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Looks like France, Britain etc are coming to "bolster defences" against putin and china [ of all placesuddu wrote: ↑11 Jan 2026 14:01Their Army is half U.S, Half German. Air force is almost U.S. A tiny navy equipped with U.S missiles. Probably their bullets need to come from the U.S. A large portion of this will be deployed in Denmark. The rest to be taken out by the U.S in 2 days max, Greenland will become U.S territory.drnayar wrote: ↑11 Jan 2026 13:45 https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/d ... s-invaded/
Danish troops must open fire — even without direct orders — if invaders try to capture Greenland by force, Denmark’s Defense Ministry said as the US weighs military action to annex the land.
The ministry confirmed Wednesday that soldiers are required to uphold a Cold War-era rule to “immediately take up the fight” against any foreign force threatening Danish territory, local Berlingske reported.
The 1952 directive explicitly states that troops must fight without waiting for commands, even if their leaders are unaware of a formal declaration of war, Denmark’s Defense Command and Ministry told the outlet.
] and ah Trump as well 
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This is a press statement from the US Federal Reserve Chairman.
There is video at the site.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newseven ... 60111a.htm
There is video at the site.
https://www.federalreserve.gov/newseven ... 60111a.htm
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
January 11, 2026
Good evening.
On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testimony before the Senate Banking Committee last June. That testimony concerned in part a multi-year project to renovate historic Federal Reserve office buildings.
I have deep respect for the rule of law and for accountability in our democracy. No one—certainly not the chair of the Federal Reserve—is above the law. But this unprecedented action should be seen in the broader context of the administration's threats and ongoing pressure.
This new threat is not about my testimony last June or about the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings. It is not about Congress's oversight role; the Fed through testimony and other public disclosures made every effort to keep Congress informed about the renovation project. Those are pretexts. The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.
This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation.
I have served at the Federal Reserve under four administrations, Republicans and Democrats alike. In every case, I have carried out my duties without political fear or favor, focused solely on our mandate of price stability and maximum employment. Public service sometimes requires standing firm in the face of threats. I will continue to do the job the Senate confirmed me to do, with integrity and a commitment to serving the American people.
Thank you.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelvil ... do-we-owe/
With The U.S. Debt A Staggering $38 Trillion Dollars, Who Exactly Do We Owe?
Doug Melville, Jan 04, 2026
Who exactly does America owe the US National Debt to?
As we enter 2026, there is no better time to review our finances. With the national debt surpassing $38 trillion, our fiscal liabilities are at a historically high level. The total reflects decades of fiscal stress and represents money the federal government has borrowed, much of it through Treasury securities. U.S. Treasury securities are considered safe because they're backed by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. government, and as a result, they are owned by governments, institutions, and investors around the world.
While much of the debt is held domestically, roughly one-quarter of publicly held debt is held by foreign creditors. Here are the three largest
1. Japan – $1.13 Trillion Owed
For the past 10 years, Japan has been the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt. As of the latest Treasury data, Japan holds over $1.1 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities.
Japan’s motivation is driven by economic strategy. Treasuries' investments are safe and help Japan manage its own currency. Japanese institutional investors have invested in U.S. debt as part of reserve management and financial diversification.
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2. The United Kingdom – $807 Billion Owed
In recent years, the United Kingdom has surpassed China to become the second-largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury securities, with over $800 billion.
The UK figure reflects custodial holdings by the U.K. financial system, which holds Treasuries on behalf of other investors around the world, highlighting the central role London plays in global capital markets and how deeply integrated foreign sovereign debt markets have become.
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3. China – $750 Billion Owed
For much of the 21st century, China has been the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt. Today, it still ranks among the top three with roughly $750 billion in Treasuries.
In recent years, Beijing has modestly reduced its holdings in US debt. While China’s strategy has shifted to account for geopolitical tensions, trade disputes, and the need to manage domestic liquidity, its holdings are often spotlighted in global finance and leverage discussions.
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75% of the Debt is Controlled Domestically
While foreign holders own roughly 25–32% of public debt, the remaining 68–75% is held domestically by U.S. entities and institutions.
Domestically, intergovernmental holdings (social security trust funds, medicare trust funds, federal employee retirement and disability funds) control about 20% of our debt, The Federal reserve (U.S. Central bank) holds approximately 13% of our debt and domestic private investors control 42-50% (retirement accounts, mutual funds, ETFs, pension funds banks, insurance companies and state and local governments).
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The special relationship will be expensive for that poor country. Karma, I suppose.
Gautam
With The U.S. Debt A Staggering $38 Trillion Dollars, Who Exactly Do We Owe?
Doug Melville, Jan 04, 2026
Who exactly does America owe the US National Debt to?
As we enter 2026, there is no better time to review our finances. With the national debt surpassing $38 trillion, our fiscal liabilities are at a historically high level. The total reflects decades of fiscal stress and represents money the federal government has borrowed, much of it through Treasury securities. U.S. Treasury securities are considered safe because they're backed by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. government, and as a result, they are owned by governments, institutions, and investors around the world.
While much of the debt is held domestically, roughly one-quarter of publicly held debt is held by foreign creditors. Here are the three largest
1. Japan – $1.13 Trillion Owed
For the past 10 years, Japan has been the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt. As of the latest Treasury data, Japan holds over $1.1 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities.
Japan’s motivation is driven by economic strategy. Treasuries' investments are safe and help Japan manage its own currency. Japanese institutional investors have invested in U.S. debt as part of reserve management and financial diversification.
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2. The United Kingdom – $807 Billion Owed
In recent years, the United Kingdom has surpassed China to become the second-largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury securities, with over $800 billion.
The UK figure reflects custodial holdings by the U.K. financial system, which holds Treasuries on behalf of other investors around the world, highlighting the central role London plays in global capital markets and how deeply integrated foreign sovereign debt markets have become.
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3. China – $750 Billion Owed
For much of the 21st century, China has been the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt. Today, it still ranks among the top three with roughly $750 billion in Treasuries.
In recent years, Beijing has modestly reduced its holdings in US debt. While China’s strategy has shifted to account for geopolitical tensions, trade disputes, and the need to manage domestic liquidity, its holdings are often spotlighted in global finance and leverage discussions.
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75% of the Debt is Controlled Domestically
While foreign holders own roughly 25–32% of public debt, the remaining 68–75% is held domestically by U.S. entities and institutions.
Domestically, intergovernmental holdings (social security trust funds, medicare trust funds, federal employee retirement and disability funds) control about 20% of our debt, The Federal reserve (U.S. Central bank) holds approximately 13% of our debt and domestic private investors control 42-50% (retirement accounts, mutual funds, ETFs, pension funds banks, insurance companies and state and local governments).
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The special relationship will be expensive for that poor country. Karma, I suppose.
Gautam
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BREAKING: Another angle of the U-Haul truck plowing through anti-Islamic regime protestors in Los Angeles
PLEASE pray hard for these victims. It isn’t looking good
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BREAKING: Another angle of the U-Haul truck plowing through anti-Islamic regime protestors in Los Angeles
PLEASE pray hard for these victims. It isn’t looking good
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The Custodial role of UK is probably one of the reason they did not finger Russia's 300 billion held in EU ?..g.sarkar wrote: ↑12 Jan 2026 08:27 https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelvil ... do-we-owe/
With The U.S. Debt A Staggering $38 Trillion Dollars, Who Exactly Do We Owe?
Doug Melville, Jan 04, 2026
Who exactly does America owe the US National Debt to?
As we enter 2026, there is no better time to review our finances. With the national debt surpassing $38 trillion, our fiscal liabilities are at a historically high level. The total reflects decades of fiscal stress and represents money the federal government has borrowed, much of it through Treasury securities. U.S. Treasury securities are considered safe because they're backed by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. government, and as a result, they are owned by governments, institutions, and investors around the world.
While much of the debt is held domestically, roughly one-quarter of publicly held debt is held by foreign creditors. Here are the three largest
1. Japan – $1.13 Trillion Owed
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2. The United Kingdom – $807 Billion Owed
In recent years, the United Kingdom has surpassed China to become the second-largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury securities, with over $800 billion.
The UK figure reflects custodial holdings by the U.K. financial system, which holds Treasuries on behalf of other investors around the world, highlighting the central role London plays in global capital markets and how deeply integrated foreign sovereign debt markets have become.
......
The special relationship will be expensive for that poor country. Karma, I suppose.
Gautam
This is a position of trust and a flight risk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LcG_tJ0rn4THE "$688 Billion" EXIT: Why China Just Sold US Debt at a Record Loss
In this dossier, we expose the most important signal of escalating global conflict that almost no one is watching: China’s accelerated liquidation of U.S. Treasury debt. While headlines focus on aircraft carriers and military exercises, the real preparation for conflict is happening in the sovereign bond market — slow, deliberate, and irreversible.
Using the latest U.S. Treasury TIC data, this analysis explains why China has cut its U.S. debt holdings to $688 billion, the lowest level since 2009, and why this is not portfolio rebalancing — it is strategic disengagement.
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Gautam
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g.sarkar wrote: ↑12 Jan 2026 15:39
THE "$688 Billion" EXIT: Why China Just Sold US Debt at a Record Loss
In this dossier, we expose the most important signal of escalating global conflict that almost no one is watching: China’s accelerated liquidation of U.S. Treasury debt. While headlines focus on aircraft carriers and military exercises, the real preparation for conflict is happening in the sovereign bond market — slow, deliberate, and irreversible.
Using the latest U.S. Treasury TIC data, this analysis explains why China has cut its U.S. debt holdings to $688 billion, the lowest level since 2009, and why this is not portfolio rebalancing — it is strategic disengagement.
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Gautam
$1.2 TRILLION EXIT: Japan Just Triggered the "Final Crash"
The biggest holder of US Debt is officially heading for the exit. And unlike China, Japan isn't doing it for war — they are doing it for survival.
With the Yen collapsing, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has been forced to intervene. To save their own currency, they must sell their largest asset: $1.2 Trillion in US Treasuries.
This triggers the unwinding of the "Yen Carry Trade" — a massive global liquidity machine that has propped up US markets for decades. When this machine stops, the liquidity evaporates instantly.
In this video, we break down the mechanics of this $1.2 Trillion Exit, why the Federal Reserve is powerless to stop it, and how this "Great Unwind" will impact interest rates, stocks, and your savings in 2026.
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Dollar is Going to Fall Big Time? | 500% Tariff | Gold, Silver Push by Modi | Vijay Sardana Analysis
Sanjay Dixit and Vijay Sardana analyse the weakening dollar narrative, Trump’s tariff pressure, risks of currency coercion, rising gold–silver accumulation, and India’s economic strategy amid global instability.
Sanjay Dixit and Vijay Sardana analyse the weakening dollar narrative, Trump’s tariff pressure, risks of currency coercion, rising gold–silver accumulation, and India’s economic strategy amid global instability.
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These may be sensation thumbnails ... can you post a summary and also what is your opinion?uddu wrote: ↑12 Jan 2026 20:12 Dollar is Going to Fall Big Time? | 500% Tariff | Gold, Silver Push by Modi | Vijay Sardana Analysis
Sanjay Dixit and Vijay Sardana analyse the weakening dollar narrative, Trump’s tariff pressure, risks of currency coercion, rising gold–silver accumulation, and India’s economic strategy amid global instability.
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As of the $688 billion exit by China, US allies were buying up the treasuries that China (and to a much smaller extent that India) were dumping. As that video said, the US allies could continue to do so until their own currencies started depreciating.
I haven’t checked whether Japan has started selling US treasuries. As of October 2025, Japan was still buying.
I haven’t checked whether Japan has started selling US treasuries. As of October 2025, Japan was still buying.
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Some AI analysis of the positions showA_Gupta wrote: ↑12 Jan 2026 23:24 As of the $688 billion exit by China, US allies were buying up the treasuries that China (and to a much smaller extent that India) were dumping. As that video said, the US allies could continue to do so until their own currencies started depreciating.
I haven’t checked whether Japan has started selling US treasuries. As of October 2025, Japan was still buying.
"U.S. Allies Filling the Gap:
Japan remains the largest foreign holder, with roughly $1.13 trillion in holdings.
The United Kingdom surpassed China in March 2025 to become the second-largest foreign holder, reaching approximately $807.7 billion.
Other allies, including South Korea and Luxembourg, have also increased their positions.
Risk assessment : While these allies have absorbed the excess supply, market analysts warn of a "Sell America" trade emerging in 2026. If these countries continue buying Treasuries to support the U.S. market, they risk devaluing their own currencies as capital flows out of their local markets and into USD-denominated assets. Significant foreign selling by these allies remains a "bazooka" that could drive U.S. yields sharply higher if they are forced to protect their own currencies from further depreciation""
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The Taipei Times reports:
Taiwan, US set to coproduce 155mm shells
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/ ... 2003850501
Taiwan, US set to coproduce 155mm shells
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/ ... 2003850501
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https://menafn.com/1110547505/US-Debt-S ... ag-In-2026
US Debt Surge Leaves China, Japan Holding The Bag In 2026
2026-01-02
(MENAFN- Asia Times) TOKYO - A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you're talking about real money. This, with apologies to 1960s US Senator Everett Dirksen, is where Washington finds itself in 2026 - and it puts Asia on the hook.
Dirksen was talking about billions, not trillions, of dollars. The Illinois lawmaker and fabled fiscal hawk would later have a Senate office building in Washington named after him. But his observation about government spending surging by unthinkably huge numbers has never been more relevant.
This year will see the globe's biggest economy reach a dubious milestone: trillion-dollar interest payments on runaway US government debt. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget described it as the “new norm” as the national debt approaches the US$39 trillion mark (it ended 2025 at around $38.5 trillion ).
As Donald Trump's White House increases debt issuance to pay for this increasing shortfall, it will be looking Asia's way. This region is home to many of Washington's biggest holders of US Treasuries. The top two are Japan (nearly $1.2 trillion) and China ($689 billion).
The question, though, is why would officials in Tokyo and Beijing, in their right minds, increase their exposure to the US economy at such a precarious moment?
Tradition, partly. As major trading economies, Japan and China require substantial amounts of dollars. But given Washington's fiscal trajectory, there are reasons to think Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will be reluctant to continue loading up on Treasuries.
Evidence to this effect could reverberate through global markets in unpredictable ways.
Often, Asia's US dollar holdings are discussed in conspiratorial terms. When Takeshi Yamaguchi, chief Japan economist at Morgan Stanley MUFG, asks whether Japan might “use US Treasury holdings as a bargaining chip,” it's hard not to recall former Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato saying last May that “everything that could be a bargaining chip should be on the table” regarding Japan's US Treasuries holdings.
Such hints harken back to 1997, when then-Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto told a New York audience that “several times in the past, we have been tempted to sell large lots of US Treasuries” to make a point. One such episode was the heated auto negotiations a few years earlier.
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So far, Takaichi has been rather obsequious toward Trump, not wanting to provoke the mercurial US leader. Yet Trump's desire for a weaker dollar may collide with her “Sanaenomics” strategy to revive Japanese wage growth. It requires a weaker yen and for the Bank of Japan to keep its ultralow interest rate regime in place.
These preconditions would be made impossible if Trump were to pursue a weaker dollar. Yet there are valid reasons for Washington's top bankers in Asia to worry about its fiscal trajectory.
The US national debt is expected to reach 100% of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of fiscal year 2025. As this milestone approaches, interest on the national debt is rising rapidly. Just five years ago, in FY 2020, net interest totaled $345 billion. In 2025, it was $970 billion - nearly three times as large.
The official Congressional Budget Office (CBO) notes that spending on net interest payments on the public debt has surpassed $1 trillion for the first time. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects that interest payments will top $1.5 trillion in 2032 and $1.8 trillion in 2035.
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Gautam
US Debt Surge Leaves China, Japan Holding The Bag In 2026
2026-01-02
(MENAFN- Asia Times) TOKYO - A trillion here, a trillion there and pretty soon you're talking about real money. This, with apologies to 1960s US Senator Everett Dirksen, is where Washington finds itself in 2026 - and it puts Asia on the hook.
Dirksen was talking about billions, not trillions, of dollars. The Illinois lawmaker and fabled fiscal hawk would later have a Senate office building in Washington named after him. But his observation about government spending surging by unthinkably huge numbers has never been more relevant.
This year will see the globe's biggest economy reach a dubious milestone: trillion-dollar interest payments on runaway US government debt. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget described it as the “new norm” as the national debt approaches the US$39 trillion mark (it ended 2025 at around $38.5 trillion ).
As Donald Trump's White House increases debt issuance to pay for this increasing shortfall, it will be looking Asia's way. This region is home to many of Washington's biggest holders of US Treasuries. The top two are Japan (nearly $1.2 trillion) and China ($689 billion).
The question, though, is why would officials in Tokyo and Beijing, in their right minds, increase their exposure to the US economy at such a precarious moment?
Tradition, partly. As major trading economies, Japan and China require substantial amounts of dollars. But given Washington's fiscal trajectory, there are reasons to think Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will be reluctant to continue loading up on Treasuries.
Evidence to this effect could reverberate through global markets in unpredictable ways.
Often, Asia's US dollar holdings are discussed in conspiratorial terms. When Takeshi Yamaguchi, chief Japan economist at Morgan Stanley MUFG, asks whether Japan might “use US Treasury holdings as a bargaining chip,” it's hard not to recall former Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato saying last May that “everything that could be a bargaining chip should be on the table” regarding Japan's US Treasuries holdings.
Such hints harken back to 1997, when then-Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto told a New York audience that “several times in the past, we have been tempted to sell large lots of US Treasuries” to make a point. One such episode was the heated auto negotiations a few years earlier.
Latest stories Russia-India logistics deal could serve US interests over China's Is world peace even possible? Here's where to start Pakistan's nuclear command change much ado about nothing
So far, Takaichi has been rather obsequious toward Trump, not wanting to provoke the mercurial US leader. Yet Trump's desire for a weaker dollar may collide with her “Sanaenomics” strategy to revive Japanese wage growth. It requires a weaker yen and for the Bank of Japan to keep its ultralow interest rate regime in place.
These preconditions would be made impossible if Trump were to pursue a weaker dollar. Yet there are valid reasons for Washington's top bankers in Asia to worry about its fiscal trajectory.
The US national debt is expected to reach 100% of gross domestic product (GDP) by the end of fiscal year 2025. As this milestone approaches, interest on the national debt is rising rapidly. Just five years ago, in FY 2020, net interest totaled $345 billion. In 2025, it was $970 billion - nearly three times as large.
The official Congressional Budget Office (CBO) notes that spending on net interest payments on the public debt has surpassed $1 trillion for the first time. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects that interest payments will top $1.5 trillion in 2032 and $1.8 trillion in 2035.
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Gautam
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Trump wants contradictory things - a strong (not weak) dollar, low interest rates, competitive manufactures and a trade surplus, dollar as the global currency.
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https://x.com/26uncoveredd/status/2010786360651903372
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Leaked 2009 Wikileaks email sent to Hillary Clinton stating IMF & World Bank officials had privately accepted that the Tamil Tigers had to be defeated & that mass murder of tamil civilians is okay.
This saw the murder of 170,000 tamil civilians in No Fire Zones by Sri Lanka.
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Leaked 2009 Wikileaks email sent to Hillary Clinton stating IMF & World Bank officials had privately accepted that the Tamil Tigers had to be defeated & that mass murder of tamil civilians is okay.
This saw the murder of 170,000 tamil civilians in No Fire Zones by Sri Lanka.
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https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2010656332446376352
@visegrad24
Trump on Denmark’s military capabilities in Greenland:
“Their defense is 2 dog sleds. Do you know that? You know what their defense is? 2 dog sleds”
@visegrad24
Trump on Denmark’s military capabilities in Greenland:
“Their defense is 2 dog sleds. Do you know that? You know what their defense is? 2 dog sleds”
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Except for "kadi ninda", greenland/denmark/europe will not-can not do anything in this matter. They are toast. If these eurotards have any sense and do not want a repeat of this during the upcoming vance presidency, they will start decoupling from US influence and build their own ecosystem while also stop antagonizing nations like India and work with us for mutual benefit.uddu wrote: ↑13 Jan 2026 20:58 https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2010656332446376352
@visegrad24
Trump on Denmark’s military capabilities in Greenland:
“Their defense is 2 dog sleds. Do you know that? You know what their defense is? 2 dog sleds”
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I think most people are reading the US wrong on this thread. The US CIA/MIC/Pentagon have a different agenda than their El Presidente (who matters little in the scheme of things). The US Deep State is added to the mix of formal orgs like CIA/MIC/Pentagon. The agenda pursued is very stark and contrary to popular media narratives. Grabbing Greenland has always been their agenda irrespective of DJT. Now DJT is the colorful spokesperson for the agenda. The Pak-India bulti is also explained during operation sindoor last year. These are the realities and nothing much can be done.
US Ambassador Sergio Gor is in India and his speech is an opening gambit saying he wants to reset or resume US-India trade. All this is empty talk nothing substantive. The basic fact is that India is rising and will become truly #3 in a short while. The #1 and #2 are very uneasy with such a rise and will do everything to thwart such progress. India is actually going to face all kinds of issues by these chaps, will not be an easy journey. All the knives will be out and sheer brutality will be revealed. Bumpy ride for India on its rise.
US Ambassador Sergio Gor is in India and his speech is an opening gambit saying he wants to reset or resume US-India trade. All this is empty talk nothing substantive. The basic fact is that India is rising and will become truly #3 in a short while. The #1 and #2 are very uneasy with such a rise and will do everything to thwart such progress. India is actually going to face all kinds of issues by these chaps, will not be an easy journey. All the knives will be out and sheer brutality will be revealed. Bumpy ride for India on its rise.
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Not sure I get this, but what is the differing agenda of both of these entities in this day and age?
I think this is profoundly incorrect. Except for FDR during the 1930 reconstruction spree, no other presidents term has been this declarative, and influential in all scheme of things(at least until now and till the mid-terms) and saying it did not matter is not only correct, but points to a failure in assessment.(who matters little in the scheme of things).
The US Deep State is added to the mix of formal orgs like CIA/MIC/Pentagon.
The US deep state is the eco system stemming from these organizations. If you are classifying the deep state as some thing else, please expand on what the deep state is.
What is the popular media narrative now?The agenda pursued is very stark and contrary to popular media narratives.
100% truth!All the knives will be out and sheer brutality will be revealed. Bumpy ride for India on its rise.
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That is ok, you don't believe in the Deep State. This entity is well known in India since they are the ones with the 300T loot during the colonial rampage (India was most affected too) and they flout all known rules worldwide. They are into all kinds of nefarious activity including drugs, human trafficking, gambling and much more. They have subsidiaries in most nations worldwide (these are financiers and implementers at ground level). Dems like Bill gates is also entangled e.g., Epstein episode. SoreAss is another.
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@Jay gaaru, your community kaalij is showing. [/b]“Not only incorrect”. FTFY.
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^ not disagreeing with you bala ji, but when faced with an opponent that is there motor-mouthing every day and a cause of actual hardship on our peoples versus an entity ambiguous to define with maybe tangible / intangible / arguable deleterious effects, probably best that our attention is not diverted to striking at windmills and imaginary enemies, but rather dealing with the orange problem at hand
once, he is safely dealt with, we can all safely participate in 5d checkers and navel gaze to our hearts content
what good is unearthing the dastardly plan of the deep state going to accomplish against one that needs no unearthing and is surface level? dealing with the myriad of mysteries comes after dealing with the tangible
once, he is safely dealt with, we can all safely participate in 5d checkers and navel gaze to our hearts content
what good is unearthing the dastardly plan of the deep state going to accomplish against one that needs no unearthing and is surface level? dealing with the myriad of mysteries comes after dealing with the tangible
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Yes, motor-mouthing every day, including 500% tariff on India etc. But this Russia-Ukraine nonsense started previously and embargo on russian oil was instituted previously too. We have to deal with the immediate but all I am saying is the motivations are driven by Deep State and OrangeMan OM is the front-end bleater of things. He has some deal with the Deep State since 3 attempts were made on his life one very close to blead his ear.
India is actually not that affected since most wall street biggies have made a beeline towards India and their GCCs are well established. I am not worried about H1B/immigration stuff since GCCs are in India. India is going to grow no doubts and now the Eurotards are making yet another beeline towards India. China has been warned sufficiently by Op Sindhoor and they are backing off a bit.
The Deep State is in a quandry since their investments into China are stuck and they are branching out into other nations like Vietnam, Cambodia, etc. India is a maybe for them, one faction wants it, others oppose it. One thing for sure, with tariffs implemented, the US is shafting the common admi in the US and Indian goods are double or triple the rates in the US.
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Meanwhile: After report of some 12,000 Iranian protesters killed - Live shot of massive protest at Harvard in solidarity with the people of Iran.
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^^Amber G ji
They are not green enough no!!
They wear Black Turbans onlee in Eyeran no!!
They are not green enough no!!
They wear Black Turbans onlee in Eyeran no!!
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There is always redemption for everyone who was educated at All Saints/Little Flower/Methodist Grammar/HPS/KV Trimulgherry/or the new chorporate schools in Gatchi Bowli. When they come here for UG, they will do their GenEds at a nearby community college.
There is redemption for "middle-class" IIT folks also. They come here with just $40 in their pocket.
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Joking aside
I always encourage everyone coming to the US for an engineering UG to take their GenEd courses and even one or two prerequisites at a community college nearby to their University during the summer. It is a great way to save on tuition. Community college professors are no slouches.
One acquaintance of mine, who holds a PhD in English from an Ivy League institution, became an assistant professor in the English department of my alma mater. Then he was offered a job at a nearby community college with tenure and higher pay. He switched immediately.
Many people spend money on visiting India every summer. Leave that to the very few who have the money to throw around. That is not something one should do if their parents have taken a loan on their houses and/or flats.
As for the "with $40 in my pocket", I have no sympathy.
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The reason why Venezuela is under attack
U.S. Southern Command chief General Laura Richardson just said the truth out loud:
the U.S. focus in Latin America isn’t “democracy” — it’s controlling oil, lithium, gold, and rare earth minerals. Venezuela, with the largest oil reserves and key strategic resources, is the main target
watch video
https://x.com/i/status/2007358498024075280
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Trump vs Denmark: Inside the Military Effort to Protect Greenland | WSJ
Greenland is a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, a NATO member that controls the island’s security policy. Its position as a natural barrier between Russia and North America makes it important for the U.S. and President Trump, which has only one active base on the island.
The Danish Armed Forces take WSJ inside its operation as it sets out to prove to the U.S. and Russia that it is capable of defending Greenland. We gained rare access to Denmark’s operations in the vast Arctic landscape: in the air, on land and at sea.
Chapters:
0:00 Inside a military helicopter in Greenland
0:48 NATO’s frontline in the sea
2:24 Land forces
4:55 Trump’s pledge to take Greenland
6:03 Remote logistics hub
Greenland is a self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, a NATO member that controls the island’s security policy. Its position as a natural barrier between Russia and North America makes it important for the U.S. and President Trump, which has only one active base on the island.
The Danish Armed Forces take WSJ inside its operation as it sets out to prove to the U.S. and Russia that it is capable of defending Greenland. We gained rare access to Denmark’s operations in the vast Arctic landscape: in the air, on land and at sea.
Chapters:
0:00 Inside a military helicopter in Greenland
0:48 NATO’s frontline in the sea
2:24 Land forces
4:55 Trump’s pledge to take Greenland
6:03 Remote logistics hub