SECRETARY RUBIO: “Nationalism” became a dirty word. So we tore down our monuments, we condemned our own history, and in too many places we taught our children to be ashamed of the countries they would inherit. In the process we opened our borders, and outsourced our industry, and allowed our militaries to wither and to decay.

I gifted this article about Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent which details his bullying, his erratic behavior, and temper. He has lost an unusually high number of treasury employees in his first 20 months, including many he brought in that were Senate confirmed. He has already churned through three chiefs of staff. His staff is so afraid of his volatile behavior that they try to gage his mood before showing up to meetings, and celebrate when he is out of the office. This is a long read, but you also have the option to listen to it. wsj.com/politics/policy/bess…

RIYADH, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Syria is carefully considering providing military assistance to key ally Saudi Arabia amid an escalating war against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, a US official and a Syrian military official briefed on the matter said. Options being considered include defensive aid to protect the kingdom from attacks, or deployment of forces in an offensive capacity to help Saudi-backed Yemeni troops fight the Houthis, the sources said. 1/5

⚠️ WARNING FROM A MAN WHO SAW IT BEFORE I saw this shit before. With my own fucking eyes. Poland. 1989. Communism collapses. Chaos. Overnight everything flips. People lose everything. A few smart and ruthless ones buy state assets for pennies. Boom. Billionaires born. Russia. Early 90s. Same fucking pattern. But ten times more brutal. The whole system collapses. People starve. Oligarchs rise. All because they planned it that way. Manufactured collapse. Shock therapy. The masses suffer. A few monsters get rich enough to own nations. Fast forward. United States. 2008. Real estate bubble pops. People lose homes. Banks get bailed out. Wall Street buys back everything that Main Street built. Rich get richer. Middle class gets wiped out. And no one goes to jail. America didn’t learn a fucking thing. Now look around. OPEN YOUR FUCKING EYES! Gold is at historic highs. Real estate is cracking again. More sellers than buyers. Developers bidding 800K on 1.5M mansions in Florida (my friend just showed me his bid) and laughing while they wait. Real Estate Prices are not just falling Confidence is collapsing. And Trump and his billionaire buddies? They want the crash. They are waiting for it. They are engineering it. Because when the economy burns They buy everything from the ashes With cash While you’re still figuring out how to afford gas They don’t care about you They care about timing And right now They smell blood THIS IS YOUR FINAL FUCKING WARNING If the system collapses again The billionaires will feast The rest of you will beg And they’ll say it’s your fault It’s the same playbook Poland 1989 Russia 1991 America 2008 America 2025? They’re not saving the country They’re prepping to own it All of it And if you’re still sleeping through this You’re not just a victim You’re a volunteer

Trump: "There's never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more. I settled eight wars. I stopped the total obliteration of the world."

Trump suggests letting Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign rally latimes.com/california/story…

🇩🇪 Small detail: August Hanning was appointed BND president in 1998 by the German federal government under then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Interestingly, just days ago, news emerged that Schröder had been appointed to the supervisory board of Hyperglobus, the Russian arm of the Globus supermarket group.