– There are signs that there are people inside the Trump administration that are leaking information to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post. it shows that the Iran war is not popular inside the “Deep State”. In several videos on YouTube people are mentioning that news / information has been leaked to  (mainstream (???)) newspapers. How much is leaked and by who ?
 
– There also seems to be A LOT OF resignations from the US army. Or are these military officers part of a purge of the Pentagon by Hegseth and his buddies ? Or are they forced to “voluntarily” resign / retire from the military ? There are A LOT OF rumours and not too much soild evidence. Questions, questions and very few solid answers.
 
– Even a former Pro Trumper and influential vlogger like Joe Rogan (of the “Rogan Experience”)  has some (Serious) doubts about the Trump administration and the Trump / Netanyahu war on Iran (to put it friendly)
– There are a number of (jewish) Pro Israel vloggers / influencers (e.g. Ben Shapiro ) who are getting more and more desparate. Ben Shapiro’s “enterprise” / grift (called “Daily Wire”) has lost some 80% of his paid viewers since the year 2023. It seems that Shapiro’s staunch, uncritical support for Israel is getting less and less  popular.  Shapiro’s Daily Wire recently, according to a number of YouTube videos, had to lay off some 50% (some say even 60%) of his workers.
– There are other “influencers” in the US who are getting more and more fed up / are becoming “more critical” with the Iran war.
 
https://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow/comments/1tafgxn/85_of_ben_shapiros_audience_is_gone_viewership   (with a video, length:  7 minutes)
 
David Pakman gives a good explanation why the main stream media, even FOX News, can’t control “the narrative” anymore. I consider David Pakman to be one of the more sane and critical voices from the US “political left”.

Posted by: WMG | May 14 2026 14:59 utc | 4

The Israeli government has been dissolved? Hopefully in Sulphuric acid.
 
Posted by: Giyane | May 14 2026 14:42 utc | 2
That made me smile.  

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 14 2026 15:05 utc | 6

@ WMG | May 14 2026 14:59 utc | 4
 
David Pakman is a mainstream Dim Party shill. Only in that sense is he a representative of the “political left”.
 
Posted by: malenkov | May 14 2026 15:04 utc | 5
Good eye.  There are just so many genocidal Imperialist Dems, one can’t keep up!  I’ve never heard of him.

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 14 2026 15:06 utc | 8

from previous thread:
 
“…For example – Taiwan in exchange for a temporary lifeline for Trump himself. So that Trump not only refuses to support Taiwan, but also helps China “return it to its native harbor”. And for this, America will be given the opportunity not to fall into the abyss, and China, of course, will help Donny resolve his Iranian problem. By offering Tehran a “deal” that it cannot refuse…”
 
https://x.com/YuriPodolyaka/status/2054649104136069629
 
Posted by: unimperator | May 14 2026 8:13 utc | 156
—
I wonder what the author is implying. It sounds rather ominous.

Posted by: frito | May 14 2026 15:15 utc | 10

2 squadrons of F-16’s in KSA…..bunch KC-135’s in tel’aviv…additional assets all ready to go once the red carpet from China is rolled up. Hey look this who reset thing is gonna require some broken eggs!
 

Posted by: Chevrus | May 14 2026 15:17 utc | 12

The Israeli government has been dissolved? Hopefully in Sulphuric acid. Posted by: Giyane | May 14 2026 14:42 utc | 2That made me smile.  
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 14 2026 15:05 utc | 6
That made me wistful. If only……..

Posted by: Vragtes | May 14 2026 15:26 utc | 14

“There are signs that there are people inside the Trump administration that are leaking information to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post.”

 
[Posted by: WMG | May 14 2026 14:59 utc | 4]
 
The New York Crimes is the mouthpiece of the State Department and the Warshington Boast the mouthpiece of the CIA.
 
Yet, whatever they are reporting, the Trump regime is still owned completely by,  controlled completely by, and totally subservient to,  nazinyahu. 

Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | May 14 2026 15:32 utc | 16

Italian railway managers have been hired in Germany to solve the Deutsche Bahn’s notorious punctuality problem. No jokes, please. 
Posted by: persiflo | May 14 2026 15:28 utc | 15
 
 I’m sure I read somewhere that Musolin’s great achievment was to  make the trains run on time.

Posted by: arby | May 14 2026 15:37 utc | 18

BM@7:
 
re: ‘India’s quasi-alliance with Israel and UAE’ and other rotten BRICS – hopefully demolished by the actions of Iran…
 
Why the Middle East Can’t Do Without Russia 
 
https://www.rt.com/news/631767-why-middle-east-cannot-do-without-russia/
 
 

Posted by: John Gilberts | May 14 2026 16:25 utc | 20

FT says that Saudi asked for a non-aggresion pact between the ME puppet states and Iran. But they don’t close Us bases and Israel will not sign it. They must be so high…

Posted by: rk | May 14 2026 17:35 utc | 22

“I would love, love, love to see the settlers who ‘bravely’ do pogroms against Palestinians actually face Hezbollah and others in combat.”
Posted by: Eighthman | May 14 2026 16:53 utc | 21
Hezbollah is hunting-down the child-murderers in South Lebanon with FPV fiber-optic drones, and the optic for the sionists is terrible, they are not used to fight an enemy that could resist them, and less chasing them and putting that hunt on videos in internet so everyone can see it, so this cannot continue for too long, as would the case of the american in the Tet Offensive, these are countries, not like Ukraine or Russia, that cannot sustain prolonged period of televised casualties.

Posted by: DaveFC | May 14 2026 18:11 utc | 24

Latest from Al Manar on Lebanon
IDF getting a double spanking – all in excellent quality video footage
https://english.almanar.com.lb/article/72472/

Posted by: Monty | May 14 2026 18:29 utc | 26

David Pakman is a mainstream Dim Party shill. Only in that sense is he a representative of the “political left”.
Posted by: malenkov | May 14 2026 15:04 utc | 5
 
I tired to watch a Pakman youtube a few months ago about the “Civil War” in the Republican party.
 
He gloated a lot, but never mentioned that it was over Israel and the Iran war.  Just a bunch of “This is great”.

Posted by: UWDude | May 14 2026 18:39 utc | 28

ChatNPC | May 14 2026 18:46 utc | 29 
*** What if they held a rapture and nobody turned up? ***
 
Infantino’s fault for setting such high ticket prices.
 

Posted by: Cynic | May 14 2026 18:50 utc | 30

@30 Cynic

Typical, people would rather sit in front of tv than spend a few bucks to attend the second coming.

Posted by: Ornot | May 14 2026 19:12 utc | 32

@31 John

It all seems to be in flux while Trump is in China. Commentators are expecting events to ramp again over the weekend.

I suppose some are hoping US will return with a new-found wisdom, but others are saying a decision to attack will be made.

Not sure what is up with the UN draft, dragged in over a hundred countries, but these resolutions get decided at UNSC, so far Russia has only said ‘not support’, not ‘veto’.

Posted by: Ornot | May 14 2026 19:33 utc | 34

China is not yet a superpower, despite possessing almost all the necessary means, mainly because it remains deeply energy-dependent and suffers from a profound inferiority complex.
Trump brought financiers and financial managers from major American corporations to visit their sweatshops.
China suffers from high-level corruption, much like Russia and Iran.
China is the producer, while the US is partly the financier and the buyer. Peking has gradually been trying to be resilient to US, unlike Russia and Iran who don’t show major concerns about it. For China if the investor and the buyer are one and the same, you could still find yourself in trouble. China is therefore too compromised, which may partly explain its inferiority complex.
USraeli strikes enabled the Islamic Republic to get rid of at least two layers of dead wood, something that could otherwise have been significantly more difficult.
This has not happened in China and Russia.

Posted by: Sentience | May 14 2026 19:52 utc | 36

Sooner or later The American elites and Trump will realize that Air and Sea power alone cannot take Iranian uranium and stop their scientists from having a nuke.
 
They will be forced to either choose a Ground Invasion of Iran or Give up on any hope to stop Iranian uranium enrichment.

Posted by: KillerDoll | May 14 2026 20:13 utc | 38

Ornot | May 14 2026 19:33 utc | 34—
 
It’s likely that whatever wisdom Xi imparted to Trump the latter has already forgotten. After reading reports on the Summit, I trust China to uphold what it proposed while proof of any honesty will need to be seen in actions by the Outlaw US Empire. Here’s what Xi is reported to have said:
 

“Can China and the US overcome the Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major-country relations? Can we meet global challenges together and provide greater stability for the world? Can we build a bright future together for our bilateral relations in the interest of the well-being of the two peoples and the future of humanity? These are the questions vital to history, to the world and to the people,” said Xi, per Xinhua. 
“I look forward to working together with you to set the course and steer the giant ship of China-US relations, so as to make 2026 a historic, landmark year that opens up a new chapter in China-US relations,” he said. 
 “I have agreed with President Trump on a new vision of building a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability,” Xi said. 

 
I note that BigLie Media focused on the “historic nature” of the meeting while saying very little about any substance being produced, while people like Rubio struck to generalities in their comments and answers to questions. It appears very little was done regarding Iran, which conforms to the pre-Summit focus by China on bilateral relations. In that regard, the Global Times editorial opened with this paragraph:
 

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held talks with US President Donald Trump, who is on a state visit in China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The two heads of state agreed on a new vision of building a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability as a “new positioning” in bilateral relations, providing strategic guidance for the bilateral ties over the next three years and beyond. This “new positioning” charts a new course for the giant ship of China-US relations to navigate through storms and sail smoothly, while also injecting greater stability and certainty into the future of global development. [My Emphasis]

 
I recall hearing such rhetoric before after the Anchorage Summit with Putin that amounted to nothing. Reading the editorial further, you’ll see the resurrection of previous initiatives by China to improve bilateral relations that have never been properly reciprocated by the Empire going back to Obama. Some of that and more was reviewed by Victor Gao in his chat with Danny Haiphong today. Will we see the actual enactment of these words from Marco Rubio:
 

[O]bviously, it’s in everyone’s interest to see stability in the world.

 
Or will Trump continue to violate the truce and perhaps break it completely?

Posted by: karlof1 | May 14 2026 20:30 utc | 40

A lot of suspicious multi-billion dollar oil option deals have taken place recently, suggesting the Trump insider team knows the Iran war will resume soon after the China trip is over.
 
https://x.com/0xcoked/status/2055015650314059952

Posted by: unimperator | May 14 2026 21:26 utc | 42

Posted by: UWDude | May 14 2026 18:39 utc | 28
His older brother, who financed David’s entry into internet punditry, was an officer in unit 8200. So you know what he is about.
 
Posted by: Badjoke | May 14 2026 19:48 utc | 35
 
News you can use.  Says it all.

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 14 2026 21:57 utc | 44

Posted by: Sentience | May 14 2026 19:52 utc | 36
 
 That must be why all the world’s leaders are visiting China. NOT

Posted by: arby | May 14 2026 22:18 utc | 46

“The Israeli government has been dissolved? Hopefully in Sulphuric acid.”
Posted by: Giyane | May 14 2026 14:42 utc | 2
 
Hydrofluoric acid is better for dissolving humans, not a trace left over. 

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | May 14 2026 22:53 utc | 48

50 corrected:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/iran-urges-brics-nations-to-condemn-us-israeli-war-aggression

Posted by: John Gilberts | May 14 2026 22:58 utc | 50

In London, how are the poor politicians supposed to  navigate the risk of getting locked up for 14 years under the Terrorism  Act for telling Starmer his unpopularity is because of his support of Nutter’s genocide?
 
In effect ,  the West has criminalised opposition to Israel,  to the extent that Emperor Trump can not be told that he has no clothes.
 
Never mind bonking on Epstein videos,  nobody is allowed to tell Trump what the whole world knows, that he’s  fucking arsehole, publicly ripping up the International Law that the US crafted after WW2. 
 
When you cancel Law, you create War, not just dabble in Iranian Regime Change, but Revolution in every country and civilisation.
Trump has set the world alight in a temper tantrum at a small challenge to US authority.
 
This is the intention of the Talmudic Jews , to cancel International Law,  and replace it with Jewish Supremacy.
 
China is fully aware of the threat to World Peace of Zionism. The only thing they can do to help Trump is to protect him from the Talmudists, by helping Iran to defeat Israel.
 

Posted by: Giyane | May 14 2026 23:11 utc | 52

“According to the linked Telegram channel, the judge Benny Sagi who presided over Netanyahu’s corruption case has been found DEAD in a suspicious “accident.” 
Posted by: Belle | May 14 2026 18:24 utc | 25
 
 
What difference  is one more murder for psychopaths?

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | May 14 2026 23:23 utc | 54

Posted by: KillerDoll | May 14 2026 20:13 utc | 39
 

Sooner or later The American elites and Trump will realize that Air and Sea power alone cannot take Iranian uranium and stop their scientists from having a nuke.
 
They will be forced to either choose a Ground Invasion of Iran or Give up on any hope to stop Iranian uranium enrichment.

 
Hello. This kind of rhetoric is quite remarkable on MoA.
 
I believe it’s common knowledge, especially here, that the US and Israeli attacks on Iran have nothing to do with nuclear weapons.
 
Even in the US, those who listened to Tulsi Gabbard right after her appointment know that all their agencies concluded that Iran wasn’t seeking to acquire a nuclear bomb.
So why should Iran stop uranium enrichment that is its right under the NPT ?
 
The approach is also quite remarkable.
You say the administration will be “forced” to invade Iran?
 
Why wasn’t it “forced” to invade the USSR to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons? And China? And France? And Great Britain? And India? And Pakistan? And North Korea? And Israel?
 
Why, in all these cases, didn’t benevolent America feel “obligated” to intervene militarily?
 
But let’s ignore this blatant bad faith for a moment and talk logistics.
 
In what timeframe do you think the Trump administration could organize an invasion requiring at least a million troops, and how long would the operation, including replenishing arsenals, take?
 
Where would the staging and launch points be for entering Iran, and through which borders?
Where would the rear bases for supplies and rest be located?
From where would air support originate?
Where would the resources come from to maintain such a contingent for the period in question?
 
Need we remind those who may have forgotten that Iran has recently destroyed a number of bases and before that, Afghanistan and Iraq are no more occupied territories ?
 
So, why is it so important to spread and keep this fairy tale of “invasion” as a imminent possibility?

Posted by: Sebgo | May 14 2026 23:39 utc | 56

Posted by: karlof1 | May 14 2026 20:30 utc | 41
 
I’ve not found anything in Chinese media so far today that verifies the claims that Trump and his team are making concerning China’s position on the gulf and/or sending weapons to Iran. 

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | May 14 2026 23:50 utc | 58

Last sentence there should not be part of the block quote … damn no preview …

Posted by: George the Zeroth | May 14 2026 23:56 utc | 60

New has been slow for weeks now, with only some good videos of the Resistance destroying the genocidal maniacs in Southern Lebanon.  Eating my popcorn and waiting for Israels claimed attack to the Litani.  Thieir failed efforts will provide many videos.
US is still suppressing crude oil by selling the SPR barrels on the WTI futures.  Looks like they target $100/bbl.  SPR dropping around 8MM bbls/week.  Seems like an equilibrium point.  China has cut back on imports, living off their massive reserves and Russian oil, Russian oil is not sanctioned currently, providing bbls., Venezuela is no longer sanctioned providing about 1 MM bbls/day, and Saudi continues exporting to the Red Sea, and Iraq via Turkey.  This breaks when the SPR gets to low levels.  And $100/bbl means 10% inflation by this summer.  Annualized m-o-m PPI is around 16%.
Doomberg put out an interesting thesis.  He believes that the China trip means the fix is in.  Trump will have his off ramp.  It’s a credible theory.  The big problem is Lebanon, and I can’t see the talmud amolek nutters giving up on Lebensraum for Israel.  And Israel owns Trump.

Posted by: JackG | May 15 2026 0:01 utc | 62

@64 unsightful

So ‘Trump does China’ ?

They won’t like that, even should they find it somehow amusing.

Posted by: Ornot | May 15 2026 0:19 utc | 64

One hour – worth the hour
 
Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: America’s Grip Is Gone – Here’s What Iran, Russia & China Did

Posted by: Don Firineach | May 15 2026 0:22 utc | 66

Posted by: too scents | May 14 2026 23:58 utc | 62
 
Trump however is hyping a lot of mileage to the people back home, like “US President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had promised him that China would not send military aid to Iran”. etc. https://www.rt.com/news/640010-trump-xi-military-iran/
 
 

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | May 15 2026 0:28 utc | 68

Posted by: Don Firineach | May 15 2026 0:22 utc | 67
 
Hudson alone is OK, but Wolff I find unbearable.

Posted by: ChatNPC | May 15 2026 0:35 utc | 70

So, why is it so important to spread and keep this fairy tale of “invasion” as a imminent possibility?
 
Posted by: Sebgo | May 14 2026 23:39 utc | 57
 
The American people…for the most part think its about nukes. That’s why its important to say.
 
So that imo is what kd  is saying. The perspective of the american people 
 
I think the imminent invasion meme gets pedeled because empire hasn’t given up and it keeps things edgy.

Posted by: Tannenhouser | May 15 2026 1:00 utc | 72

So, why is it so important to spread and keep this fairy tale of “invasion” as a imminent possibility? Posted by: Sebgo | May 14 2026 23:39 utc | 57
 
 
Like living in the Sahel, you need to be IN the place to fully understand the subtelties. The distortions about Iran in US media have been going on for 47+ years now. Consistently. They were ramped up once the idea Iran was enriching uranium and reconstitutions the pre-1979 nuclear power stations that both Russia/USSR, Germany and USA too I think, had contracted to build, this time being taken over by Russia.
 
Once the propaganda in the media by WH officials and other politicians started on that issue – Iran building nuclear weapons – it has never stopped. A key reason why Obama had such a hard time doing the JPOAC negotiations with Europe and Russia, the backlash was enormous. Dial back to the 1990s and Clinton with Madeleine Albright had the same problem when they tried to resolves the conflict over Iran and the hostage taking hangover – he even apologised for the heavy sanctions – the backlash killed any detente and renewing diplomatic contacts. 
 
It’s so bad and so distorted that the public believe all manner of fantasies. One being that for the last decade there’s a segment of the public who think Iran already has a nuclear weapon and they have ballistic missiles capable of hitting the US mainland. Not in the future but already. It’s madness from being brainwashed 24/7 and being stupid uneducated and gullible too.  
 
There is something to be said that not having feet on the ground means you miss out on the subtleties of what is really going on and why it works so easily. Patience is required when speaking with people who have never set foot in the Sahel too.  

Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 15 2026 1:16 utc | 74

Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 15 2026 1:16 utc | 76
 
Damn good post.  IMHO:  this should be featured by the bar owner as a lead article (with appropriate introduction).  I’ve been trying to figure out ways to describe how bad the propaganda is in the US for a long time.  This post summarizes it quite well, as well as showing the results of this propaganda.
 
 

Posted by: Woke American | May 15 2026 2:14 utc | 76

Zuckerberg married a Chinese woman for some reason, or so he thought.
 
Farcebook has not penetrated China, though…..

Posted by: Local Oscillator | May 15 2026 2:55 utc | 78

Woke American thankyou for feedback. appreciated. 

Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 15 2026 3:20 utc | 80

“Zuckerberg married a Chinese woman for some reason, or so he thought.” Farcebook has not penetrated China, though…..
Posted by: Local Oscillator | May 15 2026 2:55 utc | 83
 
So did Rupert Murdoch – but then China did not answer to his whims and he later divorced her.
 
After that a number of alleged conspiracy theories surfaced like that she was a Chinees spy, or  that she had a dalliance with Tony Blair. 

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | May 15 2026 3:32 utc | 82

Whoops, fat finger 
They have to colonise the world; they have  chase women ; they hate Islam with every fibte of their being, and in their latter years,  they project themselves , like Winston Churchill as harmless , rural gardeners and social engineers,  as if butter wouldn’t melt in their plummy gobs.
 
I am merely suggesting that Trump must be happy to escape from.the MADNESS of the USUKIS for a couple of days and enjoy the company of normal human beings.
 
A rare expetience in Western , late Capitalism. Lol.

Posted by: Giyane | May 15 2026 3:38 utc | 84

Maybe China will give  disappointed Trump et a refund? 

Posted by: snake | May 15 2026 3:46 utc | 86

Posted by: Giyane | May 15 2026 3:38 utc | 89
 
“Trump must be happy to escape from.the MADNESS of the USUKIS for a couple of days and enjoy the company of normal human beings.”
 
Not to mention Chinese food rather than Cheeseburgers

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | May 15 2026 4:05 utc | 88

Posted by: frito | May 15 2026 4:10 utc | 94
 
It’s actually a very wise statement that most people do not acknowledge or are prepared for, especially due to subconscious expectations we may not be aware of. Often used by conflict resolution experts and counsellors. 
 
A salient point made in the Danish series “Couple Trouble”. 
 

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | May 15 2026 4:18 utc | 90

It’s actually a very wise statement…
—
That’s why it should be in a fortune cookie.

Posted by: frito | May 15 2026 4:23 utc | 92

Sebgo 98; lol

Posted by: frito | May 15 2026 4:28 utc | 94

Vice President JD Vance joked on Thursday that he liked the idea of sending Medicaid fraudsters to Guantanamo Bay as he called for a broader crackdown on criminals abusing taxpayer-funded programs.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4569029/jd-vance-guantanamo-bay-medicaid-fraud-maine/
 
Nothing about the Trump Justice Department preparing to drop all criminal charges against Gautam Adani — India’s richest fraud.
 

Posted by: Menz | May 15 2026 5:21 utc | 96

QUASSEM HODROJ
 
A journalist asks the Saudi ambassador in Lebanon what you want from the Lebanese government. The ambassador said, “We want Hezbollah’s weapons to be in the hands of the state, and it is not permissible to use them except with its approval.” So the journalist said, “And do the American bases you have there not permissible to use except with your approval?” The ambassador replied, “It seems you are not a journalist and that you are from Hezbollah.” So the journalist replied, “And it seems you are an ambassador for America and not an ambassador for Saudi Arabia
https://x.com/Qassem_hodroj_/status/2054501884375744644
 

Posted by: Menz | May 15 2026 5:31 utc | 98

Posted by: frito | May 15 2026 4:23 utc | 97
 
That would be a better than some of the things I have read that come in commercialised fortune cookies sometimes, but I have never had an authentic fortune cookie. I’m sure there would be a market for them if they are not already available somewhere. There are thousands of aphorisms in the Chinese language as you probably know, some of them with a strong Daoist influence so it would be great to get some of those these in cookies. Would be like edible I Ching. I guess because China is so old and had such a long ongoing civilisation, I have always seen it a repository of extraordinary wisdom. 

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | May 15 2026 5:41 utc | 100