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Donald Trump in fiery call with Denmark’s prime minister over Greenland

Donald Trump insisted he was serious in his determination to take over Greenland in a fiery telephone call with Denmark’s prime minister, according to senior European officials.

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They added that Trump had been aggressive and confrontational following the Danish prime minister’s comments that the island was not for sale, despite her offer of more co-operation on military bases and mineral exploitation.
“It was horrendous,” said one of the people. Another added: “He was very firm. It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think it is serious, and potentially very dangerous.”
The details of the call are likely to deepen European concerns that Trump’s return to power will strain transatlantic ties more than ever, as the US president heaps pressure on allies to give up territory.

“The intent was very clear. They want it. The Danes are now in crisis mode,” said one person briefed on the call. Another said: “The Danes are utterly freaked out by this.”
A former Danish official added: “It was a very tough conversation. He threatened specific measures against Denmark such as targeted tariffs.”

https://archive.is/ZVupw

The cringey patsoc infighting continues (CW: weird patsoc shit):
https://haitiliberte.com/exposed-danny-shaw-admits-gun-trafficking-charges-not-100-truthful/

Notice how this is supposed to be a news website devoted to Haitian news in English. Those videos are unlisted.

Fico said that a third of the participants in mass protests in Slovakia are Ukrainians who oppose the Slovak government. According to the Slovak Prime Minister, people at the protests were deceived by the organizers. Fico also said he would not resign, despite demands from tens of thousands of people across Slovakia. "Ukraine will never be in NATO, and if you listen to the statements of some politicians recently, it will have huge problems joining the EU" - Fico

The US/EU wants to remove the Socially Conservative SocDem PM because he's against the War in Ukraine?

It turns out a Congolese major general was shot this Thursday and just died from his wounds. They also timed the offensive while various Congolese officials are not in the DRC:
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/25/congolese-general-cirimwami-assassinated-in-north-kivu-escalating-the-regions-crisis/

Major General Peter Cirimwami, the military governor of North Kivu province, was shot near Kasengezi this past Thursday and later succumbed to his injuries. The incident occurred as he visited the frontline to assess the deteriorating security situation. His visit occurred while DRC President Félix Tshisekedi was attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Speaker of Parliament Vital Kamhere was in Vietnam, and the Minister of Communication Patrick Muyaya was in France.

Direction – Social Democracy (Slovak: Smer – sociálna demokracia, Smer–SD), also commonly referred to as Smer, is a left-wing nationalist and left-wing populist political party in Slovakia led by the incumbent prime minister Robert Fico. The party identifies as social-democratic, and was described as a combination of "leftist economics and nationalist appeal".

Fico has promised to cut all aid to Ukraine as a result of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and has promised to block Ukrainian accession to NATO should the subject be broached under his tenure. Fico has also stated that the Ukrainian government is run by neo-Nazis.

In the 2000s, the party opposed the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan, and organized the withdrawal of 110 Slovak soldiers that were deployed in Iraq. In its foreign policy manifesto, Smer calls for understanding with countries "with a form of government other than parliamentary democracy", referring to China and Vietnam. In 2007, Fico made an official state visit to the then leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, "discussing the fight against world imperialism"

In October 2023, Smer was suspended from the Party of European Socialists (PES) and the affiliated Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) European Parliament group., following its formation of a coalition government with the Slovak National Party. Smer subsequently declined to join the Fidesz-led Patriots for Europe group, stating that it would not join a non-leftist group. In September 2024, Smer began negotiations with two other parties in the Non-Inscrits, the German Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht and the Czech Stačilo!, on establishing cooperation between left-wing conservative parties.

So, they are just a social democrat party that is a bit critical of the US and EU, and at the same time they get to hang out with cool people?

4 IDF soldiers handed over to the Red Cross by Saraya al-Quds and the Qassam Brigades

https://streamable.com/wj9l08

Since I saw people posting about the situation in the DRC with regards to Goma and the M23 rebel advance along with alleged reports of the UN peacekeepers withdrawing, I managed to find this update from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF):

It seems based on casualty rates and recent reports, that the SADC contingent did most of the fighting to hold the city, which would make sense given reports of the the UN contingent withdrawing. That's assuming this report from the SANDF is truthful and not a bunch of cope. We'll know soon enough based on if Goma falls to the M23 rebels or not.

Trump's 'crusader' Pete Hegseth has been sworn in as the new Pentagon chief. In a brief speech, he outlined his "guiding principles": "Restore the military spirit in everything we do, rebuild our military and restore deterrence."

"We don't want to fight wars. We want to contain them... And we want to end them responsibly. But if we have to fight them, we will show overwhelming and decisive force to close in on the enemy, destroy them, and bring our boys home," Hegseth said. Turning to Trump, he said he looked to him for support "in achieving peace through strength, in putting America first."

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I'd be interested to hear what y'alls analysis of the situation is and what you expect to happen in the next 3-12 months.

Trump has so far

• Crashed the farming industry.
• Alienated the EU
• Reignited talks of Californian secession
• Ushered in a ceasefire in Gaza
• Appointed Boris Yeltsin as SOD
• Almost made Epstein-lite AG
• Been the devil for queer and trans people
• Ramped up ICE
• Continued the previous administrations strategy of ignoring the bird flu.
• Elon heil
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All in all I'd say my evaluation that he'd be better than Kamala on foreign policy (not out of a kind heart, but out of being a big Doofus) and the devil domestically was correct. As contradictions heighten I think we'll see events that make the summer of 2020 look like a warm-up.
Not downplaying what is happening, but a lot of what I see reported about domestic issues isn't really more than what was already developing, it's just getting attention now that the libs are in opposition. Though the persecution of queer people is wild and I had not predicted Elon doing the sieg heil nor the corporate pullback from many institutions that ensured some safety for minorities.
That's scary. I'm lucky I don't live in the us (haven't for years).

From a personal perspective, the Greenland stuff scares me. I've got danish family, until recently I lived in Denmark. I'd like to go back someday.