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1 week ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Ezekiel Malone
Al-Shabaab is stronger and more emboldened than ever. On June 11, the terrorist group seized al-Hareeri, a strategic village where a network of roads that lead to major Somali areas overlap. Eight days prior, al-Shabaab took Hawadley, a village about 40 miles north of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. This town is also very strategic as it lies on a major highway leading to Mogadishu.
The war in Somalia is easy to overlook; after all, most news sources are ignoring it.
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2 weeks ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Ezekiel Malone
“From a legal standpoint, the ussr still exists.” On Thursday, the bbc said that quote from a Kremlin adviser is only one of several factors pointing to a Soviet revival in Russia. This adviser backed his claim by saying there were procedural errors when the union collapsed. A former Russian prime minister later supported this advisor’s argument.
First, a statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin appears in the Moscow Metro.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Ezekiel Malone
The euro could replace the United States dollar as the world reserve currency if Europe strengthens its military and economy, European Central Bank (ecb) president Christine Lagarde said in Berlin, Germany, on Monday.
The ongoing changes create the opening for a “global euro moment.” And this is a prime opportunity for Europe to take greater control of its own destiny.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Ezekiel Malone
The euro could replace the United States dollar as the world reserve currency if Europe strengthens its military and economy, European Central Bank (ecb) president Christine Lagarde said in Berlin, Germany, on Monday.
The ongoing changes create the opening for a “global euro moment.” And this is a prime opportunity for Europe to take greater control of its own destiny.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Ezekiel Malone
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Lithuania on Thursday to tour Germany’s first postwar permanent foreign military base.
We are not afraid of the storm, because we no longer walk alone. Today in Vilnius, Germany’s “Litauenbrigade” was inaugurated. It is a historic and resolute step in NATO’s collective defence.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Ezekiel Malone
Stefano Sannino, the European Commission’s head of the Directorate-General for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf, visited Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday to set the foundation for future cooperation between Syria and the European Union.
With Iran out of Syria and America largely leaving the nation, there is room for another power to exert influence over Syria. Europe may be a major contender to fill this role.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Ezekiel Malone
In many ways, the United States and China are in a cold war. Each powerhouse is racing to gain the upper hand in weaponry, finances, influence and prestige.
In this struggle, allies are all-important. Neither nation can stand up to the other alone, and the U.S. holds the advantage. Though China has gained allies through projects like the Belt and Road Initiative, America’s Cold War victory against the Soviet Union made it the unopposed policeman of the world.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Ezekiel Malone
China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday that China negotiated a significantly upgraded free-trade deal with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (asean).
asean includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The association is China’s largest trade partner.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Ezekiel Malone
United States President Donald Trump said during a press conference on Monday that the “European Union is, in many ways, nastier than China” in its trade relations with America.
“They’ve treated us very unfairly,” Mr. Trump said.
Trump: “The European Union is in many ways nastier than China. We’ve just started with them. We have all the cards. They treated us very unfairly.” pic.twitter.com/fEM69KmrTZ— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 12, 2025
His criticisms are largely valid.
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1 month ago | 
thetrumpet.com | Ezekiel Malone
Ukraine is considering switching the reference currency for its currency, the hryvnia, from the American dollar to the euro, Reuters reported Thursday.
Why it matters: With the United States’ staggering debt, one of the only factors keeping its economy afloat is the dollar’s status as the world reserve currency. If enough countries abandon the dollar, it will financially cripple the U.S.
In January, Moldova decided to switch its reference currency from the dollar to the euro.
