The world really HATES Trump
And he's too insensitive to realize it.
Panama is one of the most pro-American countries on the planet, which is why I was absolutely shocked when I asked some of my most staunchly pro-gringo friends down here why they thought they were paying more for gas for their cars these days.
One is a truck driver who felt the pain of the fuel prices most keenly since diesel is up more than regular gas.
Another is a guy who must drive an hour to work one way.
The four people I asked – who don’t know each other - all said, without hesitation that it was Trump’s fault, that he had started a war with Iran and it had retaliated and caused gas prices to rise.
Interestingly, none of the people I asked blamed Iran, and that’s after 20-30 years of constant US-Israeli propaganda to the contrary.
No, this is not to be interpreted as a kind of poll or anything like that, of course.
But I was stunned that all 4 of my friends had the same opinion and they were all pro-American.
George Galloway believes that Trump is universally hated. I don’t think that they see Trump as an American, which is why even pro-American people see him as an aberrant.
A French ship was one of the first to be given special permission by Iran to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, and that was because it was the only country to refuse to send troops to Iraq and then to Iran. Thus it has a long history of not participating in US wars.
If more countries are exempted from the “toll booth” as they are proven to have pro-Iran sympathies, or at least to be reliably abstaining from the hostilities, the US could eventually be left alone on the world stage.
As it is, there is no European country willing to join the US in its hostile stance against Iran. The US and Israeli propaganda against Iran is failing to achieve its desired effect.
To illustrate how much Trump is truly hated, I quote from a recent international poll:
“We’ve gone from a net median approval of 38 percentage points down to 10.”
and
“The sharp decline in how much global publics trust the U.S. president on the world stage is especially pronounced among some of America’s closest allies in Europe and Asia, as well as neighboring Mexico and Canada,” the Pew study reports. Indeed, countries like Sweden (-83), the Netherlands (-75), Germany (-75), South Korea (-71), France (-70), Spain (-68), Canada (-61), the United Kingdom (-57), Australia (-55) and Japan (-54) each saw their confidence level in the U.S. president drop by at least 50 percentage points.
This is a democrat poll so the dems are pitting Trump against Obama, but that does not reflect the reality because actually, Obama was terrible in terms of foreign policy and is no better in the long run than Trump.
Here’s where Obama was suckered by Netanyahu:
As described in “A Promised Land,” Obama was essentially bullied by Netanyahu and his supporters during his term. To his detriment, he failed to stand up effectively against this pressure
If we can’t get rid of all the weak-kneed politicians like Obama and Trump, we will never be a free people. Not even close.
If we can’t overcome the false comparisons between Obama and Trump, we will never be free of the Israelis and their dictatorial influence over our politics.
But it may be simpler than that.
The Iranians may do that for us.
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Translation from Russian with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
Andrey Revnivtsev
09:00
Trump was swindled. NATO is falling apart before our eyes. “Another three months – and that’s it.”
The “unbreakable” NATO alliance is cracking. It turns out that its European partners are in no hurry to get involved in the US and Israeli adventures in the Persian Gulf. First, Spain and Italy banned American bombers from using their airspace, and then Macron pulled the wool over their eyes.
It’s amazing how much everything has changed in the last 20 years. In the early 2000s, when the Americans invaded Iraq, Spain saluted and unquestioningly sent its contingent to support Big Brother.
More than 1,300 “muchachos” in the Spanish-Latin American “Plus Ultra” brigade, commanded by General Alfredo Cardona, fought in central Iraq. There were dead, wounded, and hundreds of millions of euros spent by Madrid on the operation.
And now Spain not only refuses to participate in yet another US military adventure, but also prohibits the use of its airspace and bases for US aggression against Iran. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez openly called the conflict illegal, reckless, and unjust. In a word, “Spanish shame”... for the US, of course.
[Did they wise up or do they just hate Trump?]
Meloni, are you there too?
Giorgia Meloni also found herself among the “refuseniks,” even though she was recently called practically Europe’s “chief Trumpist.” And here’s the result: Italy has banned the Pentagon from using the Sigonella military base in Sicily for strikes against Iran. This was reported by the newspaper Corriere della Sera. The Americans learned they were on the “stop list” while already in the air – the bombers were simply prevented from landing.
Meloni herself did not comment on this decision, but all political forces in the Republic enthusiastically welcomed the demarche against the “global bully,” as Angelo Bonelli, leader of the Italian Greens, called Trump.
The leader of the Five Star Movement party and former Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, proposed not stopping there:
Now the government must take the next step: deny the logistical support their bases provide to the Americans.
And again, for clarity, let’s draw a comparison with Operation Shock and Awe in 2003. Then, the Italians sent more than 3,200 troops to Iraq. Dozens of soldiers were killed and wounded.
Macron pulls a stunt
Even French President Emmanuel Macron “dumped” the United States by closing the Fifth Republic’s airspace to any aircraft participating in the attack on Iran. Moreover, Macron accused Washington of aggression, claiming that the “coalition” was violating international law.
To be fair, France did not participate in the attack on Iraq in the 2000s either, rejecting the ridiculous arguments that Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons.
[This would explain why a French tanker was given special permission by Iran to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. If the rest of Europe is “cooperative” perhaps they may be given permission too. This would effectively isolate the US!]
NATO has three months left.
In any case, the situation is a stalemate for Trump. University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer, who has been analyzing the behavior of American presidents for half a century, is certain that, judging by his body language, the White House tenant is in a panic. His Israeli “friend Bibi” has drawn him into an adventure from which he cannot escape.
However, this is a death sentence not only for Trump and his ambitions, but also for NATO as a whole, which is beginning to fall apart before our very eyes. According to The Telegraph, Trump, offended by his Alliance partners, announced that he was seriously considering leaving the military bloc.
NATO has never impressed me. I always knew it was a paper tiger, and Putin, by the way, knows it too,” said the US President.
Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State and Trump’s likely successor, shares this view. He recently said:
If we can’t use these bases when we need them, then NATO becomes a one-way street. What good is NATO if we can’t use these bases when needed?
[Trump doesn’t make any distinction between a just and legal war and an unjust or illegal war. The fact of a war being waged by the US is justification enough for him. He is incredibly stupid. And that makes him the ideal pawn of israel]
The West’s Russophobic “warlike” hypocrisy is not a problem of today. Screenshot from the Zelensky official Telegram channel
A good question, but one that remains unanswered. Politician, public figure, and former Rada deputy Oleh Tsarev believes that the planned Alliance summit in July could turn into the military bloc’s funeral.
NATO as we know it is ceasing to exist before our eyes. I repeat, if one member of the alliance closes its skies to another, the alliance no longer exists. Trump doesn’t need this kind of NATO, so the alliance’s upcoming summit in July promises to be very interesting, Tsarev notes.
What’s the point?
On the other hand, there’s a persistent feeling that we’re witnessing a spectacle, the ending of which doesn’t bode well for Russia. Several obvious facts can be put together. Europe is arming itself and is already openly providing the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the ability to strike our infrastructure.
Poland is conducting secret exercises, rehearsing the start of a war with Russia, and is purchasing around 1,000 K2 tanks from South Korea (though it’s unclear what good they’ll do, given their total vulnerability to drones). Germany is urgently rebuilding its military-industrial complex. France is introducing a system of “voluntary military service”—a soft version of conscription—in the summer of 2026, and America... is leaving NATO. [But do the peoples of these countries share the phobias of their leaders? Where will they get the manpower?]
All of this looks like preparations for a major war in Europe. The US is thus encapsulating the conflict on the continent and remaining “out of it” while the Russians and Europeans destroy each other. This will spare them the prospect of being hit by a Sarmat [nuclear-armed Russian missile, named Satan by NATO] missile, radically weakening both Russia and the EU, and allowing them to deal with China calmly, sensibly, with feeling, and deliberately.
The US managed to pull off something similar during World War II, from which, although we emerged victorious, we suffered colossal destruction and a demographic collapse, while the Americans only profited. We can’t let them pull this “trick” again
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Translation from Russian with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
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11:00 04/04/2026 (updated: 12:14 04/04/2026)
The US deployed special forces to Iran to rescue a pilot, media reports
Telegraph: The US sent special forces to Iran to rescue a pilot
Wreckage, presumably of a downed American plane in Iran - RIA Novosti, 1920, 04/04/2026
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Wreckage, presumably of a downed American plane in Iran. Archive photo
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MOSCOW, April 4 - RIA Novosti. The US has deployed special forces to Iran to search for one of the missing pilots of the downed American fighter jet, the Telegraph reports. According to the publication, two crew members ejected, sparking a race between Tehran and Washington to find the pilots.
A-10 Aircraft - RIA Novosti, 1920, 04/04/2026
Media reported details of the crash of a US Air Force attack aircraft in the Middle East
01:22
“One was rescued during an operation involving two American military helicopters and a low-flying tanker,” the publication stated.
The day before, the IRGC announced that it had shot down the second F-35 fighter jet since the beginning of the American and Israeli aggression. Tasnim initially reported that the military may have captured the ejected pilot of that aircraft. Later, reports emerged that Tehran had offered a reward for the pilot’s capture, which contradicts the Iranian news agency’s report.
Furthermore, the media did not specify which aircraft he was piloting, as there were reports that the Iranian Air Force had shot down an F-15. There was also conflicting information about the number of pilots, since the F-35 is a single-seat aircraft, while the latest modifications of the F-15 are two-seat aircraft.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in ]brackets]
https://alkhanadeq.com/post/10544/من-نزع-السلاح-إلى-إبعاد-الحدود-تراجع-إسرائيلي-تحت-ضغط-الميدان
Saturday, April 4, 2026, 1:08 AM
From Disarmament to Border Reduction: Israeli Retreat Under Field Pressure
A Missile for the Islamic Resistance
The Lebanese scene over the past 24 hours reflects a continuous escalation on the ground, where military operations intertwine with political divisions within the occupying entity, in parallel with the ongoing aggression against civilians and increasing internal pressures in Lebanon.
On the ground, the Islamic Resistance continues to dictate the operational pace along the southern front, despite the occupation army’s attempts to reorganize its positions. Following instructions from the enemy’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to his forces to avoid taking up positions inside homes in border villages, in an attempt to minimize casualties, the field indicators appeared to contradict these directives. The Resistance continued to accurately target troop concentrations and their vehicles, resulting in direct hits and clear disruption to the movement of Israeli forces.
In this context, the sniper operation carried out in the town of Rashaf stood out, where two Israeli soldiers were targeted and directly hit, in the first operation of its kind since the beginning of March. This operation was accompanied by a continued barrage of rocket and drone attacks targeting northern settlements, including Kiryat Shmona, which was struck seven times consecutively, as well as Nahariya, Rosh Pina, Metula, Malkiya, and others. This reflects the resistance’s shift to a pattern of intense and frequent attacks aimed at exhausting the Israeli home front.
Direct clashes were also reported in the town of Shama, indicating the continuation of Israeli incursions despite the high cost. Israeli media acknowledged significant material damage to several buildings within the settlements as a result of the attacks originating from Lebanon. This points to the inability of the defense systems to fully contain the escalation, especially with the increasing use of attack drones.
According to field data, the resistance has successfully managed what can be described as “active defense,” not only repelling incursions but also launching precise offensive operations, relying on high-level coordination between its reconnaissance and fire units. This combat style, combining attrition and disruption, contributed to slowing the enemy’s ground offensive and transforming engagement zones into open-ended warfare.
Facts also demonstrated that the resistance was waging a multi-layered battle, extending from the front lines to the immediate vicinity and even reaching the strategic depth, with cities like Haifa falling within the target range. This sent a clear message that the Israeli home front was no longer immune to the war’s repercussions.
In contrast, the occupation army appeared to be increasingly reliant on aerial and artillery bombardment to compensate for its ground setbacks, with a clear focus on targeting infrastructure and border villages as part of a “scorched earth” policy, attempting to create a less complex battlefield environment for its forces. However, this approach, despite its intensity, failed to achieve a decisive breakthrough and instead increased the scale of destruction and civilian casualties.
On the enemy’s media front, a clear disagreement began to emerge between the political and military leadership regarding the war’s objectives. While Netanyahu and his defense minister continue to cling to the slogan of “disarming Hezbollah,” leaks from army commanders indicate that this goal is unrealistic under the current circumstances, and that the practical ceiling is pushing the resistance a few kilometers away from the border.
This discrepancy was reflected in Israeli media discourse, with Hebrew radio and television stations reporting growing pessimism within the military establishment, contrasted with escalating political rhetoric. Israeli officers also acknowledged the difficulty of detecting missile launch sites, reflecting a clear intelligence failure in the face of the decentralized launch infrastructure employed by the resistance.
In the same vein, Israeli voices expressed frustration within the northern settlements, where the areas are subjected to a continuous barrage of fire with no clear prospect of a decisive outcome, deepening the crisis of confidence between the residents and the military establishment.
As for the aggression against civilians, the occupation continued targeting residential areas in southern Lebanon, leading to a rise in the number of martyrs and wounded, including a significant percentage of children, women, and paramedics. This reflects a dangerous escalation in the targeting of civilians, in the absence of any signs of de-escalation.
Politically, the developments on the ground were accompanied by divergent Lebanese positions. The Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc affirmed that confronting the occupation’s attempts constitutes a turning point in shaping Lebanon’s future, warning of the dangers of establishing a buffer zone south of the Litani River. In contrast, MP Melhem Khalaf called for declaring a state of emergency and for the state to assume its responsibilities in protecting civilians, while the Grand Mufti of the Jaafari sect, Sheikh Ahmad Qabalan, went so far as to consider that the war had entered a post-strategic defeat phase for the United States and Israel.
Ultimately, the situation in recent hours appears to be becoming increasingly complex, with Israel failing to achieve its stated objectives and sinking deeper into an open-ended war of attrition, while the resistance has succeeded in establishing new deterrent equations and expanding the scope of the engagement both on the ground and through fire.
Author: Editorial Staff
Panama is generally a pro-American country BUT there are limits. And if you ask a Panamanian right now why the gasoline is so expensive they know the correct answer.
I know, because I have asked them and they know.
I even asked if it is Iran, and they say NO, it was not Iran, it was Trump.
I asked my friend from across the street who drives 1 hour to work every day and he didn’t hem and haw. Trump was his answer. Trump started a war with Iran and Iran retaliated, closing the Strait of Hormuz, and the result is that the gas prices surged.
So you don’t blame Iran at all? No, he didn’t blame Iran for the gas prices.
So I asked my friend Marco. I didn’t have to ask. We discuss Trump every time he is out walking his 2 dogs. He takes a very dim view of Trump.
Then I asked my friend who is a truck driver but has always been pro-American. He has seen the steepest rise in prices, because diesel is more expensive.
I asked for good measure if it was Iran’s fault, No, TRUMP is the culprit.
I was a little surprised because he is very pro-American and has visited the US. Always a positive view of the US.
His is a pattern I have seen here before and would say it is typical. Trump is not a good American.
The Panamanians have a positive view of the American and especially the American military because, before the handing off of the canal, the Military men in the Canal Zone would hire Panamanians to mow their lawns and work as domestics, and they paid salaries that were huge compared to the pittances paid by native Panamanians for the same work.
Thank you, Don! The collapse of NATO is a good thing for the whole world. Unfortunately, 40 foreign ministers of a "Coalition of the Stinking" just had a virtual meeting discussing how to open the Strait of Hormuz. Duh, it IS open, but not to enemy! So if you're not on the wrong side of history, no problemo. But the white north keep making the wrong choices - Canada and EU, where they should be standing up to yet another American aggression, instead of sitting back and thinking "that;'s just what America does" when in reality, they should be gearing up for initiating a Nuremberg Tribunal and end this hegemony once and for all.