The top diplomats from Russia and the U.S. met Tuesday in Saudi Arabia to discuss improving ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine — talks that reflected a major and rapid change in American foreign policy under President Donald Trump.

Maybe it’s just me, but when I look out at the global landscape, I see a massive resetting of just about everything. Remember Klaus Schwab and his talk of the Great Reset? The resetting I see taking place now, under Donald Trump, has implications every bit as far reaching. Have you ever heard of ‘peace talks’ that didn’t involve the other party? How could that be? Something is not right here, and new alliances are being formed as the global order is definitely changing.

“Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.” Habakkuk 1:5 (KJB)

Everything is changing fast, almost too fast to properly acknowledge the intricate and complex events taking place. The whole world is rushing inexorably forward and it begs the question is the change that’s come good or bad? Some of it is good, some of it will be good, but much of that goodness will come at the expense of other things. American territorial expansion is not a good thing, we already have more space than we can adequately handle. Fix homelessness, the VA and the school system before you start worrying about expanding America’s borders. It looks indeed like a New World Order is forming in the ashes of the Pandemic, who will control it? If you haven’t guessed by now, these are rhetorical questions.

Top Russian and US officials discuss improving ties and ending the Ukraine war — without Kyiv

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: No Ukrainian officials were present at the meeting, which came as the beleaguered country is slowly but steadily losing ground against more numerous Russian troops in a grinding war that began nearly three years ago. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country won’t accept any outcome from this week’s talks if Kyiv doesn’t take part. European allies have also expressed concerns they are being sidelined.

Beyond Ukraine, the meeting — attended by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other senior officials — had been expected to focus on thawing relations between the two countries, whose ties have fallen to their lowest level in decades.

The plan delivered to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week would “amount to the US economic colonization of Ukraine, in legal perpetuity” and also “implies a burden of reparations that cannot possibly be achieved.” source

The meeting at the Diriyah Palace in the Saudi capital of Riyadh also highlights de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s efforts to be a major diplomatic player, burnishing a reputation severely tarnished by the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Meanwhile, Russia continued to pummel Ukraine with drones, according to Kyiv’s military. The Ukrainian air force said Russian troops launched a barrage of 176 drones at Ukraine overnight, most of which were destroyed or disabled by jamming. One Russian drone struck a residential building in Dolynska in the Kirovohrad region, wounding a mother and her two children and prompting an evacuation of 38 apartments, the regional administration reported. Four more residential buildings were damaged by drone debris in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine, according to local officials. READ MORE

Top Russian and US officials meet in Saudi Arabia for talks on Ukraine war

Top Russian and U.S. officials are holding talks in Saudi Arabia in a bid to improve their ties and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Riyadh on Tuesday.

The US and Russian delegations have agreed to “address irritants to our bilateral relationship with the objective of taking steps necessary to normalise the operation of our respective diplomatic missions,” US state department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said after today’s Riyadh talks. The two sides also agreed to appoint high-level teams for Ukraine talks, “working on a path to ending the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible in a way that is enduring, sustainable, and acceptable to all sides,” she said. The US and Russia will also begin to look at “future cooperation on matters of mutual geopolitical interest and historic economic and investment opportunities which will emerge from a successful end to the conflict in Ukraine,” she added.

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President Donald Trump told Jordan’s King Abdullah that the US is going to take Gaza in a meeting between the two on Tuesday.

When Donald Trump was president the first time, a lot of things got done for Israel that no other US president was ever willing to do. Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem, and then declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel. All that was awesome, literally. Here in 2025, President Trump is looking to make changes in the Middle East that are so radical and so sweeping, they just may approach the realm of the prophetic. In fact, they do.

“I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” Joel 3:2 (KJB)

King Abdullah of Jordan flew to Washington DC today to discuss American control of the Gaza Strip, that’s how serious a matter this has become. From what I have been able to ascertain thus far, Trump dictated the tone of the meeting, firmly sticking to his position on Gaza. What would it look like if America assumed control of this highly-contested land? That’s a really good question, and one we’re getting ready to find the answer to. I know this much, Jordan is the location of Selah Petra, the place where the Jewish remnant will flee to at the start of the great Tribulation. Gaza and Palestine are clearly in the Bible, in end times prophecy, as a hotbed of activity in the last days. We have the powder keg filled to overflowing, we have the fuse sticking out of the top, the only question is, who has the match? That’s the memo.

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Trump tells Jordanian king that US will take Gaza, Palestinians will live safely elsewhere

FROM THE JERUSALEM POST: “Palestinians will live safely in another location that is not Gaza,” he said, adding that the US wasn’t going to buy Gaza but rather “run it very properly.” Trump asked under what authority the US would take Gaza, and he said under US authority. However, he said that the US would not personally develop Gaza.

He also said that he did not think Hamas would make the Saturday deadline for hostage release, and if they fail to do so, “all bets are off.”

Trump said he thinks there will be parcels of land in Jordan and in Egypt where Palestinians will live, to which the King replied that he would do what is best for his country, and that a future plan has to be in everyone’s best interest. Abdullah did, however, say that Jordan would take in 2000 sick children from Gaza.

Concluded a constructive meeting with President Trump at the White House today. Grateful for the President’s warm welcome. We discussed Jordan’s longstanding partnership with the United States. It continues to be a partnership for stability, peace, and mutual security.

— عبدالله بن الحسين (@KingAbdullahII) February 11, 2025

King Abdullah posted on his official X/Twitter that the meeting was “constructive,” and he “reiterated Jordan’s steadfast position against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.”

The two-state solution is the “way to ensure regional stability,” King Abdullah added, stating that “This requires US leadership.”

King Abdullah also stated that “President Trump is a man of peace. He was instrumental in securing the Gaza ceasefire.”

King Abdullah “stressed the importance of working towards de-escalation in the West Bank and preventing a deterioration of the situation there that could have far-reaching implications for the entire region.” Jordan will “continue to play an active role with our partners to reach a just and comprehensive peace for everyone in the region,” King Abdullah concluded.

Before the meeting with Trump, Abdullah had stated that he believes there is a way to bring peace and prosperity to the region and that he would support Trump in achieving those goals. He had continued by saying that Arab states would travel to the US to give a response to Trump’s Gaza plan.

Regarding possible Israeli annexation of the West Bank, Trump said, “That’s going to work out.” READ MORE

Trump says “we’re going to have” Gaza during meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah

President Trump took questions while meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and provided more details on his Gaza plans. The king announced that Jordan will open its doors to 2,000 Palestinian children suffering from medical conditions. CBS News’ Weijia Jiang breaks down some of the remarks.

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President Trump called for the U.S. to take long-term control of Gaza and for nearly two million Palestinian residents to permanently leave for neighboring countries, as whispers of a rebuilt Temple begin to circulate

Last night, President Donald Trump stunned the world, literally, by declaring that the United States would seize control of the Gaza Strip, secure it with thousands of armed troops, and rebuild it. For a year that started out with the end times needle pinned, 36 days into 2025 that needle is pinned and beginning to melt. Not only that, Trump’s proposed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is on record as saying back in 2018 that “There’s no reason why the miracle of the re-establishment of the temple on the Temple Mount is not possible.” Oh, that Temple is coming, alright, but it will be the Temple of Antichrist.

“When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)” Matthew 24:15 (KJB)

In his first term, Donald Trump moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem, declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel, and signed the Abraham Accords implementing a burgeoning peace covenant between Israel and her Muslim neighbors. Now here at the very beginning of his second term, President Trump has made the jaw-dropping statement that America will now control Gaza, quite possibly setting the table for the building of a Jewish Temple. Someone get me Emmanuel Macron and Pope Francis on the phone, Trump is taking over their jobs. In his first term, the coins showing Trump to be a modern-day King Cyrus who authorized the Jews to rebuild their Temple were minted, and you can see them at the top of this article. But Trump is not Cyrus who had biblical authorization in Isaiah 44:28 (KJB) to issue his decree. Trump’s decree, if and when it comes, will be planted firmly in the realm of the coming kingdom of Antichrist. The United States being the one who divides the land of Israel? That’s mind-blowing, and that’s the memo here on Day 1,787 of 15 Days To Flatten The Curve.

President Trump Says United States Will Take Over Gaza

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip,” Trump said during a press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. “I do see a long-term ownership position, and I see it bringing great stability to that part of the Middle East, and maybe the entire Middle East.”

“The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too.” –President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/aCqLl9Gwwn

— President Donald J. Trump (@POTUS) February 5, 2025

The proposal, if implemented, would deeply involve the U.S. in a development project that Trump officials said earlier in the day could take 10 to 15 years. He left unaddressed how the U.S. would persuade Palestinians to voluntarily surrender their land and whether Israel would ultimately exercise sovereignty in the territory.

Will Israel and Saudi Arabia make peace through the Abraham Accords? Yes. Will it result in a Palestinian State? Yes. Will those actions trigger prophecies mentioned from Isaiah to Malachi? Yes. Will there be a rebuilt Temple? We are the generation that will see it. Rapture… pic.twitter.com/CqNljLV1lJ

— Now The End Begins (@NowTheEndBegins) February 4, 2025

Trump didn’t rule out sending U.S. forces to hold Gaza, a deployment that could launch the kind of long-term American military occupation in the Middle East that Trump has long decried.

The Arab world is likely to reject Trump’s proposal, though initial responses were muted because it was the middle of the night there when the news conference happened. Late on Tuesday, the Saudi foreign ministry said the kingdom rejected “any violation of the rights of the Palestinian people, whether through settlement, land annexation, or attempts to displace them.” Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have also rejected evictions, while the Palestinian Authority and Hamas say they wouldn’t support an evacuation of Gaza. READ MORE

Full Netanyahu, Trump press conference: POTUS says US plans Gaza takeover, shares Middle East vision

President Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Trump said that the United States could take over the Gaza Strip as part of its rebuilding following the war between Israel and Hamas. “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,” Trump said. “We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site.” “I’m hopeful that this ceasefire could be the beginning of a larger and more enduring peace that will end the bloodshed and killing once and for all,” Trump said.

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“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB