William Walker

Timely and detailed monitoring of political, regulatory and industry developments in the newest oil producing state, Guyana!

[William Walker @wilwalker]

politics is what happens to business when it's making plans

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@NewYorker deep

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@QuoteJung Nursery Rhymes

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@touchgrass_ron reading is about seeking so appears virtuous, monastic

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@calvinfroedge an Asian Swoon.

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@MoutonIsAClaret never decant. it can "breathe" in the stomach

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@paul_jkrause Embarrassment of Riches Simon Schama on Dutch Golden Age.

[Nostra, House of Gold @Nostre_damus]

Trumps says he wants to meet the Ayatollah, we have a good relationship

What? You bombed his entire family

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@Amena__Bakr OPEC and its calculations seem sidelined by war.

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@AuthorGFAllen Grapes of Wrath

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@the_book_land it's interesting he said that as a mid westerner who decamped to England.

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@DeItaone something that did not happen

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@aogarza

[Noodles @criptopaul]

Let's decode what actually happened here.

Axios reported that Trump exploded at Netanyahu. Called him "fucking crazy." Said "you'd be in prison if it weren't for me." Said "everybody hates you now."

The journalist is Barak Ravid again, we talked about it. Israeli. Based in Washington. Covers the Netanyahu-US relationship for Axios, and every latest deals to calm the markets.

This is the same journalist who wrote the exact same type of story about Biden. There is literally a book chapter about this pattern. It is called "Fuming Biden." The same reporter. The same format. The same function. Different president.

Now watch the response.

Mark Levin, a close ally of both Trump and Netanyahu, did not deny the story. He demanded an FBI investigation into who leaked it. When your defense is "this should never have leaked" instead of "this never happened," you have confirmed the call happened.

But here is the part that matters.

Why would Levin, a friend to BOTH men, confirm the most explosive account of their relationship ever published?

Because it serves both.

Trump gets to look tough. Not Netanyahu's puppet. Willing to put Israel in its place. His base loves it.

Netanyahu gets cover. He "paused" the Beirut strike, but not because Iran threatened him. Because his "friend" asked him to. His base loves it too.

And look at what actually changed on the ground. Nothing.

Israel cancelled the Beirut strike. But the ground invasion of Lebanon continues. The IDF is still miles deep. A soldier died today from a Hezbollah drone. Netanyahu's office said: "position unchanged."

The performance was perfect. Trump gets the headline. Netanyahu gets the cover. The deal gets another 48 hours of "progress." Markets get a reason to breathe.

And the war continues exactly as planned.

This is the same playbook. Every time public opinion turns against the war, a story appears showing the US president is "furious" with Israel. It creates the illusion of restraint while changing nothing.

Biden was "furious" for 14 months. The war never stopped.

Trump is "furious" now. The ground invasion is expanding.

The visible game is: Trump controls Netanyahu.
The real game is: both men are performing for their audiences while the machine moves forward.

Nothing has been signed. Nothing has stopped. The war is not winding down. It is being managed.

Neither one controls the other. They walk arm in arm. Know that.

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@Amena__Bakr

[🏴‍☠️ @calvinfroedge]

Those axios tweets just ain't hitting that hard anymore

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@JavierBlas this doesn't even make sense: the final text from Iran is under discussion and no response has been sent yet?

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@aogarza you believe that?

[Matt Mireles @mattmireles]

PRESS ON

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Talent will not: Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Genius will not: Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

Education alone will not: The world is full of educated derelicts.

cont…

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@BlindTasters they never really liked it. just another Western fad

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@Amena__Bakr just story after story. complete fiction . just look at the source..a "journalist" who came out of nowhere

[William Walker @wilwalker]

@spectatorindex more @axios fiction to make Trump look like some tough guy

[Oxford Union @OxfordUnion]

A statement from the President, Arwa Elrayess: