NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte visits President Trump while Trump and Secretary Bessent increase sanctions against Russian energy companies.
Check the body language. Secretary of State/Nat Sec Advisor Marco Rubio does not seem to be in alignment with the conversation today.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to Israel prior to reconnecting with President Trump for the trip to Asia. Vice-President JD Vance is departing Israel at the same time.
President Trump has instructed the top level of his administration to be highly engaged and in place in Israel as the tenuous peace agreement between Israel and Hamas still holds. The U.S. led the effort, and the U.S. is remaining focused on the first steps in the peace agreement at the request of the regional partners who are participating.
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I watched some of this live and thought to myself these reporters are really silly now.
One of the questions was asking President Trump if he planned on getting $230 million from the DOJ for targeting him. Trump had no idea what the “journalist” was talking about and asked them to repeat the question three times because it didn’t make sense. Essentially, he laughed it off. Then the New York Times comes out with a story headlined: “Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases,” according to “people familiar with the matter.”
These people are nuts.
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance, joined by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, addressed the media in Kiryat Gat, Israel, from the Civilian Military Coordination Center (CMCC) where U.S. troops oversee Gaza ceasefire operations. The U.S. team praised Israeli cooperation, highlighted progress on hostages and humanitarian aid, and reaffirmed America’s role in stabilizing the region. WATCH:
Simultaneous to this visit, President Trump released the following statement:
“Numerous of our NOW GREAT ALLIES in the Middle East, and areas surrounding the Middle East, have explicitly and strongly, with great enthusiasm, informed me that they would welcome the opportunity, at my request, to go into GAZA with a heavy force and “straighten our Hamas” if Hamas continues to act badly, in violation of their agreement with us. The love and spirit for the Middle East has not been seen like this in a thousand years! It is a beautiful thing to behold! I told these countries, and Israel, “NOT YET!” There is still hope that Hamas will do what is right. If they do not, an end to Hamas will be FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL! I would like to thank all of those countries that called to help. Also, I would like to thank the great and powerful country of Indonesia, and its wonderful leader, for all of the help they have shown and given to the Middle East, and to the U.S.A. TO EVERYONE, thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP“
We have discussed at length how the EU/NATO intelligence apparatus will do anything to keep U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin in conflict against each other. As a consequence of tracking the datapoints around this issue, these events in Romania and Hungary cannot be perceived as coincidental.
Remember, what the EU intelligence apparatus did in Romania to control the election result. Remember also, the largest NATO base is being built in Romania. We understand the EU/NATO (CIA) agenda for Romania with clear eyes.
Now, two simultaneous oil refineries explode. One of them a Russian-owned refinery in Romania, the other a refinery in Hungary that processes Russian oil.
According to Daily News Hungary, the Romanian explosion happened in Ploiești, in the Wallachian region, the refinery is one of Romania’s largest, with a capacity of over 2.5 million tonnes. the refinery is owned by the Russian company Lukoil.
The refinery in Hungary at Százhalombatta refines Russian oil. It erupted in flames on Monday night. “The fire broke out on Monday night at the Dunai Refinery’s AV3 unit. It was swiftly contained, and firefighters have remained on site since, MOL stated in a press release issued last night.” […] “According to information obtained by index.hu from industry insiders, the entire oil refinery faces the possibility of a complete shutdown. Prime Minister Orbán Viktor, in his morning post, has promised the strictest investigation into the fire.”
In related news, the Budapest summit in Hungary between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump has been delayed.
President Trump’s January Executive Order says in part, “The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of the appropriate departments and agencies within the Intelligence Community, shall take all appropriate action to review the activities of the Intelligence Community over the last 4 years and identify any instances where the Intelligence Community’s conduct appears to have been contrary to the purposes and policies of this order, and prepare a report to be submitted to the President, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the National Security Advisor, with recommendations for appropriate remedial actions to be taken to fulfill the purposes and policies of this order.” {source}
DNI Tulsi Gabbard has been working on this for nine months.
Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, heads the Interagency Weaponization Working Group (IWWG) which has been meeting twice a month to coordinate efforts at identifying, targeting and removing people and systems who have abused their authority and weaponized government institutions. The IWWG consists of key people from DNI, DOJ, FBI, Dept of War, IRS, FCC and DHS.
As the Gabbard group begins taking action against the internal silo administrators and corrupt actors, the media are beginning to focus on the group. As a counterattack they construct a narrative that the IWWG is President Trump’s personal targeting team.
(REUTERS) – A group of dozens of officials from across the federal government, including U.S. intelligence officers, has been helping to steer President Donald Trump’s drive for retribution against his perceived enemies, according to government records and a source familiar with the effort.
Today, President Donald Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club lunch with Senate Republicans at the White House in Washington, D.C. The anticipated start time is 12:00pm ET with Livestream Links Below.
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Earlier today, U.S. President Donald Trump held a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the White House.
The media were invited to the first segment of the discussions, and an impromptu press conference took place. WATCH:
Australia represents one of the intelligence operations known as the Five-Eyes network. Unfortunately, as noted during the COVID-19 fiasco, Australia is also the petri dish for global intelligence services to test the limits of government power and control over the citizens in western nations.
After an Australian reporter asked President Trump if he had any concerns with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s administration, including Australian Ambassador Kevin Rudd’s past comments about him, President Trump said “I don’t know anything about him.” Ambassador Rudd replied that the comments were made “before I took this position, Mr. President.”
Several people have sent this segment with Steve Bannon to me with various “check this out” notations. I’m just happy a wider audience is starting to realize the problems created by a rogue Central Intelligence Agency.
Steve Bannon draws attention to the CIA lying to Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during their efforts to organize the Israel/Hamas peace agreement {Backstory Here}. Bannon attributes the wrong CIA information to the Israeli intelligence service commonly known as Mossad.
From this perspective Israel was intentionally trying to stop Team Trump from organizing a Gaza ceasefire and peace agreement, which was also the Israeli motive for bombing Hamas in Doha, Qatar, at the critical moment when Witkoff and Kushner were about to present the framework to Qatar. WATCH:
BANNON: The CIA briefed Witkoff three times a day, and they LIED TO HIM. They told him Hamas wouldn’t negotiate, pushing Bibi’s line to sabotage peace. That wasn’t bad intel; THAT WAS TREASONOUS DECEPTION. RATCLIFFE SHOULD RESIGN TODAY!! pic.twitter.com/zXIb66NUsv
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) October 20, 2025
I’m not sure if purposeful malice from the Israeli intelligence service can be applied to the false CIA information, or if Hanlon’s Razor should be considered. However, it would be super cool if President Trump sent a message on Truth Social saying: “Following the revelations about the CIA getting it wrong, made by the brilliantly honest Steve Witkoff during Mideast peace negotiations, I am asking CIA Director John Ratcliffe to provide an explanation within 48 hours to include who was involved, and how the CIA came to such materially incorrect conclusions. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.”
The point Mr Bannon made about how the U.S. Intelligence Community operatives view DNI Tulsi Gabbard is very accurate; they hate her. We cannot afford to lose Ms Gabbard because she fights.
President Donald Trump holds an impromptu press conference aboard AF1 as he returns to the White House from Mar-a-Lago.
President Trump previews a sanction regime he intends to place on the country of Columbia tomorrow. Trump also discusses the Virginia AG race, the government shutdown and the California funding issues. WATCH:
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