UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Gives a National Address – Things Will Never Be the Same Again

April 1, 2026 | Sundance |

Against the backdrop of the Iran conflict, crisis in the Middle East and the disruption of energy supplies due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz,U.K Prime Minister Keir Starmer held an urgent meeting with British business leaders, finance and bankers as well as U.K insurance leaders. At the conclusion of that meeting, he informed media of a national address.

During the national address to the people of Great Britain, Prime MinisterStarmer emphasized that events in the Middle East have forever changedthe landscape ofU.K. economic and geopolitical policy.

Signaling an inflection point crossed, the British prime minister announced thaturgent actions were being taken to mitigate a national crisis.

Additionally, accepting the U.S. position toward NATO, andthe U.K appears to be permanently shifted, Starmer said theBritish relationship with Europe now becomes critical to their vital national security interests. Againstthe backdrop of an end to the “special relationship” with America, theBrexit independence from the European Union is now a threat.

The United Kingdommust find a way to reunite with the European Union, because if it remains alone, withoutkey support and protection from the USA, the British Empire is at risk of collapse. WATCH:

Keir Starmer gives an updatehow the government is supporting people with the cost of living

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https://www.youtu.be/Dp0Q2Njfac0

President Trump is also scheduledto deliver a national address at 9:00pm Wednesday.

Secretary of StateMarco Rubio gave an interviewwith Fox News last nightspecifically centered around a changed U.S.-NATO relationship(that interview coming next).

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/04/01/uk-prime-minister-keir-starmer-gives-a-national-address-things-will-never-be-the-same-again/

Does the City of London think they can scare Trump and America? KEK I can’t wait to see what happens in the EU when there is no NATO support from US. Boo hoo we won’t miss them, they’re are so arrogant, that they think the US will need them. Trump always has plans for change long before the action.)

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I heartedly dispense this arrogant retard..

So he’s saving the citizens money according to him. Doubtful, as his goals is to use renewables. His promises bullshit. Mirroring Trump.

>>24453133 he’s a idiot, and the majority of citizens hates him



Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Question Must be Asked: “Why are we in NATO”

April 1, 2026 | Sundance | 190 Comments

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears on Fox News to discuss the various goals and objectives of the U.S. military operation against Iran. As part of the interview SecretaryRubio was asked about the strategic conflicts and hypocrisies now flowing from NATO member states.

The U.S. supports our NATO posture in Europe in part because it provides us with strategic military bases and operations that are considered vital to our national interests.However, as outlined in the Iran conflict, when we need to use those strategic bases the NATO member states withdraw previous permissions. France has blocked us from flying over their airspace, Spain and Italy have saidthe U.S. cannot use our military bases on their soil for operations?. TheU.K has refused to protect and/or escort their own energy assets.

The NATO membershipis now a one-way streetwhere they demand our military protection,but Europe blocks us from using our own military assets for our independent operations.

Europe, while hiding behind theNATO protection skirt of the U.S, is simultaneously telling the U.S. what we can and cannot do with our own military. Secretary Rubio and President Trump are now confronting this very visible one-way benefit head on. WATCH (prompted).

THIS GUY IS A LIAR’: Rubio drops stark warning

Secretary of State Marco Rubio breaks down the Trump administration’s reasoning for attacking Iran, the state of Venezuela, Cuba

https://youtu.be/QZ0Y_w4AZyA

(What the U.S. should do with those bases in all those countries, is strip them of the trillionson arms., Buildings, dogs, vehicles, office equipment and every damn last thing stripped to be bring back to America, like Afghanistan was supposed to go.== Every single country those bases are in, will have to send their own citizens to strip it down with directions from the US.Military. They will seriously regret what they are trying to do to the US, with there European New World Order. Plus they have no idea what they will do while trade is chopped to those countries. And when the terrorist Muslims rise about against each country, there’s no US military help from us. I can’t understand, with them knowing Trump along with the war is running a country with more citizens than the EU combined, why they chose this fight, except they are cowards.)

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/04/01/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-the-question-must-be-asked-why-are-we-in-nato/

Australian Prime Minister Albanese Gives National Address – Conserve Fuel, or Else!

April 1, 2026 | Sundance |

Three days ago, the Australian government was downplaying reports of a serious shortage of fuel. Today the Australian Prime Minister gives a national address and warns Aussies to conserve fuel, or else things will get sketchy.

In non-pretending terms: it’s Australia – PREPARE FOR THE SKETCHY!

Theleaders of Canada, Great Britain and now Australia have delivered national addresses in the past 36-hrs about Iran, the subsequent energy issues and the geopolitical shifts currently underway they cannot control.Keep in mind, the other thing these countries have in common is they are four (count NZ in AU) of the Five-Eyes countries. The remaining eye is the USA, and President Trump is scheduled to deliver his national address tonight at 9:00pm Eastern.

For the folks down under it is worth remembering their COVID-19 experience. When the government starts saying, ‘we hope you will voluntarily consider doing XXX’, the next thing that comes in the ‘conservation’ effort are government mandates, travel restrictions, lockdowns, rations and severe authoritarian control mechanisms. It’s the Australian way.

For this example, Prime Minister Anthony Albanesedelivers “a rare address to the nation” outlining his government’s response to the Middle East conflict and fuel crisis. “The months ahead may not be easy. I want to be up front about that,” Albanese warns. He then continues, “we will deal with these global challenges, the ‘[¹]Australian way’,” which should forewarn every person in Australia that government control mechanisms are being planned immediately. Good luck! WATCH:

I always found it ratherremarkable that the countries who pushed the Build Back Better agenda the hardest; the countries who pushed climate change and complete restructuring of energy policies the most; were the exact same countries who triggered the expansive sanction regime against Russia. (reminder map below)

[¹] “The Australian Way“

IN FULL: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers address to the nation on fuel crisis | ABC NEWS

Anthony Albanese has delivered a rare address to the nation outlining his government's response to the Middle East conflict and fuel crisis.

https://www.youtu.be/QMb8wrquExg

Sanctions Map – Participating Countries in Yellow

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/04/01/australian-prime-minister-albanese-gives-national-address-conserve-fuel-or-else/

Dubai crackdown hits Iran’s economic lifeline, squeezes IRGC networks

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Negar Mojtahedi (1/3)

The arrest of dozens of IRGC-linked money changers in the United Arab Emirates is one of the most serious blows yet to Tehran’s sanctions-evasion network, laying bare how heavily the Islamic Republic has depended on Dubai as an economic lifeline.

Sources familiar with the matter told Iran International thatUAE authorities detained dozens of money changers tied to financial entities linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, shut downassociated companies and closed their offices.

The crackdown follows days of mounting regional tensions and comes after other measurestargeting Iranian nationals, includingvisa revocationsandtighter travel restrictions through Dubai.

For years, Dubai has served as Iran’s main offshore financial artery, where oil proceeds, petrochemical revenues and rialconversions were turned into dollars, dirhams and eurosbeyond the reach of the country’s battered domestic banking system.

“This is going to be a real problem for Tehran because Dubai was an economic lung for the Iranian regime,” Jason Brodsky of United Against Nuclear Iran told Iran International.

“That is economic pressure and diplomatic isolation in a way that the UAE is able to employ against the Iranian regime, andit will have a very considerable impact.”

'Most critical hub'

According to Miad Maleki, a former senior US Treasury sanctions strategist and now a senior fellow at FDD,the UAE is not just one sanctions-evasion hub among many.

“TheUAE is the single most critical jurisdiction in the Iranian regime’s sanctions-evasion architecture,” Maleki said.

Dubai’s exchange houses havelong given the IRGC and the Quds Force access to the hard currencyneeded tofinance proxy groupsincluding Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis and militias in Iraq.

The detention of trusted IRGC-linked money changers threatens networks that took years to build.

“These trust-based sarraf (money changer)relationships, bank accounts and corporate structuresare not quickly replaceable,” Maleki said.

He added thateven exchange housesuntouched by the crackdownwere now likely to think twice before processing Iran-linked transactions, sharply raising both the cost and therisk of doing business with the Guards.

The pressure comes as Iran’s domestic economy is already under severe strain.

Foreignreserves, once estimated at around $120 billion in 2018, had fallen below $9 billion by 2020, leaving Iran increasingly reliant on offshore currency channels.

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Dubai as ‘washing machine’

Mohammad Machine-Chian, a senior economic journalist at Iran International, said the UAE remains Iran’s most important economic conduit after China.

“The UAE is Iran’s most critical economic lifeline after China,” he said.

He said Dubai’sfree zones host hundreds of Iranian-linked shell companiesused to mask oil and petrochemical sales, launder proceeds and channel hard currency back to Tehran.

Bilateral trade has hoveredbetween $16 billion and $28 billion in recent years, with Iranian non-oil exports alone reaching roughly $6 billion to $7 billion annually, according to Machine-Chian.

A sustained crackdown could cost Tehran tens of billions of dollars in revenue streams while severing what he described as Iran’s “USD cash lifeline.”

Dubai has alsofunctioned as a transit point for illicit Iranian fundsmoving onwardto North America, including transfers routed to theUnited States and Canadathrough correspondent banking and hawala networks.

As Maleki put it, “Dubai is the washing machine: Iranian oil proceeds and rial conversions go in,sanitized dirham and dollar transactions come out.”

From diplomacy to backlash

Beyond the financial damage, analysts say thecrackdown reflects a broader political rupture between Tehran and the Persian Gulf states.

Brodsky said Iran’s attacks on neighboring countries had transformed the strategic environment in the region.

“The relationship betweenIran and the GCC countries is not going to go backto the way it was before Operation Epic Fury,” he said. (That is why Iran was so stupid to piss them off by bombing them. Iran thought their allies would just take it)

Where Persian Gulf states had oncepushed for diplomacy, Iran’s retaliation has instead driven them closer to Washington and Israel.

For years, Tehran sought to encircle Israel in what it called a“ring of fire”through regional proxies.

Now, Brodsky said, theIslamic Republic has reversed that dynamic.

“They wanted to encircle Israel in a ring of fire,” he said. “Now they are basically encircling themselves in a ring of fire because they’ve beenangering their neighbors with all of their attacks.”

He said that reversal could carry long-term consequences,including deeper Persian Gulf-Israel security coordinationand new openings for the Abraham Accords. (Doubtful they still dislike the leaders there.)

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“The missile threat and drone threat have become paramount in this conflict,” Brodsky said.“That could drive these countries even closer to the US and Israel.”

'Collapse within weeks'

The UAE crackdown comes as signs of mounting economic distress are mounting inside Iran.

Sources previously told Iran International that President Masoud Pezeshkian had warned senior officials thatwithout a ceasefire, the economy could face collapse within weeks.

Across major cities, ATMs havebeen running short of cash, banking services have faced intermittent disruptions and government workers have reported months of delayed salary payments.

With inflation in essential goods already above 100 percent before the war, theloss of Dubai’s financial channels could deepen the regime’s crisis.

For Tehran, the arrests in the UAE aremore than a financial disruption.

They may signal that one of Iran’s most dependable external pressure valves is starting to close.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603319804

Trump says he’s considering pulling U.S. out of ‘paper tiger’ NATO. (1/2)

PUBLISHED WED, APR 1 20266:03 AM EDTUPDATED

KEY POINTS

• The president’s comments are the latest threat to America’s allies after their reluctance to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

• European allies see the U.S.′ war against Iran as one of choice, and a conflict they were not consulted on beforehand.

• Trump has lambasted NATO allies for their reluctance to get involved in U.S.-Israeli operations against Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering pulling the U.S. out of NATO, in the latest threat to America’s allies after their reluctance to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

In an interview with The Telegraph newspaper, the president described the 77-year-old defensive alliance as a “paper tiger” and, when asked if he would reconsider the U.S.′ membership in the bloc after the Iran conflict ends, Trump told the paper: “Oh yes, I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration.”

“I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putinknows that too, by the way,” he said, in comments published Wednesday.

Trump has been angered by European allies’ refusal to send warships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil and gas maritime passage controlled by Iran, and at their refusal to let the U.S. use military bases to launch attacks against the Islamic Republic.

European leaders see any attempts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as highly dangerous, as Iran continues to attack tankers in the strait that aren’t deemed to be from “friendly” nations.

Officials are also of the view that Trump’s war on Iran is one of choice, and one they were not consulted on before it began in late February. There is also a reluctance to get involved in what could become another “forever war” in the Middle East, like those in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Trump has made clear he sees this reluctance as NATO’s betrayal of the U.S. after it has helped Ukraine in its four-year conflict with Russia. Opponents of that view argue that NATO is predicated on an idea of collective defense, rather than offense.

The president told the Telegraph that he had expected allies to acquiesce to the U.S′ request for assistance in Iran.

“Beyond not being there, it was actually hard to believe. And I didn’t do a big sale. I just said, ‘Hey’, you know, I didn’t insist too much. I just think it should be automatic,” he said, in comments published Wednesday, adding:

“We’ve been there automatically, including Ukraine. Ukraine wasn’t our problem. It was a test, and we were there for them, and we would always have been there for them. They weren’t there for us.” (I think Trump will pull out of Ukraine contributions.)

Trump’s comments come after he warned the U.K. and France on Tuesday thatthe U.S. “won’t be there to help you anymore.”

Posting on Truth Social, Trump said, “the Country of France wouldn’t let planes headed to Israel, loaded up with military supplies, fly over French territory.”

“France has been VERY UNHELPFUL with respect to the ‘Butcher of Iran,’ who has been successfully eliminated!The U.S.A. will REMEMBER!!!,”he said in one post.

In another post, the president singled out the U.K. for criticism while urging other countries to take action in the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil route that Iran has effectively blocked during the war.

“All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you,” Trump wrote.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/01/trump-says-hes-considering-pulling-us-out-of-paper-tiger-nato.html

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“Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2,build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.”

In his published comments on Wednesday,Trump again rebuked the U.K., suggesting that the country’s Royal Navy was inadequate.

“You don’t even have a navy. You’re too old and had aircraft carriers that didn’t work,” he said, referring to Britain’s fleet of warships.

Trump told the Telegraph hewould not tell British Prime Minister Keir Starmer“what to do” when it came to increased defense spending.

“I’m not going to tell him what to do. He can do whatever he wants. It doesn’t matter.All Starmer wants is costly windmills that are driving your energy prices through the roof.”

Other senior officials have hinted that the U.S. could abandon NATO, though it’s uncertain how seriously these threats should be taken. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday thatWashington would have to “reexamine” its relationship with NATO once the war in Iran ended.

“If NATO is just about us defending Europe if they’re attackedbut then denying us basing rights when we need them, that’s not a very good arrangement. That’s a hard one to stay engaged in and say this is good for the United States. So all of that is going to have to be reexamined,” he told Al Jazeera.

Starmer was asked to comment on the criticism from his U.S. counterpart at a news conference on Wednesday.He told reporters that there’s been “a good deal of pressure on me to change my position in relation to joining the [Iran] war, and I’m not going to change my position on the war.”

“Whatever the pressure, whatever the noise, I am the British prime minister and I have to act in our national interests,” he said.

Starmer added he would not choose between the U.S. and Europe,but signaled that the relationship with the Continent was increasingly important. “I think it’s in our interest to have a strong relationship with the U.S. and with Europe,” he told reporters, adding:

“But I do think that when it comes to defense and security, energy emissions and the economy, we need a stronger relationship with Europe.”

Later on Wednesday, Finnish PresidentAlexander Stubb posted on X that he’d spoken to Trump. “Constructive discussion and exchange of ideas on Nato, Ukraine and Iran. Problems are there to be solved, pragmatically,” Stubb wrote.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/01/trump-says-hes-considering-pulling-us-out-of-paper-tiger-nato.html

The Art of the Deal

Kremlin rejects Zelensky ultimatum claim

Moscow has denied giving Kiev two months to withdraw from Donbass, insisting Ukrainian forces should have left “yesterday”

Published 1 Apr, 2026 12:11

TheKremlin has dismissed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s claim that Moscow issued a two‑month ultimatum for Kiev to withdraw from Russia’s Donbass region, insisting that the troops should have left the region long ago.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman DmitryPeskov said that the idea of a withdrawal deadline “is not about two months,” stressing that Zelensky “must make the decision today for the Ukrainian armed forces to leave the borders of the Donetsk People’s Republic.”

“This has been said for a long time, and he should have done it yesterday.It could have saved the lives of thousands of people and stopped the hot phase of this war,” Peskov said.

Peskov’s remarks came a day afterZelensky claimed in an interview that Moscow had informed Washington that it expected Kiev to withdraw from Donbass within two months. The Ukrainian leader said thatif Kiev refused, Russia would capture the territory anyway and the terms of a settlement “will be different.”

The status of Donbass, which voted to join Russia in 2022,remains one of the main obstacles to peace negotiations. Moscow has repeatedly statedthat Ukraine’s full withdrawal from the region is essential for a sustainable settlement.

Zelensky’s claimsabout alleged US pressure to cede Donbass have also been rejected by Washington. Earlier this week, US Secretary of State MarcoRubio dismissed the Ukrainian leader’s assertions as a “lie,”saying Kiev had merely been told that security guarantees could only come after a peace deal, not before.

Trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US have been on hold due to the Iran war, with Peskov describing the pause as “situational.” He reiterated on Wednesday that Moscow remains open to negotiations but that the focus of American mediators has shifted to the Middle East.

Zelensky has consistently rejected territorial concessions, calling the withdrawal from Donbass a threat to European security. Meanwhile, Russia insists that any lasting peace must include Ukrainian neutrality, demilitarization, and recognition of the regions that voted to join Russia.

https://www.rt.com/russia/636950-kremlin-zelensky-donbass-ultimatum/

(Zelensky is always lying and fucking up and blaming others, but when he lies about Putin in Moscow and Trump in DC, he’s crazing for a bruising. I suspect his arrogance will receive a severe backlash soon.)

Dozens Of A-10 Warthogs Appear Poised To Join Epic Fury

The deployment of additional Warthogs comes amid increasing signs a ground operation on Iranian soil could come soon.

THOMAS NEWDICK MAR 30, 2026

(For all plant Fags. The guy’s last is New Dick, KEK)

With the iconic attack jet now in the twilight of its career, there are signs that the A-10C Warthog is set to deploy to the Middle East region for Operation Epic Fury. Such a deployment might well provide the combat swansong for the A-10, which the U.S. Air Force plans to retire for good by the end of the decade, if not sooner. The development comes as U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up his threats against Iran, including threatening to eliminate its civilian infrastructure and oil-producing capability.

Publicly available flight-tracking data today suggested that the Air Force was preparing to send a flight of A-10s across the Atlantic, with three KC-135 Stratotankers already airborne from RAF Mildenhall in England, apparently to meet TABOR 71, a flight of eight Warthogs headed in the opposite direction. Two of those jets were spares, according to unverified reports based on radio traffic.

Meanwhile, there are indications that as many as 20 A-10Cs have gathered at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, New Hampshire, which is a standard jump-off point for a flight across to RAF Lakenheath in England, which has seen a major influx of U.S. combat jets in recent weeks.

Unconfirmed reports suggest these Warthogs are drawn from the 124th Fighter Wing of the Idaho Air National Guard at Gowen Field, and from the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

Meanwhile, there are indications that as many as 20 A-10Cs have gathered at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, New Hampshire, which is a standard jump-off point for a flight across to RAF Lakenheath in England, which has seen a major influx of U.S.

Unconfirmed reports suggest these Warthogs are drawn from the 124th Fighter Wing of the Idaho Air National Guard at Gowen Field, and from the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

s we have discussed, A-10s are already helping dismantle Iran’s Navy, operating in the region in their long-standing, if often overlooked, maritime role. This is part of broader efforts by the U.S. military to find ways to reopen the critical waterway to normal maritime commerce, which has ground to a virtual halt in the face of Iranian attacks on shipping and its declaration that the strait is closed.

Above all else, A-10s have also been seen repeatedly attacking Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, operating in their best-known overland role. You can read our coverage of the A-10’s use in Iraq, including its notably long strafing runs on targets, in this feature.

Having more A-10s in theater would provide additional capability, were the U.S. military to occupy or blockade Iran’s strategically vital Kharg Island, a prospect that we have discussed in detail in the past. A-10s could also provide valuable close air support for commando raids deeper into Iran.

Open source flight trackers say that two U.S. Air Force EA-37B Compass Call electronic warfare jets are on their way to Mildenhall Air Base in the U.K. and from there to the Middle East.

The jets – tail numbers 19-1587 and 17-5579 – are flying as AXIS41 and AXIS43. The claim is that this marks the first operational deployment of these aircraft. The Air Force is planning to procure 10 of these jets to replace the aging and ever smaller fleet of turboprop EC-130H Compass Call planes, of which only four remain. The 55th Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, which operates the Compass Calls, declined comment, deferring us to CENTCOM, which could not immediately comment.

The aircraft are designed to provide critical stand-off jamming support, including against enemy radars and communications systems. They also have a secondary intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) function given their ability to spot, track, and geolocate various types of emitters. One of the EA/37Bs was in Germany in January to introduce airmen to the platform, but was not yet operational. You can read more about that here.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi urged Saudi Arabia to kick U.S. forces out of the country. His statement, posted on X, comes as the kingdom is ramping up its efforts against Iran in the wake of repeated attacks.….

https://www.twz.com/news-features/dozens-of-a-10-warthogs-appear-poised-to-join-epic-fury

Iran's president questions US war aims in letter to Americans - Press TV

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged the American public to question the purpose of the war with Iran and said Tehran has never pursued aggression, in a letter released by Press TV.

“Iran… has never, in its modern history, chosen the path of aggression, expansion, colonialism, or domination,he wrote. KEK

He saidIranians “harbor no enmity toward other nations, including the people of America,” adding that portraying Iran as a threat is “the product of political and economic whims of the powerful.”

“This raises a fundamental question:Exactly which of the American people’s interests are truly being served by this war?”he wrote.

He alleged that the United States was acting on Israel’s behalf in the conflict with Iran.

“Is it not also the case that America has entered this aggression as a proxy for Israel, influenced and manipulated by that regime?” he wrote.

He warned that attacks on infrastructure and continued military actionwould increase instability and human suffering.

“Continuing along the path of confrontation is more costly and futile than ever before,” he said.

(Their propaganda is for the lefties in the US.They know, most people in the US, no nothing about the horrors they’ve done 47+ years.)

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