A top NATO official was forced to apologize last week after he floated the idea that Ukraine may be able to join the Alliance if it agrees to cede land to Russia to end the war.
Tag: Aug 22 2023
CONGRESSIONAL UKRAINE CAUCUS CO-CHAIR CALLS FOR U.S. TO PRESSURE ZELENSKY TO SEEK PEACE
Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., told constituents at a town hall last week that it was time that the U.S. acknowledges that the Ukraine War is lost and it may be time to force Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate for peace.
ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
It’s barely mainstream news. Most people don’t have a clue what in the real world is going on. Flooded with “news” about Donald Trump indictments, Women’s World Cup soccer, the latest tropical storm, etc., the socioeconomic and geopolitical trends shaping the future aren’t clickbait worthy to capture the crowd.
THREE BLIND MICE: BIDEN MEETS WITH SOUTH KOREAN, JAPANESE LEADERS TO UNITE AGAINST CHINA
The Biden administration continued its effort to surround China and provoke tensions in the Asia-Pacific last weekend during a summit at Camp David with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
U.S. TRIES TO BULLY MEXICO INTO BUYING ITS FRANKENSTEIN CORN
The U.S. last week requested a dispute settlement panel to step in during its legal fight with Mexico that involves corn sales and can result in a rare trade war between neighbors.
CENTRAL BANKS ARE FOSTERING AN EXTINCTION LEVEL EVENT
U.S. mortgage rates here in the United States have just risen to their highest level in 21 years. Meanwhile, despite all the talk about how raising rates would somehow tame inflation, and that it was just temporary, and even transitory, inflation continues to rise. Moreover, by the Fed’s own admission, “inflation continues to outpace every projection they have made.” Moreover and overall, food inflation continues to outpace everything else. With energy inflation a close second.
SPOTLIGHT: CHINA’S ECONOMIC STRUGGLE
We have repeatedly provided Trends Journal subscribers with details and facts of China’s economic rise and fall. For over a decade we had forecast that while the 20th century was the American century, the 21st century would be the Chinese century... because the business of China is business while the business of America has been war.
HARDLY NEWS: SUDAN’S CIVIL WAR SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL, MILLIONS FACE FAMINE RISK
African-Americans’ lives may matter, but nobody cares about African lives.
TOP CHINESE DEFENSE OFFICIAL VISITS BELARUS, SHOWS PREVIEW OF WHAT WWIII WILL LOOK LIKE
China’s top defense official visited Belarus last week and praised the countries’ “truly fraternal relations” as the Ukraine War continues to set the stage for WWIII becoming official.
FROM FAKING ACTORS TO FAKING HISTORY: THE HOTTEST AI ISN’T CHATGPT
Through the alchemy of AI, people can now have “conversations” with the most interesting historical figures in the world.