DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with those countries’ governments and left a key congressional ally in Washington perplexed on Sunday. Fighting that broke out in the territory after ruling Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023 is paused due to a fragile ceasefire, but much of Gaza’s population has been left largely homeless by an Israeli military campaign. Trump told reporters Saturday aboard Air Force One that moving some 1.5 million people away from Gaza might mean that “we just clean out that whole thing.” Trump relayed what he told Jordan’s King Abdullah when the two held a call earlier Saturday: “I said to him, ‘I’d love for you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now, and it’s a mess.’” He said he was making a similar appeal to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi during a conversation they were having while Trump was at his Doral resort in Florida on Sunday. Trump said he would “like Egypt to take people and I’d like Jordan to take people. Egypt and Jordan, along with the Palestinians, worry that Israel would never allow them to return to Gaza once they have left. Both Egypt and Jordan also have perpetually struggling economies and their governments, as well as those of other Arab states, fear massive destabilization of their own countries and the region from any such influx of refugees. Jordan already is home to more than 2 million Palestinian refugees. Egypt has warned of the security implications of transferring large numbers of Palestinians to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, bordering Gaza. Trump suggested that resettling most of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million could be temporary or long term. Jordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, said Sunday that his country’s opposition to what Trump floated was “firm and unwavering.” Some Israel officials had raised the idea early in the war. Egypt’s foreign minister issued a statement saying that the temporary or long-term transfer of Palestinians “risks expanding the conflict in the region.” Trump does have leverage to wield over Jordan, which is a debt-strapped, but strategically important, U.S. ally and is heavily dependent on foreign aid. The U.S. is historically the single-largest provider of that aid, including more than $1.6 billion through the State Department in 2023. Much of that comes as support for Jordan’s security forces and direct budget support. Jordan in return has been a vital regional partner to the U.S. in trying to help keep the region stable. Jordan hosts some 3,000 U.S. troops. Yet, on Friday, new Secretary of State Marco Rubio exempted security assistance to Israel and Egypt but not to Jordan, when he laid out the details of a freeze on foreign assistance that Trump ordered on his first day in office. Meantime, in the United States, even Trump loyalists tried to make sense of his words. “I really don’t know,’’ said Sen. Lindsey Graham, when asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” about what Trump meant by the ”clean out” remark. Graham, who is close to Trump, said the suggestion was not feasible. “The idea that all the Palestinians are going to leave and go somewhere else, I don’t see that to be overly practical,” said Graham, R-S.C. He said Trump should keep talking to Mideast leaders, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and officials in the United Arab Emirates. “I don’t know what he’s talking about. But go talk to MBS, go talk to UAE, go talk to Egypt,” Graham said. “What is their plan for the Palestinians? Do they want them all to leave?” Trump, a staunch supporter of Israel, also announced Saturday that he had directed the U.S. to release a supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel. Former President Joe Biden had imposed a hold due to concerns about their effects on Gaza’s civilian population. Egypt and Jordan have made peace with Israel but support the creation of a Palestinian state in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, territories that Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast War. They fear that the permanent displacement of Gaza’s population could make that impossible. In making his case for such a massive population shift, Trump said Gaza is “literally a demolition site right now.” “I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations, and build housing in a different location,” he said of people displaced in Gaza. “Where they can maybe live in peace for a change.”
Nvidia drops 8% as China’s DeepSeek challenges West’s AI dominance
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek rocked global technology stocks Monday, raising questions over America’s technological dominance. Buzz grew over the weekend about DeepSeek’s latest AI model being cost-effective while running on less-advanced chips, casting doubt on the validity of the sky-high valuations for companies like Nvidia Corp. Nvidia has led the global AI stock boom as its chips have been seen as essential to the technology. Nasdaq 100 futures tumbled as much as 3.2%, while contracts on the S&P 500 fell 1.9% as of 3:23 a.m. in New York. In Europe, tech stocks led market losses, with shares of chip equipment maker ASML Holding NV down more than 8%. Futures contracts on the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, spiked higher. “DeepSeek shows that it is possible to develop powerful AI models that cost less,” said Vey-Sern Ling, managing director at Union Bancaire Privee. “It can potentially derail the investment case for the entire AI supply chain, which is driven by high spending from a small handful of hyperscalers. The AI model from DeepSeek — founded by quant fund chief Liang Wenfeng — is widely seen as competitive with OpenAI and Meta Platforms Inc.’s latest offerings. Lauded by investor Marc Andreessen as “one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs,” DeepSeek’s app shows its work and reasoning as it addresses a user’s written query or prompt. Released last week, the product is now at the top of Apple Inc.’s App Store rankings, with users praising its transparency. Chinese AI-related stocks reacted positively, with mainland-listed Merit Interactive Co. among those surging by their daily limits. Merit is among those with the clearest links to DeepSeek after stating in an earlier filing that it had incorporated the homegrown AI firm’s model into marketing. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Tech Index climbed as much as 2% ahead of Lunar New Year holidays this week. AI trades slumped elsewhere as investors rethought assumptions on computing power and energy. Nvidia shares were down over 6% on Germany’s Tradegate. The DeepSeek product “is deeply problematic for the thesis that the significant capital expenditure and operating expenses that Silicon Valley has incurred is the most appropriate way to approach the AI trend,’ said Nirgunan Tiruchelvam, head of consumer and internet at Singapore-based Aletheia Capital. “It calls into question the massive resources that have been dedicated to AI.” Kyle Rodda, senior market analyst at Capital.com, says the updated AI model unveiled by China’s DeepSeek raises concerns about geopolitical risks as well as questions about US tech stock valuations. The decline in Nasdaq futures comes at the start of a big week for earnings from major tech companies including Apple and Microsoft Corp. Profit growth is expected to have slowed while valuations remain inflated, once again causing concern over the large AI-driven rally in the sector. The Nasdaq 100 is trading at 27 times estimated forward earnings, compared with its three-year average of 24 times. Nvidia is at 33 times, though that’s slightly down from its three-year average. The DeepSeek release raises new doubts, challenging the notion that China’s AI technology is years behind US counterparts. Washington’s trade restrictions had kept the most cutting-edge chips out of China’s hands, but DeepSeek’s model was built using open source technology that is easy to access. “While current leaders like Nvidia have a strong foothold, it is a reminder that AI dominance cannot be taken for granted,” said Charu Chanana, chief investment strategist at Saxo Markets. “The emergence of China’s DeepSeek indicates that competition is intensifying, and although it may not pose a significant threat now, future competitors will evolve faster and challenge the established companies more quickly. Earnings this week will be a huge test.” Nvidia shares fell 8% in premarket trading Monday as the rise of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek rattled investor confidence in the sustainability of Western AI dominance.
Bitcoin dips below $100K as DeepSeek stirs market….. Chinese AI app DeepSeek tops App Store charts
Bitcoin’s price slipped below $100,000 on Monday, down from its all-time high of nearly $110,000 earlier this month, as markets reacted to the rising prominence of Chinese AI app DeepSeek.
Earlier, it was known that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek climbed to the top of Apple’s App Store rankings in the US with its flagship R1 model, shaking global tech and financial markets. Released on January 20, R1 challenges Silicon Valley’s dominance by achieving competitive performance with significantly lower costs.
At 2:52 am, Bitcoin was down 3.26%, going for $99,207.81. At the same time, Ethereum slid 4.74%, selling for $3,078.
Chinese AI app DeepSeek tops App Store charts
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has vaulted to the top of Apple’s App Store chart in the United States, data from the platform showed Monday. The app overtook its main competitors, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which has fallen to third place.
Led by Liang Wenfeng, DeepSeek has surprised industry leaders by creating competitive AI models using lower-cost Nvidia H800 chips and a fraction of the capital invested by rivals.
The startup reportedly spent under $6 million on its V3 model, using around 2,000 chips. In contrast, US firms like Meta and OpenAI rely on cutting-edge Nvidia H100 GPUs, which are restricted from export to China due to sanctions.
NIS released encryption algorithms to withstand cyberattacks from quantum computers….
China is spending vast amounts of money on artificial intelligence and quantum computers. For example just their government quantum computer program is budgeted at $15 billion a year. By way of example the US government has no organized program. Only budgeting grants to universities and researches a paltry$1 billion dollars a year for quantum computer research. We have reported and we want to document again that China is moving ahead with quantum computing to break as many ciphers as possible….. especially crypto currencies. Every top secret document, every email , every computer system and every transfer of data the US government uses all the encrypted documents China has. Every Pentagon Secret the Chinese have collected and stored in vast computers for years waiting for the day their Quantum Computer will be able to crack the security codes that protects America’s secrets. They will soon be hacked.
The US government through Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is moving ahead and changing software to a new standard of encryption that is quantum computer hack proof. These software encryption updates are easy to do on central main frame computers. Your credit card company, your bank and financial institutions that rely upon encryption have already upgraded .
The new NIST ENCRYPTION STANDARDS ARE hack proof meaning quantum computers will not be able to BREAK the encryption code.
NOT Bitcoin
The problem is Bitcoin blockchain is not running on only one computer. Bitcoin exists on millions of computers that are privately owned and operated on their peer-to-peer network. In order for the bitcoin algorithm to be upgraded and be protected would be for all these millions of the PTP block chain computers to to agree to and install the new encryption upgrades. Once the changes are agreed to it would take 300 days basically a year to install the new encryption standard on the blockchain that the NIST has released. It needs to be done in hours not months to save the crypto coins.
The news NITS encryption standards are already installed on key computers including the Federal Reserve, Money Center Banks, Credit Card Companies and financial institutions the world over. So very quietly without a lot of noise computer systems the world over are being hardened for the coming Q-day hack. That’s when quantum computers will be able to crack the SHA 256 algorithm that’s the present encryption standard.
The deep dark Forbidden Secret of Bitcoin is they haven’t agreed upon the new Quantum Computer hack proof standard and they have no way of installing the new encryption standards in time. Which means millions of bitcoins worth trillions of dollars are sitting on millions of P2P independent owned and operated computers on the block chain will soon be hacked.
see nist confidential memo below:
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its principal set of encryption algorithms designed to withstand cyberattacks from a quantum computer. Researchers around the world are racing to build quantum computers that would operate in radically different ways from ordinary computers and could break the current encryption that provides security and privacy for just about everything we do online. The algorithms announced today are specified in the first completed standards from NIST’s post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standardization project, and are ready for immediate use
The three new standards are built for the future. Quantum computing technology which is developing rapidly, and some experts predict that a device with the capability to break current encryption methods could appear very soon, threatening the security and privacy of individuals, organizations and entire nations.
- NIST has released a final set of encryption tools designed to withstand the attack of a quantum computer.
- These post-quantum encryption standards secure a wide range of electronic information, from confidential email messages to e-commerce transactions that propel the modern economy.
- NIST is encouraging computer system administrators to begin transitioning to the new standards as soon as possible.
Israel thanks Trump for ‘crucial defense shipment’
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar thanked on Sunday United States President Donald Trump for resuming the supply of 900 kg bombs to Israel. He praised Trump’s “display of leadership,” stating that the bombs, whose delivery was halted by the Biden administration, are a “crucial defense shipment.” “The region is safer when Israel has what it needs to defend itself,” Sa’ar added. Former US President Joe Biden paused the supply of the bombs due to concerns over their use in Gaza but Trump said Israel will receive them “because they bought them.”
Trump floats plan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza
Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more Palestinian refugees and floats plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he would like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip, potentially moving out enough of the population to “just clean out” the war-torn area to create a virtual clean slate. During a 20-minute question-and-answer session with reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump also said he has ended his predecessor’s hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel. That lifts a pressure point meant to reduce civilian casualties during Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, which is now halted by a tenuous ceasefire. “We released them today,” Trump said of the bombs. “They’ve been waiting for them for a long time.” Asked why he lifted the ban on those bombs, Trump responded, “Because they bought them.”
Trump has built his political career around being unapologetically pro-Israel. On his larger vision for Gaza, Trump said he had call earlier in the day with King Abdullah II of Jordan and would speak Sunday with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt.
“I’d like Egypt to take people,” Trump said. “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know, it’s over.’”
NN: One can hope!
Trump lifts hold on sending 900kg bombs to Israel
United States President Donald Trump told reporters that he’s releasing the United States’ hold on the supply of 900kg bombs to Israel. “We released them. We released them today. And they’ll have them. They paid for them and they’ve been waiting for them for a long time. They’ve been in storage,” Trump said. When asked why he released the hold he replied “Because they bought them.” Earlier, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that “things,” Israel had paid for were now being sent.
Putin Says He’s Ready to Discuss Oil, Energy Issues With Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he’s ready to discuss crude oil prices and other energy issues at a face-to-face meeting with US leader Donald Trump.
Both Russia and the US are top global oil producers and consumers, Putin said in an interview with state-owned Rossiya 24 TV. Price movements in the commodity impacts both economies, he said.
“We have a lot to discuss here, and there are other energy issues that might be mutually interesting,” Putin said. “I doubt that Mr. Trump — even if we are hearing about the possibility of additional sanction on Russia — would make decisions that could hurt the US economy.” Putin’s comments follow Trump’s Thursday address to world leaders in Davos, when he urged Saudi Arabia and other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to “bring down the cost of oil.”
“If the price came down, the Russia-Ukraine war would end immediately,” Trump added.
Earlier this week, Trump also stepped up pressure on Russia to make a peace deal with Ukraine “soon,” or else he would “have no other choice” but to impose additional taxes, tariffs and sanctions on Russian imports to the US, along with “other participating countries.” Earlier this month, the US imposed its harshest sanctions so far on Russia’s energy industry, the key source of the Kremlin’s revenue that funds the war in Ukraine. The restrictions could disrupt Russia’s exports of petroleum and reduce the global supply surplus.
NN: This is a very significant development. you need to understand that Russia’s real price for oil is $20 to $30 lower than published. In the real market for black market Russian oil massive discounts apply. They have to give enormous price discounts to pay for black market operations. Add the fact their exports quantities are deeply restricted. So obviously they have room for movement. The war has been fought to stagnation, the losses on both sides are massive. Ukraine does not have the budget or manpower to continue this war. And the recession in Europe is drying up war donations. Ukraine has exhausted its goodwill with Trump. He’s not willing to give them more money. So the smartest thing Ukraine can do is realize that it got its ass kicked. Give Russia the territories they already control and accept the fact Ukraine cannot get back these territories militarily or through negotiating. Arrange the best terms of surrender and everyone goes home happy. I want to add here that trump has rightly stated that Russia was right to go to war from their perspective. Ukraine was the red line for Putin. Russia expressed extreme concern about Ukraine becoming a member of NATO. They do not want NATO taking former Soviet Union territories. There was a signed agreement that NATO wouldn’t expand into Ukraine. Sleepy Joe ignored that agreement and (after payoffs to his druggie son) was going to let Ukraine join NATO. Russia is right, under a Trump administration this never would have happened. Trump back in power now, means peace. No NATO for Ukraine and the bonus will be oil prices will fall back to their normal mean around $35 for Texas intermediate. Everyone goes home happy, The war is over. The global money drain and the destruction of cities and carnage ends. Russian assumes sovereign control and assimilates Russian speaking parts of the Ukraine it has captured. The war ends, the peace dividend is much lower oil prices and we wind down world tensions. Trump gets what he really wants and that is cheap oil to bring down inflation and stimulate the US economy. Trump’s $35 oil and drill baby drill will give him the cash he needs to do great things in America.
4 released hostages return to Israel……Israel frees 70 Palestinian convicted murders for 4 school girls
Hamas freed four female Israeli unarmed observers in their twenties in Gaza City, handing them over to the Red Cross. The women had been held captive for 477 days.
Israel frees 70 Palestinian convicted murders
Three buses carrying released Palestinian prisoners left Israel’s Ofer Prison on Saturday, heading toward Beitunia in the occupied West Bank. The release is part of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Among the 200 Palestinian prisoners set to be freed, 70 will be taken to Egypt.
Trump confronts California Democrats over wildfires
There are at least nine active fires in Southern California, where red flag warnings were extended through Friday morning.
President Trump toured the wildfire devastation in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon, pledging to work with Gavin Newsom, the state’s Democratic governor, to address recovery efforts. “We want to get it fixed. We want to get the problem fixed,” Trump said of the fires before embarking on a helicopter tour of the areas impacted. Newsom, who has clashed repeatedly with Trump about the cause of the fires, struck a welcoming tone when he greeted Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport. “We’re going to need your support. We’re going to need your help,” Newsom said. “You were there for us during COVID. I don’t forget that, and I have all the expectations that we will be able to work together.” Firefighters continue to battle multiple wildfires in Southern California as the return of strong Santa Ana winds and critical fire weather conditions have fueled new blazes in the drought-stricken region. Two fires erupted in the San Diego area on Thursday afternoon, prompting evacuations. The Border 2 Fire, which broke out in the Otay Mountain Wilderness area east of Chula Vista and north of the U.S.-Mexico border, has burned more than 5,000 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Mandatory evacuations and warnings were issued for nearby residents overnight. Another fire, the Gilman Fire, burned several acres south of La Jolla, briefly forcing residents to evacuate before the fire’s forward progress was stopped, fire officials said. Firefighting crews continue to make progress on the massive Hughes Fire, which erupted near Castaic Lake, Calif., on Wednesday, quickly burning more than 10,000 acres. According to Cal Fire, the fire is now 56% contained. The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings through Friday morning, but much-needed rain is expected this weekend. So far, the wildfires have scorched more than 35,000 acres, destroyed over 14,000 structures and left at least 28 people dead.
NN: Everything these liberal woke spoke joke LGBGT bacon lettuce tomato binary FAGTS touch turns to shit. A fire department is not a place to affirm your feminine or masculine sex change agenda. It’s not a place to expose your lesbian belief system. Its their to put out fires and save lives. Its not a place to go and propitiate the woke opportunities and missed opportunities and all that crazy shit that’s going on now in California with his lefty liberal agenda. Proof enough is their was no water in the fire hydrants. Kinda of a basic resource for a fire department. The colossal failure to put out fires is a testament to that stupidness of the liberal lefty system of governess. How much longer does this continue before people wake up and say hey put the water in the damns for the fire hydrants. Fill the ponds instead of trying to reduce the salinity in the ocean for the smelt fish experiment. Give the water to the farmers so they can grow food for people. Stop experimenting with Natural Bambi Forest Reserves. Clean out the fallen trees, clean out the brush and remove the fuel that feeds the fires. They were too busy with their liberal lefty woke spoke joke agenda to do the job and people are paying the price.