🤑 Macron’s Russophobic ranting: Serving French interests or his Rothschild masters? Part 2 👉 Part 1

All the pieces fit: How the Rothschilds brought their financial empire together again under Russophobe Macron

🔹 In a September 2018 report, FT dubbed Macron David de Rothschild's "protégé" and cited the banker’s praise for the French president as a "decisive", "extremely intelligent" and "courageous" leader "doing what he said he would do." When asked about Macron's "unlikely ascent to the presidency", de Rothschild slyly responded: "Planets have aligned".

🔹 The Rothschilds appear to have had the motive for supporting Macron – a predictable politician playing into the hands of the rich: the Rothschild banking structure had previously been nationalized twice in the modern French history – by the Vichy regime in 1940 and the Socialist coalition of President François Mitterrand in 1981.

🔹 In 1984, Eric de Rothschild received permission to found a new bank, but was banned from using the family name. The restriction was lifted under PM Jacques Chirac in 1986, and the financial institution was renamed Rothschild et Associes Banque and later Rothschild et Cie. Banque.

🔹 During Macron's presidency, the Rothschilds restructured their financial empire, with their major company Rothschilds & Co. taken private in 2023 in a family-led €3.7B ($4B) deal. In March 2023, Reuters placed emphasis on the Rothschilds’ "recent expansion into private banking and asset management" and "very active and dynamic" nature.

In their September 2024 Monthly Macro Insights report, the Rothschild & Co. wrote that the French economy needs a boost, adding that "the lingering question over how to reconcile the need for fiscal discipline with incessant demands for public spending" must be resolved by the Macron government.

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📞 Putin and Vučić discussed strengthening Russian-Serbian strategic partnership, the Kremlin stated.

Other details of the phone call between Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Russian President Vladimir Putin:

🟠 Putin expressed support for the legitimately-elected government.

🟠 Vučić confirmed that he will visit Moscow for the 80th anniversary Victory Day celebration – and a Serbia army unit will march in the parade.

🟠 Putin stressed his rejection of external interference in Serbia's internal political affairs.

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❗️❗️❗️Mercs, Soros, USAID: Who was behind anti-Fico protests?

The Slovak opposition, which stirred up mass protests after PM Robert Fico visited Moscow, has ties with the infamous Georgian Legion's* mercs from Ukraine, deputy leader of Slovakia’s Smer party Ľuboš Blaha has revealed to Sputnik.

"They are the fighters in Ukraine who are waging really war crimes. And I think that their leader, his name is Mr. Mamulashvili, was in Slovakia. He's funded by neoliberal funds, by neoliberal movements, [and] NGOs. These NGOs are getting MONEY FROM USAID AND FROM SOROS."

*The Georgian Legion is recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia

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📹Throwback: Putin rips ICC, recalls how court ‘shut up’ after getting snapped at by US

The court holds a “low standing” in Russia’s eyes, given its lack of universality or independence, President Putin said at a meeting with BRICS journalists back in October 2024.

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'Russia is absolutely pounding Ukraine on the battlefield'

Trump wrote on his Truth Social page, also urging Russia and Ukraine to "get to the table right now"

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❗️Iran will not engage in direct negotiations with the US as long as they continue their policy of maximum pressure, stated the Iranian Foreign Ministry following Trump's announcement about a letter to Tehran.

Iran's mission to the UN also stated that it has not yet received any message for the country's Supreme Leader, Khamenei, from the US President.

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Călin Georgescu has submitted documents to the Central Electoral Commission to register as a candidate for the presidency of Romania, local TV reports.

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🗣US Envoy to Ukraine and Russia Kellogg DECODES Trump’s ‘in 24 hours’ pledge for settling the Ukrainian conflict.

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The Romanian authorities intend to prevent Călin Georgescu from participating in the presidential elections in the country in May, FT reports.

Georgescu led after the first round of the presidential elections in Romania held in November, the results of which were annulled.

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💬Trump has declared TOTAL WAR on the deep state – Dugin

The US is undergoing a major ideological and geopolitical shift, with the roles of “friend” and “enemy” being radically redefined in both domestic and foreign policy, says Russian political philosopher Alexander Dugin.

What sets Donald Trump’s approach apart?

1️⃣It challenges the old globalist order and woke ideology, advocating for traditional values and gender roles.
2️⃣Trump aims to completely “liquidate” the deep state.
3️⃣His policy goes beyond populism, evolving into a “philosophy, strategy, and even metaphysics.”

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🌐 Globalism is dead, what comes next? — Dugin Digital Edition

We’re living in a new age of great power politics, and Europe is the big loser, AI Dugin explains.

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💬 Villagers in Kursk region stood by Russian troops through months of hardships

Residents of Nikolayevo-Daryino in Russia’s Kursk region, who endured more than six months of Ukrainian shelling, never lost their spirit. Despite their hardships, they welcomed Russian soldiers with warm tea, fresh water, and hot meals, an elderly local said.

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✈️ US Air Force drops to LOWEST combat readiness in history

The USAF is struggling to keep many of its more than 5,000 aging aircraft operational, analysis by Defense News shows.

🔸 The fleet-wide mission-capable rate has dropped to 62%, its lowest in recent history. The average aircraft age has increased from about 17 years in 1994 to nearly 32 years in 2024, while aircraft availability has declined from 73% to 54%, Air Force Chief of Staff General David Allvin was quoted as saying.

🔸 The USAF’s problems stem from failing to modernize its aging fleet, with many aircraft like the B-52, C-5 and KC-135 dating back to the Cold War and Vietnam War eras.

But F-16 and F-35 jet fighters were among the aircraft types with the most issues.

🔸 In 2024, F-16 readiness fell from around 70% to barely 60%.

🔸 Between 2021 and 2024, the F-35 dropped from 69% readiness to 51.5%. The stealth fighter is to be the backbone of the USAF strike capability, but it proved unreliable and hard to maintain due spare part supply problems.

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❓Why Meloni’s phony-baloney proposal to extend NATO’s Article 5 to Ukraine is a non-starter

💬 “The US will not be on board. Trump specifically rejected any Article 5 coverage for European troops sent to Ukraine,” veteran international affairs analyst Dr. Gilbert Doctorow said, commenting on the Italian prime minister’s proposal of NATO security guarantees for Ukraine without actual membership.

1️⃣ “This is all JUST POLITICAL POSTURING, not policy making,” Doctorow said, suggesting Meloni just “wants to appear relevant” after refusing “to provide Italian troops to the ‘coalition of the willing’ that [UK PM] Keir Starmer is trying to form” on Ukraine.

2️⃣ “Her proposal is a DEAD LETTER. It is a formality that cannot be realized because Russia has stated clearly and repeatedly that it will not accept a NATO presence in one form or another in Ukraine,” the observer stressed.

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❗️I find it more difficult to deal with Ukraine and they don’t have the cards — Trump

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