🇺🇸🇲🇽 “Trump has told confidants and some GOP lawmakers that he plans to tell the Mexican government they need to stem the flow of fentanyl to America — somehow, in a span of several months — or else he’ll send in the U.S. military”

"How much should we invade Mexico?” says a senior Trump transition member. “That is the question.”

📎 All Source News

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-mexico-drug-cartels-military-invade-1235183177/

🇺🇸🇾🇪 bonzerbarry on X: Trump called off operation rough rider because of a lack of intelligence on Houthi leadership and growing fears over an anti ship missile hitting the USS Truman, which would have created an image disaster for the US. -Calcalist

the real reason for stopping the attacks was a pragmatic consideration: American intelligence understood that without knowing where the Houthi leaders were hiding and where their missiles were hidden, the bombing campaign was doomed to failure -Calcalist

The operation became increasingly expensive: the Americans lost dozens of very expensive drones trying to find targets, and it was simply a waste of money -Calcalist

if an American ship is hit and the sailors are killed, the American public will demand revenge - led by his Republican voters. The Pentagon explained to the president that there was no way to take revenge without invading northern Yemen -Calcalist

The USS Truman performed those evasive zigzag maneuvers on April 28th in the Red Sea because the support ships could not shoot down all the missiles according to this article. This event spooked the entire military leadership.

Like I said on the day that Trump announced the “ceasefire”; it was so obvious that trump had capitulated to Ansarallah. Trump is always so full of shit.

After redrawing the missile patterns and reviewing radar logs from the april 28th event, navy experts reported to the admirals that “it might hit next time”. This was likely the death knell of operation rough rider.

https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/b1eodndwex

🔗 bonzerbarry

🇺🇸🇷🇺 Trump says he’ll meet Putin in Alaska next week

The plan, which Putin presented to Trump’s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff in a meeting in Moscow on Wednesday, would require Ukraine to cede the eastern Donbas region — the majority of which is currently occupied by Russia — as well as Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/politics/trump-putin-meeting

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸Zelensky:

Any decisions against us, any decisions without Ukraine are simultaneously decisions against peace. They will bring nothing. These are dead decisions; they will never work.

🇺🇸🕊 Trump: "As President, my highest aspiration is to bring peace and stability to the world. Today's signing follows our success with India and Pakistan... the Congo and Rwanda... Also, just recently, Thailand and Cambodia... We've saved a lot of lives."

🔗 Rapid Response 47

🇺🇸🇦🇲🤝🇦🇿 Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shake hands and sign deal at White House peace summit

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands Friday at a White House peace summit before signing an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict.

The two countries in the South Caucasus signed agreements with each other and the U.S. that will reopen key transportation routes while allowing the U.S. to seize on Russia’s declining influence in the region. The deal includes an agreement that will create a major transit corridor to be named the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, the White House said.

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-white-house-armenia-azerbaijan-069379e9c4a058c96af38afbf4684829

🇮🇱 The Telegraph has posted a photo of Jeffrey Epstein on his private jet in 2019.

This photo, may be one of the last taken of the financier, shows him wearing an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sweatshirt, The Telegraph reports

📝: But Republican pundits said Epstein was a Chinese agent.

🔗 Insider Paper

🇮🇳❌🇺🇸 India doubles down:

After President Trump doubles tariffs on India to 50% due to their purchases of Russian oil, Prime Minister Modi responds.

He thanks Putin "for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine" and reviewed progress on their "bilateral agenda."

Modi says he will be hosting Putin in India later this year.

🔗 Kobeissi Letter

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺🇺🇸 Ukraine, European nations propose plan to U.S. for Putin negotiations

European nations and Ukraine have responded to the 'Russian plan' for a ceasefire with a counterproposal that they believe should form the basis for future negotiations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

The Wall Street Journal reported the information, citing two informed European officials.

The proposal from Kyiv and its allies requires a mandatory ceasefire before any other steps are taken, and any "exchange of territories" would only be on a reciprocal basis – meaning if Ukraine withdraws its troops from some regions, Russia must withdraw its troops from others.

🔗 https://www.wsj.com/world/ukraine-and-europe-counter-putins-cease-fire-proposal-6a16133c