Why Does Trump Cozy Up to Putin and Xi While Both Reportedly Arm Iran and the Houthis? Lukoil Oil Deal Tied to Witkoff and Kushner’s Circle,

Why is the President so friendly with Putin and Xi when reports say both are helping Iran and the Houthis? Bloomberg says Russia is sending Iran missiles, and the WSJ says Chinese intelligence helped plan an attack that killed three Americans in Jordan. The New York Times reports a Lukoil asset sale tied to investors connected to Witkoff and Kushner’s families is part of the Russia talks, and that the envoys warned Kyiv about cutting intel over refinery strikes. Ukraine says Starlink was throttled and it got no missile warning for two nights, though the link isn’t proven. And September CPI jumped to 3.7%, hotter than expected, with real wages down 0.7% from a year ago, the sixth straight month inflation outran paychecks. All of it today.

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