A pathway to peace
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit with President Trump during his meeting yesterday with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff. It happened quite suddenly as Trump imposed a 50% secondary tariff on India for buying Russian oil. It also comes only days before the end of a Trump deadline. The request also follows Trump deploying two nuclear submarines toward Russia in response to Dmitry Medvedev making a threat against the US. Medvedev, who swapped places with Putin because Putin was only allowed two consecutive terms, is now Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, a powerful body that includes the heads of Russia's intelligence services. He may be every bit as powerful as Putin. Putin now finds himself between the hawkish Medvedev and the unpredictable Trump. With about a million casualties (dead + wounded) Putin after 3 years of war has little to show for the sacrifice. He may need a deal.
If the meeting goes ahead as President Trump described, it will be the first in-person summit between an American and Russian president in more than four years.
“It seems that Russia is now more committed to a cease-fire. The pressure on them is working,” Mr. Zelensky said in his evening address to the nation. “But the main thing is that they do not deceive us or the United States in the details.”
President Trump spoke with European leaders yesterday and disclosed the discussions with Putin would only be a 3-man discussion including Trump, Zelensky and Putin. The where & when have yet to be determined, but the meeting will likely be held very soon.
In other news:
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Army Brig. Gen. John Lubas, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division and Fort Stewart, told reporters that all five people shot were "in stable condition" and "expected to recover." Soldiers who witnessed the attack subdued Radford, the general said. "These soldiers, without a doubt, prevented further casualties," he said. Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, was apprehended at the scene and taken into custody. This new wrinkle just reported from the New York Times: The suspect’s father said he had complained of racism at the base.
"The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans to take "enhanced precautions" while traveling to China over an outbreak of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus.
The agency issued a fresh travel warning this month saying that cases of the illness are rapidly spreading in Guangdong province, with most being reported in the city of Foshan. Chinese health officials said more than 7,000 cases have been confirmed there since June 2025.
"Most people infected with chikungunya virus develop some symptoms. Symptoms of chikungunya usually begin 3–7 days after a bite by an infected mosquito," according to the CDC. "The most common symptoms are fever and joint pain. Other symptoms may include headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, or rash. Most people get better within a week; however, some can have severe joint pain for months to years following acute illness."
CDC warns Americans traveling to China as chikungunya virus is spreading rapidly | Fox News
"Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation Wednesday into potential “unlawful activity” undertaken by former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s political group to help state Democratic lawmakers stay away from the capital amid a Republican-led effort to redraw congressional maps.
Paxton is probing whether Powered by People, a political action committee founded by O’Rourke in 2019, may have violated bribery and other state laws by “bankrolling” the more than 50 Texas House Democrats who have stalled a special legislative session by fleeing the state.
“Any Democrat coward breaking the law by taking a Beto Bribe will be held accountable,” Paxton said in a statement. “Texas cannot be bought. I look forward to thoroughly reviewing all of the documents and communications obtained throughout this investigation.”
Texas AG launches probe into Beto O’Rourke’s political group over funding for Democrats who fled state
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in an interview Wednesday that she supports President Trump’s threat to federalize Washington, DC, if local officials don’t crack down on youth crime – arguing that juvenile delinquents are “coddled” in cities run by Democrats.
Pirro, the top prosecutor in the nation’s capital, fumed that she’s not allowed to charge minors accused of violent crimes and backed Trump’s push to lower the age of legal accountability to as young as 14, in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham."
US Attorney Jeanine Pirro backs Trump’s DC takeover threat and demand for lower prosecution age limit
President Donald Trump has ordered his Commerce Department to change the U.S. Census in a move that could significantly bolster his chances at the next election. After pushing to redraw maps in Texas to advantage Republicans, the president announced on Thursday that he had instructed his department to work on a new census that does not take into account undocumented immigrants.
The Veterans Affairs Department has begun terminating union contracts, which is part of the administration’s plan to end iron clad job protections for federal workers.
The British government has branded the protest group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization.
The White House is sending nine Cabinet secretaries across the country to try to sell President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" to skeptical voters.
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Good morning and welcome to the news. it's Trump's 200th day in office. That means 1,262 more glorious mornings in this term. At 12:01 a.m. ET, Trump's new tariffs took effect, with 60+ countries and the EU subject to tariffs of 10% or higher.
An interesting take by President Trump on TIME's new profile of Speaker Johnson, out this morning:
"He's the only guy that could do this, because he's a nice guy," the President said of Johnson recently at a White House meeting, according to two sources present. "I couldn't do this." Trump couldn't tolerate the criticism or the insubordination; he couldn't take a punch without counterpunching. In contrast, Johnson is willing to absorb the opprobrium, mediate the meltdowns, and hold together a fractured conference."
Alas your 'news' always reads like a column on RT.
You must be a fan of RT if you know how their articles read.
The internet does not have a librarian.
As William F Buckley once said of the National Review: "What makes it important is who reads it."
One of my favorite comments here is # 3.2.6 which complains that Trump couldn't end the Ukraine War with a simple phone call. Take note of the 8 prople who voted that up. Some of those want me censored, yet they are reading the column.
Trump cant get the Ukraine war ended, period. As he said yesterday when asked if the deadline he gave Putin is still in effect, "Its up to him".
Never say never. It would be the deal of his life if he does.
The war will end one day, but it wont be because of anything Trump does.
Eventually the Ukraine war and the Gaza war will end. The USA will play some role in both but Trump will claim that he ended the wars.
That is almost a certainty.
Another near certainty is that his supporters will parrot that bullshit. They will take any hint of a plausible credit and amplify it in a pathetic attempt to make Trump look like some kind of super hero.
You had no rebuttal for my comment @3.2.6 yet you pretend in this thread that it was flawed in some way.
See @1.1.7 for another prediction.
That wasn't a rebuttal.
As to your so-called prediction, what you are really saying is that you will never give Trump credit for it. That we know.
I'm sure millions of people would disagree.
Btw Putin and Trump will meet in Alaska.
Pravda?
We know that if Trump walked into the middle of a battlefield and asked the combatants to lay down their weapons and state they would never pick them up ever again, you would say Trump had nothing to do with it.
If your next door neighbor moved his fence 10 feet onto your property and said that part of your yard was now his, Trump would say he can keep it.
Correct, it was pathetic.
I have already given Trump credit for the few things he has done right (e.g. border control, AI support, the principle of cutting federal waste even though the execution sucked, attempts to bring peace in warzones even though some are misguided and others are merely for show, principle of lowering drug cost, principle of fair trade even though he has screwed up the execution, ...).
To wit, your claim based on your stereotype has failed you yet again. And I have long-since noted that I will credit Trump accordingly if he can broker peace in Gaza and Ukraine.
Instead of posting lies about my position and how I operate, attempt to rebut my arguments with honest facts and logic.
In reality, Trump is not a super hero; he is a buffoon who has a vainglorious view of himself. If Trump did what his supporters believe he does (or can) do, then there would be more supporters because there would be cause for the support.
But Trump does not have these powers. Trump's grand negotiation skills result in him trying to broker peace by appeasing Putin. The easiest way to end the war is to get Ukraine to concede. That is not negotiation, that is capitulation. That is not skillful negotiation; it is Trump trying to do whatever he can (since he does not care about consequences) to get something he can brag about.
He is not worthy of support; he is unfit.
One hundred percent opinion….
That is a strange way of giving credit.
Instead of posting lies about my position and how I operate, attempt to rebut my arguments with honest facts and logic.
I think I've been very fair to you and others here.
There are very few words and deeds that Trump has done that deserve credit. And even when he does good things, he screws up in many ways. Thus credit is surgical.
His actions to secure the border are generally good: provide the agents with the manpower and technology they need. But his actions to remove criminal illegals have been and continue to be tyrannical because he has gone well beyond just criminals and recent illegals and is targeting long-term domiciled illegals raising children and gainfully employed and obeying our laws (except for their illegal status).
It does not matter what you think; dishonest posts / dishonest tactics are counterproductive and harm this forum.
... in the Fourth Reich. Hail Trump!
To be fair about the first pic.
That doesn't mean the guy selling the flags wasn't looking forward to the glorious Trump Reich just like the neo-Nazis in the other two photos were.
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Apple announced it's boosting its investment in U.S. manufacturing by $100 billion, putting the company's U.S. investments at $600 billion over the next four years.
(President Trump, seen through a gift from Apple CEO Tim Cook, speaks in the Oval Office yesterday. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP)
Whats that fake gold shit all over the walls of the oval office ?
Promises of investments in the future, lol.
Cook is playing Trump like a parent manipulates an unruly child.
Any strategic move by Apple is based on what is good for the long-term interests of the company. Cook, his board, and his executive team are NOT taking any long-term action to appease a capricious buffoon who will be gone in at most 3½ years and might be stifled in 2026 midterms.
Stroke Trump's ego, give him a sucker, and he will do as you wish.
And avoiding tariffs is a big part of what is good for the company.
Trump's tariffs are transient and temporary. Apple, et. al., do not make major strategic decisions based on transient, temporary conditions.
They would, however, placate a man-child PotUS to keep him from throwing a tantrum and harming them in the short-term by denying government contracts, etc. An easy way to placate the buffoon is to make it seem as though his tariffs made a positive difference. Some of his supporters will buy that and continue to praise Trump as a superhero.
The Ukraine -Russia war will end one day. If Trump is still alive when it happens he will take credit for it, whether he had a hand in ending it or not.
Trump promised that he alone could end the war with a couple phone calls, and has obviously failed miserably at that. Perhaps they should give him the Noble (to quote Karoline Leavitt) anti-peace prize.
He stands tall and he stands for what he promised.
Oh please. The delusions of this "news" column are growing more egregious every day.
It is news, John.
He promised to end the war on his 1st day in office. He now denies making that promise despite the fact it is on record. How is that standing tall?
And the left took that literally.
I'll settle for his first year in office.
He said he would end the war with a phone call as president-elect. Non-literally, that translates into a very short time frame and a particular skill level.
In contrast, Trump has been a bumbling fool yet his supporters just keep making feeble excuses.
All the things you were taught are being challenged. We are close to the turning point.
A laughably vague comment. What are these things that I was taught? How are they being challenged?
Your comment commits to nothing of value. It is equivalent to simply writing: 'you are wrong' with no details.
O P I N I O N !
I haven't heard you dispute anything listed as news.
I'm waiting.
You are applauding undemocratic actions and suggestions by both Trump and his sycophants, that's not news,
that's the expected behavior.
You can wait as long as it takes to get this clown out of office and to start to repair what the Founding Fathers envisioned.
Do you imagine any other President would do differently?
Trump has already failed on his pledge to end the war. He cannot get Putin to stop, that is completely obvious. Of course sooner or later Putin will stop, and Trump will say it was all his doing. The whole thing is repulsive.
Do you believe he's not trying to end the war?
He is putting in a token effort, just enough to assuage his base.
What more can he do? Certainly, more than any left winger can.
He could do what Biden did: Hope Putin won the war quickly so Biden could say he tried.
First, just recognize that Trump claimed he could end this war with a phone call. He also claimed that this war would have never started if he were PotUS. He is full of shit and incompetent.
Next, remember that Trump started his peacemaker negotiations by throwing Ukraine under the bus and even claiming that Ukraine started the war. He weakened the position of our ally and strengthened the position of Putin. Putin's government media was broadcasting the president of the USA delivering Putin's talking points. Shoring up support for Putin. Read that again. The PotUS did not start as a neutral peacemaker but instead gave support to the invader of our ally Ukraine.
Trump has handled this terribly. He is NOT the person to end this war. The best he can do is join our European allies in solidarity to help Ukraine end this war by pushing Russia out by force ... and by using diplomacy options enabled by a weakened Russian position.
Nope, if offered enough money, the only thing Trump might do is sell Alaska back to Russia.
The obvious optics of Putin visiting Alaska probably never occurred to this Administration.
He hasn't failed because it's not over yet. To say that Trump wasn't instrumental in bringing this about is inaccurate and idiotic.
True idiocy is supporting the invader and weakening our ally. See @3.2.6 for details.
Old and irrelevant "news"
Care to comment on what's happening today?
Who is supporting the invader?
Completely relevant! The same guy who made those brain dead stupid declarations is the guy you think is doing a good job negotiating peace.
Trump has no idea what to do. He is hoping events bail him out and then somehow he can claim he ended the war.
There is no mystery in the ‘somehow’, he will simply take credit. Truth is not necessary, nor is logic.
Why is the "news" filled with propaganda like this ?
It is a fact. Even the leftwing media is reporting it:
For Putin, Trump Summit Is Key to Securing Ukraine Goals - The New York Times
We've been hearing this same crap for seven months. That makes it propaganda.
If Trump and Putin do meet, Ukraine should be depressed, because they will get the short straw. Putin can manipulate Trump all day every day. .
I haven't heard of Putin asking to meet with Trump before this.
Where do you det your news?
certainly not from these "columns". /S
Well, don't read them.
On NT we have plenty of variety. It isn't all about news. You have a daily column devoted to arts and there are group seeds that trash Trump and Christianity.
You are free to choose.
Sorry, it comes with the territory.
The proof is in the pudding.
and there are group seeds that trash political parties and non Christians.
Take your own advise.
Zelensky will scuttle talks with Putin. Putin will scuttle talks with Zelensky. NATO is hiding in a corner somewhere. And Europe is busy trying to leverage Palestinian terrorists against Israel and the United States.
We got no friends in this fight. We'll have no friends in any peace. We're being played for suckers. Trump is not smarter than the average Soviet; he is way out of his depth. And that means we're is serious trouble.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, all this smoke being blown about obscures the fact that there aren't ribbon cuttings for new factories. We're no closer to competing in the export markets. Tim Cook, CEO of a Chinese company, is being rewarded for stealing all the gumdrops from the candy jar. Our potential new products are being RFKed. Trump has allowed the Big 3 to return to building overpriced vehicles that serve no purpose beyond bling appeal. They're safer in a crash so the Big 3 want their vehicles to crash more? That sounds like a typical plan from American business idiots.
Who gives a shiny shite about peace in Eastern Europe? Trump is wasting time and money on something of absolutely no benefit to the United States. Trump ensuring that the ship of state is encrusted with more barnacles than ever before in the history of universe ain't a good thing. So far, Trump has been all cost and no profit.
We could have elected Al Gore to do what Trump is doing.
He's not smarter than the average American either. He is average everywhere.
Then why on Earth did Joe Biden drag the United States into this quagmire? We're supposed to be well into Biden's second term right now. Would Biden be talking about peace deals? When did Biden talk about peace during his 1st term? Biden certainly had no plan for ending the war. Biden's plan was to fall back to fortress NATO and hold Russia at the border. That's the military strategy set up by the United States military. The Pentagon advised Biden to bluff, bluster, and bully Putin to back down. The DEI military can't and won't fight; they're into passive aggressive warfare.
Trump did not create this mess. And Trump is not going to solve this mess by wading deeper into the quagmire. Fall back to fortress NATO and hold Russia at the border. Our DEI military deliberately put the United States in a no-win position. Biden's military planning sacrificed Ukraine before Russia invaded. Trump trying to revive the same old bait & switch nation-building BS won't work. Nation building has never, ever worked in the history of neoliberalism. Not once. Socialism has a better track record than neoliberalism. Russia is simply better at this crap than the United States.
NEVERMIND, THERE"S THE NERM WE ALL KNOW & LOVE.
Criticize Biden and the military with acronyms like DEI and sound like some angry old Don Quixote tilting at the windmills.
WELL DONE !
WELL GOD DAMN IT NERM_L
I wish I was around more often and saw this in real time.
Except for the last off topic cheap shot at Gore,
I AGREE.
Wait, what did you do to the real Nerm_l ?
Trump spoke in Europe and said he resolved at least 6 wars going back 500 years!?? Go and watch the press conference he gave, he's crazy.
Trump is just out there every day flinging more mud at the wall hoping the rubes buy his lunacy.
Tariffs that we pay, wars he didn't resolve, crimes he didn't commit in spite of his felony convictions, forget Epstein and the flight logs, the Labor Statistics that he doesn't like because they are BAD, there is just too much scrap being flung for the most people to grasp how devastating it all is.
Kentucky has lost countless millions on their Distilleries and many of these businesses are closing for good. MAGA!
We need peace here in America and Trump is clearly not promoting unity for all Americans.
When will Trump supporters recognize that Trump is a pathological liar and that he really has no shame whatsoever? He invents fantasies and speaks as though they were reality.