malaysiakini logo
story-image
mk-logo
Columns
COMMENT | Tweets to tectonics: Nato wanes, Global South rises
ADS
COMMENT | It began, again, with a tweet. US President Donald Trump, from his digital podium, declared that Iran and Israel had “come to him” asking for peace, promising a future of “LOVE, PEACE AND PROSPERITY.”

The post went viral. Commentators scrambled. Headlines reframed. But beneath the performance lay the more troubling reality: real peace is nowhere in sight and never was.

Just hours after this so-called peace overture, Israel unleashed another wave of airstrikes. Yet we already know Israel’s operations are routinely underwritten by US logistics and satellite support.

Emir Research has long highlighted this conceptual bifurcation within the United States, now increasingly visible even to the most unscrupulous observers.

On one side, a political class desperate to...


Please join the Malaysiakini WhatsApp Channel to get the latest news and views that matter.

Unlocking Article
Unlocking Article
View Comments