukrainians should just accept that the Americans will shear them good and proper but hey, always look on the bright side of life, says BoJo: "from where I sit today, I think that the price for Ukraine is reasonable."</p><p>And there you have it. It would appear that the British have already secured the lion’s share of Ukraine’s wealth, but it can’t protect it without the Americans doing the dirty work and all the heavy lifting. To get the Americans into the game, the British presented bait in the shape of the "rare earth minerals" deal to be implemented through some future fund from which the US will receive a portion of the proceeds. It is likely that this bait was contrived already in September of last year, when Zelensky first offered the deal to Trump.</p><p>Obviously, the arrangement has a massive downside for the United States: in addition to the cost in blood and treasure of providing security, there would also be the likelihood of a nuclear war with Russia. But the very existence of those rare earths in Ukraine is in doubt. Meanwhile, British interests would snatch most of the loot. Per trade practices that the British have perfected over the centuries, this act of piracy would be so well disguised through secret agreements with designated Ukrainian trustees, corrupt government officials, endless strings of offshore shell companies and the money laundering services from British and European banks, that few would even suspect that British interests were involved at all.</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd774c19-f4f9-45ea-a530-2f25ba0b9e01_684x515.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd774c19-f4f9-45ea-a530-2f25ba0b9e01_684x515.png" width="684" height="515" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fd774c19-f4f9-45ea-a530-2f25ba0b9e01_684x515.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":515,"width":684,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":331404,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/i/158640042?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd774c19-f4f9-45ea-a530-2f25ba0b9e01_684x515.png","isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">As Winston Churchill put it: American brawn for British brains.</figcaption></figure></div><p>I believe that the whole episode reveals the contemptuous attitude towards the United States among the British ruling circles. They really seem to regard it, as <strong>Winston Churchill</strong> put it, as “American brawn for British brains.” As I’d suspected for many years now, they see the “special relationship” as the Master-Blaster combo from the film Mad Max III: a decrepit, sinister dwarf directing the dumb, muscular giant. But the giant has awakened now and got back to its senses. The new government in Washington is unlike the old one and won’t easily be conned into the rotten deal.</p><p data-attrs='{"url":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/ukraine-rare-earths-deal-the-empires?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share","text":"Share","action":null,"class":null}' data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton" data-sanitized-class="button-wrapper"><a href="https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/ukraine-rare-earths-deal-the-empires?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share" data-sanitized-class="button primary"><span>Share</span></a></p><h2>The darker agenda</h2><p>However, the plunder of Ukraine’s wealth isn’t the only dimension of today’s geopolitics. A far more sinister agenda is at play and Boris Johnson foreshadowed it in a way in stating that, " ... in 1940-41 with the land lease deal - we had to give up a huge amount - bases in the Caribbean, in Newfoundland, Bermuda and so on, we got a lot of rust bucket destroyers in exchange ..."</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F607ce66f-d169-4026-a973-5eab7ba18db4_538x304.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F607ce66f-d169-4026-a973-5eab7ba18db4_538x304.png" width="538" height="304" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/607ce66f-d169-4026-a973-5eab7ba18db4_538x304.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":304,"width":538,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":89986,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":"https://alexkrainer.substack.com/i/158640042?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F607ce66f-d169-4026-a973-5eab7ba18db4_538x304.png","isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a><figcaption data-sanitized-class="image-caption">Unlike the altruistic, generous Albion</figcaption></figure></div><p>Johnson insinuated that the US forced a rotten deal on Britain and took advantage in her hour of need. But that's a gross distortion of what really happened. As the British historian <strong><a href="https://x.com/irving_books/status/1896661680677064801">David Irving explained in one of his lectures on World War II</a></strong>, it was the British, in fact, who offered chunks of their territories to <em>nudge</em> the US into joining World War II on Britain’s side:</p><blockquote><p>"<strong>Churchill </strong>finally hit on the idea in the middle of 1940, of buying from the United States 50 World War I destroyers which were completely useless, and exchanging them, in fact for valuable pieces of British Empire real estate. He gave to the United States bits of the Caribbean islands that were our colonies, he gave bits of Newfoundland and bits of British Guiana in return for 50 destroyers that were so useless, in fact, that not one saw action in World War II ... This was one of the methods that Churchill was using in an attempt to drag the United States closer and closer to the brink of war. Another method that he used was far more cynical. As he said to Ambassador <strong>Kennedy </strong>…, 'You watch: when<strong> Adolf Hitler</strong> begins bombing London and bombing towns in Britain like Boston and Lincoln, towns with their counterparts in the United States, you Americans will have to come in, won't you? You can't just stand aside and watch us suffering. But he knew ... that Hitler had given orders that no British town was to be bombed. London was completely embargoed. The German Air Force was allowed to bomb ports and harbors and dockyards, but not towns as such. And … on August the 25th, 1940, Churchill gave the order to the British Air Force to go and bomb Berlin. Although the Chief of the Bomber Command and the Chief of Staff of the British Air Force warned him that if we bomb Berlin, Hitler may very well lift the embargo on bombing British towns. And Churchill just twinkled, because it was what he wanted, of course. At 9:15 that morning, he telephoned, personally, the Bomber Command himself, to order the bombing of Berlin - 100 bombers to go and bomb Berlin. And they went out and bombed Berlin that night, and Hitler still didn't move. [Churchill] ordered another raid on Berlin and so it went on for the next seven or ten days until finally on September the 4th Hitler lost his patience and made that famous speech in the Sports Palace in Berlin which he said, ‘this madman has bombed Berlin now seven times. If he bombs Berlin once more, then I shall not only just attack their towns, I shall wipe them out.’ ... A very famous speech. Of course, German schoolchildren are now told about the Hitler speech, they're not told what went first. They're not told how it came about. Churchill sent out deliberately to provoke the bombing of his own capital. And on the following day, Churchill ordered Berlin bombed again."</p></blockquote><h2>The same playbook?</h2><p>What Irving described was the scheming of the British government to draw the United States into war on its side. <strong>Keir Starmer</strong> appears to be following the same playbook: the minerals deal is the hook - the bribe to open the Americans to the possibility of committing to the British agenda. His recent statements corroborate this further: his government is doubling down on support for Ukraine. </p><p>Even though the British military is no match for the Russians, the idea, as Starmer explained, is to show the Americans that Britain is serious. Those troops will be deliberately put in harm’s way as a tripwire to trigger further escalation as their government works to cobble up a "coalition of the willing" to pile in. In addition, they're redoubling public relations efforts to portray Zelensky as a heroic freedom fighter. With all these elements in place, it is not difficult to imagine scenarios that could lead to a serious escalation and set the United States on an irreversible collision course against Russia.</p><h2>What’s the reason for Britain’s deranged Russophobia</h2><p>What could be the reason behind the British establishment’s deranged obsession with vanquishing and dismembering Russia and why do they seem perfectly willing to set the world on fire to achieve that goal? I believe that the answer lies in her natural resources wealth, which dwarfs that of Ukraine. Britain, whose finances are in a catastrophic state, is desperate for fresh collateral to fuel a major new credit cycle needed to refloat its financial system. </p><p>Without Ukraine’s and Russia’s resources, all they have are the printing presses which will turn Britain's stagflation into a hyperinflation and the final collapse of their empire. In fact, that’s almost certainly the most likely outcome of current events. The world has changed since Churchill contrived his own cunning plan. Starmer’s and Johnson’s hustle is almost transparent. Trying it on Donald Trump could turn out to be the undead British Empire’s fatal mistake.</p><h2>A very investable theme</h2><p>Finally, another aspect of this episode that’s worth mentioning is that it could well prove to be one of the most investable themes out there. The fallout from Britain’s conflict with Russia and the United States will likely lead to very substantial market dislocations, including the decline of the British pound and the price of hear sovereign debt. The same almost certainly applies also to European securities and the euro. It would be impossible to predict the timing and magnitude of these events, but the one thing we can be almost certain about is that they’ll unfold over time as trends. </p><p>The most reliable way to navigate such trends is with the aid of well formulated systematic trend following strategies. This, exactly is the reason why I started publishing our Key Markets report this year, providing daily trading signals for 18 key global markets covering the main British, European, and American securities as well as gold and bitcoin – all that for less than $1 a day! </p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe1f2ac15-563c-404c-ba09-9a0ad3f9e604_1024x615.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe1f2ac15-563c-404c-ba09-9a0ad3f9e604_1024x615.png" width="1024" height="615" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e1f2ac15-563c-404c-ba09-9a0ad3f9e604_1024x615.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":615,"width":1024,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":null,"title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>You can learn more about the <a href="https://isystem-tf.com/trendcompass/">TrendCompass on our webpage</a> and I always strongly recommend reading our TrendCompass <a href="https://isystem-tf.com/trendcompass-user-manual/">User Manual</a> page. 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To start your trial subscription, drop us an email at <a href="mailto:TrendCompass@ISystem-TF.com">TrendCompass@ISystem-TF.com</a></p><p>For<strong> <a href="https://isystem-tf.com/solutions/u-s-investors/">US investors</a></strong>, we propose a trend-driven inflation/recession resilient portfolio covering a basket of 30+ financial and commodities markets. Further information is at <a href="https://isystem-tf.com/solutions/u-s-investors/">link</a></p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd069815f-52cb-4ad8-a5bc-6ffb872efd6d_1027x553.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd069815f-52cb-4ad8-a5bc-6ffb872efd6d_1027x553.png" width="1027" height="553" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d069815f-52cb-4ad8-a5bc-6ffb872efd6d_1027x553.png","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":553,"width":1027,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":1140235,"alt":"","title":null,"type":"image/png","href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="" title="" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1>Timeline of events:</h1><p>I’m still developing this timeline, it may not be complete:</p><h2>2024</h2><h3>January</h3><h4>12: UK-Ukraine Agreement on Security Cooperation</h4><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-ukraine-agreement-on-security-co-operation </p><h3>September</h3><h4>27: Zelensky meets Trump in New York</h4><p>Zelensky meets Trump in New York proposes the $500 billion deal; stated that, “We need to do everything to pressure him [VVP] to stop this war and he is on our territory … That is the most important thing to understand … US is the leader. US is the leader of support. US is the leader in the world. And of course, we really value the support of the United States.”</p><h3>October</h3><h4>8: UK-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Agreement</h4><p>UK and Ukraine sign the “Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement,” which remains the foundation of UK-Ukraine collaboration… as well as the “Agreement on Security Cooperation” between UK and Ukraine, signed on 12 January 2024.</p><h2>2025</h2><h3>January</h3><h4>16 (Thu) 100-year Partnership</h4><p><strong>Sir Keir Starmer</strong> rushed to make the deal with Zelensky under the framework of the "<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/one-hundred-year-partnership-agreement-between-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-and-ukraine">One Hundred Year Partnership...</a>" In <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-ukraine-sign-landmark-100-year-partnership-to-deepen-security-ties-and-strengthen-partnership-for-future-generations">British government’s press release</a>, published the same day, it says the agreement, “also cements the UK as a preferred partner for Ukraine’s energy sector, critical minerals, strategy and green steel production.”</p><p>Partnership declarations: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-ukraine-100-year-partnership-declaration/uk-ukraine-100-year-partnership-declaration </p><h4>17 (Fri): Zelensky affirms the secret deal</h4><p><a href="https://uk.news-pravda.com/uk/2025/01/17/15369.html">Pravda News reported</a> that Zelensky said in a video message on his Telegram channel that “There is also a closed, secret part of this agreement,” which would add to Ukraine’s “resilience and the opportunity to develop.” <a href="https://uk.news-pravda.com/uk/2025/01/17/15369.html">https://uk.news-pravda.com/uk/2025/01/17/15369.html</a></p><h3>February</h3><h4>12 (Wed) Scott Bessent in Kiev</h4><p>US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent visited kiev, handed Zelensky a draft agreement on rare earths; but the agreement as proposed by the US did not provide for any security guarantees for Ukraine.</p><h4>14 (Fri) Munich Security Conference begins</h4><p>On the opening day of the conference, <strong><a href="https://securityconference.org/en/medialibrary/asset/the-speech-of-jd-vance-20250214-1817/">JD Vance delivered his speech</a></strong>, sending a strong signal that the US relationship with its European allies is under review.</p><h4>15 (Sat) Paris emergency summit</h4><p>European powers hold <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/europe-will-not-take-part-in-us-russia-talks-ukraine-kellogg">emergency summit in Paris</a>; Starmer commits to the principle of sending UK troops; he also urged Trump to provide a US “backstop” to an European peacekeeping force in Ukraine, saying it is the only way to deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again.</p><h4>17 (Mon) Emergency Conference concludes</h4><p>Leaders of UK, France, Poland, Italy, Germany Holland, Denmark and Spain + EU and NATO gathered to discuss Ukraine. Starmer proposes deploying UK troops to Ukraine.</p><h4>19 (Wed): Zelensky is a dictator Trump</h4><p>Trump stated that Zelensky is a dictator without elections with 4% support among Ukrainian people; Starmer: Zelensky is not a dictator… <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-war-deal-us-russia-b1211997.html">https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-war-deal-us-russia-b1211997.html</a></p><h4>24 (Mon): Johnson in Kiev</h4><p><strong>Boris Johnson</strong> visited Kiev on the occasion of the 3<sup>rd</sup> anniversary of the SMO; he urged Zelensky to sign the mineral deal, “because it commits the United States in black on white to a free, sovereign and secure Ukraine…” Brits are obviously VERY keen to retain control over Ukraine’s sovereignty; BoJo: “Sovereign country can remain committed to joining NATO. That’s sovereignty. Sovereign country can remain free to, uh, whatever troops to come on its soil to support it. That’s sovereignty.”</p><h3>March</h3><h4>2 (Sun): Starmer’s “Coalition of the (not so) willing” gathers in London</h4><p>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14468943/Starmers-coalition-willing-Ukraine-Trump-Putin-peace-Sky-Shield-Russian-missiles.html</p><h4>5 (Wed): Macron addresses Europeans</h4><p>Lies through his teeth, offers nuclear deterrence against Russia. https://x.com/timesofindia/status/1897535115888074766</p><p>developing…</p><div data-sanitized-class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49d8f7be-6ad3-4fb9-bffd-277afd66752c_374x281.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM" data-sanitized-class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img"><div data-sanitized-class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49d8f7be-6ad3-4fb9-bffd-277afd66752c_374x281.gif" width="374" height="281" data-attrs='{"src":"https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/49d8f7be-6ad3-4fb9-bffd-277afd66752c_374x281.gif","srcNoWatermark":null,"fullscreen":null,"imageSize":null,"height":281,"width":374,"resizeWidth":null,"bytes":null,"alt":"Picture background","title":null,"type":null,"href":null,"belowTheFold":true,"topImage":false,"internalRedirect":null,"isProcessing":false,"align":null}' alt="Picture background" title="Picture background" loading="lazy" data-sanitized-class="sizing-normal"></picture><div data-sanitized-class="image-link-expand"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container restack-image"><path d="M3 12a9 9 0 0 1 9-9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1 6.74 2.74L21 8"></path><path d="M21 3v5h-5"></path><path d="M21 12a9 9 0 0 1-9 9 9.75 9.75 0 0 1-6.74-2.74L3 16"></path><path d="M8 16H3v5"></path></div><div data-sanitized-class="pencraft pc-reset icon-container view-image"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></div></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p>

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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="true_delta1" data-tweet="1898527438721696023" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">Time to dig dirt on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.<p>Won't be difficult seeing as he already has all the signs of a 'Milton-Friedman-type-no-good-monetarist' as opposed to a 'real-physical-economy-Alexander-Hamiltonian-credit-National-Banking' kind-of-guy...</p><p>@IanCarrollShow <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GljshDuWIAAHBFF.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GljshDuWIAAHBFF.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="true_delta1" data-tweet="1898527637498118530" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">@IanCarrollShow<p>@jacksonhinklle @DrJackKruse <a data-preview="true" href="https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/2024/eirv51n48-20241206/eirv51n48-20241206_042-the_battle_in_the_united_states.pdf" data-sanitized-class="entity-url">larouchepub.com/eiw/public/202…</a><span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GljsshGXUAAV-hU.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GljsshGXUAAV-hU.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="true_delta1" data-tweet="1898527924950569381" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">@IanCarrollShow @jacksonhinklle @DrJackKruse @threadreaderapp unroll</div>


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<p>In reply to <a href="https://brixsweden.org/reconstruction-plan-for-gaza-in-the-context-of-the-belt-and-road-the-xinjiang-model/#comment-165">Kristin</a>.</p>
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<p>In reply to <a href="https://brixsweden.org/webinar-invitation-china-africa-relations-in-2025-and-beyond/#comment-159">MD Nazrul Islam Khan</a>.</p>
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title: Comment on ‘If I were a Chinese’ by brixsweden
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<p>In reply to <a href="https://brixsweden.org/if-i-were-a-chinese/#comment-157">Michael To</a>.</p>
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title: Whom Will Trump’s Tariffs on China Hurt Most?
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<p><strong>After his election victory in November, President Donald Trump promised to address what he viewed as an ailing U.S. economy as the primary goal of his administration. He also promised in his State of the Union Speech on March 4th to create an economic “golden age” that America has never seen before. However, the U.S. stock market, which he himself has considered as the benchmark for his success, dropped sharply on that day and the following days by more than 10% from its December all-time high. Fears of inflation figures coming out this week could make the bad situation even worse. On Wednesday, March 12, the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) report will be released. The CPI report, which is published monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, is a key measure of inflation that tracks the average change over time in prices paid by consumers for a market basket of goods and services.</strong></p>
<p>Just less than two months after his inauguration, Trump’s policies have sparked global trade tensions and a stock-market downturn. Despite promising a golden age, Trump acknowledges potential short-term disruptions and “some pain” due to increased tariffs. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent supports this approach of “no pain, no gain”, suggesting the economy needs a “detox” from public spending. Inflation and economic slowdown are looming, adding to consumer and investor anxiety. Trump’s trade wars have particularly targeted Canada, Mexico (with tariffs up to 25%), and China (20% tariff across the board), causing significant market declines. Despite this, Trump remains hoping for long-term manufacturing growth and dismisses market concerns. But that is still in the realm of wishful thinking rather than objective reality. Last week’s economic data showed modest job growth and a slight rise in unemployment.</p>
<p>American citizens are expressing concern about the impact of the Trump tariffs on consumer prices and. According to a March 8 <span>article</span> in the Washington Post “more than 9 in 10 Americans say they have negative views about food prices, while more than 7 in 10 feel dissatisfied with the incomes of average Americans, according to the Post-Ipsos poll.”</p>
<h6>Why don’t tariffs work anymore?</h6>
<p>“Tariffs on their own do not create more American jobs or lead to more US production. In fact, Trump’s last trade war cost roughly 300,000 jobs. All these new tariffs will do is give corporations cover to jack up prices and pad their profits at our expense,” said Robert Reich, Professor at UC Berkeley and former Secretary of Labor of the United States under President Bill Clinton, in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/posts/pfbid0gbtMY1QcUKWs2ZwUgU1oZ2uUbTXwkZFyN7GmNU2DiqVawWYPoycz6mq5Zts5VpX1l"><span>meme</span></a> on social media on March 4, 2025. This point was illustrated by Professor Yan Liang, a Peter C. and Bonnie S. Kremer Chair of Economics at Willamette University, Oregon, in a recent <a href="https://news.willamette.edu/library/2025/02/wu-pov-tariffs.html"><span>interview</span></a>.<br>“Tariffs are mostly paid by importers who, in turn, pass along the higher import costs to consumers”, she said, adding that “with consumer goods now subject to these new tariffs, American consumers can expect to see price increases on a range of products, including consumer electronics like iPhones and computer equipment”. As is well known, many of the top consumer goods are imported from China. In addition, she emphasized that lower-income families would be hit hardest by the rise of inflation which is generated by these tariffs because spending on consumption of imports which are more affordable constitutes a larger share of their income, and they will be more affected by the tariffs than higher-income families. “Additionally, as about 1/5 of Chinese imports are intermediate goods used in U.S. industrial production, the higher costs of these inputs could increase production costs, which could get passed on to consumers, she concluded.</p>
<p>What will make things even worse is the fact that China, as its economy has gained enormous potency, is now capable of retaliation in kind. On March 3rd, the Chinese Commerce Ministry announced that China will slap new tariffs of up to 15% on top U.S. farm products such as soybeans, chicken, and beef. Farmers are a sensitive political base in the U.S., and the rural areas played an important role in Trump’s election victory. However, there are mixed feelings about Trump’s policies in these areas according to American <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/g-s1-52362/tariffs-farmers-trade-china-mexico-canada"><span>reports</span></a>. In the last trade war that Trump started in 2018, U.S. farmers missed up to US$27 billion in lost exports to China. China’s enormous consumer market has now the capability to attract other producers. After 2018, China turned to Brazil and Argentina to replace soybeans produced by American farmers. Last year, a <a href="https://ncga.com/stay-informed/media/in-the-news/article/2024/10/analysis-shows-tariff-induced-trade-war-would-hurt-u-s-farmers"><span>study</span></a> conducted by the American National Corngrowers Association warned that in the event of a new trade war, U.S. soybean exports to China could drop by 51.8%, and U.S. corn exports to China could plummet by 84.3%.” Meanwhile, it stated, Brazil and Argentina would likely increase their exports, gaining valuable market share.</p>
<p>When it comes to manufacturing, China this month imposed tariffs on farm machinery, large-engine cars and pickup trucks. China can replace these goods with China-made ones. China’s farming machinery sector is well advanced now, but it still lacks the soft power and popularity of famous American brands such as John Deer &amp; Co. The latter has <a href="https://www.ttnews.com/articles/deere-tariffs-warning"><span>warned</span></a> recently that while Chinese tariffs on American agricultural machinery might not be very harmful, nonetheless the fact that American farmers could be losing market shares in China would affect the company indirectly as the farmers’ purchasing power will decline and their inventory of farming machinery shrinks. Besides, it is widely admitted that U.S. tariffs on imported steel and aluminium will increase the cost of production of machinery inside the U.S.</p>
<p>Professor Yan stressed that China’s retaliatory action “restricting 25 rare minerals exports, including tungsten and indium, which are essential for electrical and aerospace products” will negatively affect many of these important industries inside the U.S. China has achieved absolute dominance over the rare earth elements’ (RRE) production by 2023, according to a <a href="https://www.oxfordenergy.org/publications/chinas-rare-earths-dominance-and-policy-responses/"><span>study</span></a> conducted by the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. It stated that “although the REEs are not geologically rare, China dominates the supply chain, accounting for 70% of global rare earth ore extraction and 90% of rare earth ore processing. Notably, China is the only large-scale producer of heavy rare earth ores.” The fact of the matter is that it is not enough to acquire and extract REE deposits as President Trump hopes to do in Ukraine. The processing of these extracted deposits is a delicate and costly factor of production of the final minerals that can be used in industries.</p>
<p>With the world supply chains being extremely entangled today, as we showed in a <a href="https://brixsweden.org/the-entanglement-of-global-supply-chains-why-decoupling-from-china-is-suicide/"><span>previous article</span></a>, it is impossible for any one nation to achieve absolute self-sufficiency and independence in every sector. It is more cost-effective to cooperate and partner with other nations who have a higher leverage in certain areas and need outside input from others. Global common prosperity can be ensured and peace and security built on a firmer foundation. The current trade and tariff wars are not making these goals achievable. Interdependence and co-existence should be self-evident in the world we live in today.</p>


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title: Webinar Invitation: The EU-China Relations in a Rapidly Changing World!
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<p>The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden (BRIX) is organizing a webinar to discuss with European and Chinese experts the dramatic changes underway in 2025. These developments, triggered partly by actions taken by President Donald Trump’s Administration, have created possibilities for genuine cooperation and friendship within the global perspective of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The question remains if the EU will take this opportunity to embrace the BRI. This would mean the final abandonment of geopolitically minded zero-sum policies which have separated Europe from Russia and China.  As China’s President Xi Jinping expressed it, the nations of the world find themselves in “one boat”.</p>
<p>There is no question that development in manufacturing and infrastructure combined with these new innovative technologies will continue to grow and expand in those over 150 countries which have agreed to cooperate with the BRI.</p>
<p>If we seize the new opportunities for new technological and economic development, there will be ways for achieving common global peace and prosperity. There exist nonetheless great challenges. How will Europe, the EU, and Sweden respond to these dramatic global changes and challenges? How will Sweden and Europe respond to the emerging and rapidly growing Global South and BRICS? These are the questions we raise in this webinar.</p>
<p>The BRIX members believe that the Belt and Road Initiative is the appropriate framework which can facilitate increased cooperation and dialogue in 2025.  There are specific steps the EU can take to position itself in a more advantageous position than the current precarious one it finds itself in.</p>
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title: How the debt trap narrative was created and used as a geopolitical weapon?
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<div><img src="https://brixsweden.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Debt-mouse-trap.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p><em>By Hussein Askary (Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden)</em></p>
<p><em>This article has previously been published in <a href="https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202503/07/WS67ca36cca310c240449d92ed.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China Daily</a>.</em></p>
<p>Although it has been debunked thoroughly by international experts, the ”China debt-trap” narrative keeps surfacing as a mantra of anti-China campaigns. Most recently, a Swedish member of parliament brought it up in a public debate as part of what he called <em>”China’s aggressive neocolonial operations in Africa”</em>.</p>
<p>While the impact of this narrative has diminished in recent years in the Global South, with more and more nations joining the Belt and Road Initiative, it is being repeated in the West to mobilize forces that consider China’s successful and peaceful rise as a geopolitical threat.</p>
<p>The narrative was launched as part of the first Donald Trump administration’s tool kit to counter the influence of China. In 2018, according to US media reports at the time, the United States Department of State <span><a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/us-state-dept-warns-against-chinas-debt-book-diplomacy-in-indo-pacific/articleshow/64282613.cms">commissioned</a></span> two Harvard University students to<a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/us-state-dept-warns-against-chinas-debt-book-diplomacy-in-indo-pacific/articleshow/64282613.cms" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <span>write a report</span></a> which was titled ”Debtbook Diplomacy: China’s Strategic Leveraging of its Newfound Economic Influence and the Consequences for US Foreign Policy”.</p>
<p>The Department of State informed the US and international mass media in May 2018 of the report and helped promote it. At the end of 2018, the Department of State even bragged in its financial report to US Congress that ”the department continues to message on this subject, delivering additional high-performing materials, including: <a href="https://www.state.gov/reports/fy-2018-department-of-state-agency-financial-report/collection-of-sidebars/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Harvard study</a> warns of perilous ’debt-trap diplomacy’”.</p>
<p>The Department of State requested more financing for such operations. In 2021, the US Congress responded through <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1169/text" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">”the Strategic Competition Act of 2021”</a>, allocating $300 million every year from 2022 to 2026 for this purpose.</p>
<p>A major part of the financing will be utilized, according to the text of the Act, to provide <em>”support for local media”</em> stating that <em>”the secretary of state, acting through the assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor and in coordination with the administrator of the US Agency for International Development, shall support and train journalists on investigative techniques necessary to ensure public accountability related to the BRI”</em>.</p>
<p>In September 2021, <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/us-plan-to-discredit-chinese-investments-unmasked/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Zimbabwean media</a> revealed that the US embassy in the country was recruiting and financing young activists and journalists to tarnish the investments made by China in the country as harmful to the nation. This made it clear that the anti-BRI propaganda with the debt-trap narrative as its main tool was going into high-gear throughout the world.</p>
<p>A USAID-financed NGO in Serbia made <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/chinese-owned-steel-mill-coats-serbian-town-red-dust-cancer-spreads-2021-11-09/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">global headlines</a> by claiming that cancer rates had risen in Smederevo, a town where a Chinese steel plant was operating. The health authorities in Smederevo later challenged the information presented to the international media by the NGO.</p>
<p>The USAID’s role in financing anti-China and anti-BRI smear campaigns is well documented. It funds NGOs both in the US and abroad to recruit and organize talented ”young leaders ”and ”opinion makers” pumping both finances and disinformation about China’s investments in the Global South through the BRI.</p>
<p>The William &amp; Mary’s Global Research Institute’s so-called information lab, <a href="https://www.aiddata.org/in-the-news/china-infrastructure-drive-traps-poor-nations-with-385-billion-hidden-debt-study" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">AidData</a>, is well known as such a USAID-financed source of disinformation about the BRI. It is not clear how the shutting down of the USAID will impact the channeling of the resources allocated by US Congress to anti-China and anti-BRI operations, but it is a strong blow to such operations according to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/07/donald-trump-usaid-shutdown-impact-china-relationship-funding" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">some Western media</a>.</p>
<p>The irony is that if the US had used these large amounts of money to do good in Africa through public goods projects rather than tarnishing the BRI and China with disinformation, the US would have had greater soft power in its competition with China.</p>
<p>For example, with the $1.5 billion, the US could build 250 hospitals of the same type as the China-built Mahusekwa Hospital for antenatal care in Mashonaland in Zimbabwe, which cost $6 million.</p>
<p>The same amount could be used to build about 500 level-three hospitals such as the Gachororo Health Centre in Juja, Kenya, a 200-bed facility that cost $3.2 million. However, such win-win thinking does not penetrate the mind of policymakers in Washington who are saturated with the zero-sum game of geopolitics.</p>
<p>There are two ways to deal with the debt-trap narrative: one is to show its fallacies in a systematic and pedagogical way; the other is to develop innovative methods in financing infrastructure along the BRI in addition to the way China has successfully done in the first 10 years. It is a matter of reality that many nations, especially developing countries, are in dire need for infrastructure to release their economic growth potential and sustain it.</p>
<p>Nations are tired of aid programs that have continued for decades without any tangible results in their attempts to eliminate poverty and achieve prosperity.</p>
<p>Regarding the first point, a three-step method of exposing the fallacies of the debt-trap narrative can be adopted so that it can be applied to any country that is alleged to be a victim of a ”Chinese debt-trap”. The three steps are examinations of the composition of the debt of that country, the quality of the debt incurred by that country, and finally the sources of financial instability in that country.</p>
<p>The samples used to develop this method are famous cases singled out by the narrative creators: Sri Lanka, Zambia, Kenya, Pakistan and Montenegro. They show that there is no basis for blaming China for the financial problems of those countries.</p>
<p>As for financing infrastructure in Belt and Road countries, it is imperative to continue the success of the Chinese method of low-interest and long-term loans no matter what the opponents say. But China alone cannot fill the gap of tens of trillions of dollars necessary for developing modern infrastructure in Asia, Africa and South America.</p>
<p>Other actors have to step up and resources have to be pooled. First, nations must develop national financial institutions to mobilize local resources through national ”development banks”.Regional development banks are also advisable. For example, the Arab countries of the Gulf have more than $4 trillion in their sovereign wealth funds.</p>
<p>The Chinese financial markets can also become a source of credit, as has been proven by the Panda bonds that are becoming increasingly popular in developing countries. In addition, bilateral development funds between creditors and debtors can be created in which a small portion of the natural resources of debtor country can be leveraged to generate credit from financial institutions in the creditor nations.</p>
<p>In addition to China’s rise, the BRI is one of the great success stories of the 21st century. It must be promoted and defended against ill-intended and geopolitically motivated attacks such as the ”debt trap ”narrative.</p>


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<p><strong>China’s foreign policy</strong> is evolving rapidly, and understanding its direction is crucial for everyone. In this engaging interview with <a href="http://en.taiheinstitute.org/Content/2022/03-25/1018399538.html" rel>Einar Tangen</a>, <strong>Hussein Askay</strong>, Vice-Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden (<a href="https://brixsweden.org/" rel>BRIX)</a>, explores the motivations behind <strong>China’s global strategies</strong> and uncovers what they mean for the world. Join them to get a fresh perspective on a topic that affects us all.</p>
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<p>Hussein Askary presenting his book as a gift to Mr. Wang Yi on the sidelinesof the celebration</p>
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<p>In an interconnected world, small businesses have a unique opportunity to leverage <strong>AI and technology </strong>for global trade. However, understanding the complexity of diverse markets is crucial. While AI can streamline processes and enhance sales strategies, <strong>entrepreneurs must remain cognizant of cultural, legal, and linguistic differences that can affect consumer behavior</strong>. Einar Tangen emphasizes that thorough market research is essential, particularly in unfamiliar regions. Businesses that adapt to local customs and consumer preferences are more likely to succeed, showcasing the dynamism of markets in a multipolar world. As China continues to expand its influence, this adaptability will be key for companies wishing to thrive internationally.</p>
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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="SputnikInt" data-tweet="1900260761223467195" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">❗️Putin just gave a BOMBSHELL PRESS CONFERENCE<p>Here’s what he said:👇 (1/9) <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gl8T5V8W0AAQksf.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gl8T5V8W0AAQksf.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="SputnikInt" data-tweet="1900260764734415130" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">(2/9) Russia supports a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine, but the key issue is what to do with the Ukrainian incursion in the Kursk region. <span data-sanitized-class="entity-video"><video controls="controls" poster="https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1900259623804035073/pu/img/jlXGmgppH8aVw1PV.jpg" preload="none"><span data-sanitized-class="entity-video"><source src="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1900259623804035073/pu/pl/2R0hjEPyo3o_j7aY.m3u8?tag=12&amp;v=b9f&amp;container=fmp4" type="application/x-mpegURL"><br><source src="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1900259623804035073/pu/vid/avc1/492x270/bnYcfD7iLgaQWwB4.mp4?tag=12" type="video/mp4"><br><source src="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1900259623804035073/pu/vid/avc1/848x464/k7SmW5TqhIcWCQ2d.mp4?tag=12" type="video/mp4"></span></video></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="SputnikInt" data-tweet="1900260768055963659" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">(3/9) He believes that, given the situation in Kursk, a ceasefire would be beneficial for Ukraine, as without it, they risk being physically blocked 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about how the situation would be monitored if a ceasefire were declared: "How can we be guaranteed that nothing like this will happen?" <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gl8UV3QWkAAK8Sk.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gl8UV3QWkAAK8Sk.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="SputnikInt" data-tweet="1900260773927997903" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_5" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">(5/9) He also highlighted other contentious issues along the front lines, where Russian forces are advancing on almost all fronts. <span data-sanitized-class="entity-video"><video controls="controls" poster="https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1900260138373595136/pu/img/BIACnteHP8dtT1Mt.jpg" preload="none"><span data-sanitized-class="entity-video"><source src="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1900260138373595136/pu/pl/RGaeCp_9CkIJXknI.m3u8?tag=12&amp;v=ace&amp;container=fmp4" type="application/x-mpegURL"><br><source src="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1900260138373595136/pu/vid/avc1/492x270/Uf3ScvrWea8TzjJE.mp4?tag=12" type="video/mp4"><br><source src="https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1900260138373595136/pu/vid/avc1/848x464/njgKyjpmQXBU5a9H.mp4?tag=12" type="video/mp4"></span></video></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="SputnikInt" data-tweet="1900260776704651679" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_6" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">(6/9) Russia will negotiate the next steps for ending the conflict based on the situation on the ground. <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gl8UsEGXsAA00jH.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gl8UsEGXsAA00jH.jpg"></a></span></div><div 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type="video/mp4"></span></video></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="SputnikInt" data-tweet="1900260783822692372" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_8" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">(8/9) The cessation of hostilities in Ukraine must lead to long-term peace and the resolution of the root causes of the crisis. <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gl8U-jKXYAAzqex.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gl8U-jKXYAAzqex.jpg"></a></span></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="SputnikInt" data-tweet="1900260787454656665" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_9" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">(9/9) Putin did not rule out discussing a ceasefire in Ukraine with US President Donald Trump, emphasizing that Ukraine should have urged the Americans to call for an end to 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guid: https://odysee.com/eva-yt:7e35a8f9abfeb2bb329765721f4b3eab5dba5ee5
author: ;Eva K Bartlett
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Interview with RT yesterday on the ongoing HTS (al-Qaeda in Syria) slaughter of Syrian civilians, primarily Alawites, possibly exceeding 10,000 civilians killed in less than 1 week

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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/d7b9adaec4dc45907f5224b633e13351.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Interview with RT yesterday on the ongoing HTS (al-Qaeda in Syria) slaughter of Syrian civilians, primarily Alawites, possibly exceeding 10,000 civilians killed in less than 1 week"></p>Interview with RT yesterday on the ongoing HTS (al-Qaeda in Syria) slaughter of Syrian civilians, primarily Alawites, possibly exceeding 10,000 civilians killed in less than 1 week. <br><br>Civilians are being slaughtered at rapid rate by point blank executions, stabbings, slitting throats...<br><br>If the number 10,000 civilians killed in one week is accurate, that's the equivalent number of Damascus civilians killed by terrorists in 7 years. [ https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2018/03/22/they-know-that-we-know-they-are-liars-they-keep-lying-wests-war-propaganda-on-ghouta-crescendos/]<br><br>However, sources with on the ground sources in Syria suggest the number of slaughtered civilians could be 20,000 or more--in 1 week!<br><br>Keep in mind, this doesn't include the Syrians who were being tortured and killed from December 2024 onwards, after HTS took Syria. <br><br>See: https://evakarenebartlett.substack.com/p/in-the-new-free-diverse-syria-minorities<br><br>Regarding terrorist massacres of civilians during the war on Syria (2011-2024), see: https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/deconstructing-the-nato-narrative-on-syria/<br><br>Points I would've added had there been more time:<br><br>I want to emphasize that the most important thing to be discussing now is that ethnic cleansing, massacres continue at full pace in spite of promises otherwise and this needs to be front page around the world. <br><br> Al-Julani announced the end to the so-called 'military operation' (his HTS ethnic cleansing massacre) yes, but began the massacres elsewhere.<br><br>The killing has continued, every day throughout the day there are reports of new massacres.  <br><br>On March 10 it was reported that coinciding with the UN's visit to coastal areas, HTS terrorists took children hostage, sending a message to the parents that if  they say anything, or don't say what (the terrorists) want them to say, they will burn the children.  <br><br>People are literally trapped in their homes without food, no way to escape, literally awaiting death squads to break into their homes and gun them down, as has been the case all along the coast and into Hama, also in Aleppo, Damascus and elsewhere. <br><br>Some days ago, a Christian family was massacred, the parents &amp; their children. They were preceded &amp; followed by many more massacres of Christians.<br><br>The fact that these barbaric massacres are continuing unabated, not stopped by international institutions and Western states highlights their hypocrisy: They were the first to call for intervention for far far lesser accusations of wrongdoing by the Syria, or Russian, army. These accusations-- starving the people, chemical attacks--were false. It was in every case terrorists who starved civilians and hoarded food aid. But even these comparably far minor crimes, blamed on the Syrian government, were enough for international outrage &amp; calls for intervention.<br><br>But amply and continually documented mass slaughter of civilians, of children, that isn't enough?<br><br>Syrian lives, whether Alawite, Shia, Christian, Sunni or other are no less precious than our lives. If this was happening in a Western nation, people would be horrified.  <br><br>So, be horrified for Syrians and speak out.<br><br>**BTW:  I had a lot to say, sometimes things come out wrong ("fighting") on the spot. I'm VERY clear in my writings &amp; in general that this is a slaughter of innocent civilians.<br><br>Feel free to comment on RT's uploads of the interview:<br><br>https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/syria-war-israel:f?r=GSiy4sKoNdFjKycqZRUs4hRmZwjcuqon<br><br>https://rumble.com/v6ql0hs-media-severely-downplays-number-of-civilians-killed-in-syria-eva-bartlett.html

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title: Joe Rogan Experience #2290 - Michael Kosta
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title: Interview: China’s New Economic Plan: What Is in It for The World?
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<p>In this interview with Professor Ding Yifan, we explore the economic outcomes of this year’s Two Sessions in Beijing, and what is there for the world in these plans. Professor Ding Yifan is Senior Fellow at the Global Governance and Development Institute at Renmin University and former deputy-director of the influential Institute of World Development under the State Council’s Development Research Centre.</p>
<p>Find his book here: <span><a href="https://www.peterlang.com/document/1296858">https://www.peterlang.com/document/1296858</a></span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CXdzdqii7k&amp;t=3222s"><span>Previous interview with Professor Ding Yifan.</span></a></p>

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title: Avoiding War Requires True Statecraft, Not Just Good Intentions — International Peace Coalition #93
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title: Famous Chinese Economist: Trump is sacrificing its allies to save the US dollar!
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title: Clayton Morris tells Tucker Carlson about the "Petal" mines Ukraine fired on the Donbass
author: ;Eva K Bartlett
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<p><img src="https://thumbs.odycdn.com/91b8c21b651b01311c5dcabe909c2eb4.webp" width="480" alt="thumbnail" title="Clayton Morris tells Tucker Carlson about the " petal mines ukraine fired on the donbass></p>Clayton Morris tells Tucker Carlson about the "Petal" mines Ukraine fired on the Donbass. He mentions my work.<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2tzUhrW8e0<br><br><br>I was in Donetsk when Ukraine fired rockets containing hundreds of the mines, in late July 2022 (https://t.me/Reality_Theories/7881), &amp; went next morning to see Donetsk streets &amp; parks littered with them (https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1554034459980201985).  <br><br>Since then, 173 civilians have been maimed by the insidious mines, 11 of whom are children, including the latest victim, a teen from Makeevka (east of Donetsk). Three of the injured civilians died of their injuries. <br><br>It's uncomfortable, but do take a look at this (graphic) photo from July 2022 (https://t.me/Reality_Theories/23962) of what a foot looks like after stepping on one of these tiny, hard to see, mines.<br><br>Ukraine was obliged to destroy its ~6 million stock of them, but didn't, &amp; instead fired them on Donbass civilians. The West, ofc, looks away, so does HRW (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2023/03/29/human-rights-watch-deliberately-only-scratched-the-surface-in-exploring-ukraines-use-of-banned-petal-mines/). <br><br>My Related:<br><br>--The West is silent as Ukraine targets civilians in Donetsk using banned ‘Petal’ mines (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/the-west-is-silent-as-ukraine-targets-civilians-in-donetsk-using-banned-petal-mines/), Aug 7, 2022, RT.com (https://www.rt.com/russia/560020-donetsk-butterfly-mines-geneva-conventions/)<br><br>--In Just Under Three Weeks, Ukrainian-Fired Prohibited “Petal” Mines Maim At Least 44 Civilians, Kill 2, in Donetsk Region (https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/in-just-under-three-weeks-ukrainian-fired-prohibited-petal-mines-maim-at-least-44-civilians-kill-2-in-donetsk-region/), August 23, 2022, Covert Action Magazine<br><br>-Ukraine turns Donetsk into a minefield using banned ‘Petal’ mines (https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/ukraine-turns-donetsk-into-a-minefield:7?r=EymDGnAtYEjvNCAh13tU3WL6QWGjETBs) [video]<br><br>–Donetsk Emergency Services &amp; Sappers Clear Residential Areas of Ukraine’s Mines (https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/donetsk-emergency-services-sappers-clear:2?r=EymDGnAtYEjvNCAh13tU3WL6QWGjETBs) [video]<br><br>–Ukrainian Terrorism: Firing Munitions Containing Petal Mines On Donbass Orphanage, Another War Crime (https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/ukrainian-terrorism-firing-munitions:3?r=EymDGnAtYEjvNCAh13tU3WL6QWGjETBs) [video]<br><br>–14 Year Old Is One of 87 Donbass Civilians Maimed By Petal Mines Fired By Ukraine (https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/14-year-old-is-one-of-87-donbass:2?r=EymDGnAtYEjvNCAh13tU3WL6QWGjETBs) [video] [on Telegram (https://t.me/Reality_Theories/10225)]<br><br>Links here too: https://t.me/Reality_Theories/8341<br><br>Further:<br><br>-What I’ve seen of Ukraine’s war crimes against civilians in the Donbass over the years<br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/what-ive-seen-of-ukraines-war-crimes-against-civilians-in-the-donbass-over-the-years/<br><br>-The Donbass: My Articles, Videos &amp; Interviews From/On the Donetsk &amp; Lugansk People’s Republics (2019-present)<br>https://ingaza.wordpress.com/the-donbass-my-articles-videos-interviews-from-on-the-donetsk-lugansk-peoples-republics-2019-present/<br><br>-JACQUES BAUD: NATO THREATENED RUSSIA DECADES BEFORE 2022 <br>https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/JacquesBaudNATOThreatenedRussia:5<br><br>–“She’s exposing the TRUTH in Ukraine and they dont like it Redacted Conversation with Eva Bartlett”, May 29, 2022, Redacted with Clayton Morris<br>https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/shes-exposing-the-truth-in-ukraine-and:3<br><br>–“NBC News just SMEARED real journalists in shameful hit piece, Redacted with Clayton Morris” (June 11, 2022)<br>https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/nbc-news-just-smeared-real-journalists:3<br><br>-Eva Bartlett Describes Ukraine's Unspeakable Genocide of Donbass (graphic content warning), Redacted with Clayton Morris, September 2022 <br>https://odysee.com/@EvaKareneBartlett:9/eva-bartlett-describes-ukraine's-2:1

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title: The Coming World of Sovereign Nation States
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title: Trump Is Bombing Yemen For Israel
author: ;Caitlin Johnstone
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<div><img src="https://threadreaderapp.com/images/screenshots/thread/1901455346822246778.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div>This is an absolutely fascinating interview - maybe one of the most thought-provoking I've read so far this year - of @kejimao, one of China's upcoming scholars and a Research Fellow at the International Cooperation Center of China's powerful National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC, the top organization for China's economic planning and policymaking).<p>A summary of the best takes from the article which you can find in full here: <a href="https://thechinaacademy.org/starting-the-trade-war-the-best-thing-trump-did-to-china/" data-sanitized-class="entity-url multilink">thechinaacademy.org/starting-the-t…</a></p><p><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">1)</span> On Trump's reforms and actions</p><p>Mao Keji says Americans voted for Trump because "America’s problems— social, economic and political—had become so entrenched that they could no longer be fixed by politics as usual."</p><p>He argues however that the actions of the new administration remind him of those of Khrushchev in the Soviet Union "who, in his secret speech at the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, exposed many of Stalin’s dark deeds. Although this consolidated his political position in the post-Stalin era, it permanently damaged the Soviet Party’s domestic authority and international moral standing, with the Sino-Soviet split being the most direct result. [Similarly,] Musk and Trump’s tireless efforts to expose the so-called 'deep state' are certainly beneficial to the new administration, but the damage they are inflicting on America’s institutions and moral authority is irreversible and incalculable."</p><p>He also says he has "serious doubts about [Trump's] radical reforms", and he also question whether "they are truly motivated by America’s interests or just the self-interest of these individuals." Although he does recognize that "the fact that an unconventional reformer like Trump could emerge suggests that the American system does indeed possess a strong capacity for self-correction," and that it's a safer bet to "overestimate [the impact of] Trump’s reforms than risk underestimating them."</p><p>He makes the parallel between Trump's approach to reform and China’s Cultural Revolution in the sense that "a small group of political outsiders, with the tacit approval of their leader, has gained access to the core of government and power and is exploiting widespread social dissatisfaction to rally large numbers of ordinary people—especially those from the lower rungs of society and young people with little experience of the world—to launch a fierce assault on the existing system. At the moment, it seems that much of what DOGE is doing—exposing shocking 'dirt' on social media—is less about genuinely pushing for reform and more about maintaining the 'revolutionary legitimacy' of this movement, ultimately creating a cycle of self-reinforcing and escalating fervor."</p><p>Lastly he says that in his view the Trump administration is, contrary to popular belief, less arrogant than "many establishment think tanks and media outlets in the US" because, contrary to them, he doesn't automatically assume "that their values are superior." Which matters because, as per a quote of the Three-Body Problem Trilogy that he really likes: "Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is."</p><p>All in all he says that "predicting what will happen in the four years of Trump’s second term is extremely difficult, but for now, one thing seems certain: the US’s global influence will shrink significantly. This is perhaps the clearest trend to emerge so far from Trump’s second term. If Trump’s policymaking continues at its current pace, then by the end of his four years, the US alliance system, the dollar’s status as a global currency, America’s influence over multilateral institutions, its military presence across the world, and even its ideological and media dominance will all be significantly diminished. This is a deliberate choice by the Trump administration, most likely based on the belief that the costs of maintaining these global arrangements outweigh their benefits to the US."</p><p>This doesn't mean however that America will be isolationist as Trump may "revive the 19th-century doctrine of spheres of influence. That means a return to an era akin to that of the warring states period, in which great powers can simply draw circles on a map to determine the fate of smaller nations."</p><p><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">2)</span> On how countries should deal with Trump</p><p>He says that "the best strategy for responding to [Trump's] pressure is to demonstrate that you are both able and willing to impose costs [on him]. At the same time, showing weakness or displaying anxiety in front of him will not get you any sympathy. On the contrary, it will only invite further aggression. [...] Surrendering just invites further humiliation; only by resisting to the very end can one turn the situation around."</p><p>He argues that "Canada, Denmark, Germany and Ukraine have all proven this point. As obedient allies who have always followed Washington’s lead, they trusted the US too much and never had a strategy for counteracting or resisting it. In the face of Trump’s threats, they were helpless and ultimately suffered humiliating blows."</p><p><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">3)</span> On Trump's impact on China</p><p>Fascinatingly he says that Trump "is only a marginal variable for China." This is because "China is a vast country with a large population and a massive industrial base. In many cases, so long as its domestic affairs are well managed, there is no need to fear a volatile international situation."</p><p>In fact he argues that Trump's first term was very helpful for China because his "trade and tech war was a wake-up call that made China realize the urgency of developing independent and controllable technological pathways and accelerating its transition towards smart technologies. Without Trump’s policy of extreme pressure, no Chinese government department or domestic enterprise would have been able to drive the transition to domestic alternatives." Thanks to this China is now in a strategic place where "there is no need to fixate on Trump."</p><p><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">4)</span> On India-US and India-China relations</p><p>His view (India and Sino-Indian relations is actually his core area of expertise) is that "US-India relations are likely to cool during Trump’s time in office" because Trump doesn't "particularly seek to rely on India to counterbalance China" and therefore "India does not hold particularly high [strategic] value for Trump."</p><p>Instead Trump seems to be very transactional in his approach, seeking to "extract tangible financial gains from India through the export of arms, energy and technology."</p><p>He believes this may induce a change of strategy for India which had so far "sought to leverage its future great-power status and its strategic potential to counterbalance China in exchange for free strategic resources." If Trump now seeks to "put an explicit price on these strategic resources and force India to accept the full terms, Modi would definitely not just obediently comply."</p><p>In turn this may lead India to "restore engagement with China," if only as a "facade of Sino-Indian friendship [to] help India increase its value in the eyes of the US."</p>


guid: yt:video:bR8FEwkBgV4
title: LaRouche's Four Laws - A New Era for the United States
author: ;Diane Sare
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title: We Can Make America Great Again, If We Recognize Who We Are
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<div><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1200,h_600,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F203f91f3-3c41-46a3-b3a7-c24997af734f_1052x353.png" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><h3 data-sanitized-class="subtitle">By Anton Chaitkin</h3><div dir="auto" data-sanitized-class="body markup">
<p>Preface: The transatlantic establishment in recent decades has brought economic and moral disaster to the United States, and made the USA the instrument of permanent war (with censorship and surveillance).</p>
<p>This is the globalist system, the latest reincarnation of the British and other European empires. Voters have strongly indicated they wish to break …</p>
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Four Megabanks on Wall Street Hold $3.2 Trillion in Uninsured Deposits – Which May Explain Senator Schumer’s Pivot to the GOP to Stop a Government Shutdown

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<p>By <a href="https://wallstreetonparade.com/about-3/about/">Pam Martens and </a><a href="https://wallstreetonparade.com/about-3/about/">Russ Martens</a>: March 17, 2025 ~</p>
<div data-sanitized-id="attachment_3500" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://wallstreetonparade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Senator-Chuck-Schumer-Lavishes-Praise-on-Stanley-Fischer-During-Confirmation-Hearing-on-March-13-2014.jpg"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3500" loading="lazy" src="https://wallstreetonparade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Senator-Chuck-Schumer-Lavishes-Praise-on-Stanley-Fischer-During-Confirmation-Hearing-on-March-13-2014.jpg" alt width="250" height="234" data-sanitized-class="size-full wp-image-3500"></a>
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<p>During Senator Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) political career, three of his five largest campaign donors have been Wall Street megabanks – Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase. His second largest campaign donor over his political career are the partners and employees of Big Law firm Paul Weiss, where his brother, Robert, is actively engaged in Mergers and Acquisitions by major corporations that are publicly traded on Wall Street. Paul Weiss, as a firm, represents some of the largest banks and trading houses on Wall Street.</p>
<p>Last week Schumer, the Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate, did a major pivot between Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesday he vowed that Democrats would stand firm in voting against the Republican version of a Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the federal government open, a spending bill deeply opposed by the majority of Congressional Democrats, who viewed it as a slap in the face to the working class of America. By Friday, Schumer had flipped and voted in favor of the bill – outraging progressives in the party.</p>
<p>Schumer explained his flip-flop as follows on the Senate floor: “As bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option.”</p>
<p>Shutting down the U.S. government would have had an immediate negative impact on stock prices on Wall Street; the U.S. dollar; potentially the credit rating of U.S. sovereign debt; and it would increase the existing threat of uninsured deposits stampeding out of U.S. banks – <a href="https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/03/moodys-downgrades-entire-u-s-banking-system-credit-suisse-plummets-welcome-to-banking-crisis-3-0/">raising the threat of another banking crisis</a> potentially worse than the one that occurred in the spring of 2023.</p>
<p>On November 14, 2023, the then Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Martin Gruenberg, testified before the Senate Banking Committee on why his agency had to pay out billions of dollars as a result of the spring bank runs. Gruenberg revealed that the biggest losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund when Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank failed in March, did not come from bad loans or underwater debt instruments but from the FDIC having to make good on the banks’ uninsured deposits that were stampeding out the door. (The FDIC temporarily took the banks into receivership when they failed until they could be sold.) Gruenberg stated:</p>
<p>“As of June 30, 2023, the FDIC estimated the cost for the failures of SVB and Signature Bank to total $18.5 billion. Of that estimated total cost of $18.5 billion, the FDIC estimated that approximately $15.8 billion was attributable to the cost of covering uninsured deposits as a result of the systemic risk determination made on March 12, 2023, following the closures of SVB and Signature Bank.”</p>
<p>The banking crisis of 2023 set off a panic bank run where depositors were withdrawing their uninsured deposits at banks from coast to coast, including from the megabanks. (Federal deposit insurance is capped at $250,000 per depositor per bank.)</p>
<p>What most Americans do not know is that the vast amount of uninsured deposits that are concentrated at just four Wall Street banks could tank the U.S. economy if there was a bank run at these institutions.</p>
<p>According to the Call Reports for the period ending December 31, 2024, uninsured deposits at the domestic branches of the following four megabanks were as follows:</p>
<p>JPMorgan Chase: $1.15 Trillion</p>
<p>Wells Fargo: $652.7 Billion</p>
<p>Citibank, N.A. (part of Citigroup): $594.5 Billion</p>
<p>Bank of America: $821.9 Billion</p>
<p>The above four banks’ domestic uninsured deposits total $3.2 <em>trillion</em>. That’s 202 times the amount of losses on uninsured deposits that the FDIC had to absorb in the 2023 banking crisis.</p>
<p>Stock markets are said to “climb a wall of worry,” which they had been doing for most of January. But markets collapse under a sea of chaos, which has been the operative descriptor of the Trump administration since February.</p>
<p>The other notable news item that may be connected to Schumer’s pivot on the Republican’s spending plan is that the same day (last Friday) that the Senate voted and passed the plan, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-risks-from-paul-weiss/">Donald Trump signed an Executive Order</a> that could potentially cripple the ability of Schumer’s brother’s law firm, Paul Weiss, to stay in business.</p>
<p>The Executive Order stripped the many lawyers holding security clearances at the firm of their security clearance – meaning the firm would have to drop major cases that required their review of classified government documents for their clients, and decline taking new cases involving classified government documents.</p>
<p>The order said the security clearances would be suspended “pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest.”</p>
<p>The Executive Order also cut off Paul Weiss lawyers’ access to government buildings and was silent as to whether that included federal courts. The order also prevented the law firm from getting federal jobs and to receive money from federal contracts.</p>
<p>Every major corporation and Wall Street firm with whom Paul Weiss has done business for 150 years now understands that it has been placed on Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/15/donald-trump-law-firm-attack-025949">growing list of blacklisted law firms</a>. That is going to have a chilling impact on its ability to attract new business until the case winds its way through the courts.</p>
<p>Paul Weiss has gotten many firms on Wall Street off easy for serious crimes. But that’s not the basis of Trump’s attack on the firm. The Executive Order is all about getting personal revenge for Trump.</p>
<p>Trump specifically cites in the Executive Order the law firm’s representation of the District of Columbia Attorney General against the January 6 attackers, (who were trying to keep Trump in office illegally); and it names a Paul Weiss former law partner, Mark Pomerantz, for joining the Manhattan District Attorney’s office “solely to manufacture a prosecution against me….”</p>

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title: Who’s That Senator?
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title: Qui est ce sénateur?
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guid: https://brixsweden.org/?p=5316
title: Invitation to Webinar: EU-China Relations in a Rapidly Changing World
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<div><img src="https://brixsweden.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Bild1-2.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>Dear friend of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden,</p>
<p>Our next webinar titled “EU-China Relations in a Rapidly Changing World” will take place on Wednesday March 19th at 10:00 CET (5 PM Beijing time).</p>
<p>You are welcome to join us on Zoom on Wednesday, March 19th at 10:00 CET by clicking this link: <span>https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86429289396</span></p>
<p>The Belt and Road Institute in Sweden (BRIX) is organizing a webinar to discuss with European and Chinese experts the dramatic changes underway in 2025. These developments, triggered partly by actions taken by President Donald Trump’s Administration, have created possibilities for genuine cooperation and friendship within the global perspective of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The question remains if the EU will take this opportunity to embrace the BRI. This would mean the final abandonment of geopolitically minded zero-sum policies which have separated Europe from Russia and China. As China’s President Xi Jinping expressed it, the nations of the world find themselves in “one boat”.</p>
<p>If we seize the new opportunities for new technological and economic development, there will be ways for achieving common global peace and prosperity. There exist nonetheless great challenges. How will Europe, the EU, and Sweden respond to these dramatic global changes and challenges? How will Sweden and Europe respond to the emerging and rapidly growing Global South and BRICS? These are the questions we raise in this webinar.</p>
<p>The BRIX members believe that the Belt and Road Initiative is the appropriate framework which can facilitate increased cooperation and dialogue in 2025. There are specific steps the EU can take to position itself in a more advantageous position than the current precarious one it finds itself in.</p>
<h6>List of speakers</h6>
<p>1) <strong>Stephen Brawer (moderator)</strong>: Chairman of Belt and Road Institute in Sweden, Distinguished Research Fellow of Guangdong Institute for International Strategies.</p>
<p>2) <strong>Mr. Wan Degang:</strong> Chargé d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Sweden.</p>
<p>3) <strong>Erik Solheim</strong>: President Europe-Asia Center (Brussels), Former Executive Director of UN Environment Program, Former Minister of Development, Norway, Vice-President of the International Green Belt and Road Coalition.</p>
<p>4) <strong>Professor Bojan Lalic</strong>: Director Belt and Road Institute Belgrade.</p>
<p>5) <strong>Einmeier Bernd</strong>: President of DCG Entrepreneur for Business Development and Startups, President of German-Chinese Friendship Association, Germany.</p>
<p>6) <strong>Professor Li Xing</strong>: Director of European Research Center at Guangdong Institute for International Strategies, Professor of International Relations at Aalborg University, Denmark.</p>
<p>7) <strong>Professor Ivo Hristov</strong>: Professor in Sociology University of Plovdiv, University of Library Studies and Information Technologies Sofia, Bulgaria.</p>
<p>8) <strong>Jan-Menke Hopma:</strong> Founder and Chairman of Innovasian Bridge, Holland.</p>
<p>9) <strong>Dr. Tomaz Amon</strong>: President of Slovenian-Chinese Friendship Association, Slovenia.</p>
<p>10) <strong>Hussein Askary</strong>: Vice Chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden, Distinguished Research Fellow Guangdong Institute for International Strategies.</p>
<p><strong>For more information, contact us: <a href="https://brixsweden.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" data-cfemail="d5bcbbb3ba95b7a7bcada6a2b0b1b0bbfbbaa7b2" data-sanitized-class="__cf_email__">[email protected]</a></strong></p>


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<div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901662703292211595" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_1" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview">🚨 THE NEXT 2008 IS HAPPENING NOW 🚨<p>Party City. Joann’s. Forever 21. Big Lots. ALL COLLAPSING.</p><p>But this isn’t just “retail struggling.” This is financial arson.</p><p>Private equity rigged the system. They built a time bomb. And now? It’s detonating.</p><p>A MEGATHREAD: 🧵⬇️ <span data-sanitized-class="entity-video"><video controls="controls" poster="https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/1901660092409257985/img/OJ81AiyBhKv0wlvl.jpg" preload="none"><span data-sanitized-class="entity-video"><source src="https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1901660092409257985/pl/rIM8RTHSmsb9oTnR.m3u8?tag=16&amp;container=fmp4" type="application/x-mpegURL"><br><source src="https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1901660092409257985/vid/avc1/480x852/20KvqduKlZ92zHOV.mp4?tag=16" type="video/mp4"><br><source src="https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1901660092409257985/vid/avc1/720x1280/bSClcNOQaIX8enXh.mp4?tag=16" type="video/mp4"><br><source src="https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1901660092409257985/vid/avc1/320x568/S3C295ty9wLPWkiv.mp4?tag=16" type="video/mp4"><br><source src="https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1901660092409257985/vid/avc1/1080x1920/RItZFBSna4pvwohz.mp4?tag=16" type="video/mp4"></span></video></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901664754910798318" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_2" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">1.</span> THE BOMBSHELL<p>What if I told you…</p><p>Joann’s has 97% of its stores still profitable.<br>Hooters was making money.<br>Party City? Cash positive stores.</p><p>And yet, they’re all going bankrupt.</p><p>WHY?</p><p>Because Private Equity is using a weaponized version of the 2008 playbook.</p><p>Let me explain. ⬇️<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQSA50XEAA64t_.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQSA50XEAA64t_.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901665089184485595" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_3" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">2.</span> THE 2008 PARALLEL<p>In 2008, Wall Street used adjustable-rate mortgages to sink the economy.</p><p>They hid toxic debt inside financial products called CDOs (Collateralized Debt Obligations).</p><p>When rates adjusted, people defaulted, markets crashed, and pensions tanked.</p><p>That same disaster is happening again—but this time, it’s hidden inside Private Equity. ⬇️<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQSUObacAACEZI.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQSUObacAACEZI.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901665331560452551" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_4" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">3.</span> INTRODUCING “BACK FLOATING RATE DEBT”<p>They don’t call them adjustable-rate loans anymore.</p><p>Now, they call them “back floating rate debt.”</p><p>Same predatory scam. New name. But way worse.</p><p>Because this time, they’ve stacked it on top of businesses instead of homeowners.</p><p>And when rates rise, the business collapses instead of the bank. ⬇️<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQSig9bQAAG5ey.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQSig9bQAAG5ey.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901665717897891936" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_5" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">4.</span> JOANN’S: A CAUTIONARY TALE<p>🔴 Joann’s was NOT failing.</p><p>✅ 97% of their stores were profitable.<br>✅ Sales were strong.<br>✅ Their customer base was loyal.</p><p>So why did they collapse overnight?</p><p>Because Private Equity loaded them with “Back Floating Rate Debt”—then let them die. ⬇️<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQS49ZXMAAhetI.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQS49ZXMAAhetI.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901665954997612677" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_6" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">5.</span> THE ADJUSTABLE RATE NIGHTMARE<p>Joann’s didn’t take on $1B in debt—PE firms did.</p><p>And instead of paying it themselves, they forced Joann’s to carry the loan.</p><p>At 3% interest, the debt was manageable.<br>At 7.5%, it became a death sentence.</p><p>Interest payments tripled. The company collapsed.</p><p>And PE firms walked away rich. ⬇️<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQTG2EXgAA75Fe.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQTG2EXgAA75Fe.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901666617542758800" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_7" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">6.</span> CLOs: THE NEW CDOs<p>Where did all that toxic debt go?</p><p>They bundled it.<br>They packaged it into new financial products called CLOs (Collateralized Loan Obligations).</p><p>Sounds familiar? It should.</p><p>This is exactly what they did in 2008 with CDOs.</p><p>Except this time, they sold it to pensions. ⬇️<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQTtFRawAASyVf.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQTtFRawAASyVf.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901666857301458982" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_8" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">7.</span> HOW THIS THREATENS YOUR RETIREMENT<p>Your 401(k), your pension fund, your city’s retirement plan?</p><p>They own CLOs.</p><p>Because Wall Street sold them as “safe” investments.</p><p>But just like in 2008, when the defaults start rolling in, it won’t be the rich that suffer—it’ll be YOU. ⬇️ <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQT7NXXgAEJf89.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQT7NXXgAEJf89.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901667001388433473" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_9" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">8.</span> PRIVATE EQUITY OWNS EVERYTHING<p>Think this is just a retail problem?</p><p>🚨 Private Equity controls up to 25% of essential industries.</p><p>🏥 Healthcare<br>🏠 Real Estate<br>🍽 Food Supply<br>📦 Shipping &amp; Logistics</p><p>And they’ve stacked all of it with back floating rate debt.</p><p>One domino falls—they ALL go down. ⬇️<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQUDAaa4AAapM-.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQUDAaa4AAapM-.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901667286907568144" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_10" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">9.</span> TRUMP WANTS TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE THAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE<p>This entire scam relies on a rigged tax code—the Carried Interest Loophole.</p><p>PE firms get taxed less than teachers &amp; firefighters.</p><p>Trump says he’ll close this loophole.<br>If he does, it would cut the legs out from under Private Equity’s looting spree. ⬇️<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQUUG8XEAEAVuy.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQUUG8XEAEAVuy.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901667469355274578" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_11" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">10.</span> THIS IS HOW WE STOP IT<p>✔ Expose the scam.<br>✔ Demand the end of the Carried Interest Loophole.<br>✔ Call out politicians protecting Private Equity.<br>✔ Stop pension funds from buying CLOs.</p><p>If we don’t stop this, we’ll wake up in a country where pensions are drained &amp; essential industries are collapsing.</p><p>🚨 The time to act is NOW. ⬇️<span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQUe7jWkAAOgUh.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQUe7jWkAAOgUh.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901667583431975276" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_12" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">11.</span> TRUMP, ARE YOU WATCHING?<p>@realDonaldTrump<br>You said you’d close the Carried Interest Loophole.</p><p>If you want to bring Private Equity to heel, now is your chance.</p><p>This is the biggest financial heist in American history.</p><p>Are you going to stop it? ⬇️ <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQUlmEbUAAfi9Y.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQUlmEbUAAfi9Y.jpg"></a></span></p></div><div data-controller="thread" data-action="click-&gt;thread#showTweet" data-screenname="TheVinoMom" data-tweet="1901667710083240076" dir="auto" data-sanitized-id="tweet_13" data-sanitized-class="content-tweet allow-preview"><span data-sanitized-class="nop nop-start">12.</span> SHARE THIS NOW 🚨<p>🔴 The media isn’t covering this.<br>🔴 Regulators aren’t stopping it.<br>🔴 Politicians are protecting it.</p><p>But YOU can expose it.</p><p>🔁 RETWEET.<br>📢 TAG your representatives.<br>👀 Watch the video.</p><p>This is 2008 all over again—unless we stop it. <span data-sanitized-class="entity-image"><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQUsyeWcAEw963.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmQUsyeWcAEw963.jpg"></a></span></p></div>


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<p data-sanitized-class="">By Bruce Pardy | The Fraser Institute</p><p data-sanitized-class="">It’s been 800 years since the Magna Carta. Governments everywhere now aspire to tear down the concept that it helped establish: the rule of law. Last week, British Columbia’s NDP government introduced the <em>Economic Stabilization</em> (<em>Tariff Response</em>) Act, also known as <a href="https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2025AG0012-000204" target="_blank">Bill 7</a>, which would allow Premier David Eby and his cabinet the power to take the law into their own hands without going through the elected legislature.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">In this case, the justification is President Donald Trump’s tariffs. But the bill would authorize any action taken for the vague purpose of supporting the economy of B.C. or Canada, or responding to the actions of any foreign government, even if the actions haven’t happened yet. But according to Eby, “These are not sweeping powers.”</p><p data-sanitized-class="">The project of concentrating power in the executive branch (i.e. cabinet) and usurping the role of legislators has a long pedigree. In theory, no office or officers are above the law or are empowered to make it up as they go. In practise, that theory counts for less and less. Governments, including in Canada, don’t like the rule of law.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">But what, exactly, does “the rule of law” mean? Legal theorists say it’s complicated. It need not be. To see it clearly, compare it to the alternative: the rule of persons. When King Solomon decreed that a baby claimed by two women should be split in half, he had absolute power to decide what to do. When Henry VIII ordered that Anne Boleyn should lose her head, that was absolute power, too. In each case, tyrants exercised their personal rule for good or bad.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">The “rule of law” is the opposite idea. No single authority has free reign to decide how the state will use its force. The rule of law limits the powers of those who govern.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">It does so in part by separating powers between three branches of the state. The Supreme Court of Canada has said that the “separation of powers” is a fundamental feature of the Canadian Constitution. Legislatures legislate. The executive executes. Judges adjudicate. In principle, no single office or officer can alone decide what should be done.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">But not in practise. Exceptions are so common today as to be ubiquitous. The Human Rights Commission, not the legislature, declares what constitutes discrimination. The police decide whether to enforce court orders. Environment ministry officials determine when environmental impacts are permissible. Cabinet decides when pipelines will be built.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">But in these cases, decision-makers at least must keep themselves within the boundaries of their authorizing statute, which was passed by elected legislatures. Under Bill 7, the Eby government will take delegation to the next level. Its cabinet will have the power not just to exercise broad discretion in accordance with legislation, but to override legislation itself. The bill will allow cabinet to make exceptions to the law, modify the law’s requirements, limit the law’s application, or establish powers or duties in place of the law. And not just a specific law, but any enactment on the books. The cabinet’s edicts will be valid for more than two years, until May 2027.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">In 1539, the <em>Statute of Proclamations</em> conferred on King Henry VIII the power to rule by decree, directing that the King’s proclamations should be obeyed as though they were legislation. Such provisions, since known as “Henry VIII clauses,” are controversial because they eviscerate limits on executive power. Yet they may be constitutionally permissible in Canada. Parliament cannot abdicate its functions, the Supreme Court of Canada wrote in 1918, in a case considering the government’s conscription orders under the broad powers of the War Measures Act of 1914. But Parliament can pass legislation that delegates its powers to the executive as it sees fit. As long as the legislature retains the power to reverse the delegation, the theory goes, then separation of powers remains intact.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">The rule of law is inconvenient. It gets in the way of governments and officials crafting solutions to problems they perceive as important. That’s not its downside but its purpose. Even when government efforts are well-intentioned, the power of officials to solve problems can pose a more serious threat to citizens than the problem itself. As the late Alan Borovoy, former general counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, once put it, “The source of the most insidious peril is not evil wrongdoers seeking to do harm, but parochial bureaucrats seeking to do good.” If the modern administrative state is incompatible with the rule of law, then the state should be required to adapt. For decades, the current has flowed strongly in the other direction.</p><p data-sanitized-class="">Crises are an ideal time for the state to advance into territory from which it will not wish to retreat. COVID-19 was the previous excuse. Now the threat of American tariffs is the latest justification to declare an emergency and discard the limitations of the rule of law. Even impending calamity does not justify the tyranny of unfettered discretion. Boundless authority to respond to circumstances is an unbearable licence to dictate.</p><p data-sanitized-class=""><a href="https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/premier-eby-wants-give-bc-cabinet-extraordinary-powers">For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here</a>.</p><p data-sanitized-class=""><a href="https://www.todayville.com/opposition-says-premier-eby-using-tariff-fight-to-give-b-c-cabinet-unlimited-power/" target="_blank">Reprinted by Todayville</a>.</p><p data-sanitized-class=""><em>Bruce Pardy is executive director of </em><a href="https://www.rightsprobe.org/" target="_blank"><em>Rights Probe</em></a><em> and professor of law at Queen’s University.</em></p>





















  
  



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