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US President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced that they have reached an understanding on lowering barriers between the two sides.
During his visit to the White House, Juncker appeared to have made several concessions to POTUS Trump in an effort to avoid a trade war…such concession include buying more US soybeans and purchasing expensive, American LNG.
Trump was firm in his stance on trade with the EU, insisting on reciprocal trade relations between the two blocks.

The first day of the NATO summit is now in the books and while NATO members clearly have some deep differences (US/Germany) what has come out of the summit is that despite all their internal bickering, the outdated and bloated alliance is still united and ready to adopt more robust “measures” aimed against Russia.

US President Donald Trump gave NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg a tongue lashing on NATO’s failure to crank up its defense spending, while calling out Germany for its complete dependance on Russian oil and gas.
Check out the video below for the best parts of Trump’s epic take down of Stoltenberg (and Merkel)…
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Italy leaves Angela Merkel stunned and alone in her open borders demands.
The Financial Times called it “the summit to save Merkel”, but this mini get together of EU leaders, over a swelling and persistent migrant crisis, saw Italy dictating terms and Merkel fighting for whatever power she has left.

For those who believe that Italy is heading for collapse, which will eventually bring down the EU project, will be bitterly disappointed.
While Italy did undergo a mini-crisis last week, it appears that a new government, with a willingness to work with Brussels, is the most pragmatic and likely outcome from recent elections in Italy.

As predicted by The Duran in our article of 3rd April 2017 (http://theduran.com/russia-wins-battle-eu-nord-stream-2/) the European Commission has dropped its legal case against the Russian monopoly natural gas supplier Gazprom.
This consolidates Russia’s and Gazprom’s position as the dominant supplier of gas to the European energy market, further securing Russia’s victory in the decade long European energy war.

To hear the Western media talk, the Russian Federation has become the most powerful and influential nation on Earth. Russia can influence elections in faraway lands, and change the minds of people through Facebook ads, as long as the catering is done by a good Russian company, of course.

(bne IntelliNews) – The leaders of the Visegrad Group (V4) were on common ground rejecting the compulsory relocation of refugees and the two-tier Europe concept, while stressing the need for a stronger Europe during their summit in Budapest on January 26.

Invasive security, precision munitions and sensitive data + this day in history w/the murder of Harvey Milk and our song of the day by Alex Lahey on your Morning Monarchy for November 27, 2017.

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