Josué Michels

3 days ago | thetrumpet.com | Josué Michels

Germany is in a self-inflicted energy crisis. For years, it relied heavily on cheap Russian gas, fully aware that the fragile relationship could unravel at any moment. When that rupture came in 2022, Germany worsened the impending crisis by continuing its nuclear energy phase-out and funneling resources into the less reliable “green” energy sector. The result: soaring energy prices. Yet within this crisis lies opportunity. Something big could be brewing in Germany.

6 days ago | thetrumpet.com | Josué Michels

After conquering swaths of territory across Europe, both Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler met defeat in the vast expanse of Russia. But last weekend, the seemingly insurmountable foe took an embarrassing blow from a nation seen as a military lightweight: Ukraine. Without the technological advances of the last five years, this could not have happened. Under the code name “Spiderweb,” Ukraine executed a major drone strike that targeted several air bases deep in Russian territory.

1 week ago | thetrumpet.com | Josué Michels

Remembering the lessons of the Holocaust once meant ensuring that persecution and extermination of Jews would never happen again. Eighty years on, this understanding is evolving in a troubling way. Many Germans believe their responsibility now lies in preventing any future genocide—not just in Germany but around the world. In an unnerving twist of history, millions of Germans believe they are obligated to oppose the Jewish state. This reasoning is fueled by the media.

2 weeks ago | thetrumpet.com | Josué Michels

After United States President Donald Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin for two hours on May 19, he suggested Russia and Ukraine would “immediately” begin ceasefire negotiations possibly in the Vatican. He concluded, “The Vatican, as represented by the pope, has stated that it would be very interested in hosting the negotiations. Let the process begin!” In Trump’s mind, the Vatican may be the place where bloody dictators and their victims can shake hands and discuss peace.

2 weeks ago | thetrumpet.com | Josué Michels

You can no longer trust the United States to pay back its debt. That is the assessment of the influential ratings firm Moody’s, which lowered the U.S. rating to Aa1 from a previous perfect AAA, which it had held since 1917. The downgrade “reflects the increase over more than a decade in government debt and interest payment ratios to levels that are significantly higher than similarly rated sovereigns,” Moody’s said in the statement.