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While President Trump is choosing his cabinet, tensions are boiling over in Ukraine. Although some may see it as bluster, the involvement of North Korean soldiers marks the widening of the conflict. As I noted before, the timing couldn’t be better for expansion by the so-called "Axis of Evil," right into a U.S. presidential election. Russia is effectively China's puppet, with both working in coordination with Iran and North Korea. Everything appears meticulously planned, and I think tensions will only heighten. This doesn't even account for the Middle East, where Israel is fighting on three fronts, or the multiple conflicts in the South China Sea, which China claims to own 90% of.

Here’s a Wall Street Journal article, "U.S. Shrugs as World War III Approaches," which provides a bipartisan view on growing threats and perceived American weakness: U.S. Shrugs as World War III Approaches. I’ve been warning of these rising threats for over two years, and they seem only to be escalating. After supplying arms to Ukraine and Israel, there’s no doubt U.S. arms stockpiles are at historic lows. I don’t know how this will end, but the trajectory toward war appears to be intensifying daily.