The U.S. has pressured Argentina and Chile to halt two Chinese telescope projects in the Andes, worried they could be used to track U.S. satellites or communicate with Chinese ones.

The campaign began under Biden and intensified under Trump, framed as an updated Monroe Doctrine to counter China's growing footprint in Latin America.

Argentine President Javier Milei, backed by a $20 billion U.S. lifeline before last year's midterms, has cooled his earlier warmth toward Beijing, though China remains deeply entwined with Argentina's economy through trade, mining, and infrastructure.

A new U.S.-Argentina trade agreement even includes language limiting Argentina's space cooperation with other countries.

China calls the U.S. position "ridiculous" and accuses Washington of "hegemonism," noting the U.S. operates its own telescopes in the region.

Source: NYT

Their leaders are gone, the A team is gone, the B team is gone, and probably the C team is gone.

We are dealing with people that have a certain power. It’s very interesting — they make a deal and they break it.

We will get Iran’s enriched uranium at some point, whenever we want.

We have it surveilled. I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching that area. If somebody walked in, they can tell you his name, his address, and the number of his badge.

If anybody gets near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow him up.

The war with Iran is not over because there is still enriched uranium that has to be taken out of Iran.

There are still enrichment sites that need to be dismantled. There are still proxies that Iran supports and ballistic missiles that they want to produce.

We degraded a lot of it, but there is work to be done.

Dropped by helicopter into Nova Kakhovka and later trapped at the Antonivskyi Bridge, his battalion's commander called in Bayraktar TB2 UCAV support.

Damaskin recalled escaping at night under the watchful lights of the drone overhead:

"We were ready to die; we knew what we were dying for. The most important thing was to save as many people as possible, and Bayraktar did a very good job for that."

Now visiting Istanbul, he says:

"I am here physically, but in my soul, I am there with my guys, with my people, with my free Ukraine."

For him, the TB2 means "saved lives: children, women, the civilian population."

"I want to thank Bayraktar family very much. The Ukrainian people are very grateful to them and respect them.”

I look at these beautiful little babies, and they get a vat — like a big glass — of stuff pumped into their bodies. I think it’s a very negative thing to do.

I would love to see much smaller shots, like four visits to the doctor. And I think you would have a much better result with autism.

Moving away from the patriotic position, surrendering or bowing down to Brussels, would be a huge strategic mistake, and Hungary will pay a heavy price for it.

If you do not fight in Brussels, they will trample you, push you down, and rob you. The new leadership must understand this. It is not yet clear to me that they understand this — I do not see it yet.

Had the Israeli plan to ignite war between us and Iran succeeded, the region would have been plunged into ruin and destruction.

Thousands of our sons and daughters would have been lost in a battle in which we had no stake.

Israel would have succeeded in imposing its will on the region and remained the only actor in our surroundings.

The crown prince did not allow Iran to divide the brotherly Gulf states.