Good analysis by The Economist. And a brutal indictment of Trump's "Department of Justice". While heads roll (to some extent) in Europe, many of Epstein's co-conspirators remain unnamed and, as far as one knows, not subject to investigation or prosecution. youtube.com/shorts/KwJ4V...

So many countries reminding the USA of all the things the USA is supposed to be…

Objective, strategy and legal justification still TBD.

The UK now the least Atlanticist of the major European countries.

An incredible shift. Goes to show, structural assumptions about China need to be revised every few years -- versus every few decades for Western countries.

Russia brings only destruction,death,pain A Russian drone killed Mykola Meleshko’s wife&son,destroyed home in the village of Zoloti Prudy, Donetsk region His son,who had returned home for rehabilitation,was killed instantly.Wife later died in the hospital Deepest condolences... 📹: Radio Liberty

OTD in 2022 the culmination of the western misinformation campaign was witnessed about Russia's mythical "invasion" of Ukraine.

UK Sec of Defense Healey: “Britain is providing an extra half a billion pounds in urgent air defence to Ukraine and will play a central part in NATO’s Arctic security mission. This is how we are stepping up in this new era of threat and hard power.”

A small bombshell on rule of law conditionality from Luxembourg today: Advocate-General Capeta finds in her opinion that Commission was not allowed to unfreeze EU funds to Hungary in December 2023 and proposes that the Court of Justice annul the decision: curia.europa.eu/site/upload/... Thread:

An ungodly level of cowardice. www.kyivpost.com/post/69639

Interestingly, corresponds to the same time - 2018 - when I felt an unnatural impetus to go soft on Russia from some quarters within NATO. Norway's elites have some soul-searching to do.

Blood of innocents up to the waist.

Man darf vor den russischen Angriffen nicht die Augen verschließen. Wenn die Welt nicht reagiert, werden die Angriffe immer zahlreicher. Und jedes Mal brutaler. Das kann nur durch echte Unterstützung der Ukraine gestoppt werden. Wir brauchen Raketen für Luftabwehrsysteme. — Präsident Zelenskyj

Today’s energy schedule for my part of Kyiv 3.5 hours of power out of 24. This is the worst it has been since the start of the full scale invasion. Putin has used Trump’s “peace process” as cover to increase his attacks. Civilian deaths and energy attacks notably up under Trump.

We're looking for top European talent to join our journey. The destination is sovereign European defence. www.hypersonica.space/en/careers/

The other video of the incident is clearer. Experts will break it down frame by frame, but I see a clear case of murder and, more widely, of a paramilitary force that is as out of control, dangerous, and illegitimate as those of the worst dictatorships. substack.com/@nadinbrzezi...

"KLM told Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Friday that it had suspended flights until further notice to Tel Aviv, Dubai, Dammam and Riyadh and would not fly through the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Israel and several countries in the Gulf." www.khaleejtimes.com/business/avi...

With a bit more support to Ukraine, it's absolutely plausible that Russia breaks and loses the entire war. That's what thinking Europeans want to help Ukraine achieve. And that's what America is trying to prevent.

Agree. America is in deep trouble. Led by extremists and lunatics. It's not just Trump. There's a markedly unhealthy and dangerous spirit on the loose. It is evident in both foreign and domestic policy. We are entering genuinely dangerous times.

The security-related arguments that Trump acolytes now make for the supposed U.S. need to conquer Greenland should be met with as much seriousness as Trump’s claims that they should nuke hurricanes or inject disinfectant & put UV light “inside the body“ to cure Covid. Ramblings of a corrupt madman.

The wise thing to do for EU would be to start a Manhattan project (or better, an Alsos Mission) investing massive, but really massive, resources in universities and research to recruit scientists fleeing the US (and any other repressive country). It would secure Europe power status for generations.

Books will be written. With titles like Age of Clowns or American Idiocracy. Meanwhile, I propose that European states open their doors to a lot more political refugees from the tragically benighted United States of America.

Yes, unfortunately the metaphor can extend that way.

1-6 "Denmark was ready for battle ... The order was issued as recently as last week. If Greenland were attacked, contrary to expectations, Danish soldiers would be ready with live ammunition." www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

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❕ Unser Aufruf an die Bundesregierung. Deutschland leistet bereits viel – doch bei der #Winterhilfe müssen wir jetzt einen weiteren Gang hochschalten. Den vollständigen Text findet ihr auf unserer Website: deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/publications...

Die Nachrichten aus der Ukraine sind grauenhaft. Russland versucht systematisch die Lebensbedingungen für die Zivilbevölkerung unerträglich zu machen. In der Öffentlichkeit und Politik ist das viel zu wenig präsent, dabei ist auch Deutschland gefragt: Statement der @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social 🔽

Quote of the day: “We know what to do if Russian warships go near Greenland, Ukraine can help with that. They can sink near Greenland just as they do near Crimea.” Volodymyr Zelenskyy 22 January 2026

Buy Lego.

"Danish pension fund AkademikerPension announces they will sell all US Treasuries by month-end, citing "rising credit risk" under President Trump."

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

The Catholic archbishop of the U.S. military services said it “would be morally acceptable to disobey” orders if troops considered them against their conscience.

🇺🇦💡 Ukraine Receives Energy Aid from EU and 17 Countries Italy has launched the delivery of nearly 80 industrial boilers for municipal heating networks. Belgium’s Enabel has supplied 22 mobile boiler units along with three generators. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-rece...

Official confirmation that the widely quoted letter from Trump to the Norwegian Prime Minister is indeed as reported earlier today. www.politico.eu/article/norw...

Die operative Lage im Raum Pokrovsk bleibt schwierig. Trotz der schwierigen Lage halten die ukrainischen Soldaten die Stellung. … verhindern, dass die russischen Besatzer ihre Absichten, in die westlichen Gebiete der Region Donetsk vorzudringen, verwirklichen können. General Syrsky

Trump's latest letter to the Danish government, also sent to European Embassies in Washington, has leaked. Source is serious. Let's see if one gets a 2nd independent source. Content largely plausible, unfortunately. Deception, vanity, child-like petulance, and reckless aggression all in display.

It's not over. Slava Ukraini, Heroiam slava.

❌ Russia loses 1,020 soldiers and 981 weapons and pieces of military equipment over past day

A political spanking of the highest order by a Greenlander. youtu.be/DMPe_e-WRMk?...

Exactly

The European response to this is going to be: “American Treasury Secretary, go fuck yourself” 🧵

A firm but carefully worded statement by Germany, France, the 4 Nordics, the UK, and the Netherlands. No threats, but a warning that sovereignty won't be compromised and that tariffs will be a dangerous lose-lose.

The real Trump whisperer is of course not Rutte but Putin. As Timothy Snyder says: “It is worth asking whether [owning Greenland] was a Russian idea.” #StandWithGreenland🇬🇱 #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 #HandsOffOurEU🇪🇺

🚨Congressman Don Bacon, a senior Republican lawmaker from Nebraska, warned that President Donald Trump’s talk of taking Greenland by force could cross a constitutional red line and collapse his presidency. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/republican...

Germany and its European partners will not be “blackmailed” by Donald Trump, German finance minister and vice chancellor Lars Klingbeil said on Sunday, after the US president announced additional tariffs to pressure Europe in the #Greenland dispute. (Guardian)

Brutal

1-8 We're getting very close to what Anders describes. Normal, civilised US citizens need to understand it's their system that is sick, not just one man. In pretty much every other democracy I can think of, doing a January 6 number would have meant imprisonment and being barred from public office.

1-5 The Telegraph, the UK's most conservative major newspaper, has this editorial view (link at end): "Donald Trump’s attempt to strongarm Denmark and Europe into accepting the annexation of Greenland is a disgraceful betrayal of the Western alliance..."

1-6 My hot take on Trump's tariffs against European countries: 1: they constitute economic aggression in order to acquire territory. Europeans will remember this for decades to come. They mean very serious damage to the transatlantic bond on all time horizons.

The Putinisation of America has reached truly epic proportions. The Trump regime follows Moscow's political model. A comparably momentous development in the Cold War would have been a take-over by pro-Soviet Communist revolutionaries.