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Trump is eyeing up Mali as his next war zone

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foxie48 Wed 22-Jul-26 19:11:04

According to the Washington Post, Trump is considering an attack on the Islamist terrorist groups based in Mali.

"The Alliance of Sahel States consists of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — all West African nations where military leaders have in recent years ousted democratically elected governments in coups, largely cut ties with the West and turned to Russia for security help.

But the administration official pinned the blame not on those governments but on their Russian partners, saying that Moscow “has proven to be an ineffective security partner for Mali.”

“We hope that other African nations take note of Russia’s terrible performance in combating terrorism,” the official said."

This is an interesting and surprising turn of events, has Trump's admiration for Putin dimmed? Could it be because Ukraine has been more successful of late and Trump does like a winner? Or is it a deflection from Trump's problems in the Middle East?

vintageclassics Sun 26-Jul-26 15:49:45

Might be an idea if he pulled out of Iran first - after all he has claimed victory at least 9 times and yet here we are with the Strait of Hormuz still not open to shipping

At least the idiot isn't focused on Canada, Cuba or Greenland for the moment

Susieq62 Sun 26-Jul-26 15:03:32

USA has always interfered with other countries and caused more harm than good over the years! Trump is more aggressive though in his behaviour whereas the CIA infiltrated countries subversively especially in places like Nicaragua in the past.

spabbygirl Sun 26-Jul-26 13:57:05

It's a Dead Cat strategy, create a ho-ha somewhere else to deflect attention away from the bad stuff.

The Epstein files started him off

Isla71 Sun 26-Jul-26 13:51:20

Burkino Faso leader Capt Ibrahim Traore is fighting against Islam terrorism. And we think we have problems here with such. Interesting choice of words from former Strictly dancer Oti ... the African continent has ancestral problems rather than Christian ones.

RobertaDanversWalker Sun 26-Jul-26 13:39:35

And - how far down the news media agendas does all this warlike activity push the Epstein Files? Are they almost old news now?

Wyllow3 Fri 24-Jul-26 19:23:23

France and Algeria together, actually. Which is interesting given the history. Gives them a foothold in Africa to enable this.

Is it a deflection? It seems more or less anything will do.

David49 Fri 24-Jul-26 18:11:50

France is prominent in the anti Islamic terror campaign in North Africa Im not sure which countries are involved. Many West African countries regularly get terror attacks in their northern regions

BoggledMind Fri 24-Jul-26 13:41:18

It's like pin the tail on the donkey. It seems like whichever country the pin lands on, he starts a scrap with. Either militarily or economically. 🤦

Maremia Fri 24-Jul-26 11:29:48

Great to see you back, imaround.

I am happy about that news.

Maremia Fri 24-Jul-26 11:28:41

nanna, that is clever,
'Donacracy'

Wyllow3 Fri 24-Jul-26 10:00:05

Saudis are no fools on the international stage.

They might well have the sense to see they say "yes" then they actually immediately be more vulnerable if they sign to it:

And that it is yet another Trump gambit

AGAA4 Fri 24-Jul-26 09:07:02

In the original agreement there was no mention of signing the Abraham Accords but now the Saudis have been made aware of this they have yet to agree.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 24-Jul-26 08:06:54

AGAA4

Trump is planning to help the Saudis get a nuclear weapon on condition that they pledge allegiance to Israel. They have not replied to his offer yet.

I thought it was a done deal?

Also the new tariffs are being enforced because of “forced labour concerns”

The U.K. is one such country apparently.

AGAA4 Fri 24-Jul-26 07:56:50

Trump is planning to help the Saudis get a nuclear weapon on condition that they pledge allegiance to Israel. They have not replied to his offer yet.

Chocolatelovinggran Fri 24-Jul-26 07:53:04

I agree, Magenta, all of this activity is rooted in distraction from opening the files on Epstein's friends. If you were suspicious, you might wonder why..

Magenta8 Fri 24-Jul-26 07:46:50

Now the footie world cup is over, yet more distraction from the Epstein files.

This is the man who has obtained two peace prizes, one from FIFA and one he filched from Maria Corina Machado.

Also he's bumping up the tariffs again. Just when you think he couldn't get any worse - he does.

nanna8 Fri 24-Jul-26 07:15:46

A different definition of democracy for Donald then. Donacracy ? I don’t know why he can’t keep to himself and stop interfering with other nations. It won’t end well. A shame because he could have been so good and he had a lot on his side to start with.

Chocolatelovinggran Fri 24-Jul-26 07:09:16

Well, well, well, imaround, that's very interesting. Maybe that's the origin of Mr Musk's interest in British politics.
Sadly, as we have all seen, Mr Trump is a fickle friend, and has a great capacity for vengeance if he feels anything less than blind, unswerving, loyalty.
Mr Musk might be wise to consider a nice long holiday somewhere..

Crumbly159 Fri 24-Jul-26 01:27:03

Lord above.

"Who will rid us of this turbulent President?"

It's just astonishing that no-one in the US seems to care about what he gets up to. They just go along with him.

He's a dictator through and through - and they love him for it!

MT62 Thu 23-Jul-26 23:21:58

I liked him at first as I thought he was all for peace. Obviously I got that wrong.

Wyllow3 Thu 23-Jul-26 22:23:09

Thank you imaround.

Wyllow3 Thu 23-Jul-26 22:22:27

MollyNew

What is this? Trump fighting for democracy in other countries while he's busy trying to dismantle it in the USA.

Well, exactly.
"look at the squirrel"

do people inside the USA "buy" it. Classic name an "outside threat" to turn away attention

Yet he is entering lose lose situations - (see thread on Iran threats to UK) as well as this one.

imaround Thu 23-Jul-26 22:21:26

More about those investigations if you want some reading material.

www.epi.org/blog/corruption-in-plain-sight-how-elon-musk-has-benefited-from-the-first-100-days-of-the-trump-administration/

imaround Thu 23-Jul-26 22:20:27

ruin the lives...

what I wouldnt give for an edit function.

imaround Thu 23-Jul-26 22:19:10

I still havent seen anything on our media about this, though I am not paying attention and just got so engrosssed in my task I missed a virtual appointment!

I did notice that Musk is having a No Good Very Bad Day Year.

This is opinion piece from a tabloid piece. But it is true that Tesla is in trouble now his SpaceX stock is tanking. He admits, though, that he got carried away in the trump administration.

He is being investigated for voter fraud in Pennsylvania too.

I hope I see the day where he is stripped of his citizenship and sent back to South Africa. Or any other country that will take a person who said he dropped out of school and worked without the proper Visa before becoming a citizen. Fair is fair, right? He should get the same treatment that the others being deported get for breaking the rules. Detention center in the swamp of Florida or Gitmo, then he can disappear to a various country he has never been to with nothing but the clothes on his back.

uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/suddenly-empire-crumbles-elon-musk-184956273.html

Sorry dude, you dont get to run the lives of millions of people worldwide with a smile on your face and a Nazi salute and think we are all going to forgive and forget.

Just a reminder, most of the agencies he gutted in the Federal Government with DOGE were investigating his various companies for a lot of bad things.