Gulf States Follow UAE Beg US Aid; Kiev EU Row; Russia Tells Kiev Troops Konstantinovka Surrender
May 1, 2026
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The Persian Gulf's financial crisis is deepening — and the Arab oil states are quietly begging Washington for emergency dollar swaps to stay afloat. On today's program, Alexander Mercouris of The Duran breaks down how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has drained cash flow across the Gulf, forcing the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait to seek Federal Reserve lifelines — and how the US leveraged that desperation to pull the UAE out of OPEC. Meanwhile, Europe is sleepwalking into an energy emergency: the last Gulf oil shipments have arrived, aviation fuel shortages are emerging, and Germany's business confidence has collapsed to 2008 levels — yet EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is still refusing to even talk to Moscow. In a brutal twist, Alexander Mercouris examines how the European Union dangled the promise of EU membership to lure Ukraine into a decade of conflict — and is now quietly slamming the door on Zelensky's membership bid. On the battlefield, Russia is closing in on Konstantinovka with drone swarms using AI-linked coordination technology, a battle the Western media refuses to cover. Is Europe's entire post-2022 strategy built on a foundation that is already crumbling?
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