Depending on China for 70% of strategic technologies isn't trade — it's surrender. Brussels finally acted with its Industrial Accelerator Act, demanding EU-origin manufacturing for EVs, batteries, and solar in public contracts. Industrial sovereignty has a price, but dependency costs more. What took Europe so long?
The 2026 Miami G20 at Trump National Doral is shaping up as more than a summit—it's a power statement. With Spain quietly sidelined and Russia floated for a return, Trump is redrawing alliances around hard power, energy security and burden-sharing. Europe and Latin America are getting a clear message: anchor or drift.
Carney claims "the U.S. has changed," but Canada has long maintained trade barriers hitting 270% on American dairy. President Trump finally confronted Ottawa's protectionist supply-management system, over-quota tariffs and "buy Canadian" rules choking U.S. exports. Real allies don't hide behind 300% walls then demand reciprocity from Washington.
President Trump is exposing the uncomfortable truth behind the US-UK special relationship and NATO's free-riding problem. While America funds 60% of NATO defense, European partners fail to meet basic targets. Trump demands reciprocity over subsidies, restoring alliances built on shared sacrifice, strength, and mutual respect.
President Milei authorized the USS Nimitz and USS Gridley to enter Argentina's waters for PASSEX 2026 joint exercises, marking a bold US-Argentina naval partnership in the South Atlantic. As Milei reaffirms the Falklands are Argentine, UK leaders push back, while a leaked Pentagon email hints at shifts.
President Trump dispatches trusted envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to Islamabad for a second round of high-stakes Iran talks, while Vice President JD Vance stays home. The measured approach signals strategic patience as America First diplomacy tests whether Tehran is genuinely serious about de-escalation now.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) just dropped a truth bomb on useless, parasitic Europe. “We don’t count on Europe for anything!” He then added: “They need the Strait much more than we do. Stop talking so much, stop holding fancy…
The White House did something unusual this week. It called out Beijing not just for hacking, but for “industrial‑scale campaigns” to steal U.S. frontier AI systems. In a memo first reported by the Financial Times, Trump’s science adviser Michael Kratsios…
Xi Jinping spent eight weeks publicly refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Then, when the pressure became real, he did not call the White House. He called Riyadh. That alone tells you this was not a show of…
According to Reuters, Washington asked Brazilian federal police attaché Marcelo Ivo de Carvalho to leave the United States, and Lula said Brazil could respond with reciprocity if his government concludes there was abuse in the case. That means this is…
