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World War III Looms, Ellwood Warns, Without Urgent Global Strategy Shift
The world is on the brink of a catastrophic shift, with outdated battle strategies and a crumbling international order threatening to spark World War III, unless a drastic global strategy overhaul occurs. British politician and former army officer Tobias Ellwood warns that the old world order is dead or dying, and urgent…
#GlobalConflict #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics #WorldWarIii #UnitedKingdom
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World War III Looms, Ellwood Warns, Without Urgent Global Strategy Shift
The world is on the brink of a catastrophic shift, with outdated battle strategies and a crumbling international order threatening to spark World War III, unless a drastic global strategy overhaul occurs. British politician and former army officer Tobias Ellwood warns that the old world order is dead or dying, and urgent…
#GlobalConflict #NationalSecurity #Geopolitics #WorldWarIii #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/285506/ Middle East on brink of World War III, says Iranian lawmaker Kamran Ghazanfari #AyatollahAliKhamenei #China #GulfStates #Iran #IranWarScenario #IRGC #MiddleEast #NATO #OperationEconomicFury #OperationRoaringLion #Russia #Ukraine #WorldWarIII
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Germany Says Russia Brought the Shadow War Onto NATO Soil
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Sunday, September 6, 2026 — 1635 PHT
For years, NATO governments have warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine could eventually spill beyond Ukraine’s borders. This week, Germany effectively said that spillover has already happened—not through an invasion by tanks, but through an alleged covert attempt to carry explosives onto NATO territory using a drone.
The immediate danger is not that Russian armor is preparing to cross into Poland or Germany. NATO officials continue to say they see no imminent conventional attack against the alliance (Reuters, 2026a). The warning is more complicated: European governments increasingly believe Russia is conducting a campaign of sabotage, cyberwarfare, infrastructure attacks and other operations deliberately kept below the threshold that would clearly trigger NATO’s collective-defense provisions.
Germany now says one of those operations could have killed people at one of Europe’s most important cargo airports.
GERMANY POINTS DIRECTLY AT MOSCOW
On September 1, the German government formally accused Russia of responsibility for an attempted explosive-drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on August 4.
Authorities discovered a drone carrying explosives near a Ukrainian aircraft and defused the device before it detonated. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said investigators had concluded that Russian state agencies were behind the operation (Reuters, 2026b; Associated Press, 2026a).
Russia rejected the accusation, calling Germany’s claims false and politically motivated (Reuters, 2026c).
The location matters. Leipzig/Halle is a major European freight hub and plays a role in logistical support connected to Ukraine. An explosive attack there could have disrupted civilian aviation, military-related logistics and critical transportation infrastructure.
European Union foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas said the attempted attack contained the hallmarks of “state-sponsored terrorism.” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised greater pressure on Moscow, while Britain summoned Russia’s senior diplomatic representative to condemn the incident (Reuters, 2026d; Reuters, 2026e).
Germany is also closing a Russian consulate and pursuing additional European sanctions.
THE SABOTAGE QUESTION GETS BIGGER
The Leipzig incident did not occur in isolation.
German authorities are investigating separate attacks on electrical infrastructure in Brandenburg and near Cologne. Explosive or improvised devices were discovered around substations, and deliberate short circuits temporarily disrupted power generation. Investigators have not publicly established Russian responsibility for those incidents, and several possible motives remain under investigation (Associated Press, 2026b).
That distinction matters. Not every broken cable, damaged transformer or mysterious drone in Europe can simply be blamed on Moscow.
But European governments are increasingly treating critical infrastructure as a battlefield.
The United States has now publicly supported that position.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Saturday that the alliance cannot tolerate deliberate hybrid operations against member countries. He specifically differentiated the Leipzig case from Russian drones that have accidentally or unintentionally crossed NATO borders during attacks against Ukraine.
Whitaker said individual countries retain primary responsibility for responding to such incidents but added that Washington would support NATO members confronting hybrid attacks (Reuters, 2026f).
That is an important American statement. It tells Moscow that operations designed to stay technically below Article 5 may still produce coordinated NATO consequences.
WAR AND DIPLOMACY AT THE SAME TIME
Meanwhile, American representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent more than three hours meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on September 5.
The Kremlin described the talks as constructive and useful. There was no breakthrough.
Russia continues demanding that Ukraine surrender territory Moscow claims and abandon aspirations for NATO membership. Kyiv continues rejecting a settlement requiring the permanent surrender of occupied Ukrainian territory (Reuters, 2026g).
The battlefield has not become quieter while diplomats talk.
Russian drone attacks have intensified against Kyiv, including increasingly sophisticated weapons capable of operating throughout the day rather than primarily at night. Russia recently struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service, while Ukraine continues long-range attacks against Russian energy and military infrastructure (Reuters, 2026h).
THE DANGEROUS MIDDLE GROUND
None of this means World War III has begun.
There has been no Article 5 invocation. NATO and Russian forces are not openly fighting each other. NATO says there is no imminent conventional attack.
But the old distinction between “war in Ukraine” and “peace in NATO Europe” is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.
If Germany’s attribution is correct, Russia attempted to conduct an explosive operation inside the territory of the world’s largest military alliance while carefully avoiding anything resembling a conventional invasion.
That is precisely what makes hybrid warfare dangerous.
The strategy depends upon uncertainty. Every attack forces governments to ask: Who actually did it? Can we prove it? Was it ordered by Moscow? How severe must the response be? At what point does sabotage become an armed attack?
Those questions create room for restraint.
They also create room for miscalculation.
Europe is not at war with Russia today.
But Germany is now saying something considerably more disturbing: Russia may already be conducting operations on NATO territory designed to remain just short of what everyone traditionally calls war.
That is not the same thing as peace.
References
Associated Press. (2026a, September 1). Germany blames Russia for last month’s attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport.
Associated Press. (2026b, September 2). Germany probes suspected sabotage after disruption at two power substations.
Reuters. (2026a, August 30). NATO sees no imminent threat of attack, official says.
Reuters. (2026b, September 1). Germany says Russia responsible for drone attack at Leipzig airport.
Reuters. (2026c, September 1). Russia calls Germany’s Leipzig drone attack claims false and an unprecedented escalation.
Reuters. (2026d, September 2). EU’s Kallas says Leipzig attack had hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism.
Reuters. (2026e, September 3). Britain summons Russian charge d’affaires over Leipzig airport attack.
Reuters. (2026f, September 5). NATO will not tolerate hybrid actions against members, U.S. envoy says.
Reuters. (2026g, September 5). Kremlin says Ukraine talks with U.S. envoys were useful; no sign of breakthrough.
Reuters. (2026h, September 4). Russian drone strikes Ukraine’s security service headquarters, escalating air war.
#EuropeanSecurity #Germany #hybridWarfare #NATO #russia #UkraineWar #WorldWarIII -
Germany Says Russia Brought the Shadow War Onto NATO Soil
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Sunday, September 6, 2026 — 1635 PHT
For years, NATO governments have warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine could eventually spill beyond Ukraine’s borders. This week, Germany effectively said that spillover has already happened—not through an invasion by tanks, but through an alleged covert attempt to carry explosives onto NATO territory using a drone.
The immediate danger is not that Russian armor is preparing to cross into Poland or Germany. NATO officials continue to say they see no imminent conventional attack against the alliance (Reuters, 2026a). The warning is more complicated: European governments increasingly believe Russia is conducting a campaign of sabotage, cyberwarfare, infrastructure attacks and other operations deliberately kept below the threshold that would clearly trigger NATO’s collective-defense provisions.
Germany now says one of those operations could have killed people at one of Europe’s most important cargo airports.
GERMANY POINTS DIRECTLY AT MOSCOW
On September 1, the German government formally accused Russia of responsibility for an attempted explosive-drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on August 4.
Authorities discovered a drone carrying explosives near a Ukrainian aircraft and defused the device before it detonated. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said investigators had concluded that Russian state agencies were behind the operation (Reuters, 2026b; Associated Press, 2026a).
Russia rejected the accusation, calling Germany’s claims false and politically motivated (Reuters, 2026c).
The location matters. Leipzig/Halle is a major European freight hub and plays a role in logistical support connected to Ukraine. An explosive attack there could have disrupted civilian aviation, military-related logistics and critical transportation infrastructure.
European Union foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas said the attempted attack contained the hallmarks of “state-sponsored terrorism.” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised greater pressure on Moscow, while Britain summoned Russia’s senior diplomatic representative to condemn the incident (Reuters, 2026d; Reuters, 2026e).
Germany is also closing a Russian consulate and pursuing additional European sanctions.
THE SABOTAGE QUESTION GETS BIGGER
The Leipzig incident did not occur in isolation.
German authorities are investigating separate attacks on electrical infrastructure in Brandenburg and near Cologne. Explosive or improvised devices were discovered around substations, and deliberate short circuits temporarily disrupted power generation. Investigators have not publicly established Russian responsibility for those incidents, and several possible motives remain under investigation (Associated Press, 2026b).
That distinction matters. Not every broken cable, damaged transformer or mysterious drone in Europe can simply be blamed on Moscow.
But European governments are increasingly treating critical infrastructure as a battlefield.
The United States has now publicly supported that position.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Saturday that the alliance cannot tolerate deliberate hybrid operations against member countries. He specifically differentiated the Leipzig case from Russian drones that have accidentally or unintentionally crossed NATO borders during attacks against Ukraine.
Whitaker said individual countries retain primary responsibility for responding to such incidents but added that Washington would support NATO members confronting hybrid attacks (Reuters, 2026f).
That is an important American statement. It tells Moscow that operations designed to stay technically below Article 5 may still produce coordinated NATO consequences.
WAR AND DIPLOMACY AT THE SAME TIME
Meanwhile, American representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent more than three hours meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on September 5.
The Kremlin described the talks as constructive and useful. There was no breakthrough.
Russia continues demanding that Ukraine surrender territory Moscow claims and abandon aspirations for NATO membership. Kyiv continues rejecting a settlement requiring the permanent surrender of occupied Ukrainian territory (Reuters, 2026g).
The battlefield has not become quieter while diplomats talk.
Russian drone attacks have intensified against Kyiv, including increasingly sophisticated weapons capable of operating throughout the day rather than primarily at night. Russia recently struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service, while Ukraine continues long-range attacks against Russian energy and military infrastructure (Reuters, 2026h).
THE DANGEROUS MIDDLE GROUND
None of this means World War III has begun.
There has been no Article 5 invocation. NATO and Russian forces are not openly fighting each other. NATO says there is no imminent conventional attack.
But the old distinction between “war in Ukraine” and “peace in NATO Europe” is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.
If Germany’s attribution is correct, Russia attempted to conduct an explosive operation inside the territory of the world’s largest military alliance while carefully avoiding anything resembling a conventional invasion.
That is precisely what makes hybrid warfare dangerous.
The strategy depends upon uncertainty. Every attack forces governments to ask: Who actually did it? Can we prove it? Was it ordered by Moscow? How severe must the response be? At what point does sabotage become an armed attack?
Those questions create room for restraint.
They also create room for miscalculation.
Europe is not at war with Russia today.
But Germany is now saying something considerably more disturbing: Russia may already be conducting operations on NATO territory designed to remain just short of what everyone traditionally calls war.
That is not the same thing as peace.
References
Associated Press. (2026a, September 1). Germany blames Russia for last month’s attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport.
Associated Press. (2026b, September 2). Germany probes suspected sabotage after disruption at two power substations.
Reuters. (2026a, August 30). NATO sees no imminent threat of attack, official says.
Reuters. (2026b, September 1). Germany says Russia responsible for drone attack at Leipzig airport.
Reuters. (2026c, September 1). Russia calls Germany’s Leipzig drone attack claims false and an unprecedented escalation.
Reuters. (2026d, September 2). EU’s Kallas says Leipzig attack had hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism.
Reuters. (2026e, September 3). Britain summons Russian charge d’affaires over Leipzig airport attack.
Reuters. (2026f, September 5). NATO will not tolerate hybrid actions against members, U.S. envoy says.
Reuters. (2026g, September 5). Kremlin says Ukraine talks with U.S. envoys were useful; no sign of breakthrough.
Reuters. (2026h, September 4). Russian drone strikes Ukraine’s security service headquarters, escalating air war.
#EuropeanSecurity #Germany #hybridWarfare #NATO #russia #UkraineWar #WorldWarIII -
Germany Says Russia Brought the Shadow War Onto NATO Soil
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Sunday, September 6, 2026 — 1635 PHT
For years, NATO governments have warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine could eventually spill beyond Ukraine’s borders. This week, Germany effectively said that spillover has already happened—not through an invasion by tanks, but through an alleged covert attempt to carry explosives onto NATO territory using a drone.
The immediate danger is not that Russian armor is preparing to cross into Poland or Germany. NATO officials continue to say they see no imminent conventional attack against the alliance (Reuters, 2026a). The warning is more complicated: European governments increasingly believe Russia is conducting a campaign of sabotage, cyberwarfare, infrastructure attacks and other operations deliberately kept below the threshold that would clearly trigger NATO’s collective-defense provisions.
Germany now says one of those operations could have killed people at one of Europe’s most important cargo airports.
GERMANY POINTS DIRECTLY AT MOSCOW
On September 1, the German government formally accused Russia of responsibility for an attempted explosive-drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on August 4.
Authorities discovered a drone carrying explosives near a Ukrainian aircraft and defused the device before it detonated. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said investigators had concluded that Russian state agencies were behind the operation (Reuters, 2026b; Associated Press, 2026a).
Russia rejected the accusation, calling Germany’s claims false and politically motivated (Reuters, 2026c).
The location matters. Leipzig/Halle is a major European freight hub and plays a role in logistical support connected to Ukraine. An explosive attack there could have disrupted civilian aviation, military-related logistics and critical transportation infrastructure.
European Union foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas said the attempted attack contained the hallmarks of “state-sponsored terrorism.” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised greater pressure on Moscow, while Britain summoned Russia’s senior diplomatic representative to condemn the incident (Reuters, 2026d; Reuters, 2026e).
Germany is also closing a Russian consulate and pursuing additional European sanctions.
THE SABOTAGE QUESTION GETS BIGGER
The Leipzig incident did not occur in isolation.
German authorities are investigating separate attacks on electrical infrastructure in Brandenburg and near Cologne. Explosive or improvised devices were discovered around substations, and deliberate short circuits temporarily disrupted power generation. Investigators have not publicly established Russian responsibility for those incidents, and several possible motives remain under investigation (Associated Press, 2026b).
That distinction matters. Not every broken cable, damaged transformer or mysterious drone in Europe can simply be blamed on Moscow.
But European governments are increasingly treating critical infrastructure as a battlefield.
The United States has now publicly supported that position.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Saturday that the alliance cannot tolerate deliberate hybrid operations against member countries. He specifically differentiated the Leipzig case from Russian drones that have accidentally or unintentionally crossed NATO borders during attacks against Ukraine.
Whitaker said individual countries retain primary responsibility for responding to such incidents but added that Washington would support NATO members confronting hybrid attacks (Reuters, 2026f).
That is an important American statement. It tells Moscow that operations designed to stay technically below Article 5 may still produce coordinated NATO consequences.
WAR AND DIPLOMACY AT THE SAME TIME
Meanwhile, American representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent more than three hours meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on September 5.
The Kremlin described the talks as constructive and useful. There was no breakthrough.
Russia continues demanding that Ukraine surrender territory Moscow claims and abandon aspirations for NATO membership. Kyiv continues rejecting a settlement requiring the permanent surrender of occupied Ukrainian territory (Reuters, 2026g).
The battlefield has not become quieter while diplomats talk.
Russian drone attacks have intensified against Kyiv, including increasingly sophisticated weapons capable of operating throughout the day rather than primarily at night. Russia recently struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service, while Ukraine continues long-range attacks against Russian energy and military infrastructure (Reuters, 2026h).
THE DANGEROUS MIDDLE GROUND
None of this means World War III has begun.
There has been no Article 5 invocation. NATO and Russian forces are not openly fighting each other. NATO says there is no imminent conventional attack.
But the old distinction between “war in Ukraine” and “peace in NATO Europe” is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.
If Germany’s attribution is correct, Russia attempted to conduct an explosive operation inside the territory of the world’s largest military alliance while carefully avoiding anything resembling a conventional invasion.
That is precisely what makes hybrid warfare dangerous.
The strategy depends upon uncertainty. Every attack forces governments to ask: Who actually did it? Can we prove it? Was it ordered by Moscow? How severe must the response be? At what point does sabotage become an armed attack?
Those questions create room for restraint.
They also create room for miscalculation.
Europe is not at war with Russia today.
But Germany is now saying something considerably more disturbing: Russia may already be conducting operations on NATO territory designed to remain just short of what everyone traditionally calls war.
That is not the same thing as peace.
References
Associated Press. (2026a, September 1). Germany blames Russia for last month’s attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport.
Associated Press. (2026b, September 2). Germany probes suspected sabotage after disruption at two power substations.
Reuters. (2026a, August 30). NATO sees no imminent threat of attack, official says.
Reuters. (2026b, September 1). Germany says Russia responsible for drone attack at Leipzig airport.
Reuters. (2026c, September 1). Russia calls Germany’s Leipzig drone attack claims false and an unprecedented escalation.
Reuters. (2026d, September 2). EU’s Kallas says Leipzig attack had hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism.
Reuters. (2026e, September 3). Britain summons Russian charge d’affaires over Leipzig airport attack.
Reuters. (2026f, September 5). NATO will not tolerate hybrid actions against members, U.S. envoy says.
Reuters. (2026g, September 5). Kremlin says Ukraine talks with U.S. envoys were useful; no sign of breakthrough.
Reuters. (2026h, September 4). Russian drone strikes Ukraine’s security service headquarters, escalating air war.
#EuropeanSecurity #Germany #hybridWarfare #NATO #russia #UkraineWar #WorldWarIII -
Germany Says Russia Brought the Shadow War Onto NATO Soil
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Sunday, September 6, 2026 — 1635 PHT
For years, NATO governments have warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine could eventually spill beyond Ukraine’s borders. This week, Germany effectively said that spillover has already happened—not through an invasion by tanks, but through an alleged covert attempt to carry explosives onto NATO territory using a drone.
The immediate danger is not that Russian armor is preparing to cross into Poland or Germany. NATO officials continue to say they see no imminent conventional attack against the alliance (Reuters, 2026a). The warning is more complicated: European governments increasingly believe Russia is conducting a campaign of sabotage, cyberwarfare, infrastructure attacks and other operations deliberately kept below the threshold that would clearly trigger NATO’s collective-defense provisions.
Germany now says one of those operations could have killed people at one of Europe’s most important cargo airports.
GERMANY POINTS DIRECTLY AT MOSCOW
On September 1, the German government formally accused Russia of responsibility for an attempted explosive-drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on August 4.
Authorities discovered a drone carrying explosives near a Ukrainian aircraft and defused the device before it detonated. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said investigators had concluded that Russian state agencies were behind the operation (Reuters, 2026b; Associated Press, 2026a).
Russia rejected the accusation, calling Germany’s claims false and politically motivated (Reuters, 2026c).
The location matters. Leipzig/Halle is a major European freight hub and plays a role in logistical support connected to Ukraine. An explosive attack there could have disrupted civilian aviation, military-related logistics and critical transportation infrastructure.
European Union foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas said the attempted attack contained the hallmarks of “state-sponsored terrorism.” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised greater pressure on Moscow, while Britain summoned Russia’s senior diplomatic representative to condemn the incident (Reuters, 2026d; Reuters, 2026e).
Germany is also closing a Russian consulate and pursuing additional European sanctions.
THE SABOTAGE QUESTION GETS BIGGER
The Leipzig incident did not occur in isolation.
German authorities are investigating separate attacks on electrical infrastructure in Brandenburg and near Cologne. Explosive or improvised devices were discovered around substations, and deliberate short circuits temporarily disrupted power generation. Investigators have not publicly established Russian responsibility for those incidents, and several possible motives remain under investigation (Associated Press, 2026b).
That distinction matters. Not every broken cable, damaged transformer or mysterious drone in Europe can simply be blamed on Moscow.
But European governments are increasingly treating critical infrastructure as a battlefield.
The United States has now publicly supported that position.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Saturday that the alliance cannot tolerate deliberate hybrid operations against member countries. He specifically differentiated the Leipzig case from Russian drones that have accidentally or unintentionally crossed NATO borders during attacks against Ukraine.
Whitaker said individual countries retain primary responsibility for responding to such incidents but added that Washington would support NATO members confronting hybrid attacks (Reuters, 2026f).
That is an important American statement. It tells Moscow that operations designed to stay technically below Article 5 may still produce coordinated NATO consequences.
WAR AND DIPLOMACY AT THE SAME TIME
Meanwhile, American representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent more than three hours meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on September 5.
The Kremlin described the talks as constructive and useful. There was no breakthrough.
Russia continues demanding that Ukraine surrender territory Moscow claims and abandon aspirations for NATO membership. Kyiv continues rejecting a settlement requiring the permanent surrender of occupied Ukrainian territory (Reuters, 2026g).
The battlefield has not become quieter while diplomats talk.
Russian drone attacks have intensified against Kyiv, including increasingly sophisticated weapons capable of operating throughout the day rather than primarily at night. Russia recently struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service, while Ukraine continues long-range attacks against Russian energy and military infrastructure (Reuters, 2026h).
THE DANGEROUS MIDDLE GROUND
None of this means World War III has begun.
There has been no Article 5 invocation. NATO and Russian forces are not openly fighting each other. NATO says there is no imminent conventional attack.
But the old distinction between “war in Ukraine” and “peace in NATO Europe” is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.
If Germany’s attribution is correct, Russia attempted to conduct an explosive operation inside the territory of the world’s largest military alliance while carefully avoiding anything resembling a conventional invasion.
That is precisely what makes hybrid warfare dangerous.
The strategy depends upon uncertainty. Every attack forces governments to ask: Who actually did it? Can we prove it? Was it ordered by Moscow? How severe must the response be? At what point does sabotage become an armed attack?
Those questions create room for restraint.
They also create room for miscalculation.
Europe is not at war with Russia today.
But Germany is now saying something considerably more disturbing: Russia may already be conducting operations on NATO territory designed to remain just short of what everyone traditionally calls war.
That is not the same thing as peace.
References
Associated Press. (2026a, September 1). Germany blames Russia for last month’s attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport.
Associated Press. (2026b, September 2). Germany probes suspected sabotage after disruption at two power substations.
Reuters. (2026a, August 30). NATO sees no imminent threat of attack, official says.
Reuters. (2026b, September 1). Germany says Russia responsible for drone attack at Leipzig airport.
Reuters. (2026c, September 1). Russia calls Germany’s Leipzig drone attack claims false and an unprecedented escalation.
Reuters. (2026d, September 2). EU’s Kallas says Leipzig attack had hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism.
Reuters. (2026e, September 3). Britain summons Russian charge d’affaires over Leipzig airport attack.
Reuters. (2026f, September 5). NATO will not tolerate hybrid actions against members, U.S. envoy says.
Reuters. (2026g, September 5). Kremlin says Ukraine talks with U.S. envoys were useful; no sign of breakthrough.
Reuters. (2026h, September 4). Russian drone strikes Ukraine’s security service headquarters, escalating air war.
#EuropeanSecurity #Germany #hybridWarfare #NATO #russia #UkraineWar #WorldWarIII -
Germany Says Russia Brought the Shadow War Onto NATO Soil
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Sunday, September 6, 2026 — 1635 PHT
For years, NATO governments have warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine could eventually spill beyond Ukraine’s borders. This week, Germany effectively said that spillover has already happened—not through an invasion by tanks, but through an alleged covert attempt to carry explosives onto NATO territory using a drone.
The immediate danger is not that Russian armor is preparing to cross into Poland or Germany. NATO officials continue to say they see no imminent conventional attack against the alliance (Reuters, 2026a). The warning is more complicated: European governments increasingly believe Russia is conducting a campaign of sabotage, cyberwarfare, infrastructure attacks and other operations deliberately kept below the threshold that would clearly trigger NATO’s collective-defense provisions.
Germany now says one of those operations could have killed people at one of Europe’s most important cargo airports.
GERMANY POINTS DIRECTLY AT MOSCOW
On September 1, the German government formally accused Russia of responsibility for an attempted explosive-drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on August 4.
Authorities discovered a drone carrying explosives near a Ukrainian aircraft and defused the device before it detonated. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said investigators had concluded that Russian state agencies were behind the operation (Reuters, 2026b; Associated Press, 2026a).
Russia rejected the accusation, calling Germany’s claims false and politically motivated (Reuters, 2026c).
The location matters. Leipzig/Halle is a major European freight hub and plays a role in logistical support connected to Ukraine. An explosive attack there could have disrupted civilian aviation, military-related logistics and critical transportation infrastructure.
European Union foreign-policy chief Kaja Kallas said the attempted attack contained the hallmarks of “state-sponsored terrorism.” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised greater pressure on Moscow, while Britain summoned Russia’s senior diplomatic representative to condemn the incident (Reuters, 2026d; Reuters, 2026e).
Germany is also closing a Russian consulate and pursuing additional European sanctions.
THE SABOTAGE QUESTION GETS BIGGER
The Leipzig incident did not occur in isolation.
German authorities are investigating separate attacks on electrical infrastructure in Brandenburg and near Cologne. Explosive or improvised devices were discovered around substations, and deliberate short circuits temporarily disrupted power generation. Investigators have not publicly established Russian responsibility for those incidents, and several possible motives remain under investigation (Associated Press, 2026b).
That distinction matters. Not every broken cable, damaged transformer or mysterious drone in Europe can simply be blamed on Moscow.
But European governments are increasingly treating critical infrastructure as a battlefield.
The United States has now publicly supported that position.
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Saturday that the alliance cannot tolerate deliberate hybrid operations against member countries. He specifically differentiated the Leipzig case from Russian drones that have accidentally or unintentionally crossed NATO borders during attacks against Ukraine.
Whitaker said individual countries retain primary responsibility for responding to such incidents but added that Washington would support NATO members confronting hybrid attacks (Reuters, 2026f).
That is an important American statement. It tells Moscow that operations designed to stay technically below Article 5 may still produce coordinated NATO consequences.
WAR AND DIPLOMACY AT THE SAME TIME
Meanwhile, American representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent more than three hours meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on September 5.
The Kremlin described the talks as constructive and useful. There was no breakthrough.
Russia continues demanding that Ukraine surrender territory Moscow claims and abandon aspirations for NATO membership. Kyiv continues rejecting a settlement requiring the permanent surrender of occupied Ukrainian territory (Reuters, 2026g).
The battlefield has not become quieter while diplomats talk.
Russian drone attacks have intensified against Kyiv, including increasingly sophisticated weapons capable of operating throughout the day rather than primarily at night. Russia recently struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service, while Ukraine continues long-range attacks against Russian energy and military infrastructure (Reuters, 2026h).
THE DANGEROUS MIDDLE GROUND
None of this means World War III has begun.
There has been no Article 5 invocation. NATO and Russian forces are not openly fighting each other. NATO says there is no imminent conventional attack.
But the old distinction between “war in Ukraine” and “peace in NATO Europe” is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.
If Germany’s attribution is correct, Russia attempted to conduct an explosive operation inside the territory of the world’s largest military alliance while carefully avoiding anything resembling a conventional invasion.
That is precisely what makes hybrid warfare dangerous.
The strategy depends upon uncertainty. Every attack forces governments to ask: Who actually did it? Can we prove it? Was it ordered by Moscow? How severe must the response be? At what point does sabotage become an armed attack?
Those questions create room for restraint.
They also create room for miscalculation.
Europe is not at war with Russia today.
But Germany is now saying something considerably more disturbing: Russia may already be conducting operations on NATO territory designed to remain just short of what everyone traditionally calls war.
That is not the same thing as peace.
References
Associated Press. (2026a, September 1). Germany blames Russia for last month’s attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport.
Associated Press. (2026b, September 2). Germany probes suspected sabotage after disruption at two power substations.
Reuters. (2026a, August 30). NATO sees no imminent threat of attack, official says.
Reuters. (2026b, September 1). Germany says Russia responsible for drone attack at Leipzig airport.
Reuters. (2026c, September 1). Russia calls Germany’s Leipzig drone attack claims false and an unprecedented escalation.
Reuters. (2026d, September 2). EU’s Kallas says Leipzig attack had hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism.
Reuters. (2026e, September 3). Britain summons Russian charge d’affaires over Leipzig airport attack.
Reuters. (2026f, September 5). NATO will not tolerate hybrid actions against members, U.S. envoy says.
Reuters. (2026g, September 5). Kremlin says Ukraine talks with U.S. envoys were useful; no sign of breakthrough.
Reuters. (2026h, September 4). Russian drone strikes Ukraine’s security service headquarters, escalating air war.
#EuropeanSecurity #Germany #hybridWarfare #NATO #russia #UkraineWar #WorldWarIII -
NATO Is Quietly Preparing for Something It Hopes Never Happens
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Saturday, August 29, 2026
Something uncomfortable is happening around NATO’s eastern frontier, and it deserves considerably more attention than it is receiving.
No Russian tanks have crossed a NATO border. Article 5 has not been invoked. NATO and Russia are not exchanging fire. But intelligence warnings, Russian threats, European military preparations and changes in American defense policy are accumulating simultaneously.
That combination should concern everyone.
THE CIA WENT TO MOSCOW
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow this week for discussions with Russian intelligence officials. President Donald Trump subsequently dismissed fears that Russia might attack NATO, saying of Vladimir Putin, “He’s not going to attack a NATO territory” (Reuters, 2026a).
Reuters, however, reported that Ratcliffe specifically raised concerns about the possibility of Russian operations against a NATO member. U.S. and European intelligence officials are monitoring potential Russian covert activity, including a possible false-flag scenario involving a captured Ukrainian drone being used to make an attack in eastern or northeastern Europe appear Ukrainian (Reuters, 2026a).
That does not mean such an operation has been ordered. Intelligence warnings describe possibilities, not certainties.
It does mean Western governments consider the possibility serious enough to discuss directly with Moscow.
RUSSIA THREATENS BRITAIN
At the same time, Moscow has explicitly warned that British military facilities could become targets if Ukraine continues using British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles against Russian territory.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned Britain of potentially “catastrophic consequences,” while London reaffirmed its support for Ukraine (Reuters, 2026b).
Britain is a nuclear-armed NATO member.
Threatening British military installations is therefore something fundamentally different from routine Russian complaints about Western weapons deliveries. It introduces the possibility—however remote—of Russia directly striking the forces of an alliance obligated to defend its members collectively.
EUROPE IS BUILDING DEFENSES
Eight NATO nations bordering the Baltic Sea are now preparing a joint drone-defense task force designed to improve rapid intelligence sharing and counter sabotage, drones and attacks against infrastructure.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the hybrid threat as persistent and warned that it could intensify during the coming months (Reuters, 2026c).
Europe is not behaving as though war is inevitable.
It is behaving as though complacency is no longer acceptable.
THE AMERICAN QUESTION
The Pentagon is simultaneously reviewing the approximately 80,000 American troops stationed in Europe while pressing Europeans to assume primary responsibility for the continent’s conventional defense (Reuters, 2026d). At least four force-posture options are expected to reach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by November 6 (Reuters, 2026e).
Meanwhile, American Patriot interceptor stocks in Europe have reportedly fallen to levels some U.S. officials described as “beyond critical,” partly because weapons have been redirected toward the Middle East. NATO disputes that its defenses are inadequate (Associated Press, 2026).
None of this means World War III begins tomorrow.
It means the margin for error is becoming disturbingly thin.
Russia is threatening NATO members. Western intelligence agencies are watching for covert Russian operations. Europe is strengthening defenses against hybrid warfare while questioning how much American military power will remain available.
Nobody appears to want a NATO-Russia war.
History repeatedly demonstrates that wanting to avoid a war does not guarantee that governments will successfully avoid one.
References
Associated Press. (2026, August 28). U.S. faces critical shortage of Patriot missiles in Europe, officials say.
Reuters. (2026a, August 27). Trump says Putin will not attack NATO territory, downplays Ratcliffe trip.
Reuters. (2026b, August 27). Russia says it could strike UK military targets in response to Kyiv’s use of British missiles.
Reuters. (2026c, August 28). Baltic Sea nations plan drone defence task force, Germany says.
Reuters. (2026d, August 27). Pentagon policy chief tells NATO allies U.S. wants European-led defense of continent.
Reuters. (2026e, August 27). Pentagon’s NATO review preparing troop options for Hegseth by November 6.
#DonaldTrump #EuropeanSecurity #NATO #Politics #russia #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UnitedStates #War #WorldWarIII -
NATO Is Quietly Preparing for Something It Hopes Never Happens
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Saturday, August 29, 2026
Something uncomfortable is happening around NATO’s eastern frontier, and it deserves considerably more attention than it is receiving.
No Russian tanks have crossed a NATO border. Article 5 has not been invoked. NATO and Russia are not exchanging fire. But intelligence warnings, Russian threats, European military preparations and changes in American defense policy are accumulating simultaneously.
That combination should concern everyone.
THE CIA WENT TO MOSCOW
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow this week for discussions with Russian intelligence officials. President Donald Trump subsequently dismissed fears that Russia might attack NATO, saying of Vladimir Putin, “He’s not going to attack a NATO territory” (Reuters, 2026a).
Reuters, however, reported that Ratcliffe specifically raised concerns about the possibility of Russian operations against a NATO member. U.S. and European intelligence officials are monitoring potential Russian covert activity, including a possible false-flag scenario involving a captured Ukrainian drone being used to make an attack in eastern or northeastern Europe appear Ukrainian (Reuters, 2026a).
That does not mean such an operation has been ordered. Intelligence warnings describe possibilities, not certainties.
It does mean Western governments consider the possibility serious enough to discuss directly with Moscow.
RUSSIA THREATENS BRITAIN
At the same time, Moscow has explicitly warned that British military facilities could become targets if Ukraine continues using British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles against Russian territory.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned Britain of potentially “catastrophic consequences,” while London reaffirmed its support for Ukraine (Reuters, 2026b).
Britain is a nuclear-armed NATO member.
Threatening British military installations is therefore something fundamentally different from routine Russian complaints about Western weapons deliveries. It introduces the possibility—however remote—of Russia directly striking the forces of an alliance obligated to defend its members collectively.
EUROPE IS BUILDING DEFENSES
Eight NATO nations bordering the Baltic Sea are now preparing a joint drone-defense task force designed to improve rapid intelligence sharing and counter sabotage, drones and attacks against infrastructure.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the hybrid threat as persistent and warned that it could intensify during the coming months (Reuters, 2026c).
Europe is not behaving as though war is inevitable.
It is behaving as though complacency is no longer acceptable.
THE AMERICAN QUESTION
The Pentagon is simultaneously reviewing the approximately 80,000 American troops stationed in Europe while pressing Europeans to assume primary responsibility for the continent’s conventional defense (Reuters, 2026d). At least four force-posture options are expected to reach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by November 6 (Reuters, 2026e).
Meanwhile, American Patriot interceptor stocks in Europe have reportedly fallen to levels some U.S. officials described as “beyond critical,” partly because weapons have been redirected toward the Middle East. NATO disputes that its defenses are inadequate (Associated Press, 2026).
None of this means World War III begins tomorrow.
It means the margin for error is becoming disturbingly thin.
Russia is threatening NATO members. Western intelligence agencies are watching for covert Russian operations. Europe is strengthening defenses against hybrid warfare while questioning how much American military power will remain available.
Nobody appears to want a NATO-Russia war.
History repeatedly demonstrates that wanting to avoid a war does not guarantee that governments will successfully avoid one.
References
Associated Press. (2026, August 28). U.S. faces critical shortage of Patriot missiles in Europe, officials say.
Reuters. (2026a, August 27). Trump says Putin will not attack NATO territory, downplays Ratcliffe trip.
Reuters. (2026b, August 27). Russia says it could strike UK military targets in response to Kyiv’s use of British missiles.
Reuters. (2026c, August 28). Baltic Sea nations plan drone defence task force, Germany says.
Reuters. (2026d, August 27). Pentagon policy chief tells NATO allies U.S. wants European-led defense of continent.
Reuters. (2026e, August 27). Pentagon’s NATO review preparing troop options for Hegseth by November 6.
#DonaldTrump #EuropeanSecurity #NATO #Politics #russia #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UnitedStates #War #WorldWarIII -
NATO Is Quietly Preparing for Something It Hopes Never Happens
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Saturday, August 29, 2026
Something uncomfortable is happening around NATO’s eastern frontier, and it deserves considerably more attention than it is receiving.
No Russian tanks have crossed a NATO border. Article 5 has not been invoked. NATO and Russia are not exchanging fire. But intelligence warnings, Russian threats, European military preparations and changes in American defense policy are accumulating simultaneously.
That combination should concern everyone.
THE CIA WENT TO MOSCOW
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow this week for discussions with Russian intelligence officials. President Donald Trump subsequently dismissed fears that Russia might attack NATO, saying of Vladimir Putin, “He’s not going to attack a NATO territory” (Reuters, 2026a).
Reuters, however, reported that Ratcliffe specifically raised concerns about the possibility of Russian operations against a NATO member. U.S. and European intelligence officials are monitoring potential Russian covert activity, including a possible false-flag scenario involving a captured Ukrainian drone being used to make an attack in eastern or northeastern Europe appear Ukrainian (Reuters, 2026a).
That does not mean such an operation has been ordered. Intelligence warnings describe possibilities, not certainties.
It does mean Western governments consider the possibility serious enough to discuss directly with Moscow.
RUSSIA THREATENS BRITAIN
At the same time, Moscow has explicitly warned that British military facilities could become targets if Ukraine continues using British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles against Russian territory.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned Britain of potentially “catastrophic consequences,” while London reaffirmed its support for Ukraine (Reuters, 2026b).
Britain is a nuclear-armed NATO member.
Threatening British military installations is therefore something fundamentally different from routine Russian complaints about Western weapons deliveries. It introduces the possibility—however remote—of Russia directly striking the forces of an alliance obligated to defend its members collectively.
EUROPE IS BUILDING DEFENSES
Eight NATO nations bordering the Baltic Sea are now preparing a joint drone-defense task force designed to improve rapid intelligence sharing and counter sabotage, drones and attacks against infrastructure.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the hybrid threat as persistent and warned that it could intensify during the coming months (Reuters, 2026c).
Europe is not behaving as though war is inevitable.
It is behaving as though complacency is no longer acceptable.
THE AMERICAN QUESTION
The Pentagon is simultaneously reviewing the approximately 80,000 American troops stationed in Europe while pressing Europeans to assume primary responsibility for the continent’s conventional defense (Reuters, 2026d). At least four force-posture options are expected to reach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by November 6 (Reuters, 2026e).
Meanwhile, American Patriot interceptor stocks in Europe have reportedly fallen to levels some U.S. officials described as “beyond critical,” partly because weapons have been redirected toward the Middle East. NATO disputes that its defenses are inadequate (Associated Press, 2026).
None of this means World War III begins tomorrow.
It means the margin for error is becoming disturbingly thin.
Russia is threatening NATO members. Western intelligence agencies are watching for covert Russian operations. Europe is strengthening defenses against hybrid warfare while questioning how much American military power will remain available.
Nobody appears to want a NATO-Russia war.
History repeatedly demonstrates that wanting to avoid a war does not guarantee that governments will successfully avoid one.
References
Associated Press. (2026, August 28). U.S. faces critical shortage of Patriot missiles in Europe, officials say.
Reuters. (2026a, August 27). Trump says Putin will not attack NATO territory, downplays Ratcliffe trip.
Reuters. (2026b, August 27). Russia says it could strike UK military targets in response to Kyiv’s use of British missiles.
Reuters. (2026c, August 28). Baltic Sea nations plan drone defence task force, Germany says.
Reuters. (2026d, August 27). Pentagon policy chief tells NATO allies U.S. wants European-led defense of continent.
Reuters. (2026e, August 27). Pentagon’s NATO review preparing troop options for Hegseth by November 6.
#DonaldTrump #EuropeanSecurity #NATO #Politics #russia #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UnitedStates #War #WorldWarIII -
NATO Is Quietly Preparing for Something It Hopes Never Happens
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Saturday, August 29, 2026
Something uncomfortable is happening around NATO’s eastern frontier, and it deserves considerably more attention than it is receiving.
No Russian tanks have crossed a NATO border. Article 5 has not been invoked. NATO and Russia are not exchanging fire. But intelligence warnings, Russian threats, European military preparations and changes in American defense policy are accumulating simultaneously.
That combination should concern everyone.
THE CIA WENT TO MOSCOW
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow this week for discussions with Russian intelligence officials. President Donald Trump subsequently dismissed fears that Russia might attack NATO, saying of Vladimir Putin, “He’s not going to attack a NATO territory” (Reuters, 2026a).
Reuters, however, reported that Ratcliffe specifically raised concerns about the possibility of Russian operations against a NATO member. U.S. and European intelligence officials are monitoring potential Russian covert activity, including a possible false-flag scenario involving a captured Ukrainian drone being used to make an attack in eastern or northeastern Europe appear Ukrainian (Reuters, 2026a).
That does not mean such an operation has been ordered. Intelligence warnings describe possibilities, not certainties.
It does mean Western governments consider the possibility serious enough to discuss directly with Moscow.
RUSSIA THREATENS BRITAIN
At the same time, Moscow has explicitly warned that British military facilities could become targets if Ukraine continues using British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles against Russian territory.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned Britain of potentially “catastrophic consequences,” while London reaffirmed its support for Ukraine (Reuters, 2026b).
Britain is a nuclear-armed NATO member.
Threatening British military installations is therefore something fundamentally different from routine Russian complaints about Western weapons deliveries. It introduces the possibility—however remote—of Russia directly striking the forces of an alliance obligated to defend its members collectively.
EUROPE IS BUILDING DEFENSES
Eight NATO nations bordering the Baltic Sea are now preparing a joint drone-defense task force designed to improve rapid intelligence sharing and counter sabotage, drones and attacks against infrastructure.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the hybrid threat as persistent and warned that it could intensify during the coming months (Reuters, 2026c).
Europe is not behaving as though war is inevitable.
It is behaving as though complacency is no longer acceptable.
THE AMERICAN QUESTION
The Pentagon is simultaneously reviewing the approximately 80,000 American troops stationed in Europe while pressing Europeans to assume primary responsibility for the continent’s conventional defense (Reuters, 2026d). At least four force-posture options are expected to reach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by November 6 (Reuters, 2026e).
Meanwhile, American Patriot interceptor stocks in Europe have reportedly fallen to levels some U.S. officials described as “beyond critical,” partly because weapons have been redirected toward the Middle East. NATO disputes that its defenses are inadequate (Associated Press, 2026).
None of this means World War III begins tomorrow.
It means the margin for error is becoming disturbingly thin.
Russia is threatening NATO members. Western intelligence agencies are watching for covert Russian operations. Europe is strengthening defenses against hybrid warfare while questioning how much American military power will remain available.
Nobody appears to want a NATO-Russia war.
History repeatedly demonstrates that wanting to avoid a war does not guarantee that governments will successfully avoid one.
References
Associated Press. (2026, August 28). U.S. faces critical shortage of Patriot missiles in Europe, officials say.
Reuters. (2026a, August 27). Trump says Putin will not attack NATO territory, downplays Ratcliffe trip.
Reuters. (2026b, August 27). Russia says it could strike UK military targets in response to Kyiv’s use of British missiles.
Reuters. (2026c, August 28). Baltic Sea nations plan drone defence task force, Germany says.
Reuters. (2026d, August 27). Pentagon policy chief tells NATO allies U.S. wants European-led defense of continent.
Reuters. (2026e, August 27). Pentagon’s NATO review preparing troop options for Hegseth by November 6.
#DonaldTrump #EuropeanSecurity #NATO #russia #UkraineWar #UnitedStates #WorldWarIII -
NATO Is Quietly Preparing for Something It Hopes Never Happens
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Saturday, August 29, 2026
Something uncomfortable is happening around NATO’s eastern frontier, and it deserves considerably more attention than it is receiving.
No Russian tanks have crossed a NATO border. Article 5 has not been invoked. NATO and Russia are not exchanging fire. But intelligence warnings, Russian threats, European military preparations and changes in American defense policy are accumulating simultaneously.
That combination should concern everyone.
THE CIA WENT TO MOSCOW
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow this week for discussions with Russian intelligence officials. President Donald Trump subsequently dismissed fears that Russia might attack NATO, saying of Vladimir Putin, “He’s not going to attack a NATO territory” (Reuters, 2026a).
Reuters, however, reported that Ratcliffe specifically raised concerns about the possibility of Russian operations against a NATO member. U.S. and European intelligence officials are monitoring potential Russian covert activity, including a possible false-flag scenario involving a captured Ukrainian drone being used to make an attack in eastern or northeastern Europe appear Ukrainian (Reuters, 2026a).
That does not mean such an operation has been ordered. Intelligence warnings describe possibilities, not certainties.
It does mean Western governments consider the possibility serious enough to discuss directly with Moscow.
RUSSIA THREATENS BRITAIN
At the same time, Moscow has explicitly warned that British military facilities could become targets if Ukraine continues using British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles against Russian territory.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned Britain of potentially “catastrophic consequences,” while London reaffirmed its support for Ukraine (Reuters, 2026b).
Britain is a nuclear-armed NATO member.
Threatening British military installations is therefore something fundamentally different from routine Russian complaints about Western weapons deliveries. It introduces the possibility—however remote—of Russia directly striking the forces of an alliance obligated to defend its members collectively.
EUROPE IS BUILDING DEFENSES
Eight NATO nations bordering the Baltic Sea are now preparing a joint drone-defense task force designed to improve rapid intelligence sharing and counter sabotage, drones and attacks against infrastructure.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the hybrid threat as persistent and warned that it could intensify during the coming months (Reuters, 2026c).
Europe is not behaving as though war is inevitable.
It is behaving as though complacency is no longer acceptable.
THE AMERICAN QUESTION
The Pentagon is simultaneously reviewing the approximately 80,000 American troops stationed in Europe while pressing Europeans to assume primary responsibility for the continent’s conventional defense (Reuters, 2026d). At least four force-posture options are expected to reach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by November 6 (Reuters, 2026e).
Meanwhile, American Patriot interceptor stocks in Europe have reportedly fallen to levels some U.S. officials described as “beyond critical,” partly because weapons have been redirected toward the Middle East. NATO disputes that its defenses are inadequate (Associated Press, 2026).
None of this means World War III begins tomorrow.
It means the margin for error is becoming disturbingly thin.
Russia is threatening NATO members. Western intelligence agencies are watching for covert Russian operations. Europe is strengthening defenses against hybrid warfare while questioning how much American military power will remain available.
Nobody appears to want a NATO-Russia war.
History repeatedly demonstrates that wanting to avoid a war does not guarantee that governments will successfully avoid one.
References
Associated Press. (2026, August 28). U.S. faces critical shortage of Patriot missiles in Europe, officials say.
Reuters. (2026a, August 27). Trump says Putin will not attack NATO territory, downplays Ratcliffe trip.
Reuters. (2026b, August 27). Russia says it could strike UK military targets in response to Kyiv’s use of British missiles.
Reuters. (2026c, August 28). Baltic Sea nations plan drone defence task force, Germany says.
Reuters. (2026d, August 27). Pentagon policy chief tells NATO allies U.S. wants European-led defense of continent.
Reuters. (2026e, August 27). Pentagon’s NATO review preparing troop options for Hegseth by November 6.
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/235053/ ‘You’re Dreaming, Mr Trump’: Tehran Says American Control Over Hormuz Could Trigger World War III #DonaldTrumpIran #Iran #IranUSTensions #IranWorldWar3Warning #StraitOfHormuz #Tehran #WorldWar3 #WorldWarIII
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Is China Going In For The Kill?
As Trump’s war escalates, it is looking more and more like we’re getting set up for World War III 😳😱🤬
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/is-china-going-in-for-the-kill
#Trump #iran #ww3 #wwiii #WorldWarIII #china -
Is China Going In For The Kill?
As Trump’s war escalates, it is looking more and more like we’re getting set up for World War III 😳😱🤬
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/is-china-going-in-for-the-kill
#Trump #iran #ww3 #wwiii #WorldWarIII #china -
Is China Going In For The Kill?
As Trump’s war escalates, it is looking more and more like we’re getting set up for World War III 😳😱🤬
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/is-china-going-in-for-the-kill
#Trump #iran #ww3 #wwiii #WorldWarIII #china -
Is China Going In For The Kill?
As Trump’s war escalates, it is looking more and more like we’re getting set up for World War III 😳😱🤬
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/is-china-going-in-for-the-kill
#Trump #iran #ww3 #wwiii #WorldWarIII #china -
Is China Going In For The Kill?
As Trump’s war escalates, it is looking more and more like we’re getting set up for World War III 😳😱🤬
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/is-china-going-in-for-the-kill
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WORLD BEAT: Romania Shoots Down Two Drones as Ukraine War Breaches NATO Airspace
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Sunday, July 26, 2026 — 1035 PHT
The war in Ukraine crossed another dangerous threshold after Romanian fighter aircraft shot down two drones that entered NATO airspace on consecutive days.
Romania is not declaring war on Russia. NATO has not invoked Article 5, and there has been no public announcement of emergency consultations under Article 4. Nevertheless, the incidents mark a serious escalation: NATO-controlled aircraft have now fired missiles at drones entering the territory of an alliance member.
A BORDER BECOMES A BATTLESPACE
On Friday, July 24, Romanian and Italian fighters operating through NATO’s air-policing system were scrambled after an unidentified drone entered Romanian airspace. A Romanian F-16 destroyed the aircraft with an air-to-air missile over an unpopulated area near Padina, northeast of Bucharest.
Romanian President Nicușor Dan confirmed that the drone was “shot down by a Romanian pilot from an F-16 aircraft.” Romanian prosecutors later determined from the recovered wreckage that the drone was Russian. Pilots had initially described it as resembling the Iranian-designed Shahed drones used extensively by Russia against Ukraine (Ilie, 2026).
The following morning, Romanian radar detected another unauthorized drone crossing the border near the Danube Delta. An F-16 shot it down approximately 10 kilometers west of Sfântu Gheorghe. The origin of the second drone had not been officially confirmed as of Sunday morning (Associated Press, 2026).
Romania has experienced dozens of airspace violations since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Until now, Romanian forces generally tracked the drones, scrambled aircraft and searched for wreckage after they crashed or returned to Ukrainian airspace.
That policy has clearly changed.
NATO Air Command confirmed that allied aircraft operating under NATO command and control conducted the first interception. This was not an isolated Romanian pilot taking matters into his own hands. It was a coordinated NATO air-defense operation.
DEFENSE, NOT ARTICLE 5
Shooting down an intruding drone is an act of territorial defense. It does not automatically trigger Article 5 or place NATO at war with Russia.
Intent remains critical. A drone deliberately sent against a Romanian military installation would be treated differently from one knocked off course by electronic warfare, mechanical failure or navigation errors during an attack on Ukraine.
The problem is that repeated incursions make the accidental explanation increasingly difficult to accept.
In May, a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galați, Romania, injuring two civilians. Ukrainian and Russian maritime drones have also created hazards around Romanian Black Sea ports. Each incident increases the likelihood that the next mistake will kill more people—or that NATO pilots will eventually face a manned Russian aircraft rather than an unmanned drone.
WASHINGTON TALKS WHILE THE WAR SPREADS
The Kremlin says it will wait for new peace proposals from the Trump administration, even as the United States continues supplying weapons to Ukraine. Waiting for proposals, however, is not the same as accepting a ceasefire or reducing military operations (Reuters, 2026).
Russia continues striking Ukrainian cities, and Ukraine continues attacking Russian military, logistical and energy targets. Diplomatic language has not slowed the battlefield.
The Romanian interceptions do not mean World War III has begun. They do mean NATO’s border is no longer merely beside the war.
For two consecutive days, it became part of it.
References
Associated Press. (2026, July 25). Russian attack kills three in Ukraine’s Sumy region as Romania downs second drone in two days.
Ilie, L. (2026, July 24). Romania shoots down drone in airspace incursion for first time. Reuters.
Reuters. (2026, July 24). Russia says it will wait for new Trump proposals on ending Ukraine war.
Reuters. (2026, July 25). Romania says it shot down second drone breaching its airspace.
This essay is written by Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief of WPS News. WPS News has been active in one form or another on the internet since 1998; for more information, visit https://cliffpotts.org.
If this work helps you understand what’s happening, help me keep it going: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WPSNews.
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WORLD BEAT: Romania Shoots Down Two Drones as Ukraine War Breaches NATO Airspace
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Sunday, July 26, 2026 — 1035 PHT
The war in Ukraine crossed another dangerous threshold after Romanian fighter aircraft shot down two drones that entered NATO airspace on consecutive days.
Romania is not declaring war on Russia. NATO has not invoked Article 5, and there has been no public announcement of emergency consultations under Article 4. Nevertheless, the incidents mark a serious escalation: NATO-controlled aircraft have now fired missiles at drones entering the territory of an alliance member.
A BORDER BECOMES A BATTLESPACE
On Friday, July 24, Romanian and Italian fighters operating through NATO’s air-policing system were scrambled after an unidentified drone entered Romanian airspace. A Romanian F-16 destroyed the aircraft with an air-to-air missile over an unpopulated area near Padina, northeast of Bucharest.
Romanian President Nicușor Dan confirmed that the drone was “shot down by a Romanian pilot from an F-16 aircraft.” Romanian prosecutors later determined from the recovered wreckage that the drone was Russian. Pilots had initially described it as resembling the Iranian-designed Shahed drones used extensively by Russia against Ukraine (Ilie, 2026).
The following morning, Romanian radar detected another unauthorized drone crossing the border near the Danube Delta. An F-16 shot it down approximately 10 kilometers west of Sfântu Gheorghe. The origin of the second drone had not been officially confirmed as of Sunday morning (Associated Press, 2026).
Romania has experienced dozens of airspace violations since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Until now, Romanian forces generally tracked the drones, scrambled aircraft and searched for wreckage after they crashed or returned to Ukrainian airspace.
That policy has clearly changed.
NATO Air Command confirmed that allied aircraft operating under NATO command and control conducted the first interception. This was not an isolated Romanian pilot taking matters into his own hands. It was a coordinated NATO air-defense operation.
DEFENSE, NOT ARTICLE 5
Shooting down an intruding drone is an act of territorial defense. It does not automatically trigger Article 5 or place NATO at war with Russia.
Intent remains critical. A drone deliberately sent against a Romanian military installation would be treated differently from one knocked off course by electronic warfare, mechanical failure or navigation errors during an attack on Ukraine.
The problem is that repeated incursions make the accidental explanation increasingly difficult to accept.
In May, a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galați, Romania, injuring two civilians. Ukrainian and Russian maritime drones have also created hazards around Romanian Black Sea ports. Each incident increases the likelihood that the next mistake will kill more people—or that NATO pilots will eventually face a manned Russian aircraft rather than an unmanned drone.
WASHINGTON TALKS WHILE THE WAR SPREADS
The Kremlin says it will wait for new peace proposals from the Trump administration, even as the United States continues supplying weapons to Ukraine. Waiting for proposals, however, is not the same as accepting a ceasefire or reducing military operations (Reuters, 2026).
Russia continues striking Ukrainian cities, and Ukraine continues attacking Russian military, logistical and energy targets. Diplomatic language has not slowed the battlefield.
The Romanian interceptions do not mean World War III has begun. They do mean NATO’s border is no longer merely beside the war.
For two consecutive days, it became part of it.
References
Associated Press. (2026, July 25). Russian attack kills three in Ukraine’s Sumy region as Romania downs second drone in two days.
Ilie, L. (2026, July 24). Romania shoots down drone in airspace incursion for first time. Reuters.
Reuters. (2026, July 24). Russia says it will wait for new Trump proposals on ending Ukraine war.
Reuters. (2026, July 25). Romania says it shot down second drone breaching its airspace.
This essay is written by Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief of WPS News. WPS News has been active in one form or another on the internet since 1998; for more information, visit https://cliffpotts.org.
If this work helps you understand what’s happening, help me keep it going: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WPSNews.
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WORLD BEAT: Romania Shoots Down Two Drones as Ukraine War Breaches NATO Airspace
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Sunday, July 26, 2026 — 1035 PHT
The war in Ukraine crossed another dangerous threshold after Romanian fighter aircraft shot down two drones that entered NATO airspace on consecutive days.
Romania is not declaring war on Russia. NATO has not invoked Article 5, and there has been no public announcement of emergency consultations under Article 4. Nevertheless, the incidents mark a serious escalation: NATO-controlled aircraft have now fired missiles at drones entering the territory of an alliance member.
A BORDER BECOMES A BATTLESPACE
On Friday, July 24, Romanian and Italian fighters operating through NATO’s air-policing system were scrambled after an unidentified drone entered Romanian airspace. A Romanian F-16 destroyed the aircraft with an air-to-air missile over an unpopulated area near Padina, northeast of Bucharest.
Romanian President Nicușor Dan confirmed that the drone was “shot down by a Romanian pilot from an F-16 aircraft.” Romanian prosecutors later determined from the recovered wreckage that the drone was Russian. Pilots had initially described it as resembling the Iranian-designed Shahed drones used extensively by Russia against Ukraine (Ilie, 2026).
The following morning, Romanian radar detected another unauthorized drone crossing the border near the Danube Delta. An F-16 shot it down approximately 10 kilometers west of Sfântu Gheorghe. The origin of the second drone had not been officially confirmed as of Sunday morning (Associated Press, 2026).
Romania has experienced dozens of airspace violations since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Until now, Romanian forces generally tracked the drones, scrambled aircraft and searched for wreckage after they crashed or returned to Ukrainian airspace.
That policy has clearly changed.
NATO Air Command confirmed that allied aircraft operating under NATO command and control conducted the first interception. This was not an isolated Romanian pilot taking matters into his own hands. It was a coordinated NATO air-defense operation.
DEFENSE, NOT ARTICLE 5
Shooting down an intruding drone is an act of territorial defense. It does not automatically trigger Article 5 or place NATO at war with Russia.
Intent remains critical. A drone deliberately sent against a Romanian military installation would be treated differently from one knocked off course by electronic warfare, mechanical failure or navigation errors during an attack on Ukraine.
The problem is that repeated incursions make the accidental explanation increasingly difficult to accept.
In May, a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galați, Romania, injuring two civilians. Ukrainian and Russian maritime drones have also created hazards around Romanian Black Sea ports. Each incident increases the likelihood that the next mistake will kill more people—or that NATO pilots will eventually face a manned Russian aircraft rather than an unmanned drone.
WASHINGTON TALKS WHILE THE WAR SPREADS
The Kremlin says it will wait for new peace proposals from the Trump administration, even as the United States continues supplying weapons to Ukraine. Waiting for proposals, however, is not the same as accepting a ceasefire or reducing military operations (Reuters, 2026).
Russia continues striking Ukrainian cities, and Ukraine continues attacking Russian military, logistical and energy targets. Diplomatic language has not slowed the battlefield.
The Romanian interceptions do not mean World War III has begun. They do mean NATO’s border is no longer merely beside the war.
For two consecutive days, it became part of it.
References
Associated Press. (2026, July 25). Russian attack kills three in Ukraine’s Sumy region as Romania downs second drone in two days.
Ilie, L. (2026, July 24). Romania shoots down drone in airspace incursion for first time. Reuters.
Reuters. (2026, July 24). Russia says it will wait for new Trump proposals on ending Ukraine war.
Reuters. (2026, July 25). Romania says it shot down second drone breaching its airspace.
This essay is written by Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief of WPS News. WPS News has been active in one form or another on the internet since 1998; for more information, visit https://cliffpotts.org.
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WORLD BEAT: Romania Shoots Down Two Drones as Ukraine War Breaches NATO Airspace
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Sunday, July 26, 2026 — 1035 PHT
The war in Ukraine crossed another dangerous threshold after Romanian fighter aircraft shot down two drones that entered NATO airspace on consecutive days.
Romania is not declaring war on Russia. NATO has not invoked Article 5, and there has been no public announcement of emergency consultations under Article 4. Nevertheless, the incidents mark a serious escalation: NATO-controlled aircraft have now fired missiles at drones entering the territory of an alliance member.
A BORDER BECOMES A BATTLESPACE
On Friday, July 24, Romanian and Italian fighters operating through NATO’s air-policing system were scrambled after an unidentified drone entered Romanian airspace. A Romanian F-16 destroyed the aircraft with an air-to-air missile over an unpopulated area near Padina, northeast of Bucharest.
Romanian President Nicușor Dan confirmed that the drone was “shot down by a Romanian pilot from an F-16 aircraft.” Romanian prosecutors later determined from the recovered wreckage that the drone was Russian. Pilots had initially described it as resembling the Iranian-designed Shahed drones used extensively by Russia against Ukraine (Ilie, 2026).
The following morning, Romanian radar detected another unauthorized drone crossing the border near the Danube Delta. An F-16 shot it down approximately 10 kilometers west of Sfântu Gheorghe. The origin of the second drone had not been officially confirmed as of Sunday morning (Associated Press, 2026).
Romania has experienced dozens of airspace violations since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Until now, Romanian forces generally tracked the drones, scrambled aircraft and searched for wreckage after they crashed or returned to Ukrainian airspace.
That policy has clearly changed.
NATO Air Command confirmed that allied aircraft operating under NATO command and control conducted the first interception. This was not an isolated Romanian pilot taking matters into his own hands. It was a coordinated NATO air-defense operation.
DEFENSE, NOT ARTICLE 5
Shooting down an intruding drone is an act of territorial defense. It does not automatically trigger Article 5 or place NATO at war with Russia.
Intent remains critical. A drone deliberately sent against a Romanian military installation would be treated differently from one knocked off course by electronic warfare, mechanical failure or navigation errors during an attack on Ukraine.
The problem is that repeated incursions make the accidental explanation increasingly difficult to accept.
In May, a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galați, Romania, injuring two civilians. Ukrainian and Russian maritime drones have also created hazards around Romanian Black Sea ports. Each incident increases the likelihood that the next mistake will kill more people—or that NATO pilots will eventually face a manned Russian aircraft rather than an unmanned drone.
WASHINGTON TALKS WHILE THE WAR SPREADS
The Kremlin says it will wait for new peace proposals from the Trump administration, even as the United States continues supplying weapons to Ukraine. Waiting for proposals, however, is not the same as accepting a ceasefire or reducing military operations (Reuters, 2026).
Russia continues striking Ukrainian cities, and Ukraine continues attacking Russian military, logistical and energy targets. Diplomatic language has not slowed the battlefield.
The Romanian interceptions do not mean World War III has begun. They do mean NATO’s border is no longer merely beside the war.
For two consecutive days, it became part of it.
References
Associated Press. (2026, July 25). Russian attack kills three in Ukraine’s Sumy region as Romania downs second drone in two days.
Ilie, L. (2026, July 24). Romania shoots down drone in airspace incursion for first time. Reuters.
Reuters. (2026, July 24). Russia says it will wait for new Trump proposals on ending Ukraine war.
Reuters. (2026, July 25). Romania says it shot down second drone breaching its airspace.
This essay is written by Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief of WPS News. WPS News has been active in one form or another on the internet since 1998; for more information, visit https://cliffpotts.org.
If this work helps you understand what’s happening, help me keep it going: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WPSNews.
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WORLD BEAT: Romania Shoots Down Two Drones as Ukraine War Breaches NATO Airspace
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Sunday, July 26, 2026 — 1035 PHT
The war in Ukraine crossed another dangerous threshold after Romanian fighter aircraft shot down two drones that entered NATO airspace on consecutive days.
Romania is not declaring war on Russia. NATO has not invoked Article 5, and there has been no public announcement of emergency consultations under Article 4. Nevertheless, the incidents mark a serious escalation: NATO-controlled aircraft have now fired missiles at drones entering the territory of an alliance member.
A BORDER BECOMES A BATTLESPACE
On Friday, July 24, Romanian and Italian fighters operating through NATO’s air-policing system were scrambled after an unidentified drone entered Romanian airspace. A Romanian F-16 destroyed the aircraft with an air-to-air missile over an unpopulated area near Padina, northeast of Bucharest.
Romanian President Nicușor Dan confirmed that the drone was “shot down by a Romanian pilot from an F-16 aircraft.” Romanian prosecutors later determined from the recovered wreckage that the drone was Russian. Pilots had initially described it as resembling the Iranian-designed Shahed drones used extensively by Russia against Ukraine (Ilie, 2026).
The following morning, Romanian radar detected another unauthorized drone crossing the border near the Danube Delta. An F-16 shot it down approximately 10 kilometers west of Sfântu Gheorghe. The origin of the second drone had not been officially confirmed as of Sunday morning (Associated Press, 2026).
Romania has experienced dozens of airspace violations since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Until now, Romanian forces generally tracked the drones, scrambled aircraft and searched for wreckage after they crashed or returned to Ukrainian airspace.
That policy has clearly changed.
NATO Air Command confirmed that allied aircraft operating under NATO command and control conducted the first interception. This was not an isolated Romanian pilot taking matters into his own hands. It was a coordinated NATO air-defense operation.
DEFENSE, NOT ARTICLE 5
Shooting down an intruding drone is an act of territorial defense. It does not automatically trigger Article 5 or place NATO at war with Russia.
Intent remains critical. A drone deliberately sent against a Romanian military installation would be treated differently from one knocked off course by electronic warfare, mechanical failure or navigation errors during an attack on Ukraine.
The problem is that repeated incursions make the accidental explanation increasingly difficult to accept.
In May, a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galați, Romania, injuring two civilians. Ukrainian and Russian maritime drones have also created hazards around Romanian Black Sea ports. Each incident increases the likelihood that the next mistake will kill more people—or that NATO pilots will eventually face a manned Russian aircraft rather than an unmanned drone.
WASHINGTON TALKS WHILE THE WAR SPREADS
The Kremlin says it will wait for new peace proposals from the Trump administration, even as the United States continues supplying weapons to Ukraine. Waiting for proposals, however, is not the same as accepting a ceasefire or reducing military operations (Reuters, 2026).
Russia continues striking Ukrainian cities, and Ukraine continues attacking Russian military, logistical and energy targets. Diplomatic language has not slowed the battlefield.
The Romanian interceptions do not mean World War III has begun. They do mean NATO’s border is no longer merely beside the war.
For two consecutive days, it became part of it.
References
Associated Press. (2026, July 25). Russian attack kills three in Ukraine’s Sumy region as Romania downs second drone in two days.
Ilie, L. (2026, July 24). Romania shoots down drone in airspace incursion for first time. Reuters.
Reuters. (2026, July 24). Russia says it will wait for new Trump proposals on ending Ukraine war.
Reuters. (2026, July 25). Romania says it shot down second drone breaching its airspace.
This essay is written by Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief of WPS News. WPS News has been active in one form or another on the internet since 1998; for more information, visit https://cliffpotts.org.
If this work helps you understand what’s happening, help me keep it going: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WPSNews.
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The Fed Liabilities Show That WWIII Will Be the Mother of All Wars
A large display near the US Capitol shows the $40 trillion national debt.The US Federal Reserve liabilities on their balance sheet currently stands at a whopping $6.8 trillion dollars in nominal dollar terms. That number reflect the net amount of “money printing” credit creation, which really started at the GFC Depression of 2008.
In past posts I have produced a chart that plots the Fed Liabilities in terms of 1914 dollars since it started trading in 1914. See Chart 1 below. It has been very slightly updated adding a few months of data.
Chart 1: Federal Reserve Liabilities from inception (1914) to 2024 normalised to 1914 dollars (red data). Curve (2) is the best fit double exponential to red curve data. The sepia strips indicate recessions. Pink regions indicate world wars. Curve (1) is linear and amounts to about -0.7% increase per year.Source: Liabilities data for 1914–2026 from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, statistical release H.4.1, Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks, via FRED; and M2 money supply data for 1959–2026 from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, statistical release H.6, Money Stock Measures, via FRED.
For a detail description go to World War III and Coming Depression.
Chart 2 has a closer look at the US M2 money stock (curve (1), green), the Fed liabilities in nominal dollars (curve (2), blue), and the normalised Fed liabilities using the M2 data.
Chart 2: Curve (1) is the US M2 money stock (green), curve (2) the Fed liabilities in nominal dollars (blue), and curve (3) the normalised Fed liabilities using the M2 data (red). The scale for curve (3) is the right side but in millions of 1914 dollars. Only M2 is in $billions. The data are from 2000 to the present shown without recessions.As curve (2) on Chart 2 indicates the Fed started net QE at the end of 2025 and has been continuing that since then. However because they also have massively expanded the money supply according to M2 curve (1) when you normalise the dollars all to 1914 dollars that small QE is almost cancelled. You could pick dollars of any year; this normalisation is only done to reflect the dollars all have the same value.
In Chart 1 you can see three major periods on quantitative easing (QE), a euphemism for “money printing” or credit creation out of thin air. A rising curve indicates QE and a falling curve indicates quantitative tightening (QT) as the Fed extinguishes debt on its balance sheet. Those regions are also indicated with a pink background as periods of world war.
During times of war nation states accumulate massive national debts but because the US Fed Reserve currency is the world reserve currency the US Treasury sells debt to the Fed to get credit to fund the Military Industrial Complex. This we often characterise as cranking up the printing presses. Since massive QE is needed to fund those wars it is not surprising that we see this on these charts.
The three troubling periods are indicated on Table 1 and 2 below. I wanted to get a feel for how those periods of credit and therefore debt creation compared. If one side of the Fed balance sheet has a debt/liability it must be balanced on the other side with credit creation. That is the fiat creation that most people think is money.
For each period I integrated the curve of Fed Liabilities over the relevant time period and got what we might call a figure of merit in units of dollars x years. Then by dividing that number by the number of years in the period we get a measurement in units of dollars only. The result is an averaged liability over the period in question.
Table 1 shows the results for nominal dollars where no adjustments have been made for the fact that the dollars lose their value over time as the M2 money supply is expanded and dollars devalued.
Table 2 is similar but this time the curve used (from Chart 1) is denominated in 1914 dollars. All dollars are of equal value. But of course the value of the dollars was much larger in 1914 than they are now. But as the Tables show you can see the relative increase in the expansion of credit even in 1914 dollars.
For example, as shown in Table 2, if during the WWI period the credit created is represented by “1” then during the WWII period it was 1.73x that and currently up to the present it is 3.34x that amount. And that is for all dollars of the same value in the analysis.
But as shown in Table 1, if during the WWI period the credit created is represented by “1” then during the WWII period it was 7.9x that and currently up to the present it is 804.9x that amount. That is for nominal dollars over the past 26 years. They are not all equivalent in value. But that represents approximately a $3.5 trillion dollar average for liabilities on the Fed balance sheet. Of course it is currently about double that amount.
My figures for the liabilities shown in the 4th column of both Tables are an integrated average for the liabilities. For the latest period 2000 to 2026, curve (2) in Chart 2 is nominal dollar liabilities whereas curve (3) in Chart 2 is normalised 1914 dollar liabilities. The integration method smooths out all the valleys and peaks you see in the curves.
So what is the take-home message here? We are in for exciting times, depending on how you look at it. Nominal dollar liabilities are averaging $3.5 trillion which is about 805x the amount of credit that was needed for WWI. But the real comparison should be when equal dollars are compared and in that case 3.34x the WWI debt is so far needed and it looks like we are a long way from ending these current wars. In fact, they may be just starting to get going.
If that is the case, then WWIII will be the mother of all debt producing wars. It already has been. The powers that be will not stop because they are insolvent and “fiat money printing” is a way to keep inflating away the value of the debt. Dollar devaluation is real inflation and a real tax on just about everyone.
Related Reading
- World War III | Gold and Silver Prices Will Also Explode
- Why World War III?
- Wake Up World! World War III Has Begun!
- World War III Has Begun (at Least Against the Currency)
- War – Boom – Bust | What’s Next? The Digital Prison
- All Wars Are Banksters’ Wars
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The Fed Liabilities Show That WWIII Will Be the Mother of All Wars
A large display near the US Capitol shows the $40 trillion national debt.The US Federal Reserve liabilities on their balance sheet currently stands at a whopping $6.8 trillion dollars in nominal dollar terms. That number reflect the net amount of “money printing” credit creation, which really started at the GFC Depression of 2008.
In past posts I have produced a chart that plots the Fed Liabilities in terms of 1914 dollars since it started trading in 1914. See Chart 1 below. It has been very slightly updated adding a few months of data.
Chart 1: Federal Reserve Liabilities from inception (1914) to 2024 normalised to 1914 dollars (red data). Curve (2) is the best fit double exponential to red curve data. The sepia strips indicate recessions. Pink regions indicate world wars. Curve (1) is linear and amounts to about -0.7% increase per year.Source: Liabilities data for 1914–2026 from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, statistical release H.4.1, Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks, via FRED; and M2 money supply data for 1959–2026 from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, statistical release H.6, Money Stock Measures, via FRED.
For a detail description go to World War III and Coming Depression.
Chart 2 has a closer look at the US M2 money stock (curve (1), green), the Fed liabilities in nominal dollars (curve (2), blue), and the normalised Fed liabilities using the M2 data.
Chart 2: Curve (1) is the US M2 money stock (green), curve (2) the Fed liabilities in nominal dollars (blue), and curve (3) the normalised Fed liabilities using the M2 data (red). The scale for curve (3) is the right side but in millions of 1914 dollars. Only M2 is in $billions. The data are from 2000 to the present shown without recessions.As curve (2) on Chart 2 indicates the Fed started net QE at the end of 2025 and has been continuing that since then. However because they also have massively expanded the money supply according to M2 curve (1) when you normalise the dollars all to 1914 dollars that small QE is almost cancelled. You could pick dollars of any year; this normalisation is only done to reflect the dollars all have the same value.
In Chart 1 you can see three major periods on quantitative easing (QE), a euphemism for “money printing” or credit creation out of thin air. A rising curve indicates QE and a falling curve indicates quantitative tightening (QT) as the Fed extinguishes debt on its balance sheet. Those regions are also indicated with a pink background as periods of world war.
During times of war nation states accumulate massive national debts but because the US Fed Reserve currency is the world reserve currency the US Treasury sells debt to the Fed to get credit to fund the Military Industrial Complex. This we often characterise as cranking up the printing presses. Since massive QE is needed to fund those wars it is not surprising that we see this on these charts.
The three troubling periods are indicated on Table 1 and 2 below. I wanted to get a feel for how those periods of credit and therefore debt creation compared. If one side of the Fed balance sheet has a debt/liability it must be balanced on the other side with credit creation. That is the fiat creation that most people think is money.
For each period I integrated the curve of Fed Liabilities over the relevant time period and got what we might call a figure of merit in units of dollars x years. Then by dividing that number by the number of years in the period we get a measurement in units of dollars only. The result is an averaged liability over the period in question.
Table 1 shows the results for nominal dollars where no adjustments have been made for the fact that the dollars lose their value over time as the M2 money supply is expanded and dollars devalued.
Table 2 is similar but this time the curve used (from Chart 1) is denominated in 1914 dollars. All dollars are of equal value. But of course the value of the dollars was much larger in 1914 than they are now. But as the Tables show you can see the relative increase in the expansion of credit even in 1914 dollars.
For example, as shown in Table 2, if during the WWI period the credit created is represented by “1” then during the WWII period it was 1.73x that and currently up to the present it is 3.34x that amount. And that is for all dollars of the same value in the analysis.
But as shown in Table 1, if during the WWI period the credit created is represented by “1” then during the WWII period it was 7.9x that and currently up to the present it is 804.9x that amount. That is for nominal dollars over the past 26 years. They are not all equivalent in value. But that represents approximately a $3.5 trillion dollar average for liabilities on the Fed balance sheet. Of course it is currently about double that amount.
My figures for the liabilities shown in the 4th column of both Tables are an integrated average for the liabilities. For the latest period 2000 to 2026, curve (2) in Chart 2 is nominal dollar liabilities whereas curve (3) in Chart 2 is normalised 1914 dollar liabilities. The integration method smooths out all the valleys and peaks you see in the curves.
So what is the take-home message here? We are in for exciting times, depending on how you look at it. Nominal dollar liabilities are averaging $3.5 trillion which is about 805x the amount of credit that was needed for WWI. But the real comparison should be when equal dollars are compared and in that case 3.34x the WWI debt is so far needed and it looks like we are a long way from ending these current wars. In fact, they may be just starting to get going.
If that is the case, then WWIII will be the mother of all debt producing wars. It already has been. The powers that be will not stop because they are insolvent and “fiat money printing” is a way to keep inflating away the value of the debt. Dollar devaluation is real inflation and a real tax on just about everyone.
Related Reading
- World War III | Gold and Silver Prices Will Also Explode
- Why World War III?
- Wake Up World! World War III Has Begun!
- World War III Has Begun (at Least Against the Currency)
- War – Boom – Bust | What’s Next? The Digital Prison
- All Wars Are Banksters’ Wars
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The Fed Liabilities Show That WWIII Will Be the Mother of All Wars
A large display near the US Capitol shows the $40 trillion national debt.The US Federal Reserve liabilities on their balance sheet currently stands at a whopping $6.8 trillion dollars in nominal dollar terms. That number reflect the net amount of “money printing” credit creation, which really started at the GFC Depression of 2008.
In past posts I have produced a chart that plots the Fed Liabilities in terms of 1914 dollars since it started trading in 1914. See Chart 1 below. It has been very slightly updated adding a few months of data.
Chart 1: Federal Reserve Liabilities from inception (1914) to 2024 normalised to 1914 dollars (red data). Curve (2) is the best fit double exponential to red curve data. The sepia strips indicate recessions. Pink regions indicate world wars. Curve (1) is linear and amounts to about -0.7% increase per year.Source: Liabilities data for 1914–2026 from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, statistical release H.4.1, Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks, via FRED; and M2 money supply data for 1959–2026 from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, statistical release H.6, Money Stock Measures, via FRED.
For a detail description go to World War III and Coming Depression.
Chart 2 has a closer look at the US M2 money stock (curve (1), green), the Fed liabilities in nominal dollars (curve (2), blue), and the normalised Fed liabilities using the M2 data.
Chart 2: Curve (1) is the US M2 money stock (green), curve (2) the Fed liabilities in nominal dollars (blue), and curve (3) the normalised Fed liabilities using the M2 data (red). The scale for curve (3) is the right side but in millions of 1914 dollars. Only M2 is in $billions. The data are from 2000 to the present shown without recessions.As curve (2) on Chart 2 indicates the Fed started net QE at the end of 2025 and has been continuing that since then. However because they also have massively expanded the money supply according to M2 curve (1) when you normalise the dollars all to 1914 dollars that small QE is almost cancelled. You could pick dollars of any year; this normalisation is only done to reflect the dollars all have the same value.
In Chart 1 you can see three major periods on quantitative easing (QE), a euphemism for “money printing” or credit creation out of thin air. A rising curve indicates QE and a falling curve indicates quantitative tightening (QT) as the Fed extinguishes debt on its balance sheet. Those regions are also indicated with a pink background as periods of world war.
During times of war nation states accumulate massive national debts but because the US Fed Reserve currency is the world reserve currency the US Treasury sells debt to the Fed to get credit to fund the Military Industrial Complex. This we often characterise as cranking up the printing presses. Since massive QE is needed to fund those wars it is not surprising that we see this on these charts.
The three troubling periods are indicated on Table 1 and 2 below. I wanted to get a feel for how those periods of credit and therefore debt creation compared. If one side of the Fed balance sheet has a debt/liability it must be balanced on the other side with credit creation. That is the fiat creation that most people think is money.
For each period I integrated the curve of Fed Liabilities over the relevant time period and got what we might call a figure of merit in units of dollars x years. Then by dividing that number by the number of years in the period we get a measurement in units of dollars only. The result is an averaged liability over the period in question.
Table 1 shows the results for nominal dollars where no adjustments have been made for the fact that the dollars lose their value over time as the M2 money supply is expanded and dollars devalued.
Table 2 is similar but this time the curve used (from Chart 1) is denominated in 1914 dollars. All dollars are of equal value. But of course the value of the dollars was much larger in 1914 than they are now. But as the Tables show you can see the relative increase in the expansion of credit even in 1914 dollars.
For example, as shown in Table 2, if during the WWI period the credit created is represented by “1” then during the WWII period it was 1.73x that and currently up to the present it is 3.34x that amount. And that is for all dollars of the same value in the analysis.
But as shown in Table 1, if during the WWI period the credit created is represented by “1” then during the WWII period it was 7.9x that and currently up to the present it is 804.9x that amount. That is for nominal dollars over the past 26 years. They are not all equivalent in value. But that represents approximately a $3.5 trillion dollar average for liabilities on the Fed balance sheet. Of course it is currently about double that amount.
My figures for the liabilities shown in the 4th column of both Tables are an integrated average for the liabilities. For the latest period 2000 to 2026, curve (2) in Chart 2 is nominal dollar liabilities whereas curve (3) in Chart 2 is normalised 1914 dollar liabilities. The integration method smooths out all the valleys and peaks you see in the curves.
So what is the take-home message here? We are in for exciting times, depending on how you look at it. Nominal dollar liabilities are averaging $3.5 trillion which is about 805x the amount of credit that was needed for WWI. But the real comparison should be when equal dollars are compared and in that case 3.34x the WWI debt is so far needed and it looks like we are a long way from ending these current wars. In fact, they may be just starting to get going.
If that is the case, then WWIII will be the mother of all debt producing wars. It already has been. The powers that be will not stop because they are insolvent and “fiat money printing” is a way to keep inflating away the value of the debt. Dollar devaluation is real inflation and a real tax on just about everyone.
Related Reading
- World War III | Gold and Silver Prices Will Also Explode
- Why World War III?
- Wake Up World! World War III Has Begun!
- World War III Has Begun (at Least Against the Currency)
- War – Boom – Bust | What’s Next? The Digital Prison
- All Wars Are Banksters’ Wars
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click for Premium SubscriptionSubmitting formThis is how you can support my work. I have been publishing this website for 10 years now and up to 2024 I never asked for any support.
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The Fed Liabilities Show That WWIII Will Be the Mother of All Wars
A large display near the US Capitol shows the $40 trillion national debt.The US Federal Reserve liabilities on their balance sheet currently stands at a whopping $6.8 trillion dollars in nominal dollar terms. That number reflect the net amount of “money printing” credit creation, which really started at the GFC Depression of 2008.
In past posts I have produced a chart that plots the Fed Liabilities in terms of 1914 dollars since it started trading in 1914. See Chart 1 below. It has been very slightly updated adding a few months of data.
Chart 1: Federal Reserve Liabilities from inception (1914) to 2024 normalised to 1914 dollars (red data). Curve (2) is the best fit double exponential to red curve data. The sepia strips indicate recessions. Pink regions indicate world wars. Curve (1) is linear and amounts to about -0.7% increase per year.Source: Liabilities data for 1914–2026 from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, statistical release H.4.1, Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks, via FRED; and M2 money supply data for 1959–2026 from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, statistical release H.6, Money Stock Measures, via FRED.
For a detail description go to World War III and Coming Depression.
Chart 2 has a closer look at the US M2 money stock (curve (1), green), the Fed liabilities in nominal dollars (curve (2), blue), and the normalised Fed liabilities using the M2 data.
Chart 2: Curve (1) is the US M2 money stock (green), curve (2) the Fed liabilities in nominal dollars (blue), and curve (3) the normalised Fed liabilities using the M2 data (red). The scale for curve (3) is the right side but in millions of 1914 dollars. Only M2 is in $billions. The data are from 2000 to the present shown without recessions.As curve (2) on Chart 2 indicates the Fed started net QE at the end of 2025 and has been continuing that since then. However because they also have massively expanded the money supply according to M2 curve (1) when you normalise the dollars all to 1914 dollars that small QE is almost cancelled. You could pick dollars of any year; this normalisation is only done to reflect the dollars all have the same value.
In Chart 1 you can see three major periods on quantitative easing (QE), a euphemism for “money printing” or credit creation out of thin air. A rising curve indicates QE and a falling curve indicates quantitative tightening (QT) as the Fed extinguishes debt on its balance sheet. Those regions are also indicated with a pink background as periods of world war.
During times of war nation states accumulate massive national debts but because the US Fed Reserve currency is the world reserve currency the US Treasury sells debt to the Fed to get credit to fund the Military Industrial Complex. This we often characterise as cranking up the printing presses. Since massive QE is needed to fund those wars it is not surprising that we see this on these charts.
The three troubling periods are indicated on Table 1 and 2 below. I wanted to get a feel for how those periods of credit and therefore debt creation compared. If one side of the Fed balance sheet has a debt/liability it must be balanced on the other side with credit creation. That is the fiat creation that most people think is money.
For each period I integrated the curve of Fed Liabilities over the relevant time period and got what we might call a figure of merit in units of dollars x years. Then by dividing that number by the number of years in the period we get a measurement in units of dollars only. The result is an averaged liability over the period in question.
Table 1 shows the results for nominal dollars where no adjustments have been made for the fact that the dollars lose their value over time as the M2 money supply is expanded and dollars devalued.
Table 2 is similar but this time the curve used (from Chart 1) is denominated in 1914 dollars. All dollars are of equal value. But of course the value of the dollars was much larger in 1914 than they are now. But as the Tables show you can see the relative increase in the expansion of credit even in 1914 dollars.
For example, as shown in Table 2, if during the WWI period the credit created is represented by “1” then during the WWII period it was 1.73x that and currently up to the present it is 3.34x that amount. And that is for all dollars of the same value in the analysis.
But as shown in Table 1, if during the WWI period the credit created is represented by “1” then during the WWII period it was 7.9x that and currently up to the present it is 804.9x that amount. That is for nominal dollars over the past 26 years. They are not all equivalent in value. But that represents approximately a $3.5 trillion dollar average for liabilities on the Fed balance sheet. Of course it is currently about double that amount.
My figures for the liabilities shown in the 4th column of both Tables are an integrated average for the liabilities. For the latest period 2000 to 2026, curve (2) in Chart 2 is nominal dollar liabilities whereas curve (3) in Chart 2 is normalised 1914 dollar liabilities. The integration method smooths out all the valleys and peaks you see in the curves.
So what is the take-home message here? We are in for exciting times, depending on how you look at it. Nominal dollar liabilities are averaging $3.5 trillion which is about 805x the amount of credit that was needed for WWI. But the real comparison should be when equal dollars are compared and in that case 3.34x the WWI debt is so far needed and it looks like we are a long way from ending these current wars. In fact, they may be just starting to get going.
If that is the case, then WWIII will be the mother of all debt producing wars. It already has been. The powers that be will not stop because they are insolvent and “fiat money printing” is a way to keep inflating away the value of the debt. Dollar devaluation is real inflation and a real tax on just about everyone.
Related Reading
- World War III | Gold and Silver Prices Will Also Explode
- Why World War III?
- Wake Up World! World War III Has Begun!
- World War III Has Begun (at Least Against the Currency)
- War – Boom – Bust | What’s Next? The Digital Prison
- All Wars Are Banksters’ Wars
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The Fed Liabilities Show That WWIII Will Be the Mother of All Wars
A large display near the US Capitol shows the $40 trillion national debt.The US Federal Reserve liabilities on their balance sheet currently stands at a whopping $6.8 trillion dollars in nominal dollar terms. That number reflect the net amount of “money printing” credit creation, which really started at the GFC Depression of 2008.
In past posts I have produced a chart that plots the Fed Liabilities in terms of 1914 dollars since it started trading in 1914. See Chart 1 below. It has been very slightly updated adding a few months of data.
Chart 1: Federal Reserve Liabilities from inception (1914) to 2024 normalised to 1914 dollars (red data). Curve (2) is the best fit double exponential to red curve data. The sepia strips indicate recessions. Pink regions indicate world wars. Curve (1) is linear and amounts to about -0.7% increase per year.Source: Liabilities data for 1914–2026 from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, statistical release H.4.1, Factors Affecting Reserve Balances of Depository Institutions and Condition Statement of Federal Reserve Banks, via FRED; and M2 money supply data for 1959–2026 from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, statistical release H.6, Money Stock Measures, via FRED.
For a detail description go to World War III and Coming Depression.
Chart 2 has a closer look at the US M2 money stock (curve (1), green), the Fed liabilities in nominal dollars (curve (2), blue), and the normalised Fed liabilities using the M2 data.
Chart 2: Curve (1) is the US M2 money stock (green), curve (2) the Fed liabilities in nominal dollars (blue), and curve (3) the normalised Fed liabilities using the M2 data (red). The scale for curve (3) is the right side but in millions of 1914 dollars. Only M2 is in $billions. The data are from 2000 to the present shown without recessions.As curve (2) on Chart 2 indicates the Fed started net QE at the end of 2025 and has been continuing that since then. However because they also have massively expanded the money supply according to M2 curve (1) when you normalise the dollars all to 1914 dollars that small QE is almost cancelled. You could pick dollars of any year; this normalisation is only done to reflect the dollars all have the same value.
In Chart 1 you can see three major periods on quantitative easing (QE), a euphemism for “money printing” or credit creation out of thin air. A rising curve indicates QE and a falling curve indicates quantitative tightening (QT) as the Fed extinguishes debt on its balance sheet. Those regions are also indicated with a pink background as periods of world war.
During times of war nation states accumulate massive national debts but because the US Fed Reserve currency is the world reserve currency the US Treasury sells debt to the Fed to get credit to fund the Military Industrial Complex. This we often characterise as cranking up the printing presses. Since massive QE is needed to fund those wars it is not surprising that we see this on these charts.
The three troubling periods are indicated on Table 1 and 2 below. I wanted to get a feel for how those periods of credit and therefore debt creation compared. If one side of the Fed balance sheet has a debt/liability it must be balanced on the other side with credit creation. That is the fiat creation that most people think is money.
For each period I integrated the curve of Fed Liabilities over the relevant time period and got what we might call a figure of merit in units of dollars x years. Then by dividing that number by the number of years in the period we get a measurement in units of dollars only. The result is an averaged liability over the period in question.
Table 1 shows the results for nominal dollars where no adjustments have been made for the fact that the dollars lose their value over time as the M2 money supply is expanded and dollars devalued.
Table 2 is similar but this time the curve used (from Chart 1) is denominated in 1914 dollars. All dollars are of equal value. But of course the value of the dollars was much larger in 1914 than they are now. But as the Tables show you can see the relative increase in the expansion of credit even in 1914 dollars.
For example, as shown in Table 2, if during the WWI period the credit created is represented by “1” then during the WWII period it was 1.73x that and currently up to the present it is 3.34x that amount. And that is for all dollars of the same value in the analysis.
But as shown in Table 1, if during the WWI period the credit created is represented by “1” then during the WWII period it was 7.9x that and currently up to the present it is 804.9x that amount. That is for nominal dollars over the past 26 years. They are not all equivalent in value. But that represents approximately a $3.5 trillion dollar average for liabilities on the Fed balance sheet. Of course it is currently about double that amount.
My figures for the liabilities shown in the 4th column of both Tables are an integrated average for the liabilities. For the latest period 2000 to 2026, curve (2) in Chart 2 is nominal dollar liabilities whereas curve (3) in Chart 2 is normalised 1914 dollar liabilities. The integration method smooths out all the valleys and peaks you see in the curves.
So what is the take-home message here? We are in for exciting times, depending on how you look at it. Nominal dollar liabilities are averaging $3.5 trillion which is about 805x the amount of credit that was needed for WWI. But the real comparison should be when equal dollars are compared and in that case 3.34x the WWI debt is so far needed and it looks like we are a long way from ending these current wars. In fact, they may be just starting to get going.
If that is the case, then WWIII will be the mother of all debt producing wars. It already has been. The powers that be will not stop because they are insolvent and “fiat money printing” is a way to keep inflating away the value of the debt. Dollar devaluation is real inflation and a real tax on just about everyone.
Related Reading
- World War III | Gold and Silver Prices Will Also Explode
- Why World War III?
- Wake Up World! World War III Has Begun!
- World War III Has Begun (at Least Against the Currency)
- War – Boom – Bust | What’s Next? The Digital Prison
- All Wars Are Banksters’ Wars
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Europe Has Not Backed Away—The Conflict Has Moved Into the Shadows
By Cliff Potts, Chief Strategy Officer and Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Thursday, July 16, 2026 — 1230 PHT
Europe has apparently stepped back from the immediate edge of World War III. It has not stepped toward peace.
No NATO government has publicly announced that Russia has deliberately attacked alliance territory or forces. There has been no declared Article 5 emergency and no reported change in nuclear-alert status. The tanks are not rolling across Poland, and NATO aircraft are not exchanging fire with Russian fighters.
Underneath that reassuring surface, however, the confrontation is becoming quieter, wider and potentially harder to control.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said his country has received intelligence indicating that Russia may be planning attacks against critical infrastructure, particularly energy and transportation systems. Lithuania is tightening security around those facilities, although Nausėda said officials do not know precisely when or where an attack might occur—or which country would be targeted.
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said information gathered by several NATO members showed “various attempts to do sabotage and to lower the security in our states.” He declined to identify the specific operations or countries involved.
Russia denies the accusations, dismissing them as Western scare stories intended to justify NATO’s military buildup.
That leaves Europe in an uncomfortable position. A conventional Russian invasion would be unmistakable and would almost certainly unite NATO. Sabotage is murkier. A damaged power station, severed communications cable, derailed train or disabling cyberattack may take weeks to investigate. Governments must decide whether an incident was an accident, criminal activity or state-sponsored aggression before determining how to respond.
Britain announced that it will conduct its largest domestic-defense exercise in decades. The drill will test the government’s ability to respond to cyberattacks, disinformation and sabotage of critical infrastructure while coordinating with NATO during a major security crisis.
Meanwhile, the shooting war continues.
Russian attacks killed civilians across Ukraine on Wednesday, while Ukrainian drones and missiles continued striking Russian supply lines, ships and energy infrastructure. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv and pledged further military and financial assistance, saying Europe would help integrate Ukrainian and European defense production and strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses.
Ten European countries, including Ukraine, France, Germany and Britain, have also announced plans for a shared ballistic-missile defense capability. Their joint statement warned of “the growing threat posed by ballistic missiles.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin showed no intention of backing down. Responding to Ukraine’s long-range attacks, Putin warned: “Our strikes will be several times more powerful.”
The United States remains formally committed to NATO, and Congress is considering expanded sanctions intended to reduce the oil and gas income financing Russia’s war. Trump has supported continued American membership in NATO, but European governments remain wary of building their survival around promises from an unpredictable administration.
The immediate crisis may have stabilized. The underlying confrontation has not.
Nobody appears eager to ignite World War III. Unfortunately, nobody appears ready to extinguish the fuse, either.
Sources: Reuters, The Associated Press and NATO public statements, July 13–15, 2026.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5.
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Europe Has Not Backed Away—The Conflict Has Moved Into the Shadows
By Cliff Potts, Chief Strategy Officer and Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Thursday, July 16, 2026 — 1230 PHT
Europe has apparently stepped back from the immediate edge of World War III. It has not stepped toward peace.
No NATO government has publicly announced that Russia has deliberately attacked alliance territory or forces. There has been no declared Article 5 emergency and no reported change in nuclear-alert status. The tanks are not rolling across Poland, and NATO aircraft are not exchanging fire with Russian fighters.
Underneath that reassuring surface, however, the confrontation is becoming quieter, wider and potentially harder to control.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said his country has received intelligence indicating that Russia may be planning attacks against critical infrastructure, particularly energy and transportation systems. Lithuania is tightening security around those facilities, although Nausėda said officials do not know precisely when or where an attack might occur—or which country would be targeted.
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said information gathered by several NATO members showed “various attempts to do sabotage and to lower the security in our states.” He declined to identify the specific operations or countries involved.
Russia denies the accusations, dismissing them as Western scare stories intended to justify NATO’s military buildup.
That leaves Europe in an uncomfortable position. A conventional Russian invasion would be unmistakable and would almost certainly unite NATO. Sabotage is murkier. A damaged power station, severed communications cable, derailed train or disabling cyberattack may take weeks to investigate. Governments must decide whether an incident was an accident, criminal activity or state-sponsored aggression before determining how to respond.
Britain announced that it will conduct its largest domestic-defense exercise in decades. The drill will test the government’s ability to respond to cyberattacks, disinformation and sabotage of critical infrastructure while coordinating with NATO during a major security crisis.
Meanwhile, the shooting war continues.
Russian attacks killed civilians across Ukraine on Wednesday, while Ukrainian drones and missiles continued striking Russian supply lines, ships and energy infrastructure. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv and pledged further military and financial assistance, saying Europe would help integrate Ukrainian and European defense production and strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses.
Ten European countries, including Ukraine, France, Germany and Britain, have also announced plans for a shared ballistic-missile defense capability. Their joint statement warned of “the growing threat posed by ballistic missiles.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin showed no intention of backing down. Responding to Ukraine’s long-range attacks, Putin warned: “Our strikes will be several times more powerful.”
The United States remains formally committed to NATO, and Congress is considering expanded sanctions intended to reduce the oil and gas income financing Russia’s war. Trump has supported continued American membership in NATO, but European governments remain wary of building their survival around promises from an unpredictable administration.
The immediate crisis may have stabilized. The underlying confrontation has not.
Nobody appears eager to ignite World War III. Unfortunately, nobody appears ready to extinguish the fuse, either.
Sources: Reuters, The Associated Press and NATO public statements, July 13–15, 2026.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5.
WPS News articles are permanently archived in the WPS News annual collections available through Amazon.
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Europe Has Not Backed Away—The Conflict Has Moved Into the Shadows
By Cliff Potts, Chief Strategy Officer and Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Thursday, July 16, 2026 — 1230 PHT
Europe has apparently stepped back from the immediate edge of World War III. It has not stepped toward peace.
No NATO government has publicly announced that Russia has deliberately attacked alliance territory or forces. There has been no declared Article 5 emergency and no reported change in nuclear-alert status. The tanks are not rolling across Poland, and NATO aircraft are not exchanging fire with Russian fighters.
Underneath that reassuring surface, however, the confrontation is becoming quieter, wider and potentially harder to control.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said his country has received intelligence indicating that Russia may be planning attacks against critical infrastructure, particularly energy and transportation systems. Lithuania is tightening security around those facilities, although Nausėda said officials do not know precisely when or where an attack might occur—or which country would be targeted.
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said information gathered by several NATO members showed “various attempts to do sabotage and to lower the security in our states.” He declined to identify the specific operations or countries involved.
Russia denies the accusations, dismissing them as Western scare stories intended to justify NATO’s military buildup.
That leaves Europe in an uncomfortable position. A conventional Russian invasion would be unmistakable and would almost certainly unite NATO. Sabotage is murkier. A damaged power station, severed communications cable, derailed train or disabling cyberattack may take weeks to investigate. Governments must decide whether an incident was an accident, criminal activity or state-sponsored aggression before determining how to respond.
Britain announced that it will conduct its largest domestic-defense exercise in decades. The drill will test the government’s ability to respond to cyberattacks, disinformation and sabotage of critical infrastructure while coordinating with NATO during a major security crisis.
Meanwhile, the shooting war continues.
Russian attacks killed civilians across Ukraine on Wednesday, while Ukrainian drones and missiles continued striking Russian supply lines, ships and energy infrastructure. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv and pledged further military and financial assistance, saying Europe would help integrate Ukrainian and European defense production and strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses.
Ten European countries, including Ukraine, France, Germany and Britain, have also announced plans for a shared ballistic-missile defense capability. Their joint statement warned of “the growing threat posed by ballistic missiles.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin showed no intention of backing down. Responding to Ukraine’s long-range attacks, Putin warned: “Our strikes will be several times more powerful.”
The United States remains formally committed to NATO, and Congress is considering expanded sanctions intended to reduce the oil and gas income financing Russia’s war. Trump has supported continued American membership in NATO, but European governments remain wary of building their survival around promises from an unpredictable administration.
The immediate crisis may have stabilized. The underlying confrontation has not.
Nobody appears eager to ignite World War III. Unfortunately, nobody appears ready to extinguish the fuse, either.
Sources: Reuters, The Associated Press and NATO public statements, July 13–15, 2026.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5.
WPS News articles are permanently archived in the WPS News annual collections available through Amazon.
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Europe Has Not Backed Away—The Conflict Has Moved Into the Shadows
By Cliff Potts, Chief Strategy Officer and Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Thursday, July 16, 2026 — 1230 PHT
Europe has apparently stepped back from the immediate edge of World War III. It has not stepped toward peace.
No NATO government has publicly announced that Russia has deliberately attacked alliance territory or forces. There has been no declared Article 5 emergency and no reported change in nuclear-alert status. The tanks are not rolling across Poland, and NATO aircraft are not exchanging fire with Russian fighters.
Underneath that reassuring surface, however, the confrontation is becoming quieter, wider and potentially harder to control.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said his country has received intelligence indicating that Russia may be planning attacks against critical infrastructure, particularly energy and transportation systems. Lithuania is tightening security around those facilities, although Nausėda said officials do not know precisely when or where an attack might occur—or which country would be targeted.
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said information gathered by several NATO members showed “various attempts to do sabotage and to lower the security in our states.” He declined to identify the specific operations or countries involved.
Russia denies the accusations, dismissing them as Western scare stories intended to justify NATO’s military buildup.
That leaves Europe in an uncomfortable position. A conventional Russian invasion would be unmistakable and would almost certainly unite NATO. Sabotage is murkier. A damaged power station, severed communications cable, derailed train or disabling cyberattack may take weeks to investigate. Governments must decide whether an incident was an accident, criminal activity or state-sponsored aggression before determining how to respond.
Britain announced that it will conduct its largest domestic-defense exercise in decades. The drill will test the government’s ability to respond to cyberattacks, disinformation and sabotage of critical infrastructure while coordinating with NATO during a major security crisis.
Meanwhile, the shooting war continues.
Russian attacks killed civilians across Ukraine on Wednesday, while Ukrainian drones and missiles continued striking Russian supply lines, ships and energy infrastructure. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv and pledged further military and financial assistance, saying Europe would help integrate Ukrainian and European defense production and strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses.
Ten European countries, including Ukraine, France, Germany and Britain, have also announced plans for a shared ballistic-missile defense capability. Their joint statement warned of “the growing threat posed by ballistic missiles.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin showed no intention of backing down. Responding to Ukraine’s long-range attacks, Putin warned: “Our strikes will be several times more powerful.”
The United States remains formally committed to NATO, and Congress is considering expanded sanctions intended to reduce the oil and gas income financing Russia’s war. Trump has supported continued American membership in NATO, but European governments remain wary of building their survival around promises from an unpredictable administration.
The immediate crisis may have stabilized. The underlying confrontation has not.
Nobody appears eager to ignite World War III. Unfortunately, nobody appears ready to extinguish the fuse, either.
Sources: Reuters, The Associated Press and NATO public statements, July 13–15, 2026.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5.
WPS News articles are permanently archived in the WPS News annual collections available through Amazon.
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Europe Has Not Backed Away—The Conflict Has Moved Into the Shadows
By Cliff Potts, Chief Strategy Officer and Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Thursday, July 16, 2026 — 1230 PHT
Europe has apparently stepped back from the immediate edge of World War III. It has not stepped toward peace.
No NATO government has publicly announced that Russia has deliberately attacked alliance territory or forces. There has been no declared Article 5 emergency and no reported change in nuclear-alert status. The tanks are not rolling across Poland, and NATO aircraft are not exchanging fire with Russian fighters.
Underneath that reassuring surface, however, the confrontation is becoming quieter, wider and potentially harder to control.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said his country has received intelligence indicating that Russia may be planning attacks against critical infrastructure, particularly energy and transportation systems. Lithuania is tightening security around those facilities, although Nausėda said officials do not know precisely when or where an attack might occur—or which country would be targeted.
Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs said information gathered by several NATO members showed “various attempts to do sabotage and to lower the security in our states.” He declined to identify the specific operations or countries involved.
Russia denies the accusations, dismissing them as Western scare stories intended to justify NATO’s military buildup.
That leaves Europe in an uncomfortable position. A conventional Russian invasion would be unmistakable and would almost certainly unite NATO. Sabotage is murkier. A damaged power station, severed communications cable, derailed train or disabling cyberattack may take weeks to investigate. Governments must decide whether an incident was an accident, criminal activity or state-sponsored aggression before determining how to respond.
Britain announced that it will conduct its largest domestic-defense exercise in decades. The drill will test the government’s ability to respond to cyberattacks, disinformation and sabotage of critical infrastructure while coordinating with NATO during a major security crisis.
Meanwhile, the shooting war continues.
Russian attacks killed civilians across Ukraine on Wednesday, while Ukrainian drones and missiles continued striking Russian supply lines, ships and energy infrastructure. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv and pledged further military and financial assistance, saying Europe would help integrate Ukrainian and European defense production and strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses.
Ten European countries, including Ukraine, France, Germany and Britain, have also announced plans for a shared ballistic-missile defense capability. Their joint statement warned of “the growing threat posed by ballistic missiles.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin showed no intention of backing down. Responding to Ukraine’s long-range attacks, Putin warned: “Our strikes will be several times more powerful.”
The United States remains formally committed to NATO, and Congress is considering expanded sanctions intended to reduce the oil and gas income financing Russia’s war. Trump has supported continued American membership in NATO, but European governments remain wary of building their survival around promises from an unpredictable administration.
The immediate crisis may have stabilized. The underlying confrontation has not.
Nobody appears eager to ignite World War III. Unfortunately, nobody appears ready to extinguish the fuse, either.
Sources: Reuters, The Associated Press and NATO public statements, July 13–15, 2026.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5.
WPS News articles are permanently archived in the WPS News annual collections available through Amazon.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Europe Is Running Out of Room for Error
By Cliff Potts, Chief Strategy Officer, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Saturday, July 11, 2026 — 2250 PHT
The world is not waking up to World War III tonight. That is the reassuring part. The disturbing part is that Europe is now operating in the kind of environment where a major war could begin without any leader consciously deciding to start one.
Russia is escalating its assault on Ukraine. NATO is strengthening its eastern defenses. Ukraine is striking deeper into Russian territory. European governments are rearming. The United States remains officially committed to NATO but is led by a president whose positions can change with alarming speed.
The result is not peace. It is an armed standoff with too many moving parts and too few reliable guardrails.
A War That Keeps Widening
On July 11, Russia launched six ballistic missiles, six cruise missiles and 121 drones against Ukraine, killing civilians and striking Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv. The attack followed repeated bombardments that exposed Ukraine’s shortage of Patriot interceptors and vulnerability to ballistic missiles (Reuters, 2026a).
Ukraine is also striking Russian refineries, ports, ships and military logistics networks. Those attacks are acts of self-defense, but they widen the battlefield.
Vladimir Putin appears unwilling to accept a ceasefire that leaves his territorial ambitions unfinished. NATO cannot allow Russia to prove that military aggression works. Neither side believes it can afford to back down.
NATO Is Hardening
At its July 7–8 summit in Ankara, NATO reaffirmed Article 5 and pledged €70 billion in military equipment, assistance and training for Ukraine during 2026, with comparable support intended for 2027. European members and Canada now finance most of that assistance, showing that Europe is preparing to continue even if Washington becomes unreliable (NATO, 2026).
NATO also upgraded its Baltic air-policing mission into an air-defense operation, giving pilots wider authority to destroy objects judged to be threats. Days earlier, British F-35s intercepted a Russian patrol aircraft after it repeatedly approached HMS Prince of Wales at low altitude in the Norwegian Sea and dropped sonobuoys nearby (Reuters, 2026b; Reuters, 2026c).
These moves do not mean NATO plans to attack Russia. They mean it expects more provocations and wants to respond faster. That may strengthen deterrence, but it also increases the consequences of a mistaken identification or unauthorized shot.
The Trump Variable
Donald Trump told NATO leaders that he wants the United States to remain in the alliance and reaffirmed the American commitment to Article 5. His administration also reached an agreement with senators to advance additional sanctions against Russia, while Trump supported licensing Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptors (Reuters, 2026d; Reuters, 2026e).
That is stronger support than many expected. It is not dependable leadership.
Trump has repeatedly treated alliances as personal transactions. European leaders cannot know whether an American promise made on Wednesday will survive a political grievance on Friday. Deterrence works only when adversaries believe commitments before a crisis begins.
The 2026 midterm elections cannot directly remove Trump. They could change control of Congress, strengthen oversight and make impeachment proceedings politically possible. The House has the sole power to impeach, while conviction and removal require a two-thirds Senate vote. That is a high constitutional barrier, not an automatic election result (U.S. Senate, n.d.; Constitution Annotated, n.d.).
Trump can be removed constitutionally. Europe cannot build its defense strategy around the hope that he will be.
How Wars Begin
The likeliest route to a NATO–Russia war is not a formal declaration. It is an incident: a missile kills people in Poland; an aircraft is shot down; sabotage sinks a ship; a cyberattack causes mass casualties; or commanders mistake electronic interference for the opening stage of an attack.
Article 5 is not an automatic declaration of nuclear war. Each NATO member must assist an attacked ally, but the treaty allows each government to take “such action as it deems necessary,” including armed force (NATO, 2025).
That flexibility creates room for restraint. It also creates uncertainty at the worst possible moment.
Not World War III—Yet
Europe is not at war with Russia today. NATO has not mobilized for an invasion, and Russia has not launched a deliberate attack on NATO territory.
But the margin for error is shrinking.
Governments are preparing for a war they insist they are trying to prevent. The danger is not that everyone wants World War III. The danger is that enough leaders believe they can keep escalating without being the one who finally pushes the situation over the edge.
History suggests that is precisely when people should pay attention.
References
Constitution Annotated. (n.d.). Overview of impeachment clauses. Congress.gov.
NATO. (2025). Collective defence and Article 5.
NATO. (2026, July 8). The Ankara Summit Declaration.
Reuters. (2026a, July 11). Two dead, 19 wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles, drones.
Reuters. (2026b, July 8). NATO upgrades Baltic Air Policing mission to air defence.
Reuters. (2026c, July 6). UK says aircraft carrier approached by Russian plane in Norwegian Sea.
Reuters. (2026d, July 9). NATO weathers another Trump storm but braces for more after Ankara summit.
Reuters. (2026e, July 10). U.S. senators say agreement reached with Trump on Russia sanctions bill.
U.S. Senate. (n.d.). About impeachment.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Europe Is Running Out of Room for Error
By Cliff Potts, Chief Strategy Officer, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Saturday, July 11, 2026 — 2250 PHT
The world is not waking up to World War III tonight. That is the reassuring part. The disturbing part is that Europe is now operating in the kind of environment where a major war could begin without any leader consciously deciding to start one.
Russia is escalating its assault on Ukraine. NATO is strengthening its eastern defenses. Ukraine is striking deeper into Russian territory. European governments are rearming. The United States remains officially committed to NATO but is led by a president whose positions can change with alarming speed.
The result is not peace. It is an armed standoff with too many moving parts and too few reliable guardrails.
A War That Keeps Widening
On July 11, Russia launched six ballistic missiles, six cruise missiles and 121 drones against Ukraine, killing civilians and striking Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv. The attack followed repeated bombardments that exposed Ukraine’s shortage of Patriot interceptors and vulnerability to ballistic missiles (Reuters, 2026a).
Ukraine is also striking Russian refineries, ports, ships and military logistics networks. Those attacks are acts of self-defense, but they widen the battlefield.
Vladimir Putin appears unwilling to accept a ceasefire that leaves his territorial ambitions unfinished. NATO cannot allow Russia to prove that military aggression works. Neither side believes it can afford to back down.
NATO Is Hardening
At its July 7–8 summit in Ankara, NATO reaffirmed Article 5 and pledged €70 billion in military equipment, assistance and training for Ukraine during 2026, with comparable support intended for 2027. European members and Canada now finance most of that assistance, showing that Europe is preparing to continue even if Washington becomes unreliable (NATO, 2026).
NATO also upgraded its Baltic air-policing mission into an air-defense operation, giving pilots wider authority to destroy objects judged to be threats. Days earlier, British F-35s intercepted a Russian patrol aircraft after it repeatedly approached HMS Prince of Wales at low altitude in the Norwegian Sea and dropped sonobuoys nearby (Reuters, 2026b; Reuters, 2026c).
These moves do not mean NATO plans to attack Russia. They mean it expects more provocations and wants to respond faster. That may strengthen deterrence, but it also increases the consequences of a mistaken identification or unauthorized shot.
The Trump Variable
Donald Trump told NATO leaders that he wants the United States to remain in the alliance and reaffirmed the American commitment to Article 5. His administration also reached an agreement with senators to advance additional sanctions against Russia, while Trump supported licensing Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptors (Reuters, 2026d; Reuters, 2026e).
That is stronger support than many expected. It is not dependable leadership.
Trump has repeatedly treated alliances as personal transactions. European leaders cannot know whether an American promise made on Wednesday will survive a political grievance on Friday. Deterrence works only when adversaries believe commitments before a crisis begins.
The 2026 midterm elections cannot directly remove Trump. They could change control of Congress, strengthen oversight and make impeachment proceedings politically possible. The House has the sole power to impeach, while conviction and removal require a two-thirds Senate vote. That is a high constitutional barrier, not an automatic election result (U.S. Senate, n.d.; Constitution Annotated, n.d.).
Trump can be removed constitutionally. Europe cannot build its defense strategy around the hope that he will be.
How Wars Begin
The likeliest route to a NATO–Russia war is not a formal declaration. It is an incident: a missile kills people in Poland; an aircraft is shot down; sabotage sinks a ship; a cyberattack causes mass casualties; or commanders mistake electronic interference for the opening stage of an attack.
Article 5 is not an automatic declaration of nuclear war. Each NATO member must assist an attacked ally, but the treaty allows each government to take “such action as it deems necessary,” including armed force (NATO, 2025).
That flexibility creates room for restraint. It also creates uncertainty at the worst possible moment.
Not World War III—Yet
Europe is not at war with Russia today. NATO has not mobilized for an invasion, and Russia has not launched a deliberate attack on NATO territory.
But the margin for error is shrinking.
Governments are preparing for a war they insist they are trying to prevent. The danger is not that everyone wants World War III. The danger is that enough leaders believe they can keep escalating without being the one who finally pushes the situation over the edge.
History suggests that is precisely when people should pay attention.
References
Constitution Annotated. (n.d.). Overview of impeachment clauses. Congress.gov.
NATO. (2025). Collective defence and Article 5.
NATO. (2026, July 8). The Ankara Summit Declaration.
Reuters. (2026a, July 11). Two dead, 19 wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles, drones.
Reuters. (2026b, July 8). NATO upgrades Baltic Air Policing mission to air defence.
Reuters. (2026c, July 6). UK says aircraft carrier approached by Russian plane in Norwegian Sea.
Reuters. (2026d, July 9). NATO weathers another Trump storm but braces for more after Ankara summit.
Reuters. (2026e, July 10). U.S. senators say agreement reached with Trump on Russia sanctions bill.
U.S. Senate. (n.d.). About impeachment.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5 at https://Occupy25.com
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SPECIAL REPORT: Europe Is Running Out of Room for Error
By Cliff Potts, Chief Strategy Officer, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Saturday, July 11, 2026 — 2250 PHT
The world is not waking up to World War III tonight. That is the reassuring part. The disturbing part is that Europe is now operating in the kind of environment where a major war could begin without any leader consciously deciding to start one.
Russia is escalating its assault on Ukraine. NATO is strengthening its eastern defenses. Ukraine is striking deeper into Russian territory. European governments are rearming. The United States remains officially committed to NATO but is led by a president whose positions can change with alarming speed.
The result is not peace. It is an armed standoff with too many moving parts and too few reliable guardrails.
A War That Keeps Widening
On July 11, Russia launched six ballistic missiles, six cruise missiles and 121 drones against Ukraine, killing civilians and striking Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv. The attack followed repeated bombardments that exposed Ukraine’s shortage of Patriot interceptors and vulnerability to ballistic missiles (Reuters, 2026a).
Ukraine is also striking Russian refineries, ports, ships and military logistics networks. Those attacks are acts of self-defense, but they widen the battlefield.
Vladimir Putin appears unwilling to accept a ceasefire that leaves his territorial ambitions unfinished. NATO cannot allow Russia to prove that military aggression works. Neither side believes it can afford to back down.
NATO Is Hardening
At its July 7–8 summit in Ankara, NATO reaffirmed Article 5 and pledged €70 billion in military equipment, assistance and training for Ukraine during 2026, with comparable support intended for 2027. European members and Canada now finance most of that assistance, showing that Europe is preparing to continue even if Washington becomes unreliable (NATO, 2026).
NATO also upgraded its Baltic air-policing mission into an air-defense operation, giving pilots wider authority to destroy objects judged to be threats. Days earlier, British F-35s intercepted a Russian patrol aircraft after it repeatedly approached HMS Prince of Wales at low altitude in the Norwegian Sea and dropped sonobuoys nearby (Reuters, 2026b; Reuters, 2026c).
These moves do not mean NATO plans to attack Russia. They mean it expects more provocations and wants to respond faster. That may strengthen deterrence, but it also increases the consequences of a mistaken identification or unauthorized shot.
The Trump Variable
Donald Trump told NATO leaders that he wants the United States to remain in the alliance and reaffirmed the American commitment to Article 5. His administration also reached an agreement with senators to advance additional sanctions against Russia, while Trump supported licensing Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptors (Reuters, 2026d; Reuters, 2026e).
That is stronger support than many expected. It is not dependable leadership.
Trump has repeatedly treated alliances as personal transactions. European leaders cannot know whether an American promise made on Wednesday will survive a political grievance on Friday. Deterrence works only when adversaries believe commitments before a crisis begins.
The 2026 midterm elections cannot directly remove Trump. They could change control of Congress, strengthen oversight and make impeachment proceedings politically possible. The House has the sole power to impeach, while conviction and removal require a two-thirds Senate vote. That is a high constitutional barrier, not an automatic election result (U.S. Senate, n.d.; Constitution Annotated, n.d.).
Trump can be removed constitutionally. Europe cannot build its defense strategy around the hope that he will be.
How Wars Begin
The likeliest route to a NATO–Russia war is not a formal declaration. It is an incident: a missile kills people in Poland; an aircraft is shot down; sabotage sinks a ship; a cyberattack causes mass casualties; or commanders mistake electronic interference for the opening stage of an attack.
Article 5 is not an automatic declaration of nuclear war. Each NATO member must assist an attacked ally, but the treaty allows each government to take “such action as it deems necessary,” including armed force (NATO, 2025).
That flexibility creates room for restraint. It also creates uncertainty at the worst possible moment.
Not World War III—Yet
Europe is not at war with Russia today. NATO has not mobilized for an invasion, and Russia has not launched a deliberate attack on NATO territory.
But the margin for error is shrinking.
Governments are preparing for a war they insist they are trying to prevent. The danger is not that everyone wants World War III. The danger is that enough leaders believe they can keep escalating without being the one who finally pushes the situation over the edge.
History suggests that is precisely when people should pay attention.
References
Constitution Annotated. (n.d.). Overview of impeachment clauses. Congress.gov.
NATO. (2025). Collective defence and Article 5.
NATO. (2026, July 8). The Ankara Summit Declaration.
Reuters. (2026a, July 11). Two dead, 19 wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles, drones.
Reuters. (2026b, July 8). NATO upgrades Baltic Air Policing mission to air defence.
Reuters. (2026c, July 6). UK says aircraft carrier approached by Russian plane in Norwegian Sea.
Reuters. (2026d, July 9). NATO weathers another Trump storm but braces for more after Ankara summit.
Reuters. (2026e, July 10). U.S. senators say agreement reached with Trump on Russia sanctions bill.
U.S. Senate. (n.d.). About impeachment.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5 at https://Occupy25.com
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SPECIAL REPORT: Europe Is Running Out of Room for Error
By Cliff Potts, Chief Strategy Officer, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Saturday, July 11, 2026 — 2250 PHT
The world is not waking up to World War III tonight. That is the reassuring part. The disturbing part is that Europe is now operating in the kind of environment where a major war could begin without any leader consciously deciding to start one.
Russia is escalating its assault on Ukraine. NATO is strengthening its eastern defenses. Ukraine is striking deeper into Russian territory. European governments are rearming. The United States remains officially committed to NATO but is led by a president whose positions can change with alarming speed.
The result is not peace. It is an armed standoff with too many moving parts and too few reliable guardrails.
A War That Keeps Widening
On July 11, Russia launched six ballistic missiles, six cruise missiles and 121 drones against Ukraine, killing civilians and striking Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv. The attack followed repeated bombardments that exposed Ukraine’s shortage of Patriot interceptors and vulnerability to ballistic missiles (Reuters, 2026a).
Ukraine is also striking Russian refineries, ports, ships and military logistics networks. Those attacks are acts of self-defense, but they widen the battlefield.
Vladimir Putin appears unwilling to accept a ceasefire that leaves his territorial ambitions unfinished. NATO cannot allow Russia to prove that military aggression works. Neither side believes it can afford to back down.
NATO Is Hardening
At its July 7–8 summit in Ankara, NATO reaffirmed Article 5 and pledged €70 billion in military equipment, assistance and training for Ukraine during 2026, with comparable support intended for 2027. European members and Canada now finance most of that assistance, showing that Europe is preparing to continue even if Washington becomes unreliable (NATO, 2026).
NATO also upgraded its Baltic air-policing mission into an air-defense operation, giving pilots wider authority to destroy objects judged to be threats. Days earlier, British F-35s intercepted a Russian patrol aircraft after it repeatedly approached HMS Prince of Wales at low altitude in the Norwegian Sea and dropped sonobuoys nearby (Reuters, 2026b; Reuters, 2026c).
These moves do not mean NATO plans to attack Russia. They mean it expects more provocations and wants to respond faster. That may strengthen deterrence, but it also increases the consequences of a mistaken identification or unauthorized shot.
The Trump Variable
Donald Trump told NATO leaders that he wants the United States to remain in the alliance and reaffirmed the American commitment to Article 5. His administration also reached an agreement with senators to advance additional sanctions against Russia, while Trump supported licensing Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptors (Reuters, 2026d; Reuters, 2026e).
That is stronger support than many expected. It is not dependable leadership.
Trump has repeatedly treated alliances as personal transactions. European leaders cannot know whether an American promise made on Wednesday will survive a political grievance on Friday. Deterrence works only when adversaries believe commitments before a crisis begins.
The 2026 midterm elections cannot directly remove Trump. They could change control of Congress, strengthen oversight and make impeachment proceedings politically possible. The House has the sole power to impeach, while conviction and removal require a two-thirds Senate vote. That is a high constitutional barrier, not an automatic election result (U.S. Senate, n.d.; Constitution Annotated, n.d.).
Trump can be removed constitutionally. Europe cannot build its defense strategy around the hope that he will be.
How Wars Begin
The likeliest route to a NATO–Russia war is not a formal declaration. It is an incident: a missile kills people in Poland; an aircraft is shot down; sabotage sinks a ship; a cyberattack causes mass casualties; or commanders mistake electronic interference for the opening stage of an attack.
Article 5 is not an automatic declaration of nuclear war. Each NATO member must assist an attacked ally, but the treaty allows each government to take “such action as it deems necessary,” including armed force (NATO, 2025).
That flexibility creates room for restraint. It also creates uncertainty at the worst possible moment.
Not World War III—Yet
Europe is not at war with Russia today. NATO has not mobilized for an invasion, and Russia has not launched a deliberate attack on NATO territory.
But the margin for error is shrinking.
Governments are preparing for a war they insist they are trying to prevent. The danger is not that everyone wants World War III. The danger is that enough leaders believe they can keep escalating without being the one who finally pushes the situation over the edge.
History suggests that is precisely when people should pay attention.
References
Constitution Annotated. (n.d.). Overview of impeachment clauses. Congress.gov.
NATO. (2025). Collective defence and Article 5.
NATO. (2026, July 8). The Ankara Summit Declaration.
Reuters. (2026a, July 11). Two dead, 19 wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles, drones.
Reuters. (2026b, July 8). NATO upgrades Baltic Air Policing mission to air defence.
Reuters. (2026c, July 6). UK says aircraft carrier approached by Russian plane in Norwegian Sea.
Reuters. (2026d, July 9). NATO weathers another Trump storm but braces for more after Ankara summit.
Reuters. (2026e, July 10). U.S. senators say agreement reached with Trump on Russia sanctions bill.
U.S. Senate. (n.d.). About impeachment.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5 at https://Occupy25.com
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SPECIAL REPORT: Europe Is Running Out of Room for Error
By Cliff Potts, Chief Strategy Officer, Editor-in-Chief, WPS News
BAYBAY CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Saturday, July 11, 2026 — 2250 PHT
The world is not waking up to World War III tonight. That is the reassuring part. The disturbing part is that Europe is now operating in the kind of environment where a major war could begin without any leader consciously deciding to start one.
Russia is escalating its assault on Ukraine. NATO is strengthening its eastern defenses. Ukraine is striking deeper into Russian territory. European governments are rearming. The United States remains officially committed to NATO but is led by a president whose positions can change with alarming speed.
The result is not peace. It is an armed standoff with too many moving parts and too few reliable guardrails.
A War That Keeps Widening
On July 11, Russia launched six ballistic missiles, six cruise missiles and 121 drones against Ukraine, killing civilians and striking Kyiv, Odesa and Kharkiv. The attack followed repeated bombardments that exposed Ukraine’s shortage of Patriot interceptors and vulnerability to ballistic missiles (Reuters, 2026a).
Ukraine is also striking Russian refineries, ports, ships and military logistics networks. Those attacks are acts of self-defense, but they widen the battlefield.
Vladimir Putin appears unwilling to accept a ceasefire that leaves his territorial ambitions unfinished. NATO cannot allow Russia to prove that military aggression works. Neither side believes it can afford to back down.
NATO Is Hardening
At its July 7–8 summit in Ankara, NATO reaffirmed Article 5 and pledged €70 billion in military equipment, assistance and training for Ukraine during 2026, with comparable support intended for 2027. European members and Canada now finance most of that assistance, showing that Europe is preparing to continue even if Washington becomes unreliable (NATO, 2026).
NATO also upgraded its Baltic air-policing mission into an air-defense operation, giving pilots wider authority to destroy objects judged to be threats. Days earlier, British F-35s intercepted a Russian patrol aircraft after it repeatedly approached HMS Prince of Wales at low altitude in the Norwegian Sea and dropped sonobuoys nearby (Reuters, 2026b; Reuters, 2026c).
These moves do not mean NATO plans to attack Russia. They mean it expects more provocations and wants to respond faster. That may strengthen deterrence, but it also increases the consequences of a mistaken identification or unauthorized shot.
The Trump Variable
Donald Trump told NATO leaders that he wants the United States to remain in the alliance and reaffirmed the American commitment to Article 5. His administration also reached an agreement with senators to advance additional sanctions against Russia, while Trump supported licensing Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptors (Reuters, 2026d; Reuters, 2026e).
That is stronger support than many expected. It is not dependable leadership.
Trump has repeatedly treated alliances as personal transactions. European leaders cannot know whether an American promise made on Wednesday will survive a political grievance on Friday. Deterrence works only when adversaries believe commitments before a crisis begins.
The 2026 midterm elections cannot directly remove Trump. They could change control of Congress, strengthen oversight and make impeachment proceedings politically possible. The House has the sole power to impeach, while conviction and removal require a two-thirds Senate vote. That is a high constitutional barrier, not an automatic election result (U.S. Senate, n.d.; Constitution Annotated, n.d.).
Trump can be removed constitutionally. Europe cannot build its defense strategy around the hope that he will be.
How Wars Begin
The likeliest route to a NATO–Russia war is not a formal declaration. It is an incident: a missile kills people in Poland; an aircraft is shot down; sabotage sinks a ship; a cyberattack causes mass casualties; or commanders mistake electronic interference for the opening stage of an attack.
Article 5 is not an automatic declaration of nuclear war. Each NATO member must assist an attacked ally, but the treaty allows each government to take “such action as it deems necessary,” including armed force (NATO, 2025).
That flexibility creates room for restraint. It also creates uncertainty at the worst possible moment.
Not World War III—Yet
Europe is not at war with Russia today. NATO has not mobilized for an invasion, and Russia has not launched a deliberate attack on NATO territory.
But the margin for error is shrinking.
Governments are preparing for a war they insist they are trying to prevent. The danger is not that everyone wants World War III. The danger is that enough leaders believe they can keep escalating without being the one who finally pushes the situation over the edge.
History suggests that is precisely when people should pay attention.
References
Constitution Annotated. (n.d.). Overview of impeachment clauses. Congress.gov.
NATO. (2025). Collective defence and Article 5.
NATO. (2026, July 8). The Ankara Summit Declaration.
Reuters. (2026a, July 11). Two dead, 19 wounded as Russia strikes Ukraine with missiles, drones.
Reuters. (2026b, July 8). NATO upgrades Baltic Air Policing mission to air defence.
Reuters. (2026c, July 6). UK says aircraft carrier approached by Russian plane in Norwegian Sea.
Reuters. (2026d, July 9). NATO weathers another Trump storm but braces for more after Ankara summit.
Reuters. (2026e, July 10). U.S. senators say agreement reached with Trump on Russia sanctions bill.
U.S. Senate. (n.d.). About impeachment.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5 at https://Occupy25.com
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I had wondered if exactly this thing (Saudi airspace) would come into play
Laura Rozen -- @lrozen
1mInteresting, from NBC:
"Trump U-turn on Strait initiative came after Saudi Arabia suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation"
* * * * *
Laura Rozen -- @lrozen
"Pakistan PM message this morning thanking Trump for the decision stressed it was also made at the request of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince MBS
Quote:
Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz14h
I am grateful to President Donald Trump for his courageous leadership and timely announcement regarding the pause in Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz.President Trump's gracious response to the request made by Pakistan and ...
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #SaudiArabia #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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I had wondered if exactly this thing (Saudi airspace) would come into play
Laura Rozen -- @lrozen
1mInteresting, from NBC:
"Trump U-turn on Strait initiative came after Saudi Arabia suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation"
* * * * *
Laura Rozen -- @lrozen
"Pakistan PM message this morning thanking Trump for the decision stressed it was also made at the request of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince MBS
Quote:
Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz14h
I am grateful to President Donald Trump for his courageous leadership and timely announcement regarding the pause in Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz.President Trump's gracious response to the request made by Pakistan and ...
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #SaudiArabia #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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I had wondered if exactly this thing (Saudi airspace) would come into play
Laura Rozen -- @lrozen
1mInteresting, from NBC:
"Trump U-turn on Strait initiative came after Saudi Arabia suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation"
* * * * *
Laura Rozen -- @lrozen
"Pakistan PM message this morning thanking Trump for the decision stressed it was also made at the request of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince MBS
Quote:
Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz14h
I am grateful to President Donald Trump for his courageous leadership and timely announcement regarding the pause in Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz.President Trump's gracious response to the request made by Pakistan and ...
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #SaudiArabia #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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I had wondered if exactly this thing (Saudi airspace) would come into play
Laura Rozen -- @lrozen
1mInteresting, from NBC:
"Trump U-turn on Strait initiative came after Saudi Arabia suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation"
* * * * *
Laura Rozen -- @lrozen
"Pakistan PM message this morning thanking Trump for the decision stressed it was also made at the request of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince MBS
Quote:
Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz14h
I am grateful to President Donald Trump for his courageous leadership and timely announcement regarding the pause in Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz.President Trump's gracious response to the request made by Pakistan and ...
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #SaudiArabia #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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I had wondered if exactly this thing (Saudi airspace) would come into play
Laura Rozen -- @lrozen
1mInteresting, from NBC:
"Trump U-turn on Strait initiative came after Saudi Arabia suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation"
* * * * *
Laura Rozen -- @lrozen
"Pakistan PM message this morning thanking Trump for the decision stressed it was also made at the request of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince MBS
Quote:
Shehbaz Sharif @CMShehbaz14h
I am grateful to President Donald Trump for his courageous leadership and timely announcement regarding the pause in Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz.President Trump's gracious response to the request made by Pakistan and ...
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #SaudiArabia #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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And there we have it
Intel Doge -- @IntelDoge
"Iran's foreign minister has left Pakistan before U.S. officials arrived."
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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And there we have it
Intel Doge -- @IntelDoge
"Iran's foreign minister has left Pakistan before U.S. officials arrived."
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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And there we have it
Intel Doge -- @IntelDoge
"Iran's foreign minister has left Pakistan before U.S. officials arrived."
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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And there we have it
Intel Doge -- @IntelDoge
"Iran's foreign minister has left Pakistan before U.S. officials arrived."
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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And there we have it
Intel Doge -- @IntelDoge
"Iran's foreign minister has left Pakistan before U.S. officials arrived."
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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OK then
At Saturday 04/25/2026 09:03:39 PDT
OSINTdefender -- @sentdefender
8m
According to Fox News, U.S. President Donald J. Trump unilaterally cancelled White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s trip to Islamabad, Pakistan, saying:
"We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Well, to be fair, it is the weekend and #President #Trump has to get in a few rounds of #Golf
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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OK then
At Saturday 04/25/2026 09:03:39 PDT
OSINTdefender -- @sentdefender
8m
According to Fox News, U.S. President Donald J. Trump unilaterally cancelled White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s trip to Islamabad, Pakistan, saying:
"We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Well, to be fair, it is the weekend and #President #Trump has to get in a few rounds of #Golf
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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OK then
At Saturday 04/25/2026 09:03:39 PDT
OSINTdefender -- @sentdefender
8m
According to Fox News, U.S. President Donald J. Trump unilaterally cancelled White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s trip to Islamabad, Pakistan, saying:
"We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Well, to be fair, it is the weekend and #President #Trump has to get in a few rounds of #Golf
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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CW: USPol GeoPolitics
OK then
At Saturday 04/25/2026 09:03:39 PDT
OSINTdefender -- @sentdefender
8m
According to Fox News, U.S. President Donald J. Trump unilaterally cancelled White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s trip to Islamabad, Pakistan, saying:
"We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Well, to be fair, it is the weekend and #President #Trump has to get in a few rounds of #Golf
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP
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CW: USPol GeoPolitics
OK then
At Saturday 04/25/2026 09:03:39 PDT
OSINTdefender -- @sentdefender
8m
According to Fox News, U.S. President Donald J. Trump unilaterally cancelled White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s trip to Islamabad, Pakistan, saying:
"We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Well, to be fair, it is the weekend and #President #Trump has to get in a few rounds of #Golf
#Iran #IranWar #WorldWarIII #DonaldTrump #Trump #PeteHegseth #MarcoRubio #StephenMiller #BenjaminNetanyahu #MAGA #RepublicanParty #Republicans #GOP