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The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the rising tension between the United States and Iran, as the US has deployed an aircraft carrier group near the Iranian shores and sent B-52 bombers on patrol in the Persian Gulf.
A recent “Gulf of Tonkin” like sabotage that damaged four oil tankers off the coast of the UAE has been placed at the feet of “Iran or Iran-backed proxies,” courtesy of anonymous “US officials” as quoted by the fake news mainstream media.

Via RT…

Authored by Stephen Cohen via The Nation:

by Noah"Getting along with Putin and Russia is a good thing. It is for me anyway. Me. Me. Maybe if I do a tremendous bigly job shining Mr. Putin's shoes with the American flag, he'll hack right into the voting machines this time. Doesn't look like anyone's going to stop him, or me.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the breakdown in trade talks between the United States and China.
After the talks reached an impasse, US President Donald Trump said that he would raise tariffs on $200 billion of imports from China from 10% to 25%. The increase will take effect on Friday, according to a special filing announced on Wednesday in the US government’s Federal Register.

Like a pit bull with its favorite chew toy, the Democrats refuse to abandon the debunked ‘Russian collusion’ script, to the point where a simple phone call between Moscow and Washington triggers rabid media hysterics.

Authored by Federico Pieraccini via The Strategic Culture Foundation:

President Trump called President Putin on the telephone on 3 May and they spoke for about an hour.

Submitted by Eric Zuesse:

This is a new twist to a story which surfaced earlier this month in a deal between Syria and Israel, seemingly brokered by Russia.