Flávio Bolsonaro finished first in the Brazil elections, 47 percent to Lula's 45, after every major poll had Lula ahead. The runoff is October 25. Behind the numbers: a father serving 27 years, a judge who shut down X, a Congress that moved right, and a candidate offering Washington rare earths and a seat in the Shield of the Americas.
Is Spain a ruined country? Trump's four words to GB News stand on a hard record: a NATO ally paying not even half the agreed target, an immigration system buried under 1.17 million amnesty applications, the Ceuta border collapse, and a navy losing much of its future aviation over the F-35. The numbers say the warning is deserved.
The Ceuta migrant invasion left 57 dead as nearly 60,000 crossed from Morocco into Spain in one day. Anonymous accounts organized the surge online. Sanchez denies open borders, but court rulings under his government built the opening. Now Italy and other EU nations want Spain suspended from the Schengen area. Trump warns America is next.
The Europe fighter jet crisis just got worse. France and Germany cancelled their sixth-generation jet program on June 8, 2026, leaving Spain without a fifth-generation replacement for its aging Harriers. France runs on one aircraft carrier while offering Europe a nuclear umbrella. Canada's F-35 review drags on with no end date. Politics keeps beating defense across the West.
UK Foreign Secretary Cooper landed in Beijing on June 1, 2026 — carrying burner phones over espionage fears. Yet she went anyway. The UK China reset is underway. Starmer, Macron, Sanchez, Carney — every major Western leader is courting Beijing. Here is what it means for America First and the future of the West.
Trump’s backing of Morocco’s military modernization and Western Sahara claims is redrawing Mediterranean power balances. Spain’s low NATO spending, F-35 snub, and repeated clashes with Washington have left Madrid isolated as Morocco gains strategic leverage in the Maghreb.
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.
Spain’s Pedro Sánchez is showing what happens when political elites confuse border enforcement with moral vanity. When a government regularizes huge illegal populations, it does not restore order. It signals that once enough pressure builds, the law bends, paperwork appears,…
