Lone Candle
Champion of Truth
The Kurds have been defeated in Syria by the Syrian government and the Americans abandoned them despite the Kurds being a strong ally against ISIS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kThKtFhuvZk
“In an interview with Fox Business, he said, “We’re getting everything we wanted — total security, total access to everything.”
Yet all of that was available to Trump from the start, without the drama that sent the NATO alliance barreling toward an internal crisis, a Danish official told NBC News on Thursday.
The only nonnegotiable point for Denmark was that Greenland shouldn’t be absorbed by the U.S., the person added.
“We can discuss increased military presence and more troops. You name it, basically, you can have it” under existing treaties, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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his Greenland gambit clawed away some of the trust that underpins a successful alliance, said diplomats, government officials and foreign policy experts.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/damage-done-trump-claims-victory-012236295.html
Trump will brutally insult reporters on camera, and then off camera say something like, “we’re still good right?”
Trump tried to get the military options to attack Venezuela in his first term, but his high military officials didn’t follow the order to get him the military options, and Trump seemed to have forgotten that he asked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUOyGIh8PYA
One reason the Iranian protests were so big, was because Trump called for protest and said he would help. So far, he has left them hanging.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Pjm6HdVbA
US operatives have been weakening Russian infrastructure and helping Ukrainian weapons target Russian assets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqyhyQnL3EE
“Nicaragua is run by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, a husband and wife who take the term “power couple” somewhat literally. They are now co-presidents of the Central American nation of 7 million. Over the years, they’ve rigged elections, wrested control over other branches of the government and crushed the opposition, while apparently grooming their children to succeed them. It has been a strange and circular journey for a pair of one-time Sandinista revolutionaries who previously fought to bring down a dynastic dictatorship.
Hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans have fled the impoverished country, some to the United States. Meanwhile, the regime has enhanced ties to Russia, China and other U.S. adversaries, while having rocky relations with Washington. Nicaragua is part of a free trade agreement with Washington, but it has also faced U.S. sanctions, tariffs and other penalties for oppressing its people, eroding democracy and having ties to Russia. Even the current Trump administration has used such measures against it, but the regime hasn’t buckled.
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Unlike Venezuela, Nicaragua isn’t a major source of oil, the natural resource Trump covets most. It has gold, but not enough of that or other minerals to truly stand out. (Although yes, I know, Trump loves gold.) It’s also not a major source of migrants to the U.S.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/01/13/latin-america-trump-nicaragua-00725393
“Prime Minister Mark Carney is opening the door to more imports of electric vehicles from China with expectations the olive branch will lead to “considerable” Chinese investment in Canada’s auto sector “within three years” — risking potential blowback from Washington.
The move comes as Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping chart a new era in Canada-China relations and diversify trade ties in response to U.S. President Donald Trump.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/16/china-ev-tariffs-canada-00733086
Trump appears to personally want Greenland because he thinks expanding the territory of the United States is cool and because he’s mad about not getting the Nobel Peace Prize.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzhGteAL4iU
The US saves a lot of money on military spending because our greatest rivals would have to go through our allies and partners to seriously get to us. Without those allies and partners, those rivals could more easily reach out and touch the US, which would require greater military spending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KmuWGT__yc
The Tanker War & Shadow Fleet – U.S. Ship Seizures, Ukrainian Attacks & Russia’s Gambit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux3b00jo1iQ