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AMERICANGREATNESS (Lipton Matthews) - Trump, China, and the Third World

Donald Trump has indicated a growing desire to challenge China’s expanding influence across the developing world, particularly in regions such as Africa and the Caribbean, […] Source

AMERICANGREATNESS (Roger Kimball) - Out on a Limb, but Unmoved: Trump Will Finish the Job in Iran

I am out on a limb. The clock is ticking. On Wednesday, I wrote in my new Substack column that I thought it unlikely that “the ‘negotiations’ or (to describe […] Source

NYTIMES (Andrew E. Kramer) - Kyiv, Ukraine, Hit in Russian Missile Attack

Buildings rattled in the Ukrainian capital for hours early Sunday. It was unclear if Russia’s Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile had been used.

STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Soldier acquitted of role in group sexual assault at JBLM | Stars and Stripes

Cpl. Pedro Angel Ruiz was acquitted of all charges at a court-martial for involvement in a sexual assault of a then-ROTC student in barracks.

NYTIMES (Jasper Craven and Amina Gingold) - The 15-Year-Old Keeping War Memories Alive

Luke Morrison may be the youngest person keeping alive an age-old tradition: to process war through the memories and mementos of those who experienced it.

NYTIMES (Rachel Feintzeig) - I Need an Escape From Travel

If I cannot get an upgrade — and I cannot, as I have no status, in any aspect of my life — I would like us to suffer more equally when we travel.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Reuters) - US-Iran plan extends ceasefire 60 days, reopens strait, settles nuke issue: Report

The Strait of Hormuz would reopen, and Iran would agree to clear the mines it deployed, Axios reports.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Ted Snider) - Trump Preps Another War, This Time in Cuba

Several signs suggest the president was serious when he warned that the island nation was “next.” The post Trump Preps Another War, This Time in Cuba appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Trump Preps Another War, This Time in Cuba Several signs suggest the president was serious when he warned that the island nation was “next.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Trump administration appears to be calling the same play against Cuba as it called against Venezuela to provide the platform for a military operation. That platform floats to Cuba in the form of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, which entered the southern Caribbean Sea where it will remain “as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to pressure the Cuban government,” according to U.S. Southern Command. On and…Open

STRIPES (Phillip Walter Wellman) - EUCOM chief at Belgium ceremony: Remember the fallen, and the transatlantic bond | Stars and Stripes

Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, speaking at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, said U.S. history “is not just our history.”

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Theodore Dalrymple) - The Mortal Clear-Out

The detritus of life can lead to attacks of disease, laughter, black magic, and other ills. The post The Mortal Clear-Out appeared first on The American Conservative .

Takimag The Mortal Clear-Out The detritus of life can lead to attacks of disease, laughter, black magic, and other ills. TakiMag My grandmother believed in a good weekly clear-out, by which she meant a dose of castor oil to remove the body poisons that she believed inevitably led to the mind poisons. Fortunately, my mother did not share her obsession with bowel function. I thought of my grandmother as I indulged recently in a clear-out of my own, that of the enormous, depressing and reproachful accumulation of papers that have rendered an entire room in my house impassable. I want to be tidy before I die. I suppose these papers…Open