Day: January 15, 2026

“We need Greenland for national security”

“We need Greenland for natural resources”

“Greenland is in our backyard”

“The people of Greenland aren’t governed well”

Now replace “Greenland” with “Crimea” and you have Kremlin talking points about Ukraine.

This is a problem.

— Luke Coffey (@LukeDCoffey) January 16, 2026

Each US Ambassador who expresses any desire for his host country to be occupied or annexed should be instantly expelled.
Iceland is a brave country that I have visited many times. It was first to recognized the independence of Lithuania in 1991.
Do what you have to do!NXT EU (@NXT4EU)”Iceland will be the 52nd U.S. state”

According to the US Ambassador to Iceland Billy Long, he also stated that he will be governor.

America’s imperial ambitions are growing, and if Europe doesn’t stop them at Greenland, Iceland will be next.—  https://x.com/NXT4EU/status/2011827698352468092

— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) Jan 16, 2026

The removal of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro portends greater U.S. involvement in the Western Hemisphere, both politically and economically. It is time to reassess pushing the dollar in America’s backyard, writes  @judyshel
on.wsj.com/4pL9y0T

— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) Jan 16, 2026

Bezos has already killed the Washington Post.The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast)Jeff Bezos’ decision to stay silent after the FBI’s raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home has reportedly infuriated the paper’s newsroom.

trib.al/IScIKX2—  https://x.com/thedailybeast/status/2011824961954975824

— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) Jan 16, 2026

What is unbelievable is not that European countries stand up in defense of one another but that the US has elected an anti-democratic imperialist and kleptocrat as its president.
How could the US fail to sentence such a putschist to prison?Mark Warner (@MarkWarner)Unbelievable. Troops from France, Germany, the UK, Norway, and Sweden are arriving in Greenland right now. Trump has turned our allies against us.—  https://x.com/MarkWarner/status/2011914551504027834

— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) Jan 16, 2026

We need man-in-the-street polling on this.

In the UK, does libel law put the burden of proof on the plaintiff or the defendant?

Is Holocaust denial a crime in Germany?

In France, are you legally required to have an affair within six months of matrimony—or is it a year?

Is small talk in Estonia punishable by a fine of €100 or €250?

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) Jan 16, 2026

He will melt it down and make it the most expensive gold-painted appliqué on the Oval Office mantelpiece.Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto)The Nobel Committee has made clear the prize is not transferable.—  https://x.com/jimsciutto/status/2011927977777398155

— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) Jan 16, 2026