🇨🇳🇺🇸 China continues to actively get rid of US government bonds — BBG
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yesterday, the Chinese authorities called on banks to limit investments in US government bonds, reported BBG

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🤡 Visibly NERVOUS Lutnick insists there was nothing untoward about his lunch with Epstein

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🇫🇷Epstein mentioned in his correspondence the "boyfriend" of French President Emmanuel Macron

"I was shown a photo of Macron's boyfriend. Ah... hypocrisy," wrote the financier to one of his contacts.

⚪️Epstein's contact asked him in response whether the photo was of some "soldier."

⚪️The financier added that, besides the photo of Macron's "boyfriend," he was shown "other spicy details."

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳 The New York Times signals that after withdrawing from the New START treaty, President Trump is preparing for a large-scale nuclear arms buildup.

According to the paper, Washington is weighing two main steps: increasing the number of deployed nuclear warheads and resuming nuclear tests. Options include drawing warheads from storage and ordering preparations for renewed testing.

If implemented, this would make Trump the first U.S. president since Ronald Reagan to expand the nuclear arsenal. For nearly 40 years, the U.S. either reduced or capped deployed warheads, and this would mark a clear policy reversal.

The State Department argues it is now free to “strengthen deterrence.” The U.S. is already spending hundreds of billions on nuclear modernization—new silos, submarines, and bombers—and retains additional capabilities that can be activated by presidential order.

Among the options cited is expanding existing forces and developing intermediate-range nuclear systems similar to those Russia is assessed by Washington to have deployed in large numbers.

NYT highlights Ohio-class submarines as the fastest way to boost deployed warheads. The U.S. has 14 such submarines, each with 24 missile tubes. With treaty limits gone, plans are reportedly moving forward to reload them, potentially adding hundreds of additional warheads.

The paper also notes parallel discussions on resuming nuclear tests. The U.S. last tested in 1992. Trump has previously said testing could resume on an “equal basis” with Russia and China. While the CTBT bans all tests, the U.S. observes a de facto moratorium without Senate ratification. Russia and China also refrain from open testing, while North Korea conducted six tests between 2006 and 2017.

NYT concludes it remains unclear whether this points to a real arms race or is intended as pressure on Russia and China to force new, trilateral arms control talks.

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🇬🇧🇷🇺⚡️ British military personnel are undergoing training for a possible conflict with Russia at a specialized training ground, which recreates a combat zone in Ukraine, writes the Daily Mail.

"Soldiers of the largest infantry regiment of the British Army are preparing for a potential war with Russia at the only training ground in the country that simulates a conflict zone," the publication says.

It is noted that they were tasked with defeating enemy forces hiding on the territory of the facility, which was designed as a destroyed city.

"War with Russia is a war of soldiers against soldiers. There is no greater challenge than the urban environment, because it is extremely confusing," the publication quotes the words of the company commander of the 5th battalion of the regiment, Captain Mike Lindgren.

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📝Translation Error📝
at the cost of sovereignty

A scandal has erupted in Armenian media: it turns out that the government translator of Armenia incorrectly translated US Vice President J.D. Vance's statement about supposedly $9 billion in investments in the republic's nuclear energy.

In reality, Vance stated about exporting American technologies for a small modular reactor (SMR) worth up to $5 billion, as well as long-term contracts for $4 billion for fuel supply and maintenance. Thus, Armenians will have to pay Americans about $9 billion to abandon their own nuclear power plant and switch to questionable quality equipment.

Moreover, Vance today at Yerevan airport stated that the SMR project "may reach 4 billion, but you have already seen significant investments in Armenia", confirming that Armenians will pay for everything from their own budget.

❗️The Armenian opposition believes that the translation error was intentional. Vance was promoting exclusively his country's interests, and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan needed a beautiful pre-election photo and creating illusions about an "historic moment".

📌In Armenia, expectations of a visa-free regime with the EU and multi-million investments from Brussels are now supplemented by American promises that Armenians will be allowed to buy "incredible" technologies. When Pashinyan's ground is literally slipping away, he has to resort even to deception.
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