Carsten Søndergaard
@carsten1634.bsky.social
Former Danish Ambassador to Russia, Ireland, NATO, Germany and Turkey.
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Just beyond parody at this point
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Just beyond parody at this point
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Eine deutsche Atombombe? Das ist eine Phantomdiskussion. Wir werden auf russische konventionelle Angriffe nicht nuklear reagieren wollen und können. Was wir dringend brauchen, ist europäische konventionelle Abschreckung.
January 30, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Eine deutsche Atombombe? Das ist eine Phantomdiskussion. Wir werden auf russische konventionelle Angriffe nicht nuklear reagieren wollen und können. Was wir dringend brauchen, ist europäische konventionelle Abschreckung.
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Politics always involves spin, with Kinsley Gaffes occasionally revealing truths, but here Bessent sounds like an LLM/GenAI baby mix'n'matching Ronnie and random "ex-SOF social media alpha influencer" - phrases... while actually being the US Secretary of the Treasury. Embarrassing and dangerous.
Bessent on Greenland: "Peace through strength. Make it part of the US and there will not be a conflict because the US right now, we're the hottest country in the world, we're the strongest country in the world. Europeans project weakness. The US projects strength."
January 30, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Politics always involves spin, with Kinsley Gaffes occasionally revealing truths, but here Bessent sounds like an LLM/GenAI baby mix'n'matching Ronnie and random "ex-SOF social media alpha influencer" - phrases... while actually being the US Secretary of the Treasury. Embarrassing and dangerous.
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Eliot Cohen knows whats what
The 2026 National Defense Strategy “appears to have been drafted not by serious people but by Pentagon officials eager to curry favor with an imperious president and terrified of getting their talking points wrong,” Eliot Cohen argues.
Whatever This Is, It Is Not Strategy
Defending the nation will take more than sycophancy, slurs, and slop.
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Eliot Cohen knows whats what
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The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
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Former 🇷🇺 Russian state postal service employees have allegedly established an illegal sanctions-evasion system in 🇩🇪 Berlin.
To expose it, BILD sent packages with hidden tracking devices to Russia. The GPS data received shows that test shipments bypassed controls and ended up in Russia.
🔗🔒, in 🇩🇪 ⬇️
To expose it, BILD sent packages with hidden tracking devices to Russia. The GPS data received shows that test shipments bypassed controls and ended up in Russia.
🔗🔒, in 🇩🇪 ⬇️
Post nach Moskau
BILD-Recherchen zeigen, wie verbotene Postpakete trotz EU-Sanktionen von Berlin nach Moskau gelangen – mit unzulässigen Versandnummern und versteckten Peilsendern.“
www.bild.de
January 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Former 🇷🇺 Russian state postal service employees have allegedly established an illegal sanctions-evasion system in 🇩🇪 Berlin.
To expose it, BILD sent packages with hidden tracking devices to Russia. The GPS data received shows that test shipments bypassed controls and ended up in Russia.
🔗🔒, in 🇩🇪 ⬇️
To expose it, BILD sent packages with hidden tracking devices to Russia. The GPS data received shows that test shipments bypassed controls and ended up in Russia.
🔗🔒, in 🇩🇪 ⬇️
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They shot him when he was on his knees, his back to them, unarmed, and defenseless.
Those who remember history are doomed to watch it repeat itself.
Those who remember history are doomed to watch it repeat itself.
January 25, 2026 at 9:38 AM
They shot him when he was on his knees, his back to them, unarmed, and defenseless.
Those who remember history are doomed to watch it repeat itself.
Those who remember history are doomed to watch it repeat itself.
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Schröder: Too sick to stand the enquete commission into Nord Stream 2 in person, but unfortunately not too sick to put out some more pro-Russian propaganda.
Former Chancellor and very good friend of Putin, Gerhard Schröder, who is on the payroll of Russian energy giants, bemoaned the "demonization of Russia" in Germany. He says: "Russia is not the land of the barbarians."
Aha..
Aha..
January 25, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Schröder: Too sick to stand the enquete commission into Nord Stream 2 in person, but unfortunately not too sick to put out some more pro-Russian propaganda.
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Why is it that UK government has more executive power with fewer constraints than other democratic countries yet continually complain that they can’t get anything done. @samfr.bsky.social explores the paradox and suggests remedies. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/who-runs-b...
Who runs Britain?
The paradox of executive power
samf.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Why is it that UK government has more executive power with fewer constraints than other democratic countries yet continually complain that they can’t get anything done. @samfr.bsky.social explores the paradox and suggests remedies. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/who-runs-b...
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I've never been happier to encounter a paywall in my life.
January 24, 2026 at 8:30 AM
I've never been happier to encounter a paywall in my life.
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reads like the list of countries attending Russia's May 9 parades
Trump's "Board of Peace": Belarus, Morocco, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Armenia, Egypt, Kosovo, Pakistan, Paraguay, Albania, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Qatar, Indonesia.
The US’s new sphere of influence.
The US’s new sphere of influence.
January 22, 2026 at 4:20 PM
reads like the list of countries attending Russia's May 9 parades
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Read this.
January 20, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Read this.
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“Donald Trump, like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, believes in power and power only,” warns Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “Europe must prepare to play by those same rules” econ.st/4qV624W
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Donald Trump, like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, believes in power and power only,” warns Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “Europe must prepare to play by those same rules” econ.st/4qV624W
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Trump really does seems determined to lose mid terms …new tariffs might do trick …
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Trump really does seems determined to lose mid terms …new tariffs might do trick …
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My hot take on Trump's tariffs against European countries:
1: they constitute economic aggression in order to acquire territory. Europeans will remember this for decades to come. They mean very serious damage to the transatlantic bond on all time horizons.
My hot take on Trump's tariffs against European countries:
1: they constitute economic aggression in order to acquire territory. Europeans will remember this for decades to come. They mean very serious damage to the transatlantic bond on all time horizons.
January 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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My hot take on Trump's tariffs against European countries:
1: they constitute economic aggression in order to acquire territory. Europeans will remember this for decades to come. They mean very serious damage to the transatlantic bond on all time horizons.
My hot take on Trump's tariffs against European countries:
1: they constitute economic aggression in order to acquire territory. Europeans will remember this for decades to come. They mean very serious damage to the transatlantic bond on all time horizons.
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First casualty of Trump's new tariff threat - the US/EU trade deal
MEP's were already wavering on legislative approval given the Admin's Greenland threats
This has tipped them over the edge
MEP's were already wavering on legislative approval given the Admin's Greenland threats
This has tipped them over the edge
January 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
First casualty of Trump's new tariff threat - the US/EU trade deal
MEP's were already wavering on legislative approval given the Admin's Greenland threats
This has tipped them over the edge
MEP's were already wavering on legislative approval given the Admin's Greenland threats
This has tipped them over the edge
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🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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"Battle Hymn of the Republic" is not a song to be taken on lightly ... but in light of this New Year Trumpian news onslaught, we're sharing this adaptation, called "Battle Hymn of the Empire" - as Trump goes marching on, and dragging us all back to the nineteenth century.
youtu.be/8saU0WeocP0
youtu.be/8saU0WeocP0
"Battle Hymn of the Empire" - Marsh Family adaptation of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" about Trump
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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January 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" is not a song to be taken on lightly ... but in light of this New Year Trumpian news onslaught, we're sharing this adaptation, called "Battle Hymn of the Empire" - as Trump goes marching on, and dragging us all back to the nineteenth century.
youtu.be/8saU0WeocP0
youtu.be/8saU0WeocP0
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Calling Trump :Daddy' won't do the trick
The military alliance is yet to issue a public statement asserting the territorial integrity of the Arctic island and kingdom of Denmark ft.trib.al/Ku974sr
January 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Calling Trump :Daddy' won't do the trick
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Perhaps the most surreal part of all of this saber-rattling from the administration is just how unnecessary it ultimately is. ICYMI @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jFRsMk
GOP Senators Sure Hope Trump Is Kidding About Invading Greenland
Plus: The path ahead for the Obamacare subsidies extension bill.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Perhaps the most surreal part of all of this saber-rattling from the administration is just how unnecessary it ultimately is. ICYMI @cheetah.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jFRsMk
www.euractiv.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:28 PM