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Barbara Boyd previews renewed Iran peace negotiations in Islamabad ahead of a ceasefire deadline, as Iran allegedly challenged a U.S. naval blockade, lost a ship, and again closed the Strait of Hormuz, with Trump warning “No More Mr. Nice guy” if peace fails and arguing Iran is bleeding $500 million a day. She shows a City of London, linked propaganda network is working to prolong the war and damage Trump before the midterms by targeting Vice President JD Vance, citing a Financial Times column by Edward Luce and post. Munich Security Conference smears portraying Vance as pro-Putin. Boyd outlines three layers of Iran-linked messaging. Press TV in London, NIAC in Washington, and the “Iran Experts Initiative” infiltration of U.S. think tanks, and says justice is coming via prosecutions led by Joseph DiGenova, with Kash Patel promising arrests, while Vance leads talks and a National Fraud Task Force.

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00:00 Monday Brief Intro
02:03 The Secret War on JD Vance
06:43 The London-Tehran Big Lie Machine
10:42 Justice Comes for the Insurrectionists

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Barbara Boyd argues Tom Friedman admitted some prefer Iran not be defeated if it politically benefits Trump or Netanyahu, then frames recent events as exposing “theater” about defending democracy. She claims the EU executed a regime-change operation against Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, citing NGO pressure, frozen funds, threats to strip voting power, and a push to end EU member-state vetoes, amid protests over a fuel crisis tied to the Iran war. Boyd highlights JD Vance’s remarks in Hungary about radicals, sovereignty, and foreign election pressure. She says Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents showing Trump’s first impeachment was a hoax driven by whistleblower Eric Ciaramella, Adam Schiff, and Inspector General Michael Atkinson, while Biden-Ukraine corruption allegations were suppressed. Boyd concludes Trump is dismantling the US-UK “special relationship,” pursuing Middle East peace talks with Iran and Israel-Lebanon, and urges viewers to subscribe and support Promethean Action.

00:00 Midweek Update Intro
02:11 Brussels Abolishes Sovereignty, And Calls It Democracy
05:44 Tulsi Found What Schiff Locked in a Safe
08:50 Trump Broke the Special Relationship, On Purpose

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Susan Kokinda argues that President Trump has “put the empire on notice” by exposing what she calls a decades-long British-run extortion system centered on the Strait of Hormuz. She says Trump moved to break the alleged protection racket by undermining Lloyd’s of London’s role in maritime insurance, pushing the U.S. to provide coverage, and enforcing an “all or none” approach to Iran’s oil sales. Kokinda highlights UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer declining to join an American blockade and claims Britain has lost control of the choke point. She details financial actions targeting Iranian money flows, including UAE arrests of IRGC-linked money changers, Treasury Secretary Bessent using Patriot Act Section 311 against a Zurich bank, and scrutiny of London-based crypto exchanges and Santander UK. She cites a UK military chief admitting Britain’s war planning has lapsed since the Cold War and links fuel disruptions and protests to the conflict, concluding Trump has forced a hidden imperial system into the open.

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00:00 Monday Brief Intro
02:12 Lloyd's of London Blinks: How Trump Seized the Empire's Chokepoint
05:05 Bessent's Nuclear Option: From Dubai to Zurich to the City of London
07:10 Britain's Top General Confesses: "We Have No War Plan"

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Get out FREE Newsletter at https://www.PrometheanAction.com. Susan Kokinda argues that President Trump’s announced two-week, double-sided ceasefire with Iran signals a “civilizational” break from the long-running imperial system that has treated the Middle East as a managed cockpit of conflict. She highlights Trump amplifying Iran’s own statement confirming the ceasefire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and contrasts this approach with warnings from Netanyahu and Lindsey Graham, whom she frames as the “war party” pushing a Libya-style outcome. Kokinda says Pakistan, with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, mediated the ceasefire and that follow-up talks are set for Friday in Islamabad, likely led by Vice President JD Vance. She connects this to Vance’s Budapest remarks with Viktor Orbán about defending Western civilization against “nihilists,” and to Trump’s call with the Artemis II crew about establishing a permanent presence on the Moon and pushing on to Mars.

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00:00 Midweek Update Intro
01:31 THE GAMBLE, Trump Bets on Iran's People
06:10 THE ENEMY, Vance Names the Nihilists
08:55 THE FUTURE, From the Moon to Mars

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This Easter weekend, as a social-media death hoax about Donald Trump spread widely, the episode highlights two claimed U.S. achievements: a daring operation that recovered a two-man F-15 crew from inside Iran and the first time since 1972 that four American astronauts rounded the moon. Barbara Boyd frames these events as evidence of America’s “right stuff” returning, alongside Trump’s push to expand U.S. nuclear energy capacity and a broader shift away from the Petrodollar system toward a regional “Board of Peace” centered on economic development. She describes escalating pressure on Tehran tied to reopening the Strait, ongoing peace negotiations, and Gulf States aligning closer to Israel, while criticizing France, the UK, and Canada for defending a “rules-based international order” and prolonging the war in Ukraine. The episode argues Trump’s leadership reflects a willingness to persist despite threats and institutional opposition.

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00:00 Monday Brief Intro
01:39 Tehran Has Until Tuesday
05:03 While They Wished Him Dead, America Did the Impossible, Twice
08:34 What Butler, Pennsylvania Changed

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Barbara Boyd argues the Iran war is being compressed toward a defined endpoint determined by President Trump and key Arab allies in the Abraham Accords, who want Iran no longer to pose a military threat after attacks on Gulf civilian infrastructure. She says expectations of U.S. ground troops are misguided and that a ceasefire is more likely, citing a Pakistan-China backchannel effort tied to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s stated willingness to end the conflict under conditions, and Trump’s public consideration of a ceasefire. Boyd frames the conflict as an economic operation with military enforcement aimed at breaking a transatlantic energy-control system: maximum-pressure financial measures weakened Iran before fighting began, while U.S. agencies expanded domestic energy output and Treasury managed oil-supply measures to prevent market collapse. She contrasts Europe and U.S. “green mandate” states facing high fuel costs with “drill” states she says are buffered.

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00:00 Midweek Update Intro
01:25 The War Ends When Trump and His Allies Say It Ends
05:00 This War Was Planned, and So Was the Energy Outcome
08:27 Drill, Baby, Drill, or Pay the Price

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Susan Kokinda argues that RFK Jr.’s CPAC remarks, praising Trump’s use of power and saying JFK and RFK would back Trump on Iran, Ukraine, and rebuilding the middle class, cut through media narratives and signal a break from post. WWII imperial management. She says Britain and allied institutions are being sidelined, citing Chatham House’s warnings about UK limits and a “Not So Special Relationship” under Trump 2.0, while Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt convene in Islamabad to open U.S.-Iran dialogue without the UK, EU, or NATO. Trump names Vice President JD Vance lead negotiator, presented as an anti, forever war interlocutor who has challenged Netanyahu’s regime-change expectations. Kokinda links this foreign-policy shift to a broader “American System” agenda: Peter Navarro’s protectionist trade revolution and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s rejection of Bank of England, style Fed models, framing it as American System versus British System.

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00:00 Monday Brief Intro
02:33 NATO Locked Out: Four Sovereign Nations Take Over Iran Talks
04:51 Vance Breaks the Neocon Model: The First American Negotiator in 30 Years
07:28 Navarro names Hamilton, Bessent DESTROYS the Financial Times & Bank of England

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Susan Kokinda argues President Trump has opened a new diplomatic space to de-escalate the Iran conflict by working through a regional roster. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, Gulf States, and back channels into Iran, while the U.K., EU, and NATO are absent and increasingly irrelevant. Citing reporting that ministers met in Riyadh and that Egypt, Turkey, and Oman carried messages, she says this “Board of Peace” architecture is isolating Iran and weakening its proxies, pointing to Lebanon’s move against Hezbollah, the Palestinian Authority’s condemnation of Iran, and Hamas considering disarmament. Kokinda links Europe’s exclusion to self-inflicted energy weakness from Green and anti-Russia policies, noting rushed LNG moves and a delayed Russian oil ban vote. She concludes Ukraine’s outlook darkens as Europe and Britain lack leverage, highlighting Zelenskyy’s scramble for support in London and Washington.

00:00 Midweek Update Intro
02:09 The New Table, And Who's Sitting At It
05:40 No Oil. No Gas. No Seat
08:23 The Proxy War Loses Its Sponsor

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Barbara Boyd argues President Trump has been testing NATO for months and is now seriously considering leaving the alliance after European allies refused to help defend shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a move she says confirmed his view that NATO plays “stupid games” while the U.S. pays the costs. She traces the turning point to the February 2025 Munich Security Conference, where Vice President JD Vance warned Europe is threatened from within and must provide for its own defense. Boyd links Trump’s Iran policy, renewed talks, a 60-day deadline, then Operation Midnight Hammer and subsequent European sanctions, to an economic strategy built on cheap, reliable energy and a desire to reduce U.S. military focus in the Middle East while expanding investment-led development. She also warns of competing online narratives after Charlie Kirk’s 2025 assassination that aim to fracture MAGA through religious warfare, targeting Vance and DNI Tulsi Gabbard.

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00:00 Midweek Update Intro
02:11 Vance Warned Them at Munich, Now Trump Is Walking Out
05:50 London's Oil Markets Need Iran's Chaos, Trump Is Cutting Them Off
08:50 The Empire's Psyop: Splitting MAGA Along Religious Lines

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Get Our FREE Newsletter at https://www.PrometheanAction.com. Today's Monday Brief with Susan Kokinda argues that while media attention fixates on Iran, a broader strategic shift is unfolding as great powers act in their own sovereign interests. It highlights President Trump’s statements portraying Putin as willing to make a deal and Zelenskyy as the obstacle, alongside Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth stressing that U.S. objectives in Iran differ from Israel’s, including a reported message to stop striking domestic economic targets. It then examines Russia’s Foreign Ministry explicitly blaming Britain for using Storm Shadow missiles in Bryansk and for trying to derail U.S.-led peace efforts, amid Zelenskyy’s threat toward Hungary’s Viktor Orban and EU condemnation. Finally, it notes Russia and China abstaining, not vetoing, a UN Security Council resolution condemning Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Gulf states, framing these moves as evidence the old paradigm of permanent conflict is breaking down.

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00:00 Monday Brief Intro
02:30 Trump's Endgame: Sovereign Nations, Not Imperial Pawns
05:25 Russia Ups the Ante, Britain Named as the Saboteur
08:16 The New Geometry, Sovereign Nations at the UN

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