In this October 10, 2026 update, Susan Kokinda of Promethean Updates discusses two recent announcements from the Trump administration.
President Trump reported a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which Russia agreed to immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel fuel (with further volumes to follow) to the U.S. and global markets; the Treasury then authorized related Russian diesel transactions through April 2027.
On the same day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced U.S. sanctions on the International Criminal Court, stating that the U.S. would not allow the court to prosecute Americans and would cut off its resources.
Kokinda frames both moves as part of a broader effort against the post-World War II globalist order and figures such as George Soros.
The video reviews the background of diesel price pressures after U.S. strikes on Iran, G7 oil releases, Ukrainian objections (including from President Zelensky and the group Razom for Ukraine), the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi Pillay, Rubio’s remarks on Western civilization in Athens, and related historical and philosophical points.
A note from the Saluda GOP:
We are cautious about endorsing many of the opinions that circulate on the internet. Even many of President Trump’s most loyal supporters often struggle to understand what he is trying to accomplish internationally—especially regarding the Iran conflict. One reason we became interested in the ideas put forward by Promethean Action is that, while we are no experts, their explanations seem to fit a lot of what we see happening.
Whether Trump’s policies truly represent a deliberate return to that system, or are better explained as straightforward America First politics, remains open to debate. We are not fully endorsing the interpretation in this video. We have simply found enough substance in these claims to share them with our readers so you can watch, compare other viewpoints, and decide for yourselves.
Promethean Action, the group behind this video, argues that Trump’s moves—such as energy deals, tariffs aimed at protecting American manufacturing, and resistance to certain international organizations—are part of a larger shift away from a “globalist” system that favors international institutions and free trade, and back toward an older American approach sometimes called the “Hamiltonian” or “American System.” That tradition, linked to Alexander Hamilton and later leaders like Abraham Lincoln, focused on building up the country’s own industry, infrastructure, and productive strength first.
