BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV on Trump’s warning to Iran of “civilization” destruction —
“This is truly not acceptable. Here there are certainly questions of international law, but even more than this a question of morality for the good of people.”
He adds the war is “continuing to escalate and is not resolving anything… is only provoking more hatred throughout the world.”
“attacks on civilian infrastructure are against international law, but it is also against sign of the hatred and division that we are capable of.”
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@essendonfc Brad Scott has taken this club past mediocrity and straight into irrelevance. No identity, no standards, no spine—just a team that folds the second there’s pressure. The players look disinterested, like wearing the jumper is a chore, not an honour. Weak effort, weak leadership!
The Man Who Broke America Without Firing A Shot.
Trump stood in front of cameras this week and complained that Australia had let him down. “Australia was not great. I was a little surprised by Australia,” he said.
This is the state of American foreign policy in 2026. Start a war. Tell nobody. Then blame the allies who weren’t invited.
Watch what Trump does every time an ally declines to join his war. He doesn’t move on. He catalogues it. He looks at the camera and says remember this. Remember who showed up and who didn’t. He is not venting. He is building a case. Every ally that hesitates goes on the list. The list that will one day justify the thing he has always wanted to do. Pull America out of NATO entirely. And when that day comes, his base will be ready for it. They will have watched months of footage of ungrateful allies failing America. The argument will write itself.
Now ask yourself one question. Which of Trump’s actions over the past year has actually benefited America?
The tariffs strangling American businesses. The Iran war that closed the Strait of Hormuz and pushed oil above $110. The humiliation of NATO allies. The trade war with Canada. The threats against Denmark. The cosying up to Hungary while Europe quietly builds defence structures that no longer include Washington.
Every single one weakens America. Every single one delivers exactly what Putin has wanted since 2016. A divided West. Expensive energy. An America its allies no longer trust and its enemies no longer fear.
You don’t have to believe in conspiracy to see what is happening. You just have to look at the results. If someone hired a consultant to destroy American global power as efficiently as possible, they would struggle to improve on this.
No friends left except Hungary and a handful of Gulf states. Markets in freefall. Oil above $110. The world’s most critical shipping lane closed.  Allies who were not consulted going on television to say so.
Putin didn’t need an army. He needed one man in one office, systematically burning everything America spent eighty years building.
He got exactly that.
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