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Donroe Doctrine Goes Live

The Kremlin released rare footage of a high-level meeting between Vladimir Putin and Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, followed by their first trip to Kyiv this term and a comparatively restrained response from Volodymyr Zelenskyy, signaling revived U.S. diplomacy on Ukraine.

The script argues Putin views the American team as a more trusted broker than European leaders and notes a recent sequence of engagements, including CIA Director  John Ratcliffe’s public Moscow visit and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s G20 outreach to Russia’s finance minister.

With Kirill Dmitriev present, Moscow described detailed discussions of major U.S.-Russia economic projects, alongside claims that Bessent is choking off offshore and banking channels funding Ukraine via Europe, the United Kingdom and Canada.

It then pivots to Argentina’s renewed Malvinas/Falklands push as Trump publicly and reportedly reconsiders automatic U.S. support for British sovereignty, recalling internal U.S. divisions during the 1982 war. Here’s more from Susan Kokinda with Promethean Updates.

Why Moscow?

The Hormuz Letter, citing two senior Iranian sources, reports that Russian officials briefed Tehran following CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit and that the CIA director delivered a message asking Moscow to pressure Iran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz. According to that report, Russian banks, traders and shipping companies connected to Iran could face additional U.S. sanctions if Moscow refused to cooperate.

Neither Washington nor Moscow has confirmed that account. If the reporting is accurate, however, it creates an extraordinary geopolitical irony. Washington has spent years sanctioning and attempting to isolate Russia over Ukraine. Now, the United States may be asking Moscow for help dealing with Iran. Here’s more from Ben Swann.

 

Heading Off The Ukraine Pass

The [Deep State] is now in the process of trying to start WWIII. They are using Ukraine as their proxy. Other nations are supplying and helping Ukraine to push Russia into a major war.

President Donald Trump knows the playbook, and sent Vladimir Putin a message that the United States is not behind this.  Backchannels are important.

The [Deep State] is also pushing Cyber Attacks worldwide, and the Trump administration is mitigating what the [Deep State] set up.

The midterms are safe and Trump has made it very hard for the [Deep State] to cheat and win. The signal has been sent. Here’s more from the X22 Report.

Putin Briefed On CIA Talks

CIA Director John Ratcliffe might not have met in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin but Putin received a briefing immediately from the Russian KGB agents who had met with Ratcliffe. What this suggests: Ratcliffe carried a secretive message to Putin that was delivered on site and in  person to avoid any risks of exposure.

What was that message? And why has President Donald Trump not said a word about Ratcliffe’s trip to Moscow?

Here’s more from Chris Yoon about the speculation now running rampant.

Why Moscow? CIA In Russia

A bounty of press reports, plus considerable surface evidence, suggests that CIA Director John Ratcliffe just made a surprise visit to Moscow, flying on board a military plane from Latvia.  This is the first visit by a CIA director to Russia in more than five years.

Who did he meet and what were they discussing? Russia has confirmed the visit, reporting Ratcliffe did not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but did have discussions with his Russian counterparts within the KGB.

Did the Iranian War prompt this visit, the Ukraine War or both of them? Were sanctions threatened or was some kind of peace proposal offered? We don’t have a clue, although the Wall Street Journal maintained that some sort of warning was issued, possibly involving NATO. Bloomberg also engaged in speculation, concluding that we will soon be seeing an uptick in Russian attacks on Ukraine. Here’s veteran investigative reporter Ben Swann to unpack the mystery.

 

 

 

Academia Without The CIA

You can’t spell academia without the CIA. That’s the overt — and covert — lesson of this roundup looking at how Israel manipulated events so the anti-Israeli leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came into power in Iran.

Mark Mazzetti from The New York Times originally broke the story, so the old rag does occasionally do original journalism, as opposed to its usual leftist malarkey. There are lessons here that apply to Ukraine as well as Venezuela. Here’s more from Mike Benz.

 

 

Reshaping The World Order

Economist Martin Armstrong returns to the program to provide the strategic insights and geopolitical analysis that have made him one of the most closely followed economic forecasters in the world. We discuss what President Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping likely resulted in regarding Taiwan and the broader implications for the balance of power in Asia.

Armstrong shares his perspective on the negotiations, the interests of the major players involved, and why the public narrative often misses the deeper strategic objectives shaping world events.
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Armstrong also discusses his involvement in the brokered peace framework with Vladimir Putin and explains why he believes President Trump has followed many of the key elements outlined in the agreement. According to Armstrong, these developments represent a positive step toward a more productive working relationship with Russia. Here’s more from Sarah Westall on Business Game Changers.

Commies’ Election Attack

U.S. Homeland Security Department Secretary Markwayne Mullin holds a press briefing after President Donald Trump’s massive election interference declassifications. Here’s more from Robert Gouveia on Watching The Watchers.

Has Putin Killed Zelensky?

The Russian Army is claiming it has assassinated the Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. In a post on X viewed more than two million times, the Russian Army claimed, “Reports claim a Russian airstrike targeted a secure location in Ukraine, allegedly killing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Ukrainian media is reportedly covering the incident, though official confirmation remains pending.”

There has been no confirmation from Ukraine or from Western media resources, though, so this report could well be propaganda. Western sources, in fact, scoffed, saying a Russian Army post showing an explosion in Ukraine is actually old footage of a fireworks factory explosion that happened in Communist China a decade ago. Also, the Russian Army account has been traced to southern Asia, so isn’t at all likely authentic.

We’ll bring you updates if there’s any proof a killer strike actually occurred. Here, in a video from APT, Zelensky issued a warning to Ukraine residents of new, massive Russian airstrikes. “Please take care of yourselves,” he told Ukraine listeners.

He’s A Madman!

Glenn Beck had a brief back and forth on X with journalist Glenn Greenwald regarding Alexsandr Dugin’s dangerous ideology.

Dugin is a Russian political philosopher and co-founder of the National Bolshevik Party. Beck believes he might be a madman.

 

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