President Trump’s tough-love approach is forcing allies to grow up, adversaries to move faster, and the United States to confront the real costs of pressure as NATO strains, China postures, and America quietly expands its footprint in places like Nigeria.
Russia intensified missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid as Vietnam recalibrated its defense posture and Libya closed a final chapter of the Gaddafi era.
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From a Border Patrol shooting on a dirt road in Arivaca, to a missile strike on a Caribbean fishing boat now headed to U.S. court, to Xi Jinping gutting the very top of the PLA, the common thread is power under stress, weapons in motion, and the human cost that follows when force gets ahead of accountability.
Federal enforcement leadership changes in Minnesota, renewed shutdown risk tied to DHS funding, internal upheaval in China’s military command, and updated Pentagon guidance on counter-drone operations defined the morning’s security landscape. Developments span domestic law enforcement, congressional budgeting, foreign military leadership, and homeland defense as agencies and governments adjust posture under sustained pressure.
China did not need to fire a shot in Ukraine to come out ahead; it only had to wait while the West bled will and capacity and Russia slid, predictably, into Beijing’s pocket.
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