HIDDEN HAND: Trump's Secret Weapon Won the Middle East Without Firing a Shot

Hamas agreed to disarm. Israel and Lebanon are talking after thirty years. Susan Kokinda shows why the decisive weapon wasn't a bomb — and the Board of Peace that Trump stood up nine days before the war began.

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From Camp David, President Trump framed a reported Hamas disarmament agreement as a breakthrough enabled by pressure on Iran, arguing the regional strategic terrain has shifted. The episode highlights two developments presented as unprecedented: Hamas agreeing to disarm, and Israel and Lebanon resuming talks after three decades — both attributed to cutting off Iranian funding for proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah. It claims the decisive “weapon” was Treasury action under Secretary Scott Bessent — sanctions, OFAC tools, anti–money laundering measures — described as “economic fury,” including designating over 1,000 Iranian-linked individuals, ships, and companies and disrupting routes through shipping, insurance, and offshore finance. Susan Kokinda also points to the February 19, 2026 launch of the multinational “Board of Peace,” tasked with rebuilding Gaza, as a preplanned institutional blueprint that helped secure the Hamas agreement.

00:00 The Saturday Wrap-Up - HIDDEN HAND: Trump's Secret Weapon Won the Middle East Without Firing a Shot - August 1, 2026

01:36 Gaza: The Impossible Disarmament

04:47 Iran: The Mechanism

08:13 The Payoff - Bessent, March 2025!

🔴LIVE NOW: Fauci Takes the Fifth — As Iran's "Surprise Attack" Gets Trump's Answer

​🔴This video will touch on much more than what’s listed here: the Midterm Election, The “Too Big To Rig” plan, the NEW Economic System, DSA, Communism, and so much more!

LIVE NOW: Fauci Takes the Fifth — As Iran's "Surprise Attack" Gets Trump's Answer

LIVE NOW. Fauci's silence said more than 1,100 pages of diaries. And overnight, the escalation ladder got real.  What both fronts have in common.

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Yesterday: Fauci took the Fifth — to his own diaries.

Rand Paul opened the hearing with 1,100 pages of Fauci's private pandemic journals on the table. Fauci's answer, over and over:

“I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment.”

It got wilder — Paul had Capitol Police escort Fauci's own attorney out of the room, and the committee votes on contempt next week.

Barbara read the diaries so you don't have to. What Fauci wrote privately versus what he told you publicly — and what his silence yesterday tells you about where the accountability thread leads.

Overnight: Iran's “surprise attack” — and Trump's answer.

Five Iranian ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Jordan, intercepted with minutes to spare. Trump's response: “our turn” — a “heavy wave” of strikes on dozens of IRGC missile and drone targets.

This morning the IRGC vows “the aggressor will be punished today” and says Hormuz stays closed. All of it hours after Netanyahu left the White House calling his meeting “excellent”.

Barbara and Susan's read: freedom of navigation enforced is not the Empire's forever war — but the escalation ladder is real, and the tasking still traces back to London.

Barbara and Susan connect it all — with your questions — in a few hours.

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​THE STATE OF AMERICAN ENERGY: Promises Made, Promises Kept

​THE STATE OF AMERICAN ENERGY: 

Promises Made, Promises Kept

UNLEASHING THE GOLDEN ERA OF ENERGY DOMINANCE AND LOWERING PRICES

With President Trump and Secretary Wright’s leadership, the Energy Department has ushered in an unprecedented era of energy dominance, resulting in record energy production and more affordable prices. 

Thanks to President Trump, gas prices are at their lowest level in nearly five years and are trending lower. American drivers are on pace to spend the lowest amount of their disposable income on gas than in the past two decades. 

American drivers are expected to spend $11 billion less on gas at the pump in 2026, translating to an average household spending of $2,083 on gas—down from $2,716 in 2022.

Never before in America’s history has our Nation been more energy dominant: Thanks to President Trump’s policies, America leads the world in oil and natural gas production, producing at all-time records.

U.S. crude oil production reached  record-high levels of output in 2025 at over 13.6 million barrels per day.

The U.S. is currently producing 24 million barrels per day in oil and liquid fuels production—more than Russia and Saudi Arabia combined. 

The U.S. is producing nearly as much natural gas as Russia, Iran and China combined at 110 billion cubic feet per day.     

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​🔥 The Promethean Weekly · July 20–26, 2026

​🔥 The Promethean Weekly · July 20–26, 2026

Iran isn't about Iran. Canada isn't about Canada. China isn't about tariffs. Every fight this week traced back to the same return address — and Trump has found it. Plus Zoomers, Bretton Woods, and Beethoven.

🔥 The Promethean Weekly

July 20–26, 2026 · Your week behind + the week ahead

Iran isn't about Iran.

Canada isn't about Canada.

China isn't about tariffs.

Three fronts this week. One enemy behind all three.

The Empire changed its address. Trump found the new one.

https://www.prometheanaction.com/the-promethean-weekly-july-20-26-2026/

The Monday Brief - State Department Just Admitted the Real Target Was Never Capitalism - July 27, 2026

​The Monday Brief - State Department Just Admitted the Real Target Was Never Capitalism - July 27, 2026

 

For decades, Cuba has been viewed as just another communist dictatorship.

 For decades, Cuba has been viewed as just another communist dictatorship.

But the real story may be much bigger. Join our movement:

Beijing’s Trojan Horse vs Trump’s New Bretton Woods

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The Saturday Wrap-Up - Donald Trump Wields Secret Weapon Against London and Iran - July 25, 2026

The Saturday Wrap-Up - Donald Trump Wields Secret Weapon Against London and Iran - July 25, 2026

Trump Is Reversing Decades of Deindustrialization — Promethean PAC's Midterm Mission: Finish the Job

By Susan Kokinda12 July, 2026

For five decades, the American economy and American households were left defenseless. A global financier elite ate away at our nation's economic sovereignty and at your living standards. Donald Trump and his team have said: no more.

Listen to what top Administration officials have said:

Trump Is Reversing Decades of Deindustrialization — Promethean PAC's Midterm Mission: Finish the Job

President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge Secures American AI Dominance, Protects Consumers

ENSURING TECH COMPANIES BUILD, BRING, OR BUY POWER FOR DATA CENTERS: Today, President Donald J. Trump brought the leading AI companies and hyperscalers together to sign the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, ensuring they protect Americans from electricity price hikes due to data center energy requirements now and in the long run, take action to further strengthen the grid, and ensure that all Americans benefit from the oncoming technological boom.

• Under President Trump’s leadership, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI signed the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, agreeing to build, bring, or buy new generation resources and cover the cost of all power delivery infrastructure upgrades required for their data centers, ensuring such expenses are not passed to American households.
• Under the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, these companies will negotiate separate rate structures with utilities and State governments, and commit to pay these rates for the power and related infrastructure brought online to service their data centers, whether they use the electricity or not.
• Companies signing the Ratepayer Protection Pledge will also coordinate with grid operators to make backup generation resources available, contributing to a more reliable grid and preventing blackouts and power shortages in times of emergency.
• The Ratepayer Protection Pledge commits AI companies and hyperscalers to hiring and training talent from within the communities where they build and operate data centers, creating thousands of jobs and enhancing workforce skills.

DELIVERING LOWER ENERGY PRICES AND MORE JOBS TO AMERICAN COMMUNITIES: America’s continued economic and technological leadership depends on reliable, large-scale data center infrastructure built here at home. As that infrastructure grows and the related electricity demand increases, the American people should not be footing the bill.

• Data center infrastructure is the foundation of the internet, cloud computing, and AI, and supports our economic and national security.
• The United States is experiencing an unprecedented surge in electricity demand driven by rapid technological advancements and an increase in domestic manufacturing. This increase in demand, coupled with existing capacity challenges, places a significant strain on our Nation’s electric grid.
• President Trump is ensuring the data center boom is leveraged to address affordability and benefit all American households and businesses. The Ratepayer Protection Pledge contributes to lower electricity costs, stronger grid infrastructure, and enhanced grid resilience during emergencies.
• The Ratepayer Protection Pledge is also a first step towards ensuring that the American workforce benefits from the developing AI industry.

LEADING ON ENERGY AFFORDABILITY AND INNOVATION: President Trump has demonstrated consistent leadership in expanding domestic energy supply and lowering energy prices for consumers by empowering domestic innovation.

• On Day One, President Trump signed an Executive Order to Unleash American Energy that opened Federal lands and waters and streamlined permitting to increase production of reliable and affordable energy. United States oil, natural gas, and coal production have increased significantly as a result, leading to lower prices for Americans.
• President Trump terminated the job-killing “Green New Scam,” ended massive taxpayer subsidies for unreliable energy sources, and rescinded the Biden Administration’s anti-American energy regulations that were raising electricity prices. 
• President Trump established the National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC) to maximize U.S. energy production, reduce regulatory burdens, and strengthen national security.
• President Trump took action to save 74 coal power plants from crushing restrictions and regulations that would have forced them to shut down. And just last month, he announced that the Tennessee Valley Authority is taking action to save two more plants in Tennessee. By saving these power plants, the President has ensured that Americans continue to have access to reliable and affordable power.
• President Trump signed an Executive Order to strengthen and secure the United States electric grid. This resulted in 17,000 megawatts (MW) – enough electricity to supply power to 12.75 million homes – of perfectly good power plants from being forced offline due to weaponization of state and Federal environmental regulations, reducing costs for consumers and enhancing grid reliability. 
• President Trump signed several key Executive Orders to expand U.S. nuclear capacity through regulatory reforms that aim to accelerate the deployment of advanced nuclear reactors for AI data center use and strengthen domestic supply chains.
• President Trump launched “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan” in July 2025 to address energy bottlenecks to AI supremacy by streamlining permitting for energy infrastructure, modernizing and expanding the electric grid, and increasing domestic energy capacity.
• In January 2026, President Trump’s NEDC took unprecedented action to intervene in the failed PJM power market. This intervention will drive what is expected to be the single largest development of power plants in U.S. history. It will also protect Americans in this region from price spikes by ensuring that hyperscaler technology companies building data centers pay for the associated power and infrastructure — whether they use it or not.

CLICK TO READ THE RATEPAYER PROTECTION PLEDGE

President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge Secures American AI Dominance, Protects Consumers