If you haven't heard JD Vance's historic speech here it is in full. 20 minutes:
It was a speech that changed history and broke minds on both sides of the Atlantic.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 🇺🇸 We don’t feel support from the US, it’s Russia’s influence - Zelensky.
🇺🇦🇷🇺Russia wants to get rid of me. If not physically, then politically. I am a very inconvenient person for Putin - Zelensky
🇺🇸🇺🇦- "Well, then he must be delighted with the idea of holding elections if he is so popular!" - this is how Elon Musk responded to Zelensky's claims that 57% of the Ukrainian population supports him.
🇺🇸🇺🇦❗️❗️Trump is not going to tolerate Zelensky's escalating rhetoric — White House
🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ Trump made a number of statements regarding Zelensky.
Main:
- Zelensky is a "dictator without elections". He prevents the possibility of voting in Ukraine.
– Without the participation of the United States, Zelensky will never be able to negotiate peace with Russia.
– Ukraine is destroyed and millions of people died in vain.
– Zelensky wants to continue the conflict with Russia for financial gain
– Zelensky, who had modest success as a comedian, could not have won the Ukrainian conflict, but the US still gave him money.
Ukraine is a disturbing example of how powerful propaganda can be.
Ukraine is the only military on Earth with literal Nazi forces, and Zelensky is a dictator that cancelled elections.
Yet the global USAID influence machine convinced the world Ukraine is a beacon of “democracy”.
They can make the sheep believe ANYTHING. Democrats accuse everyone they don’t like of being a Nazi, they accuse everyone of threatening democracy, and then turn around and sent hundreds of billions of our tax dollars to Ukraine, and they worship a literal Nazi military dictator who cancelled elections.
This is the power of propaganda.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺National Security Adviser Walz: Chances of a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia are high. The next step will be for technical teams to discuss the details.
Washington demands Europe to take more responsibility for Ukraine - Walz
Walz: Macron and Starmer to arrive in Washington next week
❗️The era of endless destructive war with death and destruction on each side, which costs billions, which costs hundreds of thousands, if not millions of lives, this era is over - US President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Walz
Secretary Rubio and Russia’s Lavrov Hold Negotiations for 4.5 Hours in Saudi Arabia – Historic Meeting Ushers in New Era of Collaboration, Economic and Diplomatic Engagement (www.thegatewaypundit.com)
🇺🇸🇺🇦"Elections in Ukraine are American policy."
US Vice President J.D. Vance made this statement in an interview with The National Pulse.
The publication writes that Vance issued a stern warning to Zelensky regarding his public criticism of President Donald Trump and the administration's peace initiatives.
"Vance described Zelensky's approach as 'disgraceful' and counterproductive, stressing that such tactics could jeopardize Ukraine's relationship with its most important ally," the publication reports.
"Zelensky is getting very bad advice, and I don't know from whom. He's no longer dealing with Joe Biden and the Biden administration. He's dealing with Donald Trump and the Trump administration," Vance said.
Vance warned Zelensky against public protests.
"The idea that he's going to argue his differences with the president in the public square — I mean, you know the president very well, obviously I know the president very well. That's not the best way to deal with President Trump," Vance said.
"Of course, the Ukrainians will make their point. The way to bring it to the surface is to have a private conversation with American diplomats... He is attacking the only reason this country exists, publicly, right now. And that is disgraceful. And that is not something that will move the president of the United States. In fact, it will have the opposite effect," he added.
The vice president reiterated Trump's Ukraine policy: the war must end. He also said that U.S. policy now requires elections in Ukraine.
“The president won the election. He won it in a landslide. And he has made it clear that American policy is to stop the killing and end the war. I spoke to the president this morning… He wants the killing to stop because he doesn’t want innocent Ukrainians to continue to lose their lives. So I think he thinks about this very much in terms of, not only, of course, his commitment to the United States, but just. He wants the brutality and the killing to stop,” Vance said.
"He said that the goal of the administration's policy is to end the conflict. So now you know that it has to happen. Absolutely. Zelenskyy has to take this seriously. Our European allies have to take this seriously. That is the goal of the administration's policy. You are not going to move the president away from that goal. You are not going to change his mind, especially by attacking him publicly in the media," he added.
Vance made it clear that Zelensky must submit to a democratic mandate if he wants to retain legitimacy.
“I think it’s a little bit brazen for some of our European friends to attack Donald Trump for proposing elections in Ukraine when they say it’s a war for democracy. How can you attack an election when your whole interpretation of the war in Ukraine is that it’s a war for democracy? I just think it’s ridiculous. And of course, the United States had a civil war. We had an election, of course, at the end, as planned. You know, Churchill found out he’d lost. I understand he found out he’d lost the British election, at Potsdam… The idea that you can’t have elections during a war, I think, is ridiculous. And the president has made it clear that he thinks that should happen. So that’s American policy. And I think that’s it. It’s pretty simple and straightforward,” the US vice president said.
Clandestine:
I find it hilarious that the Dems are constantly accusing everyone of being Nazis and “threats to democracy”…
While the Biden regime sends $350 billion to a totalitarian dictator who cancelled elections, and is the only military on Earth with LITERAL NAZI UNITS (Azov).
Ironic.
🇺🇸💬🇺🇦 "I think realism is an important part of the conversation that hasn't existed enough" - Hegseth explains that it's time to leave the beautiful Delululand, and realize that anyone who thinks that Ukraine will be going back to the 2014 borders is crazy
🇺🇸 "President Trump won't allow anyone to turn Uncle Sam into Uncle Sucker." - Pete Hegset
U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent, during his visit to Kiev, gave Zelensky only one hour to consider the proposed deal on rare earth minerals.
Zelensky expected the discussion to focus on continued financial support, but instead, Bessent spoke about granting the U.S. access to $500 billion worth of rare earth mineral deposits.
Heads up - terrorism may be incoming:
🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️ Kiev plans to carry out a series of terrorist attacks against Russian diplomatic missions in European countries to disrupt negotiations — RF SVR
Kiev may carry out terrorist attacks in Germany, the Baltics and Scandinavia, and may prefer Slovakia and Hungary, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said.
Putin and the CPC bombing
— Trump promised to quickly resolve the Ukrainian crisis, but upon receiving information from the presidential post, he changed his position, which is natural
— All European leaders directly interfered in the US election campaign, even to the point of insults
— Ukraine receives space intelligence data only from the West. The Ukrainian Armed Forces could not independently organize an attack on the CPC
(CPC is an international oil transportation project with the participation of Russia, Kazakhstan, and leading global mining companies)
— There were no Russian air defense systems on the CPC because it is an international facility. The Russian Federation receives only “five kopecks” for transit via the CPC, all this oil belongs to American and European companies
— The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack on the CPC is linked to the new EU sanctions against Russia
Very good analysis of The Current Geopolitical Situation:
🇦🇫🇷🇺 Former Vice President and former Chief of Intelligence of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh:
Russia has won the war.
President Putin has achieved most of the strategic goals he set at the beginning of the special military operation against Ukraine. My impressions of his achievements.
1. Ukraine will not become a member of NATO.
2. Most of the Russian-speaking lands of Ukraine are already under Russian control.
3. The transatlantic alliance has been shaken.
4. Sanctions have failed to weaken the Russian economy and the Russian armed forces.
5. The multipolar world has become a reality, not just an abstract concept.
6. Europe's economy is weaker than before the war in Ukraine due to the boycott of Russian energy supplies and the destruction of the Nord Stream.
7. The Russian army has gone through a difficult path of modernization, has become seasoned in battle and has gained combat experience thanks to hardships and sacrifices.
8. Trust in Russian weapons was restored, which attracted more customers, since they were up against the entire NATO military industry.
9. Russian society regained its cohesion with a conservative character - liberals, oligarchs and anarchists completely disappeared. NGOs also lost a lot.
10. The geographical space that is commonly called Eurasia is now recognized as a zone of influence of Russia, which is also verbally acknowledged by the US.
11. Russia has acquired enough geopolitical weight to influence any global issue, especially in places where there is no significant Western presence.
🇫🇷🇪🇺 Macron has called a second emergency EU leaders' meeting in just three days to discuss Ukraine and European security, Reuters reports.
Countries invited include Norway, Canada, the Baltic states, the Czech Republic, Greece, Finland, Romania, Sweden, and Belgium.
Yesterday, the Czech Republic, Romania, and Slovenia expressed frustration for not being invited to the first meeting. Now, Slovenia is notably absent from the new list released by the agency.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius: “U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference was unacceptable” (apnews.com) 🧠 These people are STUPID!Jim Ferguson X: BREAKING diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas is FURIOUS. Why? Because the war is over, and they weren’t even invited to the table. The U.S. and Russia are negotiating directly—no more blank checks, no more endless war (twitter.com)
Across The Atlantic, 1984 Is Here
European leaders clearly do not believe in free speech.
Close observers have known this for a long time, but now everyone is catching on. Watch this 60 Minutes feature on Germany’s intense censorship efforts for proof. It makes much of the world’s disdain for individual liberty as clear as day.
Post an unapproved cartoon online? Armed police may raid your apartment before the crack of dawn. That’s not an exaggeration. It’s a common practice, and the country’s leaders are proud of it. Get a load of this exchange between prosecutors Svenja Meininghaus, Matthäus Fink, Frank-Michael Laue, and their interviewer Sharyn Alfonsi.
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SHARYN ALFONSI: It's illegal to display Nazi symbolism, a Swastika or deny the Holocaust. That's clear. Is it a crime to insult somebody in public?
SVENJA MEININGHAUS: Yes.
FRANK-MICHAEL LAUE: Yes, it is.
SHARYN ALFONSI: And it's a crime to insult them online as well?
SVENJA MEININGHAUS: Yes.
DR. MATTHÄUS FINK: The fine could be even higher if you insult someone in the internet.
SHARYN ALFONSI: Why?
DR. MATTHÄUS FINK: Because in internet, it stays there. If we are talking face to face, you insult me, I insult you, okay. Finish. But if you're in the internet, if I insult you or a politician.
SHARYN ALFONSI: It sticks around forever.
—
It’s illegal to insult someone online? We’re not particularly pro-insult, but whether engaging in the practice should get you thrown in a cell should be long settled. Determining if someone’s speech is mean enough to warrant an arrest is entirely subjective. An authoritarian leader could rationalize locking his opponents up for any unfavorable language if he wanted to. That’s why protecting speech, even and especially the kind the people in charge don’t like, is so important.
Terrorism plan for Ukraine
Explosive leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone show how a shady transatlantic collective of academics and military-intelligence operatives conceived schemes which would lead to the US “helping Ukraine resist,” to “prolong” the proxy war “by virtually any means short of American and NATO forces deploying to Ukraine or attacking Russia.”
The operatives assembled their war plans immediately in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and delivered them directly to the highest-ranking relevant US National Security Council official in the Biden administration.
Proposed operations ranged from covert military options to jihadist-style psychological operations against Russian civilians, with the authors insisting, “we need to take a page from ISIS’ playbook.”
ISIS was not the only militant outfit upheld as a model for Ukraine’s military. The intelligence cabal also proposed modernizing IEDs, like those staged by Iraqi insurgents against occupying US troops, for a potential stay-behind guerrilla army in Russia, which would attack rail lines, power plants and other civilian targets.
Many of the cabal’s recommendations were subsequently enacted by the Biden administration, dangerously escalating the conflict and repeatedly crossing Russia’s clearly-stated red lines.
Included among the proposals were providing extensive training to “Ukrainian expatriates” in using Javelin and Stinger missiles, enabling “cyberattacks on Russia by ‘patriotic hackers’ with deniability,” and flooding Kiev with “unmanned combat air vehicles.” It was also foreseen that “replacement fighter aircraft” would be provided by “many sources,” and that “non-Ukrainian volunteer pilots and ground crews” would be recruited to fight air battles in the manner of the Flying Tigers, a World War II-era force composed of American Air Force pilots, which was formed in April 1941 to help the Chinese oppose Japan’s invasion before Washington’s formal entry into the conflict.
🇺🇸🇲🇽The US has designated Tren de Aragua, Cartel de Sinaloa, and several other cartels as global terrorist organizations, according to the document by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
These groups are deemed to pose a significant threat to the security of US citizens or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, the document states.
USAID Accused of Funding Boko Haram’s Reign of Terror Against Nigerian Christians (thelibertydaily.com)
From the past: 12/08/20
America is subsidizing Europe’s socialist medicine — with higher drug prices here
President Trump finalized a “most favored nation” (MFN), or “best price,” prescription drug-pricing rule on Nov. 20. The goal of the MFN concept is to deliver fair prices to Americans without diminishing drug company profits. While there is controversy as to whether the final rule genuinely implements the concept, the MFN approach should be followed. Opponents of the rule should improve it, not oppose it.
The MFN best-price concept mandates the same drug prices for Americans and wealthy Europeans, who have been paying about one-third of what Americans pay. But, notably, the MFN concept does not impose government-set prices upon drug manufacturers, who would be free to set whatever price would maximize sales and profits.
You wouldn’t know that, however, from the fervent opposition it has encountered from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a coalition organized by Americans for Tax Reform, as well as certain economists.
PhRMA apparently has never worried that Americans pay anywhere from two to three times as much for the same prescription drugs as wealthy Europeans, whose socialist national health care systems purchase in bulk. The Chamber of Commerce is chartered to look out for businesses, not consumers.
The EuroFaggots currently running Scotland have sent letters to people who live near an abortion center informing them that praying INSIDE THEIR HOMES could be illegal. But The Islamists can broadcast their prayers five times a day over the PA loudspeakers, NO PROBLEM
China in Financial Trouble
🇨🇳🏠👇 China's housing crisis enters dangerous new phase. House prices in China are experiencing their worst slump on record.
Authorities are working on a proposal that would help Vanke, one of China's largest residential property developers, close a funding gap of about $6.8 billion this year.
A brief rebound in home sales has fizzled out despite multiple rounds of government stimulus.
Add to that the fallout from Trump's policies, and China is likely to see an economic slowdown.
In addition, net foreign direct investment is set to fall by $168 billion in 2024, the largest capital outflow since 1990, according to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. Nikkei estimates that foreign investment in China has fallen by 99% in three years.
With the economy in a difficult state, Xi Jinping personally attended an event with China's largest companies on Monday. Alibaba, Huawei, Catl, Yushu Technology, Tencent took part in the event. Incidentally, the disgraced Jack Ma was also present.
China also has a serious flu epidemic in progress and is probably faking the numbers downward.
"Yang Lan, a Chinese epidemiological investigator using a pseudonym due to safety concerns, told The Epoch Times that the notice shows that the spread of the influenza epidemic in Anhui is serious, as it’s very close to the total lockdown level during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is level 5, “but now it is impossible to lock down again,” she said.
Liu said that the local CDC releasing the notice in this area shows that “the front-line health personnel, including technical officials or doctors directly involved in these medical cases, knew the severity of the epidemic, so they released this notice to alert the public.”
The real situation is very different from the official numbers released by Beijing, he said."
🇷🇺🇮🇳India is considering a Russian proposal to produce Su-57s on its territory, said the director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Shugaev
He forgot about Pakistan...
Report: CIA Flying Drones over Mexico to Hunt for Fentanyl Labs...'The purpose of providing the intelligence to Mexican authorities is not to kill cartel members, but instead to disable the lab...' (headlineusa.com)
The New York Times reported Tuesday that the CIA is conducting “secret” drone flights over Mexico to hunt for fentanyl labs.
Citing unnamed sources, the Times reported that the covert drone program began under the Biden administration, but that Trump is taking it to the next level.
The Times report comes as the Trump administration promises to crack down on drug cartels, going so far as to contemplate invading Mexico. But for now, the CIA drones are simply collecting data that’s passed to Mexican authorities, according to the Times.
“The drones have proved adept at identifying labs, according to people with knowledge of the program. Fentanyl labs emit chemicals that make them easy to find from the air,” the Times reported.
“However, during the Biden administration, the Mexican government was slow to take action against labs identified by the Americans, although it did use the information to make arrests.”
The U.S. military is also flying drones around the border, but isn’t encroaching into sovereign Mexico territory as much as the CIA, the Times added.
The Trump administration is reportedly set to designate a half-dozen cartels as foreign terrorist organizations this week. If cooperation with the Mexican government fails to bring these organizations to heel, the U.S. could consider more drastic options, the Timesreported.
“Former officials say they believe that the U.S. military and intelligence agencies are likely to increase training with Mexican authorities in the coming months. Conducting an airstrike on fentanyl labs would probably cause catastrophic fatalities, as they are often inside homes in urban areas,” the Times added.’
🇺🇸🇲🇽The US has designated Tren de Aragua, Cartel de Sinaloa, and several other cartels as global terrorist organizations, according to the document by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
These groups are deemed to pose a significant threat to the security of US citizens or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States, the document states.
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1892260875718791258?
Sinaloa Cartel Leader Captured in Mexico, Faces Extradition to US...Humberto ‘El Viejón’ Rivera was arrested after Mexico pledged to ramp up its effort against cross-border drug trafficking. (www.theepochtimes.com)
The Mexican Senate has approved the entry of United States Special Forces into Mexico starting this week... The plan is for the Army's 7th Special Forces Group to train Mexican soldiers on conventional and non-conventional types of combat. (twitter.com)
Remember:
Israel violates ceasefire:
An Israeli drone strike killed the head of Hamas’ military operation in Lebanon on Monday — as Israel announced it would keep troops in parts of southern Lebanon after the deadline to withdraw, military officials said.
Mohammad Shaheen, the head of Hamas’ operations department in Lebanon, was killed while driving in Sidon, in the southern half of the country where the Israel Defense Forces are set to remain despite the cease-agreement with Hezbollah.
Images of the aftermath show that the vehicle was completely pulverized, with first responders putting out the flames to reveal only the charred remains of the car.
The strike comes just a day before the IDF’s scheduled withdrawal from the Lebanese border as part of the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hezbollah, a deadline the Jewish state is choosing to ignore.
The Israeli military confirmed Monday that its troops will remain at five key locations along the border as part of a “temporary measure,” allegedly approved by the US.
American officials had previously given Israel an extended Feb. 18 deadline to withdraw from the border, but the Jewish state maintains that it must remain in Lebanon until Hezbollah fully exits from the south.
Elon to buy Open AI?
In a dramatic escalation of Silicon Valley’s most heated AI rivalry, Elon Musk just announced that he’s leading a $97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI’s nonprofit arm, according to The Wall Street Journal. The bid was reportedly delivered to the board Monday morning.
The offer brings together a powerful coalition of backers, including Musk’s own AI company xAI and venture heavyweights like Valor Equity Partners, Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel, and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale’s venture firm 8VC.
This bid comes at a pivotal moment for OpenAI. CEO Sam Altman is already juggling multiple massive deals: converting the company to a for-profit structure, raising $40 billion at a $340 billion valuation, and launching a $500 billion AI infrastructure project. For Musk, who co-founded OpenAI with Altman in 2015 before departing in 2019, this bid represents his boldest move yet to challenge what he sees as the company’s betrayal of its original mission to develop AI safely and openly (an allegation he’s presently suing OpenAI for).
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