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Trump’s Deal for Peace in the Middle East Collapsing Like a House of Cards

Monday, October 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump was all over TV touting the cease-fire he brokered between Hamas and Israel as “peace in the Middle East.” But less than a week later, his deal is collapsing in blood, hypocrisy, and self-promotion. iPINIONS exposes the war profiteers posing as peacemakers, and the media cheering them on. Read it on my Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trumps-deal-for-peace-in-the-middle Read more.

Namibia: The Blueprint for Women’s Rule

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Namibia has done what so many nations only talk about — put women firmly in charge. iPINIONS asserts that its female-majority government offers a glimpse of what leadership looks like when empathy, collaboration, and competence replace ego, partisanship, and bluster. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/namibia-the-blueprint-for-womens Read more.

Trump’s 2025 UN Speech: America’s Moral Bankruptcy on Full Display

Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump strutted into the UN General Assembly, turned it into grotesque theater, and left America exposed as morally bankrupt. From bragging about a Nobel Prize he’ll never get, to enabling Netanyahu’s war crimes, to echoing Putin’s playbook, Trump’s speech showed how far America has fallen — from global leader to global pariah. iPINIONS cuts through… Read more.

Trump Begging for Nobel Peace Prize like a Child Crying for a Participation Trophy

Friday, September 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump’s obsession with the Nobel Peace Prize isn’t about peace; it’s about praise. iPINIONS shows how his tantrums expose both his narcissism and the Prize’s long history of dubious winners. Read my take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-begging-for-nobel-peace-prize Read more.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra Ousted: Thailand’s Never-Ending “Asia Spring” and the Medici-Like Dynasty

Friday, September 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Thailand has ousted Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of Thaksin, in yet another dynastic collapse. iPINIONS traces how the Shinawatras have turned Thai politics into a Medici-like merry-go-round (exiles, proxies, comebacks, and downfalls) all under the shadow of King Vajiralongkorn’s palace-military order. Read my full post on Substack:  https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/paetongtarn-shinawatra-ousted-thailands Read more.

Yet Again: Israel Bombs a Gaza Hospital, ‘Never Again’ Be Damned

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Israel bombed yet another hospital in Gaza, killing civilians and making Orwellian mockery of “Never Again.” From famine to settler pogroms, Netanyahu’s genocidal war has stripped Israel of moral authority. iPINIONS lays bare the dark inversion of values once claimed as sacred. Read my take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/yet-again-israel-bombs-a-gaza-hospital Read more.

TACO Trump Puts $50m Bounty on Maduro’s Head

Monday, August 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump has slapped a $50m bounty on Nicolás Maduro, parading weakness as strength and turning U.S. foreign policy into a cheap Wild West stunt. But this bounty circus is more than hollow bravado. It exposes how Trump waves cash around when he can’t deliver power, while America’s history of covert action shows that real regime… Read more.

Trump-Putin Summit in Alaska 2025: A Helsinki Rerun of National Embarrassment

Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump rolled out the red carpet in Alaska,  literally, only to let Putin strut as the puppet master. No deals, no ceasefire, just humiliation for America and a PR win for a war criminal. iPINIONS warned it would be so… Read it on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-putin-summit-alaska-2025-played Read more.

Wither Sudan: The Atlantic Echoes Alarm I’ve Been Sounding for Years

Monday, August 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Sudan is burning, millions are starving, and the world is shrugging. For years, iPINIONS has been sounding the alarm about this war; its man-made famine, its atrocities, and its cynical use of hunger as a weapon. Now The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum has finally turned her lens on this most nihilistic conflict on Earth, echoing warnings… Read more.

From Helsinki to Ukraine: Trump Is Still Appeasing Putin

Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Helsinki saw Trump throw American intelligence under the bus for Putin. Now he’s inviting this wanted war criminal to America to carve up Ukraine—without Zelensky at the table. Forget the Nobel Peace Prize. iPINIONS thinks this warrants the igNobel Prize. Read it on my Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/from-helsinki-to-ukraine-trump-is Read more.