July 5, 2025

Trump Confronts “Lippmann Gap” Nightmare Shredding American Dollar

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

A compelling new Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today first noting President Donald Trump confirmed that he discussed potential sanctions with President Putin during Thursday’s phone call, and revealed: “I would say Putin is not thrilled with it, but you know, he’s been able to handle sanctions, but these are pretty biting sanctions…You know, he’s a professional…It may be coming”, says this confirmation joined the news: “The Trump administration just lifted sanctions on a Russian-led nuclear project in Hungary, specifically one run by Moscow’s atomic energy titan, Rosatom”, and it was also revealed: “Slovakia has blocked the EU’s 18th round of sanctions targeting Russia for the second time due to concerns about the planned phase-out of Russian energy”

Earlier today, this report notes, Axios revealed: “President Trump told Ukrainian President Zelensky in a call on Friday that the U.S. wants to help Ukraine with air defense, due to escalating Russian attacks”—a revelation that followed Chairman Tom Cole of the House Appropriations Committee grimly warning about the dire state of American weapons stockpiles: “We’ve reached critical shortages…I know how much more material we’ve gone through, more than anybody six months ago thought we would, because of what happened in the Middle East”.

Unbeknownst to the socialist indoctrinated for decades American peoples, this report continues, is that their nation’s continuous warmongering was devised by American political commentator Walter Lippmann, who is known as “the most influential journalist of the 20^th Century”—and the University at Albany-State University of New York historical document “Imperial Evolution: Walter Lippmann And The Liberal Roots Of American Hegemony” reveals: “When Walter Lippmann became a founding editor of the New Republic in 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I, he began to advocate for heightened United States involvement in global affairs…Lippmann argued that the global power vacuum generated by the war presented the ideal opportunity for American values to spread to places like Eastern Europe and South America…Lippmann’s important role in America’s rise to global power becomes clear…Lippmann was a crucial ally in supporting the U.S. emergence as a contender for world power by extending democratic ideals in a non-democratic fashion, through both military intervention and economic domination”.

In 1922, this report details, Lippman released his book “Public Opinion”, which is the instructional manual for how the United States government and media can propagandize peaceful peoples into warring against each other without knowing why—and Lippman proudly proclaimed: “Ours is a problem in which deception has become organized and strong; where truth is poisoned at its source; one in which the skill of the shrewdest brains is devoted to misleading a bewildered people”.

While World War II was raging in 1943, this report notes, Lippman presented to the United States government his “Shield of the Republic” war doctrine that remains in force today, otherwise known as the “Lippmann Gap”—and about which is factually documented: “The Lippmann gap refers to the imbalance between a nation’s foreign policy commitments and its available power…Foreign policy should maintain a balance between a nation’s commitments and its power, with a surplus of power in reserve…If commitments exceed power, the foreign policy becomes insolvent”.

As President Trump confronts the “Lippmann Gap” commitment nightmare fast rendering American foreign policy insolvent, this report continues, world-renowned American historian Stephen Kotkin warned this week: “There’s unlimited demand for American power, but American power can’t fulfill all its current commitments”, and the leftist Washington Post worryingly observed today: “The central challenge in American foreign policy today is that Washington’s defense commitments around the world exceed its military power…This is known as the “Lippmann gap”…The Lippmann gap pressures presidents to make trade-offs between competing foreign policy priorities…If they don’t, the gap will grow…For Trump, backing Israel to the hilt while leaving Ukraine more exposed has a clear — if brutal — political and strategic appeal”.

The brutal and strategic “Lippmann Gap” commitment nightmare facing President Trump as it regards Ukraine, this report details, just saw Director Kirill Budanov of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine admitting that Kiev lacks the ability to push Russian forces back, with him fearfully revealing about fast advancing Russian military forces: “Wherever they reach will be under their control…Do you think there is anyone who does not realize that?…I hope everyone does”—a fearful revelation joined by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) announcing today that Russian military forces killed over 9,100 Ukrainian soldiers during the past week.

The brutal and strategic “Lippmann Gap” commitment nightmare facing President Trump as it regards the Middle East, this report notes, saw the United Nations nuclear watchdog announcing yesterday that it had pulled its last remaining inspectors from Iran—an announcement joined with the news today: “Hamas accepted the framework of a proposed new 60-day cease-fire and hostage-release deal in Gaza that, if concluded, would immediately trigger U.S.-backed negotiations between the militants and Israel aimed at a permanent end to the war”—and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on behalf of Russia: “We intend to stay vigilant, as the war party remains highly active in the Middle East”.

By Russia staying within “Lippmann Gap” commitments, this report concludes, it was revealed: “Russia’s international reserves reached a record high at the end of June”—but due to the United States shredding “Lippmann Gap” commitments, it was also revealed: “The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history and may not be done falling yet”.

[Note: Some words and/or phrases appearing in quotes in this report are English language approximations of Russian words/phrases having no exact counterpart.]

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July 4, 2025

Putin-Trump Call Followed By Taliban Flag Raised In Moscow

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers

A thought-provoking new Security Council (SC) report circulating in the Kremlin today first noting President Putin accepted a call from President Donald Trump yesterday, says top Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov then released the letter describing the conversation:

Dear colleagues,

Another almost hour-long telephone conversation between President of Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and President of the United States Donald Trump has just concluded.

Donald Trump began the conversation by announcing that the US Congress passed his administration’s flagship bill envisaging reforms in taxation, immigration, and the energy sector. President Trump himself calls it the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’.

Vladimir Putin wished Donald Trump success in implementing the changes he envisioned and, naturally, offered greetings for Independence Day, the national day of the United States, which will be celebrated tomorrow.

At the same time, it was noted by our side that Russia had played a significant part in the establishment of the United States as a nation, including during the War of Independence, fought 250 years ago, and later during the Civil War, which ended 160 years ago.  It was stated that our countries are bound not only by their alliance during World Wars One and Two, but also by deeper historical ties.

Incidentally, Vladimir Putin mentioned that just before speaking with Donald Trump, he had a conversation with representatives of Russia’s business community.  One of the ideas suggested during that meeting was holding an exchange of motion pictures promoting traditional values, which both we and the Trump administration hold dear.  President Trump reacted immediately and said he liked this idea.

There was a detailed discussion of the situation surrounding Iran, and the state of affairs in the Middle East in general.  The Russian side emphasized it was crucial to settle any and all contentious issues, differences, and conflicts exclusively via political and diplomatic means.  The two leaders agreed to maintain contact on the issue between the respective foreign services, defense ministries, and presidential aides.

The latest developments in Syria were addressed as well.  Similarly, the Russian and US sides intend to continue the dialogue on the matter.

Naturally, the issues surrounding Ukraine were also discussed.  Donald Trump has once again raised the issue of ending the hostilities as soon as possible.  In turn, Vladimir Putin noted that we still continued the search for a political, negotiated solution to the conflict.  He informed his counterpart on the progress in implementing the humanitarian agreements reached during the second round of direct Russian-Ukrainian talks held in Istanbul.  He also noted Russia was willing to pursue negotiations.  Additionally, the President of Russia said that Russia would strive to achieve its goals, namely the elimination of the well-known root causes that led to the current state of affairs, the bitter confrontation that we are seeing now.  Russia will not back down from these goals.

While exchanging views on bilateral matters, the two sides confirmed their mutual interest in implementing a number of promising projects in economy, notably the energy sector and space exploration.

Overall, I would like to point out that the conversation between the two presidents has, as always, shown that they are on the same page.  It was candid, business-minded, and concrete.  The two presidents will naturally continue communicating and will have another conversation soon.

Thank you.

Though the White House didn’t issue its own letter about the Putin-Trump call, this report notes, President Trump told reporters yesterday: “We had a call…It was a pretty long call…We talked about a lot of things, including Iran…And we also talked about, as you know, the war with Ukraine…I’m not happy about that…No, I didn’t make any progress with him today at all”—top Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov then told reporters: “Of course, we are paying very close attention to all of President Trump’s statements”—and Politico revealed today: “President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is pushing to lift U.S. energy sanctions on Russia…The move is part of a broader debate within Trump’s administration over how to engage with Moscow amid the ongoing war in Ukraine”.

Following the Putin-Trump call, this report continues, Russia officially recognized the Taliban in Afghanistan, becoming the first major power to establish formal diplomatic ties with the Islamist government, and the Taliban quickly raised its flag over their embassy in Moscow.

After at least one civilian was killed and several others injured as Ukrainian drones targeted multiple regions of Russia overnight, this report details, it was revealed: “Explosions rocked the city of Kyiv for hours overnight on 4 July as Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack targeting the capital and other cities across Ukraine”—a massive retaliatory strike followed by Ukrainian Dictator Vladimir Zelensky raging: “This was one of the most large-scale air attacks – deliberately massive and cynical… Russia is once again demonstrating that it is not going to end the war and terror”—all of which is joined by the beyond shocking news: “In a move that has sparked outrage among religious communities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has escalated his administration’s campaign against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a cornerstone of spiritual life for millions of Ukrainians…The latest blow came when Zelensky signed a decree stripping the revered 80-year-old leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of his Ukrainian citizenship”.

As Kiev was left ablaze today, this report concludes, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) issued the statement: “The Russian military launched a massive strike overnight in retaliation for the terrorist acts of the Kiev regime involving long-range precision weapons, Kinzhal air-based hypersonic missiles, and drones…The attack targeted industrial enterprises developing and producing drones and other robotic mobile systems, facilities manufacturing various military equipment in Kiev, as well as a military airfield and an oil refinery in an undisclosed location…The goal of the strike has been achieved…All designated facilities have been hit”.

[Note: Some words and/or phrases appearing in quotes in this report are English language approximations of Russian words/phrases having no exact counterpart.]

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