Benjamin Netanyahu announced Trump's endorsement eight days before Israel votes and told Americans that once Iran's threat is gone, "gas prices will go down and how, but only under Trump." Brazil votes two days before Israel, America 15 days from now, and the same movement is on all three ballots.
5️⃣ Amanpour walks out of CNN after 43 years
Christiane Amanpour said Monday she will leave in June 2027, weeks after the Ellison family took control, citing "unprecedented pressures from all sides, political, financial." Semafor reported that CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pushed reporters to find a Muslim Brotherhood link to Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who called the premise "insane." State media does not hang a sign on the door. The owners keep the logo and change what it is for.
4️⃣ The Saudis pull Davos in the Desert off the floor
Saudi Arabia scrapped the in-person Future Investment Initiative after Houthi attacks on Riyadh's airport, Bloomberg and the Journal reported Monday. Houthi missiles killed more than 50 recruits in Yemen the same day, Al Jazeera reported. Trump sold a few days' war on Iran, and Iran's allies now hit Saudi Arabia while he looks away. "They're on their own now," Dean said.
3️⃣ A majority says Trump cashes in, and his party retreats
A Post-ABC-Ipsos poll puts Trump at 33% approval and a majority says he uses the presidency to enrich himself. Politico reported Republicans are pulling money back to safe seats. Trump said Monday morning that prices are "coming waaaay down." Gas goes up after the election, when the Russia waiver and the Gulf war reach the pump.
2️⃣ Grenell's text put a price on "POTUS"
White House Counsel Will Scharf is investigating a May 3, 2025 text in which Ric Grenell allegedly offered Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon "POTUS" for money routed through a Texas company, Axios reported: "Once the money comes to the company here, I will arrange the donation to Kennedy Centre." Grenell ran the Kennedy Center. Mildon says he wired $17.6 million; the center shows one $270,000 pledge. Grenell calls the accusations "lies." They put it in a text because they expected nobody to look.
1️⃣ Putin names the table, and Ukraine has no seat
Vladimir Putin is proposing a summit with Trump and Xi Jinping next month, the Journal reported. Ukraine is not invited, and Kyiv said the meeting would only "encourage Putin to continue this war." Speaker Mike Johnson said he warned the White House of "unintended consequences" from the Russia sanctions waiver. Bolsonaro leads in Brazil, Netanyahu runs on Trump's endorsement, and for 15 days these men will help each other work the sentiment in all three countries. Revenge and resentment are the policy. Moscow and Beijing are drawing the new world order, and Washington is holding the pen.
Bonus
Dean's read, "Trump the Betrayer" at deanblundell.substack.com, puts Trump on a list that runs from Rome to Benedict Arnold. "Trump doesn't get to write his own obituary. We do," Dean said.
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