I can’t keep up with everything that happened lately because I busied myself with something else than witnessing the approaching apocalypse. But I still heard of a few relevant things. I’ll just list them—no comments.

❶ If you still remember of the Havana syndrome, CBS News reported this:

The U.S. has obtained and has been testing a device that officials believe could be linked to the debilitating condition.

Sources said the device was quietly obtained by the Department of Homeland Security in late 2024, almost a decade after symptoms of what became known as Havana Syndrome were first reported by U.S. embassy personnel in Cuba. The Pentagon has since been testing the portable, backpack-sized device, which emits pulsed, radio-frequency energy and contains components of Russian origin.

Compare this to the reports of a “sonic weapon” being used during the kidnapping of Maduro in Caracas:

The interview spread rapidly after being retweeted by no less than White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt with the comment “Stop what you are doing and read this…”

The account, which cannot be verified, describes an attack which the interviewee struggles to put into words:

Guard: At one point, they launched something—I don’t know how to describe it… it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.

Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?

Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us…. I swear, I’ve never seen anything like it. We couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.

America is now well-equipped. Who’s going to be the next victim?

❷ That stupid whore called María Corina Machado has given her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump. She could only offer the medal; the prize itself is non-transferable. “I presented the President of the United States the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize … as a recognition for his unique commitment with (sic) our freedom.” She obviously didn’t deserve any prize. Also, it would have been more natural if she had performed a fellatio and a teabagging to the Orange Retard.

❸ Still, that psychopath knows that he wasn’t awarded any real peace prize. Therefore, in a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Trump wrote:

Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT

❹ Hallucinations of Trump on Truth Social. One:

We have subsidized Denmark, and all of the Countries of the European Union, and others, for many years by not charging them Tariffs, or any other forms of remuneration. Now, after Centuries, it is time for Denmark to give back — World Peace is at stake! China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it. They currently have two dogsleds as protection, one added recently. Only the United States of America, under PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, can play in this game, and very successfully, at that! Nobody will touch this sacred piece of Land, especially since the National Security of the United States, and the World at large, is at stake. On top of everything else, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland have journeyed to Greenland, for purposes unknown. This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet. These Countries, who are playing this very dangerous game, have put a level of risk in play that is not tenable or sustainable. Therefore, it is imperative that, in order to protect Global Peace and Security, strong measures be taken so that this potentially perilous situation end quickly, and without question. Starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland. The United States has been trying to do this transaction for over 150 years. Many Presidents have tried, and for good reason, but Denmark has always refused. Now, because of The Golden Dome, and Modern Day Weapons Systems, both Offensive and Defensive, the need to ACQUIRE is especially important. Hundreds of Billions of Dollars are currently being spent on Security Programs having to do with “The Dome,” including for the possible protection of Canada, and this very brilliant, but highly complex system can only work at its maximum potential and efficiency, because of angles, metes, and bounds, if this Land is included in it. The United States of America is immediately open to negotiation with Denmark and/or any of these Countries that have put so much at risk, despite all that we have done for them, including maximum protection, over so many decades. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Two:

NATO has been telling Denmark, for 20 years, that “you have to get the Russian threat away from Greenland.” Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it. Now it is time, and it will be done!!! President Donald J. Trump

Three:

I had a very good telephone call with Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, concerning Greenland. I agreed to a meeting of the various parties in Davos, Switzerland. As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for National and World Security. There can be no going back — On that, everyone agrees! The United States of America is the most powerful Country anywhere on the Globe, by far. Much of the reason for this is a rebuilding of our Military during my First Term, which rebuilding continues at even more expedited pace. We are the only POWER that can ensure PEACE throughout the World — And it is done, quite simply, through STRENGTH! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

Four:

❺ Trump is mad at everyone:

Shockingly, our “brilliant” NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness. These are International Powers who only recognize STRENGTH, which is why the United States of America, under my leadership, is now, after only one year, respected like never before. The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired. Denmark and its European Allies have to DO THE RIGHT THING. Thank you for your attention to this matter. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

❻ After Greenland, Canada. Again. Trump’s latest Western Hemisphere fixation: Canada:

President Donald Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, according to two U.S. officials, a senior administration official and three former senior U.S. officials familiar with the discussions.
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The current U.S. officials said there is not discussion of stationing American troops on the ground along Canada’s northern border. And unlike with Greenland, Trump is not seeking to purchase Canada or saying he might take it by U.S. military force, the senior administration official and current and former U.S. officials said.
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Asked about the president’s recent renewed focus on Canada behind closed doors, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement that an executive order Trump signed last April “underscores the United States’ commitment to ensuring both freedom of navigation and American dominance in the Arctic waterways.”

❼ Replacing the United Nations with Trump’s Board of Peace:

It is my Great Honor to announce that THE BOARD OF PEACE has been formed. The Members of the Board will be announced shortly, but I can say with certainty that it is the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
 
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Financial Times explains:

US officials have floated the idea of broadening a Gaza “Board of Peace” headed by Donald Trump to include other hotspots such as Ukraine and Venezuela, according to people familiar with discussions.

Western and Arab diplomats have expressed concerns about the notion of giving the nascent body an expanded mandate to mediate well beyond the Middle East.

One person briefed on the idea said they believed the Trump administration viewed the Board of Peace “as a potential substitute for the UN … a kind of parallel unofficial body to deal with other conflicts beyond Gaza”.

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A US official on Friday said planning for the Board of Peace was focused on the Israel-Gaza conflict and had not expanded beyond that as of that point.

The countries known to have been invited include: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Egypt, European, Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Netherlands, New, Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi, Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United, Arab, Emirates, United, Kingdom, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.

However, apparently, Trump wants nations to pay US$1 billion to stay on his Board of Peace. More from SCMP:

French President Emmanuel Macron has already rejected the offer. On Monday, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said France “cannot accept” the invitation “at this stage” because the board’s charter went beyond what the United Nations had endorsed.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he could agree “in principle” to join the board, but government officials have told the media that Ottawa would not pay the fee.

The White House has described the claims it was demanding US$1 billion as “misleading”, adding there was no minimum membership fee.

Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that Trump was hoping to have the full constitution and remit of the committee signed in Davos on Thursday.

However, the report quoted senior European officials who were strongly critical of the plan, saying they saw it as a clear attempt by Trump to set up a rival or replacement for the UN.

Israel has also reportedly objected to the composition of a proposed “Gaza executive board”, which would include representatives from Turkey and Qatar.

❽ Back to the tariffs from point ❹, EU explores €93B Trump tariff retaliation over Greenland threats:

The EU is considering far-reaching trade measures — including €93 billion worth of tariffs against the U.S. — to deter Donald Trump from trying to wrest control of Greenland, according to eight diplomats and officials.

The German chancellor Merz disagrees:

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he’s trying to persuade French President Emmanuel Macron to tone down his response to US President Donald Trump’s latest threat to slap new trade tariffs on European allies.

Macron intends to request the activation of the European Union’s so-called anti-coercion instrument, Bloomberg reported over the weekend, but Merz said Monday that Germany’s heavier dependence on exports means it’s less willing to unleash the bloc’s strongest trade countermeasure.

“France is affected by the American tariffs to a different extent than we are,” Merz told reporters Monday in Berlin, adding that it was therefore understandable that Macron wanted “to react a little more harshly than we do.”

“Nevertheless, we are trying and succeeding in adopting a common position” before a special EU summit to discuss the next steps on Thursday in Brussels, Merz said.

There are many reasons preventing Merz from having a “common position” with Macron:

French diplomats are worried by Berlin’s increasing assertiveness in styling itself as Europe’s dominant player, while the Germans are fed up with the French over a stalled joint fighter-jet program, their opposition to an EU-Mercosur trade deal, and a shelved plan to use Russian assets to finance aid for Ukraine.

For the French, one infuriating obstacle to a unified position with Berlin is that Germany’s coalition government is internally divided in its views. While Macron is raising the option of using the EU’s trade “bazooka” — the Anti-Coercion Instrument — to retaliate against Trump, Germany’s position is a muddle.

“Different German politicians are saying different things,” complained one European diplomat. “If you listen to Germany’s finance minister, he says we should do it,” he added, referring to Lars Klingbeil’s support for Macron’s approach. Others, including Germany’s foreign minister, then sounded considerably less enthusiastic, the diplomat continued, after “their ambassador told colleagues just days ago [the bazooka] should be on the table.”
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“In the last six months, the Franco-German engine hasn’t produced a single thing,” said one EU official who was granted anonymity, like others in this piece, to speak candidly about the bloc’s most important relationship.
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While Macron is hamstrung at home by massive public debt and government instability, Merz has increasingly been putting himself on the front line of European politics. He burnished his credentials on Ukraine as the top negotiator during a summit in Berlin late last year, which saw progress on security guarantees between Ukraine and the U.S.

Merz has also sought a leading role in conversations with Trump, even though he hasn’t always appeared as a model European in doing so. He told reporters that if the U.S. president “can’t get along with Europe,” he can “at least make Germany [his] partner.”
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Berlin is irritated that Paris promotes diversification from the U.S. but then tried to block a landmark trade deal with South America. It is also annoyed that France seeks a leadership role on Ukraine but contributes far less to Kyiv than Germany does.

That German frustration over support to Kyiv boiled over in this month’s debate over how the EU’s €90 billion loan to Ukraine should be used to support the European arms industry.

The French made their traditional proposal that the money should be used to buy European weapons — which in turn would support French industry. The Germans hit back that preferential treatment should instead be given to companies from countries that had made the biggest contributions to Ukraine — thereby helping German industry.

Given France’s lagging contributions on Ukraine, “this is a pretty clear ‘fuck you’ to Paris,” a third EU diplomat said. 
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The FCAS joint Franco-German jet-fighter project is proving another major bugbear.

The €100 billion venture is on life support after Paris and Berlin failed to agree on how to proceed last month. … “Now the thinking is going so far as to perhaps do it without the French, which I think would be a disaster, but at the moment there is no progress,” he said, referencing suggestions that Germany is looking at developing a fighter jet without French manufacturer Dassault Aviation.
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All of those discussions about how far the Germans want to team up with France on weapons are now also colored by the far-right National Rally leading polls ahead of next year’s presidential election in France.

“The prospect of the National Rally coming to power is already weighing heavily on French-German discussions on defense,” said Jacob Ross, a research fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations.

❾ Previously, in Time to dump Trump?

As Donald Trump threatens to use the U.S. military to seize Greenland, European officials and diplomats have started quietly airing a previously unsayable thought: What would it look like to fight back?

While a military confrontation between the U.S. and any European force would likely result in one of the shortest wars in history, there are other ways that Greenland’s allies can resist the American president if he refuses to compromise.

Chief among the potential pressure points is the extensive network of military assets in the region, which the U.S. uses, in the jargon of geopolitics, to project American power far from home — in Africa and especially the Middle East. Why should the U.S. continue to have access to these bases, or receive support from allies’ naval assets, air forces, or even intelligence services, if it tries to take sovereign territory from a NATO member like Denmark?

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Aside from Europe’s military assets, the U.S. also relies on Europe as a key trade partner and European governments spend many billions of dollars every year buying American weapons. All of these offer potential leverage if European customers decide to stop shopping in the U.S.

The big risk, some officials say, is that such a blunt challenge would rapidly escalate into a full-blown rupture in the transatlantic relationship. Others argue that the alliance is increasingly toxic under Trump and that Europe needs to move on.

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As of 2024, the U.S. had 31 permanent bases and 19 other military sites across Europe as part of the United States European Command. That included at least 67,500 active-duty servicemen, according to the latest U.S. Department of Defense figures, with the lion’s share of those stationed in Germany, Italy and the U.K.

These include NATO’s largest base in Europe at Ramstein, Germany, and air force bases in the U.K. at Lakenheath and Mildenhall, which together host around 3,000 military personnel. The Aviano air base in Italy supports the only U.S. fighter wing south of the Alps, and is “a key NATO air power hub,” according to the Center for European Policy Analysis.

Ben Hodges, a former commander of U.S. troops in Europe, said those bases are “essential for readiness and enabling [America’s] global strategic reach.”

Forcing the Americans to abandon those sites would have a “disastrous” effect on U.S. operations, Hodges said, with Ramstein in particular acting as a key launchpad for American deployments in the Middle East and Africa.

That’s not Europe’s only leverage. Washington would also lose around “half” of its intelligence-sharing capabilities as the result of a break, he argued, while the continent could also threaten to stop buying U.S. weapons. In 2024 Europe approved possible government-to-government contracts worth $76 billion — over half the global U.S. total.

“Europe can help save NATO and save this transatlantic relationship with the United States by standing up to the U.S. and not just being a patsy and rolling over,” Hodges said.

❿ Before Trump publishes his Mein Kampf, Germany makes a comeback: Stasi über alles!

Risky Bulletin: Germany seeks more hacking and surveillance powers for its intel service.

German lawmakers are working on a new law that will grant the country’s intelligence agency new and extensive hacking and surveillance powers.

The primary intent of the new law is to free up the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) from relying on the US National Security Agency (NSA) for threat information and bring its interception capabilities on par with other European countries, such as France, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK.

According to a draft of the new law obtained by German media, the BND will have the power to intercept full internet communications and not just metadata as it is allowed today.

The agency will also be allowed to store the data for up to six months, which will allow it to better index and search it for threat intel.

The BND will also have its offensive hacking mandate extended. The law will allow the agency to hack foreign internet service providers and retrieve information about its targets if the companies do not cooperate or provide the requested data.

According to reports, this provision will apply to major US companies and infrastructure providers like Google, Twitter, and Meta, which have been known to be prickly around surrendering such information in the past.

The agency could previously intercept the communications of individuals abroad, but now the BND will also be allowed to put any foreigner in Germany under surveillance.

The same goes for journalists working for foreign state-run media organizations, which German lawmakers say are acting more like “agents” of a foreign state than independent reporters.

Last, BND agents will also be allowed to enter apartments and deploy their “federal trojan” on a target’s device.

According to reports, the new law’s draft is 139-pages long and almost doubles the BND’s previous capabilities.

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