Pete Hegseth, the new head of the Pentagon, has a Venmo account that shows close ties to members of the military-industrial-complex 2.0—from Palantir to Anduril—companies already with close ties to President Donald Trump and his administration.
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HUCKABEE SAYS THERE’S NO SUPPORT FOR A TWO-STATE SOLUTION AMONG EVANGELICAL LEADERS
Mike Huckabee, U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick for Israel ambassador, spoke to All Israel about a 90-minute meeting he attended last week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 14 prominent Evangelical and how there was “recognition that there was no support for this continued, failed policy of a two-state solution.”
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CHINA BLASTS U.S. ‘COERCION’ AFTER PANAMA BACKS OUT OF BELT AND ROAD DEAL
China was critical of the U.S. last week after Panama announced that it will back out of the Belt and Road initiative—blaming Washington for applying pressure on the country before its decision.
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RUBIO FORCED TO BACKTRACK ON CLAIM THAT U.S. NAVY WOULD HAVE FREE ACCESS TO CANAL
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to walk back claims last week that—through hard-nose diplomacy—Washington was able to make Panama yell ‘Uncle’ and agreed to grant U.S. Navy ships free access to the Panama Canal that would have saved the Pentagon about $12 million a year.
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TRUMP GIVES ORDERS TO OBLITERATE IRAN IF ASSASSINATED
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters last week that he left his advisers' orders to obliterate Iran should the country assassinate him while he is in office—just while he announced a new “maximum pressure” campaign against his adversary to prevent Tehran from developing a nuke.
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ITALY SEES ‘POLITICAL STANCE’ IN EUROPE MOVING TOWARDS RELAXING RULES TO BUY MORE WEAPONS
Italy’s finance minister said in an interview last week that the EU must take steps to allow countries to spend more on their militaries and suspend fiscal rules because of the “grave” threat these countries face with a resurgent Russia.
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TRUMP WANTS TO CHOKE IRAN BY KILLING ITS OIL INDUSTRY
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week at the White House that promises to pursue a “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran in an effort to prevent the country from developing a nuclear weapon.
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TRUMP GIVES HAMAS DEADLINE TO RELEASE HOSTAGES OR ‘ALL HELL IS GOING TO BREAK OUT’
U.S. President Donald Trump sent another message to Hamas warning the group that “all hell is going to break out” if it does not release the remaining hostages.
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IRAN REJECTS TRUMP’S BULLYING ATTEMPT, LEADER SAYS NEGOTIATING WITH U.S. IS NEITHER SMART OR WISE
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to sanction the country into submission and said negotiating with Washington is “neither smart, wise, or honorable.”
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TRUMP IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON ICC AFTER ACCUSING IT OF UNFAIRLY TARGETING ISRAEL, U.S.
President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order against the International Criminal Court (ICC) that imposed sanctions on members of the judicial body over “illegitimate and baseless actions” against the U.S. and Israel.