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Mar 27 2025

The Kallas Plan – Destroy Russia AND Europe


Posted 0riginaly on Mar 27, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

The European External Action Service is intended to ensure diplomacy and peace throughout Europe, but the new head, Kaja Kallas, has been promoting the opposite. “[T]he European Union wants Ukraine to win this war” against Russia, Kallas tweeted out. Her response prompted ten European diplomats to speak out. “She (Kallas) is still acting like a prime minister,” said one EU diplomat to Politico. The former Estonian PM is a known neocon who was installed in her current position to push the war narrative. Worse, Kallas has aspirations to one day lead NATO.

Kallas has been blinded by her newfound role and overestimates her power. After Zelensky’s infamous meeting with Trump, Kallas declared Trump was unfit to lead the US, tweeting “the free world needs a new leader.” Not exactly the response of a diplomat. She immediately released demands to the 27 European Union members, demanding 1.5 million rounds of artillery ammunition and additional aid for Ukraine. People began calling the €40 billion the “Kallas Plan” as she alone felt that she had the authority to dictate defense spending for the entire European Union.

Her proposal angered many European leaders who saw that Kallas was coercing them into contributing additional aid to Ukraine based on the size of their individual economies. Yet another unelected bureaucrat dictating a blanket policy for Europe. She reacted to the criticism by asking for €5 billion in artillery shells, but everyone is aware she will demand more.

One European diplomat openly praised her extreme measure, stating, “We are in 1938 or 1939,” and “it’s not the time to hold back processes.” Kallas herself said she received “broad political support” despite the pushback from elected European leaders, especially those in Southern Europe unprepared to make a major donation to Ukraine based on a percentage of their GDP. This is part of the strategy to bolster Europe’s military power now that NATO’s top donor is not in favor of World War III.

The European Union is a complete and utter disaster. Brussels is home to unelected neocons who have never had the best intentions for Europe. It is impossible to set blanket policies for 27 nations and expect the repercussions to be equal. Elected officials are overridden by Brussels at every turn, as we recently saw with Hungary being silenced for voting against yet another aid package. Allowing the elected leaders to vote is simply a show as the bureaucrats in Brussels know they hold the ultimate authority. The Kallas Plan and future endeavors of this nature aim to not only destroy Russia, but to destroy Europe financially.

Mar 27 2025

Halls of Amenti


Posted originally on Mar 27, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

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QUESTION: There seems to be a heated debate about hidden chambers below the pyramids. You are an ancient scholar. Could this be the legendary Halls of Amenti?

Jed

Thoth

ANSWER: I think they call the alleged discovery fake news because there might be a network beneath the pyramids, but some associate it with the legendary Halls of Amenti. That is the problem.

I do not believe that the legendary Halls of Amenti are physical. I believe that they were symbolic of our journey through life. The Halls of Amenti are what we enter and pass through, beginning with ignorance until we reach the “Omega Point” (later referred to as “Noosphere”), which was first coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. This is the journey through life between ignorance and our attainment of this Knowledge/Omega Point, as we possess the knowledge required to complete the journey from our physical being to the Soul.

Reincarnation happens from within the Halls of Amenti when we are sent back into a new physical body until we learn and get it right. This is similar to Asian Buddhism. The only passage through the Halls of Amenti necessitates combining knowledge, wisdom, and a complete lack of Karma – then we need not return. I believe that was what Buddha prayed for – not to have to return. That would mean this is HELL, and if we are good, we get to leave and enter HAVEN—interesting view of life and religious take on this experience. It seems to be more akin to Asian, and my theory is that Egyptian writing is images/pictorial, which is how Asian languages developed. Western languages came from the alphabet introduced by the Phoenicians. I believe this stems from the divide between Eastern and Western views.

Hercules

Thoth was the Egyptian deity of the Moon, wisdom, knowledge, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art, and judgment. Unfortunately, early Christian writers exaggerated most religions because anyone who was not a Christian had to be a pagan. One of the primary reasons that Christianity spread was that it had a familiar storyline. Zeus sent his son, Hercules, to help mankind, so it was not a completely strange idea. In Egypt, the legend of Osiris, as told by the Greek author Plutarch, was that Osiris was slain or drowned by Seth, who tore the corpse into 14 pieces and flung them over Egypt. Eventually, Isis and her sister Nephthys found the pieces, wrapped them to get them together, and buried all the pieces, except the phallus/penis, thereby giving new life to Osiris, who thenceforth remained in the underworld as ruler and judge. His son Horus successfully fought against Seth, avenging Osiris and becoming the new king of Egypt. The idea of resurrection was why the Egyptians mummified their bodies. So, many of the ideas of Christianity were not foreign to many cultures.

Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion Greece

All the various beings that the Christians called “gods” were more like superheroes. They were not believed to have been gods of creation. Each was assigned some duty, like Neptune/Poseidon ruled the sea, but did not create it. Someone would go to the temple of Neptune/Poseidon and bring an offering before they set sail, begging for a safe journey, and please don’t mess with me. This stood in contrast to Christianity, but over time, Christians also created saints to pray to for specific things, not unlike the ancients. Saints are not considered to be gods, either – intermediaries.

Mar 27 2025

Tariffs & Trump’s Inner Circle


Posted originally on Mar 26, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

Never Give Up

COMMENT:

I dont get it..
You said you have no access to Trump.
Cmon Marty…
Your smart enough to find a way.
Your known by many govts and your not smart enough to get through?
I dont believe that!
Even Alex Jones says he has access to Trump
You know Alex…
And he cant get the message to Trump!

GG

REPLY: These tariffs are, to a large extent, political in hopes of forcing change. Europe, for example, is deep in Marxism with high tariffs in theory to protect jobs. Take agriculture. Europe has an Agriculture: 13.9%. Tariff on American agriculture compared to the USA at 5%. Then there are issues the press does not even discuss—the Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs). The EU loves to employ stringent NTBs (e.g., EU regulations, US standards), which are distinct from tariff rates. Regulate something like quality. Since Europe has attacked its farmers using climate change, it can impose NTBs if crops are grown with the fertilizers they have outlawed.

1996 Testify

I believe Trump’s people have taken my testimony before the House Ways & Means Committee because they have advocated the 15% rate I laid out there. I explained that US manufacturers leave because of taxation and regulation, not because they have to pay someone $10 an hour vs. $15. I explained that we could not go to ZERO because some countries would tax a company if it were located in a tax-free zone. I explained that 15% would bring back all the companies that left, but there has to be some guarantee that if the Democrats get back in, they do not reverse everything. Democrats love spending the money of other people. They are indoctrinated into Marxism.

So this is far more complex; all I can do is point out the proper path. I do speak with some people on the team, but we must take this realistically. Canada has tariffs even between its provinces, as if each were its own country. It is a real mess. Many Canadians never knew about that. It is over C$200 billion.

Mar 27 2025

NATO only Threatens War – Europe is Not Interested in Peace


Posted originally on Mar 26, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

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There is not a single European leader who has made a statement. All they constantly do is insult and threaten war. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said: “If anyone were to miscalculate and think they can get away with an attack on Poland or on any other ally, they will be met with the full force of this fierce alliance. Our reaction will be devastating,” he declared in Warsaw. “This has to be very clear to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and anyone else who wants to attack us.”

They know nothing about military strategy, nor are they interested in peace. Instead, they want war and will create a false flag to achieve that goal. Europe is in very dire condition. Cyclical Storm Clouds are gathering. The Eurozone has reached a dramatic inflection point, and the refusal to address the debt consolidation from the outset has put Europe at risk for a severe sovereign debt crisis. But the stakes today are incredibly high. If one member fails, this will disrupt everything, weakening the Eurozone beyond repair.

Constantly threatening war and a single attack on Poland will bring a devastating retaliation if you are pushed to that point. You MUST attack the entirety of the Eurozone. You would need to take out NATO headquarters before they could even run to their bunkers.

Sun Su Art of War Know Your Enemy

Putin criticized Lenin, saying he was not a statesman; he was just a Bolshevik. You can now say the same about all of these European leaders. There is not a single statesman among them. These morons are placing the entire world at risk because they think threats work. History demonstrates that it will never work. They neither understand Russia. Worse still, they certainly do not understand themselves. They have waged a proxy war against Russia via Ukraine and think they can defeat Russia conventionally, and their threats will prevent a nuclear exchange. This proxy war guarantees this will be WWIII.

Mar 27 2025

Trump Has Declassified Hillary’s RussiaGate


Posted originally on Mar 26, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

Trump declassifies all the FBI files of RussiaGate that Hillary created and John McCain handed to Comey. He asked the biased press, will they “look” no less, report the truth just for once? This gives the media the right to go in and check it, and now we will see who is really beholden to destroying this country, conspiring with the LEFT to take over America.

She had 70% of Americans assuming Russia was our Greatest Enemy

Justifying World War III – on Lies & Fake News

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Mar 27 2025

The Corruption in Journalism & Courts is Just Too Much


Posted originally on Mar 26, 2025 by Martin Armstrong

This story in The Atlantic that secret war plans were disclosed to known anti-Trump writer Jeffrey Goldberg, who was accidentally added to the group, is falling apart. The Atlantic is not a respected publication, and Goldberg is by no means a true journalist when he promotes only one side of politics – that is, abusing the First Amendment to indoctrinate others into your political philosophy. Journalists should be like judges – UNBIASED. We have corrupt judges, and they should be disbarred.

Ratcliffe John CIA Directort

John Ratcliffe is generally respected on both sides of the aisle, except the questionable Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), who should be removed from office because he does not represent the country, only his party’s interests, and certainly not all of the people of his state. He loves grandstanding and distorting facts for a party that is collapsing. Ratcliffe made it clear there were no war plans and that this was not classified communication, but Signal is approved for governmental communications. Even Edward Snowden uses Signal because it is encrypted.

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The US District Judge John Bates, who ruled that federal health agencies USAID must restore information regarding transgender issues that was removed by Trump’s executive order regarding gender ideology, had an undisclosed conflict of interest that should be criminal. Judge Bates’ wife, Carol Rhees, who founded a nonprofit, has allegedly received funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). If this is true, it is criminal!

Between Journalists and Judges who are too compromised to do their jobs, they should be imprisoned to enjoy the tax-free living where you get to eat food that comes into federal prisons marked “NOT FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.” The United States is doomed because people like these two examples do not care about the country. This is about self-interest,s and in the old days, that would be called at least “un-American” activity.

Abraham Lincoln Arrested Journalists

Abraham Lincoln shut down such media and arrested journalists for fakes news with an Executive Order. Can you imagine is Trump did that today? They would call him a Nazi Fascist and probably a dicator/communist.

Mar 27 2025

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Visits El Salvador Prison Housing Deported Criminal Alien Detainees


Posted originally on CTH on March 27, 2025 | Sundance

Dept of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem goes straight into the heart of the operation where deported criminal gang members are being housed by an agreement with the government of El Salvador.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sends a chilling warning to illegal criminal immigrants entering the United States. On Wednesday, Noem visited the high-security prison in El Salvador that recently received hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members.

Noem was given a tour of the prison by Salvadoran Minister of Justice Héctor Gustavo Villatoro during her visit. The Homeland Security Secretary then met with El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele and is expected to visit Colombia and Mexico next.

“First of all, do not come to our country illegally. You will be removed, and you will be prosecuted. But know that this facility is one of the tools in our toolkit that we will use if you commit crimes against the American people,” she said.

Mar 27 2025

Vietnam Proactively Responds to April 2nd “Independence Day” Tariffs, by Lowering Import Tariff Regime


Posted originally on CTH on March 27, 2025 | Sundance

Wealthy nations will attempt to maintain exports against President Trump tariffs by subsidizing their industries. Corporations have deeper pockets, and the politicians are used to the bribes, we call it “lobbying.” Therefore, the government responds by subsidizing the corporations [ie. the WEF business model].

Canada will subsidize their export industries, Germany will subsidize their auto industry, the EU will provide subsidies to their manufacturing powerhouses, and China will once again start subsidizing their manufacturing industry. Each of these nations will in turn devalue their currency.

However, poorer nations will be faster to lower import tariffs on USA goods because they have lower lobbying (bribe) income from corporations to govt. That’s what we should expect to see.

VIETNAM – Vietnam said it plans to cut import duties on a range of goods including cars, liquified natural gas and agricultural products.

[…] The announcement on the finance ministry’s website late Tuesday came less than two weeks after Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said the country was reviewing duties in order to encourage increased imports from the United States.

Vietnam represents the United States’s third-highest trade deficit, behind China and Mexico.

According to the finance ministry statement, import duties on some cars will be cut by half and the tax rate for liquified natural gas will drop from five percent to just two percent. Duties will also be cut for a number of other products including frozen chicken thighs, almonds, sweet cherries, raisins and wood. (more)

During President Trump’s first term, many companies proactively moved manufacturing operations from China to other nations in Southeast Asia.  Vietnam was a big benefactor of the manufacturing shift.  It is smart for them to respond to the reciprocal tariffs coming April 2nd by lowering their tariff rate.

President Trump has instructed the Commerce Department and U.S. Trade Representative to calculate both the tariffs and the non-tariff trade barriers as part of the reciprocity equation.  The non-tariff barrier calculation is the factor many foreign governments are anticipating with great interest.

This overall dynamic is a major reset in global trade as the U.S. market is the crown jewel for entry.  We are the customers that everyone wants access to.  President Trump is leveraging that access to trigger internal GDP growth.

Remember, even the GDP calculation is a factor of the value of products we generate, minus the value of the products we import.  If we lower the import side of the equation and simultaneously increase domestic production, the GDP expands significantly more than just increasing production.

Mar 27 2025

President Trump Announces 25 Percent Tariff on Import Cars and Import Car Parts, Effective April 3rd and May 3rd Respectively


Posted originally on CTH on March 27, 2025 | Sundance

During an executive order signing session in the White House today, President Trump announced a major change in tariffs on the auto industry.  [Full Executive Order Here]

The 25% import duty applies on top of any preexisting tariff for cars and light trucks.  The 25% tariff also applies to imported car parts.  The USMCA trade agreement between the U.S. Canada and Mexico still applies.

If the content of a car assembled in Mexico/Canada contains 50 percent component parts from the USA, the 25% tariff only applies to the final value of the imported components. In this example the tariff rate would be 12.5% of the total value.

The tariff applies to all imported cars and light trucks.  Approximately half of all cars sold in the USA are currently American made, the other half are import vehicles from mainly Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Canada and Germany.

This is a very big kick in the teeth to Germany.  Previously in a long-term strategy to avoid U.S. tariffs, German automakers invested billions in auto assembly plants in Mexico.  Ex. the BMW parts were shipped from Germany and the cars assembled in Mexico.  Now that investment is worthless as the vehicle will be taxed at a rate of 25% regardless of whether it is assembled in Germany or Mexico.

Ex.2 High end auto Mercedes currently builds SUVs in the USA in order to avoid the previous 25% tariff; however, they still build cars outside the USA and export them into the USA market.  This will likely change quickly, and Mercedes will begin building all cars and SUVs in the USA.

From the Executive Order:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this proclamation, all imports of articles specified in Annex I to this proclamation or in any subsequent annex to this proclamation, as set out in a subsequent notice in the Federal Register, shall be subject to a 25 percent tariff with respect to goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on April 3, 2025, for automobiles, and on the date specified in the Federal Register for automobile parts, but no later than May 3, 2025, and shall continue in effect, unless such actions are expressly reduced, modified, or terminated. The above ad valorem tariff is in addition to any other duties, fees, exactions, and charges applicable to such imported automobiles and certain automobile parts articles.

(2) For automobiles that qualify for preferential tariff treatment under the USMCA, importers of such automobiles may submit documentation to the Secretary identifying the amount of U.S. content in each model imported into the United States. “U.S. content” refers to the value of the automobile attributable to parts wholly obtained, produced entirely, or substantially transformed in the United States. Thereafter, the Secretary may approve imports of such automobiles to be eligible to apply the ad valorem tariff of 25 percent in clause (1) of this proclamation exclusively to the value of the non-U.S. content of the automobile. The non-U.S. content of the automobile shall be calculated by subtracting the value of the U.S. content in an automobile from the total value of the automobile.

(3) If U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) determines that the declared value of non-U.S. content of an automobile, as described in clause (2) of this proclamation, is inaccurate due to an overstatement of U.S. content, the 25 percent tariff shall apply to the full value of the automobile, regardless of the actual U.S. content of the automobile. In addition, the 25 percent tariff shall be applied retroactively (from April 3, 2025, to the date of the inaccurate overstatement) and prospectively (from the date of the inaccurate overstatement to the date the importer corrects the overstatement, as verified by CBP) to the full value of all automobiles of the same model imported by the same importer. This clause does not apply to or otherwise affect any other applicable fees or penalties. [SOURCE]

It cannot be overstated how big a hit this will be to the German economy specifically.  That’s why EU President Ursula von der Leyen is couching her words very carefully.

Germany drives the economic engine of the EU, and the Germans care about their money far more than they care about the security of Ukraine.

“As I have said before, tariffs are taxes – bad for businesses, worse for consumers equally in the US and the European Union,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement. “We will now assess this announcement, together with other measures the US is envisaging in the next days.”

The next biggest impact will come to Canada.  The auto-sector in Canada only exists to send cars and trucks into the U.S. market.  That’s the entire purpose and business model behind the Canadian auto industry.  Every component part of a Canadian car that does not originate from USA will now be subject to a 25% tariff.

[Executive Order Here]

Mar 27 2025

Team USA and Team Russia Release Statements Following Technical “Ceasefire” Team Meetings


Posted originally on CTH on March 26, 2025 | Sundance

As the negotiations for a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire agreement are being worked out, here are the statements from each of the participants in the technical team discussion following their meeting in Saudi Arabia.

RUSSIA STATEMENT (SOURCE):1. “In line with the agreement reached by the presidents of Russia and the United States, the Russian and American sides agreed to provide for the implementation of the Black Sea Initiative, which includes ensuring safe navigation, eliminating the use of force, and preventing the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea, while adopting appropriate control measures by inspecting such vessels.

2. The United States will help restore Russia’s access to the world market for agricultural and fertiliser exports, lower maritime insurance costs, and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions.

Note:

Clauses 1 & 2 will come into force following:

the removal of sanctions imposed on Rosselkhozbank (Russian Agricultural Bank) and other financial institutions involved in ensuring international food trade (including fish and fish products) and fertilisers, their reconnection to SWIFT, and opening of relevant correspondent accounts;

the removal of restrictions imposed on trade finance operations;

the removal of sanctions imposed on companies producing and exporting food (including fish and fish products) and fertilisers, as well as restrictions banning insurance companies from working with food cargoes (including fish and fish products) and fertilisers;

the removal of restrictions on servicing ships in ports and sanctions against ships flying the flag of Russia, if they are involved in food trade (including fish and fish products) and fertilisers;

the removal of restrictions on supplies to the Russian Federation of agricultural machinery and other goods used in the production of food (including fish and fish products) and fertilisers.

3. Russia and the United States agreed to develop measures for implementing the agreement between the two countries’ presidents to ban strikes against energy facilities of Russia and Ukraine for 30 days starting on March 18, 2025, with an option to extend the agreement or to withdraw from it in the event of non-compliance by either party.

4. Russia and the United States welcome the good offices of third countries with a view toward supporting the implementation of the energy and maritime agreements.

5. Russia and the United States will continue working toward achieving a durable and lasting peace.”

USA Statement / RUSSIA (SOURCE): “In line with presidential-level discussions between President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin, the United States facilitated bilateral technical-level talks with the Russian delegation March 23-25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Following those discussions:

The United States and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.

The United States will help restore Russia’s access to the world market for agricultural and fertilizer exports, lower maritime insurance costs, and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions.

The United States and Russia agreed to develop measures for implementing President Trump’s and President Putin’s agreement to ban strikes against energy facilities of Russia and Ukraine.

The United States and Russia welcome the good offices of third countries with a view toward supporting the implementation of the energy and maritime agreements.

The United States and Russia will continue working toward achieving a durable and lasting peace.

The United States reiterated President Donald J. Trump’s imperative that the killing on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine conflict must stop, as the necessary step toward achieving an enduring peace settlement. To that end, the United States will continue facilitating negotiations between both sides to achieve a peaceful resolution, in line with the agreements made in Riyadh.

The United States expresses gratitude to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his leadership and hospitality in once again facilitating these important discussions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” (source)

U.S Statement / UKRAINE (Source): “In line with presidential-level discussions between President Donald J. Trump and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the United States facilitated bilateral technical-level talks with the Ukrainian delegation March 23-25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Following those discussions:

The United States and Ukraine have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.

The United States and Ukraine agreed that the United States remains committed to helping achieve the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian detainees, and the return of forcibly transferred Ukrainian children.

The United States and Ukraine agreed to develop measures for implementing President Trump’s and President Zelenskyy’s agreement to ban strikes against energy facilities of Russia and Ukraine.

The United States and Ukraine welcome the good offices of third countries with a view toward supporting the implementation of the energy and maritime agreements.

The United States and Ukraine will continue working toward achieving a durable and lasting peace.

The United States reiterated to both sides President Donald J. Trump’s imperative that the killing on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine conflict must stop, as the necessary step toward achieving an enduring peace settlement. To that end, the United States will continue facilitating negotiations between both sides to achieve a peaceful resolution, in line with the agreements made in Riyadh.

The United States expresses gratitude to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his leadership and hospitality in once again facilitating these important discussions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”