Putin congratulates 47th president, says Russia ready for peace talks with Trump team



Top officials from around the globe reached out to congratulate President Donald Trump on his return to office Monday, in many cases sneaking in their respective asks to the leader of the world's pre-eminent superpower. Among them was Russian President Vladimir Putin, who indicated that Russia was open to discussing "long-term peace" in Eastern Europe.

During a September town hall interview, Trump warned that "we're heading into World War III territory" because of the war in Ukraine, adding that unlike the "clowns" in power, he would "heal the world."

Trump was ridiculed then and on numerous other occasions for suggesting that he would bring Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table and the war to an end.

"This is a war that should have never happened. It should have never happened. ... It's a shame," Trump said after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in September. "We'll get it solved. It's a very complicated puzzle, very complicated puzzle, but we'll get it solved, and people [will] get on with their lives. Too many people dead."

Although reportedly poised to pour 8% of GDP and 40% of total federal expenditure into continued defense and security spending, Putin appears ready for an end to the fighting.

'The peace through strength policy he announced provides an opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve a long-term and just peace.'

"We see statements by the newly elected US President and members of his team about the desire to restore direct contacts with Russia, interrupted through no fault of ours by the outgoing Administration," Putin said in a meeting Monday with elements of his security council. "We also hear his statements about the need to do everything to prevent a third world war. Of course, we welcome this attitude and congratulate the elected President of the United States of America on taking office."

After claiming an openness to establishing "smooth relations of cooperation" with the U.S., Putin noted, "We are also open to dialogue with the new US Administration on the Ukrainian conflict."

Putin stated the goal of such talks "should not be a short truce, not some kind of respite for regrouping forces and rearmament with the aim of subsequently continuing the conflict, but a long-term peace based on respect for the legitimate interests of all people, all nations living in this region."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy similarly congratulated Trump on his inauguration and noted in a statement that the 47th president "is always decisive, and the peace through strength policy he announced provides an opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve a long-term and just peace, which is the top priority."

Following President Joe Biden's suggestion that Putin "does not want any full-blown war," Russian forces stormed into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. After 1,061 days of fighting, which has brought death to hundreds of thousands and displacement to millions of people — Russia now occupies roughly 18% of the country.

'Politics is the art of compromise.'

While both nations reportedly came close to negotiating an end to the conflict in early 2022 — where Russia's primary requirement was that Ukraine stay indefinitely out of NATO — the talks fell apart. The New York Times indicated that Russians killed the negotiations with a toxic clause that would have given Moscow a veto on military interventions by the U.S. and other nations on Ukraine's behalf. The Kremlin alternatively suggested that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was responsible for killing the talks.

In the years and months since, Kyiv and Moscow have worked to maximize battlefield advantage and territorial coverage at least in part to negotiate ultimately from relative positions of strength. Zelenskyy, however, told the French paper Le Parisien last month that Ukraine does not have the military wherewithal to retake the territory presently occupied by Russia.

"If today we don't have the strength to win back all of our territory, maybe the West will find the strength to put Putin in his place ... at the [negotiating] table and diplomatically deal with this war," said Zelenskyy.

Putin told reporters in December that "politics is the art of compromise. And we have always said that we are ready for both negotiations and compromise."

He previously noted, however, that while amenable to "reasonable compromises," the "outcome should be in favor of Russia."

The Times noted that negotiations will likely require consensus not only on territorial recognition, troop withdrawals, and on Ukraine's potential international affiliations, but also on a host of secondary questions regarding, for instance, the matter of reparations and who will rebuild Ukraine's toppled cities; what will happen to the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for Putin; and whether the U.S. will lift its sanctions on Russia.

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Socialist theater that put on free event faces bankruptcy after hundreds of military-age African migrants refuse to leave



The French Red Cross Foundation held a free conference titled "Reinventing the Reception of Refugees in France" on Dec. 10 at the Gaîté Lyrique, a woke arts center owned by the socialist-led council of Paris and housed within a historic 19th-century building. Fellow travelers evidently keen to put theory into practice ushered over 250 migrants from Algeria, Mali, and other African countries to the venue.

While some of the military-aged migrants bothered listening to the supposed refugee experts speak, others right away began picking out where on the premises they would spend the next several weeks squatting.

Now, over 300 migrants are occupying the space. Radio France indicated that the problem has been compounded because the theater has also become a destination for homeless Parisians.

The woke theater reaping the whirlwind originally stated that the institution was not "designed or equipped for accommodation on such a scale," but the Gaîté Lyrique would nevertheless "maintain its activity to allow the venue to remain open to its various audiences."

'They're being frightened away by all these young men.'

Unsurprisingly, hundreds of foreign nationals issuing demands and squatting in place without a sufficient number of latrines is a business killer, not to mention a toxic environment to have beside a children's playground and war memorials. After all, the occupiers' disruptive presence has not been not limited to the confines of the theater.

According to the Times (U.K.), the occupying forces hold general assemblies daily, banging drums and shouting slogans.

The theater presently states on its website, "Due to the occupation of the building, and in the absence of solutions proposed by the competent authorities, the Gaîté Lyrique is currently unable to maintain the conditions allowing the reception of the public in its spaces. The decision has been taken to keep the building closed: Scheduled events are canceled, postponed, or relocated to partner locations until further notice."

All of the performances at the theater have been canceled through at least Jan. 24. The Times noted that with ticket sales accounting for roughly 70% of its income — the remainder coming from subsidies — the theater may not only fail to pay or retain its 60 employees but might ultimately go under.

Although the theater is effectively dying by its own weak hand, it is poised to take other businesses down with it.

The manager of the Bistrot De La Gaite, a restaurant next door to the theater, told the Times, "They are ruining my business."

"They hang around outside my terrace, smoking joints and fighting among themselves," said the manager, a daughter of Algerians identified in the report only as Elia. "Not only do we no longer get theatergoers because the theater is shut, but we don't get passers-by either. They're being frightened away by all these young men."

'There's a racist system in place that doesn't give people of color a chance.'

It appears that the leadership behind the theater, including its CEO Vincent Carry and director Juliette Donadieu, lack the requisite intestinal fortitude and survival instinct to save the institution by giving the occupiers the boot, claiming on the one hand that "it is unthinkable for the Gaîté Lyrique to throw these people out onto the street in the middle of winter," and admitting on the other that the number of foreign youths squatting on the premises continues to increase, and the "sanitary conditions are deteriorating day after day."

The socialist-led council has proved similarly useless, concluding that it could not find a place to move the migrants. Members reportedly tried to pass their problem off on the country's Ukraine-focused president, Emmanuel Macron, whose government rejected their request.

The Times indicated that the migrants' identification as minors is fraudulent. After all, were that the case and the migrants were under the age of 18, the city would be obligated to find housing and assistance for them. Authorities determined, however, that they were adults.

The leftist activists who organized the occupation, members of a group called the Collectif des Jeunes du Parc de Belleville, have campaigned against the age cut-off, calling it "racist and expeditive."

The radical activist group vowed not to leave the theater "without an offer of decent accommodation," claiming that if their demands are not met, "It's because there's a racist system in place that doesn't give people of color a chance."

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Trump pushes harder on Canada, Greenland merger talk in wake of Trudeau falling on his sword



President-elect Donald Trump has in recent weeks ruffled feathers in Canada and Greenland with talk of potential national and territorial mergers. The Republican doubled down on his controversial remarks this week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he was throwing in the towel.

Trudeau, facing a disapproval rating of 74%, signaled an end Monday to nearly a decade of leftist rule checkered by personal scandals, irresponsible spending, unchecked immigration, and court-condemned authoritarian overreach.

Trump afforded the prime minister little quiet time to mourn his loss of power, stating on Truth Social roughly two hours after Trudeau's announcement, "Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State. The United States can no longer suffer the massive Trade Deficits and Subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat. Justin Trudeau knew this, and resigned."

A Trudeau associate told the Globe and Mail over the weekend that the prime minister actually resigned because parliamentarians in his own party would have unceremoniously kicked him to the curb Wednesday. Nevertheless, the prime minister — who visited Mar-a-Lago on Nov. 30 and pledged to increase border security to avoid a 25% tariff on Canadian exports — was, as Trump suggested, undoubtedly aware of the trade deficit.

'Together, what a great Nation it would be!'

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis indicated Tuesday that as of November and without seasonal adjustments, the U.S. exported over $322.40 billion to Canada in 2024. Meanwhile, the U.S. — Canada's largest services trading partner — imported roughly $377.23 billion in goods from Canada. The Globe and Mail reported that the U.S. trade deficit with Canada on an annual basis neared $70 billion as of early December, which Ottawa has largely attributed to Canadian energy sales to America.

Trump noted further, "If Canada merged with the U.S., there would be no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them. Together, what a great Nation it would be!"

Though Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) previously told Canadian state media Trump was just being humorous, the president-elect noted in a Dec. 18 message, "Many Canadians want Canada to become the 51st State. They would save massively on taxes and military protection. I think it is a great idea. 51st State!"

Days later, the president-elect indicated that he had asked Wayne Gretzky to run "for Prime Minister of Canada, soon to be known as the Governor of Canada," again alluding to Canada's transformation into an American state.

While there is already a great deal of security, trade, transportation, and energy integration between the U.S. and Canada, the response to Trump's proposal was mixed among the citizens whose forebears felt compelled to draft at least one defense scheme for handling an invasion from the south.

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre rejected the proposal last month but acknowledged that Trump was merely probing and exploiting the Trudeau government's weakness.

"That's why we need a strong, smart prime minister who has the brains and backbone to first and foremost say to President Trump, 'Canada will never be the 51st state. We will be an independent, proud, sovereign country as we always have been," said Poilievre, presently poised to lead the Conservatives to victory and become prime minister.

'Please, take them. For free. Right now.'

"We are blessed to live next door to the greatest military and economic superpower the world has ever seen, which President Trump will soon again lead," continued Poilievre. "The president has raised some reasonable concerns about the broken Liberal border and our military. And I would respond by saying, 'We do need to reinforce our border with drones, helicopters, boots on the ground, and other high-performing technology to keep drugs and guns from crossing, to stop human trafficking, and we will. We will rebuild our military.'"

Before yelling about health care, leftist Canadian parliamentarian Elizabeth May said of Trump's proposal, "You think we want to become the 51st state? Nah. But maybe California would like to be the 11th province. How about it?"

BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales responded to May, tweeting, "Please, take them. For free. Right now."

Ontario Premier Doug Ford similarly shared a sardonic counter-offer for Trump: "How about we buy Alaska?"

The Tyee, a leftist Canadian publication, responded to Trump's proposal with a counter-offer, suggesting that the province of Quebec would realize its goal of becoming an independent ethnostate while the rest of Canada would go in as five states, each securing two U.S. senators and a handful of representatives in Congress.

A December Leger poll found that 13% of Canadians would like their homeland to become part of America and 82% signaled opposition.

Stateside, the idea has some supporters, including CNN talking head and former Obama adviser Van Jones, who expressed enthusiasm Monday over the prospect of incorporating what he figures would be a "huge blue state."

'MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!'

Having rekindled a sense of nationalism among the citizens of a country Trudeau called the "first postnational state," Trump turned his sights once again on Greenland, a self-ruling Danish territory that he discussed purchasing during his first term.

On Monday, Trump, who has emphasized that America is entering a "golden age," wrote on Truth Social, "I am hearing that the people of Greenland are 'MAGA.' My son, Don Jr, and various representatives, will be traveling there to visit some of the most magnificent areas and sights."

Sure enough, Donald Trump Jr. made his way to Greenland this week, prompting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to note on Danish TV that "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders," reported the BBC.

"Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation," said Trump. "We will protect it, and cherish it, from a very vicious outside World. MAKE GREENLAND GREAT AGAIN!"

Greenland, which Republican Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Eric Schmitt (Mo.) and others have begun referring to as "MAGADONIA," is home to the northernmost installation of the U.S military, Pituffik Space Base — formerly Thule Air Base. Blaze News previously reported that a U.S. Geological Survey estimate indicated there could be 17.5 billion undiscovered barrels of oil and 148 trillion cubic feet of natural gas off the island, which is home to a population of under 60,000.

When announcing former U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Ken Howery as his pick for ambassador to Denmark on Dec. 22, Trump stated that "the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity."

Greenland government officials told the Wall Street Journal when Trump's potential interest in the acquisition was first raised, "We're open for business, not for sale."

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The WHO didn't get its pandemic treaty through. Critics say it still managed to consolidate 'unchecked authority.'



WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other globalists have campaigned feverishly in recent months to promote an international pandemic agreement, lashing out at those who dared to suggest the legally binding pact would undermine American sovereignty and burden U.S. taxpayers with yet more financial obligations, as well as at those who noted that the WHO is an untrustworthy, corruption-prone, and Chinese communist-compromised organization.

Ghebreyesus, who leaned on concern-mongering about "Disease X" to move the needle, sought a successful vote on the globalist pact at the 77th meeting of World Health Assembly from May 27 to June 1 in Geneva, Switzerland. His hopes were dashed as the Assembly couldn't agree on the wording or passage of the pact.

Blaze News previously reported that the WHA did, however, manage to adopt a package of amendments to the International Health Regulations allegedly aimed at strengthening "global preparedness, surveillance and responses to public health emergencies, including pandemics."

Critics have expressed concern that the amendments, adopted by "consensus" contra an actual vote, might not be as advertised or even be legal under the WHO's own rules.

American biochemist Dr. Robert Malone claimed Monday that the "hastily approved IHR [amendments] consolidate virtually unchecked authority and power of the Director-General to declare public health emergencies and pandemics as he/she may choose to define them, and thereby to trigger and guide allocation of global resources as well as a wide range of public health actions and guidances."

'The WHO's failure during the COVID-19 pandemic was as total as it was predictable and did lasting harm to our country.'

The IHR make up a legally binding international instrument authorized under Article 21 of the WHO Constitution to which all 194 member states of the WHO, including the U.S., are parties. While amendments submitted to the WHA can be advanced by consensus, decision-making by vote "is a legally available option."

WHO member states agreed in January 2022 to consider potential amendments to the IHR. This decision was prompted, in part, by concerns over "the negative effects of discrimination, misinformation and stigmatization on public health emergency prevention, preparedness and response as well as unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade, and recognizing the need for strengthened coordination."

The amendments were negotiated parallel to the so-far unsuccessful pandemic pact but crafted in the same spirit.

According to Liberty Council, the proposed amendments took "major steps in the wake of COVID-19 to conform and integrate each nation's pandemic responses by directing them to develop 'core' capabilities in areas of Surveillance (vaccine passports/digital health certificates), Risk Communication (censoring misinformation and disinformation), Implementation of Control Measures (social distancing/lockdowns), Access to Health Services and Products (greater sharing of resources and technologies between countries), and more."

The Kaiser Family Foundation reported that the Biden administration was actively engaged in the negotiations despite the urging of Republican lawmakers, such as Sens. Dr. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), to spike the amendments, noting they would "substantially increase the WHO's health emergency powers and constitute intolerable infringements upon U.S. sovereignty."

Cassidy, Johnson, and the entire Senate Republican Conference told President Joe Biden in a May 1 letter, "The WHO's failure during the COVID-19 pandemic was as total as it was predictable and did lasting harm to our country. The United States cannot afford to ignore this latest WHO inability to perform its most basic function and must insist on comprehensive WHO reforms before even considering amendments to the International Health Regulations."

'We consider any such agreement to be a treaty requiring the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senate under Article II Section 2 of the Constitution.'

Like Dr. Malone and the Heritage Foundation, the Republicans indicated that the adoption of new IHR amendments at the 77th WHA would be in violation of the WHO International Health Regulations, specifically Article 55, which states, "The text of any proposed amendment shall be communicated to all States Parties by the Director-General at least four months before the Health Assembly at which it is proposed for consideration."

"As the WHO has still not provided final amendment text to member states, we submit that IHR amendments may not be considered at next month's WHA," wrote the Republican lawmakers. "Should you ignore this advice, we state in the strongest possible terms that we consider any such agreement to be a treaty requiring the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senate under Article II Section 2 of the Constitution."

Extra to facing potential congressional pushback, the Biden administration negotiated the amendments with the foreknowledge that the U.S. might not be bound by them depending on the results of the 2024 election. After all, President Donald Trump is expected to once again move to withdraw America from the WHO.

'The final version of the IHRs significantly enhances the WHO’s authority.'

The WHO said in a statement Saturday that the WHA and its 194 member countries "agreed [on] a package of critical amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), and made concrete commitments to completing negotiations on a global pandemic agreement within a year, at the latest."

"The amendments to the International Health Regulations will bolster countries' ability to detect and respond to future outbreaks and pandemics by strengthening their own national capacities, and coordination between fellow States, on disease surveillance, information sharing and response," said Ghebreyesus. "This is built on commitment to equity, an understanding that health threats do not recognize national borders, and that preparedness is a collective endeavor."

Despite the insinuation of consent among member nations, the Sovereignty Coalition suggested that roughly 30% of member states were present and Ghebreyesus declined to conduct a roll-call vote.

The amendments ultimately adopted by 77th WHA include a new definition for "pandemic emergency"; another "equity"-driven international wealth redistribution mechanism; the creation of a new bureaucracy to oversee the implementation of the other half-measures; and the creation of IHR authorities for member countries to "improve coordination of implementation of the Regulations within and among countries."

While acknowledging that the language of the amendments was weakened during the negotiations, Liberty Counsel indicated that "the final version of the IHRs significantly enhances the WHO's authority."

The U.S. State Department claimed the amendments will "make the global health security architecture stronger overall while maintaining full respect for sovereignty of individual states."

The Kaiser Family Foundation indicated that if "approved at the WHA, the [IHR] revision does not require further Congressional approval or ratification in the U.S."

The British government indicated that each member state has the right to evaluate "each and every amendment before making a sovereign choice of whether to accept or opt out of each — or all of — the amendments."

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Globalists suffer big upset in Geneva; WHO chief urges aggressive crackdown on 'global pandemic agreement' skeptics



WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other globalists were met with failure at the May 27-June 1 World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. Rather than win over critics with reassurances ahead of the next stage of his campaign to promote the failed scheme, Ghebreyesus instead doubled down, urging a crackdown on skeptics.

Road to failure

Ghebreyesus has spent several months promoting his "global pandemic agreement."

In his Feb. 12 Dubai address, entitled, "A Pact with the Future: Why the Pandemic Agreement Is Mission-Critical for Humanity," Ghebreyesus said, "We cannot allow this historic agreement, this milestone in global health, to be sabotaged by those who spread lies, either deliberately or unknowingly."

The critics whom Ghebreyesus branded liars and conspiracy theorists include those who reckon the pact would undermine national sovereignty as well as those skeptical of the WHO's competence. In the latter case, the WHO did itself no favors in recent years, particularly during the pandemic.

After all, the organization reportedly aided the Chinese communist regime in its cover up of COVID-19's origins; told the nations of the world not to restrict travelers from China or close their borders even though China had domestically; granted Beijing a veto over the WHO's COVID-19 origins report; and it endorsed vaccines that were not nearly as safe or as effective as advertised, including the blood clot-inducing Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine whose developer now faces a class-action lawsuit over injuries in the United Kingdom as well as a recent lawsuit in Utah. Prior to the pandemic, it also courted controversy with its sexual abuse scandal, wasteful spending, and corruption.

Evidently, it was not enough for the WHO director to demean opponents of his grand scheme to see it through.

'I know that there remains among you a common will to get this done.'

"Of course, we all wish that we had been able to reach a consensus on the agreement in time for this health assembly, and cross the finish line," Ghebreyesus said in his opening remarks at the 77th World Health Assembly. "I remain confident that you still will, because where there is a will, there is a way. I know that there remains among you a common will to get this done."

In the days that followed, the assembly failed to cross the finish line or even come close. As the result, Ghebreyesus has sought to transform the race into a marathon.

New deadline for a desired result

Desperate to keep the dream alive after two years of futile negotiations, the WHO had countries agree to continue negotiating the proposed globalist pact. A package of half-measures have apparently been accepted to tide over pandemic treaty supporters in the meantime.

The WHOsaid in a statement Saturday that the World Health Assembly and its 194 member countries "agreed [on] a package of critical amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR), and made concrete commitments to completing negotiations on a global pandemic agreement within a year, at the latest."

The half-measures compromise amendments to the IHR that will supposedly "strengthen global preparedness, surveillance and responses to public health emergencies, including pandemics."

These include a new definition for "pandemic emergency"; another "equity"-driven international wealth re-distribution mechanism; the creation of a new bureaucracy to oversee the implementation of the other half-measures; and the creation of IHR authorities for member countries to "improve coordination of implementation of the Regulations within and among countries."

"The amendments to the International Health Regulations will bolster countries' ability to detect and respond to future outbreaks and pandemics by strengthening their own national capacities, and coordination between fellow States, on disease surveillance, information sharing and response," said Ghebreyesus. "This is built on commitment to equity, an understanding that health threats do not recognize national borders, and that preparedness is a collective endeavor."

Clampdown on vaccine critics

After negotiators failed to produce a draft deal for approval by the WHO annual assembly, Ghebreyesus gave a speech promoting health initiatives and vaccines.

'I think they use COVID as an opportunity and, you know, all the havoc they're creating.'

Toward the end of his remarks, he noted, "You know, the serious challenge that's posed by anti-vaxxers and I think we need to strategize to really push back because vaccines work, vaccines affect adults, and we have science, evidence on our side."

"I think it's time to be more aggressive in pushing back on anti-vaxxers," continued the WHO director. "I think they use COVID as an opportunity and, you know, all the havoc they're creating. Maybe that's one of the messages I'd also like to include to whatever I have [to] say."

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WHO director is upset 'conspiracy theories' may derail his global pandemic treaty



WHO director general Tedros Ghebreyesus traveled to Dubai last week to hype "Disease X," the yet-to-be-released sequel to COVID-19 that is supposed to scare nations around the world into embracing an internationally binding pandemic treaty.

Although Ghebreyesus has fear-mongered about the hypothetical pestilence for several weeks, it appears he has finally let questions and concerns over his proposed remedies get under his skin.

In his Feb. 12 address, entitled, "A Pact with the Future: Why the Pandemic Agreement Is Mission-Critical for Humanity," Ghebreyesus lashed out at critics who have suggested his proposed "collective action" amounts to an affront to national sovereignty, suggesting that "conspiracy theories" put "the health of the world's people at risk."

Ghebreyesus painted himself as a prophet in the speech, noting that years ahead of the pandemic, he warned that the world would be ill prepared should a virus sweep the land.

"Six years ago, I stood on this stage and said the world was not prepared for a pandemic and expressed my concern at the time that a pandemic can happen any time," said Ghebreyesus. "Less than two years later, in December 2019, COVID-19 pandemic struck. And indeed the world was not prepared."

The WHO general director glossed over how the world was unprepared and in the dark largely on account of his organization and China. While Beijing covered up the spread of the virus, putting the world behind in taking action, Ghebreyesus reportedly provided smoke cover for Beijing's deceit at the outset; told the nations of the world not to restrict travelers from China or close their borders even though China had domestically; and then later granted Beijing a veto over the WHO's COVID-19 origins report.

In his address, Ghebreyesus noted that some "progress" has been made since the pandemic in the way of internationalist schemes and collective action, such as "improvements in surveillance, pandemic fund, and also the establishment of the pathogen sharing app and building capacities in vaccine production. ... Still the world is not prepared for a pandemic."

"History teaches us that the next pandemic is a matter of when, not if. It may be caused by an influenza virus or a new coronavirus," continued the bureaucrat.

Blaze News reported last month that amidst elites' talk of "Disease X," Chinese scientists crafted a coronavirus variant called GX_P@V that kills humanized mice 100% of the time, usually with late-stage brain infections. The scientists from the country on which Ghebreyesus has lavished much praise and little criticism said their mutant virus "underscores a spillover risk of FX_P2V into humans."

"Or it may be caused by a new pathogen we don't even know about yet or what we call 'Disease X,'" said Ghebreyesus, whose largely American-funded organization warned of an "infodemic" or a "an overabundance of information" in 2020.

The WHO leader suggested "Disease X" is not a novel term but indicated it has instead been used as a placeholder term since 2018 to describe pathogens that have yet to be discovered.

"COVID-19 was a Disease X," said Ghebreyesus. "There will be another Disease X or a Disease Y or a Disease Z. And as things stands, the world remains unprepared for the next Disease X."

The bureaucrat's preferred solution to this viral alphabet is the WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty: a legally binding pact "under the Constitution of the World Health Organization to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response."

Ghebreyesus is scrambling to get the treaty finalized ahead of a May 27 vote by the World Health Assembly. In the meantime, critics are pointing out the treaty's apparent flaws.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) noted at a press conference earlier this month that the so-called pandemic treaty suffers from "a slew of significant issues surrounding the proposed treaty — including lack of transparency, the back-room negotiations, WHO overreach and infringement on U.S. sovereignty, unknown financial obligations for U.S. taxpayers, threats to intellectual property rights and free speech, funding for abortion, and how the treaty will benefit China at the expense of the United States."

"Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, the WHO caved to the Chinese Communist Party rather than following the science," said Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus. "Now, the WHO wants to infringe upon our national sovereignty with their proposed 'pandemic treaty.'"

At the same press conference, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, suggested, "This is a global power grab using any future emergency as a justification to use that power."

Ghebreyesus claimed in Dubai that a "major barrier" to the successful implementation of his pandemic treaty is "the litany of lies and conspiracy theories about the agreement — that it's a power grab by the World Health Organization; that it will cede sovereignty to WHO; that it will give WHO power to impose lockdowns or vaccine mandates on countries; that it's an attack on freedom; that WHO will not allow people to travel; and that WHO wants to control people's lives."

"If these lies weren't so dangerous, these lies would be funny," said Ghebreyesus. "But they put the health of the world's people at risk, and that is no laughing matter."

"These claims are utterly, completely, categorically false," added the WHO head.

After suggesting that the internationalist scheme bolstered individual nations' sovereignty and would not empower the WHO to intervene in the domestic choices of various countries, Ghebreyesus underscored, "We cannot allow this historic agreement, this milestone in global health, to be sabotaged by those who spread lies, either deliberately or unknowingly."

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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Vance, Rep. Hern Introduce Bill To Tax Cartels’ International Money Transfers

'reduce the cartels' financial power'

White House Announces Date Ending COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement For International Travelers

Requirements for federal employees and contractors are also set to end

Biden seeks to blow $1 billion on a UN climate fund that has already diverted $100 million to America's top adversary



President Joe Biden has pledged to blow $1 billion on a foreign eco-socialist fund that redistributes Western wealth to so-called vulnerable countries such as China, an adversarial superpower with a GDP pushing $18 trillion.

In his speech Thursday at the 2023 Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, Biden warned of the impact of bad weather on faraway nations, suggesting that "as large economies and large emitters, we must step up and support these economies."

Despite economic troubles at home, Biden stressed that he was "pleased" to announce that his administration "is going to provide $1 billion to the Green Climate Fund, a fund that is ... critical in ways to help developing nations that they can’t do now."

The White House confirmed that $1 billion of Americans' money would be sent to a United Nations Green Climate Fund, thereby bringing total U.S. contributions to the GCF to $2 billion. Biden indicated in 2021 he'd like to boost that number to $11 billion a year by 2024.

According to the GCF, this latest American contribution represents 1/12th of its current portfolio, which redistributes Western wealth, "delivering transformative climate action in 140 countries."

Henry Gonzalez, executive director of the UN's Green Climate Fund, responded to Biden's pledge, saying, "This money will provide urgently needed climate finance for the most vulnerable countries in the world. The USD 1 billion will increase the resilience of populations in Least Developed Countries, protect Small Island Developing States threatened by climate change, and support the transition to low-emission, climate-resilient development around the world."

The Washington Free Beacon noted that China — the genocidal nuclear superpower that ostensibly seeks to edge out the United States in partnership with Russia — has been a big-time beneficiary of the fund.

For instance, the GCF pledged $100 million to help "green" the economy of Shandong, a polluted province in China, itself the world's top carbon emitter.

The Institute for Energy Research reported that China's carbon dioxide emissions in 2020 — to say nothing of its plastic or heavy chemicals pollution — exceeded that of the U.S., the European Union, and India combined, totaling 10.7 billion metric tons.

Although it has exerted its economic might the world round and is the top polluter, China remains a net taker since the U.N. continues to classify it as a "developing nation."

However, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill last month directing the Secretary of State to strip the communist nation of its "developing country" label, reported The Hill.

According to the bill, "It should be the policy of the United States ... to oppose the labeling or treatment of the People's Republic of China as a developing country in any treaty or other international agreement to which the United States is a party; ... to oppose the labeling or treatment of the People's Republic of China as a developing country in each international organization of which the United States is a member; and ... to pursue the labeling or treatment of the People's Republic of China as an upper middle income country, high income country, or developed country in each international organization of which the United States is a member."

Despite this bipartisan consensus, Biden appears unwilling to condition support to the GCF or other foreign beneficiaries on making this concession.

Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.), the lawmaker who sponsored the legislation to strip China of its developing country status, told the Free Beacon, "Handing over taxpayer dollars to subsidize the Chinese Communist Party is a bad investment and will do nothing to protect our national security or promote U.S. development globally."

"The Biden administration’s announcement of $1 billion to the Green Climate Fund, which sends millions to PRC projects, underscores the need to revoke the PRC’s developing country status and ensure the PRC plays by the rules in international agreements," added Kim.

Daniel Turner, executive director of the energy advocacy group Power the Future, has lambasted the Biden administration for "subsidizing countries like China," telling the Free Beacon, "China is building the equivalent of two new coal plants a week, and they don't deny it. Meanwhile, we're closing down our coal plants and giving China money for green products, which we'll then buy."

"So we're subsidizing them twice. And you just wonder — how much more in debt do we have to go? And how much more do we have to risk on national security?" added Turner.

In addition to indirectly funding America's top adversary, the GCF indicates on its site that Biden's investment on America's behalf is not guaranteed to accomplish much in the way of combating the specter of climate change. The GCF admits that its stated goal of limiting global warming is only "narrowly possible."

Although the ultimate aim may be futile, the GCF's website notes, "Climate change offers businesses an unprecedented chance to capitalise on new growth and investment opportunities."

Chinese state-owned businesses will be among those that can exploit these opportunities, made possible by the American taxpayer and Biden's extranational largess.

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Joe Biden: International Embarrassment | 4/13/23
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Joe Biden: International Embarrassment | 4/13/23