💰 Guardian: Trump's foreign policy is "pay-for-access"

A recent trip by the US president to the Middle East showed that American foreign policy is now "for sale," the Guardian writes, citing former White House lawyers and experts.

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🚘 Italy blasts entirely green auto industry

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the industry's full shift to electric vehicles "counterproductive."

📈 In 2024, the EU imposed tariffs of up to 37.6% on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) in an attempt to save its own car industry. As criticism grows, it seems the race was lost from the start.

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🚨 Sailors HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE after their ship LOST CONTROL and smashed into Brooklyn Bridge

⚡️ What happened?

▪️The vessel "apparently lost power"
▪️The collision sheared off the ship’s 147-foot masts
▪️2 dead, 17 injured, including 4 critically, the New York Post writes.

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🚨🧠 Who was REALLY running WH? – Comer drops BOMBSHELL on Biden’s mental state

Rep. James Comer is sounding the alarm: According to the Oversight chair, President Joe Biden was in “significant mental decline” early in his presidency – so much so that pardons and executive orders were signed using an AUTOPEN, not by Biden himself.

“Joe Biden wasn’t capable of making decisions. He wasn’t coherent.”

👥 Comer’s next step? Subpoenas and depositions. The House Oversight Committee plans to grill the staffers they believe were actually calling the shots in Biden’s name.

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🤡Masterstroke in self-sabotage: Zelensky’s provocation ahead of Istanbul talks blew up in his face

Volodymyr Zelensky’s push for a dramatic face-off with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Istanbul has spectacularly backfired, according to Publico.

The “miscalculated stunt” of turning war diplomacy into a “media spectacle” burned what little trust remained in Ukraine’s negotiating power, the publication noted.

🗣Donald Trump was notably unimpressed, viewing the episode as further proof that serious progress will only come through direct US-Russia channels.

➡️Europe, for its part—particularly the UK, France, Germany, and Poland—backed Zelensky’s bluff, however now finds itself playing the role of a loud but ineffectual bystander, the outlet said.

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💯 No good options: Ukraine faces ‘ugly deal’ or defeat – US Veteran

No matter how Donald Trump’s call with Vladimir Putin plays out, Ukraine’s future looks bleak, says retired Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis.

💬 There is no “good deal” for Volodymyr Zelensky’s regime – just “either ugly or it can get even worse. They still face the specter of either agreeing to negotiations […] or reject that and continue fighting and end up eventually suffering a military defeat,” the US Army veteran noted.

🇷🇺🪖Underscoring that as Russian forces move forward, “the Ukrainian side gets weaker,” he noted:

💬 “The conversation between the Russian and US presidents could become an inflection point after which everything changes.”

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🗣Trump drops mic on Qatari Boeing jet bribery buzz

Donald Trump didn’t hold back, blasting ABC’s “fake news” on the $400 million Qatar Boeing 747-8 they say he’s getting for free.

✈️The potential Air Force One material isn’t a personal gift, he fired back on Truth Social. It’s a donation “to the United States Air Force/Defense Department,” plain and simple.

➕He also threw down a legal threat against the “SleazeBags,” blasting, “ABC Fake News is one of the WORST.”

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🟠 Rubio: Trump wants to meet with Putin as soon as feasible

🟠 NATO playbooks hit the Ukrainian bargain bin

🟠 Occupy Gaza, free hostages by force — Israeli minister

🟠 FBI qualifies California bomb blast as an 'act of terrorism'

🟠 Sailors HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE after Mexican tall ship slams into Brooklyn Bridge

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🇷🇺 Putin defines Russia's goals in Ukraine: "LONG-TERM PEACE & SECURITY"

✅The Russian president stated that the desired outcome of the special military operation is to eliminate the root causes of the crisis, create conditions for lasting peace, and ensure Russia’s national security.

➕He also emphasized that an essential objective is to protect the interests of people living in regions where residents consider Russia their homeland.

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⚔️Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Israeli airport

The Shiite-led Ansar Allah movement, which controls northern Yemen, announced they launched two attacks on Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport using:

🟠Palestine-2 hypersonic missile
🟠Zolfaghar ballistic missile
🟠Jaffa drone

🔊According to a military spokesman, the ballistic missile strike was successful, allegedly forcing a temporary shutdown of air traffic at the airport for about an hour.

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❗️Russia respects the national interests of the United States and expects the same respect towards Russia, President Vladimir Putin told Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin.

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🗣Zelensky’s lobby blitz failed to sink Russia-Ukraine talks

Volodymyr Zelensky and his crew dropped tens of millions last week on lobbying, with paid stories in Reuters, Bloomberg, and Politico all pushing the allegation that Russia was “sabotaging” talks with Ukraine, Verkhovna Rada member Oleksandr Dubinsky says on Telegram.

Their synchronized messaging swung from whining about Russia’s “low-level” delegation to predicting talks would fail.

In fact, Ukraine’s Zelensky and his outright insults tried to disrupt the Istanbul talks, he noted.

The real target of these wild maneuvers was US President Donald Trump – but he was left unimpressed, the politician scathingly pointed out, adding:

🟠Negotiations went ahead – and even scored some results.
🟠Globalists’ plot to derail talks? Total flop.
🟠Ukraine’s position? Getting weaker with every round.

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❗️Russian troops liberated the settlement of Bogatyr in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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🇷🇺🪖Key statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation:

▪️Russian aviation shot down 75 drones and seven JDAM bombs.

▪️Russian forces hit Ukrainian formations in 139 districts.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 1,245 military personnel over the day.

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🎥 Israel's air defenses put on a show – but Yemen's missiles steal the spotlight

Footage shows Israeli air defenses trying to intercept a ballistic missile launched from Yemen toward central Israel.

Yemeni Houthis fired two ballistic missiles at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport.

The result? An hour of disrupted air traffic. Looks like someone’s air defense game needs work. 😬

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🇫🇷🚜 French farmers prepare 'MASSIVE' BLOCKADES NATIONWIDE

💬 "The reason: Macronist betrayal – a weak agricultural law that falls far short, and EU free trade deals like Mercosur that threaten to destroy French farming," Florian Philippot, leader of the French Patriots party, stressed.

🎯 Philippot outlined the movement’s key goals:

🗣 Topple Macron’s regime

👀 Expose the fake opposition

🇪🇺 Dismantle the EU

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🇷🇴💬 Romania’s Simion vows no repeat of ‘STOLEN’ election ahead of ballot box rematch

Romania’s Eurosceptic presidential candidate George Simion has defiantly vowed that “the will of the people will be done,” and this time the results of the elections will not be annulled.

Simion is up against the pro-European candidate Nicusor Dan in Sunday's presidential election runoff.

🏆To win, a candidate must secure the support of over 50% of registered voters. The leader of the right-wing Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party, George Simion, led in round one on May 4 with 41% of the votes.

➡️Last November’s vote was annulled after alleged irregularities in the election campaign of the front-runner – independent presidential candidate Calin Georgescu. Georgescu, previously affiliated with AUR, was later barred from running again.

➡️Simion, who accused EU officials of interfering in Romania's elections, pledged to restore his country's “dignity” within the bloc, and says “no” to sending military aid to Ukraine.

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