My prediction: over time the trilateral agreement will be hollowed out. A major part of South Lebanon will remain #Israeli occupied. There will be meetings in Rome & elsewhere about implementing the agreement. Neither the Israelis would be willing to do much nor the U.S. administration would be willing to apply any pressure on the Israeli govt. @LBpresidency term will also be hollowed out. Mr Aoun will continue his term having to answer for his decision to sign the badly negotiated trilateral agreement with #Israel. The LB negotiation behavior will become a case study in negotiation courses taught around the world about bad negotiations. I hope I am proven wrong.
2 weeks before migrants from Morocco invaded Ceuta, the GOP passed a bill with $40 million for Morocco and a committee report advising:
Spanish-administered cities of Ceuta and Melilla are located in Moroccan territory and remain the subject of Morocco's longstanding claim.
JD Vance just ended his presidential exploratory election committee. Now, his mentor, Peter Thiel, has fled the U.S., for right wing Argentina. But not before declaring that he might have overstated AIโs impact on society, particularly on employment.
Something bad is happening.
Why is it that actual human jobs like baker, florist, teacher, and childcare worker barely pay a livable wage, while fake jobs like AI specialist bootlicker, marketing campaign parasite, and synergy consultant are pulling six figures?
UAE exits OPEC & OPEC+ days after requesting US currency swap to stabilize mkts. <1hr later, Trump signaled Strait of Hormuz reopening. All points to urgent need for oil flow, relying on UAE's boosted output post-cartel exit.
If the wisdom of the crowd is anything to go by, thereโs now a greater chance of impromptu regime change in the US than Iran. And it may well be both