Mike Steger maps Iran tensions, Trump's Beijing trip and a "Core Five" sovereign-nation model against UK turmoil and California chaos — then turns to the philosophical foundations of the American system as the key to winning the midterms.
Putin's Victory Day remarks naming China, India, and the U.S. as Russia's "partners and friends" have rattled the Obama–Soros network — who convened in Mark Carney's Toronto to launch a "Principled Pragmatism" rebrand and declare Trump's presidency an "interregnum."
While Carney begged for a coalition in Yerevan, Trump finished Iran, secured the dollar, and indicted Sinaloa's governor. The House of Lords admitted what the press won't: the special relationship is over — and the British system is going down with it.
Trump has opened a new diplomatic space with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, and Gulf States to de-escalate the Iran conflict—while the U.K., EU, and NATO are absent and increasingly irrelevant.
Susan Kokinda argues President Trump has opened a new diplomatic space to de-escalate the Iran conflict by working through a regional roster—Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, Gulf States, and back channels into Iran—while the U.K., EU, and NATO are absent and increasingly irrelevant. Citing reporting that ministers met in Riyadh and that Egypt, Turkey, and Oman carried messages, she says this “Board of Peace” architecture is isolating Iran and weakening its proxies, pointing to Lebanon’s move against Hezbollah, the Palestinian Authority’s condemnation of Iran, and Hamas considering disarmament. Kokinda links Europe’s exclusion to self-inflicted energy weakness from Green and anti-Russia policies, noting rushed LNG moves and a delayed Russian oil ban vote. She concludes Ukraine’s outlook darkens as Europe and Britain lack leverage, highlighting Zelenskyy’s scramble for support in London and Washington.
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Mike Steger maps Iran tensions, Trump's Beijing trip and a "Core Five" sovereign-nation model against UK turmoil and California chaos — then turns to the philosophical foundations of the American system as the key to winning the midterms.
Putin's Victory Day remarks naming China, India, and the U.S. as Russia's "partners and friends" have rattled the Obama–Soros network — who convened in Mark Carney's Toronto to launch a "Principled Pragmatism" rebrand and declare Trump's presidency an "interregnum."
Obama's hand-picked Keir Starmer just got buried in UK local elections, the Virginia Supreme Court tossed Democrats' rigged redistricting referendum, and viral authentic outsider campaigns from JD Vance and Spencer Pratt are running circles around manufactured Democratic politics.
The Iran conflict may become the pivot point for a new global system as China faces a historic choice between the collapsing globalist order and a revived American System.
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