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DNYUZ.COM 2026-04-07

Why Hungary’s Election Could Swing on Roma Votes

The party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary is facing parliamentary elections on Sunday that are expected to be exceptionally close. And the marginalized Roma ethnic minority may prove to be an unexpected swing vote, pivotal to whether his party remains in power.

VP Vance goes to Hungary to help Orbán win his election.

BBC.COM 2026-04-07

JD Vance backs Orbán's re-election bid in Budapest visit and hits out at EU

Five days before Hungarians vote in elections that could bring down Viktor Orbán after 16 years in office, US Vice-President JD Vance has intervened in the campaign to give the Hungarian prime minister a ringing endorsement, while delivering another blistering attack on the EU.

Showing love to Orbán in the middle of a military conflict.  Is this America first?

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APNEWS.COM 2026-04-07

US, Israel and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire as Trump seizes diplomatic offramp

U.S. President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate or face a major escalation.

Trump said he was holding off on his threatened attacks on Iranian bridges, power plants and other civilian targets, subject to Tehran agreeing to a two-week ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil is shipped during peacetime. He also said Iran has proposed a "workable" 10-point peace plan that could help end the war launched by the U.S. and Israel in February.


Well this should take the pressure off for a bit.  I wonder how long the Israelis can go without killing anybody?

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[K-Dog]

INDEPENDENT.CO.UK 2026-04-07

Huge explosion at Panama Canal’s Bridge of the Americas leaves one dead and more injured

More than 75 firefighting units tackled the blaze at the 5,400ft road bridge, according to Panama’s firefighting chief.

Trump has a way of making failure look like success.  He does it all the time, and he just did it again.  Because Trump is accepting the IRAN peace plan.

GEO.TV 2026-04-08

What are the 10 points tabled by Iran for ending war with US?

Iranian National Security Council says talks with US will begin in Islamabad on April 11, based on 10-point plan.

The US will not agree with the 10 points.  Trump buys time so he never has to say why the Tripoli had to get out of range.

NEWS.AZ 2026-04-07

U.S. Marines stage live-fire drills aboard USS Tripoli in Arabian Sea - photos emerge

The images capture deck shooting drills carried out on the America-class vessel in the Arabian Sea, highlighting operational readiness and combat training at sea.

It is bluster, and very expensive.

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Trump has a way of making failure look like success.  He does it all the time, and he just did it again.  Because Trump is accepting the IRAN peace plan.

Hard to see how it's a success when Iran gets pretty much everything they want.

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[K-Dog]

What was Trump up to.  Maybe looking at what he did before gives the answer.

WORLDCRUNCH.COM 2017-09-20

On North Korea, Trump Has Now Gone Full ‘Madman’

The U.S. president’s threat to ‘totally destroy’ a nation is beyond the pale. But is there method to it?

It was a page out of the Trump playbook.  A Trump knee-jerk reaction on how he gets his way.  And as much as some people talk about how dumb Trump is I have to point out.  Trump just played America and the entire American Media with files of archives and people familiar with Trump's past said nothing.

It appears America's social amnesia is now terminal.

Now North Korea's reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles threatens the entire world with unthinkable loss of human life, -- The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself.

After threatening "total destruction," Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to meet a North Korean leader. The joint declaration was heavy on symbolism and light on substance! Regardless we paid taxes that year.  But for Trump, who paid no taxes that year it was a historic photo op with claims of a diplomatic breakthrough.  In the end North Korea gained legitimacy on the world stage without giving up any nuclear weapons.

Trump's genius is not intelligence. It's only his instinctive reptilian repetition of what works, Trump counts on everyone else having the attention span of a goldfish.  Trump makes the same move, over and over, until his pattern becomes invisible and familiar, even comfortable. That's Trump's trick.

[K-Dog]

Fascinating,

LEFIGARO.FR 2026-03-27

Jeff Israely: “Trump bases his power on his ability to stay on screen, every day, without ever being boring”

In a policy that has become a permanent performance, the absence of shame is no longer a drift but a strategy.

The current occupant of the White House, for his part, rushes very publicly towards an exit strategy devoid of any strategy, which will almost certainly lead to an unfinished end of war, and a declaration of total victory by Trump.  Everyone else having to face the court of history, like George W. Bush after his premature staging of the "mission accomplished," simply does not fit into the calculations of this type of political creature.

That from 10 days ago, and it looks to be how things will work out.  Teflon Don slides again.

Israely's Core Thesis:

Trump is a man without shame. It's not simply that he says up is down, black is white, defeat is victory. Trump knows we know he doesn't believe it. And by repeating it, again and again, he exercises a new form of power that operates in its own truth regime.

Known to me as the way of the bully.

Threaten annihilation --> pivot to talks --> declare victory --> deliver nothing.

The reality TV star defines reality.  You have nothing to say about it.

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Threaten annihilation --> pivot to talks --> declare victory --> deliver nothing.

You're jumping the gun.  The Iranians demand reparations and control over the Straight  I don't see either side budging on these, so you'll just get 2 weeks of jawboning and market manipulation.  A few tankers will move through the straight, refilling supplies of jet fuel slightly.  Eventually, either the Israelis or FSoA will do a "surprise" attack.  Straight will close again.  This may rinse & repeat a few times.

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THEGUARDIAN.COM 2026-04-07

Ceasefire wins Trump instant gratification but Iran can enter talks with stronger hand

The announcement of a two-week ceasefire has allowed Donald Trump to hail the reopening of the Hormuz strait as a victorious dawn of a new golden age, but it is Iran that now enters peace talks with the stronger hand.

The Tehran regime goes to the negotiations planned for Friday in Pakistan bloodied but still intact. It still holds a stockpile of highly enriched uranium (the original crux of the conflict with the US, Israel and allies), and it now claims at least part-control of the strait, having demonstrated its power to close the narrow waterway and hold the world to ransom.

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That lasted long. NOT! lol.

I didn't think Netanyahoo would be able to keep his gunz holstered very long.

On the upside, the jawboning got the price of oil below $100 for a day and 2 tankers got thru!

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World Class Psycho.

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[K-Dog]

Trump 101 :

When a venture fails, the narrative is shifted so that the focus isn't on the loss, but on the "deal" made during the exit or the "lesson" learned for the next move.  Then you blame it on someone else.



 

[K-Dog]

That lasted long. NOT! lol.

I didn't think Netanyahoo would be able to keep his gunz holstered very long.

On the upside, the jawboning got the price of oil below $100 for a day and 2 tankers got thru!

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Netanyahoo has Trump bent over.  Nothing stopped for Israel.  Israel wants America to fight it's war.

 

Scene: Oval Office. TRUMP sits behind the Resolute Desk, phone on speaker. BIBI's voice, calm and amused.

BIBI: So just to be clear — you threatened to wipe Iran off the map. Big words. Very big. Then your advisors told you it would end your political career. So you accepted their ceasefire terms. Their terms, Donald.

TRUMP (waving hand, not at phone): Tremendous ceasefire. Best ceasefire anyone's ever seen. Iran blinked. Ask anyone. They were begging. Total begging.

BIBI: They got everything they wanted. You got nothing. Except photo ops.  Lots of them.

TRUMP: I got great ratings. Biggest ratings. Iran knows who's boss.

BIBI: Sure. Anyway — we're continuing in Lebanon. Hezbollah still exists. So we're leveling a few more villages. Hundreds dead so far. Violates the ceasefire, but I don't care. We are only killing animals.

TRUMP (frowning slightly, then brightening): That's your thing. Your Bibi thing. I don't get involved in the details. The hotels on the strip will be grand. Lots of gold everywhere.

BIBI: No, you don't. But the world will say you're the guarantor of this ceasefire. And we're breaking it. That makes you my bitch.  Don't forget.

TRUMP (interrupting): It makes me a very stable genius who gave Israel incredible flexibility. Unprecedented flexibility. Nobody's ever seen flexibility like this.

BIBI: That's one word for it. The press is using a different word. Starts with "c."

(Long pause. TRUMP shifts in his chair.)

TRUMP (quietly, to no one): They're saying that again.

BIBI: It's true, Donald. You threaten. You bluster. You pose for the cameras. Then I do what I want, and you tell the world how beautiful it is. Now send more bombs. We're low on the ones that go through concrete. The big strong ones.  You know you like it.

TRUMP (perking up): The bunker busters? Best bombs. Beautiful bombs. I'll get some from Japan for you. But you gotta say I was tough. Made you promise me they will be used for peace.

BIBI: You're the toughest cuck I've ever seen.

TRUMP (like an F-15 streaking high in a desert sky, Bibi's jab goes over his head): Thank you. Very nice. Very strong.

(BIBI hangs up. TRUMP looks at the phone, then at an aide who stands stiffly near by.)

TRUMP: He loves me. You heard all that, right? Total respect.

AIDE (deadpan): Yes, Mr. President.

TRUMP: Get Canada on the phone. Their high and mighty asses are complaining about the noise again.



 

[K-Dog]

Lying bitch.
 
Trump can't tell Bibi to keep it in his pants.  This is embarrassing.  America the submissive, does not know a safe word to make this rough nightmare stop.  All America does is tell the bitch to lie.  Nobody must see the mess behind the door.


Trump thinks he's the one holding the leash, but the only thing he's actually holding is the bag while Bibi takes the house, the car, and America's dignity on the run.  Leaving Trump in a golden collar.

[K-Dog]

And if you don't like it you are and Anti-Semite.

 

Being as American taxpayers fund this project, can I please have a brick with my name on one of the rebuilt bridges when the new greater Israel rebuilds the Litani River bridges they blew up into the new territory.

Rich donors to hospitals and civic projects in America can get their names on bricks to build 'donor' walls, brick paths and such as part of the final project.  American taxpayers should get the same perks for building the greater Israel.  Seems only fair.

As silent partners in Levantine civil engineering we deserve recognition.