Barbara Boyd cuts through the warmonger lie: Trump is pursuing peace while crushing Iran's leverage — and the real war is between Trump's American System and the dying London-centered petrodollar order that wants him dead.
A funeral pause answered with burning tankers — and a summit where Europe learned who runs the alliance now. Barbara and Susan on the empire's enforcement arm, the Golden Dome, and the midterm machine. Your questions, answered live.
The Ukraine war is changing far more than the battlefield. Mike Steger examines NATO, President Trump's strategy, and the patriotic movements reshaping Europe's future.
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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Barbara Boyd cuts through the warmonger lie: Trump is pursuing peace while crushing Iran's leverage — and the real war is between Trump's American System and the dying London-centered petrodollar order that wants him dead.
The Ukraine war is changing far more than the battlefield. Mike Steger examines NATO, President Trump's strategy, and the patriotic movements reshaping Europe's future.
The cannons saluted Trump; a finance minister met everyone else. But the real tell wasn't the welcome in Ankara — it was Putin's 85-minute phone call, and a Europe promising a war economy it can no longer build. Susan Kokinda on the century of geopolitics quietly coming apart.
What does it truly mean to be an American citizen? Mike Steger explores the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling, Justice Clarence Thomas' dissent, and the principles that built America.
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