A Cuba non si potrà più pagare con carte Visa e Mastercard. A partire da sabato 6 giugno, per via delle sanzioni imposte dagli Stati Uniti, i due circuiti di pagamento non saranno più in uso. Lo comunica la Banca Centrale cubana, sottolineando che le sanzioni di Trump hanno spinto una banca estera a interrompere i rapporti con l’istituto finanziario statale Fincimex.
“Il 2 giugno abbiamo ricevuto una comunicazione dalla banca estera che gestisce le transazioni effettuate a Cuba con Visa e Mastercard, in cui ci veniva comunicata la sua decisione di interrompere i rapporti con Fincimex S.A.”, si legge in un comunicato in cui si definisce la decisione Usa come una “strategia di asfissia del presidente Donald Trump“. Fincimex è il braccio finanziario del conglomerato militare cubano Gaesa, recentemente sottoposto a sanzioni da parte di Washington. Nell’ultimo periodo le pressioni politiche di Washington su L’Avana sono aumentate sempre di più, insieme alle tensioni militari.
Una scia di sanzioni che ha portato negli ultimi giorni anche all’addio di alcune famose catene alberghiere che hanno deciso di lasciare l’isola. Melià ha infatti annunciato la fine delle attività in 15 hotel cubani e lo stesso aveva fatto Iberostar il 1° giugno in 12 strutture, cedendo quindi alle sanzioni Usa contro Gaesa, un conglomerato militare che controlla il turismo sull’isola.
Nella nota la Banca Centrale sottolinea che rimangono operativi altri mezzi di pagamento in valuta estera come i contanti, le carte prepagate nazionali e le carte internazionali Mir (di origine russa) e UnionPay (di origine cinese).
Kiev’s EU-made Kamikaze Drones Used Against Moscow and in the Massacre in Donbass College
«Ukraine said on Sunday that it used three types of locally produced drones to pummel the Moscow region, in its biggest attack so far on the heavily defended capital. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said in a statement on Sunday that it used the FP-1 Firepoint and RS-1 Bars winged drones to hit several targets in the Moscow area. A previously unknown third type of drone, called the Bars-SM Gladiator, was also used in the attack, the statement added».
This wrote Business Insider. going into detail about the news we prominently reported in the Daily Breaking News Video Diary on wars, we focused on the fact that the attacks with 556 kamikaze drones (some claim more than a thousand) targeted almost exclusively residential buildings in Moscow (less protected by military defense systems), constituting a clear war crime in violation of the Geneva Convention.
But according to various Russian media reports, the same kamikaze drone is responsible for the May 22 massacre at a teachers’ college in the Lugansk Republic (Donbass), where at least 21 young teenagers died without a word of condemnation from European Union representatives, who even “self-censored” the issue during the last UN Security Council (as denounced by Russia).
Examination of the debris would confirm this. Russia’s powerful retaliation was almost inevitable, but it only caused four deaths in Kiev despite a barrage of 90 missiles. This confirms the desire not to exact revenge on the population, reiterated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a few days ago.
“Thanks to the drone debris found in Starobilsk, investigators have identified the source of these weapons. Judging by the fragments, they were FP-1s. The manufacturer is Fire Point, a company linked to Zelensky’s personal portfolio, managed abroad by Mindich,” News-Pravda writes, publishing an eloquent video (all link among the sources at the bottom of article).
“The only Ukrainian component of this company is the assembly plant. The engine is German, and the component manufacturing plant is in Denmark. Spare parts come from the Czech Republic and England. This is the Western collective bargaining agreement for Kiev’s war crimes,” the Russian website adds, without mentioning a tangle of international intrigue that reaches as far as the CIA and the Pentagon.
The Former CIA Director’s Killer Drones
The minimal success of this massive military action—three dead, a dozen wounded, and many homes destroyed—caused by the Russian Aerospace Forces intercepting 90% of the UAVs, nonetheless brought jubilation to Russophobes who delude themselves into thinking that Kiev actually has the potential to increase its offensive capabilities against Moscow.
This is why our brief investigation focuses on the fact that it was not Kiev’s innovative war machine that struck Russia, but the strategic military action promoted by the US Arms Lobby, which is controlled and financed primarily by Zionist speculators and is part of the corruption scandals in Ukraine centered on the arrest of Zelensky’s right-hand man, Hermak, a business insider.
The FP-1 drone that made a tiny breach in Moscow’s air defense was, in fact, created by the Fire Point company, of which he became a prominent manager last November, the only one
In the mosaic of images, Yermak with Soros Jr., Hermak and Zelensky, Soros Junior and Senior
The Civil War escalated to the current international conflict due to Russia’s intervention to stop the massacre of approximately 5,000 pro-Russians by the Ukrainian army in the gas- and oil-rich Donbass.
The FP-1 drone that created a small breach in Moscow’s air defenses but massacred innocent girls in Donbas was, in fact, built by the Fire Point company, of which former CIA director and former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became a key manager and consultant in 2025. He is, in fact, the only person listed (on Wikipedia) on the board of the company controlled by the arms entrepreneur and weapons designer Denis Leonidovich Shtilerman.
Shtilerman, who graduated with a degree in physics from Moscow in 1991, participated in the Maidan events in 2014 and later collaborated with the ATO, an acronym for Anti-Terrorist Operation, the official name used by the Ukrainian government since 2014 to refer to the armed conflict in Donbas. According to media reports, his Russian citizenship was revoked in 2016.
Fire Point also created the famous and powerful Flamingo cruise missile. Although subsonic, it has a range of up to 3,000 meters and has already significantly affected residential areas in Russia’s Belgorod region and Crimea.
The FP-1 is a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (kamikaze drone) with a long attack range, developed by Fire Point in collaboration with the Ukrainian-Czech company UAC.
Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnky
What is Pompeo doing in Ukraine, where in 2024 he joined the board of directors of KYIVSTAR, Ukraine’s leading fixed-line/mobile telephone operator, a subsidiary of the VEON Group, a company based in Amsterdam—coincidentally, in Rutte’s Netherlands?
From the CIA to the Pentagon with EDGE & Anduril, the Step is Very Short…
Is Pompeo perhaps the hidden insider of Trump (who appointed him Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2017 and then Secretary of State in 2018 during his first term) and of the Zionist Arms Lobby that brought him to the White House to unleash wars everywhere and profit from military profits?
It should be remembered that the Italian-American Pompeo is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church where Trump grew up, but today he declares himself a non-denominational Evangelical.
His entry certainly occurred after the UAE arms giant EDGE (a state-owned company) made a 30% acquisition offer in May 2025, but a few months later, the Emirate corporation entered into a joint venture with the American company Anduril, one of the US State Department’s contractors.
So Pompeo’s magic circle is perfectly closed…
«The EDGE defense group, owned by the sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates,plans to acquire a minority stake in the Ukrainian defense-tech company Fire Point. BBC Ukraine reported this, citing sources. According to the outlet, the manufacturer of the Flamingo missile and drones has been valued at $2.5 billion. Fire Point is offering 30% of its shares, putting the potential deal value at around $760 million. BBC Ukraine reports that the Ukrainian company has already submitted the required documents to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine» wrote the Spanish specialist website BIZ.Liga.net (see sources).
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second right, who has joined the advisory board of Ukraine’s leading defense company Fire Point, director Yehor Skalyha, left, co-founder and chief designer Denys Shtilerman, second left, and Chief Technology Officer Iryna Terekh, attend a joint press conference, backdropped by a Flamingo missile in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Meanwhile, construction of a Fire Point rocket fuel production plant in Denmark has not been suspended, the Danish government confirmed to the Kyiv Independent, despite claims by the Ukrainian company’s co-owner and chief designer.
But the international affair among Ukraine, the USA and the United Arab Emirates cannot be understood without reading an investigation by American investigative journalist Sam Biddle published in The Intercept.
«Anduril is partnering with EDGE Group, a weapons conglomerate controlled by the United Arab Emirates, a nation run entirely by the royal families of its seven emirates that permits virtually none of the activities typically associated with democratic societies. In the UAE, free expression and association are outlawed, and dissident speech is routinely and brutally punished without due process. A 2024 assessment of political rights and civil liberties by Freedom House, a U.S. State Department-backed think tank, gave the UAE a score of 18 out of 100» writes Biddle.
«The EDGE–Anduril Production Alliance, as it will be known, will focus on autonomous weapons systems, including the production of Anduril’s “Omen” drone. The UAE has agreed to purchase the first 50 Omen drones built through the partnership, according to a press release, “the first in a series of autonomous systems envisioned under the joint venture.” The Omen drone was described as a “personal project” of Anduril founder and CEO Palmer Luckey, a longtime Trump ally and fundraiser».
Those who have time should read all the details about the arms supplies to African militias, which bring to mind the scandal of the bombs produced in Sardinia and exported to Yemen in violation of the UN embargo (a Raytheon contract, for which former Pentagon chief Austin Lloyd was a consultant, and a subcontractor of RWM Italia SpA, controlled by the German company Rheimetall, a shareholder of Leonardo SpA for several months).
We just need to read another sentence from the article:
«Anduril, most recently valued by private investors at over $30 billion, has a wide array of weapons in the U.S. and with its allies, including Australia and Taiwan. It works closely with the Department of Defense and has operated surveillance towers along the U.S.–Mexico border for nearly a decade. Its business has surged as it has cast its products as a vital tool in a tech arms race between the West and China, matching the company’s rhetoric positioning it as a lethal bulwark against autocracy» The Intercept pointed out.
Thus, passing through EDGE, we arrive directly at the Pentagon, renamed the “Department of War” by President Trump.
Italy’s Scent Is Behind the UAE-Ukraine Affair
But Italy is also involved in the intrigue… Here’s what TeleBorsa reported a few days ago:
“Leonardo announces it has signed a contract with Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), the naval division of the EDGE Group, for the supply of next-generation naval combat systems in the Falaj 3 configuration, destined for the Kuwait Navy’s “Al Dorra” naval vessel program. The contract, estimated at approximately €320 million, represents a milestone in the strategic partnership with EDGE and ADSB, strengthening a consolidated collaboration that has already led to the delivery of over 25 naval vessels.”
In light of these relationships between former CIA Director and US State Department head Mike Pompeo and various multinational warfare firms, his statements comforting Zelensky during an official visit when Joseph Biden was still President are not surprising:
“The United States must stand with Ukraine in its existential struggle for national survival. Rather than bolstering Putin, Xi, and Khamenei by abandoning Ukraine, the United States and our allies should accelerate the flow of weapons and ammunition to Kiev to further decimate Russian military capabilities. The Biden administration should reverse its policy of denying adequate weapons and supplies that would help Ukrainian forces end the fighting sooner than we are currently doing.”
Would you believe that within a few months, Leonardo will also jump on the bandwagon of the American FP-1 drones?
BARS Gladiators UAVs used by the Ukrainian Secret Service thanks to Germany…
While any investment in another kamikaze UAVs used by Ukraine against Moscow seems taboo for everyone…
«The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said in a statement on Sunday that it used the FP-1 Firepoint and RS-1 Bars winged drones to hit several targets in the Moscow area. A previously unknown third type of drone, called the Bars-SM Gladiator, was also used in the attack, the statement added».
Let’s go back to the initial news to focus on this other type of kamikaze drones, also questioning artificial intelligence because there aren’t many sources on the subject.
«Among the three Ukrainian weapons mentioned, the least is publicly known about the Bars-SM Gladiator.However, its name could indicate the Gladiator related to the RS-1 Bars. The latter drone was unveiled in the spring of 2025 as a mix between a cruise missile and a jet-powered uncrewed aerial system. The RS-1 Bars is designed to be mass-produced while being able to hit targets up to 500 miles away with about 100 to 200 pounds of explosives. Ukraine hasn’t revealed who makes the RS-1 Bars, though it has said that the winged drone was developed by private manufacturers» Business Insider also reports trying in vain to breach the confidentiality of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
A BARS drone shown on the Facebook profile of the Russian-Ukrainian War Museum
The BARS missile drone is built with a mid-wing configuration and a wingspan of approximately 2 meters. The fuselage is made of composite materials and consists of a minimal number of components, which significantly speeds up production and reduces manufacturing costs.
“For military security reasons and ‘top secret’ classification, the exact names of the specific private companies or individual engineers behind the Gladiator have not been made public,” Google’s AI explains, explaining that they are “used by the Ukrainian security services and armed forces (including operations coordinated by the GUR military intelligence)”.
«Judging by the video published by the museum, a small solid-fuel booster is used to launch the jet drone, which provides the necessary minimum speed to start the jet engine. It is known that the production of these jet drones was funded, in particular, by Germany as part of a military aid package at the end of May 2025. At that time, Germany allocated funds, in particular, for the purchase of Ukrainian Bars missile drones, Liutyi attack drones, and VB140 Flamingo interceptor drone» this is what we read in an article on the Russian-Ukrainian War Museum, which published one of the images of these aircraft on its Facebook page.
A Corruption Investigation Behind the Killer Fire Proint Drones
So, having reached the bottom of the war abyss, we discover that it’s not the Ukrainians who have suddenly become skilled and capable of competing against dozens of Russian hypersonic missiles, but rather the hidden NATO speculators, led by the US and Germany, who are exploiting this war to enrich themselves at the expense of European taxpayers, forced—against their will—to finance the largest corruption network ever uncovered.
In this international intrigue, we cannot help but focus on the corruption scandals involving Yermak and Fire Point itself…
In August 2025, it was reported that Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) had launched an investigation into Fire Point to determine whether the company had inflated the cost of components used in its products, the number of drones supplied to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, or both. Wikipedia even reports this scandal, which is now public knowledge.
Fire Point’s infamous FP-1 drone
The investigation reportedly also examined possible links between the company and Timur Mindich, co-owner of the Kvartal 95 television studio founded by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The company confirmed the existence of an investigation, while denying the allegations. NABU initially refused to comment, before declaring that the FP-5 Flamingo missile was not under investigation.
Mindich left Ukraine just hours before a broader investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) was announced on November 10, 2025.
The Arrest of Yermak, Zelensky’s Right-Hand Man, in Operation Midas
Andriy Yermak, former head of Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential office, is under investigation in an investigation into alleged money laundering of approximately $9 million in a luxury real estate project near Kyiv. This was confirmed by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Sapo), which allege the existence of a scheme used to invest illicit funds in four, 1,000-square-meter villas while concealing their true owners.
Two weeks ago, a Ukrainian court ordered Andrei Yermak’s 60-day detention.
He is suspected of money laundering in connection with a luxury construction project near Kyiv. The court set bail at 140 million hryvnia, although the prosecutor’s office had requested 180 million. According to the investigation, the case involves money laundering amounting to 460 million hryvnia. Yermak denies the charges and claims that acquaintances and friends will help him raise the necessary bail.
“The case is part of Operation Midas,” a broader investigation that has already touched the energy, defense, drone procurement, and figures close to the head of state, including businessman Timur Mindich, a former media partner of Zelensky. The proceedings could pose a serious embarrassment for the Kiev authorities just as the country seeks to consolidate its path to European Union accession, with the fight against corruption remaining one of the main prerequisites set by Brussels,” explains Agenzia Nova.
“Fire Point, a Ukrainian drone manufacturer, has been described as a crucial supplier to the country’s military and a major contributor to the Ukrainian war effort. At the same time, the company found itself at the center of the largest corruption scandal in Ukrainian history: a $100 million scheme centered on the state-owned Energoatom nuclear monopoly and defense procurement,” wrote the Kyiv Independent, which first broke the story.
“Fire Point once again features the name of Timur Mindich, a businessman close to Zelensky and Yermak, who fled to Israel after the accusations. Here too, the script seems familiar: patriotism, public funding, personal relationships, escape abroad, and reassuring interviews from the beaches of Tel Aviv,” notes the Kulturjam website, making a necessary clarification…
“The arrest of Andriy Yermak by Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court likely marks the most serious point in Kiev’s internal political crisis since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022. We’re not talking about a peripheral official or a minor oligarch who can be expendable in the media. Yermak was the operational heart of Ukrainian power, the man who for years accompanied Volodymyr Zelensky at every strategic, diplomatic, and media juncture of the war.”
“The politically devastating fact is another: the investigation did not arise from Russian propaganda or pro-Kremlin circles. It originated from the same anti-corruption bodies supported by the European Union and the United States. “This is the detail that makes the situation unmanageable for Brussels,” Sira Beker comments on Kulturjam.
Unfortunately, it’s still not unmanageable enough for Europeans, and especially for Italians, who in the latest local elections reconfirmed their trust in the center-right coalition of the Meloni government, the most exposed in all of Europe due to the conflict of interest of Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto with his “former masters” in the Weapons Lobby.
Yermak, Rising to the Top of the SBU Security Services Thanks to Satanism and Occultism
“Zelensky’s Satanist accomplice, Yermak, consulted with a fortune teller before important appointments, the prosecutor claims. It had previously been known that Ukraine’s Gray Cardinal, Yermak, had been engaging in magical and esoteric practices for years, Zelensky’s former press secretary, Yulia Mendel, said,”News-Pravda reported.
Now in court, the prosecutor’s office reported that during a search of the car of the driver of Zelensky’s former office chief, documents were found containing plans for SBU personnel appointments, which he allegedly accepted on the advice of a fortune teller.
Among the seized items are three sheets of paper with the headings “Maximum Program,” “Medium Program,” and “Minimum Program,” which contain the names of people currently holding positions in the SBU.
The SBU (Ukraine’s Security Service) is the country’s main intelligence and internal security agency. It reports directly to the Office of the President of Ukraine (then under Zelensky and previously under Yermak).
Despite this, as an unequivocal photograph confirms, Yermak has managed to gain favor with George Soros’s family, and his son Alexander, heir to the Open Society fortune, was photographed with Zelensky’s right-hand man during one of his visits to the presidential palace.
«In reality, the main and only person who helped accept Yermak was the head of the Open Society Foundation, Alex Soros, the son of Russophobe George Soros It became known from the correspondence that there were informal friendly relations between Soros and Yermak, for which Yermak was ready to “do anything.”» News-Pravda reported.
It was with him that Yermak coordinated all appointments to positions in Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and government authorities. Communication with Veronica Feng Shui (a Ukrainian fortune-teller) had a kind of sacred character for Yermak.
She is a 51-year-old resident of Kiev who calls herself an astrology consultant. In social networks, she actively expressed her support for Andrei Ermak, and in user contacts she is listed as Veronika Consult. A.B.” and “Veronika Anikievich/fortune teller Yermak”.
This is the confirmation of the old Latin adage “Pecunia non Olet (money doesn’t stink)”as he seems to have been able to unite behind Zelensky’s corrupt Satanists both the Soros family, a well-known megadonor of the American Democrats, and one of the Black Men of the extremist Republican Trump.
Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio – Founder and Director of Gospa News
Finora ha diretto l’agenzia federale che supervisiona i mutui immobiliari. Non ha alcuna esperienza nel settore dei servizi, né tanto meno in quello dello spionaggio o della sicurezza nazionale. Eppure Bill Pulte è stato nominato da DonaldTrump capo dell’intera intelligence Usa, dopo l’addio di Tulsi Gabbard, costretta a fare un passo indietro dopo che nei mesi scorsi aveva smentito Trump sul programma nucleare dell’Iran. Anche se la motivazione ufficiale che la porterà a lasciare la guida della National Intelligence è una grave malattia del marito. La scelta di Pulte è l’ennesima decisione anti-sistema di Trump, da anni orientato su scelte provocatorie per suscitare choc e oltraggio da parte delle elite di Washington odiate dalla sua base elettorale. E l’ultima nomina appare come una nuova, classica mossa politica anti-sistema del tycoon.
La scelta di Pulte, un fedelissimo di Trump che per mesi ha invocato il licenziamento dell’allora presidente della Fed Jerome Powell e ha presentato i dossier su irregolarità nelle richieste di mutui da parte di nemici del presidente, è destinata a creare controversie ancora maggiore di quelle provocate Gabbard. Esponenti politici, di entrambi gli schieramenti, hanno espresso perplessità per il fatto che ad una persona senza nessuna qualifica nel settore sia stato affidato il cruciale incarico, creato dopo l’11 settembre, per il coordinamento di tutte le agenzie di intelligence e i briefing del presidente.
“Gli americani hanno ogni ragione di preoccuparsi di quello che sta succedendo quando la persona scelta per supervisionare tutto, dall’anti-terrorismo alle minacce straniere sulle elezioni, sia scelto per la sua disponibilità a far avanzare l’agenda politica del presidente piuttosto che per la sua esperienza”, ha dichiarato il senatore dem Mark Warner, vice presidente della commissione Intelligence. Susan Collins, senatrice repubblicana che in più occasioni ha assunto posizioni invise a Trump, ha ammesso di non sapere se il nuovo ‘spymaster’ abbia mai ottenuto una security clearance, l’autorizzazione che viene data, dopo approfonditi controlli, per accedere a materiale top secret.
In effetti, lo stesso statuto che ha creato l’Office of the Director of National Intelligence prescrive che il direttore abbia “una vasta esperienza nel settore della sicurezza nazionale”, cosa che manca completamente a Pulte, che ha alle spalle una carriera di successo nella finanza come ha ricordato Trump nel post con cui ha annunciato la nomina lodando la sua “profonda esperienza nel gestire le questioni più delicate in America, la sicurezza e la solidità dei mercati”. A parte le critiche e le perplessità dei senatori – che va ricordato, almeno al momento non potranno passare al vaglio la nomina di Pulte che è stato incaricato ad interim, una prassi a cui Trump ricorre spesso – con la nomina dell’esperto di finanze e mutui alla guida di un incarico di intelligence, di cui alcuni influencer Maga hanno chiesto l’abolizione, Trump intende mandare un chiaro messaggio alla sua base di estrema destra, ribadendo il suo ruolo di sovvertitore contro sistema e ‘deep state’.
“Pulte è un tipo che fa le cose e poi si rimette al lavoro”, è stato per esempio il commento dell’attivista di estrema destra Jack Posobiec ai microfoni del podcast di SteveBannon, l’ex stratega della prima vittoria elettorale di Trump trasformatosi in un punto di riferimento del Maga, movimento che pone al centro della sua ideologia la convinzione che quelli che loro definiscono burocrati e elite, vale a dire i funzionariqualificati, vanno contro gli interessi degli americani e hanno fatto fallire le precedenti presidenze repubblicane. Un messaggio che JD Vance, il vice presidente che considera Maga e estrema destra come base fondamentale per la sua corsa per la Casa Bianca nel 2028, ha ribadito in un post su X con cui ha lodato Pulte per aver ricordato che “i burocrati della comunità di intelligence devono rispondere alla leadership eletta (e non il contrario)”.
Nel 2021 aveva 19 anni. Aveva assaltato il Campidoglio ed era stato condannato. Cinque anni dopo è stato assunto dal Pentagono nell’ufficio che si occupa di operazioni militari classificate e controterrorismo. L’ingresso al ministero della Difesa Usa di Elias Irizarry, scrive il Washington Post, ha suscitato preoccupazione tra alcuni funzionari del Dipartimento della Difesa, che ritengono inopportuno affidare un ruolo sensibile a una persona con precedenti legati all’assalto alle istituzioni statunitensi. Irizarry, che all’epoca dei fatti si era dichiarato colpevole di ingresso non autorizzato in un’area riservata, lavora nella sezione dedicata alla guerra irregolare e al controterrorismo, un’unità che si occupa anche di sicurezza delle ambasciate, recupero del personale e operazioni di salvataggio di ostaggi. Secondo fonti del Pentagono, tutte le posizioni richiedono autorizzazioni di sicurezza di livello top secret, mentre il portavoce Joel Valdez ha definito il giovane “un professionista qualificato e patriottico”.
Al momento dell’assalto al Campidoglio, Irizarry era una matricola al The Citadel, un’accademia militare pubblica della Carolina del Sud, e prestava servizio come cadetto nella Civil Air Patrol. Dopo essersi recato a Washington con altri due uomini, si era unito alla folla di sostenitori di Donald Trump che aveva forzato le linee di polizia e fatto irruzione nell’edificio mentre il Congresso certificava la vittoria di Joe Biden alle elezioni del 2020. Secondo i pubblici ministeri, era entrato attraverso una finestra rotta brandendo un’asta di metallo, senza però colpire nessuno. Irizarry si è successivamente pentito pubblicamente del proprio coinvolgimento, per cui era stato condannato a 14 giorni di carcere. Nel 2023 è stato riammesso al The Citadel, dove si è laureato nel 2024. Durante l’udienza di condanna aveva dichiarato: “Mi vergogno, perché farò sempre parte di questo scempio. Il 6 gennaio ha rappresentato qualcosa di veramente orribile: è stato il più grave attacco alla nostra democrazia dai tempi della Guerra civile”.
Parla di guerra, di Iran, di Netanyahu che conferma di avere dichiarato essere “pazzo” – come rivelato da Axios – ma allo stesso tempo aggiunge di lavorare molto bene con lui. Spera di incontrare Khamenei e addirittura annuncia che l’Iran ha rinunciato all’arma nucleare. Quarantotto minuti di intervista con Miranda Devine, in esclusiva per il podcast Pod Force One della giornalista del New York Post. Il tema della guerra in Medioriente è centrale. Il capo della Casa Bianca, spiegando che sono in corso i negoziati per trovare un’intesa (“e se non la troveremo bene lo stesso, agiremo in un’altro modo”) dichiara che l’Iran ha accettato di non avere un’arma nucleare. “Poi possono cambiare idea, ma quella è stata la cosa principale”, ha proseguito col consueto linguaggio colloquiale, lontanissimo – come sempre – dalle formule della diplomazia. Ha poi detto di volere incontrare la Guida Suprema iraniana, Mojtaba Khamenei. “È coinvolto nei negoziati, nutrono molto rispetto verso di lui. Non ho avuto il privilegio di incontrarlo. Sento che non sta molto bene: gli mancano diverse parti. Sembriamo andare molto d’accordo con l’ayatollah. Vorrei incontrarlo e penso che lo incontrerò a un certo punto”. Quanto ai negoziati, che “stanno “evolvendo rapidamente”, oltre alla rinuncia all’arma nucleare “accadranno molte altre cose positive”, ha aggiunto, senza specificare a cosa facciano riferimento le sue dichiarazioni. Oltre a non avere alcun fondamento, visto che le parti non hanno esplicitato alcuna intesa, a smentire il presidente Usa è intervenuta l’agenzia di stampa iraniana Tasnim, considerata vicina alle Guardie Rivoluzionarie, che ha riferito, citando alcune fonti, che “a causa dei crimini di Israele in Libano, l’Iran ha sospeso lo scambio di messaggi tramite intermediari fino a quando non saranno soddisfatte le condizioni poste dall’Iran riguardo al Libano. Le affermazioni del presidente statunitense Donald Trump sulla risposta iraniana contraddicono completamente la realtà”.
Ma il capo della Casa Bianca, come osservato sin dall’inizio del conflitto, ha spesso avanzato dichiarazioni e ultimatum che non hanno avuto seguito e che sono stati smentiti a stretto giro. Nel corso dell’intervista trova spazio anche il commento alle indiscrezioni di Axios rispetto a quanto pensi del primo ministro israeliano. Indiscrezioni che Trump ribadisce in pieno: ha confermato di aver dato del “fottutamente pazzo” a BenjaminNetanyahu, nel corso della loro recente telefonata per discutere del cessate il fuoco in Libano, ma ha ammesso comunque di “lavorare bene insieme” al primo ministro israeliano. “Ero un po’ turbato dai suoi continui combattimenti in Libano – ha detto Trump – Ma mi piace molto Bibi. E lavoro molto bene con lui. Io sono un presidente in tempo di guerra, e lui è un primo ministro in tempo di guerra”. Ha poi deriso le affermazioni secondo cui sarebbe stato ingannato da Netanyahu per entrare in guerra contro l’Iran. “Mi ha ingannato? Sono stato io a cominciare – ha detto -. Ho iniziato perché non possiamo permettere che l’Iran si doti di un’arma nucleare”. Questo, ha aggiunto, “riguarda Israele, perché probabilmente sarebbero stati i primi a essere colpiti. Israele non esisterebbe. Sapete cosa? Se non ci fossi stato io, Israele non esisterebbe adesso”.
Parla anche dell’ipotesi del tutto remota dell’invio di truppe Usa in Iran, tema caro all’opinione pubblica americana. “Abbiamo eliminato gran parte del loro esercito solo con le bombe”, ha detto, dunque non c’è alcun bisogno dell’invio di soldati sul campo. Ed esaltando se stesso per il lavoro svolto alla presidenza, ha descritto gli Stati Uniti come il Paese “più ‘hot’ e più di successo nel mondo”, tanto che anche il presidente cinese Xi Jinping – che ha incontrato a metà maggio a Pechino – “ammira” quanto ottenuto dal presidente americano nel suo secondo mandato alla guida del Paese. Infine, in contrapposizione al suo lavoro, dedica anche una parte dell’intervista a denigrare JoeBiden, definendo “stupide” le persone che facevano parte della sua squadra. E per marcare la differenza col predecessore, ha ricordato che le sue capacità cognitive sono “al 100%”.
A ideia de que os Estados Unidos podem intervir em outras nações para garantir os interesses das empresas norte-americanas não é uma novidade. Nem para Donald Trump nem para a indústria brasileira.
Uma demonstração disso foi a conclusão do governo norte-americano, divulgada nesta segunda-feira, 1º de junho, de uma investigação sobre o Brasil que propõe uma nova tarifa de 25% sobre os bens importados do país. A alegação é que o Brasil teria políticas e práticas comerciais injustas que iriam contra os interesses de organizações, serviços e produtos norte-americanos.
A imposição ou não da tarifa será decidida pelo presidente Donald Trump, que tem até 15 de julho para publicar a versão final do relatório do Escritório do Representante de Comércio dos EUA (USTR, na sigla em inglês), órgão que realizou a investigação a pedido do presidente dos Estados Unidos.
Seja agora, ou no tarifaço de 50% que chegou a ser aplicado pelo republicano ao Brasil, em agosto do ano passado e revertido pelo governo brasileiro, ou seja na penalização de 100% que parte da indústria nacional enfrentou há quase 40 anos, o dispositivo legal usado nas três ocasiões foi o mesmo: a seção 301 da Lei do Comércio de 1974, criada pelo Congresso dos Estados Unidos.
O objetivo, todas as vezes, foi redefinir os tratados comerciais com o Brasil. A lei prevê que retaliações comerciais sejam impostas unilateralmente para coibir “práticas comerciais desleais”, de outros países, consideradas prejudiciais aos interesses norte-americanos. A justificativa dos Estados Unidos seria trocar a lógica do livre comércio (free trade) pelo comércio justo (fair trade).
Justo para quem?
A primeira retaliação ao Brasil, com base na seção 301, ocorreu entre 1988 e 1991. Empresas de tecnologia como a Apple e, em especial, a indústria farmacêutica, estiveram nos bastidores da decisão de taxar em 100% os produtos brasileiros que entravam nos EUA. Já em agosto de 2025, como já mostrou a Agência Pública, as cordas estavam sendo puxadas pelas big techs. Agora, entre diversos fatores econômicos e políticos, as empresas norte-americanas de cartão de crédito aparecem entre as interessadas, já que um dos mecanismos mais citados no relatório do USTR, entre aqueles considerados “injustos”, está o PIX brasileiro.
Computadores e remédios: o primeiro – e maior – tarifaço
Na base do tarifaço de 100% sofrido pelo Brasil em 1988 estão dois bisavôs brasileiros de nossos notebooks pessoais: o Unitron AP II e MAC-512. Os projetos apresentados pela empresa Unitron Eletrônica à antiga Secretaria Especial de Informática (SEI), entre 1982 e 1985, fez a Apple acionar o governo norte-americano por ações contra o Brasil.
A revolta era justificada já que a empresa brasileira alterava os modelos que tinham licença para produzir. Algumas versões adicionavam formas de acentuação que fariam sentido em português, mas não no inglês. Até hoje este é conhecido como um dos primeiros casos de clones da Apple no mundo. E por que a empresa não produzia ela mesma os Macs da época? Por que a Política Nacional de Informática no Brasil proibia a fabricação de computadores estrangeiros justamente para desenvolver a indústria nacional. O mesmo valia para importações.
Os Estados Unidos, então, abriram em 1987 uma investigação contra a prática comercial brasileira e incluíram o país na lista “Special 301” de “observação prioritária”. Soa familiar?
O tarifaço passou a valer um ano depois, após a indústria farmacêutica se juntar ao coro. O “problema”, de fato, era que o Brasil integrava as nações que não reconheciam patentes para medicamentos – o direito legal de explorar exclusivamente alguma substância descoberta, atualmente estabelecido em 20 anos.
O tarifaço dos anos 80 só foi suspenso após um compromisso público do recém-eleito presidente Fernando Collor de Melo, em 26 de junho de 1990, quando a investigação promovida pelos EUA também foi encerrada, já na era George Bush (o pai).
Revertido, tarifaço de 2025 chegava a 50%
Um novo tarifaço aos produtos brasileiros só voltaria a ocorrer em agosto do ano passado.
Na época, os EUA representavam cerca de 4% de todas as exportações brasileiras, ou aproximadamente 2% do PIB (produto interno bruto) do Brasil. Café, calçados, carne bovina, tecidos e frutas (exceto laranja e seu suco) estavam entre os 3,8 mil produtos que passaram a ser alvos do tarifaço de 50%.
Essa, entretanto, não era a totalidade da exportação feita pelo Brasil aos EUA naquela época. As cobranças consideravam 35,9% das mercadorias exportadas (que representavam 44,6% do valor total das vendas). Ou seja, metade do que o país vendia aos norte-americanos continuou na regra dos 10% impostos globalmente pelo governo Trump. Entre os produtos, alguns de alto valor, 694 ficaram de fora da cobrança de 50% determinada pela Casa Branca.
Por meio de negociações bilaterais, as principais taxas impostas em 2025 caíram, via decreto do presidente Donald Trump, em novembro daquele ano. A maioria dos produtos, cerca de 200 itens, eram agrícolas, entre eles carne, café e alguns fertilizantes à base de amônia.
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