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2 weeks ago | medium.com | Venus Irvine |Ben Ulansey

President Trump Just Cut Israel Loose, Flirted With Iran, and Cashed In BigYou ever wake up, scroll through the news, and do a double take — not because of what happened, but because who did it? Donald J. Trump is back in the foreign policy spotlight (some may say he never left), and this time, he’s not yelling about obliterating his personal enemies. Let’s start with the obvious: something snapped. Or maybe clicked. Either way, this is not your old Trump.

3 weeks ago | medium.com | Venus Irvine |Ben Ulansey

A community for readers, writers, poets, satirists, creatives, and thinkers of thoughtsFollow publicationNew war. Old players. Different rules. Beijing didn’t start this war — but it might be the one winning it. The bombs are falling in Kashmir. But the fingerprints? They’re all over Beijing. Over the past few days, the India-Pakistan war has exploded from a border standoff into something far more dangerous. Drones are buzzing. Missiles are flying. Cities are on edge.