This week we had a war, a cockpit incident, a carrier group, a pope in France and a strikeout record. The news cycle is just doomscrolling with a budget.
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America this week: rejecting peace plans, begging France for diesel, and watching baseball on Peacock. A superpower in its "it's complicated" era.
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China paused October fuel exports and the White House is begging France and Germany for diesel. America went from "drill baby drill" to "can we borrow a cup of diesel."
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Pope Leo made a historic visit to France. First American pope in Paris. He tipped at the café and they nearly excommunicated him.
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Norway's wealth fund is pulling $80 billion out of Treasuries and France just got downgraded. The countries that run on fish and wine are telling the country that runs on debt it doesn't trust the paperwork. The paperwork is everyone's.
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Trump hinted Iran was behind the FlyDubai cockpit incident and vowed to hit them "very hard." Spirit Airlines has been doing cockpit incidents for years and nobody bombs Fort Lauderdale.
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A trade truce with China, a ceasefire talk with Iran, and a three-day peace at my in-laws'. Only one of those is actually holding, and it's because of edibles.
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