President Trump didn’t come to play diplomat. He came to collect. The President arrived at the NATO summit on Tuesday and is reportedly skipping the panels and the pleasantries and ready to demand NATO countries commit to spending 5% of their GDP on defense. That’s a big leap from the 2% most of them still don’t hit. And instead of pledging real money, our so-called allies are offering accounting tricks and excuses. Spain flat-out refused. They said they’ll only pay 2.1%, claiming “country-level flexibility” under NATO’s pledge. Why? Because paying more would mean cutting into their generous social programs. So instead, they let American taxpayers cover their military tab while Spain enjoys things Americans don’t have like free healthcare and five-week vacations. The U.K. tried a different kind of con. They say they’ll boost spending—but it turns out it’s not new money. According to The Telegraph, they’re relabeling old infrastructure projects as “defense spending.” It’s not a budget increase. It’s a spreadsheet shuffle. Now NATO leaders are scrambling to justify their free ride. Mark Rutte is shouting vague warnings that “the Russians are coming.” Ursula von der Leyen says they expect a full blown war with Russia in the next five years. But here’s the truth: Russia isn’t trying to take over Europe. Even Russian state media keeps the war’s scope confined to the Donbas and Ukraine. You’d almost think these people need the war to keep their sweet welfare system going. So what happens if President Trump tells them no? Gosh I hope he does! The post America First, NATO Last appeared first on Redacted.

Ukraine has been welcomed into the European Union like a squatter—they can keep coming around but you’re not really one of us. At the NATO Summit meeting, European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen said this about Ukraine: “We are integrating our defence (sic) industries as if Ukraine was in the EU.” As if is not a real thing. This is political theater at its dumbest. They hand Ukraine the illusion of membership—flags, dinners, hashtags—but none of the actual guarantees. President Zelensky didn’t flinch. Either he missed the insult, or breadcrumbs are all he expects from this crowd. The post As-If Alliances appeared first on Redacted.

An Israeli professor claims that at least 377,000 Palestinians have been “disappeared” since Israel began its genocidal campaign against the Gaza Strip in 2023. Half of these are believed to be children. The study was done by Dr. Yaakov Garb of Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba. He found that the pre-war population of Gaza was approximately 2.22 million. Today, it is approximately 1.85 million, leaving 377,000 unaccounted for. The official death toll is approximately 56,000 Palestinians and counting. Nearly 50 more people were killed on Monday by the IDF while attempting to get aid. With Israel pivoting from its stalled Iran gambit back to Gaza, the question grows more urgent: Where—exactly—did the other 377,000 people go? The post Gaza’s Vanished: A Death Toll No One Counts appeared first on Redacted.

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