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Rod D. Martin

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Jun 15

🧵The Global Order and the Crisis of Legitimacy

The “rules-based international order” is collapsing.
Not because it was defeated. Because it was never truly global.

It was built by the West, for the West—and now, much of the world is openly rejecting it.

It matters. 🧵👇

2/ The modern world order comes from the Peace of Westphalia (1648), where exhausted European powers agreed to noninterference in each other’s internal affairs.

Each sovereign state would balance the others.

It was about order, not agreed universal truth.

3/ That system worked—for Europe. And it can work for the world.

But it excluded Russia, China, Islam, India, Africa, and the New World.

Each of those civilizations had its own idea of world order.

Not “balance of power.” Not sovereign equality. But universal supremacy.

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Rod D. Martin

@RodDMartin

Jun 14

🔥 One Iranian Miscalculation After Another

Iran thought it could outwait Trump.
It thought it could deter Netanyahu.
It thought it had time.

Now its military leadership is dead, its proxies are neutralized, and its nuclear sites are burning.

Here’s how it all unraveled. 🧵

2/ Tehran thought Trump was bluffing.

For months, Trump made clear: come to the table or face the consequences.

He sent envoys. He offered a deal—and kept trying.

Iran spit in his face.
They called his bluff.

They should’ve known better.

3/ On the 60-day deadline, Iran didn’t just say no. It escalated.

They announced enrichment at a secret site—an outright violation of the NPT.

They assumed Trump would protect them from Israeli retaliation.

They bet on Biden’s foreign-policy playbook.

They lost.

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Rod D. Martin

@RodDMartin

Jun 14

🚨 THREAD: The U.S. Army Turns 250 — and the Left is Angry About It

Today 6,600 troops, 150 military vehicles, and 50 aircraft will roll through Washington.

It's the biggest U.S. military parade in modern history.

And the mayor of D.C. is complaining.

🧵👇

2/ The Army was founded June 14, 1775 — before the Declaration of Independence.

It fought the British under George Washington.
It freed the slaves under Lincoln.
It defeated Hitler under Eisenhower.
It is the reason America exists.

Now it's turning 250.

3/ To celebrate, at the President's direction, the Army is staging a full boots-on-the-ground, tanks-in-the-avenue military parade.

✅ 6,600 troops
✅ 150 vehicles, including 28 M1 Abrams tanks
✅ 50 aircraft from WWII to today
✅ Special Forces, Airborne, Cavalry, and more

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Rod D. Martin

@RodDMartin

Jun 14

🚨 No Kings. Just Murder.

Early this morning, a Democrat political appointee in Minnesota shot 2 elected officials and their wives in cold blood.

His car was stuffed with “No Kings” flyers — the new Antifa calling card.

This wasn’t a protest. It was a purge.

🧵THREAD

2/ The shooter, Vance Boelter, wasn’t a nobody.

He was a political appointee of Gov. Tim Walz.

He posed as a cop.
He went door to door.

He murdered State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, then shot Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.

This was an assassination.

3/ Boelter’s car was filled with flyers from the far-left “No Kings” movement — a group funded by over 200 NGOs and unions, including Soros-backed Indivisible and Randi Weingarten’s AFT.

These aren’t grassroots protests.
They’re astroturfed insurrections.

And they're armed.

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Rod D. Martin

@RodDMartin

Jun 13

🚨THREAD: Trump Told the World to Step Up. Now Japan and Germany Are Answering the Call.

Two former Axis powers are rearming.

Not to threaten America — but to save the world from China and Russia.

Here's what's happening (and why it’s thanks to Trump):👇

2/ For 80 years, America did the heavy lifting.

We paid for Europe’s defense.
We guaranteed Pacific peace.
We let Germany and Japan get rich while staying weak.

Trump said: Enough. We want partners, not dependents.

Now the two sleeping giants are finally waking up.

3/ 🇯🇵 Japan is rearming — fast.

Facing down China’s navy, Tokyo is:

• Buying long-range missiles
• Building destroyers & carriers
• Doubling defense spending

China is threatening. Japan knows it.

rodmartin.org/p/the-remilita…

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Rod D. Martin

@RodDMartin

Jun 13

🚨THREAD: Why Russia Is Staying Silent on India–Pakistan Tensions

Hint: It’s not diplomacy.
It’s desperation.

Putin’s too weak to pick a side.👇

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2/ India and Pakistan just came dangerously close to another war. It could have gone nuclear

Both sent envoys to Moscow.
Both demanded Russian support.
And what did Putin do?

Nothing.

Because he can’t afford to alienate either one.

3/ India is one of Russia’s only lifelines:

🛢️ 10x increase in Russian oil sales
💰 Multibillion-dollar arms deals
🚀 BrahMos missiles, S-400s, joint R&D
🤝 Energy investments in Vostok Oil

Moscow needs India to survive sanctions.

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