The Daily Herold: Feb. 18, 2025 – Ukraine Left Behind, Musk’s Government Takeover, and the Gold Mystery Deepens

Jon Herold, with a guest appearance from GhostofBPH, dives into the latest global power shifts as Trump and Putin move forward with Ukraine peace talks, without inviting Zelensky or Europe. As NATO leaders scramble to adjust, Zelensky is throwing a fit, refusing to travel to Saudi Arabia in protest of his exclusion from negotiations. Meanwhile, European leaders are realizing what many have suspected for years...Trump isn’t treating them like allies, he’s treating them like liabilities.

Back in Washington, Elon Musk’s DOGE operation is moving too fast for the courts to stop it. A federal judge admits that Democrats are struggling to even figure out how to block it, as bureaucrats resign in droves rather than hand over records to Trump’s team. With DOJ prosecutors, Social Security officials, and Pentagon insiders fleeing their posts, the swamp’s old guard is finally realizing they’re out of time.

Meanwhile, the Fort Knox audit push is gaining momentum, with gold shipments quietly moving from London to the U.S., raising major questions about what’s really happening behind the scenes. With Trump tightening his economic grip, NATO scrambling, and the bureaucratic purge exposing new corruption daily, the system is breaking faster than they can contain it.