Julius Caesar betrayed and assassinated by his closest friends and allies. He did not heed the warning: “Beware, the Ides of March.” Painting by Vincenzo Camuccini.
Today is the “Ides of March” and fitting to describe the rank betrayal perpetrated by Donald Trumpf on America’s international allies and Republican supporters. Coriolanus is doing his best to keep up with the carnage caused by America’s Godzilla.
Kursk Falls to Russian Forces After Trumpf Withdraws US Intelligence Support
The cutting of US intelligence to Ukrainian soldiers forced a partial retreat and regrouping in Kursk. This was the only Russian territory occupied by Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces during the three-year war which Moscow began. Scenes of Kiev’s troops mangled, burned, and on the run filtering back to the capital have reinforced distrust of America and Russia. As you read previously here on Coriolanus, American volunteers fighting in Ukraine feel “betrayed by their country.” This villainy was followed up with more atrocities.
Russian Forces Execute Five Ukrainian POWs
Ukrainian war crimes investigator at earlier scene of Russian butchery.
After re-taking a significant portion of Kursk thanks to Trumpf, Russian forces allegedly executed five Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs). A video circulating on social media purportedly shows unarmed Ukrainian soldiers killed after being captured by Russian troops. “We once again see a cynical disregard for international humanitarian law on the part of the Russian army,” a Ukrainian spokesman said, adding that he had sent letters to the UN and the ICRC to document the suspected war crime. The news comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to Kursk Oblast on 12 Mar since Ukraine launched its cross-border incursion into the region in August 2024. Russian forces and Wagnerites have been committing war crimes against Ukrainians since Feb 2022.
Trumpf Blocks War Crimes Investigations
War crimes investigators and forensics specialists gathering the corpses of Ukrainian victims.
And child abduction from Ukraine is exactly what led to Vladimir Putin’s indictment by the ICC:
“Today, 17 March 2023, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) issued warrants of arrest for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Ms Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova.
Mr Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, born on 7 October 1952, President of the Russian Federation, is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (under articles 8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii) of the Rome Statute). The crimes were allegedly committed in Ukrainian occupied territory at least from 24 February 2022.”
An ICC international arrest warrant remains active for Vladimir Putin. Trumpf sanctioned the ICC to remove arrest warrants from war criminals Vladimir Putin and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
Canadian Afghan War Veterans: “Angry and Betrayed”
Pte. Danny Drapeau, of Alpha Company 1st Battalion Royal 22e Regiment, waits to lower the Canadian flag for the last time at FOB Zangabad on Sunday, 19 Jun 2011. (Photo: Murray Brewster / The Canadian Press)
The notion that Canadians fought and died in Afghanistan to help defend the US — because of the terrorist attacks on 11 Sep 2001 — runs deep among Canadian veterans of that war and their families. Canadian and American troops fought together and bled together in the scorched hinterlands of Afghanistan. Now many Canadians who fought in Afghanistan say Trumpf’s behavior leaves them feeling angry and betrayed, irked by his threats to annex Canada through economic force, the trade war, and a plan to make life harder for Canadians visiting the US.
The Trumpf junta plans on requiring Canadian citizens planning to stay in the country for more than 30 days to register their information with the US government and submit to fingerprinting. Effective 11 Apr, affected people would have to create an account with USCIS and schedule an appointment for fingerprinting as part of a background check.
A meme circulating online — a photo of troops in front of the maple leaf rock monument at Ma’sum Ghar, the Canadian forward operating base in western Kandahar — was recently captioned: “We went because you were attacked. We didn’t ask for your thanks. Neither did 158 of us who died for you.”
But it was the bullying of the Ukrainian president in the Oval Office and Vice-President JD Vance’s insistence that Volodymyr Zelensky show gratitude that set off many veterans.
While real estate scion Donald Trumpf avoided military conscription during the Vietnam War with a podiatrist’s letter claiming that his “bone spurs” made him illegible for the draft, 40,000 Canadians enlisted in the US military to fight against North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. At least 134 were killed.
The Canadian Vietnam War Memorial in Ontario, Canada.
Canadians and Americans have a shared history of spilling blood for each other, something the grossly imbecilic Trumpf has ignored.
Trumpf Budget Betrays Farmers, Veterans, Poorer Republican Voters
The Republican budget was designed to give unnecessary tax breaks to obscenely wealthy oligarchs by cutting America’s social safety nets like Medicaid and Medicare, as well programs to assist under-privileged people regardless of their political affiliation. From funding cuts to tariffs, American farmers have found themselves struggling to find markets for their products and facing the risk of steep losses for the year ahead. Farmers will lose millions in local food purchases after sweeping federal cuts at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) led to the closure of two programs funding fresh food for schools and food banks.
The USDA announced nearly $1 billion in cuts last week, shuttering the Local Food for Schools program and the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement.
“We’re just in such a state of shock,” a farmer said. “We just don’t really even know how to respond to all this. We thought that this was sacred and really untouchable. So it’s just quite a shock and very devastating. Everyone thinks all farmers voted for this, but we did not vote for this.”
Thanks to the Trumpf junta, farm bankruptcies and farmer suicides are on the rise. “We have seen a definite increase in the suicide rate and depression in farmers in the US, especially in the Upper Midwest,” reported a soybean farmer from Minnesota.
The Trumpf budget will terminate a one billion dollar program aimed at preserving affordable housing, a decision that could disrupt efforts to maintain tens of thousands of units for low-income Americans. The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program would have upgraded at least 25,000 housing units nationwide. 24.5 million (or 7.4%) of Americans have experienced homelessness in their lifetime, regardless of their political affiliation.
Astonishingly, sycophantic and under-qualified FBI Director Kash Patel is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration, as if America’s premier internal security had nothing better to do with its time and resources.
Thanks to Trumpf and Felon Musk, the worst person in the world, the US will see a return of Hoovervilles within a few years straight out of the Great Depression:
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Thousands of Veterans Protest Trumpf Nationwide
On Friday 14 March, thousands of veterans across the US protested the Trumpf cabal and his proposed cuts to Social Security, federal job losses for veterans, the pardon of 6 Jan terrorists, and reductions in veterans’ health care services. 14 March (3/14) was chosen as the protest date because of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which states that anyone who engaged in insurrection is barred from holding office. Trumpf violated that oath when he incited the attack against Capitol Hill on 6 Jan 2021.
All of these draconian measures taken by the Trumpf junta are designed to inflict cruelty on the masses, regardless of their political affiliation or previous military service to the country. If Trumpf supporters feel betrayed by their avatar, so be it. On 5 Nov 2024, these Americans voted Trumpf and the oligarchs into the White House simply because they wanted a white man to be President, against their own economic interests. Simply put, the ruling Republicans are vampires, nothing more, nothing less, taking advantage of their cultist followers.
Besides Enriching the Oligarchs, What is America’s Godzilla Really Up To?
Donald Trumpf is simply following the instructions of Russian President Vladimir Putin to reap discord between the US and Canada, NATO, and the EU. And they are succeeding. But why? Will the US military really invade Greenland, Canada, or Panama? Probably not. But what would stop the Kremlin from seizing the Arctic? In 2001, Russia claimed the Arctic shelf (and therefore the vast oil and minerals deposits underneath). Global warming is making access to minerals in the Arctic and Greenland easier. Canada and the US agreed to jointly defend North America (NORAD) and expects US support if the Russian military makes incursions into the Arctic Circle (NATO). The Kremlin has 13 military bases pointed at the North Pole.
Russian submersible planting flag under the ice at the North Pole (2001 photo: BBC).
By antagonizing and alienating Canada and vice versa, Americans will be less inclined to help their northern neighbor, the way the average Republican today doesn’t care if Ukraine is under attack by Russia.
American voters and allies were warned of the “Ides of March” before the election. Now Trumpf’s ignominious betrayals rival or surpass that of Brutus and Cassius against Julius Caesar or Judas Iscariot in Golgotha.
Sources:
https://newrepublic.com/post/192660/trump-fbi-charge-climate-organizations
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/03/trump-now-demanding-canadians-be
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/veterans-afghan-war-us-1.7481929
https://newrepublic.com/article/192790/trump-kidnapped-ukrainian-kids-nixed-contract
https://ukraine.un.org/en/264368-un-says-russia-continues-torture-execute-ukrainian-pows
Mark Carney: Canada’s New Prime Minister
Mark Carney won nearly 86% of the Liberal Party vote. (NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Rather than give you a biography of Mark Carney which Followers of the Watch can easily look up, here are some quick facts about the new Prime Minister. Mr. Carney (59) has not previously been elected to public office and doesn’t have a seat in Parliament. While that’s not unprecedented, this means that he can’t participate in debates or votes — and it suggests that he may call an election sooner rather than later.
Mr. Carney led the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, and then served as United Nations special envoy on climate action and finance. A father of four, the Prime Minister is a graduate of Harvard and Oxford and holds three citizenships: Canadian, British, and Irish. While some Canadian politicians hold multiple passports, Mr. Carney believes the prime minister should not, so he began the process of surrendering his European citizenships. Mr. Carney, a centrist, has been sharply critical of Donald Trumpf and will stand up to him, but he will also listen to his concerns, imagined or real.
The new Prime Minister holds a PhD degree and will surround himself with a stellar new cabinet. He will need little advice. Nevertheless, Coriolanus has 27 years experience in military intelligence and has been to war, an experience Mr. Carney has not underwent. So your author humbly offers some suggestions for Mr. Carney once “he gets his sea legs.”
First, recognize the State of Palestine. The State of Palestine is recognized by 146 countries around the world with Norway, Spain and Ireland joining the list. In 2024, the US Democratic Party did not heed the words of the tremendous antiwar movement and the voices of Arab-Americans, costing them the election which led America to Trumpf 2.0.
Second, change the laws about tax-deductible charities. Through these schemes, Canadians send millions of dollars to Israel which has been ethnically cleansing itself of Palestinians for decades. In 1991 the Ottawa Citizen estimated that Canadians sent more than $100 million a year to Israel and possibly as much as $200 million. Assuming $100 million has been sent to Israel yearly since 1967 (when the tax deduction was codified) and with approximately 30% of the $5.4 billion total subsidized by the taxpayer, that’s around $1.7 billion in Canadian public support. Israel is a wealthy country with a GDP per capita of $52,642; Canada is $53,431.
Canada is ranked 28 out of 145 countries in terms of military power by the Global Firepower Index (GFI), but mighty Israel is ranked 15. So, why are Canadians allowed to subsidize a wealthy, powerful country with universal health care and nuclear weapons, as a tax deduction?
Third, re-establish diplomatic relations with Iran. In 2012, then conservative PM Stephen Harper recklessly severed relations with Tehran, costing Canada a valuable set of eyes and ears within the country and the Middle East. Note that Ottawa never severed ties with Havana or participated in the useless embargo of Cuba, going against US policy for decades. What would be the difference here?
Fourth, consider establishing a special immigration program for talented ex-federal employees ruthlessly fired from America’s FBI, CIA, CDC, DOS, NIH, NOAA, NTSB, FAA, USDA, or NSA through the notorious DOGE. Ottawa would immediately benefit from their education, experience, and training, particularly since America is now an unreliable ally and Pariah State.
Fifth, Canada’s intelligence agencies, CSIS and RCMP, must establish point-to-point relations with different foreign organizations outside NATO (if they haven’t already). Some excellent candidates for Canada would be Finland, Jordan, Denmark, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, and Taiwan, to name but a few. Canada could gather its own intelligence without fear of compromise by the Russophiles in the USIC. A few techniques will help Ottawa maintain secure communications with its non-US partners. One, Canada can establish separate secure computer servers to prevent US penetration. Two, Canada can employ more diplomatic couriers to move information securely, albeit more slowly, through Air Canada flights. To save money, selected Air Canada pilots may be accredited as Diplomatic Couriers under the Vienna Convention, the most secure method of transmitting intelligence. Once the pilot lands his plane at say Amman or Helsinki, he would be met by a Canadian diplomat at the airport gate to receive the diplomatic pouch. When the plane departs for Toronto or Montreal, they do the same in reverse.
Sixth, the Prime Minister must stand up to Donald Trumpf, Felon Musk, as well as war criminals Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, two experts at ethnic cleansing in the name of “patriotism.”
These two ICC-indicted war criminals are not conversing in Yiddish. (25 Jun 2012 Jerusalem photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem / Pool / Flash90)
And good bye and good luck to the physically fit and charming Mr. Justin Trudeau, who was splendid as the Prime Minister of Canada for many years.
Sources:
https://www.wfdd.org/story/5-things-know-about-mark-carney-canadas-next-prime-minister
The many ways Canada supports Israeli apartheid – rabble.ca
https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.php?country_id=canada
America Becoming “Disease Haven”
America’s anti-vaxxer Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
After finally recovering from the COVID epidemic, the US is facing other health perils and the Trumpf administration will be responsible for it.
Deadly Super Fungus Spreading in US Hospitals
A drug-resistant fungus, Candida Auris, is spreading rapidly in US hospitals, posing a severe threat to patients who need invasive medical equipment. Georgia has seen over 1,300 cases as of the end of Feb 2025. Candida Auris, or C. Auris, is particularly dangerous in health care settings, where it spreads easily through invasive medical equipment such as breathing tubes, feeding tubes, syringes, or catheters. The fungus is resistant to many household cleaners and traditional hospital disinfectants, like ammonia-based cleaning solutions. C. Auris is not a threat to the general public.
Preventable Measles Spreading
Avian Flu Spreading
Craig Spencer, an Ebola virus survivor and Emmy-award winner, is a public health professor and emergency medicine physician at Brown University. He warns that the Trumpf junta is poised to leave the US a haven for disease. Spencer argues that Trump and his ally Elon Musk have “actively dismantled the infrastructure the country relies on to detect and confront deadly pathogens,” and adds that “we are sure to regret it.”
Spencer points to several key decisions made by Trumpf that are particularly alarming: The dismantlement of the US Agency for International Development, the withdrawal of the US from the World Health Organization, and the decision to clamp down on public communications from the CDC.
Trumpf is America’s Godzilla and doesn’t care about the masses until he needs their votes.
Sources:
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-disease/
Tanker Collision in North Sea
The UK Coast Guard reports:
“Both vessels remain presently stable with salvors boarding both the STENA IMMACULATE and the SOLONG today to continue carrying out comprehensive damage assessments.
“The locations of the vessels are unchanged – the STENA IMMACULATE remains at anchor. The SOLONG continues to be held in a safe location connected to a tug.
“There are now only small periodic pockets of fire on the SOLONG which are not causing undue concern. Specialist tugs with firefighting capability remain at both vessels’ locations.
“Regular aerial surveillance flights continue to monitor the vessels and confirm that there continues to be no cause for concern from pollution from either the STENA IMMACULATE or from the SOLONG.
“The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is also assisting in the response, and continues to advise that any public health risk on shore is deemed to be very low. The UKHSA will keep risk assessments under continual review as further information becomes available.”
STENA IMMACULATE pictured on 12 Mar 2025 (Photo: Maritime and Coastguard Agency)
SOLONG pictured on 11 March 2025 (Photo: Maritime and Coastguard Agency)
“The collision in the North Sea “has a high risk of being an environmental disaster in really important protected areas,” Naomi Tilley, Oil and Gas Campaign Lead at Oceana UK, an environmental group focused on oceans.
The UK Coastguard said an exclusion zone of about half of a mile had been established around both vessels.
“At this stage, it’s too early to assess the extent of any environmental damage,” Greenpeace UK said. explaining that the severity of any impact would depend on a number of factors, including “the amount and type of oil carried by the tanker, the fuel carried by both ships, and how much of that, if any, has entered the water.”
Incredible that in the 21st century, with technology, radar, radios, and GPS, that such a calamity could occur. This is just what the world could use, more environmental damage.
Sources:
https://hmcoastguard.uk/news/updates-vessels-incident-coast-east-yorkshire
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-sea-tanker-collision-environmental-impact/?intcid=CNR-02-0623
Trumpf Pardon Doesn’t Cover 6 Jan Terrorist for FBI Murder Plot
Edward Kelley on 6 Jan 2021. (Photo: Public domain)
Donald Trumpf’s sweeping pardons of insurrectionists who attacked the US Capitol on 6 Jan 2021 do not extend to the separate crime of Edward Kelley (35) of Maryville, TN, who plotted to murder FBI agents that investigated him. UDSJ Thomas Varlan ruled that the miscreant’s actions after his initial arrest were “separated from the defendant’s conduct in the DC Case by years and miles.”
A cooperating defendant, who previously pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy, testified that he and Kelley planned attacks on the Knoxville FBI Field Office using car bombs and incendiary devices appended to drones. He also testified that the conspirators strategized about assassinating FBI employees in their homes and in public places such as movie theaters.
Edward Kelley, who was convicted on 6 Jan charges after the government presented extensive evidence showing he was the fourth rioter to breach the Capitol after he assaulted law enforcement, was pardoned by Trumpf along with more than 1,500 other convicted insurrectionists. But Kelley had separately been charged with plotting to murder law enforcement officers involved in the investigation in a separate case. A federal jury in Tennessee convicted Kelley on those charges in November, and he is set to be sentenced 7 May.
Edward Kelley mugshot.
This is at least one piece of good news out of the sordid mess that Trumpf created in the US. The FBI agents could rest a bit easier knowing that this lunatic will be imprisoned for a life, unless Trumpf decides to pardon him a second time.
Sources:
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/federal-jury-convicts-man-conspiring-murder-fbi-employees
Bear Feels Grass for First Time in 20 Years
Coriolanus 