ONE VIEW OF A POSSIBLE FUTURE

Trump, in a desperate attempt to stop people talking about the Epstein files, or a grab for Greenland’s immense mineral wealth, or both, is now closer than ever to invading the country, which is a member of NATO.

This article, by Brent Molnar, American writer, political commentator, and retired US Air Force veteran , looks at a possible scenario. Copied from Facebook.

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If the United States follows through on the threat to invade Greenland, we need to be crystal clear about what happens the next morning. This is not a real estate transaction or a routine military exercise. It is the geopolitical equivalent of pulling the pin on a grenade in a crowded elevator. The moment American boots hit the ground in Nuuk to seize territory from a fellow NATO member, the world as we know it ends. The consequences will not be temporary sanctions or angry letters. They will be total, permanent, and devastating.

The first domino to fall is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization itself. NATO is built on the sacred promise of Article 5, that an attack on one is an attack on all. If the U.S. attacks Denmark, we are not just breaking the treaty; we are triggering it against ourselves. NATO dissolves instantly. The alliance that kept the peace in Europe for 75 years evaporates, leaving the continent to rearm and realign against the new aggressor across the Atlantic. We don’t just lose an ally; we create a unified enemy.

The military repercussions will be swift and humiliating. Europe will immediately demand the closure of every U.S. military base on the continent. Ramstein in Germany, Aviano in Italy, Lakenheath in the UK, all gone. Our ability to project power into the Middle East and Africa vanishes overnight. We will be evicted from the very soil we helped liberate and defended for decades, forced to retreat to our own shores as a fortress nation, isolated and friendless.

Then comes the economic nuclear option. The European Union is the largest single market in the world, and they will weaponize it. Europe will likely move to call in U.S. debt and dump their dollar reserves, sending the value of our currency into a death spiral. The U.S. economy, which relies on the dollar being the global reserve currency, will collapse. Inflation will make the post-COVID spikes look like a rounding error. Your savings will be worthless before the ink dries on the invasion orders.

Corporate America will face an extinction event. U.S. companies will be expelled from the European market. Apple, Google, McDonald’s, and Tesla will see their assets seized or their operations banned. Trillions of dollars in market capitalization will be incinerated in minutes. The stock market will not just crash; it will close. We are talking about the complete de-globalization of American industry, cutting us off from the wealthiest consumers on the planet.

The skies will go silent. European aviation authorities will almost certainly ground all Boeing jets and ban U.S. airlines from their airspace. Transatlantic travel will cease. If you are in Paris or Berlin, you are stuck there. The logistical arteries that feed our supply chains will be severed. We will be cut off from European medicine, machinery, and technology. We will be an island nation in the worst possible sense.

The cultural isolation will be just as stinging. The International Olympic Committee and FIFA will have no choice but to bar the United States from competition, just as they did with Russia. There will be no World Cup matches in New Jersey. There will be no Team USA in the Olympics. We will be treated as a pariah state, unwelcome on the global stage, forced to watch the world celebrate without us.

For individual Americans, the consequences will be personal and painful. Visa-free travel to Europe will end immediately. Americans currently living or working in Europe will lose their legal protections and residency status. They will become persona non grata, potentially facing deportation or internment. The “blue passport” that used to open every door will suddenly be a red flag at every border crossing.

This is the end of trust, and it does not reset. You cannot invade a democratic ally and then say “my bad” four years later. The psychological break will be permanent. Europe will realize that the United States is no longer a partner but a predator. They will build their own defense architecture, their own financial systems, and their own alliances that specifically exclude us. The West will continue, but the United States will no longer be part of it.

Invading Greenland is not a show of strength; it is an act of national suicide. We are trading our reputation, our economy, and our security for a frozen island and a handful of minerals we can’t even process. The price of this real estate deal is everything we built over the last century. If we cross this line, there is no going back. We will be the lonely superpower, ruling over nothing but our own decline.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS

Russia, Belarus and Britbin

I stole this from Facebook’s Jon Danzig.

In May 1948 Winston Churchill declared at the launch of the Congress of Europe: ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ.

Churchillโ€™s dream has nearly come true. Today, ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† is either in the EU or has applied to join.

The outsiders? ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ, ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป.

Yesterday, Moldova confirmed its path to EU membership when its people voted by a decisive majority for the pro-EU governing party, PAS, to remain in office.

The election was clouded by credible allegations of widespread Russian interference, echoing claims of Russian meddling during elections in Romania, France, Germany, the Netherlandsโ€ฆ

โ€ฆand yes, also in the UK, where the Brexit vote wasnโ€™t just a dream of Putinโ€™s – he helped make it happen.

If you doubt that, please:

โ–ช Watch my video ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜: https://youtu.be/7geWA0YYYaQ

โ–ช Read my article ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€: https://eu-rope.ideasoneurope.eu/…/how-brexit-played…/

Despite Putinโ€™s efforts to destabilise the European Union in pursuit of a hybrid Soviet Union, the EU remains ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

Even far-right parties such as Marine Le Penโ€™s National Rally in France have abandoned talk of leaving the EU. They know itโ€™s a vote-loser. Instead, they now propose reform from within.

Frexit, Grexit, Italexit, Polexit, Huxitโ€ฆ all off the table.

Churchill called for a union of Europe as the antidote to war, on a continent where both world wars began and where there had been hundreds of wars and conflicts, together with dictatorships.

The EU has helped to make war between its members unthinkable.

๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—˜๐—จ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ – a remarkable achievement for which the Union won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Despite absurd claims that the EU is collapsing, the facts say otherwise:

โ–ช the worldโ€™s biggest trading bloc

โ–ช one of the planetโ€™s three largest economies, with the USA and China

โ–ช the euro, the worldโ€™s second most traded currency

โ–ช frictionless trade and free movement across 31 nations in the EU Single Market

โ–ช democratic, rules-based governance agreed by all members

โ–ช a global standard-bearer for rights of workers, consumers, travellers and citizens

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜†-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ are now either in the EU, its Single Market, or have applied to join.

The UK is the only EU member ever to have left. No other country is following.

Does Britain really want to remain an outsider, lumped with Russia and Belarus?

Brexit offers no benefits, only enormous downsides.

๐—œ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด?

I say yes. And you?

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You’re in the wrong party, dude

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Not much of a recommendation for South Dakota

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Grimy Grifters Gotta Grift

Um, didn’t you take that into consideration when you decided to stand for the council? Did you not know what the pay would be and compare it to your pay at GBNews?

Incidentally, I understood that your were suspended by GBNews for sexual harassment of a junior member of staff. So, did they take you back?

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Let’s have another laugh

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SERIOUS STUFF

Written by Retired Major, Former State Senator, Former Congressional Candidate, Richard Ojeda on Facebook, and republished here. I have informed him I am doing this.

Trump is Dismantling NATO and Handing Ukraine to Putin in Real-Timeโ€”And No One is Stopping Him.

Right now, behind closed doors, Trumpโ€™s allies are negotiating a deal that could break NATO and leave Ukraine defenseless. Reports from multiple sourcesโ€”including The Financial Times, The Hill, and Le Figaroโ€”confirm that Russia demanded U.S. troops leave Eastern Europe and that Trump is being pushed as the man to make it happen. Heโ€™s not resistingโ€”heโ€™s listening.

Trump has already blamed Zelensky for Russiaโ€™s invasion and refuses to call Putin an aggressor. His administration is now floating the idea of lifting sanctions on Russia, while European leaders are begging him not to betray NATOโ€”because they know exactly what heโ€™s doing.

According to The Economist, Trumpโ€™s goal isnโ€™t just to abandon Ukraineโ€”itโ€™s to remove Zelensky and install a pro-Russian puppet government. His former national security advisor, John Bolton, is sounding the alarm, warning that Trumpโ€™s โ€˜peace dealโ€™ would cripple NATO and allow Ukraine to be carved up by Russia.

Even Bernie Sanders is calling this one of the saddest moments in American history, watching a U.S. president openly work with a Russian dictator to destroy democracy while turning his back on Americaโ€™s European allies.

And letโ€™s be crystal clear: this isnโ€™t some future scenarioโ€”this is happening right now.

Trump is already bending to Putin. His administration is pushing Ukraine to accept deals that would cripple its independence, and his allies are signaling that sanctions on Russia might be lifted. Meanwhile, Trump continues spreading Russian propaganda on NATO and Ukraineโ€”parroting Putinโ€™s exact talking points from the Kremlin.

If he gets his way, itโ€™ll be too late to stop it. NATO will be shattered, Ukraine will be abandoned, and America will be isolated while dictators reshape the world order.

This is not politics as usual. This is a crisis. And the clock is ticking.

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What is Starmer doing?

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