Leo Hohmann – Leo’s Newsletter July 20, 2026
It appears that the other shoe just dropped in the U.S. war with Iran. And with this news, the war has the potential to quickly spread into a wider Middle East conflict, laying what I believe is a clever trap for President Trump.
Because Trump has a monster ego, he will likely walk into Iran’s trap.
According to multiple media outlets, Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis declared today, July 20, an immediate naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.
This brings the U.S./Israel-Iran war officially to the southern entrance of the Red Sea, shutting down an export route through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait used by the Saudis to bypass disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
Oil that was being rerouted from the Strait of Hormuz into the Red Sea and up through the Suez Canal in Egypt will now be cut off if Yemen is able to make good on its stated mission. This will wreck the Egyptian economy, possibly drawing that country into the war against Iran.
Today’s announcement is essentially the Houthis joining the war against the U.S. and Israel, and it will be catastrophic for the global economy, which is already on life support because of the Strait of Hormuz being closed to 20 percent of the world’s oil supply.
The Houthis said their “maritime embargo” was retaliation for what it described as a Saudi siege of Yemen, Reuters reported.
Iran had previously instructed the Houthis to prepare to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait if the United States continued attacking Iranian power infrastructure.
This strait serves as the corridor into the Red Sea that leads up to Egypt and then through the Suez Canal and into Europe. A full closure could disrupt oil shipments equivalent to 7% of global supply, on top of the 20% already being disrupted at the Strait of Hormuz. According to Reuters, this leaves Saudi Arabia exposed at both ends of its export system as tanker traffic through Hormuz remains sharply reduced.
The Houthi declaration followed a ninth consecutive night of U.S. attacks on Iran. Tehran reported strikes in Tabriz, Chabahar, Konarak, Bandar Mahshahr and Bandar Imam Khomeini, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked U.S. military assets in Jordan, Kuwait and Syria. Kuwait also reported another attack on one of its desalination plants, causing a fire.
Kuwait depends on desalination plants for 90 percent of its fresh water needs. The other Gulf countries depend on these plants for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent. If Iran keeps bombing them, it will cause a humanitarian and refugee crisis, with millions of refugees being forced to flee the region, probably into Turkey and Europe.
Oil movements through the Gulf are deteriorating rapidly. Expect fuel prices to continue on an upward trend, probably at a faster pace than what we’ve seen over the last three months.
Brent crude briefly traded above $90 per barrel after the blockade announcement was made Monday, before retreating to $89 as traders assessed reports of renewed efforts to jumpstart the peace talks.
At this point, anyone who believes we are going to have peace in the Middle East is nuts. Totally naïve. Do not listen to them. We might see another temporary lull, used only to rearm and move more military assets into position, but this war will not end until at least one side is totally defeated. Right now, both the U.S. and Iran believe they are winning this war. So it will continue to rage.
If it devolves into a long-term war of attrition, which I believe it will, that does not favor the United States. Seeing this, Trump may decide to do something really unwise, like launch a ground invasion of Iran. In fact, I believe that is a trap Iran is trying to lure Trump into. They have 1 million men under arms who will be waiting for any paltry ground invasion the U.S. can muster. Right now there are no more than 10,000 or so U.S. troops in the region. The entire American military force including Army and Marines is only about 450,000. If Trump is foolish enough to pull the trigger on a full-scale ground assault, it will result in a devastating defeat and possibly the end of the American empire.
According to Reuters, Iran has received a proposal for a 10-day ceasefire. I don’t believe Iran will bite this time around.
Don’t believe any of the talk about peace. In order for peace to prevail, there would have to be some level of trust, which is non-existent between the U.S. and Iran.
In an indication of just how volatile the situation is right now, Air France reportedly announced today it has suspended all flights to Saudi Arabia through July 25 and to the UAE through July 28.
Remember, all of the commercial shipping choke points were open for business and flowing freely before the U.S and Israel started this ill-advised war on February 28. They told us it would be over in four or five days, and now here we are nearly five months later and the Iranian regime is firmly in control and still sitting on a large supply of missiles and drones. Our president has lied to us every step of the way, telling us Iran was “totally defeated” and “has nothing left.”
For a country that has been soundly defeated, they have found a way in the last week to decimate U.S. military bases in Bahrain, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based, and heavily damaged U.S. bases in the UAE, Kuwait and most recently Jordan, where three U.S. Army soldiers were killed on Saturday and dozens injured. Nearly 100 U.S. service members have been injured in Iranian attacks on multiple U.S. bases across the Middle East just in the month of July, according to CBS News. If this is being reported by an establishment media outlet like CBS, you know the numbers are likely much higher.
For a great summary of U.S. foreign policy from the Vietnam era up to today, watch Professor Jeffery Sachs in his July 20 interview with Judge Andrew Napolitano. He recounts the entire disastrous history of how the U.S. has lost every one of its undeclared wars, most of them fought under false pretenses for the enrichment of the billionaire class in the military-industrial complex. It was Eisenhower’s greatest fear, which he warned about in his farewell address, and it has come true, leading to an unsustainable $40 trillion debt.
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The most salient point Sachs makes is that our presidents do not determine foreign policy. It is determined for them. Listen particularly to Sachs’ description of Zbigniew Brzezinski’s role in shaping U.S. foreign policy, as portrayed in his 1997 book, The Grand Chess Board. In that book, Brzezinski lays out his vision of a “geopolitical pivot state,” which boils down to the U.S. using any means to maintain its global hegemony. Brzezinski projected in 1997 that Ukraine would be used as a proxy by the U.S. to antagonize Russia.
Brzezinski said the U.S. must take control of Ukraine and push it into NATO. Why? In order to push American power to the Russian border, Brzezinski said in his book.
“We need to use these places to weaken, to divide, to subvert, maybe even overthrow our enemy (in Russia),” Sachs said in describing Washington’s geopolitical strategy.
“Whether it’s Clinton, or Bush or Obama, or Trump 1, or Biden or Trump 2, doesn’t matter. The name of the game in Washington is, we’re number one, and the military-industrial complex will be fed, gluttonously, to the maximum extent, to keep that dominant power, that primacy, and we’ll fight anyone, we’ll subvert any government, we’ll use any geopolitical pivot to do that. And we get all of these countries in trouble. We prove the old adage of Henry Kissinger is true, that to be an enemy of the United States is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal!”
At the same time the war in the Middle East is raging out of control, the Russia-Ukraine war is also reaching new heights of escalation. Both sides are hitting the other’s weapons’ depots and energy infrastructure. Parts of Moscow were on fire last night, and Russia struck a train it said was carrying weapons today in Ukraine.
The whole world is either engaged in war or preparing for war, and here in the USA people are talking about voting, the threat of Democratic Socialists and Sharia takeovers. Other nations are warning their citizens to prepare for all-out war with the West. We have no such warnings in America, and in fact our leaders go out of their way to distract us from what’s really going on in the world.
At the very least, we are going to see runaway inflation and potential shortages. Gas prices will soar. Expect food prices to continue rocketing up later this year and into next year, as the shortages of fertilizer caused by the Iran war lead to smaller harvests.
I am firmly convinced that the ill-advised and unwinnable war with Iran will be the trigger that launches the end of America as an unchallenged global superpower.
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Asylum seekers given taxpayer-funded dance lessons and cricket coaching
and paid taxi fares to free NHS and dentistry
Story by Ed Griffiths • 1
Hundreds of male asylum seekers have been given taxpayer-funded dance lessons football and cricket coaching, along with mobile phones and generous clothing grants
Those housed at the Wethersfield Asylum Centre in Essex also have access to photography, art and rambling, paid for through a combination of public funds and charitable donations The programme of activities at Britain’s largest migrant camp has emerged as local residents protest against plans to expand the site from roughly 800 to approximately 1,245 occupants.
The centre, situated on a former RAF airfield, is operated as a Home Office facility, and the revelations about taxpayer-backed leisure provision have added to growing community tensions in the area.
When many locals are on the breadline
Braintree Council received £50,000 through a Home Office grant designated for local organisations to arrange activities for migrants at the site.
The programme of activities at Britain’s largest migrant camp has emerged as local residents protest against plans to expand the site from roughly 800 to approximately 1,245 occupants.
The centre, situated on a former RAF airfield, is operated as a Home Office facility, and the revelations about taxpayer-backed leisure provision have added to growing community tensions in the area.
Council received £50,000 through a Home Office grant designated for local organisations to arrange activities such as film shows for migrants at the site.
Of that sum, £17,490 was allocated to the Catholic Church’s St Vincent de Paul Society, which runs English language classes, art workshops and gardening sessions for residents.
Art Refuge, which delivers dance classes titled Echoes of Home in partnership with performing arts company Atelier Armonico, was awarded £14,125. Those dance sessions are scheduled to continue until 2028.
A further £10,750 went towards sports provision, while £7,650 was earmarked specifically for football and cricket coaching at the centre.
ALL THIS HAS TO STOP
BBC’s latest plea for license fees proves exactly why people are snubbing it
Story by Megan Bull •
What has the BBC ever done for me?’ is the broadcasting giant’s latest attempt to protect license fees. An advert led by migrant comedian, Romesh Ranganathan, it’s essentially a four-minute ode to the BBC’s most iconic shows, including EastEnders, Doctor Who, and Strictly Come Dancing, as well as an opportunity to plug their charitable endeavours.
Some years ago the BBC decided they needed a childrens ambassador, i thought this will be some one from the pop world or sport, the betting was on one of the spice girls
but horror of horrors they decoded on Boy George a transvestite singer.
But then it was all over the news George kidnapped a teenage rent boy chained him up beat and raped him, so the BBC had to drop him
The BBC has always been choc full of homosexual perverts ever since the Rothschild take over before w w 2
Why is Children In Need sitting on a £90million fortune? Charity stashes sum away in investment portfolio instead of handing it out
charity also has £2.2million in its accounts up from £900,000 from previous years
Spokesman said money is being temporarily held and would be given away
In 2008 BBC faced investigation after keeping £100,000 of charity money
Children in Need is a giant BBC hoax
people who buy a license are protecting child abusers
In his latest Sonar21 article Larry Johnson says a new fancy word to expel the US from the Middle East is debasification. I read the article to see where the word comes from, its etymology, but Larry didn’t say so it could be his own word, and it may mean to de-base.
https://sonar21.com/debasification-a-fancy-word-for-booting-the-us-out-of-the-middle-east/
Oooh, you sure did get to use that “raging war” affect, as our fake war “continues to rage”. When will someone just point out that this is a charade between our Zionist prez and his pretend enemy, those commies.
YURKIYE IS NEXT T
Turkish ‘threat’ talked up in Israel as Netanyahu focuses on new alliances
Relations between Israel and Turkiye continue to deteriorate amid accusations and heightened geopolitical tension
Israel insists Yurkiye is on israeli land
With the likelihood increasing more United States attack on Iran, Israeli politicians are already turning their attention to another regional rival: Turkiye.
Netanyahu has made threats to put in the americans
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who is expected to run and do well in the country’s elections this year, was the latest prominent politician to declare Turkiye a threat to Israel.
A new Turkish attitude of resistance is emerging,” Bennett said. “We must act in different ways, but simultaneously against the threat from Tehran and against the hostility from Ankara.”
Other Israeli politicians have said similar things in the past few months, with Turkiye a strong critic of Israel’s actions towards the Palestinians and its genocidal war on Gaza, and also getting closer to regional powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
The tone indicates that while the Iranian government remains in power in Tehran, Israel is already looking for a new regional nemesis, with a network of like-minded states around it.
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while announcing the forthcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, declared his intention to forge a new “hexagon” of alliances that would outflank a so-called “emerging radical Sunni [Muslim] axis”, and cement Israel’s regional influence.
Included in that alliance would be countries like Greece and Cyprus, which have historically had antagonistic relations with Turkiye.
Ironically, Trump bombing the crap out of Iran may keep him from using atom bombs. There will be nothing meaningful left to nuke.
Inside the alleged bid to bring America’s ‘whites only’ community model to Britain
Story by Tanmay Puri • 1
Britain is facing scrutiny after campaigners linked to a land-buying scheme in rural Wales were accused of attempting to bring an American-style getaway community model from the hard left and migrant gangs to Britain.
The Woodlander Initiative (TWI), led by veteran Simon Birkett, has raised £235,000 towards a £1 million target to purchase land across every British county. The group insists it is not political and denies claims it is trying to establish a white-only enclave like the jews have done in their gated communities. However, its reported links to American separatist organisation Return To The Land (RTTL), support from Britain’s largest freedom group Patriotic Alternative, and activity at its Powys site have prompted concern among residents, politicians and experts.
The development has also drawn the attention of Powys Council, which confirmed no planning applications had been submitted for structures built on the woodland site and said the matter would now be investigated.
The American Influence at UK Soil
The Woodlander Initiative purchased two plots of land near the village of Llanafan Fawr in Powys, where two unfinished log cabins have been built. The organisation has denied attempting to establish a white-only settlement and says anyone is welcome to visit, camp and assist with construction work
the camp admits is does a have a slightly religious bias
Its plans have nevertheless attracted attention because Eric Orwoll, founder of the American Return To The Land movement, has said his organisation is allied with TWI. RTTL has established a white separatist enclave in Arkansas with the stated aim of resegregating society.
The Welsh site currently consists of a steep field, an area of woodland, large tents and a wooden latrine. One unfinished structure appears to serve as a hall or meeting space, while another overlooks the site’s only access track.
Powys Council confirmed it has no recent planning history for the land and that no applications had been submitted for either the buildings or a change of land use from agriculture to leisure or tourism.
A council spokesman said: ‘Our planning department have confirmed that we have no relevant recent planning history for the ” jesus site”.
“We have also not received any formal complaints to date regarding the structures referred to in the email below.
‘The Development Management team will investigate the concerns that have been raised and take any appropriate action identified through that process.’
One nearby farmer said building materials had been arriving regularly and several men had been working on the site.
‘They’ve not upset anyone so far but like everyone else they are subject to planning laws which are quite strict around here. If I opened a caravan and camping site, the council would be knocking on my door straight away,’ the farmer said.
Residents also questioned the durability of the unfinished structures, expressing concern they may not withstand a typical Welsh winter.
Local Concerns and Extremist Links
Although TWI says its membership criteria make no reference to ethnicity and its constitution describes it as a non-political organisation focused on ‘building community, friendships, skills and fraternity’, its critics point to its connections with prominent figures on the British right.
Simon Birkett is a former member of the BNP and National Front and addressed the Patriotic Alternative annual conference in 2024. In a message to TWI members, he promoted the ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory and wrote that the organisation aimed to ‘create an elite, a vanguard, an alternative group who will actively do what’s best for us’.
Patriotic Alternative leader Mark Collett has publicly backed the project, describing it as ‘a fantastic initiative that allows nationalists to pool their money in order to purchase land and property’.
He added: ‘This is a long-term plan that will hopefully catch on and turn into the establishment of indigenous heartlands; places for our people.’
Plaid Cymru has said religionists are not welcome in Wales, while residents of Llanafan Fawr ?
said they could not understand why the group had chosen their village. Locals confirmed that the workmen constructing the cabins and a small number of visitors who attended an open day last September seemed like the Amish
The group’s messaging has also drawn attention. A sign inside the entrance welcomes visitors to the woods, while notices at the gate warn people to stay out, threaten a £100,000 fine for racist trespassing and refer to ‘federal authorities’, despite the UK having no federal system.
Neighbouring sheep farmer John Weedon, 80, said he had experienced no problems since TWI arrived.
‘I know all about their reputation but they’ve not inflicted anything on me. They all seem ok,’ he said.
‘I’ve seen the signs they put up, but if you stake your claim somewhere, you need to protect it.’
Dr William Allchorn, a hard left senior research fellow at Anglia Ruskin University specialising in the British far-Right, said buying land could form part of a long-term strategy for an extremist organisation.
It’s the idea of creating a separate white heartland or parallel society where they can be completely off grid,’ he said.
He added that the Welsh project appeared to have ‘progressed fairly far’ and shared similarities with developments in the United States, East Germany and South Africa, where semi religious groups have attempted to establish white-exclusive communities.
According to hard left Dr Allchorn, British Right wing organisations have shifted their attention towards projects such as land acquisition since the pandemic, viewing them as part of a long-term ideological objective centred on just being themselves with bible study excluding minorities and migrants.
The racist and heterophobic murder of Ann Widdicombe has
brought many new converts
I doubt Russia is fighting against Ukraine to secure for Jews, a Jewish world, under Jewish occupation…
The war climbed up another step on the “Jack and the beanstalk” escalation ladder. So, just make sure to support Leo as he will write just about every other step going up before everything (including Jack) comes crushing down..