This Week in the World Affairs Brief

THE DISAPPEARING EPSTEIN FILES

President Trump is facing a major backlash from his support base, as his front line team at the FBI and DOJ have utterly failed to fulfill one of Trump’s major campaign issues—to release what the government knows about Jeffrey Epstein, his clients, and the suspicious circumstances around his “suicide” death. This is a major conspiracy competing with other government coverups like the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK, all of which Trump promised transparency on, and so far has totally failed to deliver. Prior administrations just delayed, obfuscated, and gave the public the runaround on coverups like the Epstein scandal, but the Trump team’s transparency efforts are laughable: They have been convinced that there isn’t any evidence worth revealing in the Epstein case, defying not only previous pronouncements but rational thinking as well. AG Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Petel now claim there is no Epstein client list, and no videos except massive amounts of child pornography they claim Epstein downloaded to his computer. How then was Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of human trafficking if there were no clients? She’s now appealing her 20 year prison term based on the new DOJ assertions of no evidence. The Trump team even made public a surveillance video of the Metropolitan jail on the night Epstein died purporting to show no traffic going in or out of Epstein cell—except for a missing minute and a half—after the Biden Administration claimed for years the surveillance video had accidentally been deleted! Someone is lying. This week, I’ll take apart Pam Bondi’s amateurish explanations for her contradictory official statements, and Donald Trump is defending this impossible story. To say Trump supporters are disappointed is a massive understatement. They are outraged. To receive a free one-time copy of the brief, along with options on how to subscribe, click on Request a Sample on the left.

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Daily News

White House Acts Surprised At Ukraine Weapons Pause

ZeroHedge

interestingly, the White House has acted surprised that the pause was ever given: During a meeting of his Cabinet on Tuesday, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sitting next to him, Trump said he didn't know who signed off on the weapons pause.

12 Important Questions That All Americans Should Be Asking About The Shameful Attempt To Cover Up The Truth About Jeffrey Epstein

Michael Snyder

#1 Why were Jeffery Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell arrested and charged with operating an enormous sex trafficking ring that supposedly involved thousands of clients if no such clients ever existed? As Robby Starbuck has pointed out, apparently we are supposed to believe that all of the powerful men that visited Epstein’s island were “just there to catch some waves and relax”…

Jeffrey Epstein’s brother ‘laughed’ at FBI findings

News Nation

Mark Epstein has lashed out at the FBI and Department of Justice over their conclusion that his brother, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, died by suicide. The DOJ and FBI said on Sunday that they concluded an “exhaustive review” into Epstein’s death in 2019 and found that he was not murdered.

The truth about America's pausing weapons shipments to Ukraine

MSNBC

Last week the Trump administration abruptly paused deliveries of missiles and munitions to Ukraine, claiming it had concerns that U.S. stockpiles of munitions were low and that it was compelled to make a decision, as a White House spokesperson put it, “to put America’s interests first.” But there's reason to think the Trump administration may have exaggerated the consequences of how supplying weapons to Ukraine would affect U.S. stockpiles as a pretext for once again demonstrating that its commitment to Ukraine is up in the air.

The Call, the Cover-Up, and the Colby Disaster

Elbridge Colby — yes, that Colby guy — the Under Secretary of Defense, quietly diverted multiple weapons shipments en route to Ukraine. It was a tactical move designed to block the national security wing of the GOP from nudging Trump closer to a balanced position between Russia and Ukraine. The pro-Putin lobby always has a trick up its sleeve around the time of Trump-Putin calls. This one was their biggest play yet.

COVID Injections: Unveiling the Mechanisms of Harm

Dr. Trozzi

despite diligent efforts to warn the public, elected officials, and bureaucrats, billions of people (many repeatedly) have been subjected to these injections in what can only be described as a radical and unethical medical experiment. In many countries, including Canada, doctors who voiced caution were unlawfully persecuted—our careers, incomes, and reputations tarnished

Five Years Later, the McCloskeys Still Haven't Gotten Their Guns Back

Bearing Arms

"The guilty plea ... triggered the guns' forfeiture," the court said. "Since McCloskey's guilt remains, it follows that he is not entitled to the return of the weapons." Keep in mind that Mark and Patricia McCloskey can both go into a gun store and legally purchase a firearm, which makes the judges' decision that he's not entitled to get his guns back even more ridiculous.

U.S. to ban Chinese purchases of farmland, citing national security

Washington Post

U.S. Department of Agriculture chief Brooke Rollins announced Tuesday that the U.S. government will move to ban sales of farmland nationwide to buyers tied to China and other foreign adversaries, citing threats to national security and food security — an effort that casts uncertainty over property currently held by China-linked investors.

Map shows Chinese-owned farmland next to 19 US military bases in ‘alarming’ threat to national security: experts

NY Post

China has been buying up strategically placed farmland next to military installations across the US, raising national security fears over potential espionage or even sabotage. The Post has identified 19 bases across the US from Florida to Hawaii which are in close proximity to land bought up by Chinese entities and could be exploited by spies working for the communist nation.

China Builds New Large Jet-Powered Ekranoplan

Naval News

Ekranoplans, also known as Wing-in-Ground Effect (WIG), are aircraft designed to fly just above the surface of the water. This can be more efficient and allows them to fly below the radar horizon, while being much faster than ships. Historically, the Soviet Union was the main builder of these, constructing the famous ‘Caspian Sea Monster‘ and missile-armed ‘Lun’ types. While some Soviet types were ginormous, other types globally have always been much smaller. Until now.

Copper Soars To Record High As Trump Unleashes 50% Tariff

ZeroHedge

With that as background, President Trump said Tuesday that he plans to set a 50 percent tariff on copper imports, as part of a set of looming sectoral tariffs, while also indicating he could offer pharmaceutical manufacturers at least a year before implementing levies on their foreign-made products. Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday he was still planning tariffs on select industries, including drugs, semiconductors, and metals.

Texas Flood Disaster: Death Toll Climbs To 90, Trump To Visit Later This Week

ZeroHedge

The flash flood that sent a 30-foot wall of water surging down the Guadalupe River in Central Texas has claimed at least 81 lives as of early Monday morning. Law enforcement officials in Kerr County confirmed that at least ten girls from Camp Mystic remain missing. Amid speculation that the so-called "1-in-1,000-year storm" may have been triggered by cloud seeding, one of the weather modification operators in the region has denied any flight operations during the relevant timeframe.

Trade Crackdown: 14 Countries Receive Tariff Letters Including Japan, South Korea And Thailand

ZeroHedge

US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose higher tariff rates of 25%-40% on key trading partners and signed an executive order holding off the new duties until Aug. 1. Tariffs on Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Kazakhstan and Tunisia, would be 25%, South Africa and Bosnia 30%, Indonesia 32%, Bangladesh and Serbia 35%, Thailand and Cambodia 36%, while Laos and Myanmar would face a 40% levy. Meanwhile, Trump suggested the possibility of additional trade negotiations and delays at the White House shortly after he sent out the tariff letters, as he said the notifications were “not 100% firm”. He also said the US is close in making a deal with India. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said additional letters will arrive in the coming days.

FBI Concludes Jeffrey Epstein Had No Clients, Didn't Blackmail Anyone, And Definitely Killed Himself

ZeroHedge

Inspector General Michael Horowitz said his staff interviewed an MCC technician, who started to repair the cameras on Aug. 8, 2019, but did not finish his work. The technician told the inspector general he had “no idea” why he did not stay at the facility to resolve the problem that day. Again, Bongino's claim is impossible. Epstein had three other inmates on his cell block, and the camera there wasn't recording. Even if no one came to kill Epstein from the outside, we can't rule out these other inmates.

Gunman Ambushes Border Patrol Agents In Texas Amid Anti-ICE Rhetoric From Democrats

ZeroHedge

Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported moments ago that a gunman wearing tactical gear and armed with a rifle ambushed U.S. Border Patrol agents at an auxiliary facility earlier this morning. This shooting comes amid increasingly hostile rhetoric directed at federal agents — primarily fueled by Democratic Party lawmakers and their affiliated leftist Marxist NGOs — raising questions about the real-world consequences of politically charged attacks on federal law enforcement.

Watch: Mexico City Protest Against American Ex-Pat 'Invasion' Turns Violent

ZeroHedge

demonstrators marched in Mexico City on Friday to protest against the city's status as a hot new residential destination for American ex-pats and remote workers. Though it started peacefully, many demonstrators turned violent, with some of them accosting Americans and smashing the restaurants, banks and other businesses that cater to them.

Russian Drones & Missiles "Rained Down" On Kiev In One Of The War's Most Devastating Attacks Yet

ZeroHedge

Russia launched one of the largest aerial assaults of the war on Ukraine overnight, unleashing more than 500 drones, with Kyiv as the primary target. The timing of the attack—just hours after a phone call between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin—yielded no success toward ending the war in Eastern Europe. On X, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha said, "Hundreds of Russian drones and ballistic missiles rained down on the Ukrainian capital." He described the attack as "one of the worst so far."

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