It’s an unfortunate state of affairs when you cannot review the U.S. media take on the phone call due to the propaganda script that underpins the Western narrative they promote.  Instead, a more direct and reliable review of the important discussion comes from the Russian Federation side.

RUSSIA – […] Of course, today’s conversation between the two heads of state began with President Putin congratulating Donald Trump and the American people on their landmark holiday and recalling Russia’s contribution to the development of American statehood. In this context, the presidents noted the importance of treasuring the historical heritage which our nations share. It was pointed out that our nations will never forget their alliance during World War II.

The United States is widely celebrating Independence Day today. This is being done in style and on a grand scale, as Donald Trump knows how to do it, and our President has mentioned this.

Their conversation, the fourth one this year, was not only formal but also business-like and constructive. The leaders candidly discussed current issues on the bilateral and international agenda. Incidentally, that conversation lasted nearly an hour and a half, or more precisely, 85 minutes.

Naturally, the presidents also talked about a Ukrainian settlement, including in light of Donald Trump’s participation in the upcoming NATO summit in Turkiye on July 7–8.

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Starting with purposefully created propaganda, CNN pundit Dana Bash begins questioning Interior Secretary Doug Burgum about protest marchers in Washington DC who Bash describes as extremists and racist.

The heavy media promotion of the event is the first indicator of manufactured propaganda.  Ms Bash then lets the second indicator slip when she notes a viral photograph on a bus “taken by Reuters.”  How did Reuters know to have a photographer on that specific bus, to capture that specific moment?  WATCH: 

There is a part of the interview where Burgum finally has enough of the narrative engineering pushed by Bash on the topic of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool; however, other than that these scripted pantomime performances by the insufferable pundits are tiresome.

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The media and Canadian government discussions around the U.S-Canada trade and economic relationship, specifically as they pertain to the USMCA (CUSMA) continue to be fascinating.

As we noted over a year ago, the expressed perception from the Canadian side was remarkably disconnected from the most likely scenario.

The level of entrenched disbelief that the U.S. could completely separate from a trilateral trade deal in favor of a bilateral replacement has been remarkable to watch.

However, for the first time today Canadian media began admitting to themselves the USMCA can technically be terminated within six months; albeit buried at the end of the article.

GLOBAL NEWS – […] “I’m not in a position to guarantee anything. These decisions are made at the White House. They are made by the president,” Hoekstra said.

His comments come just days after the Trump administration declined to extend the trilateral pact with Canada and Mexico for a new 16-year term, citing what the U.S. calls “shortcomings” and “trade deficits.” Mexico and Canada both publicly pushed for a renewal.

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested last month that the U.S. is “better without” CUSMA, and that he’d even prefer to see it “terminated.”

When asked by Global News, Hoekstra would not say if the administration is considering ripping up the deal, which can be done by any party with six months’ formal notice. 

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In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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President Donald Trump delivers a remarkable speech in Washington DC after severe weather forced a roughly two-hour evacuation of the National Mall. President Trump recognized our 250th anniversary as “one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time.”

Within the speech President Trump honored veterans from several generations of military service, including World War II veterans and one of the first Black officers to command a Special Forces team in combat during the Vietnam War. Then, the largest fireworks display ever took place.

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As part of the 250th celebration of our Independence Day, there are various ongoing events in/around Washington DC all day.  A speech by President Trump is scheduled for 8:00pm ET with a massive fireworks show to follow.

The “Salute to America” festivities will take place all day, so we are including several livestream links below as well as specific livestream links that will activate for President Trump’s speech later this evening.

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Canada booed the U.S.A during the FIFA World Cup opening celebrations.  Today, on our biggest national holiday, Morocco crushed Canada 3-0 sending them home.

Canada haz sad.

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I’m not sure why Canadian media needed to emphasize the absence of Ruth; but, oh well, bye.

Canada became the first of the co-hosts to exit the World Cup as a clinical Morocco won 3-0 to reach the quarter-finals on Saturday in Houston. The 2022 semi-finalists Morocco will face title favourites France or Paraguay as the business end of the tournament in North America approaches. (more)

An ancillary note of historic irony.  In December of 1777, Morocco was the first country to recognize American independence. Sultan Mohammed III of Morocco issued a declaration allowing American ships to freely enter Moroccan ports, granting them the same privileges as vessels from nations with established treaties, effectively recognizing the United States as a sovereign nation.

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Susan Kokinda from the Promethean Action PAC returns to their Lyndon LaRouche roots and describes the American 250th Birthday Celebration through the prism of modern Britain.

…”Kokinda connects the Declaration’s appeal to the Laws of Nature and Nature’s God to economics, quoting Lyndon LaRouche on a state shaping a nation’s relationship to the physical universe. She highlights speeches by Jamieson Greer and Scott Bessent on production over consumption, and J.D. Vance’s call for a Hamiltonian approach grounded in human dignity, linking it to the Declaration’s “pursuit of happiness” over “property.”…  WATCH:

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Amid the Promethean group, Kokinda appears to be the voice with greatest connection to traditional LaRouche thinking.  Her partner, Barbara Boyd, appears to be the more pragmatic end of the LaRouche spectrum, accepting things President Trump does more as they are, without having to pigeon-hole the motive into the narrow LaRouche view.

Meh, but at the end of the day – it’s all just an information buffet.

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I am very glad to see Secretary of State Marco Rubio dropping away from this “America is an idea” gibberish I keep hearing about.  America is not an idea, it is a nation of people – unique, distinct and very visible.

…. “America has never been merely a proposition. It has always been a very real and living civilization. A unique and distinctive people, unlike any nation or people in the history of the world.”  ~Marco Rubio

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