bin Salman's reform movement, "Saudi Vision 2030", requires disruptions to a society at odds with the Saudi ulema's aspirations and traditional Saudi culture - surely, traditional Saudi's aren't thrilled about professional wrestling and other plebian diversions becoming mainstream and influencing
What started at Bondi Beach expanded to include America's Ivy League. This coincided with a fake scandal involving Susie Wiles and a ridiculous podcast by FBI leaders. "Are they stupid?" - No. What's Going On? It's very simple: Trump's winning,
When assessing why Trump bothered with Pakistan, in the first place... Pakistan's Main Role - Mohammad bin Salman's "Shock Commando" Asim Munir's main concern isn't Pakistan, per se: his concern remains keeping Pakistan's Armed Forces & ISI primed
It has barely been a week since the EU's "BitCoin Blitz", dumping seized crypto relentlessly into the market and creating crash conditions. Today, already, Treasuries are red, alongside Crypto. ... but... Airbus Hacked by Trump Admin Airbus is the second-largest exporter in France. The A320 is almost
Trump's illusory consensus for the Ukraine Peace deal did not last a full week: already, the EU completely and formally repudiated it: BitCoin Dump - EU's Opening Salvo The EU warned Trump through the only mechanism his administration respects: capital markets. By relentlessly dumping seized Russian
Housing costs remain absurd, especially when considering the precariousness of employment for the typical upper-income American (lower-income Americans simply can't afford homes - period - and so they prove irrelevant, outside of a discussion regarding entitlement spending and subsidized housing). Trump & Mamdani: Product of bin Salman and
Egypt nearly withdrew from the Gaza peace deal: Sisi leaned on Modi's India, a stalwart Trump ally, to compel Trump to force Netanyahu to accept the grim terms of the Gaza peace deal. Specifically, should Netanyahu not stick to the existing Gaza peace deal, Egypt threatened to terminate
The Xi-Trump talks finally achieved detente, with some interesting consequences: Binance Money Launderer - Pardoned The pardon of CZ means he can return to the industry. He only faced a perfunctory 4 month sentence, but the conviction, itself, meant a lifetime exclusion from money markets. With his pardon, CZ can
Elon and Sam Altman, combined, have the largest reach AND influence of any web-connected celebrity. Thus, when they speak in unison, one should pay attention but not necessarily believe it... Labor Price Shock & US Inflation The US-China talks continue to go nowhere. Trump's bluffs play empty on
It turns out that the main "deal" desired from Trump's side in the Ukraine negotiation isn't territory in Europe: it's narco capital that currently resides within the "Soviet orbit" and outside beleaguered American capital markets. Cuba - Crimea of the
The Path Back to the American Volkswagen & Republican Unions The Trump plan for deflating costs for Americans entails "de-regulation" - specifically, removing safety and ecological rules imposed by the Obama and Biden administrations which made pretty much everything more costly to produce. Americans Are Poor People -
Gold trades at record highs, but Maduro's regime in Venezuela struggles to capitalize on the windfall: Venezuela Rebukes Guyana Over Cross-Border Gold Smuggling Allegations - VenezuelanalysisCaracas accused Georgetown of issuing “baseless accusations” about gold smuggling and bowing to US interests.Venezuelanalysisricardo Despite having its gold blacklisted by the