Ray McGovern

Israel hoping for US “green light” to resume major attacks on Iran. Stakes are so high that if Trump delays giving green light, Israel can be expected to mount major false-flag attack blaming Iran, in full expectation this will force US to rejoin the fray.

Politico reads Truthsocial: “Trump revisits Russiagate”: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/23/russia-investigatinon-donald-trump-00889349 “Fate murky, initial rush to grand jury faltered”. There is a widely suppressed video Trump truth-socialed: WIDELY SUPPRESSED. Helps explain why Trump ‘unwell’

https://x.com/raymcgovern/status/2047760113520586766

Nima and I review the bidding on war in Iran; plus China, Ukraine, NATO, Russia. MOST IMPORTANT — Joe Kent: “For any agreement to work, we must first restrain Israel, which will thwart any peace deal unless we take away weapons they need to attack Iran.”

Why is Iran a no-show today for Islamabad talks w/Vance (and his Zionist minders)? Simple. Iran’s team leader and Parliament speaker Ghalibaf: “US America First policy is in practice Israel First; US makes decisions based on false information from Israel.”

Scott Ritter and I review the bidding on Iran: from Pope Leo to Epstein; Tehran to Kiev; “warrior” Hegseth to professional military; Strait of Hormuz to the Arc De Trump of the narcissist-in-chief; Estonia to China; with Joe Lauria asking tough questions:

https://consortiumnews.com/2026/04/18/watch-the-world-this-week-an-uncertain-war/

Scott, Larry, and I dissect Trump’s “PROHIBITING” Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Why did Iranians unselfishly insist on including Lebanon in the ceasefire? Because they lead AXIS OF RESISTANCE TO OCCUPATION – NOT “terrorism” – to the ‘Greater Israel’ project.

Prattling on w/Jeff Prather: Personal intelligence anecdotes – all of them true, most of them w/lessons for today. Abrahamic roots; the pre-Aramaic word for “Justice” DENOTED“showing mercy to the poor”; for Catholics it’s “preferential option for the poor”

https://rumble.com/v78lcoq-challenge-to-my-critics.html

Pope Leo the Lion cannot ban the “Holy Card” Trump published of himself today. But Leo can artfully lampoon him from Aboard the Papal Plane (AP) “Putting my message on the same plane as the president, mine is rooted in the gospel, and I will speak out.”

“Trump Must Demonstrate That He Can Control Netanyahu, Again” writes an out-to-lunch erstwhile analyst https://www.rsn.org/001/trump-must-demonstrate-that-he-can-control-netanyahu-again.html Really! Netanyahu’s smirk itself betrays “who the managing partner is”. Author should see the even more telling photo atop p1 of NYTimes yesterday.

Today’s NY TIMES, YES, THE TIMES, largely blames Netanyahu for ill-conceived attack on Iran. https://nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-iran-war.html#permid=150217484 Pew poll in March: 59% of US adults lack confidence in him. For cogent commentary from an Iranian specialist on Trump’s backdown yesterday.