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President Trump told American military leaders to “prepare for possible action” in Nigeria on Saturday. In a Truth Social post, he deemed Nigeria a “country of particular concern” and said “something must be done” to stop the slaughter of Christians in the nation. Perhaps President Trump will accomplish some good in stopping Nigeria’s massacres, but Bible prophecy shows the U.S. will gain little much influence in the region. Using the Bible, Gerald Flurry showed which countries will gain the greatest influence over Africa in “Watch Algeria!”
The billionaire is making headlines for admitting that changes in the weather “will not lead to humanity’s demise.” For 20 years, he and his foundation have used “global warming” and then “climate change” to advocate for draconian industrial and social changes in America and other advanced nations. But his new 17-page memo, released October 28, has suddenly swapped out crises. “The metric that should count even more than emissions and temperature change [is] improving lives,” the memo states. “Our chief goal should be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions who live in the world’s poorest countries.” Gates’s drastic de-emphasis of climate change as it has fallen out of favor is yet another piece of evidence that climate change was a hoax that was adopted to advance radical policies.
“The civil war in Syria is over,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said yesterday in a press conference. “There are now no longer any grounds for asylum in Germany, which means we can also begin repatriations. Those who then refuse to return to the country can, of course, be deported in the future.” Last week Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul questioned the possibility of deporting people to Syria, citing the extent of destruction in the war-ravaged country. But the chancellor and the interior minister are speaking out in favor of deportations. According to Bible prophecy, Germany and Syria will form a close alliance. The return of hundreds of thousands of Syrians from Germany could help foster a strong relationship.
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan killed 20 people and injured 320 early this morning, according to the regime’s Health Ministry. The shaking also caused a rockslide that trapped and injured individuals on a mountain highway. This follows an August earthquake in the country that killed more than 2,200 people. Bible prophecy predicts an increase in seismic events leading up to the return of Jesus Christ, a trend the Trumpet has followed for decades. To understand what these tragedies indicate and why God allows them, read Why ‘Natural’ Disasters?
The Trump administration will allow only 7,500 refugees into the U.S. in 2026, the White House announced Thursday. President Trump specified that these admissions will mostly be reserved for white South Africans, who have suffered race-based persecution for several years. President Joe Biden set the official annual immigration cap to 125,000, not including the millions tacitly allowed to enter illegally through the southern border. President Trump’s reduction of immigration helps stabilize the rapidly deteriorating nation and reflects a prophesied temporary resurgence, as Gerald Flurry explains in his book America Under Attack.
The Trump administration has reportedly signaled to European allies that it plans to reduce U.S. forces in Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia, following the October 29 announcement of a similar scale-down in Romania. U.S. military presence in Eastern Europe swelled by some 20,000 troops after Russia invaded Ukraine, but the U.S. now intends to bring half of these troops home. According to the Kyiv Post, the Trump administration has justified this drawdown by saying European armies are now better equipped to handle continental defense. Yet many suspect the real reason is that America no longer wants to be involved in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Two federal judges have ruled that the Trump administration cannot suspend funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as “food stamps.” Congressional Democrats have blocked the current federal spending bill, forcing a government shutdown, so snap funds would have run out Saturday. U.S. district judges Indira Talwani and John J. McConnell Jr. ruled that the government must resort to emergency funds to sustain the program. Political analysts expected such a ruling, but the fact that 42 million Americans receive federal food assistance, and that this assistance almost ran out, highlights how close the nation is to bankruptcy, crisis, civil unrest and rioting.
President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster so that Republicans can bypass Democrats and reopen the federal government. The filibuster is a long-standing tactic whereby a single senator continues addressing the chamber until the session ends, delaying or preventing the body from casting a vote. Senate rules currently require 60 votes to overcome a filibuster, but the majority party can amend the rules to require a simple majority of 51 votes. The majority parties have used this “nuclear option” three times since 2013 on particular categories of legislation, and Trump wants it used now so that the 53 Republican senators can reopen the federal government on Republican terms. The dispute shows that the government is extremely divided and willing to throw out century-old rules of moderation, rules that Democrats likewise can and have thrown out when they take the majority.
Germany’s largest company reported a $1.25 billion loss in its third quarter, a substantial decline from the same time last year and its first loss since 2020. The $53 billion multinational conglomerate attributed the loss to U.S. tariffs, failed transitions to electric vehicles, and Chinese competition. The recent “polycrisis” in the German auto industry has cost tens of billions of dollars and 52,000 jobs between the summers of 2024 and 2025. It is forcing Volkswagen and other manufacturers to seriously consider diversifying into the production of lucrative military equipment. Volkswagen’s ceo publicly entertained the idea in March, raising concerns because the company was founded under and served Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime, using forced labor to make war machines. For decades, the Trumpet has watched closely the militarization of German industry due to its role in Bible prophecies.
The training program is part of an August agreement aimed at rebuilding Syria’s military capabilities. Turkey also confirmed on Thursday that a new security wall along its borders with Syria and Iran is nearly complete. The wall is intended to curb illegal migration, smuggling and terrorist activity. The announcements coincide with Germany’s foreign minister visiting Syria and Germany’s chancellor visiting Turkey last week. The alliance forming between these three countries fulfills a critical aspect of Bible prophecy.
Huge crowds of ultra-Orthodox protesters crowded Jerusalem last week to push back against military conscription. Most Israelis are conscripted at age 18, but members of the devout Haredi community have been unofficially exempted since Israel’s founding in 1948. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled last year that this exemption had no legal basis and that the military must also conscript ultra-Orthodox citizens. The military has sent out tens of thousands of draft notices but has refused to go after draft dodgers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition relies on politicians who have threatened to end the coalition to protect ultra-Orthodox interests. The current controversy reflects the severity of the divisions within Israeli society.
An al Qaeda affiliate is poised to capture Mali’s capital city: The Support Group for Islam and Muslims has overrun much of the country and is now blockading Bamako. Mali, a former French colony, relied on French peacekeepers to fight radical Islam, but following a 2021 coup, Mali’s new government has pressured France to leave. The current situation shows that Mali and other West African countries battling radical Islam have little choice but to return to Europe. Chapter 5 of Gerald Flurry’s free booklet The King of the South analyzes how this trend aligns with Bible prophecy.
China and India continue to buy Russian oil despite new U.S. sanctions on two major Russian suppliers, Rosneft and Lukoil. Indian Oil Corp. announced Tuesday it would continue to buy non-sanctioned Russian oil, even though many Indian refineries have temporarily halted their purchases. Meanwhile, China plans to increase its imports of Russian oil. China’s newest refinery, Yulong, has ordered a record-breaking 15 shipments of Russian oil for November, the equivalent of over 370,000 barrels a day. Sources suggest these shipments will continue to increase. This indicates significant economic cooperation and aligns with Bible prophecy, which foretells an alliance among these nations.
The U.S. Army will return one brigade with troops stationed in Romania to its Kentucky home, it announced Wednesday. “This is not an American withdrawal from Europe or a signal of lessened commitment to nato and Article 5. Rather, this is a positive sign of increased European capability and responsibility,” said a press release from the U.S. Army Europe and Africa. This move leaves just 1,000 U.S. soldiers in Romania, a small nation bordered by Ukraine, at a time of increased Russian belligerence. It encourages Romania to rely on the European Union and Germany for its defense. According to Bible prophecy, decreased U.S. presence in Europe is a serious miscalculation that will accelerate the Continent’s militarization.
China is rebuilding Iran’s missile program, cnn reported yesterday. Despite the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions, European intelligence sources told cnn that Iran has been importing sodium perchlorate, a main ingredient in missile propellant, from China since September. This revelation comes just as President Trump is touting an “amazing” meeting with Xi Jinping. Iran may have suffered serious setbacks during the American-Israeli bombardment of its nuclear program in June, but as Joel Hilliker wrote in the aftermath, assuming that Iran is now finished “is wishful thinking.”
Early-onset cancers have risen dramatically since 1990 as alcoholism, chronic stress, obesity, poor diet and self-medication patterns take a toll. A new report from the Conversation shows that ultra-processed diets and frequent antibiotics/antacids can disrupt the microbiome, potentially raising the risk of digestive cancer. This means that millennials (people born between 1981 and 1995) are now the first generation at greater risk of developing cancerous tumors than their parents. The solution to this problem is a societal shift toward minimally processed foods, weight management, alcohol moderation and better sleep schedules.
Russia tested Poseidon, its new nuclear underwater drone, it announced yesterday. Launched by submarines and engineered “to explode near coastlines and unleash a powerful radioactive tsunami,” the 110-ton weapon can travel an astonishing 124 mph underwater. Poseidon was first announced by Vladimir Putin in 2018 as one of six “superweapons.” The drone carries a nuclear warhead with power “significantly higher than that of our most advanced Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile,” according to Putin. Poseidon’s testing is the latest in a string of recent Russian weaponry tests, provoking Europe to militarize and unify.
At least 30 people have been reported dead in the wake of Hurricane Melissa crossing the Caribbean. The slow-moving category-5 hurricane made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, leaving more than 77 percent of homes without electricity by Wednesday evening. It also caused flooding in Haiti, where 25 of the deaths occurred. Rescue missions are ongoing. Consider “The Question Raised by Melissa’s Devastation.”
Judge Susan Illston issued a temporary injunction prohibiting the Trump administration from serving reduction-in-force notices until the government reopens. Article ii of the Constitution gives the president authority over all members of the executive branch, so the absence of career bureaucrats during a government shutdown should not affect the authority of the chief executive. President Trump would like to permanently fire 10,000 bureaucrats during the shutdown; activist judges are doing everything they can to protect the “deep state” by thwarting him.
The Communist country will buy 40 Russian Su-35 fighter jets in a secretive $8 billion deal, the New York Times reported Monday. This is Vietnam’s largest arms deal yet using “money flow[ing] through joint oil-and-gas ventures [with Russia] instead of traditional cross-border banking channels,” United24 wrote. This is part of the nation’s recent shift from the West and comes one month after Russia proposed building a Vietnamese nuclear power plant. This deal furthers the prophesied Russia-led Asian alliance that will include Vietnam.
The Dutch are voting in their third election in five years today. The anti-Islam Geert Wilders is expected to come in first place but not to govern. Wilders refused to compromise his anti-migration stance in June, triggering the end of the previous coalition. As a result, the other major parties have ruled out working with him. With four different parties all polling close to Wilders’s, it is hard to know who the next leader of the Netherlands will be. Last time it took nearly six months to negotiate a coalition. This is another symptom of Europe’s leadership void.
Belgium is becoming a narco-state, a senior judge warned in an open letter on Monday. “We are facing an organized threat that is undermining our institutions,” she warned. “Extensive mafia structures have taken hold, becoming a parallel force that challenges not only the police but also the judiciary.” “An attack with a bomb or weapons of war, a home invasion, or a kidnapping are all easily ordered online,” she wrote. “You don’t even have to go to the dark web; a Snapchat account is all it takes Moreover, it’s not even expensive; often a few hundred euros is enough.” This is yet another social crisis for Europe that is largely caused by mass immigration.
Abc News’ Jonathan Karl’s upcoming book Retribution says former President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “privately agreed to abstain from making any endorsements” and that “the Obamas were not happy” when many influential Democrats—including Pelosi—endorsed Harris less than 24 hours after Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race in 2024. Obama reportedly responded to Pelosi’s endorsement with an angry phone call. In a July 6, 2024, lecture—weeks before Biden dropped out—Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry said God was “blotting out … the power [Obama] has.” Based on Bible prophecy, he said Obama was “being silenced, and we can expect more of that.” To learn more about the prophecies of Obama and his silence, read Mr. Flurry’s article “America’s Supreme Court Has Fulfilled Bible Prophecy.”
America’s second-largest private employer is laying off 14,000 corporate employees to make the company leaner and less bureaucratic while it looks to invest in artificial intelligence. “This generation of AI is the most transformative technology we’ve seen since the Internet, and it’s enabling companies to innovate much faster than ever before (in existing market segments and altogether new ones),” wrote Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology. “We’re convinced that we need to be organized more leanly, with fewer layers and more ownership, to move as quickly as possible for our customers and businesses.” Both Meta and Microsoft have also recently laid off employees due to AI innovation. This technology revolution could spike unemployment as the economy adjusts.
President Trump negotiated a trade and critical minerals agreement with Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia during an asean-U.S. Summit in Malaysia on Sunday. This pact comes as China, which has a near monopoly on critical rare earths, has imposed stricter controls on them. Though the pact is a positive development for U.S. manufacturing, the Trumpet expects its benefits to fade as China increases its influence over smaller Asian nations.
