Simon Marks

The anti-Trump coalition is emerging - this is a dangerous moment The US President's week of catastrophes has handed his enemies a small window of hope

Mine for The iPaper

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“An inescapable force”.

Ah yes, Rubio's ‘love letter’ to Europe.
Marco Rubio just gave JD Vance’s message a nicer suit:
slam the door on migrants,
rebrand exclusion as ‘heritage,’
and top it off with an ‘our way or the highway’ ultimatum—
plus demand to stop bending to climate alarmism. 🤷‍♀️

None. Only in the Q&A afterwards.

Simon Marks Reporting / February 14, 2026 - Mandelson summoned to appear before House Oversight Committee on Epstein Simon's Saturday afternoon update for Vanessa Feltz's programme on the UK's LBC.

Mandelson summoned to appear before House Oversight Committee on Epstein. My live update on the latest US news for Vanessa Feltz’s programme on the UK’s LBC

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Really worth noting the way the State Department is defining Rubio's Munich speech. A love letter to Europe it was not.

YouTube video by LBC US outlines new vision for Europe at security conference

Must-see chat between Matt Frei and C4's Lindsey Hilsum earlier today on @lbc.co.uk

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February 14, 2026 - Rubio makes more measured, but still threatening speech to European leaders in Munich Simon's live update for Matt Frei's Saturday morning programme on the UK's LBC.

In Munich, Rubio makes a nicer speech than Vance last year, but a speech that is nonetheless threatening to European leaders. Mine with Matt Frei this morning for @lbc.co.uk

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#Rubio #Munich #Trump #news #simonmarks #lbc #NATO #MSC2026

Europe desperately wants the US to be Normal Again so it doesn’t actually have to engage with any of the hard work (and spending) that engaging with reality actually involves.

So if Rubio gives a speech with ~better vibes~ it gets lapped up, even if it’s meaningless on substance.

Not at all clear why Rubio's speech in Munich would have fostered a "sigh of relief", as Wolfgang Ischinger claimed. Any "sigh of relief" would be a further act of delusion by those doing the sighing.

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Oh.

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Well done, mate. Richly deserved!!!

Columbia Protester Held by ICE Says She Was Chained to Bed After Seizure

America, 2026

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A reminder that backing “patriotic European parties” lies at the heart of official US government policy. This is the Trump apparatchik seeking to game the outcome of the UK’s next election.

Very good point…I shall rewrite.

Cheers Rebecca!

Cheers, Paul. One of my favourite words!!

February 13, 2026 - "American Week": Trump posts racist meme about Obamas, while Bondi demonstrates contempt for democracy Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's drivetime programme on the UK's LBC.

My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm or find it here on demand afterwards.

This week: Trump's racist post about the Obamas, Bondi's pure contempt for Congress, and other outrages.

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This is all made up.

Just a total fabrication top to bottom.

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Not just American. This sets the whole world back, makes the most devastating effects of climate change more likely—in itself, and by encouraging other countries to follow suit. This piece of shit belongs in a home, preferably a locked one.

Cheers Caroline!

Walls are closing in on Trump from Minnesota to Maga The US President is now on the ropes with his actions fuelling questions about whether he has overplayed his hand

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Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein

Biggest Democratic scalp yet. Obama’s former White House counsel.

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February 12, 2026 - In major win for big oil, Trump reverses scientific finding on impacts of climate change Simon's live update for Ben Kentish's late night programme on the UK's LBC, as President Trump takes fresh steps to eviscerate U.S. efforts to combat climate change.

In major win for big oil, Trump overturns landmark climate change finding, putting lives and American health at risk. Mine with @benkentish.bsky.social on the UK's @lbc.co.uk

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February 12, 2026 - BBC told Trump defamation lawsuit will go ahead in February 2027 Simon's live update for Iain Dale's evening programme on the UK's LBC, after a court in Florida ruled that the BBC must engage in "discovery" with Trump's lawyers, and that t...

Mine for @iaindale.bsky.social's programme on @lbc.co.uk after the BBC were told to prepare fully for Trump's lawsuit over Panorama. Trial starts next February.

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February 12, 2026 - Trump's border czar announces end to "Operation Metro Surge" in Minneapolis Simon's live update for Radio New Zealand's "Morning Report", on the apparent climbdown by the White House in Minneapolis following the killing of two American citizens there last mo...

Trump's border czar announces end to "Operation Metro Surge" in Minneapolis. Mine on Trump’s belated U-turn, for Radio New Zealand’s “Morning Report” with Ingrid Hipkiss presenting.

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image from today's hearing

Epstein survivors raise their hands to signal they've been ignored by Trump's DOJ as AG Pam Bondi refuses to look at them

(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty)

NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”