🇺🇸 The Story of the Fort Knox Gold Heist

🔗 Wall Street Apes

🇺🇸 Trump administration officials have explored the idea of auditing the gold reserves at Fort Knox.

Ron Paul has repeatedly warned about the U.S. government's secrecy over its gold, sparking theories that it may have been secretly sold to foreign governments.

No member of Congress has been granted access to the vault in over decades.

Ron Paul claimed the gold was stolen from the people by the U.S. government through an executive order in the 1930s.

🔗 Shadow of Ezra

🇷🇺⚡️ Visa and Mastercard will return to Russia in the near future , said Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets

He believes that payment systems will return to the Russian Federation and will offer their services, but it will be difficult for them because “Russians are accustomed to domestic payment systems.”

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇱🇻 ‘Freezing’ Ukraine war would allow Russia to threaten NATO, Latvian intelligence warns

Any pause in fighting in Ukraine would allow Russia to rebuild its forces and launch a confrontation with European Union countries, Latvia's state security service warned Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump launches peace talks with the Kremlin.

In a newly unclassified report published by the Baltic nation's Constitution Protection Bureau, intelligence officers assess that "the likelihood of a direct Russian-NATO military confrontation in 2025" is "rather low" because Moscow's manpower and resources are tied up in the costly invasion.

"However, if the war were to become 'frozen' and Russia no longer had to suffer significant losses during the active hostilities in Ukraine, Moscow would be able to increase its military presence next to the NATO’s northeastern flank, including the Baltics, within the next five years," the report warns.

https://www.politico.eu/article/freezing-ukraine-war-would-allow-russia-threaten-nato-latvian-intelligence-warns-donald-trump-peace-talks/

🇻🇦📝 — Pope Francis' infection is presenting a complex clinical picture and requires further hospitalization, the Vatican says

➡️ Pope Francis has spent the past days alternating hospitalized, switching between resting and reading, the Vatican added in a brief statement.

➡️ His doctors have advised complete rest and Francis was unable to deliver his regular Sunday prayer to pilgrims in St Peter's Square or lead a special mass for artists held to mark the Catholic Church's Jubilee Year.

🇺🇸💬🇧🇷🇨🇳🔫🕊🗺 — "France has proposed a European deployment that would remain well behind the front lines, reassuring Ukraine without necessarily committing itself to join any future fight. American officials are suggesting a different sort of peacekeeping force, including non-European countries such as Brazil or China, that would sit along an eventual ceasefire line as a sort of buffer."

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🇺🇸🇷🇺 The FT is reporting Trump plans to withdraw troops from the Baltic states at least, giving Russia a huge strategic win, and weakening NATO's eastern flank at a critical time.

https://www.ft.com/content/11f121f9-391c-4597-93f7-f12894e1b79d

🔗 Jimmy Rushton

🇨🇦🛬❗️ | Delta Airlines Flight 4819 (Operating as EDV4819) crashed on landing today at Toronto Pearson International Airport.

➡️ The Canadair CRJ-900 inverted and caught fire at some point after reaching the runway.

🇺🇸💬🇧🇷🇨🇳🔫🕊🗺 — "France has proposed a European deployment that would remain well behind the front lines, reassuring Ukraine without necessarily committing itself to join any future fight. American officials are suggesting a different sort of peacekeeping force, including non-European countries such as Brazil or China, that would sit along an eventual ceasefire line as a sort of buffer."

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🇧🇷💬💥🌐 — Diplomatic crisis: Brazil’s possible accession to OPEC+ (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Allies) has caused divisions within the government. While the Ministry of Mines and Energy, led by Alexandre Silveira (PSD), advocates for immediate entry, the Itamaraty (Foreign Ministry) wants to postpone the decision until 2026, citing concerns about the country's environmental image

❗️ The main concern of Brazilian diplomacy is that joining the oil cartel could undermine Brazil’s position as a leader in the energy transition, especially ahead of COP30, which will be held in November 2025 in Belém (PA).

⁉️ On the other hand, Silveira argues that joining OPEC+ would allow Brazil to influence the group toward adopting more sustainable practices, promoting biofuels as an alternative to oil. The minister also believes that accession would strengthen Brazil in trade negotiations, particularly in response to tariffs imposed by Donald Trump's administration on Brazilian products.

➡️ The invitation for Brazil to join OPEC+ was extended to President Lula (PT) during COP28 in November 2023. The proposal generated strong reactions and shifted focus away from Brazil’s environmental agenda at the event, displeasing several European leaders. To formalize accession, all that is required is approval from the presidential office, but Itamaraty fears that this decision could harm Brazil politically on the international stage at a time when it seeks to solidify its leadership in environmental matters.

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