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They've chopped down cherry trees and waged full-on war. Riding the highs and lows of the leaders who've tried to Make America Great Again.

Both Sides Released Eight Points. The $30 Billion Is the Least Important Part.
In September 2026, China and the United States released eight points from their leaders’ meeting. Most coverage focused on a $30 billion tariff cut. The more important shift is in how the two countries manage the relationship. They are moving from emergency responses to standing procedures.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
The U.S. and China Have Changed the Language of Their Rivalry. Here’s What “Strategic Stability” Means
The U.S. and China Have Changed the Language of Their Rivalry. Here’s What “Strategic Stability” Means The new formula does not end competition. It is an attempt to make competition more predictable, and to put limits on how far disputes can escalate.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
The Room Emptied. The War Didn’t End. The Bill Came Due.
The room On September 24, 2026, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walked to the podium of the 81st United Nations General Assembly. A QR code sat on his lapel. The Israeli delegation sat behind him. The room was full for a moment. Then the Iranian delegation stood. Qatari delegates stood. Saudi, Palestinian, and dozens of others followed. Chair legs scraped the floor. Seventy-seven delegations walked out.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
The U.S.-China Trade Truce Is Extended to Jan. 10. The Hard Questions Remain
On Sept. 23 in Washington, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. After the meeting, Bessent told Fox News that the two sides had agreed to extend their trade truce by two months, moving the previous Nov. 10 expiry date to Jan. 10, 2027. Reuters reported the extension the same day. Beijing did not issue a parallel announcement.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Russia Is Erasing Ukraine’s Warehouses. The Shelves Are Already Empty.
Russia is erasing Ukraine’s warehouses, and the shelves are going empty In September 2026, the Financial Times reported a number that should be read as a military fact, not an economic footnote. Ukraine has lost 2.1 million square meters of modern warehouse space. That is 42 percent of the country’s total. In recent months alone, 900,000 square meters were destroyed.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Friends, Rivals, or Something In Between? How Xi Jinping Manages China’s Most Important Relationships
Friends or Enemies? Bishkek, August 31, 2026. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit was still under way when Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin sat down together in Bishkek. The two men shook hands, spoke briefly and posed for the cameras. It was a familiar scene. Since Xi came to power, the two leaders have met dozens of times. Putin had visited Beijing only a few months earlier, in May, when the two governments agreed to extend their 2001 Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation and signed a series of other agreements. Four months into the year, the relationship had already produced another summit in Central Asia.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Russia’s Election Was Predictable. What Comes Next Is the Part That Matters.
After Russia’s Parliamentary Election: A Vote With No Suspense, and Who It Will Press Down on Next Moscow time, Sunday evening, at United Russia party headquarters. Dmitry Medvedev and Sergey Lavrov stood in front of a screen as the numbers jumped. Staff brought tea. No one drank it. This scene had been written before the vote. The only difference was where the percentage on the screen would finally stop.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Europe’s Spy Chiefs Say Russia Is Preparing to Test NATO. The Baltics Are Saying: Don’t Panic.
The eve of the storm: The Russian threat and NATO’s credibility dilemma in the eyes of European intelligence A report based on September 2026 intelligence assessments
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Trump Promised an “AI Force” in One Truth Social Post. Three Days Later, the White House Website Had Zero Results.
Trump’s “AI Force”: one post, zero agency codes On September 19, 2026, Trump posted on Truth Social. Forty minutes after the post went up, a former Commerce Department official asked in a Signal group: “Is the AI Force a military branch, a White House office, or just another working group?” No one in the group answered. Twenty minutes later, a congressional aide dragged the electronic version of the National Defense Authorization Act into a search box, typed “AI Force,” and got zero results.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐮𝐠-𝐨𝐟-𝐖𝐚𝐫
The Genesis of America's delusions of freedom and democracy were established by the creation and ratification of the Constitution of the United States. Instead objective reality insists it's a back-alley brawl disguised as a founding document: How Hamilton’s industrial elites and Jefferson’s plantation lords ignored Washington's warnings, rigged the political game, and wired the original partisan booby trap we are still stepping into and bleeding over centuries later.
By Meko James about a month ago in The Swamp
I Looked at the Photos from Don Jr.'s Wedding. Then I Looked at Who Paid for the Fireworks.
The Fireworks in the Bahamas and the Repayment That Left No Paper Trail In May 2026, on a private island in the Bahamas, someone paid for fireworks. The show cost about $70,000. Photos from the event show Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson standing in a crowd. Behind them is a bald man. Only the top of his head is visible. That man is Umar Kremlev. He runs the International Boxing Association. Gazprom, the Russian state energy company, funds that organization. Vladimir Putin gave Kremlev the Order of Friendship. Kremlev was at a wedding that had been described as a gathering of fifty close friends.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp
Is Taiwan Becoming a Bargaining Chip in Trump’s Deal With Xi?
Will Taiwan Be on the Menu When Xi Visits the White House? When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington later this month, the ceremony will probably look very different from the arguments taking place behind closed doors.
By Jinabout a month ago in The Swamp