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TRUMP WINS ELECTION OPTICS
Biden Battlebox : https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1812911314815086760
Biden MAGA : https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/1812792118697460060
Biden Bullseye : https://x.com/CDMorlock/status/1813057777184743793
Ukraine mortar : https://x.com/TDF_UA/status/1812476390115340440
Divine Ukraine : https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1812729482219856327
Ivo Daalder : https://x.com/peacemaket71/status/1812881607042211971
– USC: Donald Trump was shot at campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania ( various )
┝ A bullet – one of at least five heard – pierced his left ear which caused ‘much bleeding’
┝ The shooter was killed by SS sniper, unfortunately one bystander was killed by his stray bullet, two wounded.
┝ Trump – still In shock, blood-spattered – raised his fist and mouthed ‘fight’ three times, creating a truly epic image
┝ Trump was rushed to a hospital, the doctors were shocked ‘I should be dead’ – Hours later he landed in New Jersey
┝ Trump was defiant after the shooting – ‘God saved me’ – ‘I will not allow evil to win’ he shared on social media
┝ The Republican National Committee ( RNC ) was set to open in Milwaukee on Monday, and nominate him
┕ Nigel Farage will fly to America to support Trump in ‘desperate hour’ ( Telegraph UK )
– USC: The suspect came within inches of killing Trump, ‘but left few clues as to why’ ( Reuters )
┝ At first all MSM did their best to avoid the term ‘assassination attempt’, called the incident ‘loud noises’ for example
┝ The shooter was first announced as Chinese ( NYP ) and then revised to white male, Thomas Matthew Crooks
┝ The shooter was 20 years old, registered Republican voter ( since 2021 ) and donated $15 to a Democrat group
┝ The shooter worked as an aide at a nursing and rehabilitation center
┝ The shooter was ‘aggressively bullied at high school’ described as an ‘outcast’ and a ‘loner’
┝ The shooter had ‘explosive devices in his car his car’ and ‘acted alone’ ( WSJ )
┝ Audio forensics suggest as many as three weapons were fired at the rally ( CNN )
┝ The FBI is having trouble accessing his cellphone ( Fox ) or finding political motivation for the crime
┝ Video has emerged of the shooter climbing to the roof, and rally goers noticing, warning law enforcement
┕ Security was warned about gunman ‘four minutes before the shooting’ a witness has claimed
LAST WEEK
– USC: Biden administration was disturbed by Modi–Putin visit during NATO summit – asked to reschedule ( WaPo )
– USC: Why Biden‘s camp believes George Clooney is plotting with Obama to oust him ( Telegraph UK )
– USC: Trump considering cutting back intelligence sharing with Europe – officials warn ( Politico US ☆ )
– USC: Bitter tensions as reporters feel misled by White House over Biden‘s health ( Guardian UK )
– USC: Russia interfering in 2024 election to help Trump – US intelligence officials say ( WSJ )
– USC: Democrats in disarray over Biden – ‘we’re totally totally screwed‘ ( FT UK )
SINCE TRUMP
– USC: Democrats fear moment to replace Biden may have passed – after assassination attempt – ‘party insiders’ ( Telegraph UK )
– USC: Trump may only be alive due to the shooter’s bad wind estimate – Erik Prince, Blackwater founder ( Business Insider )
– USC: To the World, Trump 2.0 looks even more likely now – ‘many’ foreign officials, diplomats ( Politico US )
– USC: Homeland Security, which oversees Secret Service, says shooting was a security ‘failure‘ ( WaPo )
– USC: J.D. Vance announced as Trump’s choice for Vice President – RNC in Milwaukee ( NYT )
– USC: Trump’s wealth surges by $1.8b after assassination attempt ( Telegraph UK )
– USC: Judge dismisses classified documents case against Donald Trump ( CNN )
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– EUK: Trump‘s re-election could hit Europe‘s economy by at least €150 billion – NATO demands, cessation of aid ( Euronews )
– EUK: Donald Trump on course to win 2024 election, Times poll suggests – ahead in seven swing states ( Times UK ☆ )
– EUK: A blow for Europe, and Ukraine, in Trump’s VP pick – champion of isolationism and opposes aid ( Politico EU )
BATTLEGROUND EURASIA
COUNTRY 404
– 404: Elensky issues stark warning over F-16s – ‘decision to transfer them was strategic, but their number was not’ ( Newsweek )
– 404: Ukraine‘s F-16 ambitions snarled by language barrier, runways and parts – six expected by Kiev in summer ( Bloomberg )
– 404: 44% of Ukrainians believe it’s time to start official peace talks with Russia – new survey finds ( Kyiv ‘Independent’ )
– 404: Being Elensky – How war has changed him – paranoid, tense, impatient – asked for weapons 15 times ( Reuters )
– 404: Russia loses ‘astronomical’ 70,000 troops in 60 days on Kharkov front – British ‘intelligence’ ( Telegraph UK )
– 404: MP Bezuglaya who criticized the Ukrainian AF command loses her position in parliament ( NVo Ukraine )
– 404: Ukraine needs 25 Patriot systems for full air defense against Russian attacks – Elensky ( NVo Ukraine )
– 404: Russian air force strike military production plants, hunt for air defense, radars in 136 areas ( Tass RU )
– 404: Servant of People party MP Marina Bezuglaya claims Syrsky wants Ukraine to surrender ( RT RU )
– 404: Ukraine‘s Elenskiy eyes second summit in November, says Russia should attend ( Reuters )
– 404: Elensky will travel to the UK to address EU leaders at Blenheim Palace ( Guardian UK ☆ )
– 404: Ukraine has completely withdrawn from the Belarus border – Lukashenko ( Reuters )
– 404: Elensky urged NATO to help Ukraine now, before the US election ( Bloomberg )
– 404: Ukraine battles to contain Russian advances across the entire front ( NYT )
– 404: Ukrainian men desperate to escape war are drowning as they flee ( WSJ )
THE PEACE CAMP
– EUK: EU ministers will boycott over Viktor Orbán’s talks with Putin – Foreign Policy meeting in Budapest, August ( Times UK )
– EUK: 120 MEPs demand Hungary be stripped of its voting rights over Orbán‘s ‘unacceptable’ actions ( Euronews )
– EUK: Viktor Orbán goes rogue – ‘fuming’ EU officials plot to remove Hungary from EUC presidency ( Politico EU )
– EUK: Orbán delivers Ukraine Peace proposals to EU leaders – based on talks in Kiev, Moscow ( RT RU )
– EUK: Ukraine’s NATO membership would ‘guarantee WW3’ – Slovak PM Robert Fico ( Politico EU )
– EUK: Orbán‘s big Hungarian presidency speech was blocked by EU Parliament ( Euronews )
– EUK: Orbán‘s Moscow visit fails to advance peace and unity – NATO ‘allies’ – Russia is the ‘aggressor’ ( Euronews )
┕ Former US NATO representative Ivo Daalder advised Kiev to begin mobilizing Ukrainian youth
THE WAR CAMP
– USC: Biden says ‘allies’ to cut China investment over Russia policy – ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia ( Bloomberg )
– USC: Russia lacks troops, ammunition for major offensive in Ukraine – unnamed NATO official says ( Reuters )
– USC: US envoy to India – there is no such thing as ‘strategic autonomy’ in times of conflict ( Indian Express )
– USC: NATO is preparing to fight ‘protracted wars’ – Deputy SecDef Kathleen Hicks told allies ( RT RU )
– USC: Hollywood goes to NATO – telling the Story of the Alliance – CSIS hired screenwriters ( CSIS )
– USC: To counter China, NATO and ‘Asian partners’ moving closer under US ‘leadership‘ ( AP )
– USC: Russia recruits sympathizers online for sabotage in Europe – officials say ( WaPo )
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– EUK: Kaja Kallas resigns facing ‘crises of previously unprecedented scale’ – to take up EU foreign policy role ( ERR ET )
– EUK: Germany welcomes Fumio Kishida in Berlin – agree to boost security cooperation in ‘Indo-Pacific’ ( Kyodo JP )
– EUK: ‘If Ukraine asks us’ – Markus Söder – CDU – wants to send back conscription age men to Ukraine ( Merkur DE )
– EUK: NATO and Germany plan massive – 800,000 – troop redeployment for potential Russian attack ( Spiegel DE )
– EUK: Georgian Presiden Zourabichvili will file lawsuit with Constitutional Court to annul foreign agents law ( AP )
– EUK: France, Germany, Italy and Poland agree to jointly develop long-range cruise missiles ( Tass RU )
– EUK: NATO allies are discussing ‘reclaiming‘ some Chinese-owned infrastructure in Europe ( CNN )
– EUK: Denmark should give Ukraine all its air defense systems – PM Frederiksen ( NVo Ukraine )
– EUK: European leaders defend Biden‘s NATO summit gaffes, media say he’s done ( Euractiv )
– EUK: China is using archeology as a weapon – justifying ‘rule over Xinjiang’ ( Economist UK )
– EUK: ‘China is a threat to our security‘ – NATO deputy chief Mircea Geoana ( Euronews )
INCREASING PROBLEMS
– USC: Russia is showing NATO its hand in the air war over Ukraine – could challenge NATO air ‘dominance‘ ( Business Insider )
– USC: Yellen’s de-dollarization fears will only get worse – tenure could be remembered for turn against currency ( Asia Times )
– USC: Janet Yellen quietly admits serious US dollar collapse fears – with crypto slowly chipping away at dominance ( Forbes )
– USC: Metal thieves are stripping America‘s cities – copper from streetlights, statues, gravestones ( Seattle Times )
– USC: High-tech American weapons ‘work’ against Russia – until they don’t – rendered ‘useless’ by EW ( WSJ )
– USC: Putin is crushing the Arctic ice while the US is barely afloat – James Stavridis ( Bloomberg 💬 )
– USC: Sorry USAF – The F-16 Fighting Falcon era is coming to a rapid end ( National Interest )
– USC: TikTok and Instagram influencers help aging NATO connect with Gen Z ( Bloomberg )
– USC: US ‘stunned’ by weakness of its military industry – US Senator Jim Risch ( RT RU )
– USC: US Navy fighter pilots, sailors return home after months countering intense Houthi attacks ( CBS )
┕ pilots were ‘a little traumatized’ coming home from the Red Sea – ‘we weren’t used to being fired on‘
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– EUK: Don’t expect a ‘significant breakthrough’ in the war in Ukraine for the ‘foreseeable future’ – Petr Pavel ( Atlantic Council )
– EUK: The Paris Olympics is turning into a catastrophic financial flop – tourists avoid it, travel slumps ( Telegraph UK )
– EUK: ‘Economic growth necessary to increase defense spending’ – New Minister of UK Armed Forces ( Times UK )
– EUK: RAF Chinook stranded in field for days after technical problems – hydraulic failure ( Telegraph UK )
– EUK: Keir Starmer refuses guarantee of 2.5% defense spending in first term ( Telegraph UK )
THE EAST
– RUC: Assassination attempt on Putin mentioned by Budanov was prepared with US money – Zakharova ( Tass RU )
– RUC: Russia and China launch joint military exercises in South Pacific – Maritime Joint-2024 in Zhanjiang ( RT RU )
– RUC: BYD launches two hybrids with 2,200km long-range capability under $14,000 ( Bloomberg )
– RUC: China will host senior officials from Hamas and Fatah – ‘longtime rivals’ ( NYT )
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– WEA: Saudis warned G-7 over Russian asset seizure with ‘veiled threat’ of debt sales ( Bloomberg )
– WEA: Iran‘s Pezeshkian rejects US pressure, praises Russia and China – statement ( Euractiv )
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– USC: US will begin to deploy long-range Tomahawk missiles to Germany in 2026 – 2,500km range ( Reuters )
– EUK: Latvia sentenced ‘pro-kremlin’ activist to three years in prison for displaying Russian flag on jacket ( Kyiv Post )
– EUK: Poland hopes new NATO training center could prepare Ukrainians living abroad to fight Russia ( AP )
– EUK: Poland prepares ‘Ukrainian Legion’ with ‘several thousand’ already registered ( Kyiv ‘Independent’ )
– EUK: Germany will begin developing long-range missiles capable of hitting Russia ( FAZ DE )
– EUK: Viktor Orbán’s trip to Moscow in breach of EU treaties, legal service says ( FT UK )
– EUK: Orbán’s ‘biggest oponent’ – Péter Magyar – travels to Kiev, honors ‘fallen defenders’ ( Ukro Pravda )
– EUK: Norway allocates almost $100 million for air defensese for Ukraine ( Ukro Pravda )
– EUK: Sweden is ‘open’ to sending Gripens to Ukraine ‘after F-16 program completed’ ( Kyiv ‘Independent’ )
– EUK: Hungary does not want and will not support NATO becoming ‘anti-China’ bloc – Szijjártó said ( Guardian UK )
– EUK: US ‘foiled’ alleged Russian assassination attempt on Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall ( Guardian UK )
– EUK: Poland won’t shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine without NATO’s decision ( Kyiv ‘Independent’ )
– EUK: Starmer thanks Biden, and hails ‘special relationship’ between US, UK in talks ( Telegraph UK )
– EUK: ‘Biden isn’t senile’ – President is ‘absolutely’ mentally agile – Starmer after Washington meeting ( Telegraph UK )
– EUK: World faces ‘decade or more of Russian aggression’ – new Defense Secretary John Healey in DC ( Telegraph UK )
– EUK: Defence officials were ‘disappointed’ in public Storm Shadow discussion – Starmer ‘went too far’ ( Telegraph UK )
– EUK: British PM Keir Starmer confirms free use of Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia ( Telegraph )
– EUK: Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law takes toll on NATO ties – no mention of future membership ( Euractiv )
– EUK: Orbán to meet with Trump – snubbing Biden and angering allies – at Mar-a-Lago after NATO summit ( Euractiv )
– EUK: EU countries threaten to reprimand Hungary for visits to Russia, China ( Tass RU )
– EUK: Ukraine’s NATO membership is ‘our duty’ – Estonian PM Kallas ( Euronews )
– EUK: Türkiye will not be party to the Ukraine conflict – Erdogan told Newsweek ( RT RU )
– RUC: BYD agrees $1bn deal to build electric vehicle plant in Türkiye – with attendance of Erdogan ( FT UK )
– RUC: Putin proposes establishment of a BRICS parliamentary structire in the near future ( Sputnik RU )
– RUC: India and Russia may jointly produce Su-30 jets for global export – defense sources ( Sputnik RU )
– RUC: Netherlands-based ‘Moscow Times’ undesirable in Russia ( RT RU )
– RUC: China warned belligerent NATO – ‘provocations and lies’ – FM spokesperson Wang Wenbin ( Telegraph UK )
– RUC: Russia will not participate in second peace summit – ‘we do not accept ultimatums’ – Deputy FM Galuzin ( RIA RU )
– RUC: The West is looking for a replacement for Elensky – growing public discontent – SVR ( RT RU )
– RUC: Russian representative to OPCW announced US violation of Chemical Weapons convention ( Tass RU )
– RUC: Russia vows military response to US long-range weapons in Europe – Deputy FM Ryabkov ( Tass RU )
– RUC: Plans to deploy US missiles in Germany aimed at saving Biden’s reputation – MFA spox Zakharova ( Tass RU )
– RUC: Putin accuses West of actions resembling ‘classic colonialism’ – BRICS Plenary Forum ( Tass RU )
– RUC: US plan to deploy long-range missiles to germany a direct threat to Russia – Antonov ( RT RU )
– RUC: A court in Moscow ordered the arrest of Yulia Navalnaya in absentia ( RIA RU )
– RUC: Either NATO or Ukraine must be snuffed out for good – better both – Medvedev ( Tass RU )
– RUC: Ukraine times tragedies to coincide with important international events – Peskov ( RT RU )
– RUC: China’s BYD inks deal for $1 Billion plant in Türkiye, eyeing Europe ( Bloomberg )
– RUC: Regime change in Kiev may foster peace talks – Medvedev ( Tass RU )
– ASO: Pakistan to ban Imran Khan’s party, file treason case against ex-PM ( Reuters )
– ISR: They were told they were in a safe area – then came the missiles ( NYT )
– ISR: Israeli airstrike on Gaza humanitarian zone kills 71, injures 300 – IDF claims 10-7 ‘mastermind’ killed ( Guardian UK )
– ISR: Israel’s military, worn down by Gaza, looks warily toward war in Lebanon ( WaPo )
– ISR: Port of Eilat declares bankruptcy – after 85% decline in activity ( World Cargo News )
– ISR: 46,000 companies ‘halted business’ in Israel, expected to reach 60,00 by year’s end ( Yeni Safak TR )
– ISR: Biden to meet with Netanyahu at White House on July 22 ( Times of Israel )
– ISR: ISraeli strike on school building leave at least 29 dead – dozens injured – South Gaza ( Times UK )
– ISR: US Gaza aid pier to be permanently dismantled after operating for jsut 20 days ( Guardian UK )
– WEA: Clearing Gaza of almost 40m tonnes of war rubble will take years, says UN ( Guardian UK )