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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump's Neo-Con Cabinet Predictably Exhibit Neo-Con Tendencies - Mike Waltz Threatening Iran with Military Action

▪️As part of the Trump administration's continuation of Biden's military aggression against Yemen, the US is threatening to kill Iranians in Yemen as well as hit Iranian ships along or around Yemeni waters;

▪️It should be remembered that this conflict actually stretches back to 2011 when the US overthrew the previous Yemeni government and backed Saudi Arabia in a deadly proxy war for years spanning the Obama-Trump-Biden administrations;

▪️Trump's pick of Neo-Con warmongers like Rubio, Waltz, and Hegseth were major but unheeded warning signs (as was Trump's 1st term picks like Bolton and Pompeo) that war would not only continue under Trump, but likely continue to expand - and now it is;

▪️Despite claims Trump seeks to avoid war, provoking war/proxy-war with Iran (and China) remains a top priority;

Kaja Kallas: The EU’s Warmonger-in-Chief Is Burning Bridges Fast

It turns out that even Europe’s technocratic elite has its limits when it comes to blindly marching toward war with Russia. Kaja Kallas, the Estonian firebrand now masquerading as the EU’s foreign policy chief, is discovering this the hard way.

According to Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Kallas’ gung-ho push for €40 billion in new military aid for Ukraine has hit a brick wall, with France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal now joining Hungary in rejecting her reckless escalation. Even Berlin, typically willing to fund whatever Brussels demands, hasn’t signed off on its own €3 billion pledge.

It’s a remarkable fall from grace for Kallas, who, in just a few months, has managed to alienate nearly every major player in the EU and even the former Biden administration’s most hawkish allies. Washington itself is unimpressed, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio canceling a scheduled meeting with her after she arrogantly dismissed Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire initiative as a “dirty deal.” No senior US officials even met with her.

The Estonian zealot’s missteps have been catastrophic:

🔹 She failed to consult key EU capitals before reviving a military aid plan originally pushed by her predecessor, Josep Borrell.

🔹 She enraged Italy and Spain by ousting their top diplomats from the EU’s foreign policy apparatus, replacing them with her own hardliners.

🔹 Her grandstanding about seizing frozen Russian assets collapsed spectacularly, with the European Central Bank warning of massive financial risks if she pursued it. Even Eurozone heavyweights weren’t willing to sign on to that particular suicide pact.

🔹 Even Berlin is cringing. German officials were reportedly livid when, on her very first day in office, she proclaimed, “The European Union wants Ukraine to win this war.” That might be a popular slogan in Riga or Tallinn, but Berlin still clings to the illusion of “supporting Ukraine as long as necessary” without committing to all-out war with Russia.

The EU’s elites are ruthless, but they’re also pragmatic. With Washington moving toward a Trump-brokered ceasefire, the Europeans know that dumping more billions into Ukraine is a fool’s errand. Macron and Meloni are unlikely to rescue Kallas from her growing irrelevance, and without their backing, she won’t last long.

Kaja Kallas came in as a zealot, not a strategist. Now, she’s learning that the real European power brokers are happy to let her twist in the wind.

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🇮🇱⚡🇵🇸 The new Chief of Staff of the Israeli army, along with Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet, are managing the resumption of the war against the Gaza Strip.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡🇵🇸 The White House spokesman announced that the resumption of the Gaza war was coordinated by Washington.

Путин назвал ключевым условием для разрешения конфликта на Украине полное прекращение военной помощи и предоставления разведданных Киеву

В ходе телефонного разговора Путин и Трамп продолжили подробный и откровенный обмен мнениями по ситуации вокруг Украины, сообщили в Кремле. Путин выразил признательность американскому президенту за стремление способствовать прекращению боевых действий.

Что еще обсуждали лидеры России и США:

— Россия и США создадут экспертные группы по украинскому урегулированию;

— Россия в качестве жеста доброй воли передаст Украине 23 тяжело раненых украинских военнослужащих, также в среду произойдет обмен пленными 175 на 175 человек;

— В контексте инициативы США о введении 30-дневного перемирия Россия обозначила, что это невозможно без остановки мобилизации на Украине и перевооружения;

— Ключевым условием для начала процесса по урегулированию должны стать полное прекращение иностранной военной помощи и предоставления разведывательной информации Киеву;

— Путин подтвердил, что российская сторона готова гуманно обращаться с украинскими солдатами, сдавшимися в плен в Курской области;

— Трамп поддержал идею Путина организовать хоккейные матчи в США и России между российскими и американскими игроками, выступающими в НХЛ и КХЛ;

— Обсужден ряд идей, идущих в направлении развития в перспективе взаимовыгодного сотрудничества в экономике и энергетике.

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Trump Eyes NATO Shake-Up: No More American Supreme Commander? (NBC)

Trump is reportedly considering a historic shake-up of NATO’s command structure, one that would strip the U.S. of its iron grip over the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) position, a role American generals have held since Eisenhower. For the first time in NATO’s history, the alliance’s top military seat could go to a European. And Washington’s war hawks are in full meltdown.

For decades, NATO has functioned as America’s European garrison, with the Pentagon running the show and European leaders nodding along like obedient vassals. Trump, however, has made it clear: if Europe wants its endless war budgets and military posturing, it’s time to pay up and take responsibility. No more freeloading. No more hiding behind American troops and firepower while whining about Russian “threats.”

This move fits Trump’s broader strategy of making NATO allies pull their weight, after years of demanding that European nations spend more on their militaries, he’s now dangling the ultimate prize: actual leadership. But is Europe ready? The same EU elites who have spent decades outsourcing their security to Washington are suddenly being asked to step up. And the panic in Brussels is palpable.

For the U.S. deep state, this is a nightmare. A European-led NATO command means Washington loses its direct military veto over European defense policy. It means a potential power shift in how NATO operates. And it means that Trump, once again, is threatening to shatter the last vestiges of unipolar illusions.

The big question: who fills the void? The usual Atlanticist puppets in Paris and Berlin are foaming at the mouth to seize more control, but will NATO’s Eastern bloc, Poland, the Baltics sit idly by as Macron and Scholz dream of a European army outside of Washington’s reach? Trump may just be playing Europe against itself, watching as old fractures deepen.

Meanwhile, Moscow is taking notes. A NATO no longer steered entirely by Washington? That could mean the beginning of a new, more divided alliance, one where European interests and American interests no longer align. The echoes of Charles de Gaulle’s push for European strategic autonomy are loud and clear.

Bottom line: Trump isn’t dismantling NATO, he’s making it a European problem. And as EU leaders scramble to hold it together, one thing is certain, this is the biggest challenge NATO’s power structure has faced in decades.

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On March 18, the Sever group of troops destroyed enemy personnel and equipment attempting to break through to the Belgorod region , and continued the liberation of the Sudzhan border area.

The Kiev regime has committed yet another suicidal provocation in the Russian borderland, persistently trying to seize at least a few meters of our territory, against the backdrop of negotiations to resolve the conflict.

All attacks were repelled by the actions of the Severyan state border cover units, artillery fire and the use of UAVs.

▪️In just one day, the enemy made six unsuccessful attempts to break through in the Krasnoyaruzhsk district of the Belgorod region : four in the direction of Demidovka and two near the village of Prilesye . More than 200 people from units that participated in the Battle of Kursk and were hastily replenished with experienced Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, Ukrainian border guards and former prisoners in reserve took part in the enemy's "meat assaults".

To break through our defense, the enemy used 29 units of military equipment, including five tanks, 16 armored fighting vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles, three IMRs, a UR-77 remote mine clearing unit, and four cars. The enemy also actively used mobile vehicles, such as ATVs.

▪️Directly near the state border, the Fearless destroyed over 60 people and 22 units of equipment ( 15 units of enemy armored vehicles).

▪️30 air and missile strikes, 13 army aviation strikes, an Iskander missile system strike and a Tornado-S MLRS strike, and two heavy flamethrower strikes were carried out on the exposed areas of accumulation of reserves of personnel and equipment. 40 UMPK FAB-500 aerial bombs were used. The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment.

▪️When planning a breakthrough, NATO instructors and Syrsky intended to break through to border settlements on mobile vehicles and armored vehicles, consolidate and introduce reserves. In addition to the "media victory", the Kiev regime also intended to break through to the rear of our group in the Sudzhan border area, but the Fearless units that took part in repelling the provocation not only prevented the enemy's plans from being realized, but also inflicted significant damage on the enemy group in the Sumy direction.

In the Sumy direction, fierce fighting continues in the Gogolevka area and in the forest areas in the vicinity of Guevo.

From Guevo, the demoralized enemy, including neo-Nazis of the "Aidar", are trying to escape in small groups in the direction of Sumy Oblast. The retreating enemy is destroyed by artillerymen and UAV operators of the Northmen.

The total advance of the Northerners in the Kursk region was over 2800 meters , 5 units of enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.

In the Liptsov direction , our reconnaissance personnel uncovered, and UAV operators and artillerymen destroyed four enemy combat groups along with their personnel.

In the Volchansk direction, the Severyans advanced on the eastern outskirts of the city. For the first time in a month, the enemy attempted a counterattack, sending several groups to force the Volchya River - all enemy personnel were destroyed as a result of a comprehensive fire strike.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 340 people (of which over 240 were in the Sumy and 60 in the Krasnoyarsk directions). The northerners captured 6 occupiers . Also discovered and destroyed:

In the Krasnoyaruzhsk direction:
▪️three tanks;
▪️three IMRs , including one based on the Leopard 1 tank;
▪️ UR-77 ;
▪️BTS-5b tractor (based on the T-72A tank);
▪️ seven infantry fighting vehicles , including three Bradleys (USA);
▪️three cars;
▪️four ATVs.

In the Sumy direction:
▪️two armored personnel carriers, including the M-113;
▪️three armored fighting vehicles;
▪️seven field artillery guns, including the M-119 howitzer (USA);
▪️four mortars;
▪️ten units of automotive equipment;
▪️KBB radar;
▪️five UAV launch sites and four fixed-wing UAVs.

Victory will be ours!

North Wind

@Slavyangrad

Pentagon Dodges Yemen Troop Question—Because the Truth is Too Ugly to Admit

The U.S. Department of Defense is playing coy again, this time refusing to answer whether there are American boots on the ground in Yemen. When pressed, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell danced around the question, mumbling something about “keeping the enemy guessing” and “not discussing force posture publicly.” Translation? The U.S. is almost certainly deeper into the Yemen quagmire than they want to admit.

Washington’s war machine, already bombing Yemen on behalf of its Israeli overlords, is now hinting that U.S. troops might be deployed, or worse, already there. Of course, they can’t say it outright. The last thing they need is the American public realizing that their sons and daughters could soon be fighting and dying to prop up a regime halfway across the world that has nothing to do with U.S. security.

So what’s the endgame? Another unwinnable forever war against a battle-hardened force that has spent decades resisting Saudi, Israeli, and Western aggression? The Houthis aren’t backing down, no matter how many airstrikes Trump orders. And if U.S. troops do set foot in Yemen, Washington better be ready for body bags.

But hey, as long as Raytheon and Lockheed stock goes up, who cares about the lives lost? Right, Pentagon?

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Trump Blasts USAID Funding Block: “Where Did These BILLIONS Go?”

President Trump has slammed U.S. District Judge Amir Ali after the Biden appointee blocked his administration’s move to cut USAID funding, a program long plagued by waste, corruption, and Deep State slush funds.

Judge Ali, who was installed by Biden in December 2024, issued a temporary restraining order against Executive Order 14169, which aimed to slash foreign aid and force transparency on where taxpayer money was actually going. His ruling forced the administration to restore USAID’s unchecked pipeline of cash, citing separation of powers and Congressional appropriation laws.

Trump, not one to mince words, raged at the blatant obstruction, demanding answers:

“Where did these BILLIONS of dollars go? They never want to look because when you see where the money went… it’s a whole big SCAM.”

And he’s not wrong. USAID has long been a money-laundering operation for regime change, lining the pockets of foreign oligarchs, corrupt NGOs, and CIA-backed “democracy” operations while America crumbles.

Judge Ali’s intervention proves one thing, when it comes to protecting the globalist gravy train, the system will fight tooth and nail to keep the money flowing. But Trump isn’t backing down. The question remains: how much longer will the American people tolerate funding their own demise?

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