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Breaking News | Germany | NewsGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes surprise visit to Kyiv
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – May 30, 2025
Greetings from Tyler, The mainstream is still knocking itself claiming Donald Trump is trying to enrich himself. Somebody told me long ago, you want a president who doesn’t need money. And Ronald Reagan didn’t. Neither does Trump. Quote from article in the Atlantic. From “The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist” The subhead was, “He is taking…
British American Tobacco to pay $635m for North Korea sanctions breaches
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