@FinalTelegraph "The age of the globalist client state is over. The era of the blank check, the photo-op, and the heroic narrative laundered by the media died in the Oval Office last night."

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[The Louiswu]

Will his 'peace through strength' ultimatum finally end the war in Ukraine?

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If the Lord wills it so then it will be so.

[wjcsux]

Fantastic article, thanks for sharing it.

[Fireone]

Lindsey Graham and the ghost of John McCain were deeply saddened.

[Liz]

Memorable

FTA-—The media and the foreign policy establishment are in a state of controlled panic, trying to spin what happened. They can’t. The optics were undeniable: Z man, a supplicant from a faraway land facing a leader, Trump, who puts America’s interests—and its money—first.

The Power Shift is Total. Gone was the fawning celebrity
treatment Zelenskyy received from the Biden administration.
<><>Trump was in command,
<><>driving the agenda.
<><>This wasn’t about puke liberal “shared values;”
<><>it was about the cold, hard reality of the US Treasury.
<><>The message was clear: the party is over.

[Freee-dame]

“ TAKEAWAY 3: The Audit is Non-Negotiable. This was the bombshell. Trump’s primary focus wasn’t on maps or battle lines. It was on receipts. He demanded a full, independent, forensic audit of the $200B+ in U.S. aid. “Show us the money” is the new foreign policy doctrine. This is what terrifies the swamp more than any Russian tank

Will this really happen? I remember when Biden gave Ukraine one of the first batches of billions of dollars, a few congressmen tried to get accountability into the gift. It got voted down. That shocked me. IIRC there was an actual vote on the floor of Congress. Every person who voted down accountability should be investigated.

[Fireone]

Not to mention, John F’ing Kerry, Hunter Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and the rest of the grifters laundering Ukraine funds into their personal offshore accounts.

[Macoozie]

The real take away-

“the death of the old order and the return to realism. The world that existed two days ago is gone”

Great piece.
Compelling writing.
The cold-shower the whole world needs.

[aquila48]

I certainly hope all that will come to pass.

[Billthedrill]

There certainly is a tectonic shift taking place, long overdue. Whether all the author's bullet points will come to pass is not yet known. But the looks of panic on the faces of European "leaders" are worth the price of admission.

"Something's happening here but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?"

[dfwgator]

The times they are a-changin’ back!

[Antoninus]

The war that's about to escalate is the one between Trump and the corrupt globalist establishment in Washington D.C. when the findings of that audit are made public.

That is assuming that: 1.) the audit is actually conducted; 2.) the audit is conducted by people who are trustworthy and not on the take; 3.) the audit, when completed, is made public.

Awful lot of assumptions there.

[ConservativeMind]

Really nice rundown of points!

[Mariner]

“The Audit is Non-Negotiable. This was the bombshell. Trump’s primary focus wasn’t on maps or battle lines. It was on receipts. He demanded a full, independent, forensic audit of the $200B+ in U.S. aid.”

There’s no evidence for this anywhere besides this guy’s assertion. Or is it fantasy?

[pierrem15]

The whole premise that "foreign wars" are "bleeding" America dry is simply nonsense.

Total food stamp spending -alone- in 2024 was $99.8 billion. Total Medicaid spending was $908 billion. Total "aid to children" $567 billion.

That's $1.6 trillion alone, per year, every year.

That's what the Dems buy votes with. It's the out of control domestic spending that driving the country into bankruptcy.

[flamberge]

Awful lot of assumptions there.

And none of them actually matter all that much. They are mostly theatrical distractions.

What matters is that the money and backing from America for the Ukraine war is over. So are the political careers of the "leaders" who ran that project or benefitted from it.

[GOPJ]

TAKEAWAY 2: The Beggar. Zelenskyy’s green t-shirt charm has lost its magic. Without the bottomless well of U.S. taxpayer money, he is not a global hero; he is the leader of a corrupt, struggling nation. For the first time, he was forced to listen instead of lecture. He came for a check; he left with a list of demands.

The days when Ukraine could hire the drug addicted whore monger sons of American 'elites' is OVER FOREVER. No more 'favors' in exchange for taxpayers money. Eff democrats..

[Semper Vigilantis]

US should do a flyover of Ukraine dropping leaflets explaining ‘The Deal’ and that their tracksuit leader would rather slaughter them.
Include a list of the countries and banks that he and his cronies have been stashing cash in for their retirements.
Nature has a way of fighting infections and filling a vacuum.

[SuperLuminal]

" IMPLICATION 3: The Real Target is D.C. Corruption. This maneuver is not just about Ukraine. It's about using the audit to disinfect the rot in Washington. The defense contractors, the USAID grifters, the political families who suddenly got rich—they are the real target of this new policy. The cleanup starts abroad but ends at home.

IMHO, this is the kernel...
The deep state is about to be castrated if this happens...

[TalBlack]

3: The Audit is Non-Negotiable

Hate to be a downer but I find it impossible to believe the actors thus threatened won’t inevitably take another shot at Trump. He is screwing with them bigtime and he’s not gonna lighten up. They effed with a tiger and really really pissed him off. And they know it.