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09.07.25 - 18:36
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Trump targets Brunei, Libya and Moldova with latest threat of US tariffs (The Guardian)
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Latest threats heighten fears that Trump's erratic trade strategy risks exacerbating inflation across the USUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump continued to fire off letters threatening steep US tariffs on foreign exports, targeting countries including Brunei, Libya and Moldova.The US president had been scheduled to hike tariffs on dozens of countries today. Earlier this week he announced a fresh three-week delay, to 1 August, but started announcing new rates that countries would face unless they strike a deal with the White House. Continue reading......
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20.06.25 - 13:09
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US Intel: Iran Likely To Pursue Nukes If US Joins Israel′s War - Trump Worried About ′Libya Scenario′ (ZeroHedge)
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US Intel: Iran Likely To Pursue Nukes If US Joins Israel's War - Trump Worried About 'Libya Scenario'
Reiterating a long-running US intelligence community consensus that Iran has not been building a nuclear bomb, US intelligence officials are warning that an American entry into Israel's war would likely incentivize Iran to pursue becoming a nuclear-weapon state after all. Meanwhile, insiders say President Trump is wary of turning Iran into "another Libya" if Israel's regime-change ambitions are somehow realized.
In other major developments:
President Trump on Thursday issued a statement seemingly granting more time for a diplomatic solution: "Considering there's a significant likelihood of negotiations that may or may not happen with Iran soon, I will determine whether or not to engage in the next two weeks."
The Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency has advised top officials that America's formidable 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs may be insufficie...
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18.05.25 - 00:48
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Trump Plan Seeks To Resettle Up To A Million Palestinians From War-Ravaged Gaza To War-Torn Libya (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Plan Seeks To Resettle Up To A Million Palestinians From War-Ravaged Gaza To War-Torn Libya
US officials who spoke to NBC News say that the Trump administration is looking to “permanently relocate” as many as one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.
Washington in return "would potentially release to Libya billions of dollars" that have been frozen since the NATO intervention of 2011, according to the claims of the anonymous sources.
"The plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libya's leadership, two people with direct knowledge of the plans and a former US official said," NBC writes in the fresh report.
Jabalia, northern Gaza. via Associated Press
"No final agreement has been reached, and Israel has been kept informed of the administration's discussions," it adds.
And yet this would see Palestinians go from war-ravaged and destroyed Gaza to being in a situation of another failed state, giv...
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09.05.25 - 11:57
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Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Swiftly Deporting Illegal Immigrants To Libya (ZeroHedge)
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Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Swiftly Deporting Illegal Immigrants To Libya
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting illegal immigrants to Libya or any other country of which they are not citizens without first giving them notice and an opportunity to claim protection under U.S. law, after reports surfaced of an imminent military flight carrying detainees to the North African nation.
Venezuelans arrive home after being deported from the United States, at Simon Bolivar International Airport, in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on April 3, 2025. Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters
U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, in a series of rulings issued on May 7 from the bench and in court filings, said that any effort to remove noncitizens without procedural safeguards would be a clear violation of an earlier injunction that he issued on April 18.
“If there is any doubt—the Court sees none—the allegedly imminent removals, as...
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