Michael Rastrup Smith
@rastrup.bsky.social
Former reporter at Berlingske, DR TV Avisen and TV2 Denmark, 25 years as journalist in Asia.
Before all that sailor in the Merchant navy and air/ground radio and weatherman at the East Coast of Greenland.
Before all that sailor in the Merchant navy and air/ground radio and weatherman at the East Coast of Greenland.
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Gripen E flying display - with the new planform.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei3C...
#RIAT25 #Gripen #GripenE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei3C...
#RIAT25 #Gripen #GripenE
(4K) SAAB JAS-39E Gripen-E DISPLAY RIAT 2025. Saab Aeronautics. Royal International Air Tattoo.
YouTube video by thefightercommunity
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July 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Gripen E flying display - with the new planform.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei3C...
#RIAT25 #Gripen #GripenE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei3C...
#RIAT25 #Gripen #GripenE
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Basically: I don’t think people understand that 36 hours from now it’s possible that America will have a formalized system for abducting enemies of the regime and stashing them in foreign gulags, indefinitely.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
Bukele, Abrego Garcia, and Red Lines
Emergency Triad: Are we now a country of political prisoners and gulags?
www.thebulwark.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Basically: I don’t think people understand that 36 hours from now it’s possible that America will have a formalized system for abducting enemies of the regime and stashing them in foreign gulags, indefinitely.
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bukele-abr...
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Chinese think tank analyst Victor Gao, in an interview with Channel 4 News, said that China is fully prepared to fight to the very end "because the world is big enough that the United States is not the totality of the market in the world."
April 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Chinese think tank analyst Victor Gao, in an interview with Channel 4 News, said that China is fully prepared to fight to the very end "because the world is big enough that the United States is not the totality of the market in the world."
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First off, Pete Hegseth is a disgrace and should be fired.
Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.
Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.
March 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
First off, Pete Hegseth is a disgrace and should be fired.
Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.
Second, instead of being an asshole and trash-talking the journalist, he should be thanking him for not posting anything top-secret that’s still to come.
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German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz:
"The circumstances are determined above all by Putin's war of aggression against Europe. It is a war against Europe and not just a war against the territorial integrity of Ukraine⤵️
"The circumstances are determined above all by Putin's war of aggression against Europe. It is a war against Europe and not just a war against the territorial integrity of Ukraine⤵️
March 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz:
"The circumstances are determined above all by Putin's war of aggression against Europe. It is a war against Europe and not just a war against the territorial integrity of Ukraine⤵️
"The circumstances are determined above all by Putin's war of aggression against Europe. It is a war against Europe and not just a war against the territorial integrity of Ukraine⤵️
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It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
February 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history.
Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.
@moderation.bsky.app I am a professional journalist and DO NOT DO SPAM.
Somebody try to block me.
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February 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Journalist
Denmark
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Opinion: Aside from the markets, which still have trouble processing that Trump means what he says, Democrats stand exposed as complacent. Do they need a new playbook? www.ft.com/content/b1ef...
February 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Opinion: Aside from the markets, which still have trouble processing that Trump means what he says, Democrats stand exposed as complacent. Do they need a new playbook? www.ft.com/content/b1ef...
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Five current and former senior European officials briefed on the call said Trump’s phone conversation with Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen about his intent to take over Greenland had gone “very badly,” the Financial Times reports.
“It was horrendous,” said one of the people.
“It was horrendous,” said one of the people.
January 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Five current and former senior European officials briefed on the call said Trump’s phone conversation with Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen about his intent to take over Greenland had gone “very badly,” the Financial Times reports.
“It was horrendous,” said one of the people.
“It was horrendous,” said one of the people.
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Burden shifting is coming to NATO. Europeans are still not prepared.
Good article by @emmamashford.bsky.social & Jennifer Kavanagh
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/23/t...
Good article by @emmamashford.bsky.social & Jennifer Kavanagh
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/23/t...
Europe Isn’t Ready for Trump 2.0
Washington is likely to reduce its troop presence and demand even higher defense spending.
foreignpolicy.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Burden shifting is coming to NATO. Europeans are still not prepared.
Good article by @emmamashford.bsky.social & Jennifer Kavanagh
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/23/t...
Good article by @emmamashford.bsky.social & Jennifer Kavanagh
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/23/t...
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“To deal with China, the transatlantic partners first need to deal with each other.” Daniel S. Hamilton #ChinaChallenge
Meeting China's Trade and Tech Challenge: How the US and Europe Can Come Together
China’s emergence as a tech and trade superpower threatens both the US and Europe. The allies are struggling to respond.
cepa.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“To deal with China, the transatlantic partners first need to deal with each other.” Daniel S. Hamilton #ChinaChallenge
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Image projected onto Tesla's factory in Berlin
January 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Image projected onto Tesla's factory in Berlin
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The year ahead will be at least as uncertain, violent and chaotic as 2024. Five key trends to watch in 2025, explained in my latest article for the @lowyinstitute.bsky.social
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
January 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The year ahead will be at least as uncertain, violent and chaotic as 2024. Five key trends to watch in 2025, explained in my latest article for the @lowyinstitute.bsky.social
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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The American president turns up the hard talk on Russia, and suddenly Putin is kind as a sheep. Shocker. Who would have thought after all this talk about nuclear Armageddon?
Putin responded to Trump’s statements with an eight-minute speech lavishing praise on the American president, describing him as intelligent and pragmatic, and stating that he would not impose sanctions on Russia because it would harm the American economy.
January 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The American president turns up the hard talk on Russia, and suddenly Putin is kind as a sheep. Shocker. Who would have thought after all this talk about nuclear Armageddon?
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The West has to take Ukraine's demand for security guarantees more seriously if we want the war to end. That is my topic in this video, where I also explain the victory plan which has been widely misunderstood in the West.
#Ukraine #NuclearWeapons
#Ukraine #NuclearWeapons
Nuclear weapons and security guarantees for Ukraine
YouTube video by Anders Puck Nielsen
www.youtube.com
October 29, 2024 at 9:14 PM
The West has to take Ukraine's demand for security guarantees more seriously if we want the war to end. That is my topic in this video, where I also explain the victory plan which has been widely misunderstood in the West.
#Ukraine #NuclearWeapons
#Ukraine #NuclearWeapons
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Colliding Spiral Galaxies from Webb and Hubble.🔭
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
January 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Colliding Spiral Galaxies from Webb and Hubble.🔭
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
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The second batch of F-16 aircraft from Denmark is already in Ukraine, — Zelensky
The first batch of planes provided by the Danes are already shooting down russian missiles and rescuing our people and our infrastructure. Now our air shield is additionally reinforced.
The first batch of planes provided by the Danes are already shooting down russian missiles and rescuing our people and our infrastructure. Now our air shield is additionally reinforced.
December 7, 2024 at 9:16 AM
The second batch of F-16 aircraft from Denmark is already in Ukraine, — Zelensky
The first batch of planes provided by the Danes are already shooting down russian missiles and rescuing our people and our infrastructure. Now our air shield is additionally reinforced.
The first batch of planes provided by the Danes are already shooting down russian missiles and rescuing our people and our infrastructure. Now our air shield is additionally reinforced.
The new train between China and Laos.
US doesn’t have the power or influence to initiate things like this in the future.
#Trump or not US is an unreliable fading star.
US doesn’t have the power or influence to initiate things like this in the future.
#Trump or not US is an unreliable fading star.
November 24, 2024 at 6:53 PM
The new train between China and Laos.
US doesn’t have the power or influence to initiate things like this in the future.
#Trump or not US is an unreliable fading star.
US doesn’t have the power or influence to initiate things like this in the future.
#Trump or not US is an unreliable fading star.
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We’ve now reached the historical moment when Denmark is unquestionably tougher and more realistic in international affairs than any leader of the Republican Party.
November 20, 2024 at 12:09 AM
We’ve now reached the historical moment when Denmark is unquestionably tougher and more realistic in international affairs than any leader of the Republican Party.
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Today is the 1000th day of a war that was begun by a Russian leader who believed it would be over in three days. One of the greatest military miscalculations in recent history.
November 19, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Today is the 1000th day of a war that was begun by a Russian leader who believed it would be over in three days. One of the greatest military miscalculations in recent history.