Trump Sabotaged?

Hi Global Recap readers,

There has been talk for years that mainstream media secretly loves President Trump because he’s great for TV and ratings (and today was no exception).

• He made headlines by openly saying NATO should shoot down Russian jets if they enter NATO airspace.

• And, in classic timing, an escalator at UN headquarters broke just as he stepped on it, and the teleprompter died the moment he reached the podium.

Some call it sabotage, others call it a coincidence. 🤔

What’s your take?

🌐 WORLD
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🇺🇸 Trump Urges NATO Fire

President Trump told reporters at the UN that NATO countries should shoot down Russian jets if they cross into allied airspace. He made the remark during a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in New York on September 23, 2025.

• Setting: The exchange happened at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, where both leaders attended high-level meetings.

• Statement: Asked directly if NATO should down Russian aircraft violating borders, Trump replied, "Yes, I do."

  • When Trump said this, you can see President Zelenskyy quickly glancing at Trump, as if surprised and somewhat pleased that he had said it (at least, that's my interpretation).

• President Trump posted on Truth Social that he believes Ukraine can reclaim all territory taken by Russia, describing Russia as "a paper tiger."

• President Zelenskyy called this post “very significant” and a "big shift."

Here’s his speech at the UN General Assembly. As expected, he raised the issue of unrestricted mass migration, even warning that countries following this path are “going to hell.”

• Critique: Trump accused the UN of "creating new problems" instead of solving them, citing migration as his prime example.

• Accusation: He claimed the UN funds illegal migration by providing food, shelter, and debit cards to people entering the US unlawfully.

🇺🇳 UN Sabotage Rumors

Speaking of Trump's UN speech, we have to talk about one "theory" making the rounds online. If you've watched the video above, you may have noticed him joking about the teleprompter and escalator not working. Well, here's what happened:

• Incident: The escalator at UN headquarters in New York froze just as Trump and Melania stepped on, forcing them to climb the stairs before his General Assembly address.

• Failure: Minutes later, the teleprompter that had worked fine for Brazil’s President Lula da Silva just happened to stop working when Trump stood on the podium, leaving Trump to improvise.

• Denial: UN officials insisted they had no role, blaming Trump’s own staff for both the escalator stop and the teleprompter glitch.

• Evidence: However, a British Times report published days earlier quoted UN insiders joking about cutting escalators and elevators to highlight budget woes, fueling suspicions.

• Reaction: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt demanded an investigation, calling the timing too precise to ignore.

📊 Poll

Do you think this was a legit sabotage or a tinfoil hat theory?

• As for me, I love a good tinfoil from time to time, but it just seems a bit too awfully convenient for these technological failures to happen all at once.

• But you know what they say—fate loves irony.

🇵🇭 ICC Charges Duterte

The International Criminal Court just charged former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte with crimes against humanity tied to his bloody war on drugs.

• Allegations: Prosecutors accuse Duterte of authorizing and rewarding killings of at least 76 people between 2013 and 2018, including so-called high-value targets in Manila and Davao City.

• Mechanics: Court filings describe payments ranging from $875 to $17,000 for each confirmed hit, often carried out by the Davao Death Squad, a paramilitary-style unit linked to Duterte’s years as mayor.

• Custody: Philippine police arrested Duterte in March on an ICC warrant, and he has been held in The Hague since then.

• Defense: His lawyer Nicholas Kaufman argues the ICC lacks jurisdiction because the Philippines withdrew from the Rome Statute in 2019, and claims Duterte suffers from cognitive impairment.

• Politics: Duterte’s daughter, Sara Duterte, now vice president, has taken a leading role in organizing his defense.

🇺🇳 UN Exposes Torture

The UN documented 508 cases of Ukrainian civilians tortured in Russian captivity between June 2023 and September 2025.

• Victims: The report lists 392 men, 103 women, 3 girls, and 9 boys, including 15 people with disabilities, all detained in occupied territories.

• Methods: Survivors described beatings with bats and sticks, electric shocks, mock executions, forced kneeling on concrete, and humiliation like singing the Russian anthem.

• Testimony: One detainee recalled being told, "We will leave you to rot. No one will find you. No one needs you."

• Scale: Over 92% of 216 released civilians interviewed since June 2023 reported torture or ill-treatment, with 101 also witnessing abuse of others.

• Law: Russia imposed its own criminal code in occupied areas, ignoring international humanitarian law that requires respect for local laws.

🇺🇸 UNITED STATES
Google Blames
Biden Censorship

Google just admitted it went too far in banning COVID and 2020 election content, saying the Biden administration leaned on it to censor users. Now the company is inviting back people it once permanently banned.

The Letter to Congress

The story starts with a written confession to lawmakers.

• On September 23, 2025, Alphabet Inc. sent a letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan.

• The company said Biden aides and the president himself created a political climate that pushed platforms to remove content.

• Alphabet’s lawyers wrote: “It is unacceptable and wrong when any government, including the Biden administration, attempts to dictate how the company moderates content.”

COVID and Election Content

So what exactly got banned? Mostly, the two most polarizing topics of the decade.

• YouTube began removing videos after the 2020 election, terminating more than 8,000 channels and thousands of videos that alleged fraud or errors in the vote count.

• During the pandemic, Google relied on “health authorities” to justify policies that blocked discussion of treatments and restrictions, keeping those rules in place through 2024.

• Alphabet now says those actions were “well-intentioned” but wrongly limited public debate.

High-Profile Bans

The fallout hit some big names, not just fringe accounts.

• Senator Rand Paul was suspended in August 2021 after citing studies that questioned cloth masks. Yet the limited protection of cloth masks was already acknowledged in other countries. I’ve spoken to friends overseas who even told me that people were mocking Americans for using cloth masks.

• Jordan Peterson’s 2023 interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was removed for violating “vaccine misinformation rules.”

• Dan Bongino, then Deputy FBI Director, was permanently banned in January 2022 after posting videos critical of mask mandates. As we know today, Sweden famously did away with mask mandates, opting for "herd immunity."

The Political Backdrop

This admission did not come out of nowhere. It followed a yearlong investigation.

• Jim Jordan subpoenaed Alphabet and other tech companies over the alleged targeting of conservative voices.

• Emails show Biden aides pressed Facebook, Twitter, and Google to remove posts, even threatening “options” if they did not comply.

• US District Judge Terry A. Doughty, in a now-dismissed lawsuit, once called the administration’s actions:

What Happens Now

Google is trying to walk back years of bans, but critics are not satisfied.

• Alphabet says those banned for COVID or election content will be offered a chance to rejoin YouTube.

• Sean Davis, CEO of The Federalist, said: “Google owes us all damages for what their censorship costs us.”

• The company has not said how reinstatement will work or whether demonetized outlets will be compensated.