Mastodawn

US President Donald #Trump’s visit to #China is overshadowed by the ongoing #USwar with #Iran. Trump aims to encourage #Xi Jinping to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and agree to a peace deal. Meanwhile, Xi seeks to maintain the #tradetruce, push for reduced #USrestrictions on #highendtechnology exports, and potentially negotiate reduced US arms support for Taiwan. https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/politics/what-trump-xi-want-china-visit-analysis-intl-hnk?eicker.news #China #Tech #ChinaTech #Technews

A war-weary globe watches closely as rivals Trump and Xi prepare for Beijing face-off

US President Donald Trump’s high-stakes visit to China this week is a historic opportunity for the world’s two largest economies to reframe their trade relationship – and the tone of their rivalry.

CNN

NewsletterTF May 2

War's Financial Drag Widens

US military actions against Iran now cost $50 billion, up from $25 billion. Find out who is affected and why.

#USwar, #IranConflict, #MilitarySpending, #BudgetIncrease, #DefenseCosts

https://newsletter.tf/us-war-costs-iran-50-billion-increase/

US War Costs Rise to $50 Billion

US military actions against Iran now cost $50 billion, up from $25 billion. Find out who is affected and why.

NewsletterTF

NewsletterTF May 2

The cost of US military actions against Iran has doubled to $50 billion. This is much higher than the initial $25 billion estimate.

#USwar, #IranConflict, #MilitarySpending, #BudgetIncrease, #DefenseCosts
https://newsletter.tf/us-war-costs-iran-50-billion-increase/

US War Costs Rise to $50 Billion

US military actions against Iran now cost $50 billion, up from $25 billion. Find out who is affected and why.

NewsletterTF

Josh (open until closed again)Apr 19

So how's that war we're winning that we're still fighting even though we won several weeks ago in a very short amount of time like no one's ever seen before?

#somuchwinning #trump #uspol #uswar #war #iran #politics #fuckingidiot

Julian West🦞Apr 12

So the United States Navy will now be "interdicting" ships taking cargoes to China that it thinks may have paid Iran to transit the strait? Will it steal the cargo, like it did with Venezuelan shipments?

Not China? Just Indonesia, Australia, Japan, Europe?

Brilliant

#USPol
#USWar

Negative PID SL Apr 12

The legend of John Titor
https://negativepid.blog/the-legend-of-john-titor/

#timeTravel #johnTitor #conspiracies #hoaxes #internetMysteries #scienceFiction #internetCulture #science #politics #USwar #onlineLegends #onlineLore #negativepid

The legend of John Titor - Negative PID

The John Titor case is one of the most famous internet-based time travel legends. It blends conspiracy theory, science fiction, and internet culture, and has

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Anthony Apr 10

The "ceasefire" was never a ceasefire. This should have been obvious from the absurdity of the terms, which clearly would never be acceptable to the US or Israel. It's bizarre and surreal to see so many media outlets and commentators taking it seriously even today. It doesn't make sense to publish articles debating the durability of the ceasefire when it was never a ceasefire, yet here we are. I can't pretend to know what's actually going on, but it's very clear the "ceasefire" is a pretext. I'd guess the US is buying time to make up for the failure to plan in advance adequately. I've also taken to interpreting many of Trump's statements as market manipulation attempts, and this one seems to fit that bill too.

The US had been playing the fake ceasefire/fake peace talks game with Ukraine before attention shifted.

#USPol #USWar #IranWar #Iran #war #Ukraine