President Donald Trump participates in the swearing-in ceremony for Interim USAO for the DC office, Jeanine Pirro. The media question segment begins at 8:45 of the video below and there is a lot of news within the press portion.
The first question surrounds Russia and the recent statements from the Kremlin. President Trump says he is not able to give opinion on the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the moment and will await approximately two weeks until the “terms” are received from Russia. President Trump directed attention to Emissary Steve Witkoff who is coordinating with both Russia and Hamas in Gaza on both issues.
When pushed on the terminology being used by himself and the Russians, President Trump deferred larger more detailed opinion.
Regarding the Big Beautiful Bill and the public criticism from Elon Musk, President Trump notes the bill contains some aspects he does not like, but it required some give and take to get through the House. The Senate priorities may be different from the House priorities and those details are being worked on. There is “zero democrat support” and that makes things more challenging for Majority Leader Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson.
On the subject of tariffs, President Trump states the negotiations with China and Europe continue with abundant leverage to ensure the best interests of the USA are contained within the results. As noted by Trump “it takes a number” to begin the discussion and from that point things progress.
Back to Ukraine, President Trump is willing to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Geneva, but “it takes two” and Russian participation is needed in order to get to a ceasefire. Further discussions with Zelenskyy are possible, but ultimately President Trump needs Vladimir Putin. As far as sanctions against Russia are concerned, President Trump will only consider them as part of a negotiation point if he reaches the conclusion that no other options are possible.
The second important revelation question surrounds Iran, when President Trump was asked if he warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against taking “some sort of [military] actions against Iran.” President Trump said he would be honest and that yes, he did tell Netanyahu it would be “inappropriate” at this point of the negotiations to attack or do something provocative because he is confident a deal with Iran could be made. This will make the Israeli lobby very unhappy.
Currently there is a war of influence within the online conservative media space between the influencers who receive funding from Qatar and the influencers who receive funding from Israel. This is creating division within the base MAGA movement.
Last thing Benji wants is any peace deals.
Benji got the Macron slap, long distance.
Benji doesn’t want peace so bad he pays the terrorists to do surprise attacks while IDF is told to stand down for ten hours.
I don’t think bibi had any say in the deep state decision to keep him out of the loop of an impending attack and the subsequent lack of response.
He was set up to be the lame president and the fall guy. The deep state in Israel (proxy of deep state usa) can’t stand bibi. G-d will need to sort this out.
The deep state imbeds in the Israeli intelligence and gvt who really run the country are really bad people. They’ve caused untold harm and suffering on the Israeli population for decades. They are hardcore Marxists atheist who hate G-d and religion.
It is the same system here in the United States. People need to realize that it has taken decades for America’s enemies to implant themselves into positions of power and here in the US and they have deep roots. It is going to take a lot of “little wins” to truly expose and expel these people. Every time they fight against something that is truly good for the country, they expose themselves. Here on CTH we learned the names of some of these people YEARS before they were brought into the sunlight. Mary McCord, Samantha Powers, Ellie Orr, Sally Yates, Sundance was talking about them years ago. Only now, YEARS later, it looks like they might be brought to justice. Israel is the same way. They have their own truly bad actors. So does every country for that matter. I believe with all my heart that we have got to concentrate on America if we want to save our Republic. We have to let some of these countries put on their big boy pants and start taking care of themselves.
The table in the kitchen writes the menu.
The tables in the dining room are on the menu.
Straight Arrow: A fairly sane comment in this thread. Thank you. The US is becoming a friend of few, and an enemy of most.
The hostile Arab neighbors have been making on-again, off-again war punctuated by ”ceasefires” for 75 years against Israel. Iran hasn’t built long-range missiles to deliver dates to market.IF the USA + allies had conducted WWII the same way, we would still be fighting the Nazi military.A war needs a loser and a winner. As for the Ukraine war. I’m tired of all the hot air from the USA/NATO/Ukraine about a ceasefire in Ukraine. Ukraine is losing, so it wants a ceasefire to rebuild and restock. After being lied to and jerked around by the USA/NATO, why would Russia consent to submit via a ceasefire when they cannot be submitted on the battlefield? Trump has no magic; there is no deal here,no matter how angry he gets. He can walk away now or be defeated along with Ukraine and the EU. The Deep State appears to have the upper hand.
Homer d – Your comments seem reasonable to me.
But it is not clear to me that PT has the power to walk the US away from the Ukraine war..
👍 A very excellent post!
The last thing Benji wants is an Iran with a nuke.
To date, the US has been pretty much ineffective at ending Iran’s ambitions for having nukes. Frankly, it is a tad worrisome that even President Trump still thinks there is a “diplomatic” solution that REMOVES any possibility of Iran getting nukes.
What Benji wants is a nuke free Iran for the foreseeable future.
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All we hear every year is Iran is “this” close to a bomb…yawn. Heard it over and over. Propaganda indeed.
When it comes to nuclear weapons, you have no way of knowing until they test one or drop one.
And they are still refining uranium, have developed a long range ICBM capable of hitting our mainland and probably already have developed a crude nuclear bomb, which is all they need.
You seem willing to gamble it’s all propaganda. I pray you’re right.
Technically true with respect to the weapons requiring proper testing.
The scientists and engineers involved in the Manhatten project were so sure of the gun type device used in Little Boy that it was not tested the same as the implosion type used in Fatman. The former used enriched uranium (U-235) and the latter plutonium.
For reference, the Trinity device was an implosion type same as in Fatman.
Even if Iran hasn’t finished their homebuilt nuke yet, supposedly North Korea now has enough fissionable material for up to 90 bombs and they are undoubtedly more than willing to sell a few if the price is right.
The Saudis, other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council and possibly Egypt are likely also studying NK’s catalogue for buys.
Iran said 2 days ago they didn’t need big nukes. They said they could make small small tactical ones like dirty bombs and drop them on Western and Israeli cities. They said they have enough uranium to do that.
Meanwhile Israel can teach the Us about “urban warfare”
And this:
It’s officially allowed for publication: Israel used the brand-new “Light Shield” laser anti-rocket system, which successfully destroyed many suicide drones fired by Hezbollah. Incredible technology.
https://nitter.poast.org/VividProwess/status/1927747851951415409#m
Am Israel Chai!
Actually I think they are already there. I believe Israel know it. The US probably does too. This has been a charge for decades.
Pretty much ineffective with Iran? Trump has them on the ropes. Sanctions and anyone buying oil from them lose the privilege of doing business with the US.
First time since Trump 1 that the Iranians have been to the diplomatic table. Biden was throwing money at them. Good golly let Trump do his thing.
Always with the negative vibes.
Let us know when you see an ENFORCEABLE diplomatic deal with Iran that will work 🙂
This you?
I remember reading in 2005 that Iran was weeks away from having a nuclear weapon
Remember the bomb cartoon??
That was in 2012….and people
still remember it!!!
🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 The cartoons that came
out of that stunt🤣🤣
Hazel…..
Non nuclear.
A few of them…..🤷♀️💁♀️🤷♀️
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No fall out…pinpoint accuracy…
vaporized….
Just like Russia wants a neutral Ukraine for security.
Interesting. The last thing EU wants is any peace deals with Russia.
sooo is Benji … with Palestinians ????
btw who’s the REAL enemy? USS Liberty, JFK, 9/11, etc, etc,.Remember : action speaks louder than words…
Delusions never die. Remember the North Korea nuke deal negotiated over many years? Iran did not build missiles to deliver dates to market.
Sure does seem as though the relationship between the 2 leaders has taken a turn…did it happen when Netanyahu stepped up quickly when biden was installed?
nettreeperPA: That move by Bibi was a great disappointment.
only for those…who do not know him ??????
It seems not.
Probably more like Netanyahu hasn’t shown the courage and strength required to confront and dismantle the corrupt people running the government against the will of the people. I think Trump is prodding Netanyahu to step up and take the bullet to finally clean out the deep state and end unnecessary suffering.
Considering how incredibly new this narrative you present is, perhaps you can substantiate it for us?
This is a remarkably innovative approach to posterior protection poses.
He is trying BUT THE JUDICIARY ARE THWARTING AT EVERY TURN. Guess who pays them? Soros
Perhaps Trump should get rid of the rot in our own government. I do not think Trump has the ability to know what goes on elsewhere. He has kept Keith Kellogg close to him. The world looks at Kellogg with disdain.
Trump still does not understand the root causes of critical importance to the Russian side of the conflict as we speak. He is back to calling names. He does that when he cannot control the situation. So, he lashes out at Putin (or Netanyahu) in a tantrum. Putin says: “There, there, it will be OK. Settle down a little”, Netanyahu: Ignores the tantrum.
make sure flow of $$$$$ would continue…
⁉️ What two leaders? And what is “stepping up quickly” mean “when Biden was installed”? Just wondering.
We’ve been told for years that “Iran is days, not months away” from having enough enriched uranium for a bomb.
MAD OSS
Treacherous Tales.
20 years
Like the domino theory, to justify getting involved in VN.
And, after Tonkin Gulf, makes me highly suspiscious of Oct. 7.
Ask the people of Cambodia and Laos what they think of the Domino Theory. Millions killed and starved after the war. The only thing wrong with the Vietnam War, is that we weren’t allowed to win. Another CIA and deep state quagmire that could have been won if they took the gloves off. And both North and South Vietnam would be better off today if we had.
Sounds like pretty much every deep state war including Israel and gaza and Ukraine Russia. Nobody is being allowed to win or lose while thousands get slaughtered. Somebody is getting rich off of this and it isn’t the local population
Thank Pol Pot for that!
Dutch…you are not only one…..
I understand the Gulf of Tonkin. But, I cannot get my brain around Israel setting up the slaughter of kids at a music festival.
Seems longer and I simply don’t believe it anymore.
We’ve been told for years that “Iran is days, not months away” from having enough enriched uranium for a bomb.
That’s not necessarily a dichotomy that it hasn’t happened by now
You need to know EXACTLY what and HOW it’s stated
If it’s simply stockpiling enough “enriched uranium”, then your timeline mindset is correct, it should have been acquired by now if they were only “days” shy for 10 or 20 years
However, it could mean that they’ve built a large stockpile … but it’s all one enrichment step shy of nuclear-explosion grade
… in which a statement like “days away from yada yada” can mean
“Once they flip the switch on that final enrichment step, it’ll only take them days to process enough for a bomb”
Capisce?
Complicated business, deciphering news reports
Complicated business
“Currently there is a war of influence within the online conservative media space between the influencers who receive funding from Qatar and the influencers who receive funding from Israel. This is creating division within the base MAGA movement.
– Sundance
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Such influence, then, is by definition NOT MAGA.
If people are getting PAID for their opinions by outside, foreign interests, then they CANNOT BE MAGA.
NAME THEM AND EXPOSE THEM!!
if you have been paying attention the names have come out
in the last few weeks on this site
read up on President Trump’s visit and deal with Qatar
No, the names have not come out. 1 or 2 doesn’t cut that mustard.
Sorry.
@TheLastRefuge2
Mar 23 • 8 tweets • 7 min read
1) Emissary Steve Witkoff’s positive perspectives on Qatar were/are actually shocking to me. Remember, CTH is banned from view in Qatar, and even the U.S. military there cannot access CTH in that duty station.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1903677115389890818.html
‘He had a lot to do with this’ Who is Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian ‘interlocutor’ Trump’s envoy mentioned when he returned from Moscow this week?
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/13/he-had-a-lot-to-do-with-this
……….
Personal relationships between Jared Kushner and Kirill Dmetriev. Tight circle McKinsey and Goldman Sachs.
notthatthere’sanythingwrongwiththat
They’ll all do well for themselves, at any rate.
I want to know the names too.
Forgot to include Soros. I am pretty sure that some of his money finds a way into “conservative” bloggers bank accounts. Just sayin.
And when President Trump’s negotiations with Iran fail then what? I pray for our Peacemaker to be successful! Trust but verify! No verification no deal with the Iranians!!! JMO
The comment was a message to Iran as much as to Netanyahu. PDJT is telling Iran they need to negotiate quickly because if they don’t, he won’t be able to hold back Netanyahu much longer.
Good cop, bad cop
Yes! Finally! Thank you I thought I was the only one that saw this. Having Israel ready and itching to pull the trigger and 2 aircraft battle groups off shore are pretty big levers. And we know how our chief negotiator/deal maker likes his levers.
I would agree if I only thought Trump actually knew what was going on.
Trump “did not know” that Putin’s helicopter was attacked by (70) Ukraine drones that required US targeting to operate. How about them apples??
Judge Jeanine’s statements were awesome. “No more liency and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
So there will be no more Soros foolishness anymore in DC.
As good as PDT’s appointments have been in some instances, if SCOTUS doesn’t shutdown the nationwide lawfare BS by the leftist anti-American trash in black robes, all of his appointments and administration will be handcuffed by that garbage. Jeanine is a good pick. She’s smart and tough but she still has to contend with those pigs in black ropes of the DC circuit.
All it takes is the bloody AG of the DOJ demanding the bonds for all current and future TROs be posted now, on all of them or the DOJ will consider the TROs as null and void, lacking the proper bonds, and that the plaintiffs have no standing until such time as bonds are made.
The Federal Judges have no say in this and must enforce the bond in full before granting the TRO.
But we don ‘t have a real AG in the DOJ so the lawfare will continue to roll.
I thought that the req for those bonds had been put in place over a month ago??
Yet every week we get another corrupt judge imposing a TRO and no bond is required.
WTF???
As I said, Bondi needs to just demand the bond or tell the Judge to go pound sand. Apparently she is more interested in getting face time on Fox than doing her job.
Barbie Biondi would need to pause preening for the media to actually do anything that matters
OK let’s it’s pick on Pam time.
But, being from NYC, I’m sure she’ll be fine. Hehehe!
I’m hoping and praying that she has a nice, long visit with Pam Bondi.
Hopefully,
I’m just questioning how she lasted that long at fox if she is the real deal.
They didn’t hire Ed Martin.
Masks fade when voices are raised.
division of the MAGA base is a feature, not a bug
Well, they may be surprised to find out that “the base” is not funded by either Quatar OR Israel. We work for everything we have.
AMERICA FIRST, baby!
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absolutely right, RR, great point.
“Currently there is a war of influence within the online conservative media space between the influencers who receive funding from Qatar and the influencers who receive funding from Israel. This is creating division within the base MAGA movement.”
“influencers” are paid to influence you.
whenever i see “oh you HAVE to read/watch/listen to so-and-so”, i detect the influence of an influencer.😂
there should be NO fundamental division in the MAGA base.
MAGA is PT.
he is our nation’s and movement’s CIC -period.
sycophants and acolytes of ANY talking head to the diminishment of PT are to be suspect.
i can already see the incoming: “but so-and-so has a great take on such-and-such an issue”.
ok.
but if so-and-so is leading you to a rift with your CIC, is that really a great take on things
or is it influencing with a hidden agenda?
disagreements will always be a part of politics.
people get testy when things aren’t done EXACTLY as they would do them.
so when you’re President, you can right that wrong.🤣
“but…but…but…PT is WRONG on such-and-such an issue!”
is he? or do you just THINK he is?
do you solicit only info that agrees with your point of view,
or do you concede PT might know a thing or two that you’re not privy to?
sorry, too long.
just have had about enough of the division sowers masquerading as righteous critics or more learned sages.
PT is our General.
let’s practice a bit more parade formation, not AWOL techniques.
Well said.
Agreed. Tired of the nattering nabobs of negativity.
Many of us keep saying it but it doesn’t seem to make any difference. Guess we could start blocking. I can only take so much and then I take a break from the know it all critics. There’s enough in the news.
You are stealing my line Dutch! I am honored! Poor Spiro that’s about all he will be remembered for.
Unfortunately I have become one of those nattering nabobs. I will have to look it up. For me, the Ukraine campaign promise to end it within days and now closing in on five months is breaking me down. This was man extremely vocal part of his campaign. The more he dithers with Kellogg’s nonsense and denigrates Russia, the less appeal for me. That bleeds over to other parts of his campaign promises. So, sorry. But you have nailed me correctly. I am not sure how to get back what Zoom is sayin.
This was made an extremely (spell check or failing fingers)
Like the ‘hostages held in Gaza have to be released before I take office, or there’ll be hell to pay’ ??
~Comprised negotiators, people with ZERO experience of the Mideast ~ ?
I would love to see a list of which influencers are funded by Qatar and which are funded by Israel.
Qatar Spent Millions Funding Conservative Media This Year in Advance of President Trump Visit – The Last Refuge
True. But one has to be able to discern between division seekers and those with legitimate concerns.
Maga base is too pragmatic and skeptical to be easily manipulated or controlled. Add in a healthy dose of critical thinking and common sense and decency. Will be mighty hard to convince most Maga of nonsense and manufactured crisis’.
Retired Magistrate here: I don’t know how all of this is going to turn out; i.e., Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Iran, Tariffs, the Big-Beautiful Bill and all the other issues President Trump is juggling. I do think that President Trump isn’t worried about the spending included in the Big-Beautiful bill because I believe he thinks that reciprocal tariffs will reduce the debt by a substantial amount and he may be right.
What I do know that I am thankful every day that President Trump is president and not Kamala Harris.
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With all these gale force headwinds, it feels like we’re in uncharted territory. Now it’s all about faith.
Just read somewhere there is a thing call (Rescission). which was explained after the bill is signed Trump will send to congress the many cuts he wants to make of the govt.
Exactly, there isn’t enough talk about the Rescission law that President Trump can use, and it doesn’t require a supermajority to pass in Congress. Sundance should do a story about it and post it here.
Amuse@amuse had an excellent piece today on the topic, how Ronald Reagan used it, etc.
Accepting DOGE’s $200 Billion in waste, fraud, and abuse – for step 1 – would be loved by the market and show there are still adults around.
I definitely agree with you Retired Magistrate 100%
Well said.👏
If Kamala used the nuclear football, would the Pentagon do anything more than laugh hard?
Who had the nuclear football under Biden? Surely not Biden?
What pisses me off is this Senators who oppose the bill all run to the Fake News and proclaim they are not voting for it. Why the hell don’t they pick up the phone and call trump and have a meeting where his team explains it to this LIMP WRISTED RINOs.
Because then they would have to stop the pretending.
What burns MY bacon is that the GOP refuses to cut spending.
The GOP Senators who have voiced opposition to this bill are opposed because it does NOT reduce spending in any significant manner.
My guess is that 5hey are holding out for at least SOMETHING that systemically reduces spending.
We’ll have to see.
The RINO’s all have their hands out for the goods…they are all in on it and heaven forbid, any pork gets cut.
A lot of these rinos go on Fox News and get softball interviews. That should tell you something.
Without a doubt!
The annual DEFICIT might go down if revenue growth outpaces spending growth.
But the DEBT won’t go down even a penny until and unless annual tax revenues exceeds annual spending.
To do that will require almost $2T of additional revenue or spending cuts — or a combination— ANNUALLY.
I like a lot of what’s in that big beautiful bill. But one thing it does NOT do is reduce spending.
We’ve been sold that pig-in-a-poke for over 40 years.
Spending must be cut. If there is tariff revenue, use it to actually pay down the debt.
The GOPe really is the stupid party.
You can’t pay down any debt in any year where the added deficit is more than the amount you want to “pay down”.
Let’s say tariff revenue this year is $500B. If deficit spending is $2T, then the annual deficit is “only” $1.5T.
Understand? You can’t reduce THE DEBT in any year where an annual DEFICIT is taking place.
If democrats hadn’t STOLEN (and “on the take Republicans” too) our taxpayer dollars to give to their relatives and friends, and actually built some honest to God infrastructure – we would not be having this discussion today.
The FAKE party.
Wasn’t DOGE supposed to save us trillions of dollars annually?
That needs to be broadcast loudy.
Both Trump and Musk promised that.
Okay Barky Bark. But they promised.. maybe three years from now you’ll be onboard? 👀😏
No, they pointed out where trillions COULD BE SAVED . DOGE . has no authority to act other than to discover and uncover fraud.
DOGECidentified $200 Billion so far.
If he won’t accept the cuts, disband DOGE and end the charade.
By the hand and the grace of Almighty God…
Amen Sister! ❤️
I think you’re spot on about the spending being offset by the tariffs down the road.
1. DOGE is a once in a lifetime opportunity, as is Elon Musk and crew.
2. We have a YEARLY DEFICIT of over $2 Trillion, and growing.
3. Tariffs won’t bring in $2.2 Trillion a year.
4. President Trump has already cut lots of leeway to the UK and EU. He backed off the EU after one phone call.
5. His tax cuts reduce revenue in some segments.
“What I do know that I am thankful every day that President Trump is president and not Kamala Harris.”
You placed that bar so low it’s under ground!
Just saw today that Judge Jeanine is buddies with Pam Blondie…take from that what you will….
Judge Jeannine will follow the law not like all the Leftists judges.
The saying goes: Strike when the fire is hot. Blondie is waiting for the fire hose. Doesn’t PDJT realize that half of the MAGA people are getting tired of nothing happening.
OK? Lol
And? Does that mean joined at the hip?
BTW, where did you just see that tidbit of information anyway?
Maybe this is a good thing. Judge Jeanine is smart while Pam Bondi is not quite up to the same level, so the good judge will be able to assist her.
Again? Sigh…..
Call me a skeptic but I am waiting on Judge Jeanine to get her dues here. Maybe this is the opening salvo.
FOX and Friends
Is Pam Bondi the first female US AG? If so, why isn’t the Democratic party happy about it?
It could be because Trump appointed her, or it could be that being female appointees has previously been a cover for extreme leftists being appointed with a mask that no one could argue with without being called nasty things and being smeared and cancelled.
Janet Reno, some say was female.
LoL!!! 😀
Wasn’t her nickname “The Igniter”?
South Park guys made her the 4th grade teacher.
She will remain nameless here.
ROFLOL!!!
are you sure ???
AG’s Janet Reno (Clinton) an Lorreta Lynch (Obama) preceded Pam Bondi.
Like Comey, Lynch is a Clintonista. Clinton nominated her in 1999 for US Attorney Eastern District NY. Possibly another concession to Hillary to have her people at DOJ while she was grifting as Sec. of State.
Yeah before I was really paying any attention but yeah, those names ring bells.
Nope, Blondi would be the third after Janet Reno, under The Interninator, and Loretta Lynch, under The Lightbringer Manchurian Candidate.
Blightbringer.
Unfortunately, we had Sharpton’s pal Loretta Lynch for about a year+.
Remember
Child-protecting 🧐Trembling Reno,
and
Tarmac grannie
& slumgranddaddy Wille
They probably ARE happy about it.
She’s the first one that looks like a doll.
Third time’s a charm!
Miss Piggy?
The Dems are running circles around her. They don’t have to tells us out loud.
Didn’t Clinton have a woman AG forgot her name.
Janet. Reno.
That was a woman? Who knew?
“the influencers who receive funding from Qatar and the influencers who receive funding from Israel. This is creating division within the base MAGA movement.”
I guess we have political whores, too.
“influencers who receive funding” = not MAGA
The key word being “influencers”. I do not see the need for them.
Reminds me of “Pharmacy Benefit Managers” whose sole purpose is to be a middleman that takes a cut of money in the distribution of pharmaceuticals, thus driving up costs for the patient/ consumer.
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There is no need for ‘influencers’.
People should use their own minds to think, reason, and come to a decision.
Another analogous profession besides the one you cite: lobbyists.
Especially when “influence” is manipulated.
PsyWar: AI Bots Manipulate Your Feelings
The next chapter in the Social Media battle to splinter reality, the internet, and your own mind
ROBERT W MALONE MD, MS
MAY 28, 2025
“….The magazine “Fast Company” recently published an article on bot farms, detailing how these automated systems are increasingly sophisticated and can manipulate social media and other online platforms. According to Fast Company, bot farms are used to deploy thousands of bots that mimic human behavior, often to mislead, defraud, or steal from users. These bot farms can create fake social media engagement to promote fabricated narratives, making ideas appear more popular than they actually are.
They are used by governments, financial influencers, and entertainment insiders to amplify specific narratives worldwide. For instance, bot farms can be used to create the illusion that a significant number of people are excited or upset about a particular topic, such as a volatile stock or celebrity gossip, thereby tricking social media algorithms into displaying these posts to a wider audience….”
https://www.malone.news/p/psywar-ai-bots-manipulate-your-feelings
Thank you!
👏 👏 👊 👍
THE TRUTH HAS NO AGENDA!
My thought is that if everyone believed
everything they are told without further
research…..
🤣 🤣 Everyone would be a Democrat!!!🤢
28 May, 2025 16:17
Russia proposes date for next talks with Ukraine
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has suggested that talks resume on June 2 in Istanbul, following the first meeting on May 16
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has proposed holding the next round of negotiations with Ukraine next Monday, June 2, in Istanbul. Kiev is reportedly discussing the offer.
Representatives of the two sides met in the same city on May 16, for the first time since 2022.
In a statement on Wednesday, Lavrov said that theRussian delegation has since prepared a memorandum outlining its terms for achieving a lasting resolution to the conflict.
“Our delegation headed by [Russia’s top negotiator Vladimir] Medinsky is ready to present this memorandum to the Ukrainian delegation and provide necessary clarifications during a second round of resumed direct negotiations in Istanbul next Monday, June 2,” the minister detailed.
See how this works…
Moscow has come under a massive drone assault, with Ukrainian forces launching long-range strikes deep into Russian territory.
The latest attack targeted the Dubna Machine-Building Plant, a facility involved in the production of aviation, missile, and drone technology. This strike marks one of the most significant Ukrainian operations against Russian military infrastructure, signaling an escalation in the conflict.
Russian officials confirmed that 296 Ukrainian drones were intercepted across 12 regions, including Moscow. Governor Andrei Vorobyov reported that at least 42 drones were downed over the capital’s outskirts, with damage recorded in multiple locations. The scale of this operation suggests Ukraine is intensifying its efforts to disrupt Russia’s defense production.
The Kronshtadt military-industrial enterprise, located in Dubna, was also hit.
This facility specializes in unmanned aerial systems, including the Orion reconnaissance and combat drones. Footage from the scene shows fires raging inside the plant, with structural damage visible. This strike directly targets Russia’s ability to manufacture advanced drone technology, a critical component of its war strategy.
Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport experienced flight delays due to the attack, adding to the disruption. Ukrainian officials claim the operation successfully struck multiple high-value targets, including the Technopark ELMA-Zelenograd facility, which develops microelectronics and robotics.
These strikes are not random.
They are calculated efforts to weaken Russia’s military-industrial complex.
Russia responded with its own aerial assault, launching six missiles and 88 strike drones into Ukraine overnight.
Ukrainian air defenses neutralized 71 drones, but impacts were recorded in eight locations.
The intensity of strikes from both sides continues to escalate, with no signs of de-escalation.
At least ukr didn’t hit apartments this time
Franky…did you navigate them this time ?????
Mean while in Snow Mexico…
Canada joins ReArm Europe, billions in taxpayer funds flow overseas
Canada has officially committed to joining ReArm Europe, a massive European defense initiative aimed at ramping up arms production and reducing reliance on the United States.
Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed the decision during an interview, stating that Canada is moving forward with deeper military cooperation with European allies.
This move will funnel billions of Canadian tax dollars into foreign defense projects, raising concerns about national priorities and financial accountability.
The European Union’s ReArm Europe plan is expected to allocate $1.25 trillion toward defense spending over the next five years.
Canada’s participation means a significant portion of its military budget will be directed toward European arms production rather than domestic defense projects.
This raises serious questions about whether Canadian taxpayers will see any direct benefits from this massive financial commitment.
Carney has defended the decision, arguing that Canada must strengthen its defense partnerships to maintain sovereignty and security.
Sad Saps paying tribute?
Seeing that Canada has all this loot for the EU guess they can pony up for their part of the golden dome project.
Aye?
Seems to be a fairly transparent look into euro trash financials also.
Carney was told by King DOOFUS to buck up when he was there yesterday. They must know that PDJT is not going to fund the war much longer. Canada has some serious financial problems, this money being sent overseas will cripple them. That ought to go over big with the Canucks.
Well, their bodies may be going overseas. Boys and girls, since according to them, there is no difference.
So Europe sends a European to be in charge of Canada, who then turns around and forks out large amounts of Canadian cash to Europe.
Are the nice Canadians going to go along with it or is there a prairie goon who will put Carney into the boards?
Standard Operating Procedure for the EU.
Canada seems to be making all the wrong decisions. Might have to join US just to stay alive.
Carney will likely sell off massive Canadian Arctic assets to CHY-na. The finest real estate in BC is already riddled with chopsticks.
Money they don’t have.
They’re not exploiting the massive assets they have.
Kinda in trust for their Chinese “partners”.
They are going to drain their colony (Canada) of its resources to pay for the EU and UK. I guess that was why King Charles was in Canada.
Maybe Canadians need a Green Dragon Inn (the famous hub for Paul Revere and his buddies in 1776 and also, Tolkien’s Green Dragon Inn in Bree in Lord of the Rings.)
So does this mean the US can stop being the majority funder of the useless NATO?
MASSIVE BANKRUPTCY LOOMS FOR CANADA and THE EU
Netanyahu has already taken action to disrupt talks. A majority of GOP House and Senate members have reiterated clearly that they support the Israeli position. If Trump were to get an agreement from Iran that doesn’t meet that threshold they wouldn’t support it.
So, what’s new?
What kind of agreement can Trump get that GUARANTEES that Iran CANNOT become nuke capable for the foreseeable future???
Iran has drawn certain red lines:
They under the NPT reserve the right to enrich
Their missile program and support for proxies are not up for negotiation.
It’s the thought that counts:
• Takiyya- dissimulation about Musl identity
• Tawriya- concealing, creative lying
• Kitman- telling only part of the truth.
• Muruna- flexibility blend in w the enemy
Raymond Ibrahim:
How Taqiyya Alters Islam’s Rules of War
https://www.meforum.org/middle-east-quarterly/taqiyya-islam-rules-of-war
Welp, that was quick:…
(…- Update from ZH…)
“Lavrov has in follow-up to his initial Monday remarks stated that work on a formal peace outline is at an “advanced stage.” On Wednesday he has announced that the next talks are set for June 2 in Istanbul.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kremlin-issues-outline-putins-peace-demands-warns-peace-tomorrow-will-be-even-more
“Amid this backdrop, one senior Russian source has told Reuters in a Wednesday report that “Putin is ready to make peace but not at any price.”
Multiple Russian sources cited in the reaport said Putin wants a “written” pledge by major Western powers not to enlarge the NATO military alliance eastward. This is being taken to mean he’s asking to West to formal ruling out ever extending membership to Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
These written guarantees and other conditions have been spelled out in English-language Russian state media as follows:
Ukraine’s permanent neutrality
Partial sanctions relief for Russia
Return of frozen Russian assets
Protections for Ukraine’s Russian-speaking people
And then an or else was offered as part of the ultimatum. While not officially issued by the Kremlin, this appears some very intentional signaling by Putin officials. It was conveyed via the Reuters report:
The first source said that, if Putin realizes he is unable to reach a peace deal on his own terms, he will seek to show the Ukrainians and the Europeans through military strength that “peace tomorrow will be even more painful.”“
https://www.rt.com/russia/618266-top-spy-global-security-russia-cant-be-weak
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/05/28/putin-wants-end-to-nato-expansion-sanctions-relief-for-peace-in-ukraine-reuters-a89252
Fairly reasonable terms if you ask me.
Problem is all the fools in the EU and elsewhere are not reasonable people.
I would wish that President Trump would get ahead of this provoking of Russians. Should be plain and say any NATO member starting a wider war with Russia will not result in the US defending them for their aggressive provocations.
May he remain alive!
Maybe I missed it but, why hasn’t SD commented on the Putin attempted assassination? When I heard the news I immediately thought CIA trying to derail things for PDJT and the peace process. Revoke the Memo of Authorization.
Please list the influencers who receive funding from either Israel of Qatar?
Strangely enough there is no list. No one admits to being a paid influencer of either side. It’s a conundrum.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/05/21/qatar-spent-millions-funding-conservative-media-this-year-in-advance-of-president-trump-visit/
Qatar Spent Millions Funding Conservative Media This Year in Advance of President Trump Visit – The Last Refuge
Trump, “There is “zero democrat support” and that makes things more challenging for Majority Leader Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson.”
Zero demonrat support and will be zero support from just enough GOPrick RINOrats to tank it.
I was hoping to hear about the DOGE cuts, the question was asked & Trump discussed the bill. Its my understanding th DOGE cuts couldn’t be addressed in this bill because the R’s are using reconciliation and need only the 51 votes and to cut out the waste & fraud Elon found that has to be an appropriations bill and the request has to come from the WH and the house says they didnt get it yet. I was hoping for some clarity on DOGE cuts because the internet is ablaze with all kinds of opinions. Maybe Sundance can explain it? I wonder if what Elon found ever gets cut. I see a lot of the Rs losing the midterms of it doesnt happen and that will make Trumps last 2 years EVER lam duck years & the swamp will be happy with that. Makes me sick.
President Trump’s team is working on recession bills to codify the doge cuts. It would be nice if they would advertise this more, but perhaps they don’t want to jinx getting the specific cuts and the votes they need.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5321952-white-house-doge-cuts-package-congress/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-speaker-says-gop-eager-and-ready-to-enact-doge-cuts-as-white-house-expected-to-send-request-to-congress-next-week/ar-AA1FES2G?ocid=BingNewsSerp
These would make for good sound bites for FOX news.
I think it might be a good idea for MAGA to shout loud and clear that the latest Rasmussen pols show the highest ever number of people polled said we were on the right track.
Maybe at least s couple of sane Democrats practice self preservation and vote affirmative for Big Beautiful Bill after the Senate makes its changes.
Agree – Elon, the DOGE team, and the American people need to know that the time and efforts were not in vain.
I would correct Sundance to say that “This is creating division among the influencers.”
This term is volatile at best. These are people who are being paid to say things “persuasively,” hoping to “persuade.” But they only say what their sponsors tell them to say, so they are actually very easy to identify.
Now, a public-opinion pollster, who is also being paid by someone, will be very quick to issue “poll results” which say things about these “influencers.” Your mileage may vary.
” This is creating division within the base MAGA movement.”
I think this should be re-written as ‘This is creating division between the grifters who take advantage of the MAGA movement.’
The MAGA movement fully supports Trump. We don’t want wars, we want the killing to stop, we want peace between all countries, we want freedom to reign and we don’t want our taxpayer dollars going overseas to unstable countries or to the military industrial complex.
no just to “unstable” Freako…to all countries……
Congratulations to Judge Jeanine. She will be an outstanding prosecutor in D.C. Unfortunately, Trump failed to put her at the DOJ and chose to have a Barbie doll running the place.
The Attorney General can’t give you what you might want – “perp-walks on day two.” And, by law, she cannot even suggest what cases might be in progress, nor against whom. If these officers could “leak” or “imply,” they could utterly destroy someone against whom they never actually intended to file charges. Merely by insinuation.
Bondi is very unusual among AG’s by the sheer number of unscripted interviews that she gives to the press. That is her decision. Yet, she also wears a poker face.
There are a couple of posts that are utter rubbish in this thread. I will not be a part of Jew bashing or lies concerning events surrounding Israel. This is not acceptable.
As far as the subject of the thread: swearing in of Judge Jeanne. I am pleased. As a matter of fact the move of Ed Martin to the “new” office is stellar and I anticipate he will do good work. He says he will be naming and shaming. I believe him.
Moving on….
No one is pure, not even Israel.
You cannot be pure when you are and have been fighting a ruthless jihadi cult for decades. They need to be smacked very hard.
President Trump obviously doesn’t want to put sanctions on RU. I’m praying Putin will push for and accept a summit with Trump. At this moment he seems to not want to give him that
One reason Trump seems keen on pulling from public media resources is (I think) because their reputations as public media personalities will be destroyed forever if they defect….
…like Bongino. If he doesn’t announce the necessity of ending the FBI then his credibility will never return.
On the other hand, the necessity to move to a new building might be part of a plan that DISCONNECTS unknown external connections.
He’s bringing them in for their communications skill.
From what I’ve read, it does, at the moment, appear to me that the Big Beautiful Bill is very Big and not quite Beautiful; maybe just “cute.” If the fraud, waste, and abuse are not wiped out, then all the DOGE efforts may have been for naught, especially since no one, to my knowledge, has been held accountable. For example, who were the recipients of the fraudulent Social Security checks?
Loco (local) news was going bonkers over the Whitmer “kidnappers” pardon comment
I’ll reserve judgement on Judge Jeanine considering how Blondi/Kash/Bongino have turned out. She sounds like she has talked a good game but then so did Kash and Bongino. I have liked what Bove, Martin and Blanchard have done. Wish one of them was AG.
Have you read her bio and the trail blazing actions she’s had in her long career? You might do that before spouting off.
Mary McCord threatens current DOJ.
https://x.com/amuse/status/1927815556687687916
Lovely she gets to do that. And guess what? She’s likely correct as current DoJ and FBI are happy to let her slide by. Must be nice to be above the law. “Revenge for me but not for thee.”
She acts like she still is in a position of power
I wonder why?
If I’m not mistaken, doesn’t the failure to pass a budget bill give Pres. Trump sole discretion over what is funded during a government “shutdown?” Like Obama’s go-to was cutting funding for popular things like the National Parks, while funding his DEI/CRT/Iran Pallets of Cash Money and whatever else he fancied? Wouldn’t non-passage of a “Big, Beautiful Bill” allow DOGE cuts to be made? Doesn’t PDJT “hold the high cards” where he doesn’t lose if it doesn’t pass? Shouldn’t he be using that FACT as leverage to get what he wants?
This doesn’t smell right. If he truly wants to control spending and funding programs that his Article II powers allow him to do, without judicial injunctions that prevent him exercising his power, wouldn’t no budget being passed by Congress make their rulings moot? He could even cut off funding the ruinous war in Ukraine, “We don’t have money to send overseas for a war of choice, a bad choice made by my predecessor.”
No passage of a budget bill doesn’t reflect poorly on PDJT, it reflects poorly on GOP-led Congress. Which is who SHOULD be reflecting poorly.
Me thinks whoever is advising PDJT on budget negotiations isn’t giving good advice, is another Deep State tool who doesn’t *really* support his agenda. He has the cards. He should negotiate like it.
It does seem that the Israeli government wants to prolong this war indefinitely instead of winning it decisively and quickly.
Similar to Ukraine.
It’s become a meat grinder for no clear purpose. I do think the Israeli army has the capability to finish the war quickly
They have stepped up since Pres Trump was elected. Biden handicapped them so many times. Biden also gave Hamas 1.5BILLION of our money last year.
The UK also funded Hamas
“The British government is actually giving millions of pounds to the U.N., and especially to UNICEF, which works with the Ministry of Social Development in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas,” Anne Herzberg, legal adviser at NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based research institute, told Channel 12.
According to a November 2022 document from the British Consulate-General in Jerusalem uncovered by NGO Monitor, “UK Humanitarian Support in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (FY 2022-2026),” the United Kingdom provided cash transfers to UNICEF, which works with the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Social Development (MoSD).
***The MoSD was run by Ramzi Hamad, a senior Hamas leader. Hamad, who left Gaza for Lebanon weeks before the Oct. 7, 2023, invasion, in which some 1,200 people were murdered and 251 taken hostage, said the massacre was justified and promised many more such massacres. In October 2024, he said he wanted to annihilate Israel.
***The United Kingdom knew that the MoSD was involved in the cash-transfer program and that it was Hamas-run. In its 2022 report, it identified this fact as a “reputational” risk that might reflect poorly on the country were it to be made public.
“British officials appear more concerned about the U.K.’s image than about the dangerous implications of lax counter-terror financing policy,” an NGO Monitor report released on Sunday said.
The exact amount of money provided as part of the cash-transfer project is unclear. “We found the document from 2022, but it might have started earlier,” Herzberg told JNS.
***Funds continue to flow even after Oct. 7. “What we do know from the U.N.’s financial tracking system is that the U.K. in 2024 gave UNICEF $23.1 million, and $4.8 million in 2023,” she said.
https://www.jns.org/uk-poured-millions-into-aid-program-linked-to-hamas-controlled-group/
I have illegal alien fatigue. Israel fatigue. Ukraine fatigue.
..you are not only one….
President Trump mentioned that he would like to see the list of foreign students that Harvard has admitted. I agree.
Within the last several years, I have read that China has been giving Harvard billions of dollars. I suspect many mideastern countries are also sending students.
It is appropriate for the public to know the countries benefitting from our colleges, particularly if taxpayer money is involved.
The Soil Beneath the Encampments: How Israel and Jews Became the Focus of Hate at Harvard. p.35
By the Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance (HJAA) May 2024
https://harvardjewishalumni.org/docs/Final%20HJAA%20Report.The_Soil_Beneath_the_Encampments.pdf
Congratulations to Interim DC Attorney Pirro. She is a tigress on behalf of equal justice and vigorous enforcement of the law.
Regarding other news, VZ has been vehement about not conceding territory to Russia, and VP gains additional territory by the day. The impossibly negotiable “terms” to be submitted by both sides will be the final legitimazation for PDJT to impose crippling, secondary oil sanctions on Russia and cease support to Ukraine.
Moreover, Khomeini has been adamant in refusing to stop and to dismantle the plutonium enrichment activity. I anticipate that the certain failure of the Iran negotiation will be the catalyst for legitimizing PDJT’s allowing/aiding Israel’s attack on Iran.
In brief, PDJT is allowing both of the faux negotiations to fail spectacularly so he can initiate the “Find out” phases for the miscreants, while he rightfully claims he did his utmost to mediate peaceful outcomes.
We’ll see what happens.
I thought the campaign was about not playing peace broker and stop funding the damn war.
Now he’s in it too deep, trying to pull two intractable sides together. Screw them all, just stop playing along with our money.
Leverage always wins anyway, which ever side has the most in the end.
Interesting discussion of Russia Ukraine and PDJT here: https://tomluongo.me/2025/05/28/podcast-episode-219-xoaquin-flores-and-unraveling-the-alt-media-myopia/
Great context described.
Russia still trusted the West before 2022. The West broke that.
Repealing the Magnitsky Act is way overdue.
We’ve so long to go to earn genuine trust, after decades of robber barons and bad faith poses while war-seeking.
He sure likes to pick Fox News personalities.
Regarding foreign policy, I a starting not to believe anything that comes out of his mouth.
Trump” We are close to a deal with Iran, looking good”. Iran: “Death to America (and Israel)”. Iran: “No one can tell us what to do with nuclear power at all”.
Biden tried a regime change operation in Israel. It did not work (almost did). Certainly CIA had to be involved. Personally, I believe that Netanyahu is making his own decisions about what is best for Israel. By the way, has anyone noticed that Trump is trying to get Mexico to allow US military into their country to go after the cartels? Is there a difference? Just wondering?