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EDITORIAL: Trump, Steel, Aluminum and Copper — The Trade Weapon Wounding His Own Allies
On June 1, 2026, Trump signed his third Section 232 tariff proclamation in twelve months. The commercial logic is coherent. The geopolitical cost is…
COMMENTARY: Israel at 70% of Gaza: General Katz Says It Out Loud, the October Agreement Is in Tatters
On June 15, 2026, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz made it official: Israeli forces will remain indefinitely in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza. No qualifier,…
EDITORIAL: Trump-Iran Deal, Israel Betrayed, the West Hypnotized Before a Historic Capitulation
On June 17, 2026, in Geneva, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding ending hostilities. On the surface, good news. In…
OPEN LETTER: Pro-Ukraine Republican Senators Against Trump — The Fracture Over Aid to Kyiv
An open letter to the Republican senators who co-signed the SABER Act: you represent something many thought extinct — an internationalist GOP tradition that…
EDITORIAL: £1 Billion in Frozen Russian Assets Turned Into 150,000 Drones for Kyiv
On June 18, 2026, Britain announced a £752 million military package for Ukraine — financed by Putin's own frozen sovereign assets. Poetic justice has…
BREAKDOWN: Trump Explodes Over the Vote While Obama, Marble Against the Storm, Strikes Him Down Without Saying His Name
On June 18, 2026, two Americas occupied the same day. Trump raged on Truth Social against mail-in ballots, his own party, and the Senate's…
COMMENTARY: Trump Holds Intelligence Hostage to Force a SAVE Act Vote
In a pre-dawn Truth Social post from France, Trump torpedoed his own DNI nominee and let FISA expire — turning national security into a…
ESSAY: War as Electoral Strategy — Trump, Iran, and the November 2026 Calculation
A thesis circulating in American analytical circles holds that the war against Iran, tariffs, and DOGE were not designed primarily as public policies —…
EDITORIAL: Hegseth Humiliates NATO — "NATO 3.0" or Holding the American Umbrella for Ransom
In twelve minutes at NATO headquarters on June 18, 2026, Pete Hegseth called America's allies "shameful," conditioned US dues on defense spending targets, and…