AGENPARL: {“‘As I predicted to the Foreign Press Association this week, before Giorgia Meloni’s visit to America, the Italian prime minister did not obtain a single concession from the American president. In fact, the outcome was literally the same as the one obtained by the British prime minister at the end of February. A warm and courteous welcome, very generous compliments from Donald Trump. The offer of a visit. Promises of more dialogue. And that’s it.’ So says Benjamin Harnwell, correspondent in Italy for the program Steve Bannon’s WarRoom”} https://agenparl.eu/2025/04/19/ben...

GUARDIAN: {“EU member states are considering more seriously than ever how to use their ultimate sanction against Hungary: the removal of voting rights under the EU treaty’s article 7...“Orbán is obstructive on issues which the majority of EU countries consider of vital importance” [said one former EU commissioner] referring to Ukraine.} ~ our “paladins of democracy” are insane. Orbán has won FOUR landslide elections — whereas Zelensky is running scared of his own electorate. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr...

{“President Donald Trump will abandon attempting to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine within a ‘matter of days’ unless he sees clear signs a deal is possible, the top US diplomat has said.”} ~ Finally! Just throw this fish back into the sea Mr. President. Time to move on. https://www.ft.com/content/7e0000...