OTD in 1935 Nazi German defence minister Werner von Blomberg renamed his department to "The Ministry of War".

“If the Americans get everything they want, said Justus Hansen, a member of Greenland’s Parliament, there will never be any “real independence.” “We might as well raise our own flag halfway,” he said. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...

US designs on Greenland unchanged, PM says after meeting Trump envoy

🇺🇸🇮🇷Reuters: U.S. intelligence says recent fighting has not significantly slowed Iran’s nuclear program. Officials still estimate Iran would need about 9–12 months to build a nuclear weapon if it chose to do so. Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium remains largely intact and unaccounted for.

😳🇸🇰🇺🇦 No peace agreement with the Russian Federation is possible without the consent of the Ukrainian side, — Fico He also stated that the country supports Ukraine's desire to join the EU. ‼️ It is currently unknown what caused the change in Fico's rhetoric towards Ukraine.

US orders withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany

Merz: As far as Iran is concerned, yes, I have become disillusioned with that by now. And that is simply because the United States of America and Israel had assumed right at the beginning that this problem would be solved within a few days. And today we have to realize that it has not been solved.

Am calling for NATO to close the skies over Tuapse.

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

Oh god (pardon the pun) but this is too funny 🤣

There is one universal rule. Whenever Moscow is thrown out of a country, mass celebrations happen.

Day 1510 of my 3 day war. Yanukovych - ❌ Assad - ❌ Maduro - ❌ Orban - ❌ Khameni - ⚰️ Armenia - 🖕➡️🇷🇺 Cuba - 😱 NATO - 🇫🇮&🇸🇪 EU - 🇪🇺 🤣 Medvedev - 🥴 I remain a master strategist.

While many protesters in Ireland are complaining about fuel costs, far-right actors and international figures are using the movement to push anti-immigrant narratives.

Tomorrow morning we'll have a deep dive about how a militant group of outsiders managed to take control of a national movement and bring the country to a standstill. There's a lot of swearing in it.

Kind of wish reporters would stop letting the protest leaders get away with saying shit like "it's not us blocking the roads, it's the government blocking the roads" We're not idiots

Fuel protest leader James Geoghegan has animal cruelty convictions and Revenue judgments www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

🚨 BREAKING: Zelensky proposes a defensive military alliance that includes the EU + Ukraine, Turkey, Norway, and the UK. This will enable control of the seas, skies, and land of all Europe as the United States withdraws from NATO. The alliance will be stronger than Russia.

Said we will have an Easter truce. Last Easter Ukraine deliberately placed a Palm Sunday church service underneath a cluster munition causing more than 30 to die in our fight against the satanic west. Watch for a repeat.

This is the type of energy we need.

As comrade @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social wisely points out, Europe is to blame for this "crime against logic in relation to Russia". I argue this happens in 2 ways. 1. Being seen by Ukraine as a better option than Russia 2. Actually being a better option for Ukraine than Russia

Stop calling him a master strategist. He may have wrecked his economy, failed to change a regime and had to make a massive "goodwill gesture", but he has NOT taken 1.3 million casualties doing it. 😤

Seriously, what the fuck is this. This is completely deranged, and anyone who can’t say so is a coward.

There's some "leave Britney alone" vibes to this.

Imagine if Obama had ended a tweet threatening war crimes with "praise be to Allah".

Rescue of 2nd crew member of downed US F-15E Attack aircraft dropped bombs and opened fire on #Iran convoys - Forces engaged in firefight 2 C-130 transport aircraft trapped at a temporary airstrip inside the country and had to be blown up - 3 other warplanes sent into Iran for evacuation

Europe is having an energy crisis because of America's disastrous war of choice against Iran. No surprise then that the American government is blaming the high energy prices on EU climate policy. www.state.gov/releases/und...

In 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump said he would not necessarily defend the Baltics if Russia invaded Europe has had *10 years* since then to build an independent European command & control independent of 🇺🇸 But this continent's Atlanticists blocked any such efforts, leaving us now vulnerable.

‘It’s not Top Gun’: Irish Air Corps pilots to receive combat training www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

POTUS is certifiable

Just a reminder that the senator who sponsored the bill which became law with broad bipartisan support that states a president cannot pull the US out of NATO without congressional approval was … Marco Rubio.

🇺🇦🇮🇪 Zelensky: I discussed the priorities of Ireland’s EU Presidency in the second half of this year with Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Defense of Ireland Helen McEntee. I provided a detailed briefing on the results of my visits to countries in the Middle East and the protection system.

Saying your war's challenge is to reverse something that only happened cos you started the war is almost master strategy.

The Dow has almost completely erased the gains for Trump’s entire presidency. Are we great again yet?

Firing missiles at Ireland now.... 🤪

OTD in 2000 I was made Prez. 26, glorious, endlessly victorious years. I now control slightly less of Russia than then and a lot less of Ukraine than I did 3 years ago. I remain a master strategist.

We don't object to this kind of foreign interference in elections, btw.

He TACO-ed before the poll could end..

OTD in 2024 ISIS attacked a theatre in Moscow. 🇺🇸: ISIS is about to attack you 🇷🇺: LIARS!! ISIS: We attacked you 🇷🇺: it was 🇺🇦 🇺🇦: It wasn’t us ISIS: It was us 🇷🇺: Here is van with 🇺🇦 plates! Everyone: The van is from 🇧🇾 ISIS: It was us 🇷🇺: It was 🇺🇸&🇺🇦 ISIS: For fuck's sake!!

🇮🇪 joins hunt for Russian submarines. Conor Gallagher is writing in todays @IrishTimes on upgrades to Naval Service vessels regarding sub-surface and air search capabilities.

OTD in 2003 the USA invaded Iraq. It's good they elected a president determined to end forever wars that start for made up reasons & end up as a quagmire they can't win.

OTD in 1939 Nazi Germany, using the threat of armed force, annexed Klaipeda from Lithuania. A policy of appeasement lead to further demands from Hitler & eventually a terrible war. Imagine that happening today...

Just a reminder that in January of this year, Trump and Hegseth decommissioned EVERY US mine sweeper. Yep. Every. Last. One. Evidently they could never imagine a scenario in which the US needed minesweepers. In Trump's America, we are governed by idiots.

That was to quote Churchill. And now to quote Kremlin. 3 weeks before this we denied they were our soldiers in Crimea. They were. 12 days before we denied we planned to annex Crimea. We did. 3 days after we denied we wanted more of Ukraine. We lied.

OTD in 2014 everyone in Crimea who didn't want to be shot by our soldiers at the polling stations voted to join Russia. You had the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor. And you have war.

We need help to open the Strait that is already open to help protect it from the enemy we actually already defeated 100%

President Zelenskyy: One year ago, I also had good cards, but we didn’t show them. "It’s thanks to our Defenders, great people, and to a lot of different production that we increased from the very beginning of the war. Now we have a high level.

Called it, one of these things hasn't happened just yet, can you guess which one?