What’s Plan B? Let the Israelis kill all 2 million Gazans (or what’s left of the) and then the West Bank Palestinians? NYTimes: Top Trump administration officials on Wednesday walked back elements of President Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza and drive out the Palestinian population, insisting that he had not committed to using U.S. […]
Basically unreported in the West. “Mirroring the “fire belt” strategy that Israel has employed in Gaza since October 7 — involving the concentrated and repetitive bombing of small areas that destroy entire residential blocks.” Trump seems to think it would be great if Palestinians were removed from the West Bank: “On Monday, Trump responded to […]
The Israeli right loves Trump’s idea. They realize that the U.S. would take over for a while, spend hundreds of billions building it up after the Israeli devastation, and then the Israelis would come back in. To Israel’s far right, Trump’s proposals for Gaza keep sounding ‘better and better’ The call to relocate Gaza Palestinians […]
And on the good side of the Trump ledger: USAID was a deep state slush fund, funding Covid gain-of-function research, trans surgeries, and serving as a money-laundering scheme for Democrats by setting up “obscure NGOs,” funding them, and then getting political contributions. Rubio: ” their basic attitude is, ‘We don’t work for anyone, we work […]
It’s the least we could do and would be a dream come true for the Israelis because the Palestinians would be removed, supposedly to Egypt and Jordan (who are opposed). And Hamas is opposed. If it happens, I bet Israel would have de facto control and eventually de jure. Trump, Hosting Israel’s Leader, Proposes the […]
I have the feeling that DOGE is going to uncover huge corruption in Treasury payments. We all know the reputation of Nigerians for honesty and integrity. DOGE: David Lebryk controlled the computerized payment system responsible for $6 trillion in Treasury payments before he refused to give Trump’s DOGE team access to the system. His manager […]
I have been keeping fairly close track on the Senate confirmation hearings but never came across any mention of these exchanges. The New York Times, e.g., has nothing to say about them in its article “4 Takeaways from Tulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation Hearing.” Nor is there any mention of these exchanges in a second Times article on […]
