🇺🇸🇮🇱⚰️📝 — Outgoing United States' State Department Spokesman, Matthew Miller states that of the 7 American Hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip, only 3 are thought to be Alive, with the other 4 known to be Dead, being killed under Hamas captivity

🇺🇸🕊🇮🇱🇵🇸 — Outgoing United States' State Department Spokesman, Matthew Miller:

"When it comes to the involvement of President-elect Trump's team, it's been absolutely critical in getting this deal over the line."

🔗 Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom)

🇺🇸📞🇺🇦🇷🇺 — Senator Marco Rubio, Trump’s pick for Secretary of State, before the Senate Committee for his confirmation hearing :

There is no way Russia takes all of Ukraine.

The Ukrainians are too brave and fight too hard. It's also unrealistic that Ukraine will push Russians back to where they were on the eve of the invasion

This conflict needs to end.

🔗 Ostap Yarysh (@OstapYarysh)

🇺🇸❌🇻🇪🇮🇷 — Senator Marco Rubio denounces Iranian's presence in Venezuela, says that the Islamic Regime of Iran is developing a drone factory in Venezuela and accuses the Chavista regime of providing illegal passports to Hezbollah

“In Venezuela you have the Russian presence, you have a very strong Iranian presence, the Iranians in fact are beginning to build drone factories for the manufacture of Iranian drones in our own hemisphere, not to mention the long practice of the Venezuelan regimen of providing real but illegitimate Venezuelan passports to operatives of Hezbollah”

🔗 VOZ (@VozMediaUSA)

🇺🇸❌🇻🇪🇻🇪 — Senator Marco Rubio discussed about the takeover of the Venezuelan State Apparatus by the Cartel of the Sun and denounces the failed Barbardos Agreement by the US Administration, which were based on making oil concessions to Maduro for empty promises of a free election.

Venezuela is not governed by a government. It is governed by a narco trafficking organization that has taken control of the national state

And we have seen, I believe, that more than seven, eight, or nine million Venezuelans have left the country.
And more people are expected to leave the country

They (Biden administration) got played the way I knew they would get played

🔗 POLARIS (@polarisnatsec)

🇺🇸🇺🇸❗️🇧🇷🤡 — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is considering imposing trade tariffs on Brazil and other countries that, according to allies, are using the judicial system to persecute political opponents, according to information released by the Wall Street Journal

🇧🇷 According to the WSJ, this move comes after the former president Jair Bolsonaro was prevented from traveling to the United States to attend Trump's inauguration. Bolsonaro had his passport seized in February 2024 by a decision from Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes, within the framework of Operation Tempus Veritatis, which investigates alleged plans for a coup and other accusations.

⚖️ The WSJ, citing sources close to Trump’s team, states that the lack of a decision from the STF on whether or not to authorize Bolsonaro's trip to Washington could worsen the already fragile relations between the Lula government and the incoming U.S. administration. "The worst way for the Lula government to start its relationship with the Trump administration is to instrumentalize the government against a political opponent."

🤝 Trump, who the American newspaper also reports identifies himself as a victim of judicial persecution in the United States, sees similarities between his situation and Bolsonaro's. As a result, people close to the Republican indicated that he is willing to use trade tariffs as a means of pressuring governments around the world that adopt what is called "lawfare" — the use of the judicial system to persecute political rivals.

❌ The WSJ notes that relations between Brazil and the U.S. were already under tension due to actions by the STF against 𝕏, alleging that it is combating "hate speech," and cites Elon Musk, who is now part of the new Trump administration's team, as having strongly criticized Justice Moraes, calling him a "dictator."

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