The United Arab Emirates is striking Iranian targets. Qatar is expelling Hamas. Arab countries are flying strikes in concert with US and Israeli fighter pilots in the same airspace.
The Middle East is being reshaped, and not in the way that the transnational elite, Russia, China, Iran, and many others either hoped or anticipated.
Russia's Lavrov meets with Arab ambassadors in Moscow who request that he pressure Iran to de-escalate.
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) March 8, 2026
Lavrov rejects their requests and points out that they have not condemned the bombing of the girls' school in Iran, and that Bahrain reportedly is seeking to introduce a… pic.twitter.com/PhvR8wVQSi
Russia's Lavrov meets with Arab ambassadors in Moscow who request that he pressure Iran to de-escalate.
Lavrov rejects their requests and points out that they have not condemned the bombing of the girls' school in Iran, and that Bahrain reportedly is seeking to introduce a resolution at the UNSC that condemns Iran's retaliation, but not Israel and the US for initiating the war.
Whether that is accurate or not, Lavrov's response seems to suggest that 9 days into the war, Moscow's position is moving closer to that of Tehran.
The United Kingdom and Canada have both mused about building strategic relationships with China, and in almost no time at all, the Chinese and Russians are losing power and prestige, both because their closest allies are dropping like flies and their weapons have been shown to be impotent.
The elite is big mad.
The UAE, Bahrain, and now possibly Saudi Arabia will all expand their cooperation with Israel due to this war. What a laughable sentence in the FT https://t.co/f1lIzIXCiu
— Nadav Pollak (@NadavPollak) March 8, 2026
Trump has made clear that he is keeping score on what our allies and adversaries are doing, and that doesn't bode well for either Mark Carney or Keir Starmer.
🚨NEW
— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) March 8, 2026
Mark Carney explains how Canada has been COMPLETELY CUTOUT from ALL decision-making, planning and intelligence
for operation Epic Fury
he goes on to explain that NO ONE else in the world has asked Canada for ANYTHING either.
No one wants to deal with us anymore. pic.twitter.com/nF7TglcGtK
Trump has torpedoed Keir Starmer's political career, which has been holed below the waterline as he has been exposed as weak and feckless.
This is a worrying moment.
— Stuey Beef 🇬🇧🏴 (@stuey_beef) March 7, 2026
The US President publicly dismissing a UK military deployment with:
“We don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won.”
For decades Britain’s strength came from being America’s closest and most trusted ally.
Now we’re being told not to…
This is a worrying moment.
The US President publicly dismissing a UK military deployment with:
“We don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won.”
For decades Britain’s strength came from being America’s closest and most trusted ally.
Now we’re being told not to bother showing up.
How did we get here?
We have suffered our worst national humiliation since the Suez debacle, if not the fall of Singapore. This time, though, we lack the excuse of having been pressured by allies or attacked by foes. The decision to cower and plead neutrality even as Iranian proxies were lobbing…
— Daniel Hannan (@DanielJHannan) March 7, 2026
By the time that Operation Epic Fury is complete—assuming that Trump can declare victory—Russia, China, Spain, the UK, and Canada will have been taken down two or three pegs, and the US will have established a new Pax Americana.
Trump: "Cuba's at the end of the line... they have a bad regime that's been bad for a long time." pic.twitter.com/f7xLtLa7d6
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) March 7, 2026
Trump is handling all the family business. Maduro is gone, and Venezuela is doing business with the United States. Latin American countries are joining a coalition to fight the cartels. And Cuba is already begging for mercy, as its Venezuelan lifeline has been cut.
President Trump 🤣
— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) February 27, 2026
"a friendly takeover of Cuba..."
Quote:
"The Cuban government is talking with us. They have no money. They have nothing right now. But they're talking with us... We could very well end up having a friendly takeover of Cuba..." pic.twitter.com/oheUv3OM1b
The transnational elite has spent decades building the current international order, and the last decade trying to prevent Trump's toppling of it.
President Donald J. Trump with leaders from across Latin America at the Shield of the Americas Summit. pic.twitter.com/f9mBTSANei
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 7, 2026
But at the moment, it looks like we have better allies, at least on regional matters, in the Middle East than in Europe. But if Trump's successes keep piling up, we will start to see democratic regime changes in Europe, too.
🚨BREAKING 🚨 Qatar to the US: We will expel the Hamas leadership from our territory, after they refused to condemn the Iranian attacks - N12
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) March 8, 2026
Trump could, in the space of a few months, completely upend the world order and reshape it to favor American economic and military might.
It's striking how upset the Democrats and the transnational elite are about recent events, when countries that are actually enduring attacks from Iran are shrugging their shoulders and buckling down, knowing that Trump is doing the world a favor.
“What got me surprised, really, is how nonchalant it feels here. All of these attacks, the number of missiles and drones that have been targeted at the UAE, that is actually more than all of the missiles that went to all of the other countries Iran has targeted. Yet we can drive… https://t.co/g7LaHAargW
— أحمد شريف العامري (@AhmedSharif) March 8, 2026
“What got me surprised, really, is how nonchalant it feels here. All of these attacks, the number of missiles and drones that have been targeted at the UAE, that is actually more than all of the missiles that went to all of the other countries Iran has targeted. Yet we can drive outside, we go to the mall, we go to restaurants, we go to the mosque for prayer.”— @MABaharoon , Director-General of Dubai Public Policy Research Centre (b’huth)
@MABaharoon captured something many people outside the UAE struggle to understand.
When they hear numbers like missiles, drones, attacks they expect chaos. The reality inside the UAE looks completely different. Life continues. People go to the mall, families sit in restaurants, worshippers walk to the mosque for prayer.
This calm is not accidental. It reflects a country built on preparation, strong institutions, and leadership that places the safety of everyone in this nation, citizens, residents, and visitors as a priority.
That quiet normality he describes is the result of years of planning and a system that works exactly when it is needed most.
Very well said❤️🇦🇪
All this, and Trump has only been in office for one year and two months.
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