Last night, while the world was glued to the screens watching the U.S. bully Venezuela, the empire tried to pull another hit in the shadows.

At 1:00 AM, while the rest of the world slept, a planned coup was set in motion in Ouagadougou. Macron and his regional puppets had a hit list ready—a literal assassination plan targeting the nation’s defense and security forces.

They had the disgraced former President Damiba and his foreign backers pulling the strings, ready to repeat the betrayal of Thomas Sankara.

Once again, the shadow of foreign interference hovered over a country that has dared to step out of line.

But they didn't count on the streets.

The second the news broke, thousands of ordinary citizens — workers, students, elders—marched toward the presidential palace and stood there, bodies visible, unarmed, refusing to move. They became a human shield. This is what true love looks like. We are starving for this kind of leadership today—a leader who serves so deeply that an entire nation will get out of bed at 1:00 AM to stand in front of a bullet for him.

Most "leaders" today hide in bunkers or golden palaces while they sell their country’s soul to the highest bidder in Paris or Washington. Traoré is different. He lives on a Captain’s salary. He cut his own ministers' pay because he said a struggling nation can't afford political "luxury." He nationalized the mines and built the refineries so the wealth actually stays in the hands of his people. He achieved food self-sufficiency for his nation in 2025 while the rest of the world was still begging for Western aid.

We live in an era of "middlemen"—politicians who function more like regional managers for foreign corporations than representatives of their own people. We see "leaders" who would rather sign away their country’s mineral rights for a seat at a Davos table than ensure their people have bread.

When was the last time you saw a population risk everything for a politician? It doesn't happen for the ones who spend their terms chasing IMF loans and “investor confidence” while their citizens' quality of life collapses. It only happens for the ones who prove, through every action and every sacrifice, that they belong to the people.

The world is waking up to the fact that "democracy" as taught by the West is often just a mask for managed theft. We are tired of "professional" politicians with polished speeches and empty hands. We are looking for the ones who refuse to be bought, who refuse to bow, and who treat their country’s resources as a sacred trust, not a personal inheritance.

Burkina Faso showed us last night that when you find a leader who is truly for the people, the people become his fortress.