A growing number of foreigners are traveling to China for life-saving treatments, including for cancer, because it's often cheaper and more readily available https://t.co/2sHyXM29S2
@WallStreetMav Maybe it is bigger than just military budgets?
Maybe it is the destruction of Nord Stream 2 combined with the quick change of politics regarding Ukraine, combined with threats on Greenland, trade wars, public talk of leaving NATO, threats to attack NATO member Turkey .. it ads up
🚨🇩🇪 "Die Krise in der Automobilindustrie fordert das nächste Opfer: Ein deutscher Zulieferer steckt in finanziellen Schwierigkeiten und meldet Insolvenz an. 320 Mitarbeiter des traditionsreichen Maschinenbauers bangen jetzt um ihre Jobs.
Diesmal hat es die Paul Köster GmbH im sauerländischen Medebach getroffen. Das Familienunternehmen blickt auf eine fast 120-jährige Geschichte zurück. Alles begann 1907 mit einer Hufschmiede. Heute fertigt der Traditionsbetrieb Sondermaschinen für das In- und Ausland. Ohne die ließen sich viele Motoren oder Getriebe nicht in Serie produzieren."
Frankrijk en Duitsland bespreken momenteel plannen om de diplomatieke dienst van de EU ingrijpend te hervormen, waarbij de macht van EU-buitenlandchef Kaja Kallas aanzienlijk wordt ingeperkt.
Een @FT rapport schetst een diepe institutionele crisis binnen de Europese diplomatie.
@BenSwann_ I asked myself the same question on the relationship between the USA and EU when in 2015 it became public knowledge that Angela Merkel's phone was spied upon by the USA. Puppet states just swallow it seems.
Only this time the USA isn't the perpetrator.
The Pentagon now claims that Israeli counterintelligence is a "Critical Threat" to the United States.
"Critical Threat" is the highest level threat the Pentagon can designate a country. The only other countries on that list are Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia.
My post on Sazan Island went viral yesterday because the verifiable facts are shocking.
Here's what I left out: Sazan is just one piece of a much bigger operation.
Jared Kushner started Affinity Partners in July 2021. One day after leaving the White House.
Within weeks, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund wired him $2 billion. Senior Saudi officials objected. Mohammed bin Salman overruled them.
By the end of 2024, Affinity was managing $4.8 billion, almost entirely from foreign governments. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE. Today that number is $6.16 billion. 99% from foreign nationals.
The fee structure, disclosed to the Senate Finance Committee under investigation: Kushner charges the Saudis 1.25% annually on $2 billion in committed capital. Other investors pay closer to 2%. The Senate's own investigators called this "unusually high" for a firm with Kushner's experience level, or more correctly, complete lack of experience. As of mid-2024, Affinity had generated zero return on investment and had not distributed a penny of earnings back to any client.
He's charging governments tens of millions a year to have their money sit in a bank account.
In late 2024, Senator Wyden referred Kushner to the Department of Justice for possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The same law that put Paul Manafort in prison.
Now Kushner is back in government. Trump's "Special Envoy for Peace." Negotiating with Iran. Negotiating with Russia. Negotiating ceasefire terms in Gaza. On behalf of the United States. Not chosen by Americans. No experience running an investment firm. No training or experience in international relations. His sole credential is that he married the president's daughter. All while managing $6 billion from the governments he is negotiating with.
Before Trump's second term started, Kushner publicly promised he would not raise additional capital while serving. The New York Times then reported he was actively soliciting $5 billion more from foreign governments. His lawyers confirmed the conversations. They said he "does not intend" to take it.
He said the same thing before he took it the first time.
The Senate Finance Committee and the House Oversight Committee are both demanding answers. They've asked for every communication between Kushner and foreign governments. They've asked Affinity to preserve all documents. Any destruction of records, they said in writing, will be treated as obstruction.
Now look at the ownership chart below. It was produced as part of a corporate investigation published June 3rd titled "Exporting the Abraham Accords: The Hidden Network Converging on Albania's Shoreline." My follower @SlavicWoman777 flagged it in my replies.
Five unnamed Albanian shareholders. 24% combined stake. Structured deliberately just below the 25% threshold that would require public disclosure under Dutch law.
That is someone trying to hide who is behind the money.
This is what corruption looks like when it's wearing a suit and has a law firm on retainer.
What do you call it when your government's negotiator is on the payroll of the governments he's negotiating with?
The only other time I saw this close to this level was 2015 when gold bottomed at $1,050 per ounce down from $1,700 in 2011. Gold stocks are up 600% from that time frame. If you think you missed the gold and silver stock move last year you are getting a do over.
Wat een verademing is Tucker Carlson: "Het is duidelijk dat er een zeer goed georganiseerde, zeer goed gefinancierde poging is om de blanke bevolking van Europa uit te roeien. Wie zit hierachter?"
Geen enkele rechtse influencer in Nederland durft dit hardop te zeggen.
@NiemandsKnegt Bingo! Dat is het inderdaad, met als kern een falend financieel systeem. Iets waarvoor men geen kleine gemakkelijke & risicoloze oplossing voor heeft.
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De verbetenheid waarmee Europese leiders de oorlog van het Westen met Rusland, via Oekraïne als proxy, dwangmatig blijven voortzetten en misschien wel laten escaleren, maakt me sprakeloos.
Ze drijven ons met alle macht naar een catastrofe, enkel om hun eigen falen te maskeren.
@Casual_Observe@TRHLofficial "To what end?"
- To warn how an entity has behaved in the past. Because few are aware.
- To use the past as a base to predict possible future actions.
@moonraker_yes@WordFits@TRHLofficial It was their own government that betrayed the crew of the USS Liberty.
[1:53] The USS Liberty called out for help. Help was send out by the USS Saratoga and the USS America. Then it was recalled before the planes arrived.
Why would you still trust official reports?