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Despite some embarrassing moments during the official meeting between Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron yesterday at the White House—where the French president interrupted and corrected Trump several times, mainly regarding the figures for Ukrainian defense financing—the White House released a very pleasant video highlighting excerpts from Trump’s speech in which he acknowledged French support during the American War of Independence (1775-1783).
At that time, France and England were major adversaries, and the French saw supporting the independence of the American colonies as an excellent way to directly impact their English rival. It was largely thanks to French support that the American revolutionaries won the war, with Trump recognizing and expressing his gratitude for that in his speech.
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The Battle of Hostomel Airport was the first major clash between invading Russian forces and Ukrainian defenses. Putin’s plan was to capture this airport, strategically located just 25 km from central Kyiv, and use it to land cargo planes loaded with armored vehicles and troops to reinforce the assault on the Ukrainian capital, which was his primary objective at the start of the war.
The first Russian attack wave failed, with many of the paratroopers involved being killed or wounded. However, in the second wave, Russian forces managed to seize the airport. Despite this, intense Ukrainian pressure and the presence of air defenses in the region prevented the Russians from operating aircraft through Hostomel.
On April 2, 2022, facing strong Ukrainian resistance in Kyiv, Putin ordered a full withdrawal from northern Ukraine, shifting his focus to the Donbas. https://video.nostr.build/d19bd540779b669caf8863159ae6b834354d639d31082a03c074a27f9bafe6cd.mp4
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Hebrew sources:
$100 per day for a Druze worker in the Golan Heights.
Soon, a number of Druze from southern Syria will be brought to work in the Golan Heights for salaries that could reach $3,000 per month.
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Putin offered Trump Ukraine’s minerals and rare earth elements. In an interview, Putin stated that American companies would be allowed to exploit Ukraine’s mineral wealth in areas under Russian military occupation.
This reinforces some theories suggesting that the U.S. and Russia have reached a kind of “secret pact” in which they will divide Ukraine’s resources after Trump offers Putin what he could not achieve on the battlefield by his own means.
This could also explain much of Trump’s recent behavior—accusing Ukraine of being the aggressor, calling Zelensky a dictator, and blocking a UN resolution demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.
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Ukrainian President Zelensky presented a long list of defense products that his country is already producing locally. Far beyond simply receiving weapons and using them against Russian invaders, Ukrainians are developing their own national defense industry. According to Zelensky, more than 90% of all drones used in combat are manufactured domestically. https://video.nostr.build/5e453ed372e03abcd05eadf167f9f5cbcea3fc9756c5db0ec7af169661f97066.mp4
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Turkish Foreign Minister told Al Jazeera: Netanyahu's recent statements confirm that Israel does not believe in a two-state solution, but rather in expansion
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Iran has placed its defense systems around its nuclear facilities on high alert amid fears of a joint attack by Israel and the U.S., according to the Daily Telegraph.
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Journalist: “You said that Zelensky is a dictator. Would you use the same words to refer to Putin?”
Pay attention to Macron’s expression as he hears Trump’s response.
During the White House meeting, Macron corrected Trump several times, contradicting him mainly on issues related to the financing of Ukraine’s defense.
Europe knows it has lost the U.S. Now, with Germany under a chancellor much more aligned with European collective defense, the path is finally open to accelerating the process of rebuilding the continent’s military capacity as a unified bloc.
Macron is one of the main advocates of the project to build a European armed force, and yesterday’s meeting with Trump likely gave him even more motivation to push this initiative forward quickly. https://video.nostr.build/6b9ad3f9a3d3c4d9b15a85896a220465111328d77cf1bcf897b85d676dd8a17d.mp4
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