Exxon CEO today @ WH Meeting with Trump:- “If you look at the commercial constructs, frameworks in place in Venezuela today, it's uninvestable Significant changes have to be made to these frameworks, the legal system There has to be durable investment protections…” I guess that about says it!

In his speech today, President Trump revealed his drug price coercion of French President Macron, quote:- "I said, you're gonna do it, Emmanuel. Here's the story, Emmanuel. If on Monday you don't agree to every single thing we want, I put 25% tariff on everything coming out of France…” The Don!

Looks like that $500m ‘donation’ to Trump’s campaign was worth the bet. Looks like pocket change now…

Trump says today:- “We absolutely need Greenland; it is surrounded by Russian and Chinese vessels. Greenland is essential for our defense.” This is next in P25/Trump ‘We control the West’ strategy of N America, S America, Greenland, the Arctic Divide the World in 3 Sectors, East, Middle & West

Putin & Xi promised Maduro help, ‘enduring allies’ they said, same as they told Iran Now Iran is in uprising, Maduro is gone & the US has control of the World’s largest oil reserve Also, it appears Pokrovsk is NOT taken & Ru’s push on Hulyaipole has failed None of this bodes well for Ru in 2026

Trump just posts on ‘X’:- “… President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured & flown out of the Country”… “… There will be a news conference at 11 A.M., at Mara Lago…” So! Regime change it is!

By Ru’s own official obituary no’s >160,000 of its soldiers died in Ukr since 2022. UK MOD says over 1.0m Ru soldiers are either dead or seriously injured in that time It took a year for Ru to take Pokrovsk, but at the loss of Kupiansk 2026 will be THE endurance test & Eu/Ukr has the $ to endure…

Trump assured US soybean farmers that Ch would buy 12M tonne of soybean by the end of 2025 The end of the year is here (15 days away) & so far only about 300,000 tonne has been sold to Ch This is devastating for those farmers, who relied on this market & his promises…

When you think about the pressure Trump is putting on Ukr & Eu, we should note that the US Congress just passed a defence bill that locks US troops into Eu, funds Ukr for 2 years & strengthens NATO’s eastern flank So! The US Congress is saying Trump can’t dismantle the post WWII order on a whim

Finally confirmed…. Good!

The EU has invoked its Emergency Powers Act - Article 122 to permanently immobilize Russian assets held in the EU domain to assist in the reconstruction of Ukr This takes a major part of Trump’s carpetbagger ‘Plan’ off the table as well as ensuring ongoing independent Eu support for Ukr…

The latest from Lavrov:- “Russia is not planning to attack Europe and is ready to put this in writing… in a legally binding document… as part of collective security guarantees…” Sound familiar?

If Putin did go to war with Eu… Pol/Lith (under NATO) would instantly close the Suwalki Gap & NATO would blockade Kaliningrad, thus cutting Ru off from the Baltic With its air superiority, NATO would also make the Black Sea untenable for Ru shipping & drive out the Ru navy

So! Whilst it was focused on oil, we see a key reason for Putin’s trip to India was Ru’s labour shortage RU’s First Deputy PM, Denis Manturov, announced ystdy that Ru is ready to accept an unlimited number of Indian workers to work in Ru factories Mocking the US Peace Talks on live TV was a bonus…

The new US ‘National Security Strategy’ doc’ clearly pivots US away from Eu It says Eu is run contrary to US interests, even that Eu Governments are minorities, lacking legitimacy & should be ousted It also stops anyone joining NATO (incl Ukr, Moldova) It is basically proposing Eu fragmentation…

Putin at TV interview in India today:- Interviewer: “Can you talk about your meeting with Witkoff?” Putin: “I doubt it would interest you to hear about it, as it lasted 5 hours. Frankly, even I grew weary of it” So much for ‘Peace!’ He’s cheerfully taking the US for a ride & loving it…

After 5 hrs of talks with Witcoff & Kushner, Putin’s aide & spokesman Yuri Ushakov says:- “We are no closer, but also no further apart:” Putin doesn’t want to be seen as saying ‘No!’, but he IS saying no… Instead he’s spent today & ystdy blaming Eu & Ukr for being warmongers who don’t want Peace

Putin today:- “If Ukrainian troops withdraw from the territories they currently occupy, then we will cease hostilities If they do not withdraw, we will achieve this by military means” So much for Trump’s Peace Plan, or ANY Peace Plan This guy wants war, only war!

What’s not being talked about in the ‘impossible’ US (Ru) Peace Plan is… By getting Trump to endorse it, Witkoff (& so Putin), very successfully took the pressure off US sanctions on Ru. Last week, Congress was set to vote on Ru sanctions and now it’s not… Now that’s a big WIN for Putin, isn’t it?

Just think… This week, Nvidia has reached a market capitalisation value of $4.6tn That's more than the entire market capitalisation of all but 33 public companies in the world…

But Bessemt says:- “The $2,000 dividend could simply be the tax decreases that are part of the President’s agenda.” e.g. he said: - No tax on tips - No tax on overtime - No tax on Social Security - Deduction on auto loans So! This is yet an another LIE… You don’t get a payment!

Bessent is now saying:- “The $2,000 dividend could come in lots of forms... It could simply be the tax decreases that are part of the President’s agenda.” e.g. he floated: - No tax on tips - No tax on overtime - No tax on Social Security - Deduction on auto loans So! You don’t get actual money!

@ SCOTUS today, Trump argued he can tariff anyone because the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) - passed to modernise & limit POTUS emergency economic powers uses the word ‘regulate’ in its terms So! he & he alone gets to define what an emergency is & what regulate means

Has anyone really asked about this famous WH Ballroom? It started @ 60,000 sq ft & $200m, now it’s 90,000 sq ft & $350m! Anyone wonder why we’ve never seen the actual plans, or why none have been submitted to the DC Planning Authority? This is no ballroom, he’s building a whole new White House…

The USA is 340m people & on today, the 1st of Nov 2025; Obamacare premiums doubled affecting over 24m people… SNAP food aid lapsed affecting over 41m people… This! In the richest country the world has ever known…

When THE Buckingham Palace will disown their own family member before the US AG (under oath) or Dept of Justice will even admit there IS a problem The much vaunted US Law & Order system is a Joke…

Lavrov insists that there are ‘understandings’ between Putin & Trump He also says Ru will not freeze the war for talks & Ru demands (Alaska) are unchanged So! If Trump attends the proposed Budapest Mtng with no Ru change & no US leverage, there is no point Seems Trump just wants to sell arms…

Trump meeting Putin in Budapest (home of the infamous Memorandum) is yet another Ru win Criminal Putin will stand on EU soil, discuss lifting sanctions, what arms to provide to Ukr, who should be in NATO, his new demands Trump’s aiding Orban, he knows nxtyr’s election is close, but at what cost?

Quote from a CNBC interview today, answering a Q put by CNBC’s Joe Kerman Bessant: "At the meeting in Geneva, when I asked them [China], 'Why didn't you continue buying soybeans and the other products?' they had one word, and guess what it was? .. Biden." He obviously didn’t win with China 2day…

ICE shooter was not a ‘radical leftist’, as claimed by FBI Director Patel Joshua John’s brother Noah reveals he was a registered ‘Independent’ with a drug charges arrest record, who “didn’t have strong feelings about ICE…” “He didn’t have any strong political feelings as far as I knew” he added

Trump was laughed at again during his speech to the UN GA When he said:- “your countries are going to hell” & about London going to Sharia Law you could see audience members sniggering to each other Again with “falsely named renewables… the wind doesn’t blow” & “I ended 7 wars” smiles all round!

The WH, backing down from it’s announcement that those on a H1B Visa cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless they pay $100K, now say that those operating on ‘existing’ Visas are exempt Obviously the Tech & Health lobbies have pointed out a few home truths to them…

Putin gets his answer from Poland as it deploys >40,000 troops to its borders with Bel and Ru after drone incursions & Ru/Bel military drills close to the Polish border This makes Putin’s plans to threaten the Suwalki Gap & cut off the Baltic States look less & less viable

Interesting take from Megyn Kelly:- “We haven't felt like ourselves since Obama. He was such a slick snake… He was so divisive in his messaging... He’s the one who started to inject race when no one had been doing it…” She adds:- “Trump is the antidote, the answer to the divisiveness of Obama”

Today, NATO’s Sec Rutte says Ru’s drone attack on Poland will not be tolerated AC Gen Grynke has ordered a layered air/ground defence posture, ‘Eastern Sentry’, which will repel all future drone, air or ground intrusion Also, the Polish/Belarus border has been closed Putin has his answer…

In E Ukr Ru is now incapable of conducting attacks at anything more than company level (100 men) Every time Ru gains some ground, it’s lost within a wk, because there’s no viable support. T55 Tks, T74 Artillery, Mad Max stuff & bodies is all Ru has left to use Putin’s plan has run out of steam…

Meanwhile in the EU… The S American MERCOSUR Deal is ratified & is the largest Trade Deal in the World, immediately saving €4bn/y in duties & raising EU exports €50bn This, along with the written agreements with Mexico & Canada leaves Trumps tweet ‘deals’ & tariffs behind, where they should be

The MSM is asking where are the Dem’s & why aren’t they ‘saving the US’ Well! Where were the MSM during the last election? Biden’s - senile, Kamala - no policies, Dems - woke, socialist They did their level best to elect Trump & it worked, 77m votes Now they want Dem’s to save them? Ya… Right!

Putin finally responds to Peace Meeting requests 1. Ukr must give up the Donbas 2. Ukr must never join NATO or a NATO like organisation 3. Ukr must never allow NATO troops on its territory He doesn’t want much does he? Except War, not Peace, WAR!

Imagine: The POTUS had to walk out of an unprecedented ‘All Allies Leaders’ meeting in the Oval Office to go & call Putin privately for 40mins… What for? Instructions… No wonder they were angry. What’s that about? Who is this guy? Who’s briefing him? Who is he representing here?

Summary of today’s EU/US agreement; ➡️ tariff limit for pharma’ and semiconductors ➡️ 15% tariff ceiling for most products, including cars and pharma’ ➡️ 0/0 tariffs on aircraft, cork and generic pharma’ ➡️ commitment to reduce tariffs further ➡️ continued access to the US market, ie, 20% of EU exports

Eu/US must stop the 3.5m b/d of W Urals Ru oil being exported thru the Black Sea. It can be done by 2ndary tariffs on receiving countries M East can easily replace supply & is ramping up to do that If stopped, Ru has no storage & has to shut production. This would be disastrous to the Ru economy

It seems that Ukr has offered Trump weapons purchase contracts (up to $100bn), in exchange for an integral US part in Ukr security guarantees The deal would be financed by Eu & delivered through NATO It is not clear, but it may be that its being paid for primarily out of the Ru Wealth Fund

It seems the order of priorities in the WH Ukr meeting were; 1. Arming Ukr & Allies 2. Security Guarantees 3. Truce 4. Territory 5. Peace Plan This with 1 & 2 coming first, then trilateral meetings with Ru to get to 3 & from there, work on to 4 & 5 If this is the case, it’s v encouraging for Ukr

If the US was at war for 3 years, had achieved <20% of its objective, had >1m casualties & lost a third of its navy, a quarter of its air force & most of its air defences… Would the US say it was winning? The Ru army is down to using e-bikes, motorbikes, even donkeys now in combat I mean FFS!!

Today, Ru lost another General, in Kursk this time (Dep Commander North Army) Ru has lost 12 (Ru conf’) & up to 20 high level Commanders in this war. More than in any war since WW2 Ru advances in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson & Donbas have failed Ukr is NOT giving up anything, why should it?

US soldiers laying a red carpet to the steps of his plane. Putin riding in ‘The Beast’, speaking first @ the presser On stage, giving Trump a diatribe history lesson, even openly hoping Ukr wouldn’t sabotage the process & inviting Trump to Moscow Trump looked small, foolish, amateur, a side show!

Ru has failed to seize Donetsk & now we see the Ru finger hold on the H20 highway has been lost Infiltration & sabotage by FO drones, glide bombs, foot & motorbike troops is costing Ru >1,000 casualties/d for no strategic gain Now, Eu needs to arm Ukr to the teeth to exhaust Ru in these attempts

Trump gifting Putin a meeting (in the US!) without Eu or Ukr at the table is so destructive on so many levels. It is a total victory for Ru, his Stalin/Yalta moment Trump is saying that neither the Eu or Ukr matter. That US & Ru can carve up Eu & they’ll just have to accept it It is unacceptable!