🇺🇸📞🪖 — US Secretary of War Chief arrived minutes ago in Brussels, with Ukraine and European security as his agenda

➡️ Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth has arrived in Brussels for the NATO defense ministers’ meeting and the Ukraine Defense Contact Group session known as Ramstein.

➡️ Upon arrival, he called on NATO allies to allocate more funds to purchase American-made weapons for Ukraine under the PURL program. Until now, Hegseth had only joined Ramstein meetings online.

➡️ Finland has already confirmed its participation — Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen announced the decision but did not specify the amount. According to Ukrainian officials, seven more NATO countries are expected to join PURL today.

➡️ Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized European partners for halting contributions to the program.

🇺🇸🗿🤝🪖 — U.S. Secretary of War Hegseth greets NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at NATO defense ministers’ security summit in Brussels, stating:

“Firepower, that’s what is coming and we expect it is coming from NATO.”

🇷🇺❌🇺🇸 — NATO Secretary General:

Let's not overestimate what Russia can do.

We know that their fighter pilots are notorious for failing to operate these fighters successfully, and their captains do not know how to lower the anchor.

🇦🇫🇵🇰⚡️Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed on a temporary ceasefire — Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

🇵🇱🇪🇺🇷🇺Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski brought the "Geran" to London and warned Europe to prepare for "deep" strikes from Russia.

🇲🇽🇺🇸 Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents: DHS

There is credible intelligence that members of Mexican drug cartels have offered a "tiered" bounty system for hits against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Two weeks ago, the Justice Department charged a member of the Chicago-based Latin Kings with putting a bounty on Greg Bovino, the CBP Commander overseeing the surge operations in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland.

Drug cartels have "disseminated a structured bounty program to incentivize violence against federal personnel," according to a press release from DHS.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/cartels-issuing-bounties-50000-hits-ice-cbp-agents/story?id=126521867

🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Trump accuses China of an "economically hostile act" for not buying US soybeans.

Trump says he is considering "terminating" business with China having to do with cooking oil, and other elements of trade, as retribution.

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🇺🇸🇨🇳 US Cooking Oil Imports are Tiny Compared to Soybean Exports to China

$1.2B vs $12.8B

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