They tried to kill Trump, again - weekly digest

**Trump assassination attempt and other important events of the week**

Over the past week, the world community has been shaken by reports that Iran attempted to assassinate US President Donald Trump. The operation of the US Secret Service to hide Trump in a food truck and transfer him to a military plane has caused widespread discussion. Also, Russian President Vladimir Putin's first visit to the Kuril Islands, which the Japanese consider theirs, a serious blackout observed in Central Asia, and the statements of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov that he received permission from Putin to build the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway were among the main events of the week.

**Trump's operation to hide in a truck**

The most sensational event of the week was another assassination attempt on Donald Trump. While the White House leader was returning from the NATO summit in Ankara, information was received that his plane could be attacked. According to American publications, this information was obtained by the Israeli foreign intelligence agency "Mossad".

According to reports, one of the Shiite groups under Iranian influence had brought a portable missile complex near the Ankara airport. This meant that the attack on Trump's plane could have been carried out not from Iranian territory, but from Turkey itself. The Israelis informed the CIA about this, but at first the Americans did not pay serious attention to it. Later, the secret service carried out an operation to save Trump, which became known to the whole world.

After this operation, many people are wondering: if Iran really intended to shoot down Trump's plane, why was the president secretly transferred to a military plane, and the journalists and members of the delegation who were on the first board flew to Britain on a plane supposedly targeted by Iran? Were the lives of dozens of people put at risk so that the operation to save the life of the American president would remain secret?

The fact that Iran has not yet fired a single missile at Trump's plane and the world is panicking so much shows that America has achieved nothing by starting a war with Iran, but only added to the problem. If it has managed to convince all the American and Israeli intelligence that it can kill Trump in a NATO country, then Iran still has the power.

**Putin went to the Kurils**

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Kuril Islands for the first time this week. This was not one of the Kremlin leader's usual visits to the territories, because Japan claims the Kurils as its own. Despite being president for so long, Putin has never been there. The last time he visited the islands was when Dmitry Medvedev was president.

Japan expressed its dissatisfaction with Putin's visit to a destination near the island of Hokkaido. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi noted that Putin's visit worsened relations between the two countries. During his visit, the Russian President visited a fish farm and was treated to various types of caviar. The governor of the Sakhalin region reported that a record amount of tuna had arrived on the shores of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.

**Blackout in Central Asia**

Another blackout was observed in our region. On Friday, in Samarkand, power was cut off in many places for half a day, traffic lights did not work. Fortunately, classes did not start, and the streets were not very congested. This time, the blackout was not as large as in 2022. Then the countries in the region were left without electricity for almost a day. On August 14, in addition to Uzbekistan, outages were also observed in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Because the power grids of the countries in the region are interconnected, an outage in one place also affects neighboring countries.

So far, the blackout is said to have been caused by the shutdown of two hydroelectric generators at the Tokhtagul hydroelectric power station in Kyrgyzstan. At least, this is the version put forward by the Kazakh side. An intergovernmental commission has been formed to resolve the problem.

**Putin's permission**

The interview with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov must have left Uzbeks indifferent. The president of the neighboring state told many interesting things related to the life of the country. According to Japarov, after leaving the presidency, he wanted the chairman of the security committee, Kamchibek Tashiyev, to take his place, but later decided that his political partner was not ready for this.

Japarov also said that he had been talking to Putin about the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway. According to him, upon coming to power in 2020, he summoned the Chinese ambassador to discuss the construction of the railway. The ambassador said that Russia's permission was needed for this construction.

The Kyrgyz president was surprised by this and went to Russia to meet with Putin. "I was surprised, then I asked to arrange a meeting with Vladimir Putin. The very next day he received me. I went to Russia alone, we discussed this topic with Vladimir Vladimirovich for 35-40 minutes. I got Putin's consent, I said come back and start, and so the project began," said Japarov.

**Trump and Musk's reconciliation**

U.S. President Donald Trump and the world's richest man, Elon Musk, have reconciled, overseas publications have reported. Recall that after Trump returned to the presidency, Musk, who had become very close with him and began living in his residence, later had a fight with the White House leader over a misunderstanding over taxes.

The parties did not even try to convince each other that their relations were good. Over time, the two billionaires stopped arguing and reconciled. This was facilitated by the fact that they met at several events. In particular, they met at an event organized in honor of the death of Charlie Kirk. Later, during his famous visit to China, Trump took Musk with him, and local businessmen in China literally took pictures with Musk.

The richest man in the world was going to give $ 100 million to support the Republicans in the midterm elections. After White House representatives spoke with Musk and explained the situation, the billionaire called Trump and admitted that he was wrong on some issues. And later, $ 100 million to support Trump's party. After that kind of money, how can you not reconcile?

**"We will warm ourselves in the heat of oil"**

For a week, Russia and Ukraine waged a war of statements. The Russian Defense Ministry posted a picture of drones on its page and wrote, "Frost awaits you in winter." The Ukrainian side responded, saying, "We will warm ourselves in the heat of Russian oil." That is, the Russians threatened to strike energy facilities in the winter, leaving Ukrainians without heat and electricity. Ukraine responded by blowing up Russian oil refineries. Russia began the war with the goal of "taking Kiev in three days." By the fifth year of the war, Donetsk, where the capture of Kiev began in 2014, had not been fully taken. Five years ago, Ukrainians were told, "We are coming to save you." Now they are threatening, "You will freeze to death in the winter." Such is war, such is reality.