Tim Mellon, whose family held top jobs at banks, surprised Donald Trump’s campaign with $50 million in his 2024 effort, which only intensified the big-money rivalry playing out—and a further example of how the rich run the show.
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – June 25 2024
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EQUAL RIGHTS? NOT WHEN IT COMES TO REQUIRING WOMEN TO SIGN UP FOR DRAFT
Republicans and Democrats in Washington are clashing over this year’s annual defense authorization bill that comes in at about $895 billion.
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PICK THE ONE YOU HATE LEAST: RECORD NUMBERS OF AMERICANS DISLIKE TRUMP AND BIDEN
Americans will be holding their noses when they vote in the 2024 Presidential Election this November, according to a new poll that shows a record number dislike the incumbent, Joe Biden, and the former president, Donald Trump.
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PUTIN SIGNS MUTUAL DEFENSE PACT WITH NORTH KOREA, TURNING U.S. EFFORT FOR PACIFIC DOMINANCE ON ITS HEAD
While the Western media tried to poke fun at Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un meeting in Pyongyang last week, the two came up with a mutual defense pact that was heard loud and clear from Seoul to Washington.
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A NEW EU NUT TO RUN NATO
Mark Rutte, the Dutch outgoing prime minister, appears almost certain to be tapped to replace Jens Stoltenberg for NATO’s top job at a moment when the Ukraine War continues to heat up—with no end in sight.
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U.S. SELLS ANOTHER $360M IN WEAPONS OF DEATH TO TAIWAN WHILE WARNING CHINA NOT TO ARM RUSSIA
Do what the U.S. says, not what it does.
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XI SAYS U.S. TRYING TO GOAD CHINA INTO ATTACKING TAIWAN
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has been critical of the U.S. for destabilizing the region and trying to surround Beijing to keep it from becoming a regional hegemon, reportedly told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that Washington is trying to push China to invade Taiwan for its own strategic interests.
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WWIII: MOSCOW BLAMES U.S. FOR DEADLY STRIKE IN CRIMEA
Russia assigned blame to the U.S. over missile strikes in Crimea that killed at least four people, including two children, and injured more than 120—stating that the weapons fired in the attack were Washington-provided ATACMs with cluster warheads.