America from Within, August 5, 2023

  Developments in the United States over the past week have been colored by a number of important issues such as; US Continues to Press Saudi to Normalize Relations with Israel. Apart from that, there are still other issues from the US such as; Bolton: Trump returns to Power, US leaves NATO US Admits Ukraine Counterattack Slower Than US Officials Expected Claims Iranian Drones Used by Russia in War in Ukraine Computing Systems of American Medical Centers Hacked WSJ: Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Held in Saudi NY Times: US Hunts Chinese Malware Interfering with Military Operations US Continues to Press Saudi to Normalize Relations with Israel One US media says the White House government is pressuring Saudi Arabia to carry out closer collaboration with the Zionist Regime, including the potential for normalization of relations.

The International Interest, Friday (28/7/2023) reported, President Joe Biden's administration is currently making covert attempts to play the role of mediator between the Saudis and Israel. Image Caption However, until now the Saudis have persisted with its conditions to normalize relations with Israel, among the conditions being the signing of a security support agreement with the US, easy Saudi access to US weapons, and nuclear cooperation between the two countries. One US political analyst said: "The question is not whether normalization of Saudi-Israeli relations will occur or not, but when and how this normalization will occur, and what factors will push the Saudi side to do so." He added, "The issue of normalization is very sensitive, and is viewed negatively by the Arab media. That's why the Saudis don't want to talk about normalization, and avoid using that word."

Recently the Rai Al Youm newspaper wrote, "The normalization of Saudi-Israeli relations is still very far away, and the pressures exerted by Israel and the US have so far not produced results." Bolton: Trump returns to power, US leaves NATO The former US national security adviser stressed that if Donald Trump wins the next election, then he will leave NATO. According to a report by The Hill, John Bolton, former US national security advisor on Thursday (3/8/2023) while criticizing Donald Trump, former US president, considered his foreign policy to be unsystematic and sterile. "Donald Trump has no philosophy, as we understand it politically. He doesn't think about political orientation when making decisions," Bolton said. John Bolton and Donald Trump Bolton called the agreement with the Taliban, which led to America's withdrawal from the country, a "big mistake" and said Trump threatened America's relationship with NATO, and we will definitely leave NATO in Trump's second term. Bolton claims that much of the credit Trump gets for his foreign policy triumph is misplaced in the eyes of Republicans.

Once an ally of Trump and a member of his administration, Bolton left his former boss after leaving office in 2019 and has since become a prominent critic of the former president, writing a book detailing his experiences in the White House. For the second time this year (2023), the former president of the United States appeared before a Miami court to be tried on 37 charges related to keeping secret United States documents, but this time he pleaded not guilty. According to this indictment, in addition to willfully withholding classified information, Trump is charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding documents, corruption by concealing documents or records, concealing documents in a federal investigation, attempting to obstruct justice, and making false statements. US Admits Ukraine Counterattack Slower Than Expected A spokesman for the United States National Security Council, assesses Ukraine's counterattack, to Russia, much slower than previous estimates.