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Putin ally predicts US will collapse in ‘imminent civil war’

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Aclose ally of Vladimir Putin has predicted America will collapse in an ‘imminent new civil war’ amid the presidential election chaos in his latest social media rant.

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council and former prime minister of Russia, believes that US will keep its sanctionsagainst the Kremlin in place ‘forever’ or until a civil war brings the country to ruins.

Medvedev, in a Telegram message Saturday, offered his thoughts on the US presidential election, branding Democrat nominee Kamala Harris as ‘inexperienced’ and ‘just plain stupid’, and Republican rival Donald Trump an ‘eccentric narcissist’ and ‘pragmatist’.

He argued that although Trump ‘understands that sanctions harm the dollar’s dominance in the world’ and has ‘threatened to lift’ them, he will not actually do so because it is an ‘insufficient reason to stage a revolution’ in an anti-Russia America.

He further alleged that Harris, who Putin has endorsed, will continue to deliver ‘beautiful, meaningless speeches’ during which she will ‘read off a teleprompter while laughing contagiously’.

Russian leaders, apparently angered by the sanctions that were imposed on the nation after its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, have routinely touted the narrative of another civil war. Medvedev even previously alleged parallels between the current political climate and that of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency.

Dmitry Medvedev, (pictured on August 24) deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council and former prime minister of Russia, has predicted America will collapse an ‘imminent new civil war’ amid the presidential election chaos in his latest social media rant

 

The US has gradually increased its sanctions on Russia. President Joe Biden issued an executive order in December that would allow the US to directly sanction foreign banks that facilitate transactions for Russia.

But Biden dropped out of the White House race in July and endorsed his vice president for the job.Putin last week also threw his support behind Harris.

Medvedev, who has made headlines throughout the Ukraine war for his outlandish social media rants, has now weighed in on the upcoming election and the impact he believes it could have on Russian sanctions.

‘Out of spite for the current administration, Donald Trump has threatened to lift sanctions against Russia. But will he really do it if elected? No, of course not,’ he wrote in a Telegram post Saturday.

‘For all his apparent bravado as an ‘outsider’, Trump is ultimately an establishment insider. Yes, he is an eccentric narcissist, but he is also a pragmatist.’

Medvedev claimed that as a ‘businessman’ Trump is aware of the financial impacts that the sanctions have on the US dollar, but argues he still will not go against DC.

Medvedev, who has made headlines throughout the Ukraine war for his outlandish social media rants, has now weighed in on the upcoming election and the impact he believes it could have on Russian sanctions

 

‘Trump understands that sanctions harm the dollar’s dominance in the world. However, that’s insufficient reason to stage a revolution in the United States and go against the anti-Russian line of the notorious Deep State, which is much stronger than any Trump,’ he said, before taking aim at Harris.

‘But what about Harris? You shouldn’t expect any surprises from her. She is inexperienced and, according to her enemies, just plain stupid. Beautiful meaningless speeches and boring ‘correct’ answers to questions will be prepared for her, which she will read off a teleprompter while laughing contagiously.’

Medvedev, then suggesting yet again that America was on the brink of destruction, concluded: ‘There were sanctions against the USSR throughout the 20th century, and they’ve returned on an unprecedented scale in the 21st.

‘So, it’s sanctions forever. Or rather, until the US collapses during an imminent new civil war. After all, Hollywood makes films about this for a reason.’

Trump’s spokesperson Steven Cheung, in a statement to Newsweek, responded to Medvedev’s comments, claiming that ‘Putin has endorsed Kamala Harris because he knows she will be a pushover for Russia’.

DailyMail.com has approached the White House and Trump campaign for comment.

Medvedev (pictured September 9, 2024) has previously warned that the US was on the brink of civil war, having done so last July and in 2022. However, the State Department previously dismissed his remarks as ‘standard Kremlin nonsense’

 

Medvedev warned of a ‘premonition of civil war’ on July 4 this year, alleging there were parallels between the American Civil War and modern day America.

He also compared the civil war to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Medvedev’s predictions are seemingly baseless, with the Putin ally having predicted in 2022 that an internal war would erupt in America in 2023.

The US State Department has also previously dismissed Medvedev’s statements, with a spokesperson telling Newsweek: ‘We know by now not to take Medvedev seriously. This is standard Kremlin nonsense.’

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JUST IN: Niger Republic Dumps French, Adopts Hausa As National Language

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Niger’s military-led government has declared Hausa as the country’s new national language, replacing French, in another decisive step away from its former colonial power, France.

The national language is now “Hausa” while the working languages are English and French,” the junta stated in a new charter .

Hausa is Niger’s most widely spoken language, particularly prevalent in the regions of Zinder, Maradi, and Tahoua.

The language is understood and spoken by a large portion of the population in the country of 26 million.

By contrast, French is spoken by only about 13 per cent of Nigeriens — roughly three million people.

 

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Trump moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programmes

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to reinstate at least six recently canceled US foreign aid programs for emergency food assistance.

The quick reversal of decisions made just days ago underscored the rapid-fire nature of Trump’s cuts to foreign aid.

It has resulted to programmes being cut, restored then cut again, disrupting international humanitarian operations.

USAID Acting Deputy Administrator Jeremy Lewin, who has previously been identified as a member of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, asked staff in an internal email to reverse the terminations.

Lewin also asked to restore awards to the World Food Programme in Lebanon, Syria, Somalia, Jordan, Iraq and Ecuador.

The administration has also reportedly resumed four awards to the International Organization for Migration in the Pacific region,

“Sorry for all the back and forth on awards. There are a lot of stakeholders and we need to do better about balancing these competing interests — that’s my fault and I take responsibility,” Lewin said.

Ekwutosblog reported on Monday that the Trump administration had ended life-saving aid programmes for more than a dozen countries including Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia and Syria, totaling over $1.3 billion.

Stand Up For Aid, an advocacy group of current and former US officials said World Food Programme contracts canceled on Lewin’s orders last weekend for Lebanon, Syria, Somalia and Jordan totaled more than $463 million.

 

Many of the terminated programmes are said to have been granted waivers by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio following an initial round of cuts to foreign aid programs.

As of the time of filing this report, the State Department has not commented about restoring the awards.

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INEC Chairman, Mahmood not sacked – Spokesman

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By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclaimed social media reports that its Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has been sacked by President Bola Tinubu.

A viral WhatsApp message had indicated that Mahmood was sacked and replaced with one Prof. Olamilekan.

“INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmud Yakubu has been replaced with Prof. Bashiru Olamilekan by President Tinubu,” the message, which had no attribution, read.

In response to a message from Vanguard, the Chief Press Secretary CPS to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, simply said: “Please, disregard. It is not true.”

Yakubu, who is rounding off his second tenure in office, is expected to exit the system towards the end of the year.

The process of appointing an INEC chairman is the President nominating a candidate and forwarding his particulars to the Department of State Services, DSS, for profiling.

After such screening, the President thereafter takes the name to the National Council of State for its advisory review. Based on the outcome, the President sends the name to the Senate for screening and confirmation.

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The Presidency also debunked the widespread report claiming that President Tinubu has sacked Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC chairman.

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Digital and New Media, O’tega Ogra, described the news as false.

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