The humanitarian pier that former U.S. President Joe Biden ordered to be assembled on the shores leading to Gaza was even more of a failure than previously reported, as it was revealed last week that over 60 U.S. service members were injured during its construction and during the operation.
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TRUMP ENDS BIDEN SANCTIONS ON VIOLENT WEST BANK ISRAELI SETTLERS AS THEY RAMP UP MORE WAR
U.S. President Donald Trump wasted no time to lift sanctions that were imposed by the Biden administration on a group of West Bank settlers after violence in the territory “reached intolerable levels and constitutes a serious threat to the peace, security, and stability of the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, and the broader Middle East region.”
OIL PRICES STRENGTHEN AS WEST RATCHETS UP RUSSIA SANCTIONS
On 10 January, the price of global benchmark Brent crude oil jumped 3.69 percent to $79.76 a barrel after the U.K. and U.S. placed additional sanctions on Russia’s oil and gas exports.
LEAVING WITH A BANG: BIDEN PUMPS UKRAINE WITH HIS ADMINISTRATION’S LIKELY LAST INJECTION OF WAR FUNDING
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will pump Ukraine with another $500 million in equipment so it can continue to fight its war against the Russians, as Moscow remains in full control of the frontlines.
BIDEN SENDING ANOTHER $8B ARMS DEAL FOR ISRAEL TO KEEP ITS GENOCIDE GOING
The Biden administration alerted Congress “informally” of a proposed $8 billion arms deal for Israel to support Tel Aviv’s “long-term security by resupplying stocks of critical munitions and air defense capabilities,” Axios reported, citing unnamed sources.
PARTING SHOT: BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO PUMP UKRAINE WITH ANOTHER NEARLY $6B IN SUPPORT
Just weeks before Donald Trump takes office, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced that it will pump Ukraine with another $5.9 billion in support.
BIDEN HITS CHINA’S CLEAN TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS WITH NEW TARIFFS
The Biden administration has doubled to 50 percent the U.S. tariffs on imported Chinese silicon wafers and polysilicon, both essential in making solar energy panels.
TRUMP CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who campaigned on the promise to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours once he took office, called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, stating that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Kyiv would “like to make a deal and stop the madness.”
BLINKEN WANTS UKRAINE TO START DRAFTING YOUNGER RECRUITS
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made it clear last week that the Biden administration wants Ukraine to lower its conscription age so it can pull together the manpower to try and take on the advancing Russians.
U.S. HOUSE FINAL COVID REPORT: NIH FUNDED LAB WHERE VIRUS LIKELY ORIGINATED
A final U.S. House report on the facts and government actions surrounding what we at The Trends Journal have long called the COVID War, was just released on 2 December, 2024.