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Andrei Martyanov | Rubio Enlightened | Oct. 21, 2026

Source: Andrei Martyanov youtube, smoothiex12.blogspot.com



Description: 
ISW--war amateurs. Big Three meeting idea source. Andrei Martyanov says he agrees with Marco Rubio that it is not unusual for the leaders of the three most powerful nuclear-armed nations to communicate, and that Rubio is right that there are three superpowers and the rest depends on what those three settle among themselves.

Alexander Mercouris | Putin Trashes EU/Kiev Offer In Witkoff Meeting; No Truce November Talks; Russia To Bomb Kiev Bridge | Oct. 21, 2026

Source: Alexander Mercouris youtube



Description: 
Vladimir Putin has dismissed the Oslo plan Steve Witkoff carried to St Petersburg, telling him the European and Kiev proposals offered little useful for ending the Ukraine conflict. Alexander explains why forcing Russia to choose between Donbas and Ukraine staying out of NATO was always doomed, why the November 10 trilateral talks will come with no ceasefire, and why recent Russian glide bomb strikes near the Kiev and Dnipro bridges look like rehearsals for something bigger as forces close in on Zaporozhye. With Zelensky refusing every concession and Biletsky now running the Donbas battle, is a negotiated settlement still possible at all?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Intro and the latest US push
00:01:40 Putin rejects the Witkoff proposals
00:03:09 How we got here: Anchorage and the drone offensive
00:07:43 Russia's air campaign cripples Ukraine
00:08:38 Glide bombs near the Kiev and Dnipro bridges
00:12:20 Europe asks Washington to reopen talks
00:15:10 The Trump Zelensky diesel dispute
00:19:57 Why Zelensky refuses every concession
00:25:22 Oslo meeting and the Donbas or NATO plan
00:28:55 Ushakov's readout of the St Petersburg talks
00:33:14 Talks set for November 10 with no ceasefire
00:37:46 A new European security architecture?
00:40:25 Lavrov on reversible US concessions
00:42:34 Why the meeting lasted three hours
00:44:46 Hubbard, diesel, Middle East and the APEC idea
00:47:01 Li Qiang in St Petersburg and the China factor
00:50:06 Kaja Kallas and the endless conflict option
00:52:16 Why Russia will return for the Kiev bridges
00:59:35 Zaporozhye front: Kamianske and Malokaterynivka
01:05:24 ISW numbers, Operation Vivaldi and Biletsky

Alex Christoforou | Putin's Two Options; Witkoff Oslo Ukraine Plan; Zelensky Has No Clue | Oct. 20, 2026

Source: Alex Christoforou youtube



Description: 
Europe is finally ready to talk to Russia, but the two option offer reported by the Financial Times looks designed to be rejected. Alex walks through the Witkoff Oslo meeting with the E4, Zelensky lobbying US senators against Trump, Elon Musk distancing Starlink from Star Shield, plus curfews in France, Albania blaming Russia for its protests, the Kim Jong Un coma rumor and Christiane Amanpour leaving CNN. Why would Putin pick either door when Russia is already winning?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Europe ready to talk to Russia
00:01:13 FT reveals Europe's two options for Putin
00:03:47 Why Russia will reject a ceasefire and the NATO trade
00:06:26 Setting Russia up to say no and the next escalation
00:07:29 Starlink, Starshield and Musk distancing
00:09:33 Witkoff heads to Oslo to meet the E4 and Ukraine
00:12:43 Kushner joins virtually as US and Europe coordinate
00:14:52 Trump lashes out at Zelensky over leadership
00:17:04 Trump floats a Trump Xi Putin denuclearization meeting
00:20:43 Zelensky lobbies US senators against Trump
00:26:21 Republicans tie Pentagon funding to a tougher Russia stance
00:27:18 France curfews, Macron in the UAE and Italy deploys troops
00:29:31 Hegseth in Israel and talk of another Iran strike
00:30:48 Clown World: Albania protests and Rama blames Russia
00:34:28 Kim Jong Un coma rumor and Amanpour leaves CNN

The Duran | Desperate Maneuvers To Get Russia To Stop | Oct. 20, 2026

Source: The Duran youtube



Description: 
Europe and Washington are quietly drafting a new offer for Moscow, and Russia is almost certain to say no. In this episode we break down the Financial Times report on Europe's two option plan, Witkoff's Oslo talks, the rumored Trump Putin Xi meeting at APEC, and why the public Trump Zelensky feud may be cover for coordinated escalation through Starlink and Star Shield. Is the West setting up Russia's rejection as the excuse for one last big round of escalation?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Russia grinding Ukraine down as Western diplomacy turns chaotic
00:00:48 Rumored Trump Xi Putin meeting at APEC in China
00:01:16 Witkoff in Oslo and a possible trip to Moscow
00:01:42 Financial Times reveals Europe's two option plan
00:02:59 Endgame since September and the West's push for a freeze
00:04:16 Ratcliffe threats and Witkoff Kushner offers rejected
00:06:47 Was the tripartite summit really Putin's idea?
00:09:07 Trump links the meeting to denuclearization
00:10:39 Why China won't want a three way meeting
00:12:30 Rassvet, Oreshnik and Ukraine's financial crisis
00:14:49 Trump Zelensky feud versus quiet US Europe coordination
00:18:46 Starlink, Star Shield and the intelligence sharing confusion
00:21:08 Kellogg plan, the summer drone offensive and Vietnam parallels
00:26:10 Zelensky lobbies US senators against Trump
00:32:05 Through the fog: Russia will say no

Alex Christoforou | Xi, Putin, Trump Meeting; Macron Blames Trump, Then Flees France | Oct. 19, 2026

Source: Alex Christoforou youtube



Description: 
In the video I reference the Putin-Trump call on October 9th. I said "December 9th" multiple times. This is my mistake. I meant to say October 9th. My apologies for the error.

Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may meet at the APEC summit in China to discuss Ukraine, and Zelensky is not invited. Alex breaks down the Wall Street Journal report, Trump's blunt Truth Social message to Zelensky after pausing Graham's sanctions, Russia's Rasvet guided strikes on western Ukraine, and Macron's speech blaming Trump for fuel prices before flying off to the Gulf. Is Europe's leadership running out of excuses as protests spread from Paris to Milan?


Timeline:
00:00:00 Xi, Putin and Trump to meet at APEC in China
00:04:05 Why Zelensky is not invited
00:06:48 Trump defends pausing Graham's sanctions bill
00:09:10 Trump on Iran and his blunt message to Zelensky
00:11:14 Witkoff and Kushner call and what Putin may propose
00:13:12 Zelensky blames the US in NBC interview
00:15:40 Russia hits western Ukraine using Rasvet
00:17:56 Kyiv strikes and the US warning claims
00:21:19 St Petersburg drone flight path via Lithuania
00:25:18 Macron's speech and the Celine Dion concert
00:29:38 Macron blames Trump and the Middle East
00:33:12 Macron leaves France for the Gulf
00:35:06 Italy's Crosetto dismisses public opinion
00:36:54 Trump endorses Netanyahu
00:38:49 Clown World: Zelensky's NBC interview

Andrei Martyanov | Convulsions | Oct. 19, 2026

Source: Andrei Martyanov youtube, smoothiex12.blogspot.com



Description: 
Big Three, real one. Stand-off arsenals. Andrei Martyanov says political and military elites have brought Europe to the end, with France convulsing, and that only the United States, China, and Russia will decide a relatively peaceful world, because Russia's standoff arsenal, used every day, is not comparable to what he says remains of U.S. munitions after the Iran war.

Jennifer Kavanagh | Why the U.S. Should Pull Back From the First Island Chain | Oct. 18, 2026

Source: Glenn Diesen youtube



Description: 
Jennifer Kavanagh is a Senior Fellow and Director of Military Analysis at Defense Priorities and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies. Kavanagh discusses her policy paper advocating a US withdrawal from the First Island Chain to avoid war with China, and explains why it sparked such a strong reaction.

Pepe Escobar | Iran's Two Answers: Ready to Strike. Preparing to Bypass the Dollar | Oct. 16, 2026

Source: Transition Protocol youtube



Description: 
Pepe Escobar with Zulfiqar Ali on Transition Protocol. Escobar says Iran is like a coiled cobra, ready to strike, and preparing to bypass the dollar.

A participant in Iran's Friday leadership meeting told Ali that if an attack comes from Dubai, Dubai will be finished as a commercial center. They also cover Iran's and Pakistan's central bank heads at the IMF meeting in Bangkok, and a report that Iranian oil may move to China over land.

The host says the Tehran meeting account, the Dubai and Oman lines, and the claim that Israelis have left Riyadh's war room are his own sourcing and cannot be independently verified.

Timeline:
00:02:59 Why Iran is a coiled cobra
00:15:42 IMF meeting in Bangkok
00:25:14 What Iran's leaders decided on Friday

Einar Tangen | Saudi Arabia Called Beijing for Help. Trump Called Putin for Diesel. Nobody's Coming Yet: 110 Americans | Transition Protocol | Oct. 15, 2026

Source: Transition Protocol youtube



Description: 
Riyadh called Beijing. Trump called Putin for diesel. Nobody's coming to save Saudi Arabia — except 110 Americans.

("110 Americans in the Saudi war room" is per Transition Protocol's Pakistani military sources.) Here is why nobody is coming, what Beijing will actually do, and what the Russian diesel deal is really for — from a man who has lived in Beijing for almost three decades.

Einar Tangen joins host Zulfiqar Ali from Beijing as Houthi missiles hit Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport again.

Riyadh's calls: according to Transition Protocol's Pakistani military sources, 110 Americans were in the Saudi war room during the bombardment of Ansar Allah positions, even as Trump told Riyadh he wanted no new war. Pakistan will guard the holy sites only.

Beijing's answer: "very little," in Tangen's assessment — China will police dual-use parts flowing to the Houthis, will not arm anyone, and cannot project force from its single base in Djibouti. Reuters reported on 17 September that Saudi Arabia appealed to Beijing and that China privately urged Iran to rein in the Houthis.

Iran's choice: our sources say Tehran told Pakistani mediators it would not restrain the Houthis — it wanted Saudi losses.

The October surprise: why the Russian diesel deal (1.8 million tonnes from October to December) covers only days of US demand, and what Tangen thinks it is really for.

A gateway to a wider war? "Unfortunately, I do." And two ways this ends.

Sourcing note: "110 Americans" and the Iran–Pakistan exchange are the host's own reporting from Pakistani sources. Tangen's remark about discussions of tactical nuclear weapons has not been independently confirmed. On air, a figure of "510 to 525 million tons" of daily US diesel use is a misstatement; the US uses roughly half a million tonnes of distillate a day (EIA).

Vijay Prashad | Saudi Arabia Has No Easy Way Out Iran at Hormuz,Yemen at the Red Sea,Riyadh Airport Hit Again | Transition Protocol | Oct. 14, 2026

Source: Transition Protocol youtube



Description:
Vijay Prashad, speaking from Beijing, says Yemen’s Ansar Allah now covers the Bab al-Mandab (Arabic for “Gate of Tears”) while the Strait of Hormuz remains restricted — leaving Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab states, he says, with no easy way out.

Status check: control of Mocha is contested. The Houthis seized the port city in September; Yemen’s government said on 5 October that it had retaken it, which Al Jazeera could not verify, and a Houthi spokesman denied it on 6 October. Prashad calls it “still contested”. Mayyun (Perim) Island is Prashad’s account; we could not confirm a change of control.

Host Zulfiqar Ali speaks with Prashad about what Beijing is seeing: the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab, the strikes on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, Iran–Saudi contacts that Beijing’s dialogue made possible, why he says Ansar Allah is “not a proxy of Iran”, and Xi Jinping’s proposed table for Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

What you’ll learn: why Prashad says the Gulf’s two sea exits are both in other hands · what he says Ansar Allah gained at Mocha · why he argues Iran “does not speak for the Yemenis” · what he says the Iran–Saudi channel achieved · why Iran, he says, wants the Mecca pact left alone · why he asks whether Yemen could “collect” at the Bab al-Mandab as Iran does at Hormuz · what he expects from a Xi-hosted Trump–Putin meeting.

Stanislav Krapivnik | Is Trump Launching a New Military Operation? The Risks of U.S. Intervention in Yemen | Oct. 12, 2026

Source: Stanislav Krapivnik youtube



Description: 
Stanislav Krapivnik discusses Houthi advances in Yemen, strikes on Saudi airports and oil facilities, and whether the United States could open a new operation there. He questions what Pakistan and Turkey would do, compares the Geran-5 with American cruise missiles, and says a Trump energy deal with Russia will not hold while Europe stays tied to Russian fuel and BRICS has no military bloc.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Houthis Expand Their Control Across Yemen
00:03:08 Krapivnik Assesses Strikes Against Saudi Arabia
00:06:24 Krapivnik Questions Pakistan's Military Capabilities
00:09:15 Saudi Air Force Faces New Threats
00:12:43 U.S. Could Launch an Operation in Yemen
00:16:20 Krapivnik Considers the Use of Foreign Mercenaries
00:19:24 Trump Faces Military Industrial Challenges
00:22:25 Krapivnik Compares Geran-5 With American Missiles
00:25:52 Saudi Arabia Faces Growing Domestic Risks
00:29:27 Trump Discusses an Energy Deal With Russia
00:32:56 Europe Remains Dependent on Russian Energy
00:36:08 Krapivnik Examines Trump's Domestic Political Challenges
00:39:24 American Politics Sparks Growing Domestic Debate
00:42:38 Maritime Shipping Costs Continue to Rise
00:46:57 Krapivnik Explains the Limitations of BRICS
00:50:35 Russia and China Emerge as NATO Counterweights
00:53:44 European Politics Faces New Internal Divisions

Pepe Escobar | MBS Called Beijing for Help Against Yemen. His Muslim Allies Said No, a Major General in the Room | Oct. 11, 2026

Source: Transition Protocol youtube



Description: 
Israeli intelligence officers — including a major general — have been seen inside Saudi Arabia's war consultations in Riyadh, Transition Protocol's Pakistani sources say. Here is why Riyadh needs them, who is refusing to fight for it, and what Yemen does next.

In this week's edition of The Week Ahead, Pepe Escobar — speaking from Bangkok after midnight — joins host Zulfiqar Ali three weeks before the US midterms.

Timeline:
00:02:08 Riyadh's appeal to China
00:03:22 The confirmation
00:20:09 Yemen's plan
00:24:44 Who won't fight
00:27:55 Iran

Carl Zha & Warwick Powell | America Is Losing Control — China Refuses to Take the Bait | Oct. 7, 2026

Source: Carl Zha youtube



Description: 
Carl Zha and Warwick Powell on whether Washington is losing control across Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine, and China.

Powell argues fuel and diesel prices show a gap between claims that Hormuz flows are back to normal and what oil markets, depleted strategic reserves, and continued attacks indicate. 

The talk then covers an overstretched U.S. military, China's choice to avoid direct confrontation while tightening energy security and ties with the Global South, Beijing's limits on refined petroleum exports, and Europe copying Washington's trade stance toward China.

Pepe Escobar | Iran's Leaders Expect US Attack. Only Question Is When | Transition Protocol | Oct. 4, 2026

Source: Transition Protocol youtube



Description: 
Iran's leaders say they expect a U.S. attack and are ready for it, according to Zulfiqar Ali's contacts in Tehran and Islamabad.

Pepe Escobar puts a "possibility of some sort of adventure" in the next few days at roughly 20–30%, and "nearly 100% certainty" of a U.S. move after the midterms, four weeks away.

In this episode of The Week Ahead, recorded Sunday 4 October 2026, Zulfiqar Ali reports what he says he was told by people making decisions in Tehran and Islamabad: that the civilian and military leadership expect an attack; that Iran says it has stocked food, medicine and housing for at least six months; that Russia, China and Pakistan are helping; and that Iran's targeting is "locked in." 

Pepe Escobar, speaking from Thailand, explains the offer he says Iran put on the table through Qatar, what he says Xi Jinping offered Washington and how he expects China to reply, why he says diplomacy is dead for now, and how he reads the odds.

Chas Freeman | What's Really Behind the US-China Summit? | Oct. 4, 2026

Source: India & Global Left youtube



Description: 
What is really happening behind the recent US-China summit? Ambassador Chas Freeman explains the reality of the diplomatic dialogue.

In this interview, we examine the shifting power dynamics between Washington and Beijing. Ambassador Freeman analyzes how escalating trade tensions and supply-chain vulnerabilities are forcing a reevaluation of the global order. By challenging conventional assumptions about the military balance near the Taiwan Strait, he provides a clear-eyed perspective on the risks and potential for conflict in the region.

We also discuss the broader implications of these developments for the international landscape, including how regional power struggles could shape the future of geopolitics. Freeman argues that a strategic truce may be an unavoidable necessity for both nations, given the current constraints on their respective military and economic capabilities.

The conversation also explores how the wider geopolitical landscape — including the conflicts and power struggles in West Asia — could shape the future of US-China relations and the emerging international order.

Chas Freeman is a former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and a senior American diplomat who played a key role in US-China relations during the normalization of diplomatic ties.

Timeline:
00:00:00 Geopolitical Landscape with Ambassador Freeman
00:00:42 The Complex Dynamics of US-China Relations
00:06:01 Taiwan: A Potential Flashpoint for Conflict
00:09:07 Military Asymmetry and Modern Warfare
00:20:20 Economic Realities and Strategic Truces
00:32:34 Domestic Challenges and Political Shifts
00:41:52 The Yemen Conflict and Regional Instability
00:49:04 The Changing Status of Israel in the Region

The Duran | Who Controls Hormuz? | Oct. 4, 2026

Source: The Duran youtube



Description: 
Washington believes it has taken control of the Strait of Hormuz, but in this episode we argue the oil is only flowing because Iran is allowing it. Alexander explains how China, Russia and the BRICS states quietly pushed Tehran to let tankers through, and why the Trump administration is reading that as Iranian weakness ahead of possible new strikes around the midterms. Is the White House walking into a trap set by Iran, Russia and China?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Iran diplomacy collapses after UN General Assembly
00:02:21 Who really controls the Strait of Hormuz
00:04:29 BRICS brokered deal lets tankers through
00:07:40 Washington emboldened as diplomacy is seen as weakness
00:09:55 Why Saudi Arabia and UAE need oil moving
00:11:40 Russia and China differ on dealing with the US
00:14:35 Strikes on Iran before the midterms
00:17:05 Iran's economy and what a renewed conflict means
00:20:00 Did Russia and China set a trap
00:23:50 Support flowing to Iran and final thoughts

Joe Rogan Experience | David Grusch on UFO Retaliation, and Disclosure | Sept. 30, 2026

Source: Joe Rogan Experience youtube



Description:
David Grusch is a former United States Air Force intelligence officer, former representative of the National Reconnaissance Office to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, and former co-lead for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena analysis at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

0:00:00 Grusch calls the years since his last visit a nightmare.
0:00:48 Disclosure bill failed. Burlison hires him as congressional staff.
0:01:30 He leaves that Hill job after the August recess.
0:02:40 UAP support in Congress, and a June presser with Scott Perry.
0:03:51 CIA officer David Rush: fake program, gold bars, and Rolexes.
0:06:00 Hidden funding through crime. He says officers ran child trafficking.
0:07:16 Iran-Contra, and a man who moved cocaine without knowing it.
0:10:28 Legacy program lost oversight. He never wanted to be a whistleblower.
0:12:04 October 2020. His NRO boss is walked out in Chantilly.
0:14:36 Early 2021. People helping him get Havana syndrome symptoms.
0:16:15 Early 2022. A same-day message to him and others. He reports it.
0:18:05 Rubio's staff say named people wanted to kill him.
0:20:08 How much is UAP, and how much is crime under weak oversight.
0:24:09 Recovered craft and beings. He rejects a public warehouse tour.
0:26:01 The Vatican's long study. He does not share the fear of a response.
0:28:12 Trump, at the White House UFC event, says it is going to come out.
0:30:15 A classified 1952 Blue Book tape: objects near nuclear sites.
0:32:00 If Trump drops his order, Grusch thinks no later president will finish it.
0:34:06 China and Russia could use a messy American disclosure.
0:36:00 Retrieval counts. The U.S. has many. He will not rank other countries.
0:38:00 Missile warning, and an Indian case from his NRO shift.
0:40:15 A craft in Korea, building built around it. He calls it a legend.
0:42:12 Early DIA papers on magnetohydrodynamic drive and cloaking.
0:44:05 A chief asks what he knows about UFOs. He says nothing.
0:46:04 Outside review scores disclosure more negative than positive.
0:48:11 A release could open the work to more firms and universities.
0:50:16 He wants amnesty, on a truth-and-reconciliation model.
0:52:11 Orbs may be craft inside plasma. Magnetohydrodynamic drive.
0:53:19 Sentient plasma. Hameroff and Penrose on consciousness.
0:56:00 He never got a file on where they are from.
0:58:00 Bodies may be engineered or another line. He never saw the result.
1:00:17 One being, very human, pale bluish-white skin.
1:03:31 Matthew Sullivan, call sign Quake, a source who died two years ago.
1:04:22 Video is not enough. Craft and biological samples have to be shown.
1:08:19 Pyramids, Hancock, Carlson. Archaeological retrieval is real.
1:10:25 Retrieval colleagues saw bodies. Some saw beings alive.
1:14:05 Groups fighting, including sky wars in the Vedic texts.
1:16:07 Reptilian-type craft are often tic-tac shaped.
1:20:00 Friend Matt's unexplained death, and a crashed tic-tac.
1:22:11 Villarroel's VASCO sky plates. Not Sputnik, not proven UAP.
1:24:34 Hawara, and a long metal object in a temple. New to him.
1:28:00 Biondi's radar under Giza, and whether Egypt will allow a look.
1:32:13 A "demon" may be one class of being, not the whole picture.
1:34:04 Ezekiel: cloud, fire, gleaming metal, four living creatures.
1:36:00 McCasland, DeLonge, and beings described like the Greek gods.
1:37:37 Bigelow pushed a president. Grusch will not name every room.
1:40:00 Calm on retrievals. He guesses telepathy is a countermeasure.
1:42:31 Grays in several sizes. He does not say the small ones are machines.
1:46:09 Peruvian remains, Nazca lines, and elongated skulls.
1:53:00 Tall reptilian types he has not seen. Fossils are outside his knowledge.
1:56:11 1952 tape: Holloman, White Sands, about 3,500 mph, nuclear sites.
1:58:00 A living being is harder for the public than a machine.
2:00:12 Robertson Panel, 1953, and a plan of ridicule.
2:01:21 Keyhoe and James McDonald. Nixon and Gleason: he does not know.
2:02:17 A flying-saucer house in upstate New York.
2:04:00 Wikileaks: McCasland and Lockheed's Weiss write to Tom DeLonge.
2:06:18 Insect-like beings. Talk he does not trust.
2:08:27 A reptilian crew, in what he was told, was killed, not contacted.
2:12:00 More people have seen something than will admit it.
2:13:28 MKUltra went public because a 1964 CIA report reached Congress.
2:16:02 Cloaking. Vallée: some sightings are a display.
2:18:14 Old paintings of a figure in a craft with fire behind it.
2:20:00 Something large in the ocean. The Abyss is a picture, not proof.
2:21:11 Matthew Brown's 2018 briefing. Grusch says he never saw it.
2:24:21 A hidden hand, and a warning against invented patterns.
2:25:26 Uncrewed egg-shaped craft. Jake Barber has described recovering them.
2:26:28 A plain "not alone, and we have craft" before Trump leaves office.
2:28:17 They have lived alongside people, he thinks, helpful and harmful.
2:30:00 Close. 

Col. Douglas Macgregor | Trump Is Planning to Invade Iran Next | Sept. 28, 2026

Source: Cyrus Janssen youtube



Description:
Colonel Douglas Macgregor returns to the channel to discuss what could come next in the Iran war and how the conflict could reshape the Middle East and the global balance of power.

We discuss whether the United States could escalate further against Iran, the risk of nuclear escalation, the future of the Strait of Hormuz, and the roles China, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Israel could play in the next stage of the conflict. Colonel Macgregor also shares his perspective on America’s military spending, the rise of BRICS, the shift away from a unipolar world, and why he believes U.S. foreign policy needs a fundamental rethink.

Timeline:
00:00 - Intro to Colonel Douglas Macgregor
00:35 - Will Trump Invade and Strike Iran Next?
01:38 - Is the United States Able to Annihilate Iran?
04:10 - Is the US Considering a Nuclear Strike?
05:24 - What Can the US Do to Iran Now?
06:40 - Why Israel Wants Chaos in the Region
07:30 - Will Iran Now Build a Nuclear Weapon?
08:20 - Will China and Iran Enter the Iran War?
09:10 - Will Iranians Fight For their Country?
10:30 - Will the Strait of Hormuz Reopen?
11:50 - What will happen with Israeli Elections?
13:30 - Is Israel in Danger of Survival?
14:52 - What Will Happen with US Midterm Elections?
15:45 - How the US Wastes Trillions on the Military
18:35 - Why the US Government Can't Stop
19:42 - Will There Will Be a US Iran Deal?
20:50 - Why Iran and Oman Will Run Hormuz in the Future
22:10 - Why the US Should Leave the Middle East
24:33 - When the US Decline Actually Began
25:05 - The Rise of BRICS and What it Means for the Future
26:10 - Why Trump Will Continue to Play the Markets
28:05 - What is Iran's Greatest Leverage Now?
29:00 - Why the World is Supporting Iran
30:05 - What the Future of the Middle East Will Look Like
31:30 - Why Saudi Arabia is in Major Trouble
32:30 - Why Iran and Turkey Will Play Major Roles
33:45 - What Role Does China Play in the Future?
35:05 - How China is Rising to the Top of the World
37:47 - Why the US Must Move Away from the Unipolar Movement
38:40 - How to Follow Colonel Douglas Macgregor

Alex Christoforou | Germany Runs to Lavrov; Putin G20 Trap; Swiss Neutral No More | Sep. 27, 2026

Source: Alex Christoforou youtube



Description: 
Episode 2190. Germany's foreign minister Johann Wadephul just sat down with Sergey Lavrov at the UN for the first German Russian foreign minister talks since the special military operation began, and the ceasefire push looks a lot like Merkel's Minsk playbook from Debaltseve. Alex breaks down who really asked for the meeting, why the Putin G20 Miami invite smells like a trap, Trump rejecting Iran's Strait of Hormuz offer, Russian strikes on Kiev, the Swiss neutrality referendum and the Trump Xi tariff deal. Is Europe's panic over the front lines the real story behind this sudden outreach to Moscow?

Timeline:
00:00:00 Zelensky, Trump and Iran's supreme leader
00:01:07 Lavrov meets German FM Wadephul at the UN
00:02:42 Debaltseve flashback: Merkel, Minsk and the ceasefire play
00:05:27 Who really asked for the meeting?
00:09:06 Wadephul backs Putin at G20 Miami: a trap?
00:12:07 Lavrov at the UNGA: Europe prepares for conflict by 2030
00:14:08 Russian strikes hit Kiev Vodafone data center
00:15:59 Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz offer
00:20:32 Swiss neutrality referendum
00:23:42 Trump Xi tariff deal and Clown World
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