Germany’s Rearmament
The Financial Times wrote on June 20:
“German power and action are back in the spotlight today, but is the goal to reform Europe? That is the new German question. As Europe rapidly strengthens its defense capabilities in the face of Russian aggression and an increasingly unreliable United States, Germany has thrown off its pacifist shackles, eased borrowing limits and embarked on a rearmament of historic proportions.
“Its military budget surpasses that of France and Britain, two nuclear powers. It is investing 35 billion euros in military space capabilities. Liana Fix, a German scientist working in the United States, warned earlier this year that Germany could become Europe’s new hegemon – and that we should be wary of the dangers of German power…. what is missing from Berlin is a clear explanation of the European role of this army…
“Warsaw and Paris are particularly concerned. Poland still has unresolved disputes with Germany dating back to World War II… Berlin’s decision earlier this month to abandon the Franco-German FCAS future fighter jet project… only heightened concerns in Paris that Germany had decided to go it alone… In such turbulent times, Germany’s European partners should not be left in the dark about its new direction.”
The concern regarding increasing German military power is well-founded.
Clashes Within the EU
Politico wrote on June 19:
“Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz struck out against the EU for opening up communication with Vladimir Putin, putting the leaders of Europe’s two largest countries on collision course with a large part of the rest of the bloc. In an unexpectedly discordant late-night summit in Brussels ― the first since 2010 without longtime contrarian ex-Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ― the French president and the German chancellor scorned efforts by European Council President António Costa, who acts on behalf of all 27 governments, to reach out to the Kremlin…
“The clashes bring to light simmering tension at the heart of the EU over its approach to Russia and who should talk on Europe’s behalf… Leaders from some of the most staunchly anti-Russia countries, as well as Denmark and the Netherlands, rallied behind Macron and Merz, with some displaying unprecedented fury with Costa…
“Thursday evening’s summit exposed several faultlines: In addition to the Costa vs. E3 [France, Germany and the U.K.] divide, Italy and Poland (forming an informal “E5”) were frustrated by their exclusion from initial talks between the E3 and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of the summit…”
“Poland’s President Strips Zelenskyy of Top Honor
Deutsche Welle reported on June 19:
“Karol Nawrocki’s decision to strip Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Poland’s highest honor is likely to spark a severe diplomatic crisis between Poland and Ukraine… Tensions between Warsaw and Kyiv have been high for days due to Zelensky’s decision to name a Ukrainian army unit after an insurgent army (UPA) from World War II that Warsaw accuses of participating in massacres against Poles.
“In 2023, Poland’s then-President Andrzej Duda awarded Zelenskyy the Order of the White Eagle for his contributions to security, resilience, and the defense of human rights.
“In his address on X, Nawrocki said Poland had ‘repeatedly’ called on Ukraine to change the name of the unit. ‘The Ukrainian side’s position has not changed,’ he added… Meanwhile, Poland’s liberal Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X that the conflict between Poland and Ukraine ‘pleases (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and shocks our allies.’… The Polish president’s move escalates the dispute between the neighbors and allies.”
Poland is one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters. Ultimately, Ukraine will become part of or collaborate with Russia, against Europe.
Russia-Ukraine War Continues Unabated…
Newsmax wrote on June 21:
“Four people were killed and fuel sales were suspended in Russian-occupied Crimea, the Moscow-backed authorities there said on Sunday, after a massive Ukrainian barrage hit the Black Sea peninsula… Ukraine said it targeted military and energy facilities in Crimea… in one of the biggest attacks on the peninsula in recent months… Part of the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, was left without power after the attacks…
“Separately, overnight Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine killed three people…
“Ukraine has in recent months also stepped up drone attacks on energy facilities in Russia, striking targets deep behind the front lines. Earlier this week, it hit a large refinery in Moscow twice… Some petrol stations in Russia, the world’s third-biggest oil producer, introduced fuel rationing this month. Fuel exports have been banned since April…
“Talks on ending Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II remain frozen, while fighting on the front line is effectively at a standstill.”
Vance Warns Israeli Officials
The Hill wrote on June 18:
“Vice President Vance warned Israeli officials Thursday against speaking out and criticizing the peace deal negotiated by President Trump’s administration with Iran, suggesting Israel should be grateful for partnership with the U.S. while it is isolated on the international stage. ‘If I was in the Cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world,’ Vance said at a press conference at the White House.
“‘The other thing that I would say is that over the last three months, two-thirds of the defensive weapons that protected your homeland have been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars.’”
As Israelis see it, it is they who have been attacked by Trump. And America has also become more and more isolated in the world.
Saudi Arabia Warns Israel
The Times of India wrote on June 18:
“Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan issued a sharp warning to Israel, saying the country would face serious consequences if it continued its military operations across the region. Speaking amid escalating tensions, Faisal condemned Israeli attacks in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank…
“He said he expects the U.S. president Donald Trump to intervene into Gaza and West Bank where Israeli military actions continue unabated and are worsening the already tense situation with daily bloodshed.”
More and more Arab “friends” turn against Israel… which is in accordance with biblical prophecy.
Is “Cyrus” Becoming “Judas”?
Israel Today wrote on June 19:
“… it looks a lot like President Trump is throwing Israel under the bus. The man who had appeared to be a modern-day Cyrus figure is turning out to be a potential Judas, leaving Israel at the mercy of terrorists while ensuring the safe passage of oil…
“Iran remains determined to wipe out the Jewish state… It’s very naïve to think Iran’s current leaders are suddenly being reasonable and with good intentions; the US leader should heed the wise advice Winston Churchill once offered to appeasers in our Parliament that you cannot negotiate with the devil…
“In the meantime, Israel may well end up alone – even without American support…”
To be a Cyrus and a Judas is not mutually exclusive…
Unlimited Power?
The Daily Mail wrote on June 19:
“Donald Trump triumphantly declared in an interview with Axios on Thursday that there are ‘no limits’ to his power when pressed on if he’s found any constraints on his abilities… While attending the Group of Seven summit this week, he put on display the haughty view of himself for all to see. ‘I’m the boss,’ he told the leaders candidly while taking his seat on Wednesday.
“On Thursday evening, the President posted a two-page memo from his social media claiming that he is even more powerful than historical leaders like Genghis Khan and Napoleon, Hitler, Mao and Stalin. Those notorious men, the document written by ‘presidential historian’ Dave King states, only had local power; Trump by comparison has ‘global reach’…
“‘Sounds good to me!’ Trump celebrated in his social media post about being more powerful than the strongmen… ‘They didn’t have airplanes, right? You couldn’t travel around,’ Trump reportedly said of Alexander the Great, the Caesars of Rome and William the Conqueror. Trump relished being more powerful than Napoleon and ‘the evident pleasure he took in the company of Mao, Hitler, and Stalin’ was clear.”
These are very strange comments indeed.
Does Trump Actually Realize How Bad His Deal Is?
Bild Online wrote on June 18:
“The mullahs get the carrot and no longer have to fear the stick. Does Trump realize how bad his Iran deal is? At the G7 press conference in Évian on Wednesday, he spent an hour praising himself for the agreement (which he subsequently signed at Versailles)—yet he could not disguise the fact that, in reality, he is capitulating to the mullahs…
“US allies in the Middle East feel betrayed by Trump. The deal allows the Iranian regime to firmly re-establish its position, generate billions in revenue, rebuild its missile capabilities, and rearm its proxy armies across the region…
“Trump even praises Iran’s new leadership… He claims there are now ‘reasonable people’ there with whom one can negotiate. This, he suggests, amounts to a form of ‘regime change.’ Similarly, he even praises the Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, claiming they have ‘behaved very reasonably’ since the ceasefire agreement last October…
“According to Trump, the Iranian regime must be allowed to build missiles again… He even concedes the regime the right to uranium enrichment!… Yet Trump insists the deal ensures the Iranian regime will not acquire nuclear weapons—even though the agreement postpones negotiations on that issue to a later date, leaving the mullahs with a far better negotiating position than they had before the war…
“Incidentally, there is one thing Trump no longer mentions: the people of Iran who have been trying to get rid of the mullahs for decades. He had incited them to revolt, promising: ‘Help is on the way.’ On January 8 and 9, 2026, between 30,000 and 40,000 of them were massacred by the mullahs’ henchmen. They evidently died for nothing. Trump is suddenly casting them aside.
“Both Democrats and disillusioned Republicans are appalled, regarding the deal as worse than anything Obama or Biden negotiated with the Iranian regime. ‘Ronald Reagan is rolling over in his grave. This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades,’ concludes Senator Bill Cassidy, a rival of Trump’s within the party.”
ABC News added on June 19:
“… several Republican senators have broken with the president over the agreement… ‘I do have concerns that certain aspects of this deal are stepping in the wrong direction,’ Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told Fox News on Thursday…
“‘History demonstrates that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is an exceptionally bad idea, and I think unfortunately the president is receiving some really bad advice on this deal,’ Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said of the reconstruction fund…”
Worse Than Obama’s Deal
The New York Post Editorial Board wrote on June 19:
“As he prepared to sign his ‘memorandum of understanding’ with the Islamic dictatorship of Iran, President Trump again insisted that his deal was much different than that of his predecessor, President Barack Obama. He’s right — it’s probably worse.
“Obama’s treaty did not prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, it simply punted the issue down the road in exchange for cash. Trump’s agreement has the same vague promises, the same payouts, but with the added twist that Iran can and will take the world hostage by shutting the Strait of Hormuz at will. On Friday, just days after the signing of the MOU, Iran moved to close the Strait, saying no ships could cross without its permission and suggesting that ‘insurance fees’ must be paid.
“This isn’t in violation of the deal. This is part of the deal. Point No. 5: ‘The Islamic Republic of Iran will conduct [a] dialog with the Sultanate of Oman to define the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz.’ Why would opening the door for ‘administration’ of a previously free international waterway even be part [of] this agreement? How is this in any way the ‘unconditional surrender’ Trump described?…
“Trump is betraying his base — and his allies… What’s the plan here? Make sure we have no friends left?”
The New York Post is normally Trump-friendly. But they also see how bad this deal is. So do other Trump-friendly outlets. Note the next article.
“We Feel Betrayed”
Newsmax wrote on June 19:
“An Israeli newspaper owned by a Donald Trump megadonor published an open letter that condemned the president for agreeing to a memorandum of understanding with Iran. The sharply worded open letter appeared Thursday in Israel Hayom, the Israeli newspaper founded by the late Sheldon Adelson and now owned by his widow, billionaire philanthropist and major Trump supporter Miriam Adelson.
“Under the headline, ‘You could have been the greatest president of all, but you failed,’ veteran Israeli journalist Danny Zaken accused Trump of abandoning a strategy he said had weakened Iran and moved the region closer to lasting security… ‘We feel betrayed…’, Zaken wrote near the end of the letter. ‘You lost your patience and your moral and leadership compass.’”
The following article shows how far apart the sides are.
Not to Return
The Credle Media quoted on June 19, Israel’s Minister of Defense, Israel Katz, as follows:
“‘We have flattened the entire first line of villages in southern Lebanon, all the houses have been destroyed. The residents will never see them standing ever again.’
“In a stark acknowledgment of systemic ethnic cleansing, Israeli War Minister Israel Katz boasted on Friday that the Israeli military has completely obliterated the entire first tier of Lebanese border villages. Framing the mass destruction as a permanent ‘security zone’, Katz explicitly declared that the 200,000 displaced Lebanese residents ‘are not returning.’”
Closed Again
The Associated Press wrote on June 20:
“Iran dealt two quick blows to the interim agreement with the United States on Saturday, angered by Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon, saying it had closed the Strait of Hormuz and announcing that while its negotiators were going to Switzerland for talks, not much is likely to happen there….
“Earlier Saturday, Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 16 people, including two children, hours after reports emerged of a ceasefire agreement there… An Israeli military official… said Hezbollah had fired more than 50 projectiles at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon overnight. Israel’s army said it struck dozens of Hezbollah targets and militants in southern Lebanon, including Hezbollah command centers…
“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep Israeli forces in southern Lebanon until any threat to Israel is eliminated. Hezbollah has refused to halt its attacks unless Israel commits to withdrawing from Lebanon, which Iran says is also a condition of the deal.”
Peace Far Off…
The Daily Mail wrote on June 21:
“President Donald Trump renewed threats against Iran on Sunday just hours after Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland along with top Iranian officials to begin negotiations with Tehran… Vance attempted to downplay the intensity of the fighting in Lebanon during Sunday morning’s negotiations. Minutes later, Trump renewed threats of bombing Iran if the country does not rein in Hezbollah and the militant group’s strikes against Israel…
“Hours before, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian emphasized that Iran will maintain its right to a nuclear program. ‘What is certain is that we will never back down from the right to enrich uranium, and the other side is also forced to accept it,’ Pezeshkian said on Sunday
“During an interview with Fox News Sunday morning, Trump shot back and said that Pezeshkian ‘better watch his mouth.’ He also told Iran that they won’t have a country if the Strait of Hormuz is closed. Trump also criticized Israel, saying the country ‘can’t do anything without blowing up buildings’ in its fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon…”
Trump “Reacts”
Fox News wrote on June 21:
“President Donald Trump on Sunday told Fox News that he delivered a stark warning to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to ‘blow the s— out of them’ should Tehran close the vital waterway… Trump reiterated his threat to potentially collect tolls for vessels traversing the strait should Iran fail to reach an agreement….
“Trump said that the 60-day ceasefire and negotiation framework established under the Memorandum of Understanding he signed last week ‘is just an option,’ and ‘I can do whatever I want after that option.’”
Is he backpaddling, due to the bad reactions to his “deal”? Note the next article.
Out of Desperation?
The New York Post wrote on June 19:
“[President Trump fired] back at Iran’s ‘probably gay,’ disfigured supreme leader’s claim he settled war out of ‘desperation’… insisting the opposite was true.
“‘We didn’t meet out of desperation, Iran did. They are FINISHED! We’ll play out the 60 days. They get no money, not ten cents!’ Trump wrote…”
Prediction: US-Iran Deal Will Fail
Newsmax wrote on June 22:
“Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., predicted Sunday that the U.S.-Iran framework agreement signed last week will collapse… Graham, who told CBS he spent 4 1/2 hours with Trump on Friday, made the comments on ‘Face the Nation’…
“He said that if talks break down, ‘President Trump is going to take the Strait of Hormuz over by force. The United States will control the Strait of Hormuz. We’ll charge a fee for all those who go through to pay for the operation… If Iran continues to attack Israel and Lebanon, the new policy will be, we’ll hit Iran…’”
Ending the War?
Ron Paul wrote in the Ron Paul Institute on June 22:
“Against the odds, the Memorandum of Understanding… may collapse, but it has survived a first round of talks between the two sides in Switzerland over the weekend. President Trump started a war on Iran against all sober guidance and in violation of the US Constitution’s requirement that only Congress can declare war. There must be a reckoning for our elected leaders who violate their oath of office, the Constitution, and simple common sense.
“However, what is more telling is the reaction when President Trump finally took the correct move and attempted to end the war. The neocons who had hailed him as a great leader – Levin, Bolton, Pompeo, etc. – suddenly turned against him when he turned against further escalation of the war…
“And more telling even than this was the reaction of the ‘opposition’ party in Congress, the Democrats. They attacked him harder for ending – or at least pausing – the war more than for starting the war in the first place… When it comes to wars, there is no Republican Party nor is there a Democratic Party. There is only the ‘yes!’ party…
“Yes, there is plenty to criticize. After weekend talks, the US side, led by Vice President JD Vance, is celebrating as a ‘breakthrough’ that the Strait of Hormuz is open again and that Iran has reportedly agreed to the return of UN inspectors. But the Strait was open before this war and UN inspectors were in Iran before President Trump unilaterally pulled out of the… ‘Iran Deal’ in his first term.
“The only difference now is that we burned through likely several hundred billion dollars, we lost dozens of aircraft and other military equipment, and we likely lost more service members than the Pentagon is admitting. It is a reminder of why the Founders intended to make sure that any war must be declared by the people’s Representatives before the first bullet is shot: it should be very hard to launch wars.
“Nevertheless, those who are truly against the wars should, in my opinion, hold their fire for the time being in hope that a lasting resolution can be found. The President Is being attacked from all sides by the war party. Now may not be the best time for the peace party to join in.”
Ending a war is always a good thing. The only problem is that Trump’s ongoing concessions and Iran’s ongoing demands, as well as ongoing disagreements, virtually guarantee that the war has not ended, but that it will resume very soon. The following article makes this very plain as well.
Conflicting Statements
Deutsche Welle wrote on June 23:
“During a news conference between [Iran’s President] Pezeshkian and [Pakistani President] Sharif, Pezeshkian asserted that Iran’s ballistic missiles are not part of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding and ‘will never be.’ Sharif said Iran has a right to ballistic missiles like other nations and that the issue was never on the table when it came to the discussions regarding the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding…
“Rubio said the US would not accept any tolls or fees in the Strait of Hormuz, reiterating that any final deal with Tehran would forbid Iran from charging for passage…. ‘No country [that would include Oman as well] is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway. That’s existing international law,’ Rubio said. [So, then, Trump wouldn’t be allowed to do so either, even though he said he might.] … The MoU says that Tehran will allow the passage of shipping without tolls for 60 days only…
“US President Donald Trump says Iran has agreed to far-reaching nuclear inspections, sharply contradicting denials from Tehran [and] dismissing what he called Iran’s ‘protestations and false statements.’ Trump also maintained that unfrozen Iranian assets would be tightly controlled and used to buy US humanitarian goods, including ‘Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans from our great American Farmers.’ Iran has already rejected both assertions…
“Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said there had been no agreement on inspections and no plans to invite the UN nuclear watchdog back to the country.
“Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva pushed back against the use of frozen assets to buy food from the US, insisting that Tehran alone would decide how any released funds are used.
“The conflicting accounts underscore deep divisions between the two sides, even as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict continue.”
Senate Passes a Symbolic Resolution Rebuking Trump
CNN wrote on June 23:
“The Senate adopted a resolution on Tuesday directing the president to remove military forces from the conflict with Iran a significant rebuke to Donald Trump and a strong message that the war lacks support in Congress…. GOP Sens. Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Bill Cassidy joined Democrats in voting for the resolution, while Democratic Sen. John Fetterman voted against it. The final tally was 50-48. The absences of GOP Sens. Mitch McConnell and Dave McCormick, who have previously voted against advancing war powers resolutions, contributed to the measure’s adoption….
“The measure passed the House earlier this month. But because it is what’s known as a concurrent resolution, it does not require the president’s signature and, by definition, does not carry the force of law.”
Key Republicans Flip
Fox News wrote on June 24:
“An explosive meeting in the Senate turned into a win for President Donald Trump and his administration as key Republicans flipped on another bid to handcuff the administration’s authorities in Iran.
“In its final act before leaving Washington, D.C., for an over two-week break, the Senate rejected Democrats’ attempt to rein in Trump’s war powers in Iran as talks continue between Iran and the U.S. to hammer out a long-term peace deal. … Trump argued to the GOP that the previous war powers resolution, which passed on Tuesday thanks in part to a pair of Republicans being absent, hurt the administration’s negotiating position with the Iranians….
“[Rand] Paul, who voted present, noted that his ‘opinion on the debate over war and executive power has not changed and I have voted that way several times.’ ‘But since hostilities seem to be over and the President asked me to give consideration to his negotiating position, I will do so,’ Paul said on X. ‘My vote of present is a way to give the President more space and leverage to negotiate a lasting peace.’”
Sounds good, but with potentially bad and really dangerous consequences. The “peace deal” with Iran will not materialize. What if Trump returns to war, which is to be expected. Now could have been an occasion to restrict Trump’s war powers. But the chance was blown by some key Republicans. A way may seem good to a man, but finally, it will cause death.
Charlie Kirk’s Opposition to War With Iran
The Ron Paul Institute wrote on June 18:
“The Charlie Kirk Show is now distributed by a federally registered agent of Israel… It is part of a whopping $46 million dollar annual contract between the Israeli government and Brad Parscale, the former chief of staff for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign. This may be the largest lobbying contract in the history of foreign influence operations in the US…
“Since Kirk’s killing, his successors have done their best to bury his vehement opposition to war on Iran, as well as his public fits of disgust with Netanyahu and his army of lobbyists in the US. Kirk’s widow and replacement as TPUSA CEO, Erika Kirk, now insists that she and her husband never wavered in their support for Israel. She has also been unwilling to state what her late husband would have thought about the war the US and Israel waged on Iran this year…
“However, in the months before his killing, Kirk left little mystery about where he stood on the US imposing war on Iran. In one of many tirades against attacking Iran, he slammed Sen. Lindsey Graham and other cheerleaders for war as ‘pathologically insane’ … On August 6, 2025, just over a month before his death, Kirk openly raged against Jewish ‘leaders’ and ‘stakeholders’ harassing him for his criticism of Israeli policies..
“To date, there is no evidence that the state of Israel was responsible for the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Yet it is undeniable that Kirk’s killing removed one of the greatest obstacles to Israel’s plans to compel Trump to launch a massive regime change war on Iran… Kirk was the only figure in Trump’s inner circle to personally appeal to the president against committing US forces to Israel’s 12-day-long assault on Iran during June 2025. Trump ‘barked’ at Kirk… and angrily dispatched him. Days later, Trump ordered US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, setting the stage for Operation Epic Fury the following year…”
Kirk was right, and Trump should have listened. Now, it’s all forgotten, and Kirk’s views are being misrepresented or suppressed.
Problematic Supreme Court Decision Regarding Green Card Holders
ABC News reported on June 23:
“The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Tuesday bolstered the ability of federal border agents to remove from the country lawful permanent residents, or green card holders, who may have committed a crime involving ‘moral turpitude.’
“In a 6-3 decision by Justice Clarence Thomas in Blanche v. Lau, the court said border agents do not bear the burden of having to prove by ‘clear and convincing evidence’ that an immigrant seeking to re-enter the country after a trip abroad had committed a crime before denying them admission, but need only show that there was reason to believe they had…
“U.S. immigration law states that green card holders who legally leave the U.S. for short periods should be allowed to re-enter, but there are exceptions – among them if the green card holder is convicted of or admits to having committed ‘a crime involving moral turpitude.’”
“In a dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, joined by justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, argued that the government must bear the burden of first proving that a green card holder had, in fact, committed a crime before stripping their status.”
The dissent is right.
Outrage in Italy
AFP wrote on June 19:
“Italy reacted angrily on Friday after reported comments by US President Donald Trump mocking Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni… Meloni said she was ‘frankly stunned’ by Trump’s comments to Italian channel La7.
“According to a written transcript of the phone interview provided to AFP by the network, he said Meloni ‘begged me for a picture’ at the G7 summit this week and he agreed only because he ‘felt sorry for her.’ He also suggested that Meloni was probably ‘happy that I talked to her, I didn’t have to talk to her’. Meloni called what Trump said ‘made up’, adding: ‘Neither I nor Italy ever beg.’
“‘I don’t know why the president of the United States behaves this way with his own allies,’ the far-right leader wrote on X. ‘I can only say that it’s a pity he doesn’t show the same determination with enemies of the West, with enemies of the United States, with leaders with whom, instead, he is far more accommodating,’ she said.
“Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on X called Trump’s words ‘grave and offensive’ and said he was cancelling a visit to the US planned for June 21 and 22. Justice Minister Carlo Nordio said the comments were a ‘painful injury’ to Italy-US ties…
“Meloni has tried to position herself as a bridge between Europe and the Trump administration, but the relationship came under strain during the Middle East war. Trump turned on Meloni in April after she defended Pope Leo XIV from the US president’s harsh criticism of the pontiff’s anti-war views. Meloni condemned Trump’s remarks as ‘unacceptable’ — prompting the president to turn his fire on her… He accused Meloni of failing to help the United States with NATO. Trump has threatened to pull US troops from Italy, saying Rome ‘has not been of any help to us’ in the Iran war.”
Dispute Escalates
Bild Online reported on June 20:
“The dispute between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (49) and Donald Trump (80) continues to escalate. Following Trump’s disparaging remarks about a photo Meloni allegedly begged for, a right-wing conservative Italian newspaper is now attacking the US President on its front page with a crude insult… ‘Trump è un Coglione,’ the paper [‘Libero’] writes in its Saturday edition—which translates roughly to: Trump is a total moron! Depending on the context, there are even cruder translations… ‘Only a total moron could ruin everything with a lie so massive it borders on the ridiculous’…
“Why might Trump have made the claim? The answer lies in the meaning of the word ‘Coglione,’ writes [the newspaper]. ‘An incompetent, stupid person who acts with little sense…’ ‘Libero’ is a nationally known tabloid, famous for biting commentary and attacks on the left-wing mainstream—or… on politicians who publicly humiliate the Prime Minister…”
ABC News reported on June 20:
“President Donald Trump continued his war of words with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday, insisting she ‘begged’ for a photo of them together at this week’s G7 summit, despite denials from Meloni and pushback from Italian ministers… ‘She is doing poorly in Italy with her level of popularity, possibly because she turned down the United States of America… when it came to denying Iran from obtaining or developing a Nuclear Weapon (But so did NATO, for that matter!),’ the president said in his post.
“Meloni snapped back on Trump with her own social media post later in the morning… ‘As for my popularity, being your friend has certainly not helped it, nor does it depend on my relationship with you… In any case, my popularity is none of your concern. I suggest you focus on yours,’ she said to Trump…
“Italian politicians, including opposition party members, have come out in support of Meloni while also arguing this shows that being too acquiescent with the U.S. administration is counterproductive.”
Ultimately, Italy will totally turn against America, as will be the case for the rest of Europe.
Nothing Goes Without Germany
Politico wrote on June 19:
“Germany has a reminder for Washington: The United States needs Europe in order to get to outer space.
“‘Germany and Europe provide critical key technologies’ for U.S. space missions, German Space Minister Dorothee Bär told POLITICO in an interview this week. ‘That is why we can confidently say: without us, it cannot be done.’”
Keir Starmer Resigned
The U.S. Sun wrote on June 22:
“SIR Keir Starmer fought back tears today while announcing he will QUIT as Prime Minister after just two years in power. Andy Burnham (sometimes called the King of the North) is the clear favourite to succeed him as more MPs swing behind his leadership claim…
“Sir Keir will become the sixth premier to resign in the last decade when he formally leaves No10 by September at the latest. He quit after a succession of Cabinet Ministers had joined Labour MPs in losing faith in his premiership following months of turmoil and drift…
“Labour nominations will open on July 9 and, if more than one candidate makes the ballot, a new leader will be elected before Parliament returns on September 1. But with senior figures already lining up behind Mr Burnham, there is growing speculation there may be no contest at all… This could see Mr Burnham enter Downing Street as Britain’s next Prime Minister as early as July 17 or 18…
“Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said his party will demand a general election immediately…
Trump said that one of the main reasons for Starmer’s demise was his opposition to the USA and the Iran war. This is clearly incorrect. Starmer gained support in Britain for occasionally standing up to Trump, especially as Trump is probably the most despised and rejected leader in the West.
“The Stupidest Idea Trump Ever Had”
Report 24 wrote on June 20:
“US President Donald Trump is turning heads at the G7 meeting in Evian. Because he is dissatisfied with Israel’s successes against Hezbollah in Syria, the new Syrian regime is supposed to handle the job. In other words, Sunni Al-Qaeda murder squads against Shiite Hezbollah fanatics… After threatening the terror regime in Tehran with destruction, [Trump] now appears to be striking a ‘deal’ with the mullahs that betrays the Iranian people and Israel. In Syria, he has sold out long-standing Kurdish allies and supported the new jihadist regime—led by internationally wanted Al-Qaeda terrorists…
“Trump first boasts that he himself was ‘very responsible for Syria’: ‘The man leading Syria now is someone I installed together with President Erdogan. He is doing a great job bringing everyone together.’ He claims the man is very capable and has done everything he—Trump—wanted. The person in question is Ahmed al-Sharaa, who remained on the UN list of internationally wanted Al-Qaeda terrorists until 2025. Al-Qaeda is, after all, the organization that carried out the 2001 terror attacks in New York. In 2013, the US had offered a substantial $10 million reward for information leading to al-Sharaa’s capture. Since taking power in Syria alongside other terrorist groups, the regime has carried out a series of massacres targeting Christians, Druze, Alawites, and Yazidis. A process of gradual ethnic cleansing is underway. …”
“The Syrian army consists of Al-Qaeda and ISIS… They will burn everything down… And they will do a better job than Israel? Doesn’t [Trump] know what happened in the Syrian Civil War?… [That] hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians [were] killed in that war? Is he aware of what war in the Middle East looks like when Muslims fight Muslims?… What does Trump [think] the Syrian army would do better? Would the Al-Qaeda gangs have better and more precise missiles, better intelligence, or a better air force than Israel? Does Trump think the Syrian army would notify the fire department and warn residents via text message before an attack—‘Leave the building, we’re about to bomb it’? Israel does that. Does Trump think Al-Qaeda will do the same?…
“… of course, no one in their right mind could welcome a Syrian invasion of Lebanon. It wouldn’t just be jihadist fanatics who died, but also countless Christians and Druze, who together make up about half the population…
“However, Trump is right about one underlying aspect: if the Syrian army takes action against Hezbollah and hundreds of thousands of people lose their lives in the process, the international outcry will be far less than if a few thousand were to die in Israeli attacks… The left-globalist mainstream public has emphatically demonstrated in recent years that it is capable of stubbornly remaining silent about mass killings committed by Muslims in Yemen, Sudan, Syria, etc….”
Christians Across Africa Are Slaughtered… But Europe Looks the Other Way
Brussels Signal wrote on June 16:
“The harrowing footage reaching (or, to be exact, not reaching) Western monitors from the Oromia region of Ethiopia leaves no room for interpretation. Dozens of Orthodox Christians murdered, churches systematically targeted, and ancient communities subjected to raw, asymmetric violence. What is unfolding in the Horn of Africa is not an isolated tribal skirmish. It is part of a brutal campaign of Islamist extremist aggression sweeping across the continent from Nigeria to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique – and ultimately threatening Europe itself.
“Unfortunately, the geopolitical hypocrisy of the West hardly makes an impression anymore… the systematic erasure of Christian populations in Africa is met with an orchestrated guilty silence… Ethiopia, a nation with deep, 1,700-year-old Christian roots, is becoming a testing ground for a wider civilisational cleansing. If nobody reacts, the killing continues. We see the exact same pattern across the Sahel and Nigeria, where entire Christian villages are routinely slaughtered while international media look the other way… The Western media establishment fears that reporting the truth will fuel domestic reactions at home, so they choose complicity through silence instead….
“This leaves the global Christian population completely unprotected in the face of rising militant fanaticism. In Nigeria, the blood of martyrs has stained the Middle Belt for years, yet the European Union continues to disburse billions in development aid without demanding a single act of protection for these vulnerable groups…”
Shameful and appalling.
“Fauci Funded Lab Research that Sparked COVID”
LifeSiteNews wrote on June 19:
“A trove of communications and documents released by outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard show that Dr. Anthony Fauci ‘provided millions in U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research’ on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology…
“In a viral overnight social media video already seen by millions, Gabbard announced [that Fauci] worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024.”
Fauci can still face certain charges in spite of the broad preemptive pardon issued by President Biden. While the pardon protects him from almost all federal criminal prosecutions, it does not provide blanket immunity against state-level laws or civil lawsuits. Also, legal scholars feel that Fauci’s broad preemptive pardon may be illegal.
Breitbart reported on June 20:
“Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) [said], ‘I don’t think anyone has to debate the damage that the release of this virus caused in trillions of dollars, and you know, countless lives around the world. What we do have to do is specifically get to an official investigation and charges on two major counts, the perjury count before Congress, and the cover-up… often the cover-up is worse than the original lie, and in this case, it appears as though he willfully impeded Congress and everyone else in getting to the truth, which probably cost even more lives…’”
Cuba Invasion?
Axios wrote on June 19:
“President Trump said Thursday on ‘The Axios Show’ that ‘it’s possible’ a potential Cuba invasion would resemble the swift capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January.”
The War Against Ivermectin
The Independent wrote on June 19:
“A rising number of cancer patients are being prescribed ivermectin instead of undergoing chemotherapy… A report… found that ivermectin prescriptions for cancer patients doubled between January and July 2025…
“Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic medication primarily used by veterinarians. It was popularized among humans by Covid vaccine skeptics during the pandemic. It has no proven medicinal properties beyond being an effective treatment for parasitic infections…
“The celebrity endorsement … was from actor Mel Gibson, who told Joe Rogan in 2025 that three of his friends survived cancer by taking ivermectin…
“MacMillan Cancer Support chief medical officer Richard Simcock… explained that a lot of the disinformation stems from some existing studies of ivermectin in the lab showing that the drug has the potential to help induce death in cancer cells when taken alongside conventional treatment. However, Simcock stressed that lab studies cannot be directly replicated in humans…
“Additionally, even the more promising lab tests were taken in conjunction with existing cancer drugs [those used in conjunction with chemotherapy]…
“Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr., [promoted] the use of ivermectin as an alternative to the Covid vaccine on his podcast prior to working for the White House…”
The article contains numerous errors. Just note the following statements:
The National Library of Medicine wrote on September 21, 2020: “Ivermectin has powerful antitumor effects, including the inhibition of proliferation, metastasis, and angiogenic activity, in a variety of cancer cells.”
Everyday Health wrote on July 7, 2025: “Researchers have been exploring ivermectin as a possible cancer drug, but they emphasize that the findings are preliminary…”
Anticancer Research wrote in June of 2026: “… ivermectin [was] associated with high rates of self-reported clinical benefit and favorable tolerability.”
Many doctors, paid by pharma, oppose ivermectin, as they do the use of medical marijuana, even though the latter has been proven to be extremely effective in certain cases. We know that chemotherapy is harmful. We also know it’s very expensive, and doctors profit from using it. No wonder pharma is quick in rejecting remedies which would affect their lucrative income and that of their agents. Ivermectin was rejected by pharma and many doctors as a remedy against Covid. They instead promoted harmful and dangerous Covid vaccinations, causing serious and deadly side effects.
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