When doing damage is riskfree compared to mitigating it, incentives gets skewed. In the hands om Trump it's a very bad situation. We will need to create a situation where threats on social media are not free. How, I do not know.

2/ A pretty common way for large organizations to think through risks is via a risk matrix. A risk matrix plots potential problems on two axis: a) How likely is the bad thing to happen? b) How bad would it be if it did? It might look something like this (graphic design is my passion):

Russia used Kh-22 anti-ship missiles against Kyiv for the first time in months, firing 12 overnight. Air defence downed 9, a rare success against missiles previously nearly impossible to intercept, Ukraine's Air Force spokesman Ihnat says.

Very true.

#BBCNews - Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This illustrates perfectly what the problem is: while Europeans want a strong Europe, national leaders see it as a threat.

First Trump's tariffs tipped the Canadian and Australian elections to the center-left parties. Then his interference in Brazil flipped Lula's numbers, and Greenland threats revived the Danish left — both ahead of 2026 elections. Trump is the international left's best friend.

Husk Ukraine. Hjælp med at sende biler til Ukraine, de har hårdt brug for dem. #FiverFriday www.bilertilukraine.dk

Trump affiliation should be much more toxic for Europeans than it has been so far.

Den franske Nationalforsamling har afvist to mistillidsvotum stillet mod regeringen. Dermed går første del af det franske budget i gennem parlamentet. Det forventes at der kommer nye afstemninger, når resten af budgettet skal vedtages, men i dag var den store test af, om regeringen væltes.

Quote from a song issued 10 years before she was born. ❤️

Velkommen tilbage til det 13. århundrede men med atomvåben og kampvogne i stedet for blider og riddere i rustninger. "Han" er Mertz. Europa har valget: Stå sammen eller lade sig splitte i "stærke selvstændige nationalstater" og underlægge sig en større magt. Gavelink: politiken.dk/del/p-rkJbAG...

Here’s a problem for Greenland, Denmark, NATO and the USA: 10 years ago US bases were thought of as bringing wealth and security. With Trump II they are perceived as potentially hostile.

Det her er simpelthen så umenneskeligt, så uhyggeligt. Den frie verden min bare

It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy. Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.

We're growing further and are hiring again! 2 posts as Assistant/Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Defence College's Institute for Military Operations We're looking for people who are interested in different aspects of military operations, read more below www.jobindex.dk/jobannonce/r...

Hvad søren er "forhøjet strømniveau" Den nyhed siger jo absolut intet der giver mening om årsagen. www.dr.dk/nyheder/sene...

This is insane.

It's basically Fukuyama again... Add in the need of alpha males to be 'heroic' (which modern, sedate, liberal society doesn't readily provide an answer to) and you have a recipe for where we are now.

I agree. This is likely to be no more than a temporary reprieve.

Rutte's job is to keep NATO's dying body on life support until others are ready to use its vital organs

Europe's aim will be to prevent talks going in this direction. Stretch them out, distract, engage with others in DC, etc, try to avoid getting into a trade war / Ukraine risking spiral. Big challenge.

Both in traditional and social media I see three competing narratives what made Trump change course on Greenland: - threat of EU action (Pressure strategy) - successful Rutte & Co diplomacy (Daddy strategy) - Markets & internal pushback (Work with Congress & markets strategy)

So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

If take seriously (and it should) it is the end of NATO's article 5 insofar it involves the US. Europeans and Canadians must act accordingly.

Very important point. The reasons for trusting Trumps words are not substantially better than those for trusting Putins words, i.e. bad. But hopefully also internal pressure in the US made Trump back down somewhat in reality.

Jeg er helt for den grønne omstilling og den øgede elektrificering i den forbindelse, men der er nogle ting der skal tænkes over i den sammenhæng. Ingen løsninger uden fornyede risici som skal imødegås. ing.dk/artikel/kaos...

So, 3 broad possibilities here: 1) Rutte agreed to something of substance pre-cleared with Copenhagen & Nuuk 2) Rutte agreed to something of substance *not* pre-cleared with Copenhagen & Nuuk 3) Rutte agreed to something of no substance but that made Trump feel warm and fuzzy and important

Exclusive to everyone: Trump climbed down because [my theory was right]

#GeorgiaProtests Day 420

If Europe found a way for him to save face and move on, great. But Carney's speech was still spoken and was still true. The bell has rung.

Breaking: ‘Trump aflyser told på Europa Det skriver han på Truth Social. Han skriver også, at han har haft et produktivt møde med Natos generalsekretær, Mark Rutte, hvor de har landet rammerne 'for en fremtidig aftale med Grønland, og faktisk, hele den arktiske region.'

Trump's utterance that force would not be used against Greenland has no more weight than any other of his utterances, and it certainly does not amount to him "ruling out" the use of force in any meaningful way. Disappointing to see so many news outlets place that construction on what he said.

Jeg er enig. Forløbet minder om tiden op til Ruslands invasion i Ukraine.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans. When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.

Newsom might be anti-Trump, but hopefully the Democrats can find more competent opponents to MAGA in the next election.

So, if I understand correctly, the US needs to own Greenland because of the threats from new weapons belong to *checks notes* the US, and from Russia and China whose military technology is apparently a bit rubbish. Makes perfect sense.

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Igen #dkmedier i en nøddeskal Ave Trump

This slip of the tongue could turn into a new Trump demand that we get Iceland. 😬

Canada has the full support from Denmark.

According to the wording of the Lisbon Treaty, the provisional application of the Mercosur Agreement does not require the consent of EU Parliament. Art. 218 (5) TFEU Source: eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/treaty/t...

Despite tariff threats France is sending more military support to Greenland. The frigate Bretagne is deployed, and Arctic elite troops will follow, France’s ambassador says. “The very existence of the Kingdom of Denmark is at stake. And so is the fate of NATO and the EU.” www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:

He's really fixated on wind turbines today. Just saying silly things everyone knows aren't true. Just claimed China never installs wind turbines and just sells them because they're smart enough to know wind is a loser...

Good grief...

Interesting question. Maybe, and this is just guesswork, is "we" not so much defined by borders between national states but more by life view. Inside national states you can have both "we" and "them" and sometimes "them" get to use the powers of the state for own purposes. Not so easy to solve.

Thread with more truths. However, we have to work with the best alternatives we have and even if it is a contradiction in terms, hope to install some "sense of urgency" with time. Other options are even lees appealing.

1/6 The European far right is running out of masters to serve. They spent years simping for foreign strongmen, and now it is blowing up in their faces. Voters must not forget this traitorous behavior