Posted on 05/13/2026 6:31:40 AM PDT by slag
A very interesting video about the Carney Doctrine: Behind the Scenes in Toronto and President Trump's Doctrine.
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Since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, international affairs have become less predictable. Yet the Xi-Trump summit in Beijing on 14–15 May 2026 is unlikely to deliver any dramatic strategic surprises. Beijing can orchestrate the visit to provide Trump with the optics of success, and Trump may describe the exchanges in characteristic superlatives. In substance, however, the summit is more likely to focus on managing tensions than on producing a reset in relations. Neither side is ready for a grand bargain, nor does either want a breakdown that would further damage an already fragile global economy. Key issues to watch include whether the Busan trade truce holds, progress on technology governance and AI safety consultations, and whether Beijing is willing to use its influence to help de-escalate the conflict with Iran. For the EU, the stakes lie above all in avoiding further disruption to critical mineral supply chains and in the potential – however slim – for Chinese engagement on Iran to improve energy security prospects.
https://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/commentary/xi-and-trump-are-heading-tactical-stabilisation-not-reset
An excellent post, thanks for sharing. She, Susan Kokinda, is a very smart lady. I will be sharing this with others I know. 😁🤙
Total speculation. China is not a friend of America, nor is Russia (or the EU)
Spent the 14 minutes cooking breakfast while listening in the background. It’s a lot better than a lot of the knee-jerk stuff posted here and it makes one put on their thinking cap as in an educatable moment.
Unfortunately the lefties don’t have the attention span and will go blank when they hear something they don’t believe in or better yet-anything they don’t understand.
I think it starts with state legislatures mapping congress and then putting the pressure on state and local law enforcement to cooperate with the feds. 29 state attourney general races up this November. Nationalize the crime issue.
She’s one of my favorite commentators. Not afraid to share her political observations. Watched the PBD YouTube podcast with her last night, about an hour and a half but well worth the time.
She explains her ties to lynden LaRoche which I hadn’t seen an in-depth explanation from her to that point.
A response was made referencing a "Senior Analyst for Global China" worlking at the European Union Institute for Security Studies:
About th article's author -- article referenced in comment # 2 -- more..."Before joining the EUISS, Tim worked at the European Commission for DG I.D.E.A., the in-house advisor hub of President Ursula von der Leyen, with a focus on China's technology policy. Previously, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and a Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI).
"Tim is the founder of the Digital Power China (DPC) research consortium that brings together European engineers, computer scientists as well as China scholars and economists. He is the chairman of the Working Group on 'high technology and innovation' of the China in Europe Research Network's (CHERN), an EU Cost Action. Tim is a participant of the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC), which he coordinated in 2018."
Source: Tim Rühlig
It is interesting to consider the authors, their backgrounds and interests, in threads like these.
In that regard, and by way of comparison, a couple of paragraphs about Kokinda:
"Susan Kokinda serves as the Coalitions Vice Chairman for the Michigan Republican Party, a role dedicated to building powerful bridges between the party and diverse interest groups across the state. With decades of experience in political organizing and policy advocacy, Susan is a strategic leader focused on uniting Michiganders under the banner of conservative principles and economic revitalization."As Coalitions Vice Chairman, Susan specializes in developing partnerships with business leaders, faith-based organizations, and civic groups. Her work is centered on expanding the party’s reach by highlighting how Republican policies—such as fiscal responsibility, energy independence, and educational freedom—directly benefit various sectors of the Michigan community. She is a staunch advocate for restoring the 'American System' of economics, focusing on strengthening Michigan’s manufacturing, infrastructure, and agricultural foundations."
Source: Susan Kokinda Michigan Republic Party
Just to add some detail to the thread....
Thanks for posting the link.
This is not a battle against flesh and blood. Their only desire is to how to hinder and impede President Trump, to bring down the free West and to get their own cabal back into power. To pull the West up by its roots.
This is the spirit of anti-Christ attempting to rise up.
China is not a friend of America, nor is Russia (or the EU)
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True, but there is no reason to unnecessarily alienate ourselves with them either.
As long as we don’t have policy makers and executives who dismantle our strength and growth (technologically, militarily, economically, etc) there is nothing wrong with being willing to engage in mutually advantageous (trust but verify [which means don’t trust]) relationships with rival, competative and peer nations.
What if they work out a deal for the US and China ‘partner’ against Russia? Wouldn’t that be interesting?
What’s Putin got to do with it? Got to do with it ... (AI Tina Turner).
“Only Trump could go to China.”
Nations don't have "friends". They have interests.
Thanks!
Hmmm. Same thing they said about Nixon.
"This Jan. 5, 2015 Canada Free Press article could not have possibly been more prescient given the state of Canada, the U.S. and current world events of our day:Whatever small differences conservatives might have betwixt ourselves, one may be certain that when OBAMA is in the mix -- and on the "other" side as is known -- Carney, once head of the Bank of England, slipped into power, and the Canadian Left is working to advance their agenda."Recurring theories that Barack Obama sees himself as reigning ‘King of the World’ rather than merely U.S. president are proving true--in Canada, of all places. Canada's next general election will take place more than a year before the next presidential election, on October 16, 2015, at which time Obama gets the golden opportunity to add the natural resource-rich Land of the Maple Leaf to his fledgling ‘kingdom’.
"Canadians getting ready to slog their way through another long Canadian winter are mostly unaware how they are about to be folded into ObamaLand as hostages of Marxism, just like their next door neighbours.”
Source: The ‘Anti-America Axis of Evil’ Resurfaced in Canada this weekend
Meanwhile Albertan Canadians are moving towards secession. Sounds to like our history, when we threw off the English crown 250 years ago.
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