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Feb 17 2025

Migrant Crossings Down 90% Under Trump and Homan


Posted originally on Feb 17, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

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Migrants brushed off former Border Czar Kamala Harris when she said, “Don’t come.” The true message under the Biden-Harris Administration: “Come to America where you will receive free debit cards, housing, health care, and education!” The message changed on the very day that Trump was re-elected and the proof is in the numbers – illegal crossings are down 90%.

Post, Customs and Border Protection had 3,953 encounters with illegal migrants through February 11. Estimates state that total crossings should be near or below 10,000 for the month. In comparison, border officials were processing 4,800 PER DAY at this time last year.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 11,000 migrants in 18 days, averaging around 600 daily arrests. The Department of Homeland Security removed an additional 5,700 illegal immigrants who were living a US taxpayer subsidized life. The new Border Czar Tom Homan is incredibly effective and a total 180 from what we saw under Kamala. He may seem cold but the message is clear – entering the US illegally is once again a CRIME.

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The ”progressive” Democrats are in a tailspin and hosting events to inform migrants how to bypass ICE. AOC promoted an event on her social media channels called “Know Your Rights With ICE” that provided detailed information on how to handle an ICE encounter.

“Just because someone ends up on ICE radar and ICE believes that they can deport someone, it doesn’t mean that under the law the person can be deported or that they don’t have the option to fight their case to remain in the U.S.,” said Genia Blaser, of the Immigrant Defense Project a Manhattan-based non-profit. The organization is urging migrants not to open the door to ICE officials. AOC’s office has immigration lawyers on standby to offer pro bono services for migrants seeking to evade US law. Imagine if our elected officials hosted webinars to tell tax evaders how to bypass the IRS, for example. Unbelievable.

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These people fail to realize that they are the precise reason families will be separated or “deported together,” as Homan suggested. For years the Democrats spread the message worldwide that America was a safe haven for anyone who wanted to enter with sanctuary cities and a separate tiered rule of law. Evade border patrol and you and everyone you know can live an easy life in America. The US taxpayers will simply cover the estimated $150.7 BILLION in annual expenses since you cannot legally work. No one actually knows how much US taxpayers shelled out for migrants and some estimates have toppled $400 billion.

The treasonous actions of the last administration led to the crackdown we see today. The left fails to understand the extreme difference between legal and illegal immigration. The migration of the 19th century from Europe to America did not take place because of welfare programs. People came to America for the land of opportunity to work and to buy property. They did not come looking for free money and then wage war and violence out of frustration, demanding more from law-abiding citizens.

Feb 17 2025

Pharmaceutical Marketing – Billions Spent to Make You Sick


Posted originally on Feb 17, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

The United States and New Zealand are perhaps the only nations that permit direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising. Big Pharma is permitted to use every marketing tool at its disposal to glamorize medications to consumers, who are then expected to go to their doctors and ask for the latest and greatest pill, treatment, or vaccine. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and MAHA are changing the narrative.

“The constant barrage of drug commercials is not only annoying but also detrimental to public health,” Kennedy stated an interview. “It’s time we put an end to this practice and prioritize patient well-being over corporate profits.”

The National Library of Medicine published a study in 2018, “Dangers and Opportunities of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising,” which found that the average American was exposed to nine drug advertisements per day amounting to 16 hours per year. From 2012 to 2018, before COVID, Big Pharma increased commercial marketing by 62% because it is effective.

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Merck released the first DTC print advertisement in 1981 for the Pneumovax. We saw an explosion of DTC ads in the 1990s and they have only increased in recent years with Americans having constant access to media. The FDA permits this type of advertising as long as it “is truthful, balanced, and accurately communicated” through regulation, surveillance, and education.” The FDA rarely enforces these regulations.

Now, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and FDA are keenly aware of how effective these advertisements have been, with both publishing numerous studies over the years. This is precisely why Americans were bombarded with government-funded advertisements for the COVID vaccine.

The HHS launched the “We Can Do This” campaign that included over 7,000 mixed media advertisements across every available platform. The HHS spent $377 million in public funds on that particular endeavor, shelling out another $117 million in digital advertisements for “underserved populations.” The US federal government spent over $1.1 billion promoting COVID vaccinations, with the HHS spending $836 million of that total amount.

How widespread was DTC advertising during COVID? Over $8 BILLION was spent on urging the public to take an experimental vaccine that had never been tested or properly studied. Pfizer spent $21.5 million on digital ads for its vaccine during 2021. It partnered with the NFL for $9.5 million to promote booster shots in 2022. The radio, magazines, TV, internet, billboards – the amount of carefully orchestrated subliminal messaging is unbelievable.

Kennedy has said that banning these types of advertisements is top of mind. This will not only impact revenue for Big Pharma but every media outlet relying on this ad revenue will feel the impact. Yet, the  Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has more of a say when it comes to banning these advertisements. At the very least, Kennedy could prevent public funds from being spent on promoting questionable pharmaceuticals.

Feb 17 2025

$50M for Climate Change in Palestine?


Posted originally on Feb 17, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin found $20 BILLION in public funds that his predecessors from the Biden era of perpetual spending purposely wasted. Project Veritas first discovered the deliberate wasteful spending of the EPA through investigative journalism. A former EPA staffer called the agency’s spending under Biden akin to throwing gold bars off the Titanic. Zeldin is demanding that recipients return the “gold bars.”

“The “gold bars” were tax dollars, and “tossing them off the Titanic” meant the Biden administration knew they were wasting it,” Zeldin shared on X after posting the “extremely disturbing” Project Veritas video. “[T]his scheme was the first of its kind in EPA history, and it was purposefully designed to obligate all the money in a rush job with reduced oversight.”

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It is far easier to retain funds than it is to retrieve them. Zeldin recently saved the government $50 million on a grant to the Climate Justice Alliance, a group that believes “climate justice travels through a Free Palestine.” Why did a government agency provide this alliance with $50 million? A portion of the grant was intended for a CONCERT to promote awareness for climate change in Palestine. The group claimed the Trump administration is simply spreading “misinformation” that “aims to scapegoat non-white and non-rich people.”

Even the weather is racist and sexist, according to the far left. Everything can be chalked up to climate change. Hillary Clinton said that the weather was hurting women in Ukraine, so it is on course for a leftist agency to say they need funds to fight climate change in Palestine. It is absolute lunacy, but a portion of the population nods in agreement and believes that privileged Americans should pay to somehow fix the nonexistent situation.

Let’s take a closer look at this organization that claims a just transition cannot happen through charity alone. As noted on the group’s website: “We must organize to move money out of the old economy using both public and private vehicles. We must weaken the power of the speculative markets, extreme energy, worker exploitation, extraction and militarism while strengthening economic and political democracy, placing power in the hands of the people.” Do you see a conflict of government interest here?

The EPA is one of countless agencies that have been weaponized by the left. For years, the people have paid into these ANTI-AMERICAN agencies that were openly working against the democracy of America in favor of globalist pursuits. The show is over.

Feb 17 2025

Zelensky Desperately Trying to Create World War III ASAP


Posted originally on Feb 17, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

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COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong, You are the only source willing to tell the truth about our country. You are correct. I do not know anyone who would vote for Zelenskyy. He does not represent the people of Ukraine.

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REPLY: Russia has absolutely no interest in invading Europe. The Russian people just want to get along with life and take care of their families like Americans and Europeans. It is always these people in positions of power who want war. Zelensky has also been told by Trump that there should be elections in Ukraine. He knows he has betrayed his own country. This latest statement was probably written for him by the Neocons and their retirement home, NATO. CNBC is just a mouthpiece for the Neocons. They have become just a propaganda machine, and they are a disgusting organization that borders on treason.

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Trump is well aware that Zelensky does not represent the people of Ukraine. Every Ukrainian I have spoken to wants peace, which Zelensky ran on – promising peace. He they sold his country to the Neocons for a handful of silver. CNN wrote when he took office:

Ukraine has been locked in a proxy war with Russia for five years, and the conflict has claimed around 13,000 lives in the country’s east.

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Zelensky’s landslide victory does give him the mandate. But beyond offering Ukrainians an outlet for a protest vote, it’s not yet clear what policies he will pursue. 

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Zelensky has taken that 13,000 dead and improved with the real number of deaths from UKRAINIAN sources is 1.1 million, I am told, and AGAIN, this comes from Ukraine – not Russia! In fact, a local TV news operation reported the real number, and Zelensky again made them take it down as he did with the head of the EU. They suddenly reported it was a typo. The Neocons are completely destroying Ukraine, and they have ZERO regard for Ukrainian lives as they will with Americans or Europeans.

Within just three months of the beginning of this civil war under Zelensky, I said that 100,000 Ukrainians had died once Zelensky took office. I got the hate mail claiming that it was Russian propaganda from the typical brainwashed people who believe what the press tells them. Then Ursula, putting out the BS over Bucha, stated that the same number was 100,000, and Zelensky sought to cover up what was taking place and told her she had to remove that for that number was “classified,” so it was changed. Here are both versions of her speech.

Even the massacre of civilians in Ukraine that Zelensky tried to stage to blame Russia was propaganda. Russia has come out and said that the slaughter of civilians in Bucha was fake and propaganda. On March 31, 2022, the mayor of Bucha was joyful in announcing that the settlement had been liberated. He does not talk about any corpses on the roads and the terrible destruction of mass graves.

It was two days later when suddenly photos and videos of people lying along the road appeared and horrendous stories about hundreds of dead being thrown in mass graves. These reports did not surface until two days after the Russians left. The Ukrainians were staging another false flag. Why did the mayor appear joyous and make no mention at first of these atrocities?

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It is to the advantage of Zelensky, who appears before every parliament he can, asking for money with nothing but more lies, making fools out of politicians who believe his propaganda. In Italy, he claimed Russians were capturing children and torturing them. That allegation vanished. He says whatever he can to get money. He could have just complied with the Belgrad and Minsk Agreements, but he is determined to lead the world into war. The US Pentagon has come out and even said that they CAN NOT independently verify what took place in Bucha. There is no way to verify anything in Bucha, and there are videos that show people laying in the street pretending to be dead with no blood, and then there are videos showing they get up when the camera passes.

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Zelensky was a NEO-Natzi who, when on stage, joked about confiscating assets of Jews and Russians. He married a Christian girl and had his children baptized, all to hide his Jewish background. Then to hide that he was a NeoNazi, he suddenly claimed to be Jewish after he won the election and then declared martial law so he did not have to stand for election ever again. He fired a Ukrainian old Russian missile into Poland to try to claim Russia attacked a NATO country, so this is World War III.

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Zelensky is the WAR CRIMINAL, for the real war criminals are the people who order others to die for their personal goals. His meeting with the Pope was all for a theatrical display. Zelensky stated that he saw no sense in trying to involve Russia in a dialogue at this stage. He rejected the Pope’s offer to mediate. Zelensky cares nothing about the Ukrainian who have died for his personal NeoNazi vendettas. He said:

“One cannot make a mediation with Putin. He just knows how to kill. It is not a question of the Vatican, Latin America or China.”

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Something is brewing. Our next turning point in this war will be May 15th. Zelensky is trying to get the EU to wage war and screw Trump. Europe wants war for the economy of the EU and is in serious trouble because of the climate change nonsense and the sanctions imposed on Russia. The German economy has shrunk by 3% and we have a German election which is rapidly coming forward for February 23rd, 2025.

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In France, President Emmanuel Macron called a snap parliamentary election to “clarify” the political situation. But after the shock of the second-round results, the waters are more muddied than they have been in decades. The LEFT-WING NFP coalition foiled Marine Le Pen’s far-right RN party, casting French politics into a more disordered position than before the vote. Macron is pushing for World War III because he, too, needs a distraction or surrender his power.

My concern remains that the Neocons have Europe eating out of the palm of their hand, if not kissing their feet. Europe needs war desperately and we must be concern that Zelensky and the EU will do their best to thwart Trump and peace and may take steps for that as soon as May 2025.

Feb 17 2025

Vance at the Munich Security Conference


Posted originally on Feb 16, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

Feb 17 2025

Supporting the Deep State by Silence


Posted originally on Feb 16, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

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COMMENT: I find it hypocritical that in the USA, the mainstream media and others who refuse to acknowledge your accomplishments publicly are not trustworthy. Anyone who refuses to recognize you and Socrates is part of the Deep State. You say the facts. They hate the messenger and prefer to hide the truth.

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ANSWER: I understand. I get this a lot. It becomes evident that if they acknowledge my work and Socrates, they have to recognize the US attempted a regime change in Russia in 2000, and that was not only why Putin came to power, but it has been why they hate him so much because he thwarted their scheme. That was the entire reason behind RussiaGate by Hillary, which wasted tens of millions of dollars claiming Putin influenced the 2016 election. The system would not have been worth saving if Putin had changed the outcome with a few hundred thousand dollars.

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Look, these people are out of control. They reversed the Romanian election and are saying they could do the same in Germany if they dare to vote against what the EU wants. These people who refused to recognize Socrates are traitors to civilization and are pushing their agenda even by their silence.

If these people acknowledge what they did to me, they must recognize what they tried to accomplish and why we are still headed into World War III. So anyone who tries to ignore me is indeed in cahoots with the Deep State and ultimately only ensuring the decline and fall of the USA for 2032.

Feb 17 2025

Macron & the Destruction of Europe


Posted originally on Feb 16, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

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COMMENT: Hi Martin,

Just as I was getting more optimistic on geopolitics with US falling back on its feet and Trump wanting to stop the war, I watch the news in France and all I can hear is the following : the US cannot decide alone the fate of Ukraine, Europe needs to its own defense, remilitarisation, Ukraine needs to become a member of the EU.

It seems you’re right, the model can’t be beaten and war is still unavoidable despite the Neocons defeat in the US.
Amazing and kudos even if that means we have no future here with these incompetent leaders who will never admit their mistakes. Depressing to say the least but when war is due it is time for war…

Best,
PH

ANSWER:  Macron, in particular, is very hostile toward Trump and the idea of peace. They want to conquer Russia and strip mine its assets as the solution to bailout Europe from its disastrous policies of socialism, climate change, and the inevitable collapse of the EU. We have a date with war and the collapse of these corrupt republics post-2032.

I wish I were wrong, but it always comes down to retaining power and war, which they see as both a distraction and a solution for debt. Just as I was in the middle of an attempted regime change scheme to take over Russia back in 1999, these people look at the potential wealth from Russia and cannot help but lick their lips while rubbing their hands. Our leaders learn nothing from mistakes or history. It is always the conclusion—this time, it’s different. They will destroy Europe just as Zelinsky is destroying Ukraine.

Feb 16 2025

Why the Central Banks are in Trouble: Gold Panic, Debt Reset


Posted originally on Feb 16, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

Feb 16 2025

Zelensky & Eu – There is Nothing Like War


Posted originally on Feb 16, 2025 by Martin Armstrong 

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Trump is well aware that Zelensky does not want peace, and neither does Europe. They want World War III and have been trying to scheme to invoke Article 6 to try to force Trump to send troops to invade Russia. European officials now realize they will have to cover the cost of postwar security and cannot count on the USA funding their warmongering ways. They will have to cough up the cast Zelensky has been demanding to line his pockets for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

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The European Press has done nothing but promote war. They constantly claim that if Ukraine falls, Russia will take all of Europe. The European Press has done nothing by lying to the people about who started this war. The BBC had the audacity to actually write: “Putin’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine had turned him into a pariah.”

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They seem to forget that it was Kiyv who started this civil war and had refused to honor the Minsk Agreement. But why let the truth spoil selling newspapers and promoting war so they can sell even more papers like Putilizer and Hearst? This is why Trump has cut out bother Zelensky and the EU from any US-Russia peace negotiations on Ukraine when they have been seeking to prolong the war as much as possible.

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Ukraine should have simply split the same a Yugoslavia AFTER NATO also bombed people who wanting their freedom. Mention NATO in the old regions of Yugoslavia, and they have horror stories of how NATO was ruthless and killed many civilians.

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Zelensky is a plain dictator with no incentive to seek peace, for then he will no longer be the head of Ukraine. He dresses in a military t-shirt to try to create the psychological impression that he is fighting for Ukraine. I don’t really think Churchill, FDR, LBJ, or Nixon dressed in military gear because of wars. The US should stop all payments to Ukraine for we are paying all the salaries of government employees plus their pensions. There is ZERO incentive for the Ukrainian government to seek peace. Zelensky has come out against his domestic critics who want elections, telling them to “go choose another citizenship” and reiterating that voting will remain suspended until the conflict with Russia is over.

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This is the problem. Zelensky does not represent the people. The civil war began when the Minsk Agreement was to allow the Donbas the right to vote, and they called them terrorists. In Ukraine, there is no democratic process. Zelensky is destroying his country all for personal power. Parliamentary elections in Ukraine were originally scheduled for October 2023, and presidential elections for May 2024. However, in December 2023, Zelensky announced that the polls would not open for as long as martial law was in force. Trump see through the lies and has clarified that Zelensky could have easily prevented this war.

At the Munich Security Conference, Zelensky claimed he was “ready to talk about elections, [but] Ukrainians don’t want this.” Trump called on Zelensky to hold elections and he refused. This is why the EU and Zelensky have not been invited to be part of the negotiations. Zelensky will not allow elections for the people are the sovereign of Ukraine – not him and the most corrupt government on the planet. He said with a straight face: “My main priority is the survival of the country.” Zelensky tried to play the martyr, claiming, “we’re not talking about me, but the future of our country.” He suggested that pursuing the electoral process under the current circumstances would undermine national unity. True, because he would lose the election. He then bluntly stated:

“If someone doesn’t like [the way things are], they can choose another citizenship.”

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Zelensky claims that ‘Ukrainians don’t want elections’ and has the audacity to claim that the “topic of elections has been brought up by Russians” when, in fact, it was brought up by Trump. Zelensky is not about to hand down power. He explained that in order to hold elections, martial law would first have to be lifted, which would likely lead to the effective dissolution of the army. Why? Because he would be voted out? He also pointed to the fact that approximately 8 million Ukrainians currently reside abroad all because of his policies. We have mail-in ballots for military overseas.

Even Keith Kellogg stressed that “most democratic nations have elections in their time of war.” Kellogg added that “I think it is important [the Ukrainians] do so,” as this would be “good for democracy.” All of Zelensky’s excuses are clearly demonstrating that he should have no part in any peace negotiations, for he is NOT representing the Ukrainian people. Like most dictators, you may be able to vote them into power, but you have to kill them to remove them from power. They will never go voluntarily. Zelensky has no democratic authority to negotiate on behalf of the Ukrainian people.

Zelensky has been pitching that this will be the greatest investment in modern European history – the reconstruction of Ukraine. The more destruction, the bigger the jackpot for Zelensky. This reminds me of the old Peter Seller’s Movie:

Feb 16 2025

Rubio Calls Lavrov Fast-tracing Negotiations with Russia


Posted originally on Feb 15, 2025 by Martin Armstrong |  

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I just appeared on Russian TV concerning mainly the dramatic shift in US policy between the Trump Administration and the Biden Administration that was controlled by the Neocons and demanded NO communications whatsoever with Russia in fear that there might have been peace. I was asked about this new fast-track policy.  I explained that Trump & RFK were HONESTLY anti-war, and this was a legitimate shift in policy from the Biden administration. They do seem to real my analysis and asked if the “deep state” would not try to block Trump and his peace negotiations. I explained that they would resist but shifted most of their resistance to Europe via NATO.

Zelensky told the press he was unhappy with Trump even speaking with Putin, echoing the old Biden policies. He has called for Europe to create its own army, obviously, so he can still wage war against Russia. Zelinsky, I believe, was a NeoNazi. I have clips of him on stage before being president, joking about confiscating assets from Jews and Russians. He married a Christian, and his children were baptized. Only after he became president did he announce he was Jewish. My friends in Israel say he is no Jew.

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I explained that Trump told Zelensky there should be elections, but my sources in Ukraine say he will never win. When he took power, there were only 13,000 Ukrainian deaths. He is widely seen as a traitor to his own country. He is objecting to Trump and Putin negotiating and seeks he is being pushed to the side. All of my sources make it clear that he no longer represents the Ukrainian people.

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I was also asked about the sanctions. I explained that the Democrats are bashing Trump, asserting that the tariffs will be inflationary. Yet, they remained silent when the sanctions on Russia were inflationary, driving sky-high gasoline prices.