US President Donald Trump has declared that the world is no longer facing the prospect of the Ukraine conflict escalating into World War III.

Trump has repeatedly said that global tensions peaked when relations between Moscow and Washington hit their lowest point during former President Joe Biden’s tenure. He has also accused his predecessor of provoking the Ukraine conflict by backing Kiev’s NATO ambitions despite Moscow’s legitimate concerns.

In a podcast with radio host Mark Levin published on Wednesday, Trump said that when he came into office earlier this year, the Ukraine conflict was “raging” and “heading to World War III.”

However, he argued that now “you’re not going to have that anymore.”

I think I am in a bad dream and soon I will wake and find Donald J. Trump didn’t happen.

I listen to hours of podcasts where pundits try to make sense of this creature. Like Atlas, he holds the world on his shoulders. Will he be doomed like the Titan God or smash us all before he is done?

 

Patricia Edgar

Understanding Donald J. Trump

 

 

We know who voted for him. Men and women who felt deeply aggrieved by the system. He told them he could fix it all, and they believed him or thought it worth a try. Trump won because he is a master manipulator of the media he now dominates television, social media and AI.

US President Donald Trump has called Benjamin Netanyahu “a war hero” as the Israeli prime minister faces a global backlash over the Gaza humanitarian crisis and the Jewish state’s continued military campaign in the Palestinian enclave.

In an interview with conservative commentator Mark Levin on Tuesday, Trump called Netanyahu “a good man”who he said is “there fighting.” 

“He’s a war hero. I guess I am too… [but] nobody cares… I sent those planes,” the US president added, referring to American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June.

Putin's wins keep piling up as Trump's Alaska Summit reveals the extent of Ukraine's defeat at the hands of Russia says geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar. This video breaks down the significance of the summit sending shockwaves across the world as the Ukraine war winds down.

Pepe Escobar: Putin’s Peace BOMBSHELL Breaks Trump, Ukraine’s Defeat Now Inevitable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWV9cZ2O0u4

 

FOR MANY (BADLY PROPAGANDISED) GOOD PEOPLE IN THE WEST, THE WAR — IT WAS A LIMITED MILITARY OPERATION — STARTED WITH PUTIN INVADING UKRAINE...

Australia’s best-known Carbon Capture & Storage plant captures a mere fraction of the total emissions it generates. David McEwen explains.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is supposed to be the solution to permit high-emissions fossil fuels, with fossil fuel firms having claimed for decades that it allows uninterrupted use of their product. Governments around the world have fallen for it, contributing at least US$30B in subsidies, including over $1.3B by Australian governments.

 

Carbon Capture fractions. A corporate con-job on the taxpayer dime
by David McEwen

I want to share with you an email I received today from someone who fancies their self as an astute analyst. This person falls far short of astute in my opinion, but the thinking revealed in the email does reflect the views held by many Americans with respect to what happened today in Washington when Trump met with Zelensky and his European pimps.

 

Is Trump Making a Bad Bet by Counting on Europe to Keep Ukraine Afloat?

by Larry C. Johnson 

 

The transportation sector is poised to claim the top spot as the European Union's largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting sector. Electric cars are among the tools in the fight against global warming. They emit less than their internal combustion cousins, but are not "zero emissions" or "zero environmental impact." Their use contributes to a carbon bill already burdened by their manufacturing, particularly their battery, which accounts for half of the total. The emission level indicator is linked to that of the country's electricity mix. We'll explain everything!

 

Electric Cars: The Illusion of an Ecological Miracle

BY ELUCID

 

During the summer, Élucid invites you to (re)discover some of our fundamental graphic analyses on various essential and still topical topics (original publication date: October 28, 2024).

 

Future military officers and the children of U.S. service members may soon be able to satisfy government testing mandates with a new test that prioritizes traditional math and the Great Books. Because tests strongly influence what teachers teach, this would encourage more traditional, less politicized instruction for the 70,000 or so children attending Department of Defense, or DODEA, K-12 schools.

 

Defense Department May Adopt Pro-America Test For K-12 Schools, Military Academies

BY: JOY PULLMANN

This would encourage more traditional, less politicized instruction in military-run public schools and boost recruitment from the most pro-America demographics.

 

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer advised Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky on how to avoid another confrontation at the White House, NBC News reported on Monday.

Zelensky is in Washington for negotiations with US President Donald Trump and Kiev’s key European backers. His previous visit in February was cut short after a heated exchange with Trump and US Vice President J.D. Vance in the Oval Office.

According to NBC, Starmer was a key figure among European officials who “coached” Zelensky on how to interact with Trump. The Ukrainian leader was reportedly advised to thank Trump for military aid and diplomatic support and to wear a suit jacket instead of his usual military-style attire.

According to The Telegraph, UK ministers and officials have been advising Zelensky on how to “speak Trump” and flatter the American president.

Advocates of ever-higher Pentagon spending frequently argue that we must throw more money at the department to “support the troops.” But recent budget proposals and a new research paper issued by the Quincy Institute and the Costs of War Project at Brown University suggest otherwise.

 

The Pentagon spent $4 trillion over 5 years. Contractors got 54% of it.
Advocates of higher military spending often say its to 'support the troops.' Not exactly.

WILLIAM HARTUNG

JUL 10, 2025

 

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky hailed Monday’s negotiations with US President Donald Trump as the best meeting they have ever had.

Zelensky met with Trump at the White House, alongside several leaders from Western Europe. The summit came three days after Trump held his first face-to-face meeting since 2019 with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Although no breakthroughs were announced, the parties described the discussions as a positive step toward achieving peace between Ukraine and Russia.

“I would like to thank President Trump for this meeting. It was the best meeting we have had, which is very important,” Zelensky told reporters outside the White House.

Following his meeting with Ukraine’s Zelensky, US President Donald Trump declared that there are decent odds of finally ending the Ukrainian conflict.

He added that:

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Zelensky want to resolve the Ukrainian conflict

European leaders also want peace in the region

Zelensky did not give a clear answer whether he is ready for territorial concessions

An immediate ceasefire is not necessary to resolve the conflict 

Today’s meeting with Zelensky and European leaders is not final

Ukraine will receive “very good” security but its NATO aspirations haven’t been discussed yet

NATO will have to foot the bill for the US weapons for Ukraine

 

 

It’s been a 60-year quest to take Timor’s oil and gas. An invasion didn’t get it. Spying didn’t get it. So now Australia is waiting them out. Former senator Rex Patrick reports from the streets of Dili.
In 1969, Australia granted five exploration permits for petroleum over parts of the seabed in the Timor Sea that lay closer to the coast of Portuguese Timor than to the coast of Australia. Portugal formally protested, but events overtook things.

 

Waiting them out. Australia’s Greater Sunrise Gas heist
by Rex Patrick

 

 

If it weren’t so serious, it would be laughable. A code of conduct for a writers’ festival?

Yet that was the requirement asked of authors if they wanted, after having been invited, to take part in one section of the Bendigo Writers Festival. Understandably, many refused and did not attend.

 

Warwick McFadyen

Bendigo writers' festival fiasco

 

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky could bring the fighting with Russia to a halt “immediately” by agreeing to a settlement that rules out NATO membership and entails territorial concessions, US President Donald Trump has said.

Zelensky has been summoned to the White House for a meeting on Monday to discuss the potential peace proposal. According to reports, the plan could involve Kiev giving up its remaining positions in Donbass while freezing battle lines elsewhere in exchange for a halt to hostilities. Zelensky has previously rejected such terms. 

Zelensky “can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network on Sunday.