Tag: foreign policy

Trump ally Orbán pushes back on pressure to halt Russian oil imports

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“Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that he is putting Hungary’s national interests first in rejecting a call by President Trump for all NATO allies to halt the purchase of Russian fossil fuels.

Orbán, in remarks to state radio and reported by The Associated Press, said he told Trump that ending Russian oil imports would be an economic “disaster” for Hungary that would put the Hungarian economy “on its knees.”

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Trump seemed to cut Hungary and Slovakia some slack in continuing to purchase Russian oil.

“I just don’t want to have people go blaming them when, you know, we spoke to them at length today and it seems like that, for them it’s a little bit,” the president said from the Oval Office on Thursday, trailing off and turning to his pressure campaign on Turkey to stop buying Russian energy.”

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5526962-hungary-nato-russian-oil/?tbref=hp

Netanyahu apologizes for Qatar strike, says it won’t happen again

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“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Monday for the Israeli strikes on Doha that killed a Qatari service member and violated Qatari sovereignty.

In a call organized by President Trump, Netanyahu also said such a strike would not happen again.”

Israel was trying to hit Hamas targets in Qatar.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/5527325-netanyahu-apologizes-qatar-strike/

READ: Trump’s 20-point proposal for peace in Gaza Strip, ending Israel-Hamas war

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READ: Trump’s 20-point proposal for peace in Gaza Strip, ending Israel-Hamas war

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5527504-read-gaza-strip-ceasefire-trump-israel/

Argentina’s Economy Is Struggling. Why Is the White House Stepping In? | Big Take

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Argentina’s Economy Is Struggling. Why Is the White House Stepping In? | Big Take

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw2YddQ6s18

Your Tax Dollars Are Funding the DUMBEST Bailout Ever!

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Some of the taxes you pay are going to bailout farmers who only need to be bailed out because of Trump’s tariff policies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYVPQRK-gF0

The U.S. Keeps Killing Venezuelans on Boats. Is That Legal? | The Daily

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Trump’s strikes on drug boats appear to be illegal. These military men and women are likely breaking the law by following orders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYAwwZDLUy4

Donald Trump Is Not a Peace President

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“The two Trump administrations have launched as many airstrikes at overseas targets as any other administration. Although childish and superficial, his renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War doesn’t telegraph a love of peace. Nor does his authorized strike on a Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean. His policies in the Middle East have amounted to little more than giving Israel the greenlight to do as it pleases. Then there were his attacks on nuclear sites in Iran and his constant threats to send troops to root out cartels in Mexico.

Whether or not you agree with these policies, they don’t adhere to any principled non-interventionist philosophy. And that takes us back to Russia and Ukraine. The problem with appeasement is that it emboldens the aggressor rather than secures lasting and just peace. No serious person is calling for American troops in Ukraine, but Trump’s insistence on blaming Ukraine and not pushing Russia for serious concessions has escalated the conflict.”

https://reason.com/2025/09/19/donald-trump-is-not-a-peace-president/

Trump touts Israel’s approval of his Gaza peace plan. Hamas has not agreed.

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This “peace deal” is a demand for Hamas’s surrender. Hamas surrendering may bring peace, but I generally wouldn’t call a demand for surrender a ‘peace deal’.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/29/trump-touts-peace-plan-for-israel-hamas-has-not-agreed-00584857?cid=Connatix&nid=00000150-1596-d4ac-a1d4-179e288b0000&nname=illinois-playbook&nrid=00000164-8481-d4a7-a5fc-9ecfc4730000