CAN UKRAINE SURVIVE TRUMP?
Interview for Judging Freedom

00:32 Ceasefire in Israel.
13:53 Dialogue with the US and Ukraine.
25:35 The importance of European unity.
27:45 Russia's demands.

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DISCUSSION OF THE FILM "DON'T BE SILENT: THE STORY OF FAINA SAVENKOVA"
Interview for Faina Savenkova

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TRUMP + RUSSIA & CHINA - NEW GREAT POWER RELATIONSHIPS
Interview for Garland Nixon

00:39 Relations between great powers.
10:23 Using the FBI and the Department of Justice.
20:37 Strategic thinking.
31:13 Neoconservatives and power.
41:03 US influence on Russia.
47:45 Donald Trump and his policies.
57:23 Sanctions and the economy.
01:08:06 Conflict in the Middle East.
01:19:43 Trump's manipulations through social media.

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President Donald Trump recently asserted that Russia had stolen plans for an American hypersonic missile Trump called the “super-duper” during the administration of President Barack Obama, and that these stolen plans served as the basis of Russia’s current arsenal of advanced hypersonic weapons. Trump’s allegation repeats a claim he first made on the campaign trail in October 2023. It is likely that Trump is referring to information derived from a counterintelligence briefing he received during his first term in office.

The notion that Russian hypersonic weapons are derived from American research and development is facially absurd.

In fact, it appears that the opposite is the case—that the United States has acquired research from Russian hypersonic weapons programs and incorporated it into American weapons systems.

Russia’s most advanced hypersonic weapon is the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle. It is derived from research and development programs dating back to Soviet times, but which were halted after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War due to a lack of funding and changing geopolitical realities.

Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia resumed development of hypersonic capabilities in the aftermath of the withdrawal by the United States from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty. Initial work is believed to have begun around 2005. However, Russia held off from fully funding this effort in hopes that it might be able to re-inject ABM issues into the US-Russian strategic dialogue that was taking place in the aftermath of the US-Russian “reset” that took place early on during the first term of the Obama administration. When, in the aftermath of the signing and ratification of the New START treaty in 2010, it became clear that the Obama administration had no intention of meaningfully engaging on issues pertaining to missile defense, Russia made the decision to move forward with the development of hypersonic capabilities in order to deploy weapons capable of defeating all known and projected US ABM capabilities.

One of the problems Russia faced regarding this research is that scientists who were engaged in the Soviet-era hypersonic programs which had been mothballed after the collapse of the Soviet Union were being sought out by foreign intelligence services who were seeking to gain access to the results of this research to further their own respective hypersonic missile weapons.

One such example was a program ostensibly managed by the von Karman Institute for Thermodynamics (VKI) known as FPV-7 Space, which collaborated with six Russian research institutes, including several involved in both past Soviet hypersonic research and ongoing research and development into contemporary hypersonic glide vehicles such as the Avangard, which at that time was known as Project 4202.

VKI is registered in Belgium as a non-governmental organization, and is closely associated with NATO’s Advisory Group for Aerospace and Development (AGARD) and the Defense Research Group (DRG).

The US intelligence communities science and technology component maintains connectivity with VKI through its NATO affiliation.

It is highly likely that the US intelligence community used the FPV-7 Space program to gain access to Russian scientists involved in past and current hypersonic research, and guided the interaction between VKI and these scientists to gain access to data relevant to Russia’s ongoing research and development work regarding Avangard and other hypersonic weapons.

Several Russian scientists involved in the FPV-7 Space program have been arrested by Russian law enforcement and charged with providing state secrets to foreign intelligence organizations.

In their defense, lawyers for these scientists state that all information provided by these scientists, in the form of lectures and professional papers, had been cleared by Russian authorities for release to foreigners.

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⁣ASK THE INSPECTOR EP. 232

Live Stream Scheduled for January 24, 2025 at 8:00pm ET

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CAN EUROPE EXIST WITHOUT THE USA?
Interview for Gegenpol

00:12 Trump's rhetoric.
11:05 Ukraine and peace.
18:24 Russian-Iranian cooperation.
24:08 Israel and Palestine.

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⁣THE TRUMP “LITMUS TEST”

How far will President Trump go when it comes to protecting the free speech right of all Americans, and holding to account those officials who have violated them?

On the evening of January 20, 2025, the newly sworn in President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, made his way into the Oval Office of the White House, where he took a seat at the desk recently vacated by his predecessor, Joe Biden. There, Trump proceeded to sign a series of executive orders designed to undo the policies of the Biden administration and set the United States on a new course designed to “Make America Great Again.”

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At this point in time, either Denmark dispatches its military to seize control of Pituffik Space Base and forcibly evict the US military from Greenland citing their Article 51 right to preemptive self defense, request an emergency Security Council meeting to respond to the imminent threat posed by the uS to its territory, and request immediate Article 4 consultations with its NATO allies, or it surrenders.

Let’s guess which it will be.

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BULGARIANS WHO SUPPORT THE WEST DO NOT BELIEVE IN BULGARIA
Interview for Martin Karbowski

01:43 FBI raid and confiscation of passport.
12:51 Zelensky and reality.
20:18 Minsk agreements and NATO.
30:38 Censorship on social networks.
34:20 Conflict within NATO.
38:18 The importance of Bulgaria.

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DONALD TRUMP SHOW
Interview for MOATS with George Galloway ep. 416

00:00 Introduction and support for Trump.
04:00 The collapse of NATO will lead to chaos and anarchy.
09:00 Dangers and challenges.
11:57 Revolutionary changes.
13:04 The situation in Lebanon.
16:17 Tony Blair interview.

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⁣WHILE TRUMP MANIPULATES RUSSIA'S LOSSES, MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS LAUNCH A "FIFTH COLUMN" IN THE US

Trump's statements about the losses of the Russian and Ukrainian Armed Forces demonstrate how far from reality his knowledge of the consequences of the special operation for Russia is, and a policy based on manipulation is doomed to failure.

At the same time, there is a threat of a growing conflict between the US armed forces and Mexican drug cartels, which could undermine the most important foundations of the American way of life.

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CAN TRUMP SUCCESSFULLY THREATEN PUTIN?
Interview for Judging Freedom

00:30 Impact on the Israeli public consciousness.
08:00 Reaction to the October 7 attack.
10:26 The reality of war.
16:03 The US intelligence community is politicized.
22:20 Negotiations with Vladimir Putin.

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⁣ASK THE INSPECTOR EP. 233

Live Stream Scheduled for January 28, 2025 at 3:00pm ET

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⁣I’m thinking Europe should be subjected to similar thinking.

Germany, for instance, can be broken up into its constituent states.

France could easily become a half dozen minor nations.

There’s at least four Italian sub-states in the making.

Make Europe nothing more than a collection of yapping puppies.

Because that’s really all it is.

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TRUMP’S BOLD STANCE ON UKRAINE: UNREALISTIC VISION OR STRATEGIC GENIUS?
Interview for Dialogue Works

00:05 Influence on Trump. Trump's strategy.
18:19 The future of Russia and the United States.
33:18 Ukraine's false hopes.
43:41 Trump's priorities.
45:58 NATO funding. NATO and BRICS.
59:45 Ceasefire in Gaza.
01:06:12 Turkey and Syria.

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⁣IS GREENLAND DESTINED TO BECOME PART OF THE US?

The current controversy over Greenland dates to a Dec. 22 post by President-elect Trump on social media platform X regarding his decision to appoint Ken Howery as the US ambassador to Denmark. In the post, Trump declared that, “For purposes of national security and freedom throughout the world, the US feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”

When he was asked at a subsequent news conference a few days later whether he would rule out using “military or economic coercion” to gain control over Greenland, Trump answered

“No, I can’t assure you on either of those two, but I can say this: We need them for economic security.”

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