It’s been an epic week and a half of news, and that doesn’t even include the election of a new pope. As we anticipate the installation Mass of Pope Leo XIV tomorrow morning in Rome, there has been significant developments in virtually every area key hotspot, both at home and abroad. In this video, we discuss…
*President Trump concluded a triumphant trip to the Middle East. He made a seminal address outlining a new foreign policy vision for the United States, reached a ceasefire in Yemen, and there are multiple reports that he’s closing on a deal with Iran to end the tense standoff going on there. Anything else? Oh yes, he served as mediator between India and Pakistan—two nuclear powers who were three days into an actual shooting war, and brought an end to the potentially devastating situation.
*There were high-level talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey. Are we on the verge of a peace deal here? This could still go any number of ways, and the immediate aftermath of the talks suggest something significant is afoot. Whether that’s good or bad, we’ll find out, but the early tea leaves indicate the talks in Istanbul were more than just bureaucratic chit-chat.
*Delegations for the U.S. and China are meeting in Switzerland to negotiate on trade and they announced they had reached the framework for an agreement. We need details and even when we get them, this will continue to unfold. We examine how a just-concluded trade deal with Great Britain serves a template for where Trump is trying to take us.
*Before embarking on his foreign trip, Trump signed an executive order aimed at stopping Big Pharma from price-gouging U.S. consumers. We go over what’s in the order, and also look at the possibility of getting it written as actual legislation by Congress with entrenched opposition from both parties. We’ll also touch on the tax bill working its way through the House.
*The Supreme Court handed down a decision on Friday that temporarily limits Trump’s ability to carry out deportations. We look at what this decision said, what it didn’t say, and what the implications are.
*The complete dishonesty of corporate media reached now lows this week. CNN”s Jake Tapper had the audacity to release a book this week “exposing” how the White House covered up for Joe Biden’s dementia. Even though Tapper was the lead media voice in condemning the millions of us who saw this with our own eyes. We discuss what Tapper and the forces behind him are trying to accomplish with this con job—and what it says about the people who continue to listen to him and other corporate media voices.
*Had enough yet? There’s one more thing. James Comey, the disgraced former head of the FBI issued what can only be interpreted as an assassination threat against Trump.
There’s a lot going on! President Trump, like Pope Leo XIV, need a lot of rosaries in contesting the darker forces out there. Keep praying!
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