The U.S. State Department last week approved an $8.4 billion arms deal for Germany that will include the sale of Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft for Berlin to use during nuclear deterrence missions. Defense News reported that the 35 F-35s will replace the PA-200 Tornado aircraft by 2030 and will be used during nuclear weapons missions. The...
President Joe Biden on Wednesday reaffirmed the U.S. position that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon during a high-profile meeting with Yair Lapid, the former soap opera star and ad pitchman now playing the role as Israeli Prime Minister. The meeting resulted in the U.S. signing a joint declaration with Israel that both countries would...
Pot meet kettle. Janet Yellen, the U.S. Treasury secretary, on Friday called out Russia’s representatives at the Group 20 meeting in Indonesia and blamed them for sharing in the responsibility for the economic toll that the Ukraine War has taken on the world. Yellen told Anton Siluanov, Russia’s foreign minister, and Timur Maksimov, the deputy...
Spanish farmers took part in protests last week in support of their Dutch peers who claim to face poverty if the Netherlands enforces its green climate agenda that targets agriculture. These farmers have protested in solidarity with farmers in the Netherlands who have been protesting government plans to cut harmful emissions by 2030 that they...
The United States launched a successful drone strike in Syria against an individual Washington has identified as one of ISIS’s top leaders. President Joe Biden praised the killing and said it was “a powerful message to all terrorists who threaten our homeland and our interests around the world.” TRENDPOST: The Trends Journal is completely opposed to Russia’s invasion...
Ask any American what a Tonga and Kiribati are and they would probably guess two rookie baseball players. Or, if they think it’s a country, ask them to find it on the map. But for the servants owned U.S. military industrial complex running Washington DC, it’s important for America to have a presence 6,500 miles...
With America’s outdated infrastructure rotting, as homeless fill the streets, as the plantation workers of Slavelandia can’t make ends meet, live paycheck-to-paycheck and are getting bashed by inflation, their “Representatives” voted in mass to further enrich their masters of war. The House of Representatives voted on Thursday in favor of an $850.3 billion national security...
Italy’s embattled Five Star Movement has warned Prime Minister Mario Draghi to keep a poverty relief program in place despite claims from business leaders that the “citizens’ income” program has been a drag on the country’s labor force. Italy’s “Annual Report 2022” said there are about 5.6 million Italian residents living in absolute poverty in...
Using the Ukraine War and rising tensions between China and Taiwan, Japan is taking a fresh look at building its military and its capabilities. The Trends Journal has reported on how the conflict in Ukraine has prompted other countries—from Germany to Taiwan—to reconsider their defenses. (See “WILL CHINA SOON INVADE TAIWAN?” “SPOTLIGHT CHINA: EAST VS. WEST,” and “JAPAN:...
While Ukraine has stated that it will not accept a ceasefire with Russia and the United States and NATO won’t either, over in Africa, a ceasefire agreement was put in place between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo last week as tensions run high between the two countries with a long history of bloody...