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Jack Rasmus

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Trump Announces Iran Ceasefire: US Offramp or Just Another Deception?

The next two weeks will tell if the ceasefire announced yesterdaty is just another negotiation deception that seems to have become standard practice...

08.04.2026 4

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How Will the US Military Invade Iran?

This past weekend, Trump threatened to escalate the War with Iran by destroying that country’s energy infrastructure starting, as he said, “with...

26.03.2026 7

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Some Economic Consequences of the Iran War

As the US-Israel war on Iran enters its third week, the outlines of the economic consequences and fallout of the war have begun to emerge. As the war...

20.03.2026 30

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Regime Change in the Iran War, But Which One?

Last June 2025 Trump bombed Iran. He said to eliminate Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons development. He then proclaimed he had achieved that goal. So...

04.03.2026 50

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Trump’s 2026 SOTU Speech: Economic Obfuscation and Political Theater

Trump’s 2026 State of the Union speech was historic—but only in the sense of the longest ever at 1 hour and 47 minutes. Apart from that, the...

25.02.2026 10

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Putin-Trump Meeting: Endgame or PR Event?

Putin and Trump last week agreed to meet at a location in Alaska. Indications are the meeting will occur as soon as August 15, 2025 or soon after. In...

13.08.2025 10

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The Recession Door Opens

This past week was punctuated by a perfect storm of negative US economic reports and events. Together they mean the door to recession in the US has...

07.08.2025 20

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America’s 25 Year Tax Cutting and Fiscal Train Wreck

Last week the US Congress passed the Trump Tax Cuts. The mainstream media and economists have been mostly reporting the details of the cuts—i.e....

10.07.2025 20

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Trump’s ‘Forever War’: USA Attacks Iran

After promising during his 2024 election campaign to end the country’s quarter century of ‘forever wars’—on June 21, 2025 Trump started yet...

24.06.2025 20

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How America Goes to War: Iraq, Ukraine and Now Iran

After promising during the 2024 election to stop the USA’s ‘forever wars’ in the 21st century, in less than six months in office Donald Trump...

20.06.2025 20

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Why Trump’s Ukraine War ‘Kellogg Plan’ Collapsed

When President Trump ran for office in 2024 he promised to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine within 100 days of taking office.  The unofficial...

28.04.2025 10

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