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title: Election night with CPAC's Michael Serapio – April 28, 2025
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title: Soirée électorale avec Michael Serapio – 28 avril 2025
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guid: https://raymcgovern.com/?p=8831
title: Intel Roundtable from Friday
author: ;Ray McGovern
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title: Russia Bore the Brunt of the Battle in WWII
author: ;Ray McGovern
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<p data-sanitized-class="excerpt">VIPS members Scott Ritter and Larry Wilkerson discuss the Russia-US alliance during WWII, with Russia bearing the brunt of the battle and the US providing tons of much needed aid, much of it through Iran. https://raymcgovern.com/2020/05/06/who-defeated-the-nazis-a-colloquy/</p><p data-sanitized-class="more-link-p"><a href="https://raymcgovern.com/2025/04/28/russia-bore-the-brunt-of-the-battle-in-wwii/" data-sanitized-class="btn btn-default">Read more</a></p>


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title: AMB. Charles Freeman : Will Zelenskyy Concede Crimea?
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title: Washington Today (4-28-25): White House touts border security as first of First 100 Days successes
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title: COL. Douglas Macgregor : How Close to a Regional War?
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title: LtCOL. Karen Kwiatkowski : Does Trump Lead or Follow?
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title: Prof. Jeffrey Sachs [Live from Moscow] : Does Trump Want Peace?
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Vente d'immeubles pour défaut de paiement de l'impôt foncier - 18 juin 2025 (Mise à jour 28 avril 2025)

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Vente d'immeubles pour défaut de paiement de l'impôt foncier - 18 juin 2025 (Mise à jour 28 avril 2025)

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guid: https://www.mondialisation.ca/?p=5698196
title: Le Cachemire et l’Indus
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<div>Le président hindouiste indien Narendra Modi a exploité l’incident terroriste au Cachemire pour abroger le traité sur les eaux de l’Indus de 1960, un objectif de longue date de Modi. La version indienne de <em>“l’attaque terroriste”</em>, dont la plupart …</div>


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title: En attendant Xi
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<blockquote><p>“Aujourd’hui marque une date des plus importants de l’histoire des États-Unis. C’est notre déclaration d’indépendance économique. Les emplois et les usines vont revenir en force dans notre pays, et vous pouvez déjà en voir les premiers signes. Nous allons dynamiser </p></blockquote>…


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title: Laith Marouf: Yemen Forces US Navy into Retreat | Shocking Turn of Events!
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title: Scott Ritter: Reality Hits Hard: Yemen Targets the U.S. Navy - Trump’s Wake-Up Call in Ukraine
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title: Col. Larry Wilkerson: Yemen Strikes Back, Iran's Defiance, Russia's Gambit — America's High Stakes!
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title: Elizabeth May addresses supporters on election night – April 28, 2025
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title: Maxime Bernier delivers election-night address – April 28, 2025
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title: Pierre Poilievre addresses supporters on election night – April 29, 2025
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guid: https://strategic-culture.su/?post_type=article&amp;p=884945
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La politica cinese verso l’ASEAN nell’era dei dazi di Trump: un’alleanza strategica tra sviluppo e sicurezza

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<p><strong><em>Di fronte alla guerra commerciale statunitense, la Cina rilancia la propria diplomazia nei confronti dei Paesi limitrofi, con visite strategiche in Vietnam, Malaysia e Cambogia, rafforza i legami con il Myanmar e inaugura con l’Indonesia il dialogo “2+2”, consolidando l’ASEAN come solido pilastro regionale.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span><em>Segue nostro</em></span> <a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telegram</a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" src="https://strategic-culture.su/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tlg.jpg" alt="" width="25" height="25" data-sanitized-class="alignnone wp-image-875659"></a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>.</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p>Nel contesto della guerra commerciale scatenata dall’amministrazione Trump con l’imposizione di dazi punitivi e minacce di ritorsioni, la politica estera della Cina nei confronti dell’ASEAN (Associazione delle Nazioni del Sud-Est Asiatico) si è contraddistinta per un marcato impulso all’integrazione economica, alla cooperazione strategica e al rafforzamento della sicurezza regionale. La visita del presidente Xi Jinping in Vietnam, Malaysia e Cambogia, le solide relazioni con il Myanmar e l’istituzione del meccanismo ministeriale “2+2” con l’Indonesia rappresentano i capisaldi di un approccio multilaterale volto a contrastare l’egemonia economico-politica degli Stati Uniti e a consolidare il ruolo dell’ASEAN nello scacchiere globale.</p>
<p>Negli ultimi anni, gli Stati Uniti hanno intensificato l’uso dei dazi come strumento di pressione politica, imponendo tariffe su prodotti cinesi per un valore complessivo che ha superato i 360 miliardi di dollari nel biennio 2018-2019. Questa politica ha generato incertezze sui mercati internazionali, danneggiato le catene globali di approvvigionamento e spinto molti Paesi dell’ASEAN a cercare nuove partnership per diversificare i propri flussi commerciali e ridurre la dipendenza dal mercato statunitense.</p>
<p>Dopo l’ulteriore rilancio dei dazi nelle ultime settimane da parte di Donald Trump, la Cina ha colto l’occasione per rilanciare la sua diplomazia regionale, promuovendo una strategia basata su quattro pilastri: apertura economica, cooperazione infrastrutturale, dialogo strategico e tutela della sicurezza collettiva. Questi elementi si sono tradotti in una serie di iniziative concrete, illustrate durante il tour di Xi Jinping nel Sud-Est asiatico e rafforzate da meccanismi di coordinamento bilaterale.</p>
<p><a href="https://giuliochinappi.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/costruire-una-comunita-cina%E2%80%91vietnam-dal-futuro-condiviso-ha-grande-significato-globale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">La prima meta toccata dal presidente cinese è stato il Vietnam</a>, in un’occasione storica che ha coinciso con il 75° anniversario delle relazioni diplomatiche bilaterali. Al termine della visita, il <a href="https://giuliochinappi.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/dichiarazione-congiunta-tra-la-repubblica-socialista-del-viet-nam-e-la-repubblica-popolare-cinese/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comunicato congiunto tra Pechino e Hà Nội</a> ha tracciato una “roadmap” per la costruzione di una comunità Cina-Vietnam dal futuro condiviso, basata su sei misure chiave: elevare la fiducia strategica reciproca; rafforzare la barriera di sicurezza comune; ampliare una cooperazione mutuamente vantaggiosa; intensificare i legami nell’opinione pubblica; promuovere una cooperazione multilaterale più stretta; favorire interazioni marittime positive.</p>
<p>Queste misure si traducono in oltre quaranta progetti firmati – dal potenziamento dei corridoi ferroviari all’intelligenza artificiale, dal commercio agricolo sino al turismo e alla cultura – consolidando un partenariato che ha già superato i 260 miliardi di dollari di scambi annui. Le ultime infrastrutture realizzate, come i porti smart e il “viaggio in un giorno” tra i due Paesi, rappresentano un chiaro segnale di progresso tangibile. In un clima di protezionismo globale, la Cina e il Vietnam hanno scelto l’inclusione e la cooperazione come antidoti alla frammentazione internazionale.</p>
<p><a href="https://giuliochinappi.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/cina-e-malaysia-concordano-di-costruire-una-comunita-strategica-di-alto-livello-dal-futuro-condiviso/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">La seconda tappa ha visto Xi recarsi in Malaysia</a>, dove è stata annunciata la nascita di una comunità strategica di alto livello dal futuro condiviso. In quest’occasione, i governi di Pechino e di Kuala Lumpur si sono impegnati a: rafforzare coordinamento politico e sinergie di sviluppo; preservare la pace e la stabilità nel Mar Cinese Meridionale; collaborare su digital economy, green economy, blue economy e turismo; integrare le catene industriali, del valore, dei dati e dei talenti; sostenere piattaforme come la China International Import Expo e la China-ASEAN Expo.</p>
<p>La Malaysia ha inoltre ribadito il fermo sostegno alla politica di “una sola Cina”, mentre la Repubblica Popolare ha confermato la disponibilità di investimenti nella rete 5G e nella filiera dei semiconduttori. In un’epoca in cui gli Stati Uniti spingono verso il “de-risking” e la pressione su Huawei e ZTE, questo accordo dimostra come il governo della Malaysia preferisca un approccio pragmatico basato sui reali vantaggi economici.</p>
<p>La terza e ultima tappa del viaggio di Xi è stata in Cambogia, la cui relazione con Pechino è stata definita dallo stesso leader cinese come un <a href="https://giuliochinappi.wordpress.com/2025/04/20/xi-jinping-la-cina-e-la-cambogia-stabiliscono-un-modello-di-cooperazione-per-nazioni-di-dimensioni-diverse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">modello di cooperazione per nazioni di dimensioni diverse</a>. Nel corso degli incontri di Xi Jinping con il primo ministro Hun Manet, il leader del Partito Popolare Cambogiano Hun Sen e il Re Norodom Sihamoni, le due parti hanno preso accordi riguardo diversi punti salienti: supporto all’indipendenza strategica cambogiana, nel rispetto delle specificità nazionali; apertura cinese ai progetti infrastrutturali del BRI in Cambogia, in particolare nei settori di trasporti, energia, turismo e zone economiche speciali; conferma di Pechino come principale partner commerciale e investitore estero della Cambogia; appello congiunto a “unire le forze contro egemonismo e politiche di blocco”, promuovendo un mondo multipolare e un’economia globalmente inclusiva.</p>
<p>Come quelle in Vietnam e Malaysia, anche questa visita ha sottolineato come, in presenza di dazi e pressioni da parte degli Stati Uniti, le relazioni Sino-Cambogia continuino a prosperare, dimostrando che la cooperazione win-win supera le logiche di confronto volute dal blocco occidentale.</p>
<p>Per quanto riguarda il Myanmar, questo occupa una posizione strategica per la sicurezza cinese lungo i suoi confini sud-occidentali. <a href="https://giuliochinappi.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/pauk-phaw-lamicizia-fraterna-tra-cina-e-myanmar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Come abbiamo scritto in un nostro precedente articolo</a>, le relazioni tra Pechino e Naypyidaw si basano sul concetto di “Pauk-Phaw”, rilanciato da Xi Jinping come pilastro di mediazione nei conflitti interni birmani, con la Cina che ha facilitato colloqui tra governo e gruppi armati. Inoltre, questo ha rappresentato un esempio di “tech for good” a seguito del terremoto del 28 marzo, per mezzo dell’invio di squadre di soccorso dallo Yunnan, dell’utilizzo di droni e satelliti, e del supporto sanitario e infrastrutturale offerto dalla Cina. Questa cooperazione umanitaria e diplomatica ha suggellato un nuovo paradigma di vicinato basato su solidarietà, rispetto e stabilità regionale, rafforzando il concetto di “comunità dal futuro condiviso”, espressa dal presidente Xi.</p>
<p>Infine, <a href="https://giuliochinappi.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/meccanismo-ministeriale-22-cina%E2%80%91indonesia-nuovo-passo-per-la-cooperazione-sulla-sicurezza-regionale/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">il Primo Incontro Ministeriale “2+2” Cina-Indonesia (Esteri + Difesa)</a> ha istituzionalizzato un canale di dialogo strategico al vertice, il primo del suo genere con un partner asiatico. Secondo quanto riportato dalla stampa cinese, gli obiettivi di tale meccanismo sono rafforzare l’autonomia strategica dell’ASEAN di fronte alla “Strategia Indo-Pacifico” USA, elevare il livello della cooperazione tradizionale includendo la sicurezza regionale come tema centrale, offrire un’alternativa pragmatica alle coalizioni esclusive, preservando la centralità dell’ASEAN nella governance regionale, e rafforzare la fiducia strategica bilaterale e promuovere un ambiente di sicurezza stabile e cooperativo. Da questo punto di vista, l’Indonesia, in quanto leader demografico e prima economia dell’ASEAN, ha indicato la via per un modello di cooperazione basato su dialogo, autodeterminazione e multilateralismo.</p>
<p>A nostro modo di vedere, le iniziative illustrate dimostrano che l’ASEAN, grazie alla sua centralità geografica e politica, e la Cina, con enormi capacità economiche e diplomatiche, dispongono degli strumenti per rispondere efficacemente alla guerra commerciale voluta dagli USA. Questo processo passa per la diversificazione delle catene di approvvigionamento, realizzabile attraverso nuovi corridoi ferroviari, porti smart, integrazione digitale, e per la cooperazione in materia di nuove tecnologie, comprese quelle “green”, per mezzo di investimenti in energia rinnovabile, 5G, veicoli elettrici, etc. Invece di farsi trascinare nella logica del “disaccoppiamento” con la Cina, dunque, molti membri dell’ASEAN hanno scelto la via dell’interdipendenza e del multilateralismo, consapevoli che isolarsi avrebbe significato rinunciare alla crescita economica e alla sicurezza collettiva.</p>
<p>Tutto questo dimostra come la risposta cinese alla politica dei dazi statunitensi sia stata non uno scontro diretto, ma un’intensificazione della cooperazione regionale e del dialogo strategico. Le visite di Xi in Vietnam, Malaysia e Cambogia, insieme alle iniziative in Myanmar e al nuovo meccanismo “2+2” con l’Indonesia, costituiscono una rete di sicurezza e sviluppo capace di tenere insieme un’area vulnerabile alle oscillazioni geopolitiche.</p>
<p>L’ASEAN, da parte sua, ha dimostrato capacità di equilibrare le relazioni con le grandi potenze, promuovendo una visione multipolare e inclusiva. Nel frammentato panorama globale, l’alleanza strategica Cina-ASEAN rappresenta un modello di cooperazione fondato sull’apertura, la fiducia reciproca e una risposta pragmatica alle sfide presenti e future.</p>
<p>In definitiva, la cooperazione Sino-ASEAN non è soltanto un rimedio alla guerra dei dazi, ma una pietra angolare di un ordine regionale più stabile, prospero e multilaterale — un vero e proprio contrappeso all’egemonia coercitiva, capace di garantire crescita condivisa e sicurezza collettiva.</p>
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Covering up Ukrainian Nazis is nothing new – the Canadians have been doing it for almost eighty years

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<p><strong><em>The western governments are turning a blind eye once more to activity that they would never tolerate in their own countries.</em></strong></p>
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<p>A number of topics remain taboo in discussing the war in Ukraine. Busification, Zelensky’s democratic mandate, Ukraine’s casualty numbers and anything suggesting that Ukraine cannot win are all off limits. Likewise the problem of alleged neo-Nazis in Ukraine.</p>
<p>One of the most embarrassing episodes since the Ukraine war started in 2022, was when Yaroslav Hunka, was given <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250321114818mp_/https:/www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-parliament-nazi-unit-veteran/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two standing ovations</a> in the Canadian House of Commons public gallery by MPs during the visit of President Zelensky in 2023. Hunka has been accused by Russia of genocide, because of his alleged involvement in the Huta Pieniacka massacre of February 28 1944 in which more than 500 ethnic Poles were murdered in a village, in what is now western Ukraine. Hunka was a member of the SS Galicia Division, a mostly Ukrainian unit of the Waffen SS, which Commissions in Germany and Poland later found guilty of war crimes.</p>
<p>This was shocking because it opened the lid on a topic of conversation that has been largely silenced by the western mainstream media since the beginning of the war: Ukraine’s contemporary challenge of far-right ultranationalism. But the Hunka case also illustrates how western authorities airbrushed discussion of nazis in Ukraine after World War II too.</p>
<p>On 13 July 1948 the British Commonwealth Relations Office, what is now part of the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, sent a telegram to Commonwealth governments, proposing an end to Nazi war crimes trials in the British zone of Germany. “Punishment of war crimes is more a matter of discouraging future generations than of meting out retribution to every guilty individual… it is now necessary to dispose of the past as soon as possible.”</p>
<p>After the conclusion of the Nuremberg War Trials in 1946 the western world faced a new enemy in the Soviet Union. Limited security resources in cash-strapped Albion and its colonies were re-deployed to uncover suspected Soviet agents and Communists, rather than to identify and track down lower-order Nazi war criminals.</p>
<p>Around this time, many Ukrainians fled the Soviet Union to settle in Canada. In the thirty-year period after the start of Operation Barbarossa, the Ukrainian population in Canada almost doubled, from 300,000 to almost 600,000 people. While most of them, I am sure, would not have been Nazi collaborators, some, undoubtedly, were. They were joined by lesser numbers of Latvians, Hungarians, Slovaks and others.</p>
<p>Within that exodus would have been so-called “lesser” war criminals; persons who had organised the transportation of Jews, Slavs, gypsies and homosexuals to death camps, acted as informers, committed murders, or become involved in war crimes as other ranks and non-commissioned officers in death squads. They were the lower echelon collaborators, acting as the instruments of the genocide initiated by the Nazis.</p>
<p>Yet, following the British instruction, Canada progressively relaxed its immigration policy between 1950 and 1962, steadily removing restrictions against the entry of German nazis and non-German members of German military units like the SS Galicia Division.</p>
<p>However, in 1984 the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Wiesenthal_Center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Simon Wiesenthal Center</a> wrote a letter to the Canadian government claiming to have obtained evidence that the ‘Angel of Death’ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josef Mengele</a> had applied for a landed immigrant visa to Canada in 1962. Though this proved to be incorrect, it caused such outrage among Canada’s Jewish community that a Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals in Canada was established in 1985.</p>
<p>Known as the Deschênes Commission, it uncovered a list of 774 persons who had allegedly entered Canada and who required further investigation. Of that list, only 28 underwent serious investigation and trial.</p>
<p>Michael Pawlowski, accused of murdering 410 Jews and 80 non-Jewish Poles in Belarus in 1942, was acquitted as judges blocked the prosecution from gathering evidence in the Soviet Union.</p>
<p>Stephen Reistetter of Slovakia was not tried for allegations that he kidnapped 3000 Jews to have them sent to Nazi death camps while serving in the Hlinka party, a far right clerical-fascist movement with Nazi leanings. His case fell apart because a witness died.</p>
<p>Erich Tobias, was accused of involvement in the execution of Latvian Jews but died before his case went to court.</p>
<p>By 1995, with no convictions for war crimes having been secured, the Canadian Justice Department cut the size of its war crimes unit from 24 to 11 people. In the absence of criminal prosecutions, the Canadian Government tried civil proceedings to revoke citizenship from alleged war criminals.</p>
<p>Wasily Bogutin collaborated with the Nazi occupation forces in the town of Selidovo, in Donetsk, and was personally and directly involved in effecting the roundup of young persons for forced labour in Germany. In February 1998, Judge McKeown, of the Trial Division of the Federal Court, found that Bogutin had concealed his role in war crimes, but he died before he could be extradited.</p>
<p>Joseph Nemsila, who commanded a Slovak unit that sent civilians to Auschwitz died in 1997 after a decision not to revoke citizenship was overturned, but death prevented exportation.</p>
<p>In only 7 cases was order made for the suspect to be extradited or exported. This included Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary, accused of involvement in the confinement of thousands of Hungarian Jews and their subsequent deportation to death camps. In July 1997, just before his trial was to begin, he decided not to oppose the loss of his citizenship and voluntarily left the country.</p>
<p>Vladimir Katriuk was accused of having taken part in the Khatyn Massacre in Belarus and Wasyl Odnynsky, a guard at SS labour camps at Trawniki and Poniaka. Moves were made to revoke their citizenship, but they were allowed to remain in Canada until all court proceedings were lifted in 2007.</p>
<p>Progress in prosecuting alleged war criminals in Canada was always slow, often held up by foot-dragging by often reluctant judges, and a refusal to allow for the gathering of evidence in the Soviet Union.</p>
<p>Today, the media and Jewish groups still pressure the Canadian government to reveal the names of all of the 774 persons considered by the 1985 Deschênes Commission with so far little success.</p>
<p>An American academic recently discovered what is believed to be a similar list of 700 suspects which included Volodymyr Kubiovych, a Ukrainian Nazi collaborator who helped organize the SS Galicia division and who was editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine compiled at the University of Alberta. A photograph of a parade in Lviv, Ukraine, in July, 1943, shows Mr. Kubiovych making a Nazi salute alongside Otto Wächter, a senior member of the SS who also served as governor of Galicia and Krakow.</p>
<p>Yaroslav Hunka was not on that list, raising questions about how many Nazi collaborators in Canada were never discovered.</p>
<p>I don’t think that Ukraine today is a Nazi society and, even at its high watermark, the Svoboda party only garnered 10% of the national vote. But ultranationalism is a major problem, particularly in the west of Ukraine, in that area known as Galicia during World War II. And the refusal of western governments to acknowledge the issue of ultranationalism in Ukraine or speak out means that we are turning a blind eye once more to activity that we would never tolerate in our own countries.</p>
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<p>In posing the important question as to where all our peaceniks have gone, Sonja van den Ende’s <a href="https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/04/22/where-have-europe-pacifists-gone-ones-who-once-opposed-nato/">recent article</a> begins to answer it by citing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Soir" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Le Soir</a> and mentioning that the Belgian headquarters of NATO and of the European Union do not get as many mass protests as they once did. Le Soir is typical of Europe’s radicals in that its militancy consists of mocking the Belgian Catholic Church and making some insipid stance over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charlie Hebdo cartoons</a>. If one yearns for revolution, then Le Soir is not going to be its vanguard.</p>
<p>And, as for the offices of NATO and the European Union, that assumes that German, Italian, Spanish and French folk have the time to go off to Belgium and shout at buildings that are indifferent to their existence and that their health insurance will cover their costs when the Belgian cops criminally assault them. Our experiences of the mass protests against the Iraqi genocide strongly suggest all of that is a waste of time.</p>
<p>Van den Ende also pre-supposes that there was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-war_movement">a golden era</a>, now past, when “the workers” were prepared to storm the Bastille for liberty, fraternity and all the rest. Whatever about 1789, that is to misrepresent more recent upheavals, in particular <a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/events-of-May-1968">the 1968 upheavals</a>, which were led by such double headed snakes as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudi_Dutschke" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Red Rudy Dutschke</a>, who went on to form <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annalena_Baerbock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Annalena Baerbock</a>‘s German Greens, one of the most rabidly pro-war groupings the modern world has even seen. It is also to conflate genuine anti-war activists like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berrigan_Brothers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Berrigan brothers</a> of that era with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry#%22Swiftboating%22_controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">loathsome war criminals</a> like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Kerry,</a> who built their fortunes on pretending they opposed the Vietnam genocide, whereas all they really opposed was American GIs getting their just desserts in the paddy fields of South East Asia.</p>
<p>Although events like the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Junior colour our memories of the 1960s, that was not a golden age of protest as imperialism did its thing then, just as it does its thing now. If there are any lessons NATO has to learn from the 1960s, it is to keep their own body bag count down and to stop the likes of van den Ende, today’s John Pilgers and Robert Fisks, getting the word out that NATO’s savagery is as fierce now as it ever was.</p>
<p>One need only go this very day to Syria’s coast where, like Libya not so long ago, Alawite women are being gang raped and sold into sex slavery. Although I am devoting <a href="https://taigs.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a series of blogs</a> to these atrocities and I am sure van den Ende will continue to write about them, the truth is no one in authority in the West gives a tinker’s curse about any of it. And, as for van den Ende or anyone else telling the great and the good about any of that, forget about it as people like her are maligned as peddlers of Russian or Alawite misinformation, just as those who exposed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_massacre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">My Lai massacre</a> or the more recent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Abu Ghraib torture factory</a> were similarly denounced. Defending the most basic of human rights is, it seems, a loser’s game.</p>
<p>Far from surrendering the field, this is to <a href="https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/03/31/no-time-for-love-when-trump-thugs-come-in-morning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">salute those genuine American students</a>, who have protested the ongoing turkey shoot in Gaza. But it is also to acknowledge the multi headed hydra they and all who follow the righteous path are up against. Let’s start at the top, where Donald Trump has threatened Iran with nuclear strikes and note that this is now part of accepted discourse and, one presumes, a permissible military option in NATO’s self-styled arsenal of democracy. What is noticeable about talk like that or anything to do with Israel’s supposed right to self-defence is the absence of blowback. Though all may or may not be fair in love and war, Israel has certainly been greenlighted to do as it wilt, and that spills over into other less spoken about arenas, as NATO’s collusion in the ongoing Alawite and Libyan gang rapes testify.</p>
<p>Although we do not want to get bogged down with Israel, we should note that, since 1980, there have been <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh3-b9ON3Fs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than 200 Hollywood movies</a> and countless more documentaries on their Holocaust, and other scandals, such as the murder of 3 million or so Cambodians, have rarely made it to the silver screen. Hollywood, like all of NATO’s media outlets, has its obvious white hats and its black hats and they leave us in no doubt who we must cheer for both on and off the screen.</p>
<p>Another key reason for our silent complicity in these ongoing genocides is the marginalisation of voices like those of George Galloway and Jeremy Corbyn and the hijacking of anti war movements by Trotskyist crackpot groups, who use them for recruiting new members and garnering funds to keep their lucrative scams up and running. These Trotskyist groups have the added bonus to NATO that they ensure all these protests lack focus, certainly when compared to the Israeli lobbyists they pretend to oppose. Though this is in contrast to the earlier days of the Greenham Common anti-nuclear protesters, that is not to erect altars to those pioneering women, who were infiltrated from top to toe by a plethora of secret service outfits.</p>
<p>Of course, when the burning question of the day is how to feed vulnerable children ever more puberty blockers before castrating them and gang raping children in Syria is a non-issue, lack of focus is something the intelligence services can easily do, given how firmly they have embedded themselves among the West’s political dissidents, a process which began long before the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmament" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament</a> (CND) and the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenham_Common_Women's_Peace_Camp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp</a> and which was by no means confined to them.</p>
<p>Here, to illustrate that point, is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/15/cnd-thatcher-inquiry-anti-nuclear-protest-undercover-police">Thatcher greenlighting the infiltration and subversion of both of those groups</a> and here is a very extensive but far from complete <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2018/oct/15/uk-political-groups-spied-on-undercover-police-list" target="_blank" rel="noopener">list of the radical groups</a> the British security services infiltrated. And that is before we look at how the plethora of Peace Studies Departments in the West’s various universities and sham <a href="https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/08/24/i-hate-hutus-melodies-for-mass-murderers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">radical “minstrels” like Kneecap</a> helped to divert radicals into the cul de sacs NATO wishes to corral them into. And then, with charlatans like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Power#Personal_life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AIPAC</a>‘s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Samantha Power</a> and compromised groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch championing the Uyghur sex jihadists, one could easily despair, when the most unspeakable war crimes by NATO’s Uyghur and Azov proxies have not only been normalised but cheered on by the West’s chattering classes.</p>
<p>Yes,despite our apparent failure to stop Blair and Bush in Iraq, NATO’s demonisation of ordinary Russians and Syrians, the end of national sovereignty, and the concentration of political and economic power being ceded to foreign centres of financial technocracy in Brussels and Davos, there is hope, as the desire freedom is eternal. Donald Trump, Baerbock, Kallas and von der Leyen may succeed in their manifest destiny of foisting their violent and lawless AI technocracy on the rest of us but neither time nor demographics are their friends.</p>
<p>Zelensky’s regime employs a whopping 150,000 thugs in his Territorial Recruitment Centers (TRCs), who are tasked with kidnapping ordinary, decent Ukrainians, a whopping 400,000 of whom they have already dragooned into their eastern front meat grinder. Not only does that contrast sharply with Russia, where folk are eager to join the colours but it is a very labour intensive “recruitment” method, especially when compared to the emerging Asian powers, who have no shortage of men of military age or the hi tech lethal weapons to put in their hands.</p>
<p>Where the West has depended on press ganging and on mercenaries (hello, Qatar), the East has followed a different beat, which has given them increased prosperity, increased leisure and increased militaries that will be soon more than a match for NATO and that will speak a language NATO’s war mongering media will understand, even if their pretend peaceniks do not.</p>
<p>Though we all pretend to want peace, the fact is that peace is impossible until those who want to wage war are stopped and, given that the West’s peaceniks have singularly failed to make Trump, Baerbock, Kallas and the rest of them see sense, it seems that the stage might be set for the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army and similar groups to try their hands at making the West an offer it cannot refuse. Bad and all as a dustup with the CPLA will be, it seems there is no other way to unseat NATO’s war mongers from their high and haughty horses, even if it means giving them, us and our peaceniks, the mother of all hard landings.</p>
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Guerra commerciale: gli Stati Uniti alle prese con la rappresaglia cinese e il disallineamento giapponese

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<p><strong><em>Mentre viene sempre più palesandosi il significato smaccatamente anti-cinese della politica protezionista portata avanti finora dall’amministrazione Trump, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u-s-plans-to-use-tariff-negotiations-to-isolate-china-177d1528" target="_blank" rel="noopener">propensa</a> ad abbassare le barriere tariffarie nei confronti dei Paesi disposti a recidere o quantomeno limitare la cooperazione con la Cina, Pechino intensifica il tenore della rappresaglia. </em></strong></p>
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<p>Alle <a href="https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3307881/china-said-waive-retaliatory-tariffs-some-us-chip-imports-sign-trade-war-thaw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ritorsioni</a> tariffarie (imposte contro gli Usa e <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/21/china-to-retaliate-against-nations-that-work-with-us-to-isolate-beijing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">minacciate</a> a tutti coloro che si allineeranno alla loro politica), alla <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/trump-tariffs-china-may-not-weaken-yuan-in-trade-war-with-the-us-.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">svalutazione</a> dello yuan-renminbi, all’<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/business/china-rare-earths-exports.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduzione</a> di restrizioni in materia di export di materiali critici verso gli Stati Uniti e all’<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/business/china-us-lng-trump-tariffs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interruzione</a> degli acquisiti di Gas Naturale Liquefatto statunitense, Pechino ha affiancato una manovra di pressione <a href="https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-trump-tariffs-trade-war-04-10-25/card/china-s-financial-weapons-u-s-treasurys-the-yuan-UUzJk7MXaVjfzN87xpSy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">focalizzata</a> sul “nervo scoperto” del mercato obbligazionario statunitense. I dati <a href="https://ticdata.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/slt_table5.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicano</a> che, nel mese di febbraio, la Repubblica Popolare Cinese deteneva 784,3 miliardi di dollari di titoli di Stato statunitensi, a cui vanno sommati ulteriori 260 miliardi facenti capo ad Hong Kong.</p>
<p>Un ammontare decisamente cospicuo, riciclabile come formidabile strumento di ricatto nei confronti del governo statunitense, che nel 2024 ha <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/A091RC1Q027SBEA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pagato</a> qualcosa come 1,12 trilioni di dollari di interessi sul debito federale. In tali condizioni, un “semplice” alleggerimento delle detenzioni cinesi determinerebbe automaticamente un ulteriore rialzo dei tassi di interesse, portando i conti statunitensi completamente fuori controllo. L’ipotesi è stata puntualmente formulata dagli operatori di mercato, i quali hanno impostato una imponente manovra speculativa fondata proprio sulla convinzione che Pechino stesse scaricando una massa considerevole di T-Bond in suo possesso. Lo ha <a href="https://x.com/chamath/status/1909711759101116823" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dichiarato</a> urbi et orbi il noto <em>venture capitalist</em> Chamath Palihapitiya (convinto sostenitore di Trump), basandosi sulle “voci di corridoio” circolate nell’ambiente subito dopo il cosiddetto “Liberation Day”.</p>
<p>Stesso discorso si applica al Giappone, i cui istituti privati hanno <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/953f1970-ae77-460b-aa4b-90dc63d2ddd4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">venduto</a> in pochi giorni oltre 21 miliardi di dollari di obbligazioni internazionali. Il fenomeno è stato trainato dai fondi pensione nipponici, i quali si sono affrettati a scaricare parte rilevante delle proprie detenzioni obbligazionarie per compensare i crolli delle azioni statunitensi in loro possesso scatenati dalle tariffe di Trump. Tomoaki Shishido, senior rates strategist di Nomura Bank, ha <a href="https://slguardian.org/japanese-investors-dump-20-billion-in-foreign-bonds-amid-trump-tariff-shock/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">avanzato</a> il sospetto che una quota assai cospicua delle obbligazioni oggetto di <em>sell-off</em> fosse costituita proprio da Treasury Bond e obbligazioni di agenzie statunitensi.</p>
<p>Risultato complessivo: l’8 aprile, i rendimenti dei titoli del Tesoro statunitensi a 5 anni sono saliti del 2%, al 3,918%; quelli dei titoli a 10 anni, del 3,2%, al 4,291%; quelli dei titoli a 30 anni, del 3,6%, al 4,762%. All’aumento degli interessi è corrisposta una caduta significativa del corso del dollaro, che ha <a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/safe-havens-rebound-sino-us-trade-war-anxiety-overshadows-tariff-u-turn-2025-04-10/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">perso</a> terreno nei confronti degli altri tradizionali “beni rifugio” come il franco svizzero e – soprattutto – l’oro.</p>
<p>Una situazione pressoché identica si è riprodotta il 21 aprile, in seguito all’attacco <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/trump-jerome-powell-future-fed-chair-challenges-27e6c60e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sferrato</a> da Donald Trump contro il presidente della Federal Reserve Jerome Powell per la sua reiterata aderenza a politiche monetarie restrittive. Le minacce di licenziamento – poi <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-no-plans-fire-fed-chair-powell-wants-lower-rates-2025-04-22/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ritirate</a> in fretta e furia – formulate nei suoi confronti, interpretate come una contestazione dell’indipendenza della Banca Centrale, hanno comportato un nuovo aumento dei rendimenti dei T-Bond (i titoli a 10 anni hanno varcato la soglia critica del 4,35%) e una ridiscesa del dollaro, <a href="https://www.investing.com/indices/usdollar-chart?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=20349930129&amp;utm_content=665173933807&amp;utm_term=dsa-1518303930164_&amp;GL_Ad_ID=665173933807&amp;GL_Campaign_ID=20349930129&amp;ISP=1&amp;npl=1&amp;af_adset_id=151930000478&amp;ppu=9801673&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAoxX1C9FUettzetSaqc1oIdLqmlQn&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwiLLABhCEARIsAJYS6unxfZBdS60JoWXsgh64BH7nSIHd_qYFkh8Mjj86nGWeqmQtJTG2ZdAaAqjlEALw_wcB">giunto</a> a un nuovo minimo da tre anni.</p>
<p>Parallelamente, la Cina sta rendendosi protagonista di una brusca <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/478c1c64-8923-4ec2-858d-670b30ae44f9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ritirata</a> dal comparto del <em>private equity</em> statunitense, il cui valore complessivo supera ormai i 4,7 trilioni di dollari. Più specificamente, i fondi sovrani cinesi hanno interrotto i flussi di liquidità verso soggetti del settore con sede negli Stati Uniti, anche qualora conducano operazioni con veicoli non statunitensi. Il “nuovo corso” imposto da Pechino vincola i fondi sovrani dell’ex Celeste Impero non solo a evitare di contrarre nuovi impegni, ma anche di ritirarsi da operazioni già avviate ma non ancora completate. Si tratta di un cambio di registro gravido di conseguenze, alla luce del volume ragguardevolissimo di investimenti sostenuti nel corso degli anni dai fondi sovrani cinesi in colossi del <em>private equity</em> statunitensi quali Blackstone, Carlyle Group, Global Infrastructure Partners, Thoma Bravo e Vista Equity. L’iniziativa cinese, ha <a href="https://www.idnfinancials.com/news/53952/chinas-swfs-start-withdraw-funds-from-american-private-equity-firms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dichiarato</a> il presidente di Blackstone Jonathan Gray, sta innescando anche in questo caso un pericoloso “effetto domino”, spingendo fondi pensione sia europei che canadesi a riconsiderare la loro consolidata propensione a investire nel <em>private equity</em> statunitense.</p>
<p>Il tenore della rappresaglia cinese va quindi incrementando, mentre il Giappone tradisce ancora una volta le aspettative dell’amministrazione Trump proclamando la propria indisponibilità ad aderire a qualsiasi blocco geoeconomico anti-cinese. Lo hanno <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/26/economy/japan-china-trade-ties-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comunicato</a> al «Japan Times» anonimi funzionari dotati di familiarità con la questione, a detta dei quali il Giappone sta lavorando per chiudere un accordo con gli Stati Uniti in materia tariffaria prima che scada la tregua di 90 giorni dichiarata da Trump, senza tuttavia accettare il proprio coinvolgimento «<em>in alcuno sforzo degli Stati Uniti volto a massimizzare la pressione commerciale sulla Cina</em>». La rilevanza capitale rivestita dalla Cina, sia come mercato di destinazione che in qualità di fonte primaria di approvvigionamento di beni e materia prime, preclude qualsiasi prospettiva di allineamento giapponese alla politica dello scontro con Pechino che l’amministrazione Trump sembra intenzionata a portare avanti. La presa di posizione del governo di Tokyo risulta coerente con gli impegni già assunti a Seul dal Giappone, che di concerto con Cina e Corea del Sud ha pianificato il rafforzamento della cooperazione reciproca. A margine del vertice, il ministro dell’Industria sudcoreano Ahn Duk-geun, il suo omologo giapponese Yoji Muto e il ministro del Commercio cinese Wang Wentao hanno <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/china-japan-and-south-korea-to-strengthen-free-trade/a-72085756" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posto</a> l’accento sulla necessità di «<em>portare avanti</em><em> le discussioni con l’obiettivo di accelerare i negoziati verso un accordo trilaterale di libero scambio globale ed equo</em>». Il fine ultimo sembra quindi vertere sulla creazione di un fronte comune che assicuri alle imprese regionali esposte all’offensiva tariffaria di Washington, saldamente integrate in catene del valore e di approvvigionamento ormai consolidate, la possibilità di operare all’interno di un ecosistema di stabilità.</p>
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title: Netanyahu Regime Facing Moment of Truth
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title: A Chinese explaining tariff, trade and manufacturing. How tariff war impact trade.
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title: Kiev regime continues to deliberately bomb Orthodox churches
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<p><strong><em>Recent attack on historic church in Belgorod region exposes the true nature of the Ukrainian regime</em></strong></p>
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<p>During the Orthodox Easter Week of 2025, one of the most symbolic episodes of the ongoing spiritual and cultural war in Eurasia took place in the heart of historic Russia. The “New Jerusalem” church, located in the village of Sukharevo in the Belgorod region, was completely destroyed after successive drone attacks by Ukrainian forces. According to regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, the deliberate bombings prevented firefighters and volunteers from extinguishing the blaze that consumed what was considered one of the most revered sanctuaries in the region.</p>
<p>This is not an isolated incident. It must be understood within the context of a systematic persecution of the Orthodox Church promoted by the Kiev regime—one that is increasingly subservient not only to the geopolitical interests of the Collective West but also to its anti-Christian cultural agenda. The destruction of the “New Jerusalem” temple symbolizes what has been taking place for years in post-Maidan Ukraine: an open campaign of hostility against Orthodox faith, against traditional values, and more broadly, against everything that links the Ukrainian people to their shared historical and spiritual roots with Russia.</p>
<p>Since the 2014 coup, backed by Washington and Brussels, Ukraine has ceased to be merely a field of territorial dispute and has become an advanced laboratory of Western cultural reengineering. The institutionalized Russophobia in Kiev is used as a justification for the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate. This Church has faced expulsions, the arrest of priests, the seizure of churches, and even specific laws aiming to eradicate it from public life. The objective is clear: to remove Orthodox Christianity from Ukrainian soil and replace it with a worldview aligned with globalist materialism.</p>
<p>This process has accelerated in recent years with the consolidation of the so-called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”—an artificial and schismatic creation, directly supported by the United States and the European Union, and lacking canonical recognition from most of the Orthodox world. This entity operates as the regime’s religious arm, legitimizing its ideology and promoting a narrative of rupture with Moscow, even at the cost of the people’s spiritual identity.</p>
<p>Russophobia, in turn, is used as an ideological veil to justify all manners of barbarity. Violating religious ceasefires? Bombing churches at Easter? Destroying historic monasteries? Persecuting monks? All of this is downplayed or ignored by the Western media, since it is framed as “resistance against Russian aggression.” The dominant narrative fails to acknowledge that the real aggressor is the regime that bombs religious symbols and suppresses the faith of its own citizens for purely political and ideological reasons.</p>
<p>It is crucial to understand that what is at stake in Ukraine goes far beyond borders or territorial disputes. This is a civilizational battle. On one side, people preserving their traditions, their faith, and their shared Orthodox heritage with the Russian world. On the other, a regime functioning as a satellite of the liberal West, promoting radical secularism, the deconstruction of family values, and the suppression of religion as a foundational pillar of society.</p>
<p>The silence of international institutions regarding the destruction of “New Jerusalem” and other churches not only exposes the hypocrisy of the West’s discourse on “human rights” and “religious freedom,” but also highlights Ukraine’s role as the spearhead of a project aimed not only at dividing Russia, but at weakening its entire spiritual foundation.</p>
<p>As Governor Gladkov affirmed, the faith of the Russian people remains unshaken. Orthodoxy has survived empires, revolutions, and wars. It will survive this dark chapter as well. But the world must see clearly what is happening: a deliberate attempt to eradicate Orthodox Christianity from the post-Soviet space and to replace it with the spiritual void of liberal globalism.</p>
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title: Is Anything More Corrupt than a Pharmaceutical Company?
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<p>Is Anything More Corrupt than a Pharmaceutical<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Company?</p>
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title: PCR On Target With Larry Sparano
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<p>PCR On Target With Larry Sparano</p>
<p>We discuss the refusal of the Democrats and the US civil service to support a democratically elected president of the United States.</p>
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title: The “Peace Negotiations” Are Just Another Deception Creating a Narrative for More War
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<p>The “Peace Negotiations” Are Just Another Deception Creating a Narrative for More War</p>
<p>Paul Craig Roberts</p>
<p>Putin’s 3 day ceasefire, which begins in 8 days, is unrelated to the Ukrainian negotiations. The ceasefire is in memory of the 80th Anniversary of Russia’s defeat of Germany in World War II, a defeat in which the US, Britain, and France played a minor role as the casualty lists indicate. Russia bore the brunt of WW II. Had it not been for Russia, the Third Reich would still be ruling Germany.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Some think it actually is as Germany actively persecutes truth-tellers and critics of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians. Indeed, in Germany you cannot even criticize the Covid “vaccine” without becoming a political prisoner like Reiner Fuellmich.</p>
<p>The whore Western media and the dumbshit Western “Russian experts” have failed to note that when Foreign Minister Lavrov declares Russia’s readiness for peace talks, he defines the purpose of the peace talks to be to “eliminate <em>the root causes</em> of the conflict.”</p>
<p>The root cause of the conflict is not Russia’s intervention. The root cause of the conflict is, as the New York Times article admits, Washington’s effort to initiate a conflict that would, or could, destabilize Russia. <span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>It was Washington, not Moscow, that overthrew the democratically elected Ukrainian government that was in a peaceful and mutually beneficial relationship with Russia while Putin sat on his hands.</p>
<p>It was Washington that armed and trained an Ukrainian army to retake the two breakaway Donbas republics, while using the Minsk Agreement to deceive Moscow that a solution, which did not require Russian intervention, had been achieved.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Both the President of France and the Chancellor of Germany have stated publicly that the Minsk Agreement was used to deceive Putin and leave Russia unprepared for the planned American led Ukrainian invasion of Donbas.</p>
<p>It was Putin and Lavrov who pleaded with US Secretary of State Blinken, NATO, and the EU during December 2021-February 2022 for a mutual security agreement.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The Russians were given the cold shoulder and were forced to intervene  in order to prevent the massacre of the Russian peoples, who had unanimously voted to rejoin Russia from which they had been torn by former Soviet rulers and by the US dismembering the Soviet Union.</p>
<p>Putin’s Ukraine conflict has gone on longer than it took Stalin’s Red Army to drive the highly disciplined Wehrmacht out of thousands of miles of Russia and Eastern Europe and to enter the streets of Berlin. I am not alone in being unable to understand why Putin proceeded with a conflict that was ever-widening, drawing in the US, NATO, the EU and ever more Western weapon systems that “would never to supplied to Ukraine,” culminating in Western supplied long range missiles that now strike deep into Russia.</p>
<p>A possible explanation is that Putin highly values, as does much of his constituency, peace with the West and inclusion in the West. The Russian heart is not really in BRICS.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Therefore, Putin has been using the intervention in Ukraine in the hopes  that a Great Power Agreement, a New Yalta, can come out of it.</p>
<p>What Putin’s hopes overlook is the hegemonic doctrine of American Foreign Policy.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>This doctrine as stated by Undersecretary of Defense Wolfowitz in 1991 has never been repudiated by any American<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>president, including Trump.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>The doctrine declares that the principle goal of US foreign policy is hegemony over the world. As this remains Washington’s policy, peace with Russia, China, and Iran,  can only be achieved by their surrender or their defeat.</p>
<p>Is Putin prepared to surrender?<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Is China prepared to surrender?<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Is Iran prepared to surrender?<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space">  </span>Unless they are, war, not peace, is our future.</p>
<p>It is only after we hear Trump’s and Congress’ repudiation of American hegemony can we have any hope of peace. <span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>We await this repudiation of American hegemony.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/616400-lavrov-cbs-interview-ukraine-ceasefire/">https://www.rt.com/russia/616400-lavrov-cbs-interview-ukraine-ceasefire/</a><span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>

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<p><strong><em>The US military is preparing for war on China. It has missile systems in the Philippines aimed at major Chinese cities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the USA is turning “Japan into a war-fighting headquarters”. Silicon Valley Big Tech oligarchs are making hugely profitable investments</em></strong></p>
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<p>Evidence grows showing that the US military is setting the stage for war on China.</p>
<p>A leaked memo obtained by the Washington Post reveals that the US Department of Defense has made <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/29/secret-pentagon-memo-hegseth-heritage-foundation-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preparing for war with China</a> into its top priority, giving it precedence over all other issues.</p>
<p>The Pentagon is concentrating its resources in the Asia-Pacific region as it anticipates fighting China in an attempt to exert US control over Taiwan.</p>
<p><a href="https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/07/us-defense-secretary-hegseth-overthrow-china-crusade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth</a>, a fundamentalist self-declared “crusader” who called for overthrowing the Chinese government, took a trip in March to Japan and the Philippines, where he repeatedly threatened Beijing and boasted of US “war-fighting” preparations and “real war plans”.</p>
<p>In 2024, the US military installed its Typhon missile system in the northern Philippines. This has a range of 1,240 miles (roughly 2,000 kilometers), and can hit most major cities on the Chinese mainland.</p>
<p>The United States has access to at least <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-announces-four-more-military-bases-us-troops-can-use" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nine military bases in the Philippines</a>.</p>
<p>The Wall Street Journal reported that this “new <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-us-typhon-weapons-system-missile-philippines-100fd852" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. missile system deployed in the Philippines</a> puts key Chinese military and commercial hubs within striking distance”.</p>
<p>The newspaper added that it “is the first time since the Cold War that the U.S. military has deployed a land-based launching system with such a long range outside its borders”.</p>
<p>This blatant US provocation has caused outrage in Beijing, which sees the Pentagon’s move as a significant escalation of Washington’s new cold war on China.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" src="https://i0.wp.com/geopoliticaleconomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/US-missile-system-Typhon-Philippines-China-Japan-troops.webp?resize=880%2C1104&amp;ssl=1" alt="US missile system Typhon Philippines China Japan troops" width="880" height="1104" data-recalc-dims="1" data-sanitized-class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14743"></p>
<p><strong>Cold War Two</strong></p>
<p>Cold War Two has more and more parallels to Cold War One.</p>
<p>Students in US schools are often taught that the Soviet Union’s deployment of nuclear weapons to Cuba in the 1962 missile crisis was an act of “aggression”. Their classes usually omit the fact the United States first put nuclear weapons in NATO member <a href="https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2019-10-30/nuclear-weapons-turkey-1959">Turkey in 1959</a>, provoking Moscow.</p>
<p>Today, Washington is provoking Beijing in many domains.</p>
<p>Donald Trump launched a unilateral, <a href="https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/04/10/trump-advisor-miran-tariff-pay-us-empire/">aggressive trade war on China</a> in 2018, during his first term.</p>
<p>Trump’s Democratic successor, Joe Biden, not only continued this trade war but expanded it further, adding more tariffs and export restrictions in an attempt to <a href="https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/24/us-economic-tech-war-china/">strangle China’s high-tech sector</a>.</p>
<p>Now in his second term, Trump has waged a <a href="https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/04/04/trump-tariffs-effect-us-economy/">nuclear trade war on China</a>, threatening tariffs of 245%.</p>
<p>This new cold war has become a lucrative enterprise for some US oligarchs.</p>
<p><strong>Silicon Valley oligarchs hope to profit from US war on China</strong></p>
<p>Big Tech capitalists in Silicon Valley have poured money into new weapons systems, hoping to profit off of war on China.</p>
<p>The Wall Street Journal published an article in 2024 titled “<a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/anduril-drones-palmer-luckey-china-ukraine-china-951494ec" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tech Bros Are Betting They Can Help Win a War With China</a>”. It featured an interview with right-wing billionaire Palmer Luckey, a former Facebook executive who founded the arms manufacturer Anduril Industries.</p>
<p>Anduril has established itself as a significant <a href="https://spacenews.com/pentagon-awards-anduril-14-3-million-to-expand-production-of-solid-rocket-motors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pentagon contractor</a>, with its work developing advanced autonomous weapons.</p>
<p>The Wall Street Journal wrote (emphasis added):</p>
<blockquote><p>These weapons, Luckey argues, are <strong>needed for a potential conflict with China</strong>, which the Pentagon two years ago announced is the <strong>greatest danger to U.S. security</strong>. The U.S. military, Luckey and others say, needs large numbers of cheaper and more intelligent systems that can be effective over long stretches of ocean and against a manufacturing and technological power like China.</p>
<p><strong>Anduril is so focused on a conflict with Beijing</strong>, Luckey says, that many teams inside the company are building only weapons that can be <strong>completed by 2027</strong>—the year Chinese President Xi Jinping has said his country should be prepared to invade Taiwan. The fictional sword for which Anduril is named [from the <em>Lord of the Rings</em>] is also called the “Flame of the West.”</p>
<p>“We keep our eyes on the prize, which is great-power conflict in the Pacific,” Luckey said.</p></blockquote>
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<p data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-14736" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text"><em>Silicon Valley billionaire Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril</em></p>
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<p>The newspaper highlighted how the US military-industrial complex has become increasingly privatized.</p>
<p>There has been a rapid influx of venture capital funds into weapons corporations in recent years. The Wall Street Journal reported (emphasis added):</p>
<blockquote><p>Anduril is part of <strong>one of the largest shifts to take place in the defense sector since World War II</strong>: the flow of venture-capital funding into defense-technology companies.</p>
<p>For decades, the U.S. government funded defense companies, like Lockheed Martin, to develop new weapons, ranging from stealth aircraft to spy satellites. But as the <strong>private-sector money available for research and development has outstripped federal-government spending</strong>, particularly in areas like AI, a new cohort of defense startups is using private capital to develop technology for the Pentagon.</p>
<p>The amount of <strong>private capital flowing into the venture-backed defense-tech industry has ballooned</strong>, with <strong>investors spending at least 70% more on the sector each of the past three years than any prior year</strong>. From 2021 through mid-June 2024, venture capitalists invested a total of $130 billion in defense-tech startups, according to data firm PitchBook. The Pentagon spends about $90 billion on R&amp;D annually.</p></blockquote>
<p>A major investor in Anduril is Founders Fund, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel.</p>
<p>Thiel is a far-right billionaire oligarch who has strongly supported Donald Trump and has funded Republican politicians. He even previously <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/17/peter-thiel-boosted-jd-vance-career/74397520007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">employed US Vice President JD Vance</a>, and bankrolled his successful 2022 Senate campaign.</p>
<p>A former <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-fbi-informant-charles-johnson-johnathan-buma-chs-genius-2023-10">FBI informant</a>, Thiel co-founded another major Pentagon contractor, Palantir, which the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/08/14/agent-of-intelligence-how-a-deviant-philosopher-built-palantir-a-cia-funded-data-mining-juggernaut/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CIA helped to fund</a>.</p>
<p>Thiel is also an extreme anti-China hawk. He openly <a href="https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/02/03/us-ai-monopoly-unipolar-world-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defends monopolies, arguing “competition is for losers”</a>, and wants to ban Chinese competitors to US Big Tech monopolies.</p>
<p>Like Thiel, Anduril founder Palmer Luckey is staunchly pro-Trump. He is from the same community of far-right Silicon Valley oligarchs.</p>
<p>The Financial Times reported that <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6cfdfe2b-6872-4963-bde8-dc6c43be5093" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thiel’s Palantir, Luckey’s Anduril, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX</a> sought to create a “consortium” — or, rather, a cartel — to jointly bid for US government contractors.</p>
<p><strong>US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wages “holy war” on China, from Japan and the Philippines</strong></p>
<p>Trump has surrounded himself with a team of war hawks, including neoconservative Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.</p>
<p>Hegseth personally signed the Pentagon document obtained by the Washington Post that showed that the number one priority of the US military is <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/29/secret-pentagon-memo-hegseth-heritage-foundation-china/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">preparing for war with China over Taiwan</a>.</p>
<p>In this memo, which is officially known as the “Interim National Defense Strategic Guidance”, the Pentagon wrote, “China is the Department’s sole pacing threat, and denial of a Chinese fait accompli seizure of Taiwan — while simultaneously defending the U.S. homeland is the Department’s sole pacing scenario”.</p>
<p>The Washington Post revealed that several parts of this document were copied word-for-word from a vehemently anti-China report published by the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing Washington, DC-based think tank that is funded by large corporations and conservative billionaires.</p>
<p>The oligarch-backed Heritage Foundation organized the notorious Project 2025, which crafted a detailed policy program for the Trump administration to implement.</p>
<p>Hegseth is a far-right theocratic extremist. He published a book in 2020 called “American Crusade”, in which he proudly declared that the US right is in a <a href="https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/07/us-defense-secretary-hegseth-overthrow-china-crusade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“holy war” against the international left, China, and Islam</a>.</p>
<p>“Communist China will fall—and lick its wounds for another two hundred years”, Hegseth pledged in the book. He wrote, “If we don’t stand up to communist China now, we will be standing for the Chinese anthem someday”.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" src="https://i0.wp.com/geopoliticaleconomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Pete-Hegseth-Trump-tattoos-crusade-far-right.jpg?resize=880%2C495&amp;ssl=1" alt="Pete Hegseth Trump tattoos crusade far right" width="880" height="495" data-recalc-dims="1" data-sanitized-class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14426"></p>
<p>In March 2025, Hegseth traveled to Asia to pressure US allies to join Washington in its new cold war on China. The Wall Street Journal summarized his trip with the headline “<a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/hegseth-tells-asian-allies-were-with-you-against-china-9ade8622" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hegseth Tells Asian Allies: We’re With You Against China</a>”.</p>
<p>When he <a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/defense-secretary-hegseth-and-japanese-defense-minister-hold-joint-news-conference/657924" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke in Japan</a>, Hegseth vowed to “strengthen our bilateral bonds and deepen our operational cooperation” against Beijing.</p>
<p>The US defense secretary stated that the Pentagon is <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4139247/secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-joint-press-conference-with-japanese-defense/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">turning “Japan into a war-fighting headquarters”</a>.</p>
<p>Japan previously colonized China. The Japanese empire, which later allied with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, killed tens of millions of people in China and other parts of Asia in the 1930s and ’40s.</p>
<p>“America and Japan stand firmly together in the face of aggressive and coercive actions by the Communist Chinese”, Hegseth asserted, fearmongering about “the severe nature of the threat”.</p>
<p>“Those who long for peace must prepare for war”, the US defense secretary said. “We must be prepared. We look forward to working closely together as we improve our war-fighting capabilities, our lethality, and our readiness”.</p>
<p>Hegseth articulated “three pillars” of the Trump administration’s Pentagon strategy: “Reviving the warrior ethos, rebuilding our military, and restoring deterrence”.</p>
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<p>The US defense secretary made similarly aggressive <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4138360/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-and-philippine-secretary-of-national-defense-gil/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comments in the Philippines</a>, blasting what he called “communist China’s aggression in the region”.</p>
<p>Hegseth revealed that the US military is making “real war plans” for China, over Taiwan.</p>
<p>At a <a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/news-conference/defense-secretary-hegseth-philippine-defense-secretary-joint-news-conference/657834" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference in the Philippines</a>, Hegseth spoke of <a href="https://www.navy.mil/Leadership/Flag-Officer-Biographies/Search/Article/2236378/admiral-samuel-paparo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Admiral Samuel Paparo</a>, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command. He said (emphasis added):</p>
<blockquote><p>It’s not my job to determine where the Seventh Fleet goes. I defer to Admiral Paparo and <strong>his war plans. Real war plans</strong>. Admiral Paparo understands the situation, understands the geographic significance, understands the urgency, and is prepared to work with those in the region to ensure we are <strong>leaning forward in our posture</strong>. Not waiting for events to develop, not retrograding to places further from the front, but deploying capabilities forward, posturing and <strong>creating dynamics and strategic dilemmas for the Communist Chinese</strong>, that help them reconsider whether or not violence or action is something they want to undertake.</p></blockquote>
<p>During the first cold war, the US hosted a military base on Taiwan, where it stored nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>In the second Taiwan Strait crisis in 1958, top US military officials wanted to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/24/china/us-china-taiwan-1958-nuclear-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attack the Chinese mainland with nuclear bombs</a>, but President Dwight D. Eisenhower preferred conventional weapons.</p>
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<p><strong>TO:</strong> White House Communications Staff<br><strong>FROM:</strong> Council of Economic Advisers Staff<br><strong>SUBJECT:</strong> First 100 Days Economy Memo</p>
<h3 data-sanitized-id="h-jobs-statistics" data-sanitized-class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Jobs Statistics:</strong></h3>
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>President Trump has created 345,000 jobs since taking office in January.
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>188,000 (54%) of these were in non-government and government-adjacent sectors. This is a dramatic improvement from the last two years of the Biden Administration, when three-fourths of all new jobs were in government or government-adjacent sectors.
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>2,000 of which were mining and logging jobs.</li>
<li>27,000 of which were construction jobs.</li>
<li>9,000 manufacturing jobs were created (compared to the 6,000 manufacturing jobs lost per month from Jan 2023 to Dec 2024).</li>
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<li>At the same time that there were large private sector job gains, 15,000 federal government jobs were cut.</li>
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<li>The labor force participation rate for those without a high school diploma is up by 0.7% since President Trump took office.</li>
<li>The veteran unemployment rate is down from 4.2% in January to 3.8% in March.</li>
<li>228,000 jobs were created in March alone, well above expectations.
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>This was the fourth best month in the last two years for private payroll growth.</li>
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<li>Remote work among federal employees has fallen over 16 percentage points from March last year to March this year, showcasing the success of President Trump’s initiative to bring federal workers back to the office.
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>Federal telework numbers are now in-line with the private sector.</li>
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</ul><h3 data-sanitized-id="h-inflation-statistics" data-sanitized-class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Inflation Statistics:</strong></h3>
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>Prescription drug prices are down over 2% since President Trump took office. </li>
<li>Last month’s drop in the price of prescription drugs was the largest ever recorded.</li>
<li>Gasoline prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), are down 7% since President Trump took office.</li>
<li>Energy prices are down 2% since President Trump took office.</li>
<li>Wholesale egg prices down are about 50% since President Trump took office. Most consumers have seen relief in prices on the shelf, but all consumers should see it within the next month or two.</li>
<li>February inflation (the month prior to the most recent data) showed the smallest annual increase in core inflation in over four years (since March 2021).</li>
<li>Both of the last two CPI inflation prints came in below expectations.</li>
<li>Last month’s (March) decline was only the second monthly decline in inflation (CPI) in the last two-and-a-half years.</li>
<li>These price declines are in contrast to the persistently high inflation under President Biden, which reached the highest annual rate in the past 40 years. After suffering for years under Biden Administration inflation, consumers are now getting welcome relief. On Biden’s watch, grocery prices rose 23%, and energy prices rose 34%.</li>
<li>As a result of biting inflation, real wages in President Biden’s term were down about 2.4%.</li>
<li>Moreover, in the most recent inflation print from March, airfare, used motor vehicles, and motor insurance all saw price decreases.</li>
<li>Prices for wholesale goods fell nearly 1% last month and prices for wholesale services fell 0.2% last month, which will eventually lead to lower consumer prices.</li>
<li>Last month, retail egg price inflation continued to slow.</li>
</ul><h3 data-sanitized-id="h-miscellaneous-positive-economic-statistics" data-sanitized-class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Misc. Economic Statistics:</strong></h3>
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>Real average hourly earnings for middle- and low-income workers are up 0.4% and up 1% for workers in the manufacturing sector since President Trump took office.</li>
<li>The automotive sector is growing: under President Trump, we already had the biggest one-month increase in auto sales in March in more than a year.</li>
<li>Mortgage rates have declined roughly four-tenths of a percentage point since President Trump took office.
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>Assuming the most recent median home price in the U.S., a new homebuyer making a 20% down payment on a 30-year mortgage would save roughly $32,400 over the course of the loan, or about $1,080 per year.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Industrial production was at the seventh-highest monthly level ever recorded in March. The only higher monthly levels occurred during the first Trump Administration in 2018 and in February of this year.</li>
<li>Since the beginning of the Trump Administration, at least $5 trillion in new investment in the U.S. has been pledged from both foreign governments and private companies.</li>
</ul><h3 data-sanitized-id="h-economic-policy-wins" data-sanitized-class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Economic Policy Wins:</strong></h3>
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>Upon taking office, President Trump immediately blocked all unfinalized Biden-era rules, saving Americans over $180 billion — $2,100 per family of four over the next decade — and launched a bold, multi-agency effort to roll back existing federal regulations that drive up the cost of living. This effort is projected to yield significant cost savings in the coming months, including the EPA’s rollback of tailpipe emission rules for light-duty and medium-duty vehicles ($667 billion in total savings) and the Department of Transportation’s latest Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards ($88 billion in savings). These two efforts alone yield $755 billion in total savings or over $8,800 per family of four over the next decade. The combined savings from all of these actions equal just over <strong>$935 billion or nearly $11,000 per family of four</strong> over the coming decade.</li>
<li>The Trump Administration has implemented an aggressive 10-to-1 deregulatory initiative, which requires that whenever an agency proposes a new rule or guidance document, it must eliminate 10 existing rules or guidance documents. This effort builds on the successful deregulatory initiative introduced in President Trump’s first term, which required the repeal of at least two existing regulations for each new rule, and in practice eliminated 5.5 rules for each new significant rule.</li>
<li>To date, President Trump has issued over 20 significant deregulatory presidential actions (i.e., executive orders, presidential memoranda, and presidential proclamations).</li>
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<p>News this week that Elon Musk will soon be departing his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) is a grim reminder of what happens when you challenge big spending DC. Unfortunately, the lesson once again is that when you challenge the empire, the empire eventually strikes back.</p>
<p>President Trump rode into office with the help of Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to cut two trillion dollars in spending and slash useless and bloated government bureaucracies. Opinion polls demonstrated the huge popularity of the “Department.” Americans were excited when DOGE came to DC.</p>
<p>The exposure of the real harm being done to the country by agencies like USAID and others reinforced the idea that much of the “Federal bureaucracy” was simply not needed. Although Musk became a figure of hate for the entrenched special interests, to the large chunk of America forced to pay for Washington’s excesses he became a hero.</p>
<p>Many in Congress, seeing its popularity, actively embraced DOGE. Suddenly those who helped us rack up 37 trillion in debt were talking about making huge cuts and posing for photos with Musk.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, after the photos were taken and the hoopla had died down, Congress returned to doing what it usually does: nothing. There is no way for a DOGE to succeed without the Legislative Branch enshrining those cuts in legislation. But when the massive “Big Beautiful” spending bill was introduced, the spending cuts were nowhere to be found.</p>
<p>In the end it was the Beltway addiction to the global US military empire that may have hammered the final nail in DOGE’s coffin. The “Big Beautiful” spending bill actually increased military spending even after President Trump hinted that a 50 percent cut was possible. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth bragged about presiding over the “first” trillion-dollar defense budget. Starting a war on Yemen – at over a billion dollars a month – and saber rattling over Iran are the most obvious evidence that the empire has struck back. And of course the DC hawks want to “confront” China.</p>
<p>This isn’t the first time a populist, popular movement to tame the Beltway beast was embraced then defeated by that same beast. The “Tea Party” movement was launched in December, 2007, with volunteers supporting my 2008 Presidential campaign holding a record-breaking 24 hour “money bomb” on the anniversary of the 1773 Boston Tea Party.</p>
<p>Americans sick of deficit spending, over-reaching government, and the costly and counterproductive US military empire overseas, joined together to demand change. The “money bomb” success got Washington’s attention – money is the lifeblood of the political class – and before too long politicians of all stripes declared themselves to be part of the “Tea Party.”</p>
<p>They loved the popularity of associating themselves with the “Tea Party.” But actually cutting government? Not so much.</p>
<p>The first thing these newly-minted “Tea Party” members rejected was our demand for an end to the unsustainable, bloated military budget and our aggressive foreign policy. Eventually they backed away from other spending restrictions and within a few years the “brand” was diluted and tossed away.</p>
<p>What is the lesson here? Is it all futile? Hardly. The popularity of DOGE shows that Americans still want a much smaller government. That is great news, and the country owes a debt of gratitude to Elon for reminding us of this. But until Americans elect Representatives who have the courage to follow through beyond photo-ops, we will sadly continue down the path toward bankruptcy and collapse.</p>


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<p><strong><em>El Capitán Caos definitivamente no tiene las cartas, que, como hasta los pingüinos del Pacífico Sur saben, están fabricadas en China</em></strong></p>
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<p>SHANGHÁI y HONG KONG – Como era de esperar, el Capitán Caos ha sido el primero en pestañear. Por mucho que él —y su extenso circo mediático— <a href="https://www.guancha.cn/internation/2025_04_24_773424.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no puedan admitirlo.</a></p>
<p>Todo comenzó con “<em>exenciones arancelarias</em>” —desde teléfonos inteligentes y ordenadores hasta piezas de automóviles— sobre productos importados de China.</p>
<p>Luego se desvió hacia filtraciones cuidadosamente manipuladas que insinuaban que los aranceles <strong><em>“podrían”</em></strong> <em>reducirse a un rango entre el 50 % y el 65 %.</em> Y finalmente, una breve admisión de que, si no se llega a un acuerdo, <em>se fijará unilateralmente una</em> <strong><em>“cifra arancelaria”</em></strong>.</p>
<p>El Ministerio de Comercio chino se mostró implacable:</p>
<p><strong><em>Intentar negociar los intereses de otros a cambio de ganancias temporales es como regatear con un tigre por su piel: solo servirá para conseguir el efecto contrario.</em></strong></p>
<p>Y se puso aún más duro. El Ministerio se mantuvo firme en que cualquier afirmación de Trump 2.0 sobre avances en las negociaciones bilaterales <strong><em>“carece de base factual”,</em></strong> <em>describiendo de facto al presidente estadounidense como un difusor de noticias falsas.</em></p>
<p>Tigres, tigres ardiendo en llamas: la imagen no recuerda al superestrella de la poesía William Blake, sino a la legendaria descripción de Mao del imperio estadounidense como un “<em>tigre de papel</em>”, un flashback que me impactó una y otra vez la semana pasada en Shanghái. Si el imperio estadounidense ya era un tigre de papel en la década de 1960, argumentan los chinos, imagínense ahora.</p>
<p>Y el dolor aumentará, no solo para el tigre de papel: <em>cualquier acuerdo dudoso celebrado por gobiernos extranjeros —vasallos— a expensas de los intereses chinos simplemente no será tolerado por Pekín.</em></p>
<p>La semana pasada en Shanghái, académicos y empresarios me recordaron una y otra vez que las aranceles de Trump (TTT) van mucho más allá de China: <strong><em>son una ofensiva desesperada ordenada por las clases dirigentes estadounidenses contra un competidor que les aterroriza.</em></strong></p>
<p>Las mejores mentes analíticas chinas saben exactamente lo que está pasando en Washington. Tomemos, por ejemplo, <a href="https://user.guancha.cn/main/content?id=1427903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">este ensayo</a> publicado originalmente por la influyente revista Cultural Horizon, que analiza la <em>“estructura de poder triangular”</em> de Trump 2.0.</p>
<p>Tenemos al todopoderoso Trump formando un “<em>superestablishment</em>”; la política del dinero de Silicon Valley, representada por Elon Musk; y la nueva élite de derecha representada por el vicepresidente J.D. Vance. El resultado final: un <strong><em>“sistema de gobierno casi paralelo al gobierno federal”.</em></strong></p>
<p>Los chihuahuas europeos, atrapados en el fuego cruzado de Trump 2.0, son simplemente incapaces de una conceptualización tan sintética y precisa.</p>
<p><strong>El tigre de papel se enfrenta al dragón ardiente</strong></p>
<p>Lo que ha revelado una profunda inmersión en Shanghái es que Trump 2.0 ha brindado a China una oportunidad única para consolidar su iniciativa estratégica, afianzando su papel de líder del Sur Global/Mayoría Global, al tiempo que gestiona cuidadosamente el riesgo de una nueva Guerra Fría.</p>
<p>Podría llamarse una jugada de Sun Tzu que podría paralizar al Imperio en seco. El profesor Zhang Weiwei, con quien tuve el placer de compartir un seminario en Shanghái sobre la asociación estratégica entre Rusia y China, <a href="https://www.guancha.cn/ZhangWeiWei/2025_04_24_773414.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estaría de acuerdo.</a></p>
<p>China se está moviendo en todos los frentes. El primer ministro chino, Li Qiang, envió una carta al primer ministro japonés, Shigeru Ishibe, instándole a emprender una iniciativa conjunta, de inmediato, para contrarrestar la demencia arancelaria.</p>
<p>El mensaje principal del presidente Xi en su gira por el sudeste asiático la semana pasada fue oponerse al “<em>acoso unilateral</em>”.</p>
<p>Xi se movió hábilmente entre Malasia, actual presidente rotatorio de la ASEAN, que siempre evita tomar partido, y Vietnam, con su <em>“diplomacia del bambú”,</em> que siempre se mantiene a la espera entre Estados Unidos y China.</p>
<p>Xi dijo directamente al primer ministro de Malasia, Anwar Ibrahim: <strong><em>“Debemos salvaguardar las brillantes perspectivas de nuestra familia asiática”.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Traducción: creemos una esfera de influencia exclusiva cercana a la <em>“comunidad de destino compartido”</em>, pero que no incluya a potencias externas como Estados Unidos.</strong></p>
<p>Paralelamente, se ha producido un intenso debate, desde Shanghái hasta Hong Kong, que trasciende el papel de China como fábrica del mundo: <em>lo que importa ahora es cómo redirigir parte de la asombrosa capacidad manufacturera de China hacia el mercado interno.</em></p>
<p>Por supuesto, hay problemas, como la <strong><em>falta de poder adquisitivo de gran parte de los consumidores nacionales chinos</em></strong>, incluso cuando la mayor parte de los ingresos nacionales de China se destina a inversiones en activos fijos.</p>
<p>Una gran parte de <strong><em>la población rural de edad avanzada de China sobrevive con una pensión mensual de unos 30 dólares</em></strong>, y la tarifa por hora de la economía gig se ha estancado en torno a los 4 dólares.</p>
<p>Mientras tanto, en varios frentes de alta tecnología, China acaba de construir el tren de alta velocidad más rápido del planeta: 400 km/h, que pronto circulará entre Pekín y Shanghái. China ya está recibiendo pedidos para el avión comercial de fuselaje ancho C919. Y China ha creado el primer reactor nuclear del mundo propulsado por torio. Traducción: energía limpia y barata ilimitada al alcance de la mano.</p>
<p><strong>La forma mafiosa de hacer negocios</strong></p>
<p>Hong Kong es un caso muy especial. Los ejecutivos de HSBC, por ejemplo, están preocupados por una posible desconexión entre Estados Unidos y China, y se preguntan si Hong Kong podrá sobrevivir sin el comercio con Estados Unidos.</p>
<p>Sí, puede hacerlo.</p>
<p><strong>Estados Unidos es el tercer socio comercial más importante de Hong Kong; sin embargo, las exportaciones e importaciones de Hong Kong a Estados Unidos solo representan el 6,5 % y el 4 %, respectivamente, del total de sus exportaciones e importaciones mundiales, incluido el transbordo de mercancías entre el continente y Hong Kong.</strong></p>
<p>Hong Kong es un centro logístico y un puerto franco de primer orden mundial. Por lo tanto, siempre que Trump 2.0 no prohíba el comercio con Hong Kong —bueno, todo puede pasar—, las importaciones no deberían verse afectadas.</p>
<p>En cualquier caso, <strong><em>la mayor parte de las exportaciones de Hong Kong —productos electrónicos, artículos de lujo, ropa, juguetes— pueden encontrar fácilmente mercados alternativos en el sudeste asiático, Asia occidental y Europa</em></strong>.</p>
<p>El punto crucial es que más de la mitad del comercio de Hong Kong es con el continente. Y el hecho clave es que China puede sobrevivir fácilmente sin el comercio con Estados Unidos. Pekín se ha estado preparando cuidadosamente para ello desde Trump 1.0.</p>
<p>Desde Shanghái hasta Hong Kong, las mejores mentes analíticas están en sintonía con el inestimable Michael Hudson, quien ha enfatizado una y otra vez cómo</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>Estados Unidos es el único país del mundo que ha convertido en arma su comercio exterior; ha convertido en arma su moneda extranjera, el dólar; ha convertido en arma el sistema financiero internacional; y ha tratado todas las relaciones económicas de forma hostil, para convertirlas en armas.</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Una China segura de sí misma y experta en alta tecnología, desde académicos y empresarios hasta vendedores de <em>xiao long bao</em> y fideos estirados a mano, entiende claramente que el Imperio del Caos, en su intento de ‘aislar’ a China, no hace más que aislarse a sí mismo (y a sus chihuahuas).</p>
<p>Además, es una alegría ver que Michael Hudson también se refiere al mismo síndrome del <strong><em>“tigre de papel”</em></strong> que he observado en Shanghái estos últimos días:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>Bueno, Estados Unidos se ha convertido hoy en día en un tigre de papel en lo financiero. En realidad, no tiene nada que ofrecer, salvo la amenaza de los aranceles, la amenaza de alterar repentinamente todos los patrones comerciales que se han establecido en las últimas décadas.</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>En Shanghái, escuché descalificaciones implacables y continuas del llamado <em>“plan Miran”,</em> como en el documento publicado el pasado mes de noviembre por el asesor económico de Trump para <strong><em>“reestructurar el sistema comercial mundial”.</em></strong></p>
<p>Miran es el cerebro detrás del acuerdo de Mar-a-Lago, cuya lógica es debilitar el dólar estadounidense obligando a las principales economías, desde China hasta Japón y la UE, a vender activos en dólares estadounidenses y cambiar bonos del Tesoro a corto plazo por bonos a 100 años con interés cero.</p>
<p><em>La brillante idea de Miran se reduce a que las naciones solo tienen dos opciones:</em></p>
<ol>
<li><strong><em>Aceptar dócilmente estos aranceles estadounidenses, sin represalias.</em></strong></li>
<li><strong><em>Extender cheques al Tesoro estadounidense.</em></strong></li>
</ol>
<p>Zhao Xijun, codirector del Instituto de Investigación del Mercado de Capitales de China en la Universidad Renmin, desmanteló el esquema de manera sucinta: <strong><em>transferir dinero al Tesoro de EE.UU. de esta forma es como ‘cobrar dinero por protección en las calles’.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Traducción: esa es la manera de la mafia, <em>“un acto matón y autoritario, simplemente disfrazado con la elevada justificación de proporcionar bienes públicos”.</em></strong></p>
<p>Mientras tanto, en el Gran Tablero de Ajedrez, Pekín sigue trabajando sin descanso junto a Rusia para construir una arquitectura de seguridad en toda Eurasia basada en el equilibrio de poderes: se trata del nuevo triángulo Primakov (RIC: Rusia, Irán y China).</p>
<p>Los principales miembros del BRICS, Rusia y China, no permitirán que el Imperio ataque a Irán, también miembro del BRICS. Y el apoyo se manifiesta de diversas formas.</p>
<p>Por ejemplo: ¿más sanciones energéticas imperiales contra Irán? China aumentará las importaciones a través de Malasia e invertirá aún más en las infraestructuras de Irán, en colaboración con Rusia en lo que respecta al <strong>Corredor Internacional de Transporte Norte-Sur (INSTC).</strong></p>
<p>En resumen: el Capitán Caos definitivamente no tiene las cartas, que, como incluso saben los pingüinos del Pacífico Sur, están hechas en China.</p>
<p><em>Traducción</em><em>: </em><a href="https://observatoriodetrabajad.com/2025/04/28/china-hong-kong-y-el-arte-de-parpadear-pepe-escobar/"><u><em>Observatorio</em></u><u><em> </em></u><u><em>de</em></u><u><em> </em></u><u><em>trabajadores</em></u><u><em> </em></u><u><em>en</em></u><u><em> </em></u><u><em>lucha</em></u></a></p>
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<p><strong><em>No que concerne a geopolítica do Vaticano é mais fácil compreender a estratégia tentada pelo Papa Francisco.</em></strong></p>
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<p>Desde o adoecimento mais grave do Papa Francisco entre 2024 e 2025 o mundo católico estava já consciente de que o Pontífice estivesse, talvez, se encaminhando para o seu fim derradeiro. Por isso, de fato, especulações sobre o futuro da Igreja se iniciaram meses atrás. Assim, apesar de gerar consternação e tristeza entre católicos e até não católicos de todo o mundo, o falecimento do Papa Francisco não pegou ninguém de surpresa.</p>
<p>Agora, o Pontificado de Francisco foi extremamente polêmico e controverso, tanto com conservadores quanto com progressistas. Isso se deu especialmente por causa das ambiguidades de suas declarações e documentos, que ora pareciam apontar na direção de posições reformistas, ora pareciam apontar na direção da defesa de posições conservadoras. E a mídia de massa teve um papel central em intensificar essas confusões.</p>
<p>Não obstante, no que concerne a geopolítica do Vaticano é mais fácil compreender a estratégia tentada pelo Papa Francisco.</p>
<p>O contexto geopolítico no qual o Papa Francisco emerge é um que combina certos fatores geopolíticos que também ressoam em outros países com fatores que são exclusivos do Vaticano. Afinal, o Vaticano, como a face política da Igreja Católica, chega ao século XXI em uma situação muito diferente do século XV, quando ela era a instituição mais poderosa do mundo, fundamentalmente inquestionável e sobreposta aos interesses “nacionais”. Como portador da “espada espiritual”, nos termos da doutrina do Papa Gelásio, o Patriarca de Roma se sobrepunha às autoridades “temporais” dos vários reis, duques e condes da Europa.</p>
<p>Não se deve considerar essas noções como palavras vazias. No Medievo e durante os primórdios da Modernidade, o Papa influenciava na paz e na guerra, teve um papel fundamental no choque entre a civilização europeia e a civilização árabe, consagrou a repartição das Américas entre Portugal e Espanha, coroou e derrubou soberanos. Mas esse tempo acabou.</p>
<p>Inúmeros fenômenos espirituais, intelectuais e políticos levaram a Igreja Católica ao seu menor nível de poder no século XX – para não falar na crise vocacional da falta de padres, na ascensão do neopentecostalismo nas Américas e no afundamento europeu na indiferença e no niilismo. O panorama internacional, por sua vez, era dominado pelo enfrentamento entre EUA e URSS, ambos países dominados por ideologias materialistas. O desafio da Igreja Católica para o século XXI, portanto, era aproveitar as brechas do colapso da unipolaridade para tentar renovar a influência política do Vaticano.</p>
<p>Assim, um apontamento relevante a ser feito, é que o Papa Francisco deu um passo importante em uma autêntica internacionalização da Igreja. Cardeais asiáticos eram 10% em 2013, passaram a ser 18%. Os africanos subsaarianos eram 8% passaram a ser 12%, os ibero-americanos eram 17% passaram a 18% e os médio-orientais e norte-africanos eram 2% passaram a ser 3%. Em outras palavras, o Papa Francisco marchou, particularmente, em direção ao Oriente, onde muitos veem uma solução para a “crise de fé” do Ocidente, em uma dialética que remete inesperadamente a René Guénon, mas também às próprias expectativas milenaristas do Medievo.</p>
<p>Talvez o maior símbolo prático dessa “virada oriental” do Vaticano tenha sido precisamente a Concordata entre a China e o Vaticano sobre a indicação de bispos. Por razões históricas, a China e o Vaticano tinham tensas relações, o que por conseguinte implicava uma certa pressão sobre os católicos chineses. Na prática, estes católicos estavam divididos em duas igrejas, uma leal ao Papa e uma leal ao Estado.</p>
<p>Para curar essa fissura e, com isso, garantir reconhecimento e proteção aos católicos chineses, o Vaticano reconheceu o direito do Estado chinês de nomear bispos, mas reservou para si o direito de vetar possíveis nomeações.</p>
<p>De forma geral, nada aí se situa muito fora da práxis chinesa tradicional. O Império Chinês sempre teve grande influência e poder sobre as instituições sacerdotais, especialmente no que concerne o reconhecimento de suas autoridades. Ademais, necessário recordar, a Igreja costumeiramente cedeu a autoridade de nomear bispos a autoridades monárquicas europeias. Na verdade, ao longo da maior parte de sua história o Estado teve ou o poder de escolher bispos ou de vetá-los. É apenas com a virada ultramontanista e neoguelfa nos séculos XIX e XX que essa noção passa a se tornar escandalosa.</p>
<p>Grande passo foi dado também pelo Vaticano junto a outro país notório por suas tensões passadas com a Igreja Católica: Cuba. O Papa Francisco visitou Cuba como seus dois predecessores. E em paralelo com um certo novo crescimento do Catolicismo em Cuba, o Papa Francisco também inspirou uma suavização das relações EUA-Cuba.</p>
<p>De forma clara, fica evidente que um elemento central da geopolítica do Vaticano sob Francisco busca situar o Estado pontifício como mediador de conflitos políticos internos e de conflitos internacionais. Veja-se, por exemplo, o papel do Vaticano na construção de pontes entre o governo venezuelano e a oposição, especialmente no auge da crise político-econômica do país sul-americano.</p>
<p>A “questão russa” no Vaticano merece uma atenção especial.</p>
<p>Uma atenção maior para com a Rússia é algo que já vem desde o pontificado de Bento XVI, que se encontrou com Putin em 2007, comentando sobre suas memórias positivas anos depois. O pontificado de Francisco herdou esse direcionamento de uma busca pelo entendimento com a Rússia, com dois pontos importantes. O Vaticano reconheceu o papel central da Rússia como defensora dos cristãos orientais, com a participação russa na defesa de Assad e na luta contra os wahhabis na Síria e Iraque. E a Declaração de Havana de 2016 representou a maior aproximação entre Roma e Moscou desde o Cisma há quase mil anos.</p>
<p>Não obstante, o Vaticano foi pego de surpresa pela eclosão da operação militar especial russa na Ucrânia e teve dificuldades de se equilibrar entre a condenação da penetração do território ucraniano e a crítica das provocações ocidentais à Rússia. Nesse contexto, o Vaticano – que prioriza a paz e a resolução pacífica dos conflitos acima de tudo hoje em dia – tentou pressionar a Europa para que assumisse um papel mediador e equidistante entre os EUA e a Rússia em prol de uma paz na Ucrânia, o que foi prontamente ignorado pelos eurocratas, cujos interesses se distanciam muito das diretrizes do Papa Francisco.</p>
<p>O esforço do Vaticano como potência pacificadora também foi percebido na Questão Palestina. O Pontífice emitiu duras palavras contra Israel pelo genocídio praticado contra o povo palestino e manteve-se em contato diário com a paróquia católica de Gaza, o que lhe rendeu o ódio profundo das autoridades israelenses (que, inclusive, retiraram um desejo de condolências publicado pouco após o anúncio de sua morte). Tal como na questão ucraniana, o Vaticano não teve sucesso em seus esforços diplomáticos de deter Israel, mas o posicionamento do Pontífice serviu como eixo de orientação para os católicos do mundo e, nesse sentido, a crítica de Israel teve um importante caráter pedagógico, sempre necessário em uma era na qual prolifera a aberração do “sionismo cristão”.</p>
<p>O Oriente Médio, de fato, era um dos focos de preocupação do Papa Francisco, que por isso mesmo se reuniu com o Aiatolá Al-Sistani, a máxima liderança dos xiitas iraquianos, para promover sobre uma base xiita a aproximação islamo-cristã, como fundamental para garantir a sobrevivência do Cristianismo Oriental.</p>
<p>Mas não foi apenas aos grandes conflitos que o Papa Francisco deu atenção. Boa parte da atuação diplomática do Vaticano deu-se na África, sempre longe do interesse dos principais meios de comunicação, onde através das rádios, das revistas e de comunidades de base, o Vaticano empreendeu um enorme esforço para apaziguar conflitos civis e impedir a desintegração dos países da região, com destaque para importantes iniciativas na República Centro-Africana e no Sudão do Sul.</p>
<p>De imediato vemos que a tarefa assumida pelo Vaticano foi imensa: recolocar a Santa Sé no centro do mundo em uma era de tensões entre grandes potências continentais, representa um desafio incomensurável, o que explica os resultados mistos da geopolítica do Vaticano sob o Papa Francisco.</p>
<p>De um modo geral, se em conflitos de menor escala e, especificamente, em tensões civis de natureza política em países tradicionalmente católicos o Vaticano aparenta conseguir exercer uma influência significativa, nos conflitos centrais o Pontífice tem sido solenemente ignorado.</p>
<p>Em parte, naturalmente, isso se deve à percepção de um decaimento da seriedade religiosa dos católicos, com as estatísticas oficiais ocultando o fato de que apenas 5-10% dos católicos de fato frequenta a missa e adere aos dogmas religiosos de forma plena.</p>
<p>Nesse sentido, uma futura geopolítica do Vaticano, sob um novo Papa, não poderá estar cindida de uma preocupação com revigorar o próprio Catolicismo, devolvendo um senso do “sagrado” às vidas niilistas dos formalmente religiosos.</p>
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<div><img src="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WH47-Social-Share-Card.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>President Donald J. Trump has secured over <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/foreign-domestic-investments-totaling-over-5t-under-trump-adds-451k-jobs-americans">$5 trillion</a> in new U.S.-based investments in his first 100 days, which will create more than 451,000 new jobs as he sets the stage for a new era of American prosperity. From advanced manufacturing to cutting-edge artificial intelligence infrastructure, these historic investments — spurred by President Trump’s unwavering commitment to revitalizing American industry — will reinforce the U.S. as the global leader in innovation and economic growth.</p>
<p><strong>The announcements keep coming. In recent days:</strong></p>
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li><strong>IBM </strong><a href="https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-04-28-ibm-unveils-150-billion-investment-in-america-to-accelerate-technology-opportunity" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announced </a>a $150 billion investment over the next five years in its U.S.-based growth and manufacturing operations.</li>
<li><strong>Thermo Fisher Scientific</strong> <a href="https://corporate.thermofisher.com/us/en/index/newsroom/Our-stories/thermo-fisher-investment-confidence-in-american-innovation.html?">announced</a> it will invest an additional $2 billion over the next four years to enhance and expand its U.S. manufacturing operations and strengthen its innovation efforts.</li>
<li><strong>Corning</strong> <a href="https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2025/04/corning-expands-advanced-manufacturing-capacity-to-meet-increased-demand-for-US-made-solar-products.html">announced</a> it is expanding its Michigan manufacturing facility investment to $1.5 billion, adding 400 new, high-paying, advanced manufacturing jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Merck &amp; Co.</strong> <a href="https://www.merck.com/news/merck-breaks-ground-on-new-1-billion-biologics-center-of-excellence-in-wilmington-delaware/">announced</a> a $1 billion investment to build a new state-of-the-art biologics manufacturing plant in Delaware, which will create at least 500 new jobs — part of the company’s <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1917209821889130675">commitment</a> to invest more than $9 billion over the next four years.
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>“Since the advent of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Merck has allocated more than $12 billion to enhance our domestic manufacturing and research capabilities, with additional planned investments of more than $9 billion over the next four years.”</li>
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<li><strong>Amgen</strong> <a href="https://www.amgen.com/newsroom/press-releases/2025/04/amgen-announces-900-million-manufacturing-expansion-creation-of-350-new-jobs-in-ohio">announced</a> a $900 million investment in its Ohio-based manufacturing operation.
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li><strong>The company</strong> <a href="https://x.com/Amgen/status/1915870914962456903"><strong>credited</strong></a> <strong>President Trump’s landmark 2017 tax cuts for enabling its rapid expansion:</strong> “Pro-growth policies like the @POTUS @WhiteHouse 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act helped make investments like this possible. Since enactment, Amgen has invested ~$5B in capital expenditures. This amounts to an additional downstream output to the U.S. economy of approximately $12B.”</li>
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<li><strong>The Bel Group</strong> <a href="https://belbrandsusa.com/news/bel-strengthens-its-industrial-footprint-with-more-than-350-million-investment-in-the-u-s/">announced</a> a $350 million investment to expand its U.S.-based production, including at its South Dakota, Idaho and Wisconsin facilities — which will create 250 new jobs.</li>
</ul><p><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/trump-effect-a-running-list-of-new-u-s-investment-in-president-trumps-second-term/"><strong>Here is the non-exhaustive list</strong></a> <strong>of investments secured in President Trump’s second term:</strong></p>
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li><strong>Project Stargate</strong>, led by Japan-based Softbank and U.S.-based OpenAI and Oracle, <a href="https://openai.com/index/announcing-the-stargate-project/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announced</a> a $500 billion private investment in U.S.-based artificial intelligence infrastructure.</li>
<li><strong>Apple</strong> <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/">announced</a> a $500 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing and training.</li>
<li><strong>NVIDIA</strong>, a global chipmaking giant, <a href="https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-manufacture-american-made-ai-supercomputers-us/">announced</a> it will invest $500 billion in U.S.-based AI infrastructure over the next four years amid its pledge to manufacture AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S. for the first time.</li>
<li><strong>IBM </strong><a href="https://newsroom.ibm.com/2025-04-28-ibm-unveils-150-billion-investment-in-america-to-accelerate-technology-opportunity" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announced </a>a $150 billion investment over the next five years in its U.S.-based growth and manufacturing operations.</li>
<li><strong>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)</strong> <a href="https://pr.tsmc.com/english/news/3210">announced</a> a $100 billion investment in U.S.-based chips manufacturing.</li>
<li><strong>Johnson &amp; Johnson</strong> <a href="https://www.jnj.com/media-center/press-releases/johnson-johnson-increases-u-s-investment-to-more-than-55-billion-over-the-next-four-years">announced</a> a $55 billion investment over the next four years in manufacturing, research and development, and technology.</li>
<li><strong>Roche</strong>, a Swiss drug and diagnostics company, <a href="https://www.roche.com/investors/updates/inv-update-2025-04-22">announced</a> a $50 billion investment in U.S.-based manufacturing and research and development, which is expected to create more than 1,000 full-time jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Eli Lilly and Company</strong> <a href="https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lilly-plans-more-double-us-manufacturing-investment-2020" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announced</a> a $27 billion investment to more than double its domestic manufacturing capacity.</li>
<li>United Arab Emirates-based <strong>ADQ</strong> and U.S.-based <strong>Energy Capital Partners</strong> <a href="https://www.ecpgp.com/about/news-and-insights/press-releases/2025/adq-and-energy-capital-partners-to-establish-a-usd-25-billion-us">announced</a> a $25 billion investment in U.S. data centers and energy infrastructure.</li>
<li><strong>Novartis</strong>, a Swiss drugmaker, <a href="https://www.novartis.com/us-en/news/media-releases/novartis-plans-expand-its-us-based-manufacturing-and-rd-footprint-total-investment-23b-over-next-5-years">announced</a> a $23 billion investment to build or expand ten manufacturing facilities across the U.S., which will create 4,000 new jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Hyundai</strong> <a href="https://www.hyundainews.com/en-us/releases/4404">announced</a> a $21 billion U.S.-based investment — including $5.8 billion for a <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1904240895488078062">new steel plant</a> in Louisiana, which will create nearly 1,500 jobs.
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>Hyundai also <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/south-koreas-hyundai-posco-sign-mou-cooperation-us-steel-plant-2025-04-21/">secured</a> an equity investment and agreement from Posco Holdings, South Korea’s top steel maker.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>United Arab Emirates-based <strong>DAMAC Properties</strong> <a href="https://www.damacproperties.com/en/blog/trump-announces-damacs-20-billion-investment-us-data-centers-0239">announced</a> a $20 billion investment in new U.S.-based data centers.</li>
<li>France-based <strong>CMA CGM</strong>, a global shipping giant, <a href="https://www.cmacgm-group.com/en/news-media/cma-cgm-group-announces-20-billion-investment-americas-maritime-transportation-logistics">announced</a> a $20 billion investment in U.S. shipping and logistics, creating 10,000 new jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Thermo Fisher Scientific</strong> <a href="https://corporate.thermofisher.com/us/en/index/newsroom/Our-stories/thermo-fisher-investment-confidence-in-american-innovation.html?">announced</a> it will invest an additional $2 billion over the next four years to enhance and expand its U.S. manufacturing operations and strengthen its innovation efforts.</li>
<li><strong>Merck &amp; Co.</strong> <a href="https://www.merck.com/news/merck-unveils-new-facility-to-increase-vaccine-production-capacity/">announced</a> it will invest a total of $9 billion in the U.S. over the next several years after opening a new $1 billion North Carolina manufacturing facility — <a href="https://www.merck.com/news/merck-breaks-ground-on-new-1-billion-biologics-center-of-excellence-in-wilmington-delaware/">including</a> in a new state-of-the-art biologics manufacturing plant in Delaware, which will create at least 500 new jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Clarios</strong> <a href="https://www.clarios.com/insights/news/news-details/clarios-announces-6-billion-american-energy-manufacturing-strategy">announced</a> a $6 billion plan to expand its domestic manufacturing operations.</li>
<li><strong>Stellantis</strong> <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/702e5618-18c9-4d14-b8ab-1a3cf483940f" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announced</a> a $5 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing network, including <a href="https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2025/01/23/a-new-truck-will-be-built-in-belvidere-heres-what-we-know/77885026007/">re-opening</a> its Belvidere, Illinois, manufacturing plant.</li>
<li><strong>Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</strong>, a leader in biotechnology, <a href="https://newsroom.regeneron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/regeneron-announces-new-investment-manufacturing-its-industry">announced</a> a $3 billion agreement with Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies to produce drugs at its North Carolina manufacturing facility.</li>
<li><strong>NorthMark Strategies</strong>, a multi-strategy investment firm, <a href="https://governor.sc.gov/news/2025-04/northmark-strategies-selects-spartanburg-county-establish-first-south-carolina">announced</a> a $2.8 billion investment to build a supercomputing facility in South Carolina.</li>
<li><strong>Corning </strong><a href="https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2025/04/corning-expands-advanced-manufacturing-capacity-to-meet-increased-demand-for-US-made-solar-products.html">announced</a> it is expanding its Michigan manufacturing facility investment to $1.5 billion, adding 400 new high-paying advanced manufacturing jobs for a total of 1,500 new jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Chobani</strong>, a Greek yogurt giant, announced $1.7 billion to expand its U.S. operations.
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li><a href="https://www.chobani.com/newsroom/our-news/building-for-the-future-chobani-invests-1-2-billion-in-upstate-new-york-to-build-third-us-dairy-processing-plant">$1.2 billion</a> to build its third U.S. dairy processing plant in New York, which is expected to create more than 1,000 new full-time jobs.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fooddive.com/news/chobani-to-spend-500m-to-expand-idaho-plant/743113/">$500 million</a> to expand its Idaho manufacturing plant.</li>
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<li><strong>GE Aerospace</strong> <a href="https://www.geaerospace.com/news/press-releases/ge-aerospace-invest-nearly-1b-us-manufacturing-2025">announced</a> a $1 billion investment in manufacturing across 16 states — creating 5,000 new jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Amgen</strong> <a href="https://www.amgen.com/newsroom/press-releases/2025/04/amgen-announces-900-million-manufacturing-expansion-creation-of-350-new-jobs-in-ohio">announced</a> a $900 million investment in its Ohio-based manufacturing operation.</li>
<li><strong>Schneider Electric</strong> <a href="https://www.se.com/us/en/about-us/newsroom/news/press-releases/schneider-electric-plans-to-invest-over-700-million-in-the-u-s-supporting-energy-ai-sectors-and-job-growth-67bdeb3ee4475a5955011b6a">announced</a> it will invest $700 million over the next four years in U.S. energy infrastructure.</li>
<li><strong>GE Vernova</strong> <a href="https://www.gevernova.com/news/press-releases/ge-vernova-invest-almost-600-million-us-factories-facilities-over-next-two-years">announced</a> it will invest nearly $600 million in U.S. manufacturing over the next two years, which will create more than 1,500 new jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Abbott Laboratories</strong> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-16/abbott-to-build-new-us-manufacturing-with-tariff-threat-looming">announced</a> a $500 million investment in its Illinois and Texas facilities.</li>
<li><strong>AIP Management</strong>, a European infrastructure investor, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/aip-management-pledges-500-million-to-solar-developer-silicon-ranch-6343c701">announced</a> a $500 million investment to solar developer Silicon Ranch.</li>
<li>London-based <strong>Diageo</strong> <a href="https://www.diageo.com/en/news-and-media/press-releases/2025/diageo-north-america-announces-new-manufacturing-and-warehousing-facility-in-alabama">announced</a> a $415 million investment in a new Alabama manufacturing facility.</li>
<li>Dublin-based <strong>Eaton Corporation</strong> <a href="https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/company/news-insights/news-releases/2025/eaton-invests-in-new-south-carolina-transformer-manufacturing.html">announced</a> a $340 million investment in a new South Carolina-based manufacturing facility for its three-phase transformers.</li>
<li>Germany-based <strong>Siemens</strong> <a href="https://press.siemens.com/global/en/pressrelease/siemens-boosting-us-investments-more-10-billion-american-manufacturing-jobs-software">announced</a> a $285 million investment in U.S. manufacturing and AI data centers, which will create more than 900 new skilled manufacturing jobs.</li>
<li><strong>The Bel Group</strong> <a href="https://belbrandsusa.com/news/bel-strengthens-its-industrial-footprint-with-more-than-350-million-investment-in-the-u-s/">announced</a> a $350 million investment to expand its U.S.-based production, including at its South Dakota, Idaho and Wisconsin facilities — which will create 250 new jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Clasen Quality Chocolate</strong> <a href="https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2025/february/name-1042009-en.html">announced</a> a $230 million investment to build a new production facility in Virginia, which will create 250 new jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Fiserv, Inc.</strong>, a financial technology provider, <a href="https://investors.fiserv.com/newsroom/detail/2836/fiserv-and-kansas-team-up-to-launch-strategic-fintech-hub">announced</a> a <a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article304678641.html">$175 million investment</a> to open a new strategic fintech hub in Kansas, which is expected to create 2,000 new, high-paying jobs.</li>
<li><strong>Paris Baguette</strong> <a href="https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/paris-baguette-plans-first-us-bakery-plant-Texas-160-million-investment/740929/">announced</a> a $160 million investment to construct a manufacturing plant in Texas.</li>
<li><strong>TS Conductor </strong><a href="https://www.prweb.com/releases/ts-conductor-announces-new-south-carolina-manufacturing-facility-to-meet-growing-grid-modernization-needs-302392811.html">announced</a> a $134 million investment to build an advanced conductor manufacturing facility in South Carolina, which will create nearly 500 new jobs.</li>
<li>Switzerland-based <strong>ABB</strong> <a href="https://new.abb.com/news/detail/123896/abb-to-invest-120-million-to-expand-us-manufacturing">announced</a> a $120 million investment to expand production of its low-voltage electrification products in Tennessee and Mississippi.</li>
<li><strong>Saica Group</strong>, a Spain-based corrugated packaging maker, <a href="https://archive.ph/JMsiO" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announced</a> <a href="https://www.ibj.com/articles/european-packaging-company-to-build-110m-plant-in-anderson">plans</a> to build a $110 million new manufacturing facility in Anderson, Indiana.</li>
<li><strong>Charms, LLC</strong>, a subsidiary of candymaker Tootsie Roll Industries, <a href="https://www.plantservices.com/industry-news/news/55273345/blow-pops-manufacturer-invests-977m-to-expand-production-plant-and-distribution-center-in-tennessee">announced</a> a $97.7 million investment to expand its production plant and distribution center in Tennessee.</li>
<li><strong>Toyota Motor Corporation</strong> <a href="https://pressroom.toyota.com/charged-up-toyota-west-virginia-invests-88-million-in-new-hybrid-transaxle-line/">announced</a> an $88 million investment to boost hybrid vehicle production at its West Virginia factory, securing employment for the 2,000 workers at the factory.</li>
<li><strong>AeroVironment</strong>, a defense contractor, <a href="https://investor.avinc.com/news-releases/news-release-details/av-expands-us-manufacturing-salt-lake-city-utah-freedomwerx">announced</a> a $42.3 million investment to build a new manufacturing facility in Utah.</li>
<li>Paris-based <strong>Saint-Gobain</strong> <a href="https://www.norpro.saint-gobain.com/resources/news-events/saint-gobain-ceramics-build-new-norpro-manufacturing-facility-wheatfield-new">announced</a> a new $40 million NorPro manufacturing facility in Wheatfield, New York.</li>
<li>India-based <strong>Sygene International</strong> <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/syngene-acquires-its-first-manufacturing-facility-in-the-us-302397408.html">announced</a> a $36.5 million acquisition of a Baltimore biologics manufacturing facility.</li>
<li><strong>Asahi Group Holdings</strong>, one of the largest Japanese beverage makers, <a href="https://www.wkow.com/news/digging-deeper/octopi-brewing-undertakes-35-million-expansion-as-craft-beer-industry-growth-slows/article_7785351a-f496-11ef-a0c6-97cf54bacabc.html#:~:text=Octopi%20was%20purchased%20last%20year%20by%20Asahi%20Group%2C%20a%20Japanese%20company.%20Earlier%20this%20month%2C%20the%20corporation%20announced%20it%20would%20invest%20%2435%20million%20to%20expand%20Octopi%E2%80%99s%20production%20capacity.">announced</a> a $35 million investment to boost production at its Wisconsin plant.</li>
<li><strong>Cyclic Materials</strong>, a Canadian advanced recycling company for rare earth elements, <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250423172110/en/Cyclic-Materials-to-Invest-Over-USD-%2420M-in-its-First-Commercial-Facility-in-the-United-States">announced</a> a $20 million investment in its first U.S.-based commercial facility, located in Mesa, Arizona.</li>
<li><strong>Guardian Bikes</strong> <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/guardian-bikes-powers-american-comeback-with-nations-first-high-volume-bicycle-frame-manufacturing-plant-302425931.html">announced</a> a $19 million investment to build the first U.S.-based large-scale bicycle frame manufacturing operation in Indiana.</li>
<li>Amsterdam-based <strong>AMG Critical Minerals</strong> <a href="https://amg-nv.com/investors/press-release/amg-approves-us-chrome-manufacturing-plant/">announced</a> a $15 million investment to build a chrome manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania.</li>
<li><strong>NOVONIX Limited</strong>, an Australia-based battery technology company, <a href="https://ir.novonixgroup.com/news-releases/news-release-details/novonix-receives-approval-purchase-enterprise-south-land-planned">announced</a> a $4.6 million investment to build a synthetic graphite manufacturing facility in Tennessee.</li>
<li><strong>LGM Pharma</strong> <a href="https://lgmpharma.com/blog/lgm-pharma-invests-6m-in-u-s-drug-manufacturing-capabilities-for-liquids-suspensions-semi-solids-and-suppositories/">announced</a> a $6 million investment to expand its manufacturing facility in Rosenberg, Texas.</li>
<li><strong>ViDARR Inc.</strong>, a defense optical equipment manufacturer, <a href="https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2025/march/name-1042428-en.html">announced</a> a $2.69 million investment to open a new facility in Virginia.</li>
</ul><p><strong>That doesn’t even include the U.S. investments pledged by foreign countries:</strong></p>
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li>United Arab Emirates <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/after-trump-meeting-uae-commits-10-year-14-trillion-investment-framework-us-2025-03-21/">announced</a> a $1.4 trillion investment in the U.S. over the next decade.</li>
<li>Saudi Arabia <a href="https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-us-investment-trump-6730a89f93b44ed8d705638f95700cbb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announced</a> it intends to invest $600 billion in the U.S. over the next four years.</li>
<li>Japan <a href="https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20250208-237666/">announced</a> a $1 trillion investment in the U.S.</li>
<li>Taiwan <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bdb5381f-786e-404b-9b24-8735bdc95265" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">announced</a> a pledge to boost its U.S.-based investment.</li>
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link:
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<p>Depuis le début de l’opération militaire spéciale (SMO en anglais), essayer de deviner jusqu’où la Russie irait semble être le passe-temps préféré de tout le monde. Certaines personnes pensent qu’il ne devrait sécuriser que les zones principalement russophones, ce qui …</p>


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title: Carney élu, Blanchet réélu, Poilievre et Singh battus : panel d’analystes – 29 avril 2025
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<p><strong>Le président américain Donald Trump est un solitaire sur la scène internationale et un praticien avoué de la maxime absolue du Premier ministre Narendra Modi selon laquelle notre époque n’est pas une ère de guerres, quel que soit le « </strong>…</p>

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title: 100 DAYS OF HOAXES: Cutting Through the Fake News
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<div><img src="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WH47-Social-Share-Card.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>Since President Donald J. Trump took office 100 days ago, it has been a nonstop deluge of hoaxes and lies from Democrats and their allies in the Fake News suffering from terminal cases of Trump Derangement Syndrome.</p>
<p><strong>In no particular order, here are some of the most egregious hoaxes peddled by the usual suspects so far in President Trump’s second term:</strong></p>
<ul data-sanitized-class="wp-block-list"><li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Fake News CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/politics/fact-check-trump-address-congress/index.html#:~:text=DOGE%20and%20transgender,among%20transgender%20women.">attempted</a> to “fact check” President Trump’s claim that the Biden Administration spent millions on “making mice transgender.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> After their so-called “fact check” was <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/yes-biden-spent-millions-on-transgender-animal-experiments/">thoroughly debunked</a>, they were <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1897443256679428309">forced to update it</a> in disgrace and admit the claim was, in fact, true.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> The Fake News <a href="https://x.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1902801023036543001">claimed</a> the Department of Defense removed Gen. Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington Cemetery.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> No service members’ names were <a href="https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Media/News/Post/14651/Website-Content-Update">removed</a> from that section — and Gen. Powell’s name remains among those listed.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) <a href="https://x.com/RepSwalwell/status/1891446500435075093">claimed</a> “no president” presided over more plane crashes during their first month in office as President Trump.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> “There were 55 aviation accidents in the U.S. between Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 21, 2021, and Feb. 17, 2021, compared to 35 during the same period for Trump,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/government-data-torpedoes-swalwells-viral-claim-plane-crashes-trumps-watch-habitual-liar">Fox News reported</a>.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/GovPritzker/status/1882900706132402318">Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL)</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/latest-anti-trump-hoax-chicago-school-district-falsely-claims-ice-came-to-elementary-campus">Chicago Public Schools officials</a> <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1884606006002368657">claimed</a>, without bothering to <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1882913021435269289">verify</a>, that ICE agents had conducted a “raid” at an elementary school — a false claim echoed by media outlets, including the <a href="https://x.com/nellbsalzman/status/1882892888914468924"><em>Chicago Tribune</em></a>.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> It was <a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/secret-service-sheds-light-on-what-happened-at-chicago-school/3656417/">actually</a> the U.S. Secret Service investigating a threat unrelated to immigration.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Far-left influencers and other leftist hacks falsely <a href="https://x.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1901783769628962982">claimed</a> the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk were out to “cut Social Security.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> They were referencing an interview in which Musk was <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1899518379263770746">clearly referring</a> to the <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1899433971890470916">tremendous amount</a> of waste, fraud, and abuse within entitlement programs.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> The media <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/">smeared</a> DOGE as “young, inexperienced engineers” engineering a “government takeover.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> In reality, DOGE is led by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7kQNwJ4H_w">seasoned industry professionals</a>, including successful CEOs who paused their lives to aid in the effort of streamlining government and holding the bureaucracy accountable.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> NBC’s Peter Alexander <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1892960080028450933">peddled</a> the lie that “constituents in some traditionally red districts” were unhappy with President Trump’s effort to cut waste, fraud, and abuse in government.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The same “protests” cited by the Fake News were <a href="https://freebeacon.com/media/mainstream-media-outlets-cited-red-district-doge-protests-as-proof-of-broad-musk-backlash-soros-funded-liberal-groups-organized-them/">funded and organized</a> by far-left special interest groups.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5278636/iss-astronaut-rescue-spacex-trump">claimed</a> NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — who were <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/crew9-astronauts-williams-wilmore-1.7497999">stuck</a> on the International Space Station for more than nine months following problems with their spacecraft — were “not stranded.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> NPR itself had <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5087892/nasa-starliner-astronaut-return-iss-spacex">described</a> the astronauts as stranded in prior reporting, and only seemed to take issue with the description once President Trump and Elon Musk <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-sunita-williams-butch-wilmore-given-me-no-reason-nasa-astronauts-thank-trump-elon-musk-after-286-day-space-ordeal/articleshow/119864766.cms?from=mdr">made</a> it a priority to bring them home.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> A foreign Fake News outlet <a href="https://x.com/CTVNews/status/1895221192614912407">reported</a> that President Trump “shut down” the British prime minister during a news conference.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> In reality, President Trump was simply <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1895222543776379051">moving on</a> from a reporter who was trying to goad the two leaders into division.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> NPR falsely <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department">claimed</a> the White House was actively searching for a new secretary of defense.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> This lie was immediately <a href="https://x.com/PressSec/status/1914371752685076757">shut down</a> by multiple Trump Administration officials, including <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1914343481218039866">President Trump himself</a>.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> The Fake News <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/an-administrative-error-sends-a-man-to-a-salvadoran-prison/682254/">attempted</a> to paint illegal immigrant gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia as an innocent “Maryland father” who was unjustly deported by the Trump Administration — and <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1913279325358411781">actively censored</a> the truth about him.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador and was deported to his home country amid <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/04/16/kilmar-abrego-garcia-ms-13-gang-member-history-violence">overwhelming evidence</a> of his gang affiliation.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Deranged “filmmaker” Michael Moore <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/02/25/media/michael-moore-says-deported-migrants-could-have-cured-cancer/">questioned</a> whether deported illegal immigrants would go on to cure cancer or stop “that asteroid (sic) that’s gonna hit us.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Moore’s statement was a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-fires-back-progressive-filmmaker-dumbest-statement-year">strong early contender</a> for the dumbest, most ridiculous statement of the year considering those deported illegal immigrants were <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/02/illegal-immigrant-killers-rapists-arent-scholars-theyre-criminals/">violent criminals</a>.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> The Fake News <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/us/politics/mahmoud-khalil-legal-resident-deportation.html">portrayed</a> Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas radical who led violent protests at Columbia, as an innocent graduate student with an absolute right to remain in the U.S.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> An immigration judge <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/13/us/mahmoud-khalil-deportation-ruling-appeals/index.html">ruled</a> Khalil — who is not a U.S. citizen — can be deported.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> The <em>Financial Times</em> <a href="https://financialpost.com/financial-times/u-s-official-pushes-cut-canada-five-eyes-intelligence-group">reported</a> that Senior White House Counselor Peter Navarro wanted to remove Canada from the “Five Eyes” intelligence sharing network.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Mr. Navarro immediately <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1894434053392146762">shut down</a> this fake story.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> A foreign Fake News reporter <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1912932657052422644">claimed</a> President Trump referred to European nations as “parasites.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> President Trump immediately <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1912932657052422644">pushed back</a> on this ridiculous claim — as did the Italian prime minister.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Fake News CNN’s Brianna Keilar <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1891944423853867267">implied</a> the Trump Administration was somehow wrong for stopping illegal immigrants from stealing taxpayer dollars in the form of welfare benefits.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller summarily <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1891944423853867267">embarrassed</a> her with the facts: “The federal government will find EVERY illegal alien who is stealing American taxpayer dollars — and that’s what Americans expect to happen. I don’t even fathom the premise of your question.”</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> A <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/03/nx-s1-5198506/rfk-jr-anti-vaccine-chd-lawsuits">favorite refrain</a> of the Fake News is that Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is “<a href="https://x.com/calleymeans/status/1884610468565631299">anti-vaccine.</a>”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Kennedy <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1884630138995802623">debunked</a> the lie in his confirmation hearings: “This has been repeatedly debunked … Bringing this up right now is dishonest.”</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> WIRED falsely <a href="https://x.com/WIRED/status/1910749751819010172">claimed</a> the Social Security Administration is “shifting its public communication exclusively to X” under President Trump.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1910807705956077884">Not happening.</a></li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Reuters falsely <a href="https://x.com/Reuters/status/1894074813901164881">reported</a> that the Trump Administration “stalled a United Nations program in Mexico aimed at stopping imported fentanyl chemicals from reaching the country’s drug cartels.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The Department of State is actually <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1894215678174912744">trying</a> to expand the initiative.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The Fake News frequently <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1884739769738874949">pushed</a> the lie that as part of the Trump administration, Secretary Kennedy would implement a national abortion ban and “restrict or even ban medication abortion without a single act of Congress.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Secretary Kennedy consistently <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1884739772196835593">pledged</a> to implement President Trump’s policies — which include leaving abortion to the states, ending barbaric late-term abortions, protecting conscientious objections, and ending federal funding for abortions.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Fake News savant Tara Palmeri falsely <a href="https://x.com/tarapalmeri/status/1886971675410907541">reported</a> that President Trump’s proposal for Gaza was conceived by Jared Kushner.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> This lie was immediately and summarily <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1886982566055432465">debunked</a> by the Trump Administration: “The worst reporter in America makes up fake news for clout because she has no real sources. Sit down, dummy.”</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Sen. Chris Murphy, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and media outlets <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1884605914897940489">claimed</a> President Trump’s directive to pause radical, wasteful government spending meant an end to Medicaid, food assistance, and other individual assistance programs.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Individual assistance programs — Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, etc. — were explicitly excluded, as was <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1884605983915123131">made clear</a> by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and the Office of Management and Budget. Only unnecessary spending — DEI, Green New Scam, NGOs that undermine the national interest — were included in the directive.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> A “physicians advocacy group” was <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rfk-jr-health-secretary-doctors-urge-senate-block-trump-administration-rcna186807">widely cited</a> as opposing President Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The “advocacy group” was really an astroturfed partisan organization funded by prominent left-wing donors — and <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/27/doctors-committee-opposing-rfk-is-bill-gates-backed-astroturf-with-fake-names/">accepted fake signatures</a>.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and other Democrats <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1891156990568640556">pushed</a> the lie that DOGE posted “classified information” on their website.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> That alleged “classified information” was really just an employment headcount — which has been publicly available for years.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1887193851804156224">claimed</a> Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem called all Venezuelan immigrants “dirtbags.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Secretary Noem <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/29/kristi-noem-tps-venezuela-00201390">actually called</a> illegal immigrant members of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang “dirtbags,” which is true.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> <em>The New York Times</em> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/health/rfk-jr-maha-tour.html#:~:text=Health%20Secretary%20Robert%20F.%20Kennedy%20Jr.%20kicked%20off%20a%20tour%20through%20southwestern%20states%20on%20Monday%20by%20calling%20on%20states%20to%20ban%20fluoride%20in%20drinking%20water%20supplies%2C%20a%20move%20that%20would%20reverse%20what%20some%20medical%20experts%20consider%20one%20of%20the%20most%20important%20public%20health%20practices%20in%20the%20country%E2%80%99s%20history.">wrote</a> that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., wanted to “ban fluoride in drinking water” and “reverse … one of the most important public health practices in the country’s history.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> New York Times made no mention of their <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/health/fluoride-children-iq.html">own reporting</a> that fluoride may be “linked to lower IQ scores in children.”</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) repeatedly <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1910670680913277034">lied</a> about President Trump “going after” Social Security.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> President Trump has repeatedly <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1910670685304729882">pledged</a> to protect Social Security and make it more robust for American citizens.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Sen. Mark Kelley (D-AZ) attempted to scare veterans by shamelessly <a href="https://x.com/SenMarkKelly/status/1914809739633971342">claiming</a> their care was in jeopardy due to “layoffs” at VA hospitals.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The lie was debunked by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins: “What changes are you talking about? We’ve not had those layoffs… I put $360 million back into community care… It’s concerning to me that a veteran would actually tell stories to veterans that are not true.”</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) exploited the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport plane crash tragedy by <a href="https://x.com/RepJasmine/status/1885064458650726612">claiming</a> President Trump “froze the hiring” of air traffic controllers.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Air traffic controllers were <a href="https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OMB-OPM%20Federal%20Civilian%20Hiring%20Freeze%20Guidance%201-20-2025%20FINAL.pdf">exempt</a> from the federal hiring freeze.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) <a href="https://x.com/RepJasmine/status/1885064461716725931">implied</a> that “cutting” members of an aviation advisory committee was somehow a cause of the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport plane crash tragedy.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The advisory group <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1885337680856117739">hadn’t met</a> since 2023 and was comprised of business and union leaders who gave “advice” to the TSA and had nothing to do with actual air travel.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> A far-left writer <a href="https://x.com/calebhecarma/status/1886427604984516806">claimed</a> Elon Musk and DOGE staffers “illegally installed a commercial server to control federal HR databases that contain sensitive personal information, including SSNs, home addresses, and medical histories.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> A top official <a href="https://x.com/katierosemiller/status/1886509859778286055">confirmed</a> “there’s nothing illegal and no server, just more made up tall tales from uninformed career bureaucrats.”</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> <em>The Washington Post</em> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/26/ice-arrests-raids-trump-quota/">alleged</a> the Trump Administration was setting “quotas” for immigration authorities — and <a href="https://x.com/StevenCheung47/status/1883603447590850945">gave</a> the administration just four minutes to comment before publishing.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> As usual, this was a <a href="https://x.com/StevenCheung47/status/1883603447590850945">fake story</a>.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Online liberal activists <a href="https://x.com/ChrisDJackson/status/1910770146634850396">claimed</a> President Trump “took down” President Obama’s portrait in the White House.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Obama’s portrait was not taken down — it was simply <a href="https://x.com/StevenCheung47/status/1910781811208118650">moved</a> only feet away from its previous location.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1887539854235283949">claimed</a> Attorney General Pam Bondi created a “weaponizing task force.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> It was a task force to <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/bondi-to-probe-doj-weaponization-target-sanctuary-cities">END</a> weaponization at the Department of Justice.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-orders-makeup-studio-installed-pentagon/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab8d&amp;linkId=804289612">reported</a> that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a “makeup studio” be installed inside the Pentagon.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> It was a “<a href="https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/1915180944157196773">totally fake story,</a>” and the alleged studio <a href="https://x.com/DODResponse/status/1915123461631918529">was really</a> an existing green room with no frills.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/white-house-debating-lifting-sanctions-on-russian-energy-assets-00306486">reported</a> the Trump Administration was debating lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets, including the Nord Stream pipeline.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> This was debunked by both <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1915237747809206618">Secretary of State Marco Rubio</a> and <a href="https://x.com/SE_MiddleEast/status/1915252635801682035">Special Envoy Steve Witkoff</a>.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> An illegal immigrant in U.S. custody “simply disappeared,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/venezuela-immigrant-disappear-deport-ice.html"><em>The New York Times</em> reported</a>.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The illegal immigrant was a <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1914776912150380560">confirmed member</a> of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang. An immigration judge <a href="https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1914769029878644935">ordered</a> his removal, and he was deported along with other threats to national security.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> <a href="https://x.com/PressSec/status/1904872597197578617">alleged</a> that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff was receiving sensitive information on a personal phone while in Moscow and that Russian Intelligence must’ve had access to the information.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> This was a total fabrication. Special Envoy Witkoff <a href="https://x.com/SteveWitkoff/status/1904886084879720683">did not even have</a> a personal phone with him in Russia. He had only a government phone; a secure line of communication.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> <a href="https://x.com/WSJ/status/1912956997701427370">claimed</a> the Trump Administration “sought to portray” deported criminal illegal immigrant gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia as “violent.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Abrego Garcia’s own wife <a href="https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1912654921196843357">filed</a> an order of protection against him and testified that he brutally beat her.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> An AP reporter <a href="https://x.com/TaraCopp/status/1891489757886030136">claimed</a> that FAA staff who worked on “radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, among others” were “harassed on Facebook” by DOGE.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> That was a <a href="https://x.com/PressSec/status/1891613906621100044">total lie</a>. DOGE doesn’t have a Facebook page and no professionals who perform critical safety functions were fired.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> The Daily Beast <a href="https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/1914786456075223536">claimed</a> Vice President JD Vance “broke one of the most notorious Vatican rules during his Easter weekend visit” by being photographed in the Sistine Chapel.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Buried all the way down in the 14th paragraph, The Daily Beast <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1915454895320387611">admitted</a> the vice president was given special permission by the Vatican to have photographs taken inside the Sistine Chapel.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Left-wing social media accounts <a href="https://x.com/TalbertSwan/status/1904128291855872331">promoted</a> fake, AI-generated audio of Vice President Vance “disparaging Elon Musk in private.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The audio was <a href="https://x.com/Shayan86/status/1904213670952919052">debunked</a> as fake.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> <em>The New York Times</em> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/health/womens-health-initiative-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare">reported</a> that funding for the Women’s Health Initiative was being slashed by the Department of Health and Human Services.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., himself <a href="https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1915528409800655151">declared</a> this Fake News and recognized the project is “mission critical.”</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Fox News’s Jennifer Griffin <a href="https://x.com/JenGriffinFNC/status/1887989765754044484">gave legitimacy</a> to a hoax from delusional Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth requested nearly $140,000 in “upgrades” to his government residence.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> This lie was <a href="https://x.com/PeteHegseth/status/1888034973325869486">debunked</a> by Secretary Hegseth — and it was so outrageous, even the AP was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-military-housing-costs-congress-6f9f9b2275ad2e73479ad07a62575783?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share">forced to admit</a> it was completely fake.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) and many others <a href="https://x.com/RepDonBeyer/status/1911818221885280330">claimed</a> the Supreme Court ordered the return of illegal immigrant gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Even CNN <a href="https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1912188308765229556">admitted</a> that’s not what happened: “They did not order the administration to return him to the United States … they could’ve said ‘we order him returned,’ but they didn’t do that.”</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Joe Biden <a href="https://x.com/MSNBC/status/1912282138520469908">accused</a> the Trump Administration of “taking aim at Social Security.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> As usual, he was <a href="https://x.com/SocialSecurity/status/1912275243927789976">lying</a> — President Trump has repeatedly pledged to protect Social Security.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) <a href="https://x.com/RepRoKhanna/status/1915828834022068447">claimed</a> the arrest of a Milwaukee judge who helped an illegal immigrant evade arrest was “unprecedented.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> It wasn’t; it has <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1915854663800311957">happened before</a>.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) <a href="https://x.com/MollyBeck/status/1915806949439897673">called</a> the arrest of a Milwaukee judge who helped an illegal immigrant evade arrest a “gravely serious and drastic move.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The judge <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1915816561144721667">violated the law</a> by obstructing an ICE arrest of an illegal immigrant.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) <a href="https://x.com/amyklobuchar/status/1915823476826362143">claimed</a> the arrest of the Milwaukee judge who obstructed an apprehension of a criminal illegal immigrant “threatens the rule of law.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> It literally does the opposite because no one is above the law.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Politico <a href="https://x.com/politico/status/1915724352093384750">claimed</a> the Trump Administration “wipe[d] out firefighter health and safety programs.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The programs remain a top priority for the administration — and <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1916490909606101083">will remain intact</a>.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Sen. Elizabeth Warren <a href="https://x.com/MediasLies/status/1909986087088382348">claimed</a> that President Trump’s policies make it so “no one wants to make investments in the United States.”</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> President Trump has <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/foreign-domestic-investments-totaling-over-5t-under-trump-adds-451k-jobs-americans">secured</a> more than $5 trillion in <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/trump-effect-a-running-list-of-new-u-s-investment-in-president-trumps-second-term/">investment</a>s since taking office, which is expected to create more than 451,000 new jobs — and the list is only expected to grow.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> NBC’s Kristen Welker <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/two-children-us-citizens-4-and-7-year-old-deported-honduras-rcna203208">peddled</a> a Fake News hoax that the Trump Administration was deporting children.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Secretary of State Marco Rubio shut down her desperate attempt at a hoax by <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1916486345360343395">highlighting</a> how the mother, who was in the country illegally, made that choice all on her own.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> <em>The New York Times</em> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/world/europe/trump-pope-francis-funeral-blue-suit.html">implied</a> President Trump was alone in wearing a blue suit to the funeral of Pope Francis.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Photos show dozens of world leaders and other attendees — many situated near President Trump — <a href="https://x.com/StevenCheung47/status/1916473851208241389">also</a> <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-3423141/CNN-guest-links-Trumps-controversial-suit-Ozempic-weight-loss.html">wearing</a> <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1916304324818305293">blue</a> clothing.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten <a href="https://x.com/MediasLies/status/1886820298734842348">accused</a> President Trump of taking teachers’ salaries and giving them to “billionaires” by cutting the Department of Education.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> President Trump has repeatedly <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1902822619134488730">called</a> teachers “the most important people in this country” who should be paid more, not less. The federal government does not pay the salaries of teachers; state and local governments do.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> The Fake News and their predictable <a href="https://x.com/FrankLuntz/status/1913968958929338775">allies</a> ran with a <a href="https://www.azpm.org/p/headlines/2025/4/18/224512-us-citizen-in-arizona-detained-by-immigration-officials-for-10-days/">story</a> that claimed an American citizen was detained by authorities after he informed them he was, in fact, a citizen.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> That’s not <a href="https://x.com/TriciaOhio/status/1914302528780435882">what happened</a>. The individual “approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully … A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family.”</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> PBS News claimed “DOGE operatives attempted to gain access to secure spaces,” implying they attempted to access classified information without approval.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> This wasn’t <a href="https://x.com/StevenCheung47/status/1886169925774901559">even remotely true</a>.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> The AP falsely <a href="https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/03/18/investigative_issues_ap_withdraws_story_claiming_tulsi_gabbard_said_trump_and_putin_were_very_good_friends_1098433.html">claimed</a> Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said President Trump is “very good friends” with Russian President Vladimir Putin.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> The AP was humiliatingly <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/associated-press-removes-story-wrongly-claiming-tulsi-gabbard-said-trump-putin-very-good-friends">forced</a> to retract its story, admitting they were wrong. Stephanie Ruhle <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-14516393/msnbc-host-apologize-tulsi-gabbard-stephanie-ruhle.html">also had</a> to issue a correction. DNI Gabbard was referencing President Trump’s relationship with Indian PM Narendra Modi.</li>
<li><strong>HOAX:</strong> Student visa holders <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/visa-cancellations-and-deportations-sow-panic-for-international-students">should have</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/trump-student-visas-deportation">unfettered access</a> to do whatever they want in the United States.</li>
<li><strong>FACT:</strong> Wrong. As Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1901290182672007192">said</a>, “When you apply to enter the United States and you get a visa, you are a guest… If you tell us when you apply for a visa ‘I’m coming to the U.S. to participate in pro-Hamas events,’ that runs counter to the foreign policy interest of the United States… If you had told us you were going to do that, we never would have given you the visa.”</li>
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title: Pepe Escobar: Yemen Hits Back, China's Response, Iran’s Resolve, Russia’s Strategy — U.S. on Alert
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title: Prof. Gilbert Doctorow : [LIVE from St. Petersburg] : Can Trump Negotiate for Peace?
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title: Pepe Escobar : [LIVE from Shanghai] : Thanks to Tariffs, China Ditching US Tech.
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title: [MUST WATCH] : Max Blumenthal : Zionists Attack Pro-Peace Americans.
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title: [EXPLOSIVE] - FMR. CIA Phil Giraldi : Beyond Bigotry: The Political Dynamics Behind Antisemitism
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<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*lew86iUkyn-WWCIVqO4vkg.png"></figure><h4><strong>Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix</strong></h4><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCspc0bVyX4"><em>Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley)</em></a>:</p><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FKCspc0bVyX4%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKCspc0bVyX4&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FKCspc0bVyX4%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"><a href="https://medium.com/media/b595113081d707904bf3c94658c5c567/href">https://medium.com/media/b595113081d707904bf3c94658c5c567/href</a></iframe><p>❖</p><p>Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Mike Herzog <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-biden-aide-israel-missed-opportunity-for-saudi-deal-hopefully-it-wont-do-so-again/">acknowledged on Israeli media</a> on Sunday that the Biden administration never at any time pressured Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza.</p><p>“God did the State of Israel a favor that Biden was the president during this period, because it could have been much worse,” Herzog said. “We fought [in Gaza] for over a year and the administration never came to us and said, ‘ceasefire now.’ It never did.”</p><p>So everyone who said the Biden administration was working for a ceasefire lied. They lied that whole entire time. They committed genocide and lied about it, and then they said you were crazy and irresponsible if you didn’t support them.</p><p>People’s rage should shake heaven and earth.</p><p>❖</p><p>The US has committed another huge massacre of civilians in Yemen, this time <a href="https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2025/04/28/us-strikes-kill-dozens-of-migrants-in-yemen/">bombing a detention center</a> full of African migrants in Saada. Some 68 people have reportedly been killed, making this Trump’s worst massacre in Yemen since his terrorist attack on a Hodeida fuel port <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/18/more-than-30-killed-80-injured-in-us-air-strikes-on-yemen-report">killed 80 people</a> earlier this month.</p><p>Trump’s massacres of civilians in Saada and Hodeida are much more evil than anything he has done in the United States domestically, but they’ve received almost no attention from the media or from Democrats because in the eyes of the empire Yemenis don’t count as human beings and killing them is normal.</p><p>❖</p><p>The word “antisemite” has become so meaningless that whenever someone uses it you have to ask them “What kind? The Hitler-was-right kind or the stop-bombing-hospitals kind?”</p><p>❖</p><p>It’s absolutely bat shit insane that it’s increasingly illegal to voice any praise for groups like Hamas and Hezbollah in the UK and Australia just because the government deems them “terrorists”. What happens when the government is wrong and one of those groups is right?</p><p>❖</p><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?type=text%2Fhtml&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;schema=twitter&amp;url=https%3A//x.com/caitoz/status/1917173283457474688&amp;image=" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"><a href="https://medium.com/media/16e2eeb531209839226f2f89514b7d89/href">https://medium.com/media/16e2eeb531209839226f2f89514b7d89/href</a></iframe><p>❖</p><p>They’re seriously going to ethnically cleanse Gaza after a monstrous extermination campaign and then look us all dead in the eyes and tell us we need to hate China.</p><p>❖</p><p>It’s wild how the US and Israel just <a href="https://news.antiwar.com/2025/02/10/trump-says-no-right-of-return-for-palestinians-in-gaza-under-his-plan/">came right out</a> and said “Yeah we’re working on permanently ethnically cleansing all Palestinians from the Gaza Strip,” and then the entire western political/media class went right back to pretending to believe this is about fighting Hamas.</p><p>❖</p><p>Calling the Gaza genocide a “war” is like seeing a man beating a toddler to death and calling it a “fight”.</p><p>So much evil hides behind calling this thing a war. If you accept that it’s a war then you have to take seriously arguments like “It’s a war, civilians die in war,” or “Hamas shouldn’t have started a war they can’t win.” If it’s a war then it has two sides who share comparable levels of responsibility for any bad things that happen during that time. If it’s a war then it’s taken as a given that Israel’s primary target is Hamas, and not the civilian population of Gaza in its entirety.</p><p>But it’s not a war, it’s a naked ethnic cleansing operation being carried out by a highly sophisticated military with the backing of the most powerful empire that has ever existed. It’s a globe-spanning power structure openly purging a Palestinian territory of Palestinian life using a full siege and the systematic destruction of all healthcare and civilian infrastructure, being resisted by a few thousand guys with homemade rockets and dwindling supplies. That’s not a “war”. It’s not even a “conflict”. It’s a slaughter. It’s a holocaust.</p><p>If the Gaza holocaust is a “war”, then shooting fish in a barrel is “hunting”. Beating up a quadriplegic is a “street brawl”. A SWAT team shooting an unarmed civilian is a “gun fight”. No conflicts are perfectly equal, but past a certain level of one-sidedness the language of conflict becomes absurd. The daily massacres we are seeing in Gaza are far beyond that point.</p><p>They are raining military explosives on top of a giant concentration camp packed full of children while deliberately <a href="https://dissidentvoice.org/2025/04/feed-gaza-just-feed-gaza/">starving the entire civilian population</a> to death. They have complete control over the enclave, and they are using that control to eradicate the presence of Palestinians in Gaza. That is not war. That is genocide.</p><p>________________</p><p><em>My work is </em><a href="https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/05/24/my-experiments-with-hacking-capitalism/"><em>entirely reader-supported</em></a><em>, so if you enjoyed this piece </em><a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/about"><em>here are some options</em></a><em> where you can toss some money into my tip jar if you want to. </em><a href="https://caitlinjohnstone.com/"><em>Click here for links for my mailing list, social media, books, merch, and audio/video versions of each article</em></a><em>. All my work is </em><a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/reminder-all-my-work-may-be-freely"><em>free to bootleg and use</em></a><em> in any way, shape or form; republish it, translate it, use it on merchandise; whatever you want. 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title: ICYMI: Celebrating President Trump’s Incredible First 100 Days
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<div><img src="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WH47-Social-Share-Card.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>President Donald J. Trump has accomplished more in 100 days than most presidents do over an entire term — and he’s still just getting started. President Trump’s unprecedented work in the first 100 days has earned praise from across Capitol Hill and beyond.</p>
<p><strong>Here’s what they’re saying:</strong></p><p><a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1917187488906449323">Speaker Mike Johnson</a>: “@POTUS has been able to do far more for the American people in the first 100 days than the Biden Administration did in four years. Thanks to the Trump White House, AMERICA IS BACK – and we’re just getting started.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/LeaderJohnThune/status/1917238380078989378">Senate Majority Leader John Thune</a>: “It’s been 100 days of the new Trump administration, and @POTUS is delivering. Securing our southern border, restoring American strength, extending tax relief for Americans, unleashing American energy, saving taxpayer dollars, and restoring common sense.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenJohnBarrasso/status/1917208219178435012">Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso</a>: “In the first 100 days under @POTUS Trump, Republicans are fighting for the American people. Secure the border. Rebuild the economy. Restore peace through strength. Unleash American energy.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenTomCotton/status/1917240961857421618">Senate Republican Conference Chair Tom Cotton</a>: “Joe Biden unleashed mass illegal migration across our nation during his time in office. In his first 100 days, President Trump ended the Biden Border Crisis by cracking down on criminals and following the law.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Jim_Banks/status/1917242090297204876">Sen. Jim Banks</a>: “100 days of securing the border… Thanks to President Trump’s strong leadership, the invasion along our borders is over!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/MarshaBlackburn/status/1917202164721607025">Sen. Marsha Blackburn</a>: “Congratulations to President Trump on 100 days of Making America Great Again.”</p><p><a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/23/sen-katie-britt-president-trumps-has-kept-his-promises-in-his-first-100-days/">Sen. Katie Britt</a>: “President Trump has kept his promises in the first 100 days.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenTedBuddNC/status/1917328477717475409">Sen. Ted Budd</a>: “From day one: clear goals, hard work, concrete results. At Day 100, @POTUS has built real momentum to deliver long-term prosperity for the American people — and he’s just getting started.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenCapito/status/1916897407645765651">Sen. Shelley Moore Capito</a>: “Real leadership leads to real results. @SenateGOP and @POTUS are delivering on our promises in these 100 days to protect and secure our country.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenBillCassidy/status/1917194657735332034">Sen. Bill Cassidy</a>: “After 100 days, the results are clear: America is safer and the border is secure.”</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/john-cornyn-donald-trump-first-100-days-20287545.php">Sen. John Cornyn</a>: “I’ve worked hand-in-glove with President Trump to accomplish his agenda during his first 100 days.”</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/6Cwu7qSmWGQ?si=GAPA3exvlgBBKWB6">Sen. Mike Crapo:</a> “President Trump has had phenomenal successes in his first 100 days. He has closed the border, revitalized our energy production, brought trillions of dollars of capital investment into the United States.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SteveDaines/status/1917223372489937346">Sen. Steve Daines</a>: “In just 100 days, @POTUS has delivered win after win. Border crossings are at an all-time low, American energy is thriving &amp; we’re kicking Biden and the left’s woke agenda to the curb. If this is what 100 days of progress looks like, can’t wait for what the future brings!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenJoniErnst/status/1917223010127303114">Sen. Joni Ernst</a>: “From a wide-open southern border to complete border security in just 100 days. That is the Trump effect.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/ChuckGrassley/status/1917231080819589157">Sen. Chuck Grassley</a>: “2day marks 100 days of Pres Trumps return 2 White House Ive seen the President working hard 2 KEEP HIS PROMISES + RESTORE COMMON SENSE Praise the Lord we hv a Commander in Chief who is standing on the platform he ran on&amp; getting things done for the American ppl.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1917236396785336663">Sen. Lindsay Graham</a>: “In just 100 days, President Trump has delivered historic results for the American people… I look forward to continue working with the President and his team in the Senate to make sure we DELIVER his historic agenda to the American people.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1917195839069434242">Sen. Bill Hagerty</a>: “This has been the most effective, most impactful in a positive sense 100 days in my lifetime.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/HawleyMO/status/1917364880665108931">Sen. Josh Hawley</a>: “For the first time in decades, working Americans have a President who stands with them. Trump’s giving Americans their country back”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenJohnHoeven/status/1917273436872716384">Sen. John Hoeven</a>: “#100Days in, @POTUS has secured the border and now he’s empowering our energy producers to make the country energy dominant—removing barriers, driving growth, and restoring America’s place as the world’s energy leader.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenJonHusted/status/1917250522102333892">Sen. Jon Husted</a>: “Daily border apprehensions have dropped 95% since @POTUS took office. Pres. Trump is following through on his promise to secure the border and safeguard Americans.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenHydeSmith/status/1917218649993077057">Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith</a>: “Just 100 days in, @POTUS and the Senate Republicans are delivering for the American people – securing our border, rolling back harmful Biden policies, confirming Trump nominees, passing common-sense laws, and locking in a strong budget.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/JimJustice_WV/status/1917335128340324828">Sen. Jim Justice</a>: “100 days under @POTUS:<br>✔️American Energy Unleashed<br>✔️Border is secure<br>✔️Manufacturing is coming back to the states<br>✔️ West Virginia Coal making a comeback<br>President Trump is just getting started and I will keep working alongside him to get results for Americans!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenJohnKennedy/status/1917283406368460894">Sen. John Kennedy</a>: “In just 100 days, President Trump has secured the border, fought racial quotas, and totally changed the national conversation about the budget.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenatorLankford/status/1917222910030135442">Sen. James Lankford</a>: “An unprecedented 100 days under President Trump!” Let’s continue this moment for the American people—great job @POTUS.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenMikeLee/status/1917227829764280633">Sen. Mike Lee</a>: “A HISTORIC FIRST 100 DAYS.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenLummis/status/1917212530935730286">Sen. Cynthia Lummis</a>: “100 days of a stronger and safer America.”</p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/presidents-first-100-days-return-american-greatness-opinion-2065355">Sen. Roger Marshall</a>: “The President’s first 100 days is a return to American greatness.”</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/6Cwu7qSmWGQ?si=GAPA3exvlgBBKWB6">Sen. Dave McCormick</a>: “We’re 100 days into the Trump Administration and we’re already seeing enormous change on behalf of the American people, just like the president promised.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenAshleyMoody/status/1917189027758854434">Sen. Ashley Moody</a>: “Today marks President Trump’s first 100 days, and the country is already stronger and safer than it has ever been before.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/JerryMoran/status/1917358584415019426">Sen. Jerry Moran</a>: “In his first 100 days in office, President Trump has made our southern border safer by ending catch &amp; release, signing the Laken Riley Act into law &amp; reinstating Remain in Mexico. Illegal encounters at the southern border are down 95% thanks to these commonsense policies.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenMullin/status/1917251450377249052">Sen. Markwayne Mullin</a>: “100 DAYS: PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenRandPaul/status/1917228059372949949">Sen. Rand Paul</a>: “100 days of cutting government waste, securing the border, pursuing peace abroad, and simply restoring sanity to the American people.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/PeteRicketts/status/1917210706912440557">Sen. Pete Ricketts</a>: “In his first 100 days in office, President Trump has delivered for the American people.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenatorRisch/status/1917204203103048027">Sen. Jim Risch</a>: “100 days of America First”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenRickScott/status/1917224618433368465">Sen. Rick Scott</a>: “President Trump is delivering on his promises to make our country safer, our economy stronger, and America Great Again!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/votetimscott/status/1917199080461045846">Sen. Tim Scott</a>: “How do you describe 100 days of President Trump? Promises made, promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenEricSchmitt/status/1917281043456938157">Sen. Eric Schmitt</a>: “100 days of putting America first. Us”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/TimSheehyMT/status/1917333354027851916">Sen. Tim Sheehy:</a> “Whether it’s ending Biden’s border crisis, unleashing American energy, bolstering our military and restoring American strength, or securing better deals for hardworking families, @POTUS has delivered win after win in his first 100 days.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenDanSullivan/status/1917229388388594011">Sen. Dan Sullivan</a>: “Congratulations @POTUS on 100 days in office and thank you in particular for working to unleash Alaska’s extraordinary resource potential!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SenTuberville/status/1917228093644620009">Sen. Tommy Tuberville</a>: “He’s done an outstanding job A+, we continue to even get better because he’s solving more problems everyday Thank you, President Trump for what you’ve done!”</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/6Cwu7qSmWGQ?si=GAPA3exvlgBBKWB6">Sen. Roger Wicker:</a> “Mr. President you’re bringing the kind of peace through strength our children will talk about fifty years from now- we thank you.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SteveScalise/status/1917211685829656738">House Majority Leader Steve Scalise</a>: “Today marks 100 DAYS of President Trump and Republican majorities in Congress. … America First and common sense are BACK. And we’re just getting started. Promises made. Promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://alphanews.org/u-s-rep-tom-emmer-100-days-in-president-trump-is-delivering-for-the-people-of-minnesota/">House Majority Whip Tom Emmer</a>: “100 days in, President Trump is delivering for the people of Minnesota.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepLisaMcClain/status/1917183062363849045">House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain</a>: “Today, @HouseGOP celebrates POTUS’ historic first 100 days in office. He has delivered on his promises to secure the borders, restore energy independence, show peace through strength, and make America COMPETITIVE.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepStefanik/status/1917208891634352272">House Republican Leadership Chair Elise Stefanik</a>: “President @realDonaldTrump is securing our borders, reining in inflation, unleashing American energy dominance, combatting antisemitism, supporting the rule of law, and restoring American greatness and peace through strength on the world stage.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMarkAlford/status/1917213624239640655">Rep. Mark Alford</a>: “100 days ago, America was on the brink. Today, because of President Trump: Hope is back. Strength is back. America is BACK.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepRickAllen/status/1917208944625299527">Rep. Rick Allen</a>: “Promises made, promises kept. In just 100 days, @POTUS has delivered:<br>✅ A secure border<br>✅ Safer communities<br>✅ Energy independence<br>✅ Job growth<br>✅ Lowers costs for essentials like gas and eggs<br>The list goes on and we’re just getting started!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepArrington/status/1917223276482384268">Rep. Jodey Arrington</a>: “In the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term our nation has experienced unprecedented achievements in a new era of American politics defined by competent leadership, common sense policies, and a commitment to America first.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBrianBabin/status/1917226438345793995">Rep. Brian Babin</a>: “100 days in and America is roaring back to life. The economy is up. The border is secure. Our pride is restored. The American comeback is here. FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepDonBacon/status/1917244220018200966">Rep. Don Bacon</a>: “I commend the Trump Administration for tackling these campaign promises in the first 100 days:<br>✅ Restoring energy independence &amp; bringing prices under control<br>✅ Securing our border with 95% drop in illegal crossings<br>✅ Taking decisive action against the Houthis<br>The border and energy independence were top priorities this past Nov.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepJimBaird/status/1917209063818985726">Rep. Jim Baird</a>: “In 100 days, POTUS and his administration have been reversing the disastrous Biden-era policies and are working hard to usher in the Golden Age of America. Promises made. Promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBalderson/status/1917285810576990633">Rep. Troy Balderson</a>: “In President Trump’s first 100 days, he has…<br>us Secured the border<br>Unleashed American energy<br>Rooted out government waste<br>Added 345,000 jobs<br>…and we’re just getting started”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepAndyBarr/status/1917248278246154634">Rep. Andy Barr</a>: “President @realDonaldTrump’s first 100 days have been nothing short of historic. I’m honored to stand with him as we secure the border, unleash American energy, rebuild our economy, and put America First again. Together, we’re delivering the results the American people demanded.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepTomBarrett/status/1917250988991451627">Rep. Tom Barrett</a>: “In President Trump’s first 100 days, we’ve teamed up to secure the border, bring manufacturing jobs back, and unleash American energy.<br>🚨 Illegal border crossings are at historic lows.<br>The Laken Riley Act is signed into law.<br>📉 Inflation and energy prices are falling..<br>🚔 We are making our communities safe again.<br>America First is back and we’re just getting started. #100Days”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBaumgartner/status/1917328367851864286">Rep. Michael Baumgartner</a>: “On National Fentanyl Awareness Day, we celebrate the progress made with record low border crossings. President Trump’s first 100 days in office set the stage for this success. Let’s continue the fight to eradicate fentanyl and protect our communities.”</p>
<p><a href="https://x.com/RepAaronBean/status/1917286498770002407">Rep. Aaron Bean</a>: “We’re celebrating #100Days of President Trump in office, and one thing is abundantly clear: America’s future is looking up! Since day one, POTUS  has understood the assignment: undo the damage done by the previous administration and usher in the Golden Age of America.  Working together at historic speed, we are securing our border, slashing wasteful spending, reviving our economy, and defending our American values.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBice/status/1917262352325698032">Rep. Stephanie Bice</a>: “100 days of bringing back America first policies.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepGusBilirakis/status/1917248260256985210">Rep. Gus Bilirakis</a>: “One of President Trump’s biggest success stories in his first 100 days is enhanced border security.  U. S. Customs and Border Protection now has total control of the border, with daily border encounters down by 93%.  March of 2025 saw the lowest monthly number of border encounters in recorded history.  Also, in March of 2025, fentanyl traffic at the southern border fell by 54% compared to March of 2024.  To date, the Trump Administration has also arrested more than 151,000 illegal aliens and has deported over 135,000. This includes 600 members of Tren De Aragua and thousands of MS-13 and 18thStreet Gang members.   We will continue to get dangerous predators off our streets!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1917230454794555495">Rep. Andy Biggs</a>: “President Trump has done more for our country in his first 100 days than Democrats could dream of accomplishing in four years. Countless nations have already reached out to amend unfair trade practices.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepSheriBiggs/status/1917198717259599939">Rep. Sheri Biggs</a>: “100 Days of Results: President Trump promised to secure our border—and he’s delivered. Illegal crossings are down 94%, catch &amp; release is over, and the border is finally under control.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBost/status/1917205769625260525">Rep. Mike Bost</a>: “What a difference 100 days make! Border apprehensions dropped by 94%, gas prices are down 6.3%, and egg prices have fallen by 56%. Over 100,000 illegal aliens have been deported, and U.S. manufacturing is roaring back.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBrecheen/status/1917200612720037918">Rep. Josh Brecheen</a>: “We have seen tremendous progress at our borders due to President<br>@realDonaldTrump taking decisive action in his first 100 days:<br>• Daily border encounters are DOWN by 93%.<br>• Over 135,000 illegal aliens have been DEPORTED.<br>• Illegal alien crossings are DOWN by 99.99%.<br>Promises made, promises kept!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/VernBuchanan/status/1917206151533654359">Rep. Vern Buchanan</a>: “In his first 100 days, POTUS has delivered on his promises.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepEricBurlison/status/1917244472884134079">Rep. Eric Burlison</a>: “✅ Illegal crossings down 94%<br>✅ $Trillions in private investments<br>✅ Ended the Green New Scam<br>✅ Peace Through Strength<br>✅ Protecting women in sports<br>Still not tired of winning.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/KenCalvert/status/1917259038972338492">Rep. Ken Calvert</a>: “In the four years of Joe Biden’s presidency the border was in chaos as illegal immigrants and deadly drugs flowed unchecked into America. In the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency order and security has been restored at the border.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepKatCammack/status/1917212276102214131">Rep. Kat Cammack</a>: “In 100 days, President Trump has protected women and girls’ sports, reduced illegal border crossings by 95%, removed dangerous criminals from the U.S., protected our children, enhanced transparency, and more!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBuddyCarter/status/1917209774904520789">Rep. Buddy Carter</a>: “It’s been a historic and productive first 100 days of the second Trump Administration. From securing the southern border to reestablishing fair trade deals and unleashing American energy dominance, this presidency can be defined by one word: efficiency.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepCiscomani/status/1917332179870441491">Rep. Juan Ciscomani</a>: “.@POTUS Trump delivered on his promise to secure the border in his first 100 days – and it’s making a real difference for families in #AZ06.Just ask Jim and Sue Chilton. Under President Biden, their ranch saw 5,640 illegal crossings in April 2024. Under President Trump, things have changed for the better. In April 2025, they recorded ZERO crossings in a span of three weeks — a direct result of President Trump’s strong border policies. ✅Promises made, promises kept!”</p><p><a href="https://washingtonreporter.news/p/op-ed-rep-ben-cline-trumps-first">Rep. Ben Cline</a>: “Trump’s first 100 days are a new era of American renewal”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepCloudTX/status/1917247698149007597">Rep. Michael Cloud</a>: “The difference is undeniable. In just 100 days, President Trump has reversed the failures of the Biden administration and put America back on the path to greatness.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Rep_Clyde/status/1917259376248729611">Rep. Andrew Clyde</a>: “Today marks 100 days of President Trump putting America FIRST!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMikeCollins/status/1917241208520220786">Rep. Mike Collins</a>: “This has been the most consequential first 100 days in any American presidency.<br>✅The border crisis is solved.<br>✅Domestic manufacturing is back.<br>✅America is respected again.<br>✅DEI is dead.<br>100 down and 1362 to go.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/1917221366584975468">Rep. James Comer</a>: “100 Days. President Trump has delivered on dozens of promises made to the American people… America’s future is bright under President Trump’s leadership.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepEliCrane/status/1917256906848010278">Rep. Eli Crane</a>: “Thank you, President Trump, for ending the premeditated border invasion. We didn’t need new legislation. We just needed a new President.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepDanCrenshaw/status/1917268265362956390">Rep. Dan Crenshaw</a>: “Today marks President Trump’s 100th day back in office. He promised action, and he’s delivering it. If you listened during the campaign, you knew this was coming — promises made, promises kept”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Rep_Davidson/status/1917235950247182563">Rep. Warren Davidson</a>: “President Trump in his first 100 days:<br>– Secured the border<br>– Removed woke ideology from the military<br>– Eliminated billions in fraud and abuse<br>– Deported over 100K illegal aliens<br>Best sequel EVER”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMonicaDLC/status/1917243326106919000">Rep. Monica De La Cruz</a>: “During his first 100 days, President Trump stood up for South Texas farmers and ranchers — demanding Mexico honor its water delivery commitments, and he has delivered. Thank you, @POTUS! #PromisesMadePromisesKept”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/MarioDB/status/1917176200922849440">Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart</a>: “100 days of SUCCESS with President Trump back in the White House—leading with strength, and laying the foundation for prosperity and peace for America to be the global powerhouse for generations to come.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/ByronDonalds/status/1917372712105959802">Rep. Byron Donalds</a>: “THE BEST IS YET TO COME”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepTroyDowning/status/1917246496208035889">Rep. Troy Downing</a>: “President Trump in his first term talked about promises made, promises kept. This time, it’s on steroids.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/DrNealDunnFL2/status/1917204121628848144">Rep. Neal Dunn</a>: “100 days in, and the Trump administration has already achieved countless victories! From plummeting illegal border crossings to swift downsizing of the bloated federal bureaucracy, President Trump is delivering for the American people!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepRonEstes/status/1917271725374361858">Rep. Ron Estes</a>: “Today marks 100 days of President Trump’s second term. @POTUS and House Republicans have been hard at work to turn the page on four years of open borders, a sluggish economy and runaway federal spending. In just 100 days, border encounters are down 95%, hostages have returned home, violent criminals are being deported, more than $5 trillion in new investments have been secured, and the Department of Government Efficiency has saved taxpayers $160 billion (that’s an average saving of $1.6 billion every day). But we’re just getting started – we’re working to extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, preserve and protect Social Security, reduce wasteful spending and restore our energy independence.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepEzell/status/1917250936147243052">Rep. Mike Ezell</a>: “During @POTUS’s first 100 days, the Coast Guard has worked around the clock to defend our maritime borders and stop the flow of illegal drugs and migrants. I’m proud that President Trump is recognizing their hard work—service that too often goes unnoticed but is vital to our national security.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepPatFallon/status/1917205185841053899">Rep. Pat Fallon</a>: “President Trump’s border security measures have yielded incredible results in 100 days. With 113,000 arrests, over 100,000 deportations, and a 94% reduction in illegal crossings, his policies are in the best interest of all Americans and public safety.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepFedorchak/status/1917291363059515565">Rep. Julie Fedorchak</a>: “Today is the 100 day marker for @POTUS Trump. He is tackling big issues that have long been ignored.<br>✅ Illegal border crossings are down 95%. Turns out we didn’t need new laws. We needed a new President that would actually enforce them.<br>✅ American energy is on the move. We are aggressively and responsibly developing our nation’s abundant, diverse natural resources.<br>✅ President Biden’s stifling regulations are being rolled back—lifting burdens off our farmers, businesses, and energy producers.<br>✅ Government waste, fraud and abuse is being identified and eliminated.<br>Promises made. Promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepFeenstra/status/1917217909967032434">Rep. Randy Feenstra</a>: “In just 100 days, President Trump has achieved incredible victories for our country. He locked down our border, deported violent criminals, repealed ridiculous Biden-era regulations, and rooted our waste, fraud, and abuse in our government.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepFinstad/status/1917286801276035245">Rep. Brad Finstad</a>: “In his first 100 days in office, President Trump has delivered on his promises, with over 300,000 new jobs created, strengthened border security, and an improved economic outlook for our nation. Together, we will continue working to restore the American Dream by making our communities safer and addressing the kitchen-table issues that matter most to the American people.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepFischbach/status/1917215716983402934">Rep. Michelle Fischbach</a>: “In his first 100 days, @POTUS has signed the Laken Riley Act into law, has dangerous gangs and cartels shaking in their boots, and has shut our borders to illegal immigrants.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepFitzgerald/status/1917203151784210657">Rep. Scott Fitzgerald</a>: “Only 100 days in, and @POTUS has delivered real results… I’m proud to stand with President Trump and the America First agenda!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepChuck/status/1917235496465399925">Rep. Chuck Fleischmann</a>: “In his first 100 Days, @POTUS is taking strong action to get America back on track! President Trump has:<br>Secured our borders.<br>Ended the war on American-made energy.<br>Begun rebuilding our economy.<br>Signed the Laken Riley Act into law.<br>Restored commonsense in government.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepVinceFong/status/1917193669892845900">Rep. Vince Fong</a>: “In his first 100 days, President Trump has relentlessly pursued policies that are delivering on his promises to Central Valley families and the American people as we speak.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepFranklin/status/1917209938142671067">Rep. Scott Franklin</a>: “100 days back in the White House and the results speak for themselves… America is back on the path to strength, security and prosperity!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepRussellFry/status/1917212517115592920">Rep. Russell Fry</a>: “President Trump’s first 100 days in office have been the MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBrandonGill/status/1916979968590156261">Rep. Brandon Gill</a>: “President Trump’s historic presidency delivered major wins for the American people in his first 100 days.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepCraigGoldman/status/1917291601598242851">Rep. Craig Goldman</a>:” For years, we had a President who allowed millions of illegal aliens to flood across our borders. In 100 days, @POTUS has secured the border. The difference is clear:<br>✅ Daily apprehensions are down 94%<br>✅ Known gotaways are down 90%<br>✅ 100,000+ illegal aliens have been deported”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepTonyGonzales/status/1917217533347737696">Rep. Tony Gonzales</a>: “Illegal Border Crossings⬇️95%<br>Unleashing American Energy<br>Water Deliveries from Mexico to South Texas<br>Empowering LEOs to Tackle Crime &amp; Protect our Communities<br>And we’re just getting started! #100Days”</p><p><a href="https://townhall.com/columnists/congressmanlancegooden/2025/04/29/a-stronger-america-president-trumps-first-100-days-n2656228">Rep. Lance Gooden</a>: “Just 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, the answer is resounding: Yes, we are better off.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepSamGraves/status/1917240034329088300">Rep. Sam Graves</a>: “In his first 100 days, President Trump has moved quickly to secure the border, unleash American energy production, and get rid of burdensome regulations… It’s exactly what the American people voted for.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMarkGreen/status/1917232861041627273">Rep. Mark Green</a>: “In less than three months, President Trump has restored law and order to our nation’s borders, removed criminal illegal aliens from our communities, and helped ensure the safety of the American people by empowering DHS law enforcement to do their jobs.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1917252579169312859">Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene</a>: “The American people &amp; I are SO happy with the work President Trump has done the last 100 days! Our nation is safer, common sense has been restored, and America is being put first!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepGrothman/status/1917284612109394325">Rep. Glenn Grothman</a>: “In his first 100 days, President Trump delivered more for the American people than Joe Biden had in four years. He’s keeping his promises, prioritizing American interests, securing our border, and leading with transparency. In the House, we’re building on that momentum to deliver real results that honor the American people’s electoral mandate.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepGuthrie/status/1917223025960968403">Rep. Brett Guthrie</a>: “Today marks the first 100 days of President Trump’s Administration. @POTUS has delivered on his promises of securing our border, unleashing American energy and repealing burdensome red tape. Promises made, promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepHageman/status/1917251205484498948">Rep. Harriet Hageman</a>: “In his first 100 days, President Trump has fixed a lot of what Biden and Kamala Harris broke and he’s on track to do a lot more.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepAbeHamadeh/status/1917262618777248051">Rep. Abe Hamadeh</a>: “Promises made. Promises kept. Congratulations to @POTUS on an incredibly successful First 100 Days!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepHaridopolos/status/1917220342503821724">Rep. Mike Haridopolos</a>: “President Trump is keeping the promises that he made to the American people. Just 100 days in, we’re already seeing the RESULTS.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepPatHarrigan/status/1917223967401951565">Rep. Pat Harrigan</a>: “100 days in, the Trump Doctrine holds firm: American interests first, American sovereignty always.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMarkHarrisNC/status/1917291443955159177">Rep. Mark Harris:</a> “It’s been 100 days of:<br>✅Restoring common sense<br>✅Protecting Americans from criminal illegals<br>✅Rooting out government waste, fraud, and abuse<br>Looking forward to the next 1361 days!!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepHarshbarger/status/1917217706937401434">Rep. Diana Harshbarger</a>: “100 days of investing in America… Promises Made, Promises Kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/repkevinhern/status/1917208663216836649">Rep. Kevin Hern</a>: “The last 100 days have gone by quickly but so much has happened. POTUS is moving at record pace to RESTORE American strength, SAVE taxpayers’ money, and PROTECT our national security and sovereignty.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepClayHiggins/status/1917217222226809084">Rep. Clay Higgins</a>: “100 days of MAGA. President Trump’s administration is restoring common sense, securing our border, unleashing America’s energy potential, and attacking waste, fraud, abuse, and theft in the bureaucracy.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepAshleyHinson/status/1917248422416978376">Rep. Ashley Hinson</a>: “Closing in on 100 days of President Trump back in the Oval, and the results speak for themselves: strong and CLOSED borders, American energy back on top, peace through strength restored on the world stage, and a more competitive America. Promises made, promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepFrenchHill/status/1917322202426286196">Rep. French Hill</a>: “100 days into his second term, and President Trump continues to move with unprecedented speed to deliver on the promises made to the American people. America is back on the path to restoring our strength, security, and prosperity. I’m looking forward to building on these early wins to lower costs, expand opportunity, and make the Trump tax cuts permanent for working families, small businesses, and the middle class.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepHouchin/status/1917226107180376094">Rep. Erin Houchin</a>: “President Trump is off to a strong start! In just 100 days, he’s delivering on his promises to secure our border, rebuild our economy, and restore law and order. Proud to stand with him as we fight to put America First again!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepHuizenga/status/1917276529781784862">Rep. Bill Huizenga</a>: “President Trump is delivering on promise after promise for the American people. In just 100 days, he has secured our border, unleashed American energy, and restored common-sense regulatory policies to Washington. And we are just getting started!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepWPH/status/1917205607511191719">Rep. Wesley Hunt</a>: “100 Days in and Trump is keeping his promises.<br>– 345,000 New Jobs<br>– 4th highest Payroll Growth in 2 years<br>– 9,000 New Manufacturing Jobs<br>– Unemployment Rate Decreased<br>– Consumer Price Decline<br>– Hourly Wage Growth”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepJeffHurd/status/1917361354249494979">Rep. Jeff Hurd</a>: “I commend @POTUS and @HouseGOP for delivering on key promises in the first 100 days:<br>✅ Establishing energy dominance for rural America<br>✅ Securing our borders with a significant drop in illegal crossings<br>✅ Reviving the coal industry and identifying coal resources on federal lands”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/repdarrellissa/status/1917261070214774993">Rep. Darrell Issa</a>: “In only 100 days, @realDonaldTrump ended the Biden border crisis, extended economic opportunity, slashed billions in government waste, and restored our standing in the world. This is setting the pace for the next four years as we Make America Great Again.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1917331267038711888">Rep. Jim Jordan</a>: “President Trump said he’d stop federal censorship, defend religious liberty, and promote school choice. He’s done all of it. Promises made. Promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/MikeKellyPA/status/1917236731298087327">Rep. Mike Kelly</a>: “In just his first 100 days, President Trump has:<br>– Cracked down on illegal immigration – Compared to March 2024, Southwest border apprehensions have decreased by 94% and Northern border land encounters have decreased by 73%.<br>– Expanded American energy production<br>– Secured trillions of dollars in new U.S.-based economic investment<br>– Brought jobs back to the U.S. and restructured trade negotiations<br>– Restored accountability and transparency in government<br>– Secured the release of Butler County native Marc Fogel and freed hostages</p><p>@POTUS and @HouseGOP are putting America first!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepTrentKelly/status/1917232406949671376">Rep. Trent Kelly</a>: “Today marks the 100th day in office for President Donald Trump. During this time, the Trump administration has made significant progress and worked quickly to fulfill his promises by securing the border, restoring energy independence, strengthening national defense, and boosting American competitiveness.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepKnott/status/1917227585832185975">Rep. Brad Knott</a>: “Never have the first 100 days of a presidency been so consequential. Following four years of disastrous and destructive policy from Biden-Harris, Americans were eager to see big, sweeping change and @POTUS delivered.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepDavidKustoff/status/1917188945944645894">Rep. David Kustoff</a>: “President Trump Has Kept His Promises in the First 100 Days!<br>1. Strengthened border security, slashing illegal crossings to record lows 🚓<br>2. Fueled growth in U.S. manufacturing and industrial production 🏭<br>3. Curbed inflation, easing the cost-of-living crisis for Americans 💸<br>4. Enacted the Laken Riley Act to ensure justice for crime victims ⚖️<br>5. Combatted Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs in American communities 🚨<br>6. Cracked down on sanctuary cities, upholding federal immigration laws 🔒<br>7. Championed energy independence through robust oil and gas expansion ⛽️<br>8. Lifted the natural gas export ban, cementing U.S. energy dominance 🛢️<br>9. Dismantled DEI policies in government and DoD, recognized only male/female genders 🚻<br>10. Declassified JFK and RFK records for transparency 📂<br>11. Reduced the amount of federal bureaucracy 🏛️”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepLaHood/status/1917191776256794703">Rep. Darin LaHood</a>: “President Trump’s first 100 days have secured our border, made our communities safer, and put U.S. foreign adversaries on notice.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepLaMalfa/status/1917307902811070957">Rep. Doug LaMalfa</a>: “In just 100 days, President Trump has delivered the most secure border this country has seen in modern history. Illegal crossings are down 95%, gotaways have dropped by 99%, and catch-and-release is over. Over 139,000 illegal immigrants have been deported, construction on the border wall is back underway, and Kamala Harris’ migrant app has been shut down for good. Violent gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13 are being dismantled, sanctuary cities are finally being held accountable, and the Trump administration is making clear that migrant crime will not be ignored — signing the Laken Riley Act into law to deliver justice for American families. Promises made, promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/boblatta/status/1917231859983061448">Rep. Bob Latta</a>: “Today marks @POTUS’s first 100 days in office. From day one, he has prioritized the American people, working to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse. Proud to work with<br>@HouseGOP and President Trump to make life better for people in Ohio and across the country. Promises made, promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepLangworthy/status/1917218537581498462">Rep. Nick Langworthy</a>: “100 days of President Trump putting America First… and we are just getting started.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepLaurelLee/status/1917220577678614983">Rep. Laurel Lee</a>: “In his first 100 days in office, President Trump is driving the American dream forward at a historic rate by securing American manufacturing, unleashing American energy, and supporting American-owned businesses.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepJuliaLetlow/status/1917209911966175375">Rep. Julia Letlow</a>: “In 100 days President Trump has: reduced illegal border encounters by 95%, reduced total migrant crossings by nearly 100%, ended the Biden Border Crisis.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepLoudermilk/status/1917255185409413588">Rep. Barry Loudermilk</a>: “Marking 100 days into his presidency, @POTUS continues to deliver on his promises to Make America Great Again.<br>• 26 hostages freed from adversarial nations<br>• Women’s sports protected<br>• Unleashing the American worker and industry<br>• $5 trillion in new investments/trade commitments secured<br>All we needed was a different President.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepLuna/status/1917207262655057949">Rep. Anna Paulina Luna</a>: “In 100 days, President Trump has: Secured our border, declassified the JFK+RFK files, deported thousands of illegal alien thugs, protected American manufacturing &amp; workers, started eliminating rampant waste, fraud, and abuse, crushed DEI in academia &amp; business.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepLuttrell/status/1917232900338078006">Rep. Morgan Luttrell</a>: “President Trump is ushering in a Golden Age of America.</p><p>✅ 100k+ illegal aliens deported<br>✅ Gas prices down<br>✅ Border crossings down 94%<br>✅ Eggs down 56%<br>✅ 228,000 jobs in March”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepNancyMace/status/1917164348079739154">Rep. Nancy Mace</a>: “100 days of holding the line. Thank you President Donald J. Trump.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMann/status/1917260792744788280">Rep. Tracey Mann</a>: “On Inauguration Day, President Trump promised he would usher in the Golden Age of America. 100 days into his historic second term, he is delivering just that for the American people. Promises made, promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBrianMast/status/1917213952624242791">Rep. Brian Mast</a>: “Today marks 100 days of President Trump’s historic second term. We’re closing the border, bringing investments and manufacturing back to America, and reducing inflation. But we’re just getting started.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepNicole/status/1917183843372552193">Rep. Nicolle Malliotakis</a>: “From securing our border and deporting criminals to attracting trillions in private investment to negotiating the release of dozens of hostages, it’s been a fast &amp; furious first 100 days!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMcCaul/status/1917312916547576185">Rep. Michael McCaul</a>: “The American people gave a mandate to secure the border, and<br>@POTUS delivered. Today, on his 100th day in office, @HomelandGOP is working to fully fund his border security agenda &amp; protect the homeland for years to come.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMcDowell/status/1917238232418300255">Rep. Addison McDowell</a>: “During President Trump’s first hundred days, the Coast Guard has defended our maritime border and stood on the front lines against illegal drugs and migrants. President Trump has made it clear—their hard work matters, and it won’t go unnoticed.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepJohnMcGuire/status/1917208101154918437">Rep. John McGuire</a>: “President Trump promised a secure border. In his first 100 days, border encounters are down 95%.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMessmer/status/1917221219318796615">Rep. Mark Messmer</a>: “In just 100 days, @POTUS is restoring American Greatness with…<br>✅ Secure borders<br>✅ Energy independence<br>✅ Lower grocery prices<br>✅ Peace through strength”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMeuser/status/1917304260951212305">Rep. Dan Meuser</a>: “In just 100 days President @realDonaldTrump has worked to strengthen our national security, create an America-First economy, deliver savings for taxpayers, restore global leadership, and bring commonsense back to Washington. The border is secure, American energy is recovering, jobs are coming back, inflation is falling, and our military recruitment is surging — among much more. President Trump has a plan that will lead to long-term success for the United States.”</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3394020/trump-christian-champion-faith-first-100-days/">Rep. Mary Miller</a>: “As we reach the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, it is abundantly clear: Christians across America once again have a powerful, unapologetic advocate in the Oval Office.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMMM/status/1917203070796042254">Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks</a>: “Today marks 100 days since @POTUS returned to the White House, and @HouseGOP is hard at work delivering on his America First agenda!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepRileyMoore/status/1917255261489598827">Rep. Riley Moore</a>: “It’s been an incredible first 100 days for @POTUS<br>✅ Sealed the border<br>✅ Deporting violent criminals<br>✅ Lowering prices &amp; reversing inflation<br>✅ Only 2 genders<br>✅ Over $5 trillion in private investment<br>✅ Negotiating free and fair trade relationships<br>Commonsense is back!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepTimMooreNC/status/1917214507182510343">Rep. Tim Moore</a>: “Since Day 1, President Trump has made it clear that rebuilding Western North Carolina and helping Hurricane Helene victims was one of his top priorities. 100 days in, there’s still a lot of work to do, but President Trump has completely turned around the federal response.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepNateMoran/status/1917248287389741221">Rep. Nathaniel Moran</a>: “Great visiting with local and national media to highlight @POTUS successes during his first 100 days in office. We’ve delivered real results as a party—but there’s still more work to do for the American people. I look forward to advancing President Trump’s agenda in the days ahead and keeping our commitment to putting America First.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepTroyNehls/status/1917200330296545765">Rep. Troy Nehls</a>: “Today marks President Trump’s first 100 days back in the White House.<br>Border is secured.<br>Gas prices are dropping.<br>DEI is dead.<br>Historic investments secured.<br>American energy is back.<br>Common sense is restored.<br>Protected women’s sports.<br>We just keep winning!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepRalphNorman/status/1917196276791230587">Rep. Ralph Norman</a>: “Within a mere 100 days – Gas prices have dropped 7%, energy prices are down 2%, egg prices dropped over 50%. @POTUS has delivered for the American people!! Welcome to the GOLDEN AGE!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/ZachNunn/status/1917239959641321617">Rep. Zach Nunn</a>: “After 100 days of Biden: 451,063 CBP Apprehensions<br>After 100 days of Trump: 21,528 CBP Apprehensions<br>⬇️ Apprehensions down 95%<br>⬇️ Migrant crossings down 99.99%<br>✅ Iowa communities safer &amp; more secure”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepOgles/status/1917261339766018271">Rep. Andy Ogles</a>: “It’s working — thanks to President Trump, ‘Made in Middle Tennessee’ is back and stronger than ever.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBurgessOwens/status/1917273482158608591">Rep. Burgess Owens</a>: “President @realDonaldTrump brought back something Washington had lost: America First leadership. 100 Days of historic and unprecedented wings for our nation. Promises made. Promises kept. us”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/1917208749229437162">Rep. Gary Palmer</a>: “In his first 100 days, President Trump has brought common sense back to the White House.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/PatronisFL/status/1917318471412572385">Rep. Jimmy Patronis:</a> “Since @POTUS took office and reversed Biden’s burdensome regulations, Americans have enjoyed 100 days of lower prices.<br>📉A/Cs<br>📉Gas Stoves<br>📉Water Heaters<br>📉Lightbulbs<br>📈WINNING<br>Having a strong quarterback in the White House matters; and it’s just the first quarter”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepublicanStudy/status/1917227588457541946">Rep. August Pfluger</a>: “The first 100 days have set the foundation, the next 100 days will build the framework, and the next 100 years will showcase the lasting legacy of conservative governance done right.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/GReschenthaler/status/1917231099010261219">Rep. Guy Reschenthaler</a>: “100 days of American greatness — and many more to come”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepHalRogers/status/1917324091352310092">Rep. Hal Rogers</a>: “Celebrating @POTUS ‘s first 100 days in office and the positive impact he is having in our country, including: <br>-Securing our borders<br>-Putting drug cartels on the run<br>-Ending unfair trade policies<br>-Restoring commonsense, conservative policies that protect the American people<br>-Strengthening our domestic energy supply, and much more.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMikeRogersAL/status/1917202354266374370">Rep. Mike Rogers</a>: “President Trump has accomplished more in 100 days than Biden did in his entire presidency. I am proud to see an America that is stronger and safer than it was 100 days ago.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepJohnRose/status/1917218128041255387">Rep. John Rose</a>: “In just 100 days, President Trump and his administration have accomplished more than Joe Biden did in four years.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepDavidRouzer/status/1917271878152106410">Rep. David Rouzer</a>: “President Trump is ushering in a new Golden Age of America!<br>✅ Restarted construction of the southern border wall<br>✅ Created 345,000 jobs<br>✅ Unlocked America’s Energy potential—bringing gas prices down 6.3%<br>✅ Reversed Biden-era rules – saving the average family of four $11,000<br>✅ Ended DEI in the military and government”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMichaelRulli/status/1917220394572169691">Rep. Mike Rulli</a>: “100 Days of Action. 100 Days of Results.<br>President Trump is keeping his promises to the American people:<br>🛑 Secured the border &amp; ended catch-and-release<br>🧱 Restarted the wall &amp; deported criminal illegals<br>⚡ Declared a National Energy Emergency<br>💸 Slashed waste, fraud &amp; DEI bloat<br>🏗️ Bringing jobs back through smarter trade”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepMariaSalazar/status/1917283030692937791">Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar</a>: “Biden left us an open border. Now, border crossings are down 99 percent, criminals are being held accountable, and American manufacturing is coming back. It’s only the beginning.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepDerekSchmidt/status/1917271465319162050">Rep. Derek Schmidt</a>: “✅ Secured the border<br>✅ Lowered inflation<br>✅ Unleashed American energy<br>✅ Eliminated waste, fraud, &amp; abuse<br>✅ Reestablished peace through strength<br>@POTUS’ first 100 days have been success after success- and he’s just getting started. us”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepKeithSelf/status/1917252730399138159">Rep. Keith Self</a>: “President Trump’s first 100 days embody the spirit of leadership, strength, and America First values. By upholding Reagan’s legacy of peace through strength, he fights to secure our nation and defend our freedoms. Thank you, @realDonaldTrump!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepShreve/status/1917329153252286820">Rep. Jefferson Shreve</a>: “Today, we mark 100 days of promises made and promises kept. .@HouseGOP<br> and the @WhiteHouse  have been delivering — for the American people.</p><p>✅Securing our southern border<br>✅Unleashing American energy dominance<br>✅Deporting terrorists and illegal criminals<br>✅Investing in American manufacturing<br>✅Saving billions of dollars for the American taxpayers”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/CongMikeSimpson/status/1917202770370666501">Rep. Mike Simpson</a>: “100 Days: @POTUS has delivered promise after promise to make America safer, more prosperous, and stronger. From securing our southern border to reducing regulations and restoring government transparency, President Trump has followed through for the American people.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepJasonSmith/status/1917182861817577965">Rep. Jason Smith</a>: “President Trump’s first 100 days in office have been 100 days of promises made, promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepSmucker/status/1917326781855498718">Rep. Lloyd Smucker</a>: “Promises made, promises kept. I’m proud to work alongside the Trump administration to extend tax relief for hardworking families and small businesses, cut government waste, secure our border, unleash American energy dominance, and achieve peace through strength.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepPeteStauber/status/1917245558617509942">Rep. Pete Stauber</a>: “In his first 100 days, President Trump has delivered major wins for the American people:<br>✅Secured the border.<br>✅Deported violent illegal gang members.<br>✅Unleashed American energy and lowered gas prices.<br>✅Reduced government waste.<br>✅Protected women’s sports.<br>✅Boosted military recruitment.<br>✅Brought hostages home.<br>Promises made, promises kept!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepGregSteube/status/1917225195003109784">Rep. Greg Steube</a>: “They laughed. They doubted. They lied. But President Trump DELIVERED. The border is secure. DEI is DEAD. Women’s sports are protected. This is what fighting for America looks like. And we’re just getting started.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepDaleStrong/status/1917285274859561119">Rep. Dale Strong</a>: “In his first 100 days, @POTUS has delivered real results for the people of North Alabama. From strengthening national security to fueling job growth and reinvigorating American industry, Trump is taking action to push back against the failed policies of the radical left that weakened America’s economy, values, and institutions.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepDaveTaylor/status/1917297141493477536">Rep. Dave Taylor:</a> “President Trump is on a roll. In his first 100 days in office he has:<br>– Lowered border encounters by 95%<br>– Created 345,000 jobs<br>– Signed the Laken Riley Act into law<br>– Invested in American energy &amp; manufacturing<br>– Repealed restrictive Biden-era regulations<br>Republicans are ready to work with President Trump to deliver on his mandate. And we’re just getting started!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepTenney/status/1917206853647269971">Rep. Claudia Tenney</a>: “President Trump has had a more productive first 100 days than any other president in history!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepTiffany/status/1917195921969778950">Rep. Tom Tiffany</a>: “President Trump delivered in just 100 days.<br>Secured the border.<br>Lowered gas prices.<br>Ended DEI programs.<br>Boosted investments.<br>Cut government waste.<br>Brought hostages home.<br>Deported gang members.<br>Protected women’s sports.<br>Revived military recruitment.<br>Promises made. Promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/CongressmanGT/status/1917263500952395814">Rep. Glenn Thompson</a>: “Over the past 100 days, President Trump has worked tirelessly to secure our border, unleash American energy, and root out waste, fraud, and abuse in our government. Promises made, promises kept.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepTimmons/status/1917204494099664912">Rep. William Timmons</a>: “President Trump did more in 100 days than Joe Biden did in four years.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Congressman_JVD/status/1917233645858836575">Rep. Jeff Van Drew</a>: “In just 100 days, President Trump did what Biden wouldn’t in four years:<br>✅ Laken Riley Act: signed<br>✅ Remain in Mexico: reinstated<br>✅ CBP One App: shut down<br>✅ Catch and Release: ended<br>✅ Criminal illegals: deported<br>Biden opened the floodgates and Trump slammed them shut.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepBethVanDuyne/status/1917280885029642350">Rep. Beth Van Duyne</a>: “100 days in and we are not tired of winning!<br>✅ Secured the border.<br>✅ $5+ trillion in new private U.S. investment<br>✅ Unleashed American Energy<br>✅ Lowered prices<br>✅ Negotiating for free and fair trade”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepVanOrden/status/1917272793302933898">Rep. Derrick Van Orden</a>: “Over 77 million Americans and 1.7 million Wisconsinites put their trust in President Trump to get our nation back on track after four years of disastrous policy from the Biden administration. In just 100 days, President Trump has delivered on his promises to the American people.”</p><p><a href="https://www.heraldpalladium.com/opinion/100-days-in-trump-creating-new-golden-age/article_50484401-ff0f-551b-b2e8-b9ae25fd1ea4.html">Rep. Tim Walberg</a>: “100 days in, Trump creating new Golden Age.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/TXRandy14/status/1917206980705350060">Rep. Randy Weber</a>: “President Trump has been in office 100 GREAT days. Thank you for finally putting Americans FIRST. A new era of greatness has begun for our great country.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepWebster/status/1917234473487503686">Rep. Daniel Webster:</a> “President Trump is getting our country back on track. In just the first 100 days, @POTUS:<br>✅ Secured the border – 94% drop in illegal crossings.<br>✅ Unleashed American energy – gas prices have fallen 6.3%.<br>✅ Secured trillions in new U.S. based investments, and brought back American jobs.<br>✅ Restored peace through Strength.<br>✅ Cut waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government.<br>The Golden Age of America has only just begun.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepTonyWied/status/1917211248145351112">Rep. Tony Wied</a>: “100 days of a secure border, 100 days of eliminating waste in our government, 100 days of unleashing American energy, 100 days of putting America First.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepRWilliams/status/1917199609107247163">Rep. Roger Williams:</a> “In just 100 days under @POTUS, Illegal border encounters are DOWN by 95% and gotaways are DOWN by 99%.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepJoeWilson/status/1917320937139065001">Rep. Joe Wilson</a>: “Today marks 100 days since President Donald Trump took back the White House, and along with the Republican-led House and Senate, immediately began Promises Made, Promises Kept, delivering for American families. In just 100 days, the Trump administration has secured the borders, restored energy independence, began Peace Through Strength, and brought massive investments and jobs, making America competitive again. President Trump is keeping his promises to families, making the country strong, safe, and secure.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/rep_stevewomack/status/1917315433834652065">Rep. Steve Womack</a>: “In the first 100 days, @POTUS Trump has delivered huge wins for our nation, securing our borders and halting the surge of illegal crossings witnessed under Biden. National security begins with strong border policies, and I’m pleased to see this administration making it a top priority.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepRudyYakym/status/1917202233747534042">Rep. Rudy Yakym</a>: “100 days of promises made, promises kept<br>✅Illegal border crossings down 95%<br>✅Deporting violent criminals<br>✅Bringing dozens of hostages home<br>✅Restoring peace through strength<br>✅Unleashing American energy”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RepRyanZinke/status/1917218197725380872">Rep. Ryan Zinke</a>: “First 100 days of @POTUS by the numbers:<br>📉Border encounters down 88% since last year<br>📉Gas Prices down 6.3%<br>📉Eggs prices down 56%<br>📈10,000 new manufacturing jobs<br>📈 8,900 new auto jobs<br>➡️ over 100,000 illegal aliens deported”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/JDVance/status/1917322992377356421">Vice President JD Vance</a>: “President Trump has made historic progress in the first 100 days of his presidency, but he’s also revealed the ways in which the entrenched bureaucracy in Washington is working to undermine the will of the American people. Thank God, we have a president who is fighting back.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/1917223945410847168">Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent</a>: “Bringing down persistent Bidenflation has been a priority for the first 100 days of the Trump administration, and @POTUS has done a great job of leading that effort.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1917391053482500225">Attorney General Pam Bondi</a>: “This is all at Donald Trump’s directive, and this is what all of us have been doing, as a team, since Day One when he took office – Make America Safe Again.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SecretaryBurgum/status/1917184674658476536">Secretary of Energy Doug Burgum</a>: “100 Days of promises made, promises kept! This administration is bolstering our national security, reducing inflation, ending our reliance on foreign adversaries, &amp; cementing this country as a global energy powerhouse.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SecVetAffairs/status/1917227234189860872">Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins</a>: “The first 100 days of the second Trump Administration have been full of great news for America’s Veterans. Under @POTUS’ leadership, we are putting Veterans first!”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SecretaryLCD/status/1917236329458303154">Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer</a>: “In just the first 100 days, we’re witnessing a resurgence of the grit, determination, and ingenuity that built our country into a shining city on a hill.”</p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5271852-trump-infrastructure-revival/">Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy</a>: “From zero to 100 days: How Donald Trump is revolutionizing transportation.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/1917333768714457266">Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard</a>: “President Trump’s first 100 days have delivered historic change for the American people, to make our country more safe, secure, and free.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/HHSGov/status/1917322143286636717">Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.</a>: “The first 100 days of the Trump administration have been historic—a critical course correction for a nation suffering from chronic disease and the stranglehold of corporate power.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SBA_Kelly/status/1917017101308514772">Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler</a>: “No better place to celebrate the wins of President Trump’s first 100 Days than with America’s small businesses and workers. In record time, he’s delivering the strongest pro-growth agenda in modern history– to help Main Street hire, build, and boom again.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/EDSecMcMahon/status/1917241033257083138">Secretary of Education Linda McMahon</a>: “The American people gave us a historic mandate to restore our education system. We’re 100 days in, and we’re just getting started.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/Sec_Noem/status/1916969021209297251">Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem</a>: “Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, we have the most secure border in American history. In less than 100 days, daily border encounters are down 93%… The world is hearing our message: do not come to this country illegally. If you do, we will arrest you, deport you and you will not be allowed to return.”</p><p><a href="https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/04/29/first-100-days-secretary-rollins-affirms-potus-economic-policy-empowers-rural-america-and-fights#:~:text=%E2%80%9CAs%20President%20Donald,Secretary%20Rollins.">Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins</a>: “As President Donald J. Trump ushers in a new golden age of prosperity for our economy, we are fighting to give farmers and ranchers a seat at the table. For far too long, the hardworking Americans who feed, fuel, and clothe the world were left on the sidelines. At USDA, I am reversing the policies of the Biden Administration that actively made life harder for America’s farmers and ranchers and instead pushing to expand market access and unleash prosperity for generations to come.”</p>
<p><a href="https://x.com/SecretaryTurner/status/1917211331637235984">Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner</a>: “After 100 Days of President Trump’s leadership, we are well on our way to restoring the American Dream.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/TheNatlInterest/status/1917200503567532368">National Security Advisor Mike Waltz</a>: “One hundred days into President Trump’s historic second term, America is far safer than it was during Joe Biden’s disastrous presidency.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/SecretaryWright/status/1917243744732008479">Secretary of Energy Chris Wright</a>: “100 days in—President Trump’s leadership is turning policy into power.”</p>

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<p><strong><em>In poche parole: il Capitano Caos non ha decisamente le carte in mano, che, come sanno anche i pinguini del Pacifico meridionale, sono tutte fabbricate in Cina.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span><em>Segue nostro</em></span> <a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telegram</a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" src="https://strategic-culture.su/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tlg.jpg" alt="" width="25" height="25" data-sanitized-class="alignnone wp-image-875659"></a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>.</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p>SHANGHAI e HONG KONG – Quindi, come prevedibile, il Capitano Caos ha battuto ciglio per primo. Per quanto lui – e il suo vasto circo mediatico – <a href="https://www.guancha.cn/internation/2025_04_24_773424.shtml">non potessero ammetterlo.</a></p>
<p>Tutto è iniziato con le “esenzioni tariffarie” sui prodotti importati dalla Cina, dagli smartphone ai computer ai ricambi auto. Poi si è passati a indiscrezioni accuratamente studiate che suggerivano che le tariffe “potrebbero” essere ridotte a una forbice compresa tra il 50% e il 65%. E infine è arrivata una laconica ammissione che, se non si raggiungerà un accordo, verrà fissato unilateralmente un “importo tariffario”.</p>
<p>Il Ministero del Commercio cinese è stato implacabile: “Cercare di barattare gli interessi altrui per guadagni temporanei è come contrattare con una tigre per la sua pelle: si otterrà solo un effetto boomerang”.</p>
<p>E poi è diventato ancora più duro. Il Ministero ha affermato con fermezza che qualsiasi affermazione di Trump 2.0 su progressi nei negoziati bilaterali “non ha alcun fondamento nei fatti”, dipingendo di fatto il presidente degli Stati Uniti come un diffusore di fake news.</p>
<p>Tigri, tigri che bruciano luminose: l’immagine non ricorda il poeta William Blake, ma la leggendaria descrizione di Mao dell’impero americano come una “tigre di carta”, un flashback che mi ha colpito più volte la scorsa settimana a Shanghai. Se l’impero americano era già una tigre di carta negli anni ’60, sostengono i cinesi, immaginate ora.</p>
<p>E il dolore aumenterà, non solo per la tigre di carta: qualsiasi accordo losco stipulato da governi stranieri – vassalli – a scapito degli interessi cinesi semplicemente non sarà tollerato da Pechino.</p>
<p>La settimana scorsa a Shanghai mi è stato ripetuto più volte – da accademici e uomini d’affari – che l’arma dei dazi di Trump (TTT) va ben oltre la Cina: è un attacco disperato ordinato dalle classi dirigenti statunitensi contro un concorrente alla pari che li spaventa a morte.</p>
<p>Le migliori menti analitiche cinesi sanno esattamente cosa sta succedendo a Washington. Prendiamo ad esempio <a href="https://user.guancha.cn/main/content?id=1427903">questo saggio</a> pubblicato originariamente dall’influente rivista Cultural Horizon, che analizza la “struttura di potere triangolare” di Trump 2.0.</p>
<p>Abbiamo Trump onnipotente che forma un “super-establishment”; la politica del denaro della Silicon Valley, rappresentata da Elon Musk; e la nuova élite di destra rappresentata dal vicepresidente J.D. Vance. Il risultato finale: un “sistema di governance quasi parallelo al governo federale”.</p>
<p>I chihuahua europei, intrappolati nel fuoco incrociato di Trump 2.0, sono semplicemente incapaci di una concettualizzazione così sintetica e precisa.</p>
<p><strong>La tigre di carta incontra il drago infuocato</strong></p>
<p>Ciò che un’analisi approfondita a Shanghai ha rivelato è che Trump 2.0 ha offerto alla Cina un’opportunità rara come le terre rare per consolidare la sua iniziativa strategica, rafforzando il ruolo di leader del Sud del mondo/della maggioranza globale e gestendo al contempo con attenzione il rischio di una nuova guerra fredda.</p>
<p>Chiamatela una mossa alla Sun Tzu che potrebbe paralizzare l’Impero. Il professor Zhang Weiwei, con cui ho avuto il piacere di condividere un seminario a Shanghai sul partenariato strategico Russia-Cina, <a href="https://www.guancha.cn/ZhangWeiWei/2025_04_24_773414.shtml">sarebbe d’accordo.</a></p>
<p>La Cina si sta muovendo su tutti i fronti. Il premier cinese Li Qiang ha inviato una lettera al primo ministro giapponese Shigeru Ishibe esortando a un’azione congiunta, fin da subito, per contrastare la demenza tariffaria.</p>
<p>Il messaggio principale del presidente Xi durante il suo tour nel Sud-Est asiatico della scorsa settimana è stato quello di opporsi al “bullismo unilaterale”.</p>
<p>Xi si è mosso abilmente tra la Malesia, attuale presidente di turno dell’ASEAN, evitando sempre di schierarsi, e il Vietnam, con la sua “diplomazia del bambù” sempre in bilico tra Stati Uniti e Cina.</p>
<p>Xi ha detto direttamente al primo ministro malese Anwar Ibrahim: “Dobbiamo salvaguardare le brillanti prospettive della nostra famiglia asiatica”. Traduzione: creiamo una sfera di influenza esclusiva vicina alla “comunità dal destino comune”, ma che non includa potenze esterne come gli Stati Uniti.</p>
<p>Parallelamente, da Shanghai a Hong Kong, si è acceso un acceso dibattito che va oltre il ruolo della Cina come fabbrica del mondo: ciò che conta ora è come reindirizzare parte della straordinaria capacità produttiva cinese verso il mercato interno.</p>
<p>Naturalmente ci sono dei problemi, come la mancanza di potere d’acquisto di gran parte dei consumatori interni cinesi, anche se la maggior parte del reddito nazionale cinese è destinato agli investimenti in beni immobili. Gran parte della popolazione anziana rurale cinese sopravvive con una pensione mensile di circa 30 dollari al mese, e la retribuzione oraria nell’economia dei lavori occasionali è rimasta ferma a circa 4 dollari.</p>
<p>Nel frattempo, in diversi settori high-tech, la Cina ha appena costruito il treno ad alta velocità più veloce del pianeta: 400 km/h, che presto collegherà Pechino e Shanghai. La Cina sta già ricevendo ordini per l’aereo di linea wide-body C919. E ha realizzato il primo reattore nucleare al torio al mondo. Traduzione: energia pulita e a basso costo illimitata è a portata di mano.</p>
<p><strong>Il modo mafioso di fare affari</strong></p>
<p>Hong Kong è un caso molto particolare. I dirigenti di HSBC, ad esempio, temono un possibile distacco tra Stati Uniti e Cina e si chiedono se Hong Kong possa sopravvivere senza il commercio con gli Stati Uniti.</p>
<p>Sì, può farlo. Gli Stati Uniti sono il terzo partner commerciale di Hong Kong, ma le esportazioni e le importazioni di Hong Kong verso gli Stati Uniti rappresentano solo il 6,5% e il 4% rispettivamente delle sue esportazioni e importazioni totali, compreso il transito di merci da e verso la Cina continentale.</p>
<p>Hong Kong è un hub logistico di livello mondiale e un porto franco. Quindi, a meno che Trump 2.0 non vieti il commercio con Hong Kong – beh, tutto può succedere – le importazioni non dovrebbero risentirne. In ogni caso, la maggior parte delle esportazioni di Hong Kong – elettronica, beni di lusso, abbigliamento, giocattoli – può facilmente trovare mercati alternativi nel Sud-Est asiatico, in Asia occidentale e in Europa.</p>
<p>Il punto cruciale è che oltre la metà del commercio di Hong Kong è con la Cina continentale. E il fatto fondamentale è che la Cina può facilmente sopravvivere senza il commercio con gli Stati Uniti. Pechino si sta preparando con cura a questa eventualità sin dai tempi di Trump 1.0.</p>
<p>Da Shanghai a Hong Kong, le migliori menti analitiche sono in sintonia con l’inestimabile Michael Hudson, che ha sottolineato più volte come “gli Stati Uniti siano l’unico Paese al mondo ad aver trasformato il proprio commercio estero in un’arma, ad aver trasformato la propria valuta estera, il dollaro, in un’arma, ad aver trasformato il sistema finanziario internazionale in un’arma e ad aver trattato ogni relazione economica in modo ostile, per trasformarla in un’arma”.</p>
<p>Una Cina sicura di sé e esperta di alta tecnologia, dagli accademici e gli uomini d’affari ai venditori di xiao long bao e noodles, capisce perfettamente che l’Impero del Caos, nel suo tentativo di “isolare” la Cina, sta solo isolando se stesso (e i suoi chihuahua).</p>
<p>Inoltre, è una grande gioia vedere Michael Hudson riferirsi alla stessa sindrome della “tigre di carta” che ho osservato a Shanghai in questi ultimi giorni: “Beh, oggi l’America è diventata una tigre di carta dal punto di vista finanziario. Non ha davvero nulla da offrire se non la minaccia dei dazi, la minaccia di interrompere improvvisamente tutti i modelli commerciali che sono stati messi in atto negli ultimi decenni”.</p>
<p>A Shanghai ho sentito ripetuti e implacabili rifiuti del cosiddetto ‘piano Miran’, ovvero il documento pubblicato lo scorso novembre dal consigliere economico di Trump per ‘ristrutturare il sistema commerciale globale’. Miran è la mente dietro l’accordo di Mar-a-Lago, la cui logica è quella di indebolire il dollaro statunitense costringendo le principali economie, dalla Cina al Giappone e all’UE, a vendere attività in dollari statunitensi e a scambiare titoli del Tesoro a breve termine con obbligazioni a 100 anni a tasso zero.</p>
<p>La brillante idea di Miran si riduce a due opzioni per le nazioni:</p>
<ol>
<li>Accettare docilmente i dazi statunitensi, senza ritorsioni.</li>
<li>Firmare assegni al Tesoro statunitense.</li>
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<p>Zhao Xijun, co-preside del China Capital Market Research Institute della Renmin University, ha smontato il piano in modo succinto: trasferire denaro al Tesoro statunitense in questo modo è come “riscuotere il pizzo per strada”. Traduzione: è il modo di agire della mafia, “un atto da teppisti e prepotenti, semplicemente mascherato dalla nobile giustificazione di fornire beni pubblici”.</p>
<p>Nel frattempo, sul grande scacchiere, Pechino continua a lavorare costantemente fianco a fianco con la Russia per realizzare un’architettura di sicurezza eurasiatica fondata sull’equilibrio dei poteri: si tratta del nuovo triangolo Primakov (RIC – Russia, Iran e Cina).</p>
<p>I membri di spicco del BRICS, Russia e Cina, non permetteranno all’Impero di attaccare l’Iran, anch’esso membro del BRICS. E il sostegno arriva in più modi. Esempio: ulteriori sanzioni energetiche imperiali contro l’Iran? La Cina aumenterà le importazioni attraverso la Malesia e investirà ancora di più nelle infrastrutture iraniane, in collaborazione con la Russia per quanto riguarda il Corridoio Internazionale di Trasporto Nord-Sud (INSTC).</p>
<p>In poche parole: il Capitano Caos non ha decisamente le carte in mano, che, come sanno anche i pinguini del Pacifico meridionale, sono tutte fabbricate in Cina.</p>
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<p><strong><em>Le tariffe americane colpiranno maggiormente l’Europa, e l’Europa, anche stavolta, si trova non soltanto impreparata, ma vittima della sua sudditanza all’imperialismo americano, dopo quello inglese. </em></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span><em>Segue nostro</em></span> <a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telegram</a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" src="https://strategic-culture.su/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tlg.jpg" alt="" width="25" height="25" data-sanitized-class="alignnone wp-image-875659"></a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>.</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Proprio nel momento sbagliato</strong></p>
<p>Lo stato dell’arte degli equilibri geoeconomici in Occidente vedo i dazi americani giungere come un fulmine a ciel sereno. Un problema non di poco conto, se si considera che la situazione economica del continente europeo è già notoriamente pessima e in una fase di rapida inesorabile discesa verso il nulla assoluto. Ancor più problematica è se si pensa che i dazi arrivano proprio mentre la Commissione Europea vantava di voler investire 800 miliardi di euro per fare la guerra alla Russia. Insomma, decisamente un pessimo tempismo.</p>
<p>Facciamo il punto della situazione.</p>
<p>Il governo americano <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/regulating-imports-with-a-reciprocal-tariff-to-rectify-trade-practices-that-contribute-to-large-and-persistent-annual-united-states-goods-trade-deficits/">impone i dazi</a>, il giorno dopo i mercati calano a picco, la Cina risponde, ancora un giorno e Trump li rimuove, poi tornano di nuovo. Nel frattempo le speculazioni sono volate alle stelle e chi doveva approfittarsene, lo ha fatto. Ovviamente nella lista dei fortunati vincitori della lotteria non c’era l’Europa.</p>
<p>Quello che succede è peggio di quanto ci si aspettasse, perché se è vero che i dazi sono utilizzati più o meno come le sanzioni, e dunque come strumento di deterrenza, è altrettanto vero che di solito si applicano contro gli avversari, i nemici o tutt’al più i competitors più sfacciati, ma non contro i propri “alleati” (=sudditi), ed è proprio questa logica a dover far riflettere gli Stati europei sula verità della relazione politica che intercorre fra gli USA e l’Europa.</p>
<p><strong>Dunque, che fare?</strong></p>
<p>I dazi introdotti da Donald Trump segnano un nuovo capitolo nelle relazioni economiche tra Europa e Stati Uniti, rompendo bruscamente con le politiche di libero scambio che hanno dominato negli ultimi trent’anni. Il 2 aprile 2025 è stato ribattezzato dal presidente americano “Giorno della Liberazione”, simbolo dell’abbandono da parte degli USA dell’approccio globalista al commercio e dell’adozione di un protezionismo finalizzato a correggere quelli che Washington considera squilibri strutturali a danno dell’economia americana. Non è la prima volta che succede in America, si sa, ma il colpo è arrivato proprio nel momento in cui per la UE si prospettavano le spese pazze per la guerra. Tutto questo sembra quasi un assist alla Russia.</p>
<p>Non è la prima volta che Trump ricorre ai dazi: già durante il suo primo mandato aveva dato inizio a un confronto commerciale con la Cina. Stavolta, però, l’attacco è più strutturato e su scala molto più ampia. Sono circa sessanta i Paesi presi di mira dagli Stati Uniti, con tariffe che variano: dal 20-25% per l’Europa fino a un 54% per la Cina. Le misure entreranno in vigore in due fasi: il 5 aprile con un dazio del 10% generalizzato e, successivamente, il 9 aprile con aliquote differenziate per singoli Paesi.</p>
<p>Con l’adozione di tariffe doganali tra il 20% e il 25% sui beni provenienti dall’Unione Europea, gli Stati Uniti riportano l’economia globale indietro di decenni, ai tempi del protezionismo e isolazionismo degli anni ’30.</p>
<p>L’Unione Europea potrebbe pagare un prezzo pesante per queste misure: si prevede un calo del PIL doppio rispetto a quello americano, rispettivamente dello 0,4% contro lo 0,2%. Ed è qui che si può osservare un dettaglio interessante: a patire questa scelta è proprio la Germania, proprio il Paese scelto per guidare la produzione del Rearm Europe. Ufficialmente è stato colpito il settore automobilistico, ma in generale a risentirne è tutta la catena produttiva e di approvvigionamento del settore metalmeccanico. Insomma, Rheinmetall avrà difficoltà a sfornare sia le utilitarie Volkswagen, sia i carri armati per conquistare Mosca.</p>
<p><strong>Cosa farà l’UE?</strong></p>
<p>L’Unione Europea si è detta pronta a rispondere, ma prima tenterà la via diplomatica, sperando che a Washington qualcuno abbia voglia di ascoltarli.</p>
<p>Bruxelles potrebbe introdurre dazi per un valore massimo di 26 miliardi di euro sui beni americani già dal 12 aprile. Ursula Von der Leyen ha affermato che l’Europa resta aperta al dialogo, ma ha messo in guardia sul fatto che l’aumento delle tariffe finisce per danneggiare tutti, facendo lievitare i prezzi globali.</p>
<p>Chiaramente la prospettiva attualmente prediletta dalla governance europea è quella del contrattacco – con la pia illusione di poter avere successo: dovranno valutare se lascia perdere e variare la politica monetaria, sfruttando l’introduzione dell’Euro digitale (che comunque sarà operativo da ottobre e sarà uno strumento di controllo sociale potentissimo); in alternativa Bruxelles potrebbe introdurre dazi per un valore massimo di 26 miliardi di euro sui beni americani già dal 12 aprile. Ursula Von der Leyen ha affermato che l’Europa resta aperta al dialogo, ma ha messo in guardia sul fatto che l’aumento delle tariffe finisce per danneggiare tutti, facendo lievitare i prezzi globali.</p>
<p>Come<a href="https://www.socialismoitalico.it/2025/04/16/i-dazi-di-trump-conseguenze-per-leuropa-e-per-litalia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> suggerito da Tagliamacco</a>, per l’UE si potrebbe trattare di un’occasione storica per sganciarsi dall’influenza americana e aprirsi ad alternative, ma lo scenario europeo appare grigio. La crisi economica che affligge il continente, che rischia di aggravarsi, potrebbe essere affrontata in due modi se ci fosse una classe dirigente diversa. La prima via è il rafforzamento dei rapporti con la Cina. L’uscita dell’Italia dalla Via della Seta è stata una scelta miope: è invece cruciale mantenere relazioni solide con Pechino per stimolare gli scambi. Allo stesso modo, andrebbe ripristinato il legame con la Russia, da cui l’Europa riceveva gas a prezzi più vantaggiosi rispetto a quelli americani.</p>
<p>La seconda via è interna: rilanciare i consumi. Dalla fine degli anni ’90, i salari reali sono rimasti compressi, deprimendo la domanda interna. L’Italia ha bisogno di ricostruire il proprio mercato interno, aumentare i redditi e stimolare la spesa. Per fare ciò serve un forte blocco sociale capace di contrastare l’ordoliberismo, che ha portato a un impoverimento diffuso del Paese.</p>
<p>Per rilanciare i rapporti tra l’Unione Europea e la Cina, è fondamentale superare le forti divergenze legate all’ingente surplus commerciale cinese e agli ostacoli che limitano l’accesso al suo mercato interno. Secondo quanto riferito dal quotidiano, l’Europa è inoltre preoccupata per il sostegno che Pechino continua a fornire alla Russia nella guerra in Ucraina.</p>
<p>Negli ultimi tempi, la Cina ha inviato missioni commerciali in diverse capitali europee, mentre le sue industrie stanno prendendo in considerazione l’idea di indirizzare una parte delle esportazioni verso i mercati europei. Anche i vertici dell’UE hanno espresso pubblicamente l’intenzione di rafforzare la cooperazione bilaterale, in netta controtendenza rispetto ai precedenti appelli a “ridurre i rischi” legati alla dipendenza dalle catene di fornitura cinesi.</p>
<p><strong>Molto soft, non troppo power </strong></p>
<p>La cosa che dovrebbe far riflettere maggiormente è il significato politico di questa azione.</p>
<p>Gli USA stanno cercando di lanciare un chiaro messaggio all’Europa intera, sia alla leadership che ai cittadini. Ai primi, viene detto chiaramente, tramite un linguaggio sottointeso, che alcune scelte internazionali non fanno piacere.</p>
<p>Gli USA vogliono avere la predominanza nelle relazioni con la Russia e la Cina, pur essendo pronti a mandare in guerra gli europei senza pensarci due volte. Inoltre viene ricordato che l’Euro è una creazione fatta per mantenere il continente europeo sotto l’egemonia del dollaro, quindi qualsiasi tentativo di diversificare la struttura monetaria dei Paesi membri è da considerarsi “pericolosa” e “inopportuna”. Gli Stati Uniti hanno già perso abbastanza terreno commerciale, perdere anche l’Europa non è sicuramente una delle migliori vide da perseguire. La leadership europea non è onnipotente e, soprattutto, non comanda a casa propria.</p>
<p>Ai cittadini sembrano voler comunicare che ci sono in atto dei cambiamenti fra ordini di potere, pertanto una certa “collaborazione” sarà gradita e porterà ad una piacevole approvazione e premiazione da parte del padrone di oltreoceano. Di sicuro l’Europa non deve andare a braccetto con la Russia e tutti gli altri mostri super cattivi dell’Asia.</p>
<p>Insomma, l’Europa, anche stavolta, si trova non soltanto impreparata, ma vittima della sua sudditanza all’imperialismo americano, dopo quello inglese.</p>
<p>Chissà se quando la gente si troverà a dover lottare per un pezzo di pane, capirà che non saranno i politi a cambiare la condizione di questa schiavitù.</p>
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title: Going to Kashmir…just to find Alice in Wonderland
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<p><em><strong>Welcome to “Ruler of the World” does Wonderland – to the sound of that hypnotic ‘Kashmir’ riff.</strong> </em></p>
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<p>Two overarching taboos reign on the – now shattered – collective West:</p>
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<li>Can’t define the Ukraine regime as Nazi.</li>
<li>Can’t condemn the psychopathological Israeli genocide in Gaza.</li>
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<p>The taboos happen to be inextricably linked to the Forever Wars deployed non-stop by the Empire of Chaos/Zionist axis.</p>
<p>Lesser Hybrid Wars though – even carrying the horrifying prospect of turning nuclear – are allowed to come and go. Especially if they are part of the current war on BRICS, a sub-section of the war of factions of the West against the Global Majority.</p>
<p>So let’s go to Kashmir – to the sound of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Page’s hypnotic riff</a>. Both India and Pakistan are escalating the war of decibels. Turkey is offering weapons – to Pakistan. Iran offered a mediator role: no takers.</p>
<p>The motive for the war is as dodgy as they come. <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pahalgam-attack-who-are-the-26-people-shot-dead-by-terrorists-full-list-101745397115435.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An all-male tourist bus</a> packing a bunch of merry tourists is roaming around Indian-held Kashmir. Passengers include a just married 26-year-old lieutenant of the Indian Navy – but without his wife (what kind of honeymoon is that?) Another passenger is Nepalese. The bus is attacked by shady splinter goons loosely affiliated with the Salafi-jihadi Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit.</p>
<p>The Empire has been all over the Indian front. The current US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard was previously fully funded by Prime Minister Modi’s circles. Eyeliner-loaded VP J.D. Vance recently visited India – complete with family Taj Mahal photo op. Then Modi went to visit Saudi Arabia – invited by MbS. After the Kashmir bus terror attack, Hindutva fanatics went on a cyber-attack spree.</p>
<p>The crude tactics spell out classic Divide and Rule. Double whammy: revamped weaponization of India, and destabilization of a key Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) China front: the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). A thing of beauty: splitting BRICS from the inside.</p>
<p>None of that, of course, legitimizes the ghastly Pakistani military, which have thrown in jail, on spurious charges, the man who was trying to bring Pakistan to respectability: Imran Khan.</p>
<p>It’s up, once again, to the adults in the room, any room – Russia – to de-escalate. This could be ideally performed inside the SCO – where both India and Pakistan are members, side by side with Iran. Moscow chose to take the initiative, by itself.</p>
<p>Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko met with both India’s Ambassador to Russia, Vinay Kumar, and Pakistan’s Ambassador to Russia, Muhammad Khalid Jamali.</p>
<p>Russian terminology is essential: not only there was a call for both parties to “engage in constructive dialogue”. Moscow stressed, “we are ready to counter the global terrorist threat together.” The operative word is “global”. Delhi and Islamabad don’t seem to be getting the message – yet.</p>
<p><strong>Kashmir as a volatile war lab </strong></p>
<p>An infernal machine is predictably on. It’s as if the Anglo-Zionist axis is using Kashmir as a volatile lab for a series of live tests – <em>including pushing nuclear powers to the brink of confrontation. And all that dealt with casual insouciance – practically as a sideshow. </em></p>
<p>Nothing coming from Sultan Erdogan and his intel apparatus could possibly be seen as trustworthy. In Syria, the MIT’s assets – the Headchopper Inc. congregated in Greater Idlibistan – ended up being installed in power in Damascus with their Zionist-friendly gang leader now posing as President.</p>
<p>The comprador Yankee junta in Islamabad, for its part, may be facing the abyss – which in itself qualifies as auspicious news. In parallel, suspense accrues on whether Modi will show up for the Victory Day parade on May 9 in Moscow – and what he will tell his Russian hosts.</p>
<p>BRICS members Russia and Iran want the International North South Transportation Corridor (INSTC) running smoothly to India sooner rather than later. The game gets even more complex when we see that the Iranian investigation is finally starting to consider that the horrendous explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port may have been an act of sabotage or an FPV strike.</p>
<p>Extra pressure on China is a real motivator for setting up this war lab. Now Beijing not only needs to start worrying about an explosively renewed India-Pakistan front but also extra CIA/MI6 mischief pushing the Pak connection to Uighur Salafi-jihadis.</p>
<p>There’s no chance in hell Delhi will really understand Beijing’s geopolitical predicaments. A perfect scenario for the Hybrid War gang.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, at the BRICS front, at least there are some signs of rationality – coming, once again, from <a href="https://karlof1.substack.com/p/foreign-minister-sergey-lavrovs-written" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Grandmaster Lavrov.</a></p>
<p>Even before the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting early this week in Rio, Lavrov cut to the chase on the financial and geoeconomic front. He stressed that BRICS are working hard on the 2024 Kazan summit-approved “<strong>Trans-Border Payment Initiative”; a “payment and clearing infrastructure”; “a re-insurance company”; and a new investment platform.</strong></p>
<p>He had to once again explain to Western media – from the US to Brazil – that “it would be premature to discuss a transition to a single currency for BRICS. We are working together to create a payment and settlement infrastructure for carrying out cross-border settlements among BRICS countries. In particular, as I have already said, this includes increasing the share of national currencies in our transactions.”</p>
<p>A BRICS common currency – a specter hovering over Trump 2.0 – will only come back to the table “<strong>once the necessary financial and economic conditions are in place.” Until then, the war on BRICS, hybrid and otherwise, will be relentless. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Trumpty Dumpty </strong></p>
<p>Switching from reality to fantasy, it was such a blast to find the connection between Kashmir and Alice in Wonderland… <a href="https://www.guancha.cn/yanmo/2025_04_29_774003.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a Chinese essay.</a></p>
<p>It takes supreme Chinese finesse – quite like subverting Taoist wisdom with a touch of post-modernism – to identify the “ruler of the world” (his own terminology) throwing everyone, virtually the whole planet, into the rabbit hole.</p>
<p>So in this wilderness of narrative mirrors, Trump should be perceived as all characters combined: the White Rabbit, Humpty Dumpty (“When I use a word, it means what I choose to mean, no more and no less”), the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts (“Off with their heads!”)</p>
<p>That certainly illustrates the intersection of the trade war (launched by the “ruler of the world”) and the genocide war (fully legitimized by the “ruler of the world”). With an extra twist: reality has a knack to out-Carroll even Lewis Carroll himself.</p>
<p>Enter the curious case of the USS Truman, a giant aircraft carrier, being possessed by the spirit of Ayrton Senna and deciding to pull out an ultra-sharp curve as if it was a Maserati Gran Turismo Stradale in the middle of the Red Sea – just for a F-18E Super Hornet to protest about the maneuver plunging head on to the bottom of the ocean.</p>
<p>At least that was the narrative CENTCOM sold to global public opinion. Blame that damned Houthi missile fire!</p>
<p>Well, CENTCOM has been relentlessly humiliated by the Yemeni Armed Forces – 21 MQ9-Reapers smashed, and counting – as it has accomplished zero military objectives; the Pentagon has not subdued the Houthis; and has not secured “freedom of navigation” in the Red Sea for Israeli-bound ships. Their revenge: to bomb Yemeni civilian targets non-stop.</p>
<p>All that because the “ruler of the world” launched an illegal war – against people guided by moral and spiritual clarity – to protect the genocide perpetrated by his psychopathological regime buddies. Welcome to “Ruler of the World” does Wonderland – to the sound of that hypnotic ‘Kashmir’ riff.</p>
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title: The geopolitics of the Vatican under Francis
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<p><strong><em>The future geopolitics of the Vatican, under a new Pope, cannot be divorced from the need to revitalize Catholicism itself—restoring a sense of the “sacred” to the nihilistic lives of the nominally faithful.</em></strong></p>
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<p>Since Pope Francis’ more serious illness between 2024 and 2025, the Catholic world had already become aware that the Pontiff might, perhaps, be approaching his final days. Thus, speculation about the future of the Church had begun months earlier. As a result, while his passing caused consternation and sadness among Catholics—and even non-Catholics—around the world, Pope Francis’ death did not come as a surprise to anyone.</p>
<p>Now, Francis’ pontificate was extremely polarizing and controversial, both among conservatives and progressives. This was largely due to the ambiguities in his statements and documents, which at times seemed to lean toward reformist positions and at others toward defending conservative stances. The mass media played a central role in amplifying these confusions.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, concerning the Vatican’s geopolitics, it is easier to understand the strategy pursued by Pope Francis.</p>
<p>The geopolitical context in which Pope Francis emerged combines certain factors that resonate in other nations with those unique to the Vatican. After all, the Vatican, as the political face of the Catholic Church, entered the 21st century in a very different position than in the 15th, when it was the most powerful institution in the world—fundamentally unquestionable and superimposed over “national” interests. As the bearer of the “spiritual sword,” in the terms of Pope Gelasius’ doctrine, the Patriarch of Rome stood above the “temporal” authorities of Europe’s kings, dukes, and counts.</p>
<p>These notions should not be dismissed as empty words. In the Middle Ages and the early Modern period, the Pope influenced peace and war, played a key role in the clash between European and Arab civilizations, sanctioned the division of the Americas between Portugal and Spain, and crowned and deposed sovereigns. But that era is over.</p>
<p>Countless spiritual, intellectual, and political phenomena reduced the Catholic Church to its lowest level of power in the 20th century—not to mention the vocational crisis of priest shortages, the rise of Neo-Pentecostalism in the Americas, and Europe’s descent into indifference and nihilism. The international landscape, meanwhile, was dominated by the confrontation between the U.S. and the USSR, both nations governed by materialist ideologies. Thus, the Catholic Church’s challenge for the 21st century was to exploit the cracks in the collapse of unipolarity to renew the Vatican’s political influence.</p>
<p>A relevant observation, then, is that Pope Francis took a significant step toward a genuine internationalization of the Church. Asian cardinals, who made up 10% in 2013, rose to 18%. Sub-Saharan Africans increased from 8% to 12%, Ibero-Americans from 17% to 18%, and Middle Easterners and North Africans from 2% to 3%. In other words, Francis notably moved toward the East, where many see a solution to the West’s “crisis of faith”—a dialectic that unexpectedly evokes René Guénon, but also the medieval millenarian expectations themselves.</p>
<p>Perhaps the most tangible symbol of this “Eastern turn” was precisely the Concordat between China and the Vatican on the appointment of bishops. Due to historical tensions between China and the Vatican, Chinese Catholics faced pressure, effectively splitting into two churches—one loyal to the Pope and another to the state.</p>
<p>To heal this rift and secure recognition and protection for Chinese Catholics, the Vatican acknowledged the Chinese state’s right to nominate bishops while reserving the right to veto appointments.</p>
<p>Broadly speaking, this aligns with traditional Chinese practice. The Chinese Empire always held significant influence over priestly institutions, particularly in recognizing their authorities. Moreover, the Church historically granted European monarchs the authority to appoint bishops. In fact, for most of its history, the state either chose bishops or had veto power. Only with the ultramontanist and neo-Guelph shift in the 19th and 20th centuries did this notion become scandalous.</p>
<p>The Vatican also took a major step with another nation notorious for past tensions with the Catholic Church: Cuba. Pope Francis visited Cuba, as his two predecessors had. Alongside a resurgence of Catholicism in Cuba, Francis also inspired a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations.</p>
<p>Clearly, a central element of Vatican geopolitics under Francis was positioning the Holy See as a mediator in both domestic and international conflicts. For example, the Vatican played a role in bridging Venezuela’s government and opposition, particularly during the peak of the South American nation’s political-economic crisis.</p>
<p>The “Russian question” in the Vatican deserves special attention.</p>
<p>A heightened focus on Russia dates back to Benedict XVI’s pontificate—he visited Moscow and met Putin in 2007, later recalling the encounter positively. Francis inherited this pursuit of understanding with Russia, marked by two key points: the Vatican recognized Russia’s central role in defending Eastern Christians, given its involvement in protecting Assad and fighting Wahhabis in Syria and Iraq, and the 2016 Havana Declaration marked the closest rapprochement between Rome and Moscow since the schism nearly a millennium ago.</p>
<p>However, the Vatican was caught off guard by Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine and struggled to balance condemning the incursion into Ukrainian territory with criticizing Western provocations against Russia. In this context, the Vatican—which prioritizes peace and conflict resolution above all—pushed Europe to mediate between the U.S. and Russia for a Ukrainian peace, a plea promptly ignored by Eurocrats, whose interests diverge sharply from Pope Francis’ vision.</p>
<p>The Vatican’s peacemaking efforts were also evident in the Palestinian issue. The Pontiff harshly criticized Israel for its genocide against the Palestinian people and maintained daily contact with Gaza’s Catholic parish, earning him deep hatred from Israeli authorities (who even retracted a condolence message shortly after his death was announced). As in Ukraine, the Vatican failed diplomatically to stop Israel, but Francis’ stance served as a moral guide for Catholics worldwide, offering a necessary critique in an era of proliferating “Christian Zionism.”</p>
<p>The Middle East was indeed a focal concern for Francis, who met with Ayatollah Al-Sistani, Iraq’s top Shia leader, to promote Islamo-Christian dialogue on a Shia foundation—key to ensuring Eastern Christianity’s survival.</p>
<p>Yet Francis’ attention extended beyond major conflicts. Much of Vatican diplomacy unfolded in Africa, far from mainstream media interest, where through radio, magazines, and grassroots communities, the Church worked to pacify civil conflicts and prevent regional disintegration, notably in the Central African Republic and South Sudan.</p>
<p>Immediately, we see the Vatican’s immense task: to reposition the Holy See at the center of a world strained by tensions between continental powers—an immeasurable challenge, explaining the mixed results of Vatican geopolitics under Francis.</p>
<p>Broadly, while the Vatican appears to wield significant influence in smaller-scale conflicts and political tensions within traditionally Catholic nations, in central conflicts, the Pontiff has been solemnly ignored.</p>
<p>Naturally, this stems partly from the perceived decline in Catholics’ religious seriousness, with official statistics masking that only 5-10% of Catholics actually attend Mass and fully adhere to religious dogma.</p>
<p>Thus, the future geopolitics of the Vatican, under a new Pope, cannot be divorced from the need to revitalize Catholicism itself—restoring a sense of the “sacred” to the nihilistic lives of the nominally faithful.</p>
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<p><strong><em>In Biden’s America, one would answer without hesitation that women have penises, but you never know.</em></strong></p>
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<p>According to all scientific authorities in botany, a tomato is, without a shadow of a doubt, a fruit. However, in 1893, the United States Supreme Court handed down the decision Nix v. Heden, according to which a tomato, in the context of a tariff law, is not a fruit, but a vegetable. This is a curious choice of words, because the Supreme Court did not decide that the tomato, although a fruit, should be considered a vegetable in a given context; instead, it decided that the tomato <em>is</em> a fruit in law, because the law is made according to ordinary language, which is different from botany. It is very strange, this idea that the Supreme Court legislates on reality, but that is how it works in the most powerful country in the world, an heir to the English Common Law.</p>
<p>The case of tomato in the USA is similar to that of women in Great Britain. On April 16, 2025, in response to the interpretation of a law on gender equality, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/16/uk/uk-supreme-court-ruling-definition-woman-intl/index.html#:~:text=Britain's%20Supreme%20Court%20ruled%20unanimously,worrying">ruled</a> that women are those of the female sex, excluding from the concept “trans women” who hold female documents. Since then, British feminists and conservatives have celebrated the new definition. Thus, women in Great Britain no longer have penises.</p>
<p>This peculiar worldview, which gives the Supreme Court the right to decide not on the law but on reality, makes us wonder where else women have penises. In Biden’s America, one would answer without hesitation that women have penises, but you never know. During the hearing in 2022, the (now) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ketanji Brown <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/22/blackburn-jackson-define-the-word-woman-00019543">said</a> that she did not know how to define what a woman is. Trump, on the other hand, as soon as he returned to the presidency, signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/">Executive Order</a> defining men and women according to biology and excluding gender ideology, defined as the ideology that uses subjective self-identification as a legitimate means of determining who is a man, a woman, or something else. Since the Biden administration took its pro-trans measures based on decisions by the Supreme Court (which is the true public authority in the United States), the Executive Order ascribed tasks to the General Attorney.</p>
<p>Therefore, unfortunately, it is not safe to determine that women in the United States do not have penises. After all, as we saw in <a href="https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/04/23/dei-1969-2025-eng/">the racial issue of DEI</a>, the Supreme Court let affirmative action run wild for decades, amid legal ambiguities, until deciding that it is unconstitutional. Trump intends to be a strong president, but his measures are struck down by the judiciary. FDR was indeed a strong president, but in order to be so, he increased the number of Supreme Court justices so that he could appoint a lot and keep the strongest public authority in the country under his influence.</p>
<p>This strange way of looking at power and reality is the result of Protestant culture. In traditional Christianities of the West and East, authority has a face: the Pope, the Patriarch of Constantinople. Reformation Christianity, on the other hand, presented the idea – quite rabbinical, it must be said – that authority lies in the text, not in a person. And so, slyly, authority becomes the interpreter of the text, who, by acting as someone loyal to the text, does not assume that he is the responsible authority. The hypocrisy of this system of government is enormous, since everyone who lives in it counts how many justices a president has in his favor on the Supreme Court. If unelected people rule the country and, on top of that, impose very unpopular things, that should not be called democracy.</p>
<p>In Brazil, which unfortunately lives under heavy influence from the United States, women have had penises since 2023 (although I myself do not have one). Here, Protestantism has found a fertile field of syncretism, full of practices similar to Cuban Santería and Kardecist spiritualism. Thus, the Supreme Court justices are always talking about a so-called “spirit of the Constitution” that they interpret. After possessing the justice, such a spirit does not smoke cigars, drink <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacha%C3%A7a"><em>cachaça</em></a>, or write letters from the dead: instead, it goes around legislating. And since <a href="https://portal.stf.jus.br/noticias/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=512663&amp;ori=1">2023</a>, the spirit of the Constitution has decided that Brazilian laws against racism must also punish homophobia and transphobia. In <a href="https://portal.stf.jus.br/noticias/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=371085">2018</a>, the spirit of the Constitution had decided that no one needs to undergo surgery to change their “gender”, since self-declaration is enough.</p>
<p>Someday this shall pass. In the meantime, only the spirit of anarchy saves Brazil, because to this day there is no news of rapists being transferred to women’s prisons.</p>
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<p>Dear Readers, as you know my interpretation of the Ukrainian “peace negotiations” is substantially different from that of the official narrative.  I decided to ask experts in Russia for an explanation of what the Russian view of the “peace negotiations’ is.  Ivan Andrianov, the director of a strategic consulting firm, has obliged me with an answer.  Here it is:</p>
<p><b>Moscow’s Conditions for Peace: Between Diplomacy and Force</b></p>
<p><b>By <i>Ivan Andrianov</i></b><i>, Founder and CEO of IntellGlobe Solutions (https://igs.expert/), a strategic consulting firm specializing in geopolitical risk analysis, international security, and political forecasting. Editor-in-Chief of GEOFOR (https://geofor.ru/), an international analytical platform focused on global affairs.</i></p>
<p>Despite numerous statements, primarily coming from Western media and politicians, today it cannot be unequivocally stated that the Russian authorities are seriously considering the possibility of freezing the conflict with Ukraine along the current line of contact.  Russian politicians, as well as public and behind-the-scenes experts view such a scenario with extreme skepticism.</p>
<p>If we carefully study the Russian media field and the statements of officials everything is essentially reduced to the position set out by President Putin last June at the board meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.</p>
<p>It envisions clearing Ukrainian troops from the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, which became part of Russia in 2022 after local referendums. Putin stressed that Ukrainian forces must withdraw beyond the administrative borders of those territories as recorded on maps of the former Ukrainian SSR at the time of the Soviet Union’s dissolution.</p>
<p>There have been no recent reinterpretations or statements from the Russian president that would indicate a shift in Moscow’s position. This remains consistent with the Kremlin’s reiterated assertions that it is prepared to engage in negotiations with the United States regarding a peace settlement in Ukraine, or even directly with Kyiv — and notably, without any preconditions. However, the negotiation process itself is inherently protracted, and its eventual outcome remains uncertain.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>The negotiations have been ongoing for several months, and it is evident that the Russian authorities continue to adhere to their core demands. There appears to be little reason to anticipate any fundamental shift in this position, and a number of factors – both direct and indirect – serve to reinforce this assessment.</p>
<p>To begin with, the map of Ukraine’s partition along the Dnieper – recently published on the basis of an interview with U.S. presidential envoy Kellogg – leaves part of the Kherson Region’s right bank under Kiev’s control and has caused considerable bewilderment within Russian diplomatic and expert circles. The same reaction is provoked by the idea of handing the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and adjacent territories – currently part of the Russian Federation – over to Kiev.</p>
<p>Beyond that, the Russian leadership clearly takes into account public and troop moods, which is strongly influenced by reports of war crimes against civilians in the temporarily occupied areas of Kursk Region that surfaced after their liberation, as well as regular shelling of civilian targets. Official information – highly rationed – together with private-channel reports has reinforced, in the military and, more importantly, in society, a sense of righteous anger and the desire to achieve total victory over the enemy.</p>
<p>Sociological surveys and reports from individuals – military experts, soldiers on leave, volunteers, and so on – returning from the combat zone point to this. It is also noted that the number of people wishing to sign contracts with the Armed Forces has risen markedly of late.</p>
<p>One must also remember the series of terrorist attacks periodically thwarted by Russian security services, as well as those, unfortunately, carried out. Kiev regime recently assassinated Lieutenant-General Yaroslav Moskalyk, Deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff. As the general left his home, a car parked opposite the entrance exploded. The Russian citizen who prepared the bomb was detained the next day and immediately brought to Moscow. During interrogation he testified that he had acted on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence, for whom he was an agent, and that the device was detonated via a cellular signal from Kiev.</p>
<p>It was officially announced that the vehicle had stood there for over a week, suggesting that, beyond the usual aim of terrorizing the public, this act was timed to coincide with another visit to Moscow by U.S. presidential envoy Witkoff, in order to complicate the forthcoming talks.</p>
<p>Notably, the secretary of the Verkhovna Rada’s National Security Committee, Mr. Kostenko, acknowledged Ukraine’s involvement in the assassination of a Russian general and further stated that any ceasefire should be used by Ukrainian special services to carry out new attacks against Russia’s political and military leadership (<a href="https://youtu.be/F0iT55Gwpic?si=nayoRMWS43Lly-EW">https://youtu.be/F0iT55Gwpic?si=nayoRMWS43Lly-EW</a>).</p>
<p>In this context, the majority of experts agree that under such conditions, the likelihood of President Putin agreeing to any compromise involving the cession of territories formally enshrined as part of the Russian Federation is virtually nonexistent, as such a move would be met with extremely negative reactions both among the Russian public and within the armed forces.</p>
<p>Among other issues, Kursk Region has just been fully liberated and can no longer be used by Kiev as a bargaining chip. Russia, on the other hand, holds territories in Kharkov and Sumy regions that are not formally incorporated into Russia, and potentially in Dnepropetrovsk Region, from which, at various points, Russian troops are only two to five miles away and are still advancing. Some experts believe that, if necessary, these areas could be traded for something in negotiations with Kiev. At the same time, there have been no official statements – or even indirect indications – from the Russian leadership suggesting the possibility of such a scenario.</p>
<p>Overall, there remains deep skepticism within Russia regarding the prospects of reaching a genuine agreement through negotiations with Ukraine, even with U.S. mediation.</p>
<p>While welcoming White House efforts toward peace, experts note the limited ability of the Trump administration to compel Kyiv and its European sponsors not only to cease hostilities but even to make a decision to begin serious negotiations. Against the backdrop of Washington’s and Moscow’s efforts, EU countries continue to give Kyiv political and financial support and to supply weapons, military equipment, and ammunition – though in recent days there has been some shift in their rhetoric regarding the possibility of initiating a negotiating process.</p>
<p>It is generally noted that even if the Russian and U.S. sides reach a mutually acceptable agreement (a scenario considered quite likely in Russia), it is unlikely to be implemented because of Kiev’s provocative actions, carried out with the consent and support of Europeans – primarily the British, French, and Poles. Incidentally, the talks on Ukraine in London effectively failed.</p>
<p>In this regard, it is important to note that, according to several military experts, Kiev is currently finalizing preparations for a major provocation along the front line – something that Ukraine’s military leadership is, in fact, not attempting to conceal.</p>
<p>According to Ukrainian media and bloggers, a reserve force of about 50-70 thousand people have now been formed. Given Kiev’s previous operations of a similar nature, the version suggesting that these forces will be deployed not to reinforce front-line units, but rather to carry out a politically oriented provocation appears entirely plausible. Similar incidents have already taken place, including in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions. It can be also stated with high confidence that it will be reinforced by foreign mercenaries (official Russian Defense Ministry figures indicate that nearly 2,000 Poles were killed and identified in fighting in Kursk Region this year alone, not counting citizens of other countries, total amount of the foreign mercenaries killed in the Region is about 5,000).</p>
<p>Ukrainians also report a shortage of tanks and other armored vehicles. As for drones and ammunition for artillery and multiple-launch rocket systems, these are still available in sufficient quantities.</p>
<p>Taking all of the above into account, the prevailing view in Russia is that the hot phase of the Special Military Operation is likely to continue in one form or another into current and even next year. Occasional forecasts that the operation might conclude this year are still seen as “overly optimistic” and incompatible with the balance of forces on the battlefield and with how the negotiation process is proceeding.</p>
<p>In practice, to maintain political stability and resilience, the Russian authorities must present the populace and the security sector with something that resembles victory in one form or another, as a capitulation of the opponent is not in prospect. The configuration of such a “victory” could include the following essential points: legal recognition of Crimea, de facto recognition of the four regions as part of Russia (Russians would likely pay little heed to the legal niceties), and the lifting of sanctions. Naturally, Moscow would not be satisfied with transferring the Zaporozhe NPP to Ukraine, even under U.S. control, nor with giving up the Kinburn Spit.</p>
<p>Overall, this aligns with Peskov’s statements that “in Trump’s understanding of the situation in Ukraine there are many elements that coincide with Russia’s position.” However, several issues remain. These include the part of Kherson Region on the right bank of the Dnieper with the city of Kherson, and also part of Zaporozhe Region with its administrative center. As it appears at this stage, Kiev categorically opposes transferring these territories to Moscow, creating a serious contradiction. Moreover, the Kremlin is sure to demand limits on the size of the Ukrainian army and a prohibition on any European or NATO military contingents being stationed in Ukraine.</p>
<p>Furthermore, even if some agreement is reached, it is unclear how it would be preserved after Donald Trump’s presidential term expires, especially if the Democrats return to power – something Moscow considers quite a likely scenario.</p>
<p>Moreover, there is currently no clear and reliable mechanism for monitoring the observance of any potential ceasefire. This concern is further reinforced by the previous attempt at a truce during the Easter period, which demonstrated that, even if the Kiev authorities expressed an intention to engage in a ceasefire, they exercised limited control over their military forces, who did not consistently comply with the orders issued.<span data-sanitized-class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>It will be interesting to see how the ceasefire is observed in May, especially since Kiev now has ample time to prepare.</p>
<p>Returning to Russian society, most experts agree that it expects the fulfillment of the demands articulated by President Putin prior to the launch of the Special Military Operation, namely:</p>
<p>• Demilitarization, that is, as far as we can judge now, a serious reduction in the size of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;</p>
<p>• Denazification, that is the complete dismantling of Ukrainian authority and its replacement by military or diplomatic means;</p>
<p>• Elimination of the NATO threat, which would presumably include recognition of the four new regions and the points mentioned above;</p>
<p>• Retention by Russia of the territories incorporated after the referendums;</p>
<p>• The lifting of sanctions remains a key expectation among both Russian society and business circles.</p>
<p>This is the minimum program, while the maximum would be victory over Ukraine in the classical sense of the word – that is, Kiev’s capitulation. The Kremlin surely understands this as well.</p>
<p>Regarding the ceasefires – which the Russian authorities have now initiated for the second time, effectively on a unilateral basis – they appear to serve several purposes. First, there is the humanitarian dimension. President Putin’s emphasis on humanitarian considerations is subject to both criticism and support: some believe in the sincerity of this approach, others do not; yet it remains a factor that is difficult to ignore, although a number of experts criticize such initiatives.</p>
<p>Second, it appears that Moscow is attempting to leave itself a fallback option if negotiations on Ukraine become completely deadlocked or fail altogether. The Kremlin remains open to a diplomatic resolution of the conflict, but if the proposed terms are deemed wholly unacceptable – and if temporary ceasefires are systematically violated by the Kyiv authorities – this could provide the Russian leadership with the necessary justification to withdraw from negotiations and intensify military operations on what it would argue are legally defensible grounds. Judging by the pressure reportedly being applied by the U.S. administration on President Zelensky, it seems that the White House is also aware of this dynamic.</p>
<p>Therefore, although the Russian authorities are not opposed to resolving the conflict by diplomatic means, Moscow today strongly doubts the realism of such a scenario, and the reason is not Trump himself or the work of his administration, but who will come to power afterward. And of course we must not forget that Kiev and the EU are doing everything today to ensure no agreements are reached, so it is logical to expect that even if an agreement is achieved, it will inevitably be derailed. Making major concessions in such a situation would, as it seems, be political suicide for Russian authorities. In any case, there are definite signals to that effect.</p>

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Pakistan warns Indian military strike “imminent,” as tensions between South Asia’s rival nuclear-armed powers flare

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<p>Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif warned Monday that an Indian military strike on his country is “imminent,” adding that Islamabad would respond with tactical or strategic nuclear weapons only if “there is a direct threat to our existence.”</p>
<p>Asif’s claim of an imminent attack was amplified by Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar late Tuesday. He said there was “verified intelligence indicating that India intends to carry out a military operation against Pakistan” within the next 24-36 hours.</p>
<p>Tarar went on to vow that Pakistan would respond to any Indian attack in kind, raising the spectre of a rapid descent into all-out war between the two countries. “Any military adventurism from India will receive a certain and decisive response,” declared Tarar. “The international community must recognise that responsibility for any catastrophic escalation will rest solely with India. The people of Pakistan will defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity at all costs.”</p>
<p>Tensions between South Asia’s rival nuclear-armed powers have been aboil since India’s government, led by the Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), blamed Pakistan for a brutal April 23 terrorist attack near Pahalgam in Indian-held Kashmir that killed 26 tourists.</p>
<p>New Delhi has offered no proof for its claim of Pakistani state involvement in the Pahalgam atrocity, and has rejected out of hand Islamabad’s calls for an international investigation into the attack.</p>
<p>Instead, the Indian government has taken a series of provocative “reprisals,” and given every indication that it is preparing a cross-border strike on Pakistan—potentially even larger than those it mounted in 2016 and 2019, after similarly holding Pakistan responsible for the actions of Islamist insurgents in Indian-held Kashmir.</p>
<p>In recent days, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior government leaders have made repeated threats against Pakistan, pledging to smite the “masters of terror” and the “organizers,” not just perpetrators of terrorism, without directly naming the country.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in the name of “hunting militants,” Indian security forces have launched a campaign of mass repression in Kashmir so harsh and indiscriminate that even pro-Indian politicians from the Jammu and Kashmir (J&amp;K) National Conference and the J&amp;K People’s Democratic Party have been forced to criticize it.</p>
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<aside data-sanitized-class="ph3 ph4-m mb3 mb0-ns">On Tuesday, according to a Press Trust of India source, Modi gave India’s armed forces complete “operational freedom” to determine the “mode, targets, and timing” of India’s response to the April 22 attack, at a meeting with the heads of the country’s national-security establishment. Those said to have participated in the meeting include Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, and the heads of the army, navy and air force.</aside>
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<p>Pakistan is likewise preparing its military for combat. Speaking with Reuters on Monday, Defence Minister Asif said Islamabad had placed its forces on high alert and implemented measures to counter and respond to an Indian attack. “We have reinforced our forces because it is something which is imminent now. In that situation, some strategic decisions must be taken, so those decisions have been taken.” Indicating the state of tensions and the possibility of an Indian strike triggering a cascade of escalating tit-for-tat military reprisals, Asif went on to raise the issue of what threat level would trigger a Pakistani resort to its nuclear arsenal.</p>
<p>Every night since last Thursday has seen what is described as cross-border small arms fire along parts of the Line of Control (LOC). The LOC is the boundary that demarcates Indian-held Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan-occupied Azad Kashmir, pending final resolution of their competing claims to all the territories of the former British Indian princely state of Kashmir.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, Pakistan’s military boasted it had shot down an Indian quadcopter surveillance drone along the LOC, “thwarting a violation of its airspace.” It has also seized an Indian Border Security Force soldier who reportedly strayed across the LOC while accompanying local farmers who were tending to their crops.</p>
<p>The dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir and more broadly power and influence in South Asia is a reactionary conflict between rival capitalist powers. Its roots lie in the communal partition of South Asia into an avowedly Muslim Pakistan and a Hindu India in 1947-48.</p>
<p>With the aim of securing geostrategic and economic advantages and as a means of directing class tensions outward and dividing the workers and toilers through the incitement of communalism, the capitalist elites of Indian and Pakistan have perpetuated the conflict over the past eight decades. Untold human and material resources have been squandered in multiple wars, declared and undeclared, and numerous border skirmishes and war crises, and in procuring and developing armaments, including, since the late 1990s, nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>The BJP government, aided and abetted by the corporate media and the opposition parties, is using the Pahalgam atrocity to whip up bellicose nationalism, stoke communal reaction and launch fresh attacks on democratic rights.</p>
<p>Right-wing Hindu organizations that enjoy the patronage of the governing BJP have launched attacks on Kashmiri students studying elsewhere in India, forcing hundreds to flee to their native region. On Tuesday Modi met with Mohan Bhagwat, the head of the Hindu supremacist RSS, reportedly to discuss India’s response to the Pahalgam attack. The BJP is an offshoot of the RSS, which has a long bloody record of communalist incitement.</p>
<p>When the head of a major Indian farmers’ organization voiced opposition to India’s provocative announcement that for the first time ever it is suspending its participation in the Indus Water Treaty, because it would harm Pakistani farmers, he was widely pilloried, with a BJP leader accusing him of “speaking the language of Pakistan.”</p>
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<p>Last Thursday, the leading Stalinist party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPM, participated in an all-party meeting convened by the BJP to help stampede the population behind its exploitation of the terrorist attack to whip up reaction and launch military action against Pakistan. The CPM has criticized none of New Delhi’s “retaliatory” actions against Pakistan, including the expulsion of all Pakistani nationals in India save diplomatic personnel, and the suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, which threatens, especially over the longer term, Pakistan’s access to water vital for its power grid and irrigation.</p>
<p>Over the past two decades, the India-Pakistan conflict has become ever more entwined with that between US imperialism and China, adding a massive new charge to both.</p>
<p>Washington’s drive to build up India as a counterweight to China, which has included granting India a raft of strategic favours, has upset the balance of power, or more appropriately balance of terror, between New Delhi and Islamabad.</p>
<p>This has emboldened India to try to effectively change the rules of the game in its relationship with Pakistan, with the aim of asserting itself as the regional hegemon. Like its US and Israeli allies, New Delhi has asserted the “right” to stage illegal cross-border attacks on Pakistan. When it did so in 2016 and 2019, it received Washington’s backing under Obama and then Trump.</p>
<p>Pakistan has responded by doubling down on its “all weather” strategic partnership with China, further straining relations with India and the US.</p>
<p>In 2019, the Modi government sought to strengthen its grip over Jammu and Kashmir and its hand against both China and Pakistan by illegally abolishing the Muslim-majority territory’s special autonomous constitutional status and reducing it from a state to a central government-controlled Union Territory. At the same time, it spun off Ladakh, which borders Chinese-controlled Aksai Chin, from Jammu and Kashmir, so as to facilitate the region’s militarization.</p>
<p>On Tuesday, China for the second straight day expressed alarm about the heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.</p>
<p>While Iran and Saudi Arabia have sought to engage both sides, and the United Nations and European Union have called for restraint and dialogue, Washington has said next to nothing, and is certainly not intervening to restrain its ally India.</p>
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<p><strong><em>The generosity of French researchers lasts only as long as it doesn’t cost them anything and does not encroach on their own interests.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>By Hélène de LAUZUN</em></strong></p>
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<p>Faced with the expected arrival of academics from the United States fleeing Donald Trump’s ‘dictatorship,’ the French Left has suddenly become hostile to immigration and is advocating ‘national preference’ for French researchers.</p>
<p>The French National Assembly will now be discussing a bill aimed at creating a ‘scientific refugee’ status to facilitate the reception and hiring of American academics who want to leave their institutions in the United States to settle in France. Some U.S. academics are supposedly pursuing European options in order <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/searching-for-academic-freedom-in-woke-europe-us-trump-funding-universities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to escape alleged censorship</a> of their work by Donald Trump’s government—what is in reality only a reduction in public funding for research deemed secondary or overly ideologically militant.</p>
<p>Once the enthusiasm of the small French academic world, which loudly proclaimed its willingness to welcome these new ‘political exiles’ with open arms, had died down, mistrust of the new arrivals quickly set in: these researchers will obviously be cutting into the already very tight budgets of their French colleagues. Are they really so welcome?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/l-invite-de-7h50/l-invite-de-7h50-du-lundi-21-avril-2025-8842485" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Economist Thomas Porcher</a> has serious doubts and expressed his fears and reservations on the public radio station France Inter. We predicted this <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/searching-for-academic-freedom-in-woke-europe-us-trump-funding-universities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in a previous article</a>: the generosity of unionised French researchers lasts only as long as it doesn’t cost them anything and does not encroach on their own interests. Porcher argued, with a certain common sense, that the rave reception given to American professors is a form of “contempt for those who keep universities running.” Why, he added, recruit foreign researchers “when we are struggling to retain the best French researchers?” Why roll out the red carpet for these academics from elsewhere when the brightest French minds are seeking refuge in foreign universities because they are not appreciated, paid, or valued at their true worth? His conclusion is clear: “We should focus on these teachers first, rather than welcoming foreign teachers.”</p>
<p>One can only applaud this observation. This is simply called ‘national preference’—a concept defended by the Front National, and then by the Rassemblement National under the name ‘national priority’ for several decades. Why favour foreign nationals when French people are struggling to find jobs? Shouldn’t priority be given to nationals? This is the policy applied <a href="https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/vi/vis476t.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in Switzerland</a>, for example: for any job vacancy, an employer who is preparing to hire a foreigner must prove that no Swiss national is available to fill the position. Simple and effective.</p>
<p>Porcher’s statement would be welcome if it did not come from a man known for his ardent political defence of unconditional immigration. This was, of course, as long as his own sector and his own job were not at risk, which is no longer the case today: as a teacher at the Paris School of Business, he now fears competition from colleagues from the United States who are very keen to take up positions in France. <em>A</em> position—or <em>his</em> position?</p>
<p>In 2019, Porcher passionately defended open borders on television, as our colleagues at <em>Boulevard Voltaire</em> <a href="https://www.bvoltaire.fr/point-de-vue-la-gauche-immigrationniste-face-a-larrivee-des-refugies-scientifiques/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remind us</a>. He mocked the French people’s concerns about the constant rise in immigration: “For the French, immigrants are going to steal French jobs, which is not true!” he exclaimed with a perfect blend of self-righteousness and bad faith. At the time, he was thinking of street cleaners and delivery drivers—not researchers—with the same contempt he now condemns in those who looking to hire American academics rather than French ones. In 2024, he attacked the RN’s programme, which he deemed “xenophobic” on the grounds that it defended “national priority”—the very same priority that, less than a year later, he is demanding for himself and his colleagues.</p>
<p>In this affair, <a href="https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/la-terre-au-carre/la-terre-au-carre-l-actu-du-lundi-28-avril-2025-6735040" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hypocrisy is rife at all levels</a>. On May 18th, 2024, President Emmanuel Macron called on researchers to “choose France” (in English in the text). “Here in France, research is a priority, innovation is a culture, science is a limitless horizon,” he declared lyrically. On April 19th, 2025, French Research Minister Philippe Baptiste confidently asserted that France could welcome “hundreds” of American researchers, accompanied by their teams—at an estimated cost of one million euros per researcher for three years.</p>
<p>French researchers who desperately scan official websites in the hope of a meagre, underpaid six-month contract and are eyeing the very American universities shunned by the spoiled children of wokism know the truth. No doubt they appreciated just how little regard was shown in France for their intelligence—or their future. Now, for these brilliant minds, all that remains is to slip the right ballot into the box next time to demand national priority—for all.</p>
<p><em>Original article: </em><a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/french-left-loves-immigrants-until-theyre-american-academics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>europeanconservative.com</strong></a></p>

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<p><strong><em>El equipo de Kellogg contribuyó a la flagrante mala interpretación que Trump hizo de Rusia. Putin es un actor serio que dice lo que quiere decir y quiere decir lo que dice.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Alastair CROOKE</em></strong></p>
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<p>La guerra política en Washington es endémica. Pero el número de víctimas en el Pentágono ha comenzado a aumentar vertiginosamente. Tres de los principales asesores del secretario de Defensa Hegseth han sido suspendidos y luego <a href="https://apnews.com/article/caldwell-pentagon-investigation-leaks-hegseth-344d480e47cf4c04e0b2c510bd333b02" target="_blank" rel="noopener">despedidos</a>. La guerra continúa, con el propio secretario de Defensa ahora en el punto de mira.</p>
<p>Lo que importa es que la fricción con Hegseth se produce en un contexto de acalorados debates internos en la administración Trump sobre la <strong><em>política iraní</em></strong>.</p>
<p>Los halcones quieren la eliminación definitiva de todas las capacidades nucleares y bélicas de Irán, mientras que muchos “<em>frenadores</em>” advierten contra una escalada militar; Hegseth, al parecer, era uno de los que advertían contra una intervención en Irán.</p>
<p>Los recientes despidos en el Pentágono han sido <a href="https://unherd.com/newsroom/hegseth-leaks-expose-deepening-iran-divide-in-trump-cabinet/">identificados</a> como factores restrictivos. Uno de ellos, Dan Caldwell, exasesor de Hegseth y veterano del ejército, escribió un artículo en el que criticaba duramente a los <strong><em>“halcones de Irán”</em></strong> y fue posteriormente despedido.</p>
<p>Posteriormente fue <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9rKJGlieM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">entrevistado</a> por Tucker Carlson. En particular, Caldwell describe en términos feroces las guerras estadounidenses en Irak y Siria (“<em>criminales</em>”). Este sentimiento negativo hacia las guerras estadounidenses anteriores es un tema cada vez más recurrente, al parecer, entre los veteranos estadounidenses de hoy en día.</p>
<p>Los tres miembros del personal del Pentágono fueron despedidos básicamente no por filtrar la noticia, sino, al parecer, por convencer a Hegseth de que <em>no </em>apoyara la guerra contra Irán; los partidarios de <em>“First Israel”</em> no han renunciado a <em>esa </em>guerra.</p>
<p>Las acaloradas divergencias entre halcones y republicanos tradicionalistas se reflejan en la cuestión ucraniana, aunque la composición de las facciones podría cambiar ligeramente. <em>Los partidarios de “First Israel” y, en general, los halcones estadounidenses están detrás tanto de la guerra contra Rusia como de las exigencias maximalistas a Irán.</em></p>
<p>El comentarista conservador Fred Bauer <a href="https://unherd.com/newsroom/hegseth-leaks-expose-deepening-iran-divide-in-trump-cabinet/">señala</a> que, en lo que respecta a los impulsos belicistas del propio Trump, estos son contradictorios:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>Influenciado por la guerra de Vietnam de su juventud… Trump parece profundamente contrario a los conflictos militares a largo plazo y, sin embargo, al mismo tiempo, admira la política de fuerza y la bravuconería.</em></strong> <strong><em>Esto significa eliminar a los generales iraníes, lanzar ataques aéreos contra los hutíes y aumentar el presupuesto de defensa a un billón de dólares”.</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>La posible salida de escena de Hegseth, si la campaña para su destitución tiene éxito, podría agravar la lucha. La primera víctima ya es evidente: <strong><em>la esperanza de Trump de poner fin rápidamente al conflicto en Ucrania se ha desvanecido.</em></strong></p>
<p>Esta semana, el equipo de Trump (que incluía a ambas facciones en guerra, Rubio, Witkoff y el general Kellogg) se reunió en París con varios representantes europeos y ucranianos. Durante la reunión, <em>la delegación estadounidense presentó una propuesta de alto el fuego unilateral ruso-ucraniano</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Tras la reunión, en el aeropuerto, Rubio afirmó sin rodeos que el plan de alto el fuego era una iniciativa estadounidense <em>“a tomar o dejar”</em>.</strong></p>
<p>Las distintas partes implicadas —Rusia, Kiev y los miembros europeos de la <em>“coalición de voluntarios”</em>— solo tenían <em>unos días </em>para aceptarlo, de lo contrario Estados Unidos se <strong><em>“desentendería” del asunto</em></strong>.</p>
<p>El marco propuesto, según se ha informado, es casi (quizás en un 95 %) <strong><em>idéntico al presentado anteriormente por el general Kellogg</em></strong><em>: es decir, es su plan, transmitido por primera vez en abril de 2024</em>.</p>
<p>Parece que la “<em>fórmula Kellogg</em>” fue adoptada entonces como plataforma de Trump (Trump se encontraba en plena campaña electoral en ese momento, y es poco probable que siguiera de cerca los complejos detalles de la guerra en Ucrania).</p>
<p>El general Kellogg es también la probable fuente del optimismo de Trump sobre el hecho de que <em>el fin de la guerra en Ucrania podría llegar con un chasquido de dedos</em> por parte de Trump, mediante la aplicación limitada de presiones y amenazas asimétricas a ambas partes en conflicto y con los plazos decididos por Washington.</p>
<p><strong>En resumen, el plan representaba un consenso en Washington sobre el hecho de que Estados Unidos podría implementar un estado final negociado con términos alineados con los intereses estadounidenses y ucranianos.</strong></p>
<p>Las <em>hipótesis implícitas de Kellogg</em> eran que <strong><em>Rusia era muy vulnerable a la amenaza de sanciones </em></strong>(su economía se percibía como frágil); <strong><em>que había sufrido pérdidas de vidas humanas insosteniblemente elevadas</em></strong>; y que <strong><em>la guerra se encontraba en un punto muerto</em></strong>.</p>
<p>Kellogg convenció entonces a Trump de que Rusia aceptaría de buen grado las condiciones del alto el fuego propuestas, aunque <strong><em>se trataba de condiciones basadas en supuestos claramente erróneos sobre Rusia y sus supuestas debilidades</em></strong>.</p>
<p><strong>La influencia de Kellogg y sus falsas suposiciones fueron demasiado </strong><a href="https://strategic-culture.su/news/2025/01/28/is-trump-positioning-for-no-deal-with-russia-or-not/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>evidentes</strong></a><strong> cuando Trump, en enero, después de declarar que Rusia había perdido un millón de hombres (en la guerra), pasó a decir que “<em>Putin está destruyendo a Rusia al</em> <em>no llegar a un acuerdo</em>– y añadió (aparentemente de pasada) que Putin – <em>puede haber decidido ya ‘no llegar a un acuerdo</em>’”.</strong></p>
<p>También afirmó que la economía rusa está en ‘<strong><em>ruinas</em></strong>’ y, en particular, dijo que consideraría imponer sanciones o aranceles a Rusia. En un <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113872782548137314" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post posterior en Truth Social</a>, Trump escribió: <strong><em>«Le haré un gran FAVOR a Rusia, cuya economía está en ruinas, y al presidente Putin</em>.</strong></p>
<p>En realidad, todas las suposiciones subyacentes de Kellogg carecían de fundamento. Sin embargo, Trump aparentemente les tomó la palabra.</p>
<p>Y a pesar de las tres largas reuniones personales posteriores de Steve Witkoff con el presidente Putin, en las que Putin afirmó repetidamente <em>que <strong>no aceptaría</strong> </em><strong>ningún alto el fuego hasta que se acordara un marco político</strong>, el equipo de Kellogg siguió dando por sentado que Rusia se vería obligada a aceptar la distensión de Kellogg debido a los supuestos “<em>reveses</em>” graves sufridos en Ucrania.</p>
<p>Dados estos antecedentes, no es de extrañar que <strong><em>los términos del alto el fuego esbozados por Rubio esta semana en París reflejaran los más adecuados para un bando a punto de capitular,</em></strong> más que los de un Estado que planea alcanzar sus objetivos por medios militares.</p>
<p>En esencia, el Plan Kellogg pretendía conseguir para EEUU una “<em>victoria</em>” en términos acordes con <em>su deseo de mantener abierta la opción de continuar una guerra de desgaste contra Rusia.</em></p>
<p>Entonces, ¿qué es el Plan Kellogg? En esencia, pretende establecer un <strong><em>“conflicto congelado”</em> -congelado a lo largo de la <em>“línea de conflicto”</em></strong>-; <strong><em>sin una prohibición definitiva de ingreso en la OTAN para Ucrania</em></strong> (sino más bien previendo que el ingreso en la OTAN se posponga durante mucho tiempo); <strong><em>no pone límites al tamaño de un futuro ejército ucraniano ni restricciones al tipo o cantidad de armamento que posean las fuerzas ucranianas</em></strong>. (Establece, por el contrario, que tras el alto el fuego EEUU podría rearmar, entrenar y apoyar militarmente a una futura fuerza), es decir, <strong>volver a la era post-Maidan de 2014.</strong></p>
<p>Además, ningún territorio sería cedido por Ucrania a Rusia, a excepción de Crimea, que sería el único reconocido por EE.UU. como ruso (¿el único soplo a Witkoff?), y Rusia sólo <strong><em>“ejercería el control”</em></strong> <strong>sobre los cuatro oblast que reclama actualmente, pero sólo hasta la Línea de Conflicto; el territorio más allá de esta línea permanecería bajo control ucraniano</strong> (véase aquí el «<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheFrenchHistoryPodcast/posts/us-special-envoy-for-ukraine-and-russia-keith-kellogg-proposed-to-divide-ukraine/1205173144947092/">mapa Kellogg»</a>).</p>
<p><strong>La visión de Kellogg sobre la Ucrania posterior al conflicto</strong></p>
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<p><strong>La central nuclear de Zaporozhye sería territorio neutral, en poder de Estados Unidos, que se encargaría de su explotación</strong>. No se mencionan las ciudades de Zaporozhye y Kherson, constitucionalmente incorporadas a Rusia, pero situadas al otro lado de la línea de contacto.</p>
<p>Aparentemente, el plan no esbozaba nada sobre una solución política y deja a Ucrania en libertad de reclamar todos los antiguos territorios ucranianos excepto Crimea.</p>
<p><strong>Sin embargo,</strong> <strong>el territorio ucraniano al oeste del río Dnepr se habría dividido en tres zonas de responsabilidad: una británica, una francesa y una alemana (es decir, gestionada por las fuerzas de la OTAN).</strong></p>
<p>Por último, no se ofrecieron garantías de seguridad estadounidenses.</p>
<p>A continuación, Rubio transmitió los detalles del plan al ministro ruso de Asuntos Exteriores, Lavrov, quien declaró con calma que <strong><em>cualquier plan de alto el fuego tendría que resolver primero las causas profundas del conflicto en Ucrania</em></strong>.</p>
<p>Witkoff volará a Moscú esta semana para presentar este plan <em>“incompleto”</em> a Putin y pedirle su consentimiento. Europeos y ucranianos se reunirán el próximo miércoles en Londres para responder a Trump.</p>
<p>¿Qué ocurrirá? Lo más obvio es que el Plan Kellogg no <em>‘volará’.</em></p>
<p><strong>Rusia no lo aceptará</strong>, <strong>y probablemente tampoco lo hará Zelensky</strong> (aunque los europeos harán todo lo posible por convencerle, con la esperanza de <em>“desplazar a Moscú”</em> presentando a Rusia como el principal “<em>saboteador</em>”). Al parecer, Zelensky ya ha rechazado la cláusula sobre Crimea.</p>
<p><strong>Para los europeos, la falta de garantías de seguridad o de apoyo por parte de EEUU podría resultar un obstáculo para su aspiración de enviar tropas a Ucrania en el contexto de un alto el fuego.</strong></p>
<p>¿Se lavará Trump realmente las manos con Ucrania? Lo dudo, ya que la cúpula institucional neoconservadora estadounidense le dirá a Trump que hacerlo debilitaría la narrativa estadounidense de “<em>paz a través de la fuerza”.</em></p>
<p>Es posible que Trump adopte una postura de <em>apoyo “discreta”,</em> al tiempo que declara que <em>“la guerra nunca fue suya”,</em> mientras busca una “<em>victoria”</em> en el frente comercial con Rusia.</p>
<p>En conclusión, Kellogg no ha servido bien a su patrón. EEUU necesita unas relaciones eficaces con Rusia.</p>
<p>El equipo de Kellogg contribuyó a la flagrante mala interpretación que Trump hizo de Rusia. <strong><em>Putin es un actor serio que dice lo que quiere decir y quiere decir lo que dice.</em></strong></p>
<p>El coronel Macgregor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGEYOPVQnt0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lo</a> resume de esta manera:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>Trump tiende a ver el mundo a través de la lente de los acuerdos.</em></strong> <strong><em>[Poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania] no se trata de acuerdos.</em></strong> <strong><em>Se trata de la vida y la muerte de naciones y pueblos.</em></strong> <strong><em>No hay interés en algún tipo de acuerdo a corto plazo que eleve a Trump o a su administración a la grandeza.</em></strong> <strong><em>No habrá ninguna victoria para Donald Trump a nivel personal en nada de esto.</em></strong> <strong><em>Ese nunca ha sido el caso.</em></strong></p></blockquote>
<p><em>Publicado originalmente por </em><strong><a href="https://conflictsforum.substack.com/p/the-kellogg-framework-is-a-disaster">Conflicts Forum’s Substack</a></strong><em><br>
</em><em>Traducción: </em><a href="https://observatoriodetrabajad.com/2025/04/28/el-plan-kellog-es-un-desastre-para-trump-alastair-crooke/"><u><em>Observatorio de trabajadores en lucha</em></u></a></p>


