In 2024, I received many comments that the best thing Europe/EU could do was to sit tight with Trump – we would be morally superior and my suggestions to dump US national debt and other creative low blows were received coldly.
First of all, Trump is doing just like Putin – he tests and pushes the boundaries until it stops, so the longer we wait, the more harm the USA causes.
Secondly, it is my strong opinion that he is playing his role in the China-Russia-USA new world order where Europe should preferably be divided weak consumers.
Yes, Europe has made 11 out of 10 mistakes in the last 20 years and I have a whole post in progress about it, but we don’t need to do like Iran and support a side that will make things even worse – we must stand up for Europe’s best interests and then hopefully solve the chaos we have created ourselves with Russia’s help since the early 2000s.
This is exciting – we Ukrainian friends knew this, but now it’s out of the bag and no longer a conspiracy theory, Ukraine provided false information to the USA which made its way to Russia.
Or this, it is crystal clear that it is Putin who has sabotaged all peace negotiations and Zelensky came under ENORMOUS pressure from Europe to accommodate Trump – and then Trump still blames everything on Zelensky. No news if you have read Johan No.1 who since last spring declared the peace negotiations as rigged except when Trump fooled everyone in August with his cunning – that rascal 😡
The purpose was probably to make Europe believe that their negotiations had succeeded so we would fall back asleep?
Ukraine has handled four years of war very elegantly at a tremendously high and unnecessary cost, but it is what it is – one can argue that it is their freedom so they have to fight for it if they want, but it is not in line with how I was raised.
In the case of Europe, they have also fought for our continued freedom and we have continued to doze off for four years, WW2 lasted a little over five years…
I am generally very optimistic, Europe is slowly starting to get in order and Ukraine is holding out – at the fronts, Ukraine has now slowly begun to gain the upper hand and RU is starting to understand that.
The terrorist bombings against the electrical infrastructure are because they no longer believe they can use it since they are failing to defeat Ukraine, I guess.
Trump also tried for the FIFTH TIME to reuse “Putin wants peace but Zelensky is resisting” but this time absolutely no one cared, Europe didn’t even open their eyes.
And then such a move in the spring led to all the leaders in Europe hopping on the first flight to Washington and going in for quarter talks with Trump, which he then bragged about having reprimanded us.
Ukraine also cautiously avoided provocation, but this time the drones are raining down on OIL RIGS in the Caspian Sea – in terms of targets, only the Kremlin is a more attractive target since they have already targeted the nuclear triad, right?
Trump’s negotiating ammunition on the topic of the Ukraine war is depleted, is my conclusion.
Trump sees this and I believe it is in this light that one must view Greenland because no living person is this stupid.
What Trump is doing is deliberately provoking Europe, and Greenland was a red line for us apparently despite all the comments to the contrary that I received in the winter and spring of 2024.
The same people will of course say that now Europe’s actions are correct, going with the flow is easy.
Trump’s logic is severely flawed, “Hello Europe we MUST take over Greenland for world security, otherwise there is a big threat that China and Russia will conquer the country”.
Europe immediately sends troops to defend Greenland AND invites the USA to participate.
Trump – “now there will be damn tariffs”.
I think the tariffs were the primary focus here, not Greenland.
If Greenland hadn’t worked, the USA would have come up with something else provocative where Europe would eventually have had enough.
The Danes are quite funny.
What will happen in 2026 or possibly early 2027, well a major financial crash with blood-red stock markets, frozen capital flows, and absolutely terrified money managers.
It is obvious that China and Russia would prefer Europe to take the biggest hit, right?
It is likely that the USA also prefers this because otherwise it would be them, right?
So, Trump is now trying to set us up through tariffs so that capital flees Europe, which is not at all unlikely, it is not the first time he has been tougher on us than on China and especially Russia.
Because then the capital flees to the safety of the USA instead – which is good for the USA, and Johan No.1 has long argued that the USA and now Trump are doing what is good for the USA.
For the USA, it would be negative if capital seeks refuge in the EUR and EU area as a safe haven when the crash comes, the consequences could be quite significant for the USA, I guess?
So for once, I think Europe should prepare for that instead and be very quiet since the financial sector is very attentive – we have big thermonuclear bombs we can fire at the USA, for example, dump all the national debt we bought?
Capital is drawn to strength, security, and safety, so if the EU and Europe project that clearly with finance as the recipient, we will do just fine.
But at the same time, I understand that the USA/Trump would have continued until they got the desired result and that somewhere we have to put a stop to our weakening.
Now maybe that’s not enough, so part two of this diabolical plan is a black swan provided by Russia – I have guessed on little green men in the Baltics because Russia absolutely wants them back.
They could have also cut off the power in Europe this winter, but they didn’t.
The fact that these two things did not happen, especially power outages, is a mystery to me and we will see in the future why Russia did not carry out that kind of sabotage against our power infrastructure, which they could have easily denied but which would have severely damaged Europe.
However, the amount of sabotage has been extremely high in 2025 paired with civil unrest on the streets in many countries, but I have no explanation for why they allowed the power infrastructure to be vulnerable during a winter when all the pipes would freeze and burst.
Since I flew early January and now have internet from the Caribbean, I feel that there are a lot of IT disruptions but I haven’t read anything about it?
When I urgently needed to leave the Caribbean in November, there were also IT disruptions just on the days I tried to book the ticket, payment systems were completely down for a few days.
Anyway, since Ukraine is starting to come out on top in the war, it must escalate elsewhere and trying to give Europe a pinch ahead of the upcoming financial crash is a budget solution.
There is something going on with the Kurds as well, I haven’t understood yet if the USA is helping them or not, but the Kurds are just like Ukraine a very good ally to have.
Moreover, they are very egalitarian and have entire battalions led by women only. ISIS is absolutely terrified of them because there will be no heavenly reward if a woman takes their lives.
The overall situation is that we are still on the rise, mostly towards Europe because we refuse to back down.
Iran is probably seizing the moment, I have the impression, Israel won’t miss that chance, right?
In South America, the USA/Trump has simply returned to their previous worldview where South America/Latin America is “theirs” and they do as they please down there without anyone interfering.
At least that’s what everyone down here tells me when it comes up, and it comes up quite often. Suspicions that Europe has approved it are also not lacking, but we don’t have that.
Back to Europe, there is probably a lot of capital in the USA waiting for the crash to then strengthen it in Europe and try to buy up our companies and infrastructure at bargain prices. That’s an old rope trick that seems to work every 15-20 years or so – the country that fails to stick together gets plundered.
In the 90s, Soros was able to bring down countries, like our 500% interest rate and the Bank of England for example. In 2008, it was probably Goldman Sachs who gave the PIIGS such bad advice that they became insolvent and could be robbed of everything valuable?
Japan was also broken in the 90s because they were doing too well, then it was the USA and Europe teaming up against them.
USA refuses to do a hit-and-run with Russia even though they deserve it – Biden showed it and Trump shows it very clearly. The reasons for that we may continue to argue about, but the USA has shown in action long enough for it to be carved in stone.
It might have something to do with a strong Russia leading to a weak and divided Europe?
China would be a good candidate to break the back of, but the USA is tougher on us than on China, probably because it’s easier to bully us?
That’s why I have concluded that the USA, Russia, and now China have done exactly what the Soviet Union and the USA did during the Cold War – agree on which geographical areas each group can freely operate in, which are disputed, and then a bit of fencing for the TV cameras so it doesn’t become too obvious.
Because that’s how the game has been rigged since 1945 when Roosevelt gave half of Europe to the Soviet Union despite Churchill’s wild protests, and the USA had its best years during the Cold War.
Soviet Union vs all of Europe + occupied Europe + USA, who do you think would have come out on top in 1946?
When the war ended in 1945, the Soviet Union had almost completely depleted recruitable reserves in several age groups, and for example, Ukraine could have risen against the Soviet Union any day of the week if we had approached them.
The pause between the USA’s best years and today is shorter than the Cold War – there is a high risk that the USA thought it was a good world order and is keen on it again.
Having spent 12 years in Angola, I learned how a country that became a proxy battleground during the Cold War was destroyed, and the world order these three are heading towards is not a pretty one.
It’s crystal clear that the USA defends the petrodollar, and perhaps the biggest threat to the petrodollar is not China and their BRICS currency but EUR – for the USA, Europe is a bigger threat than China?
I believe that in 2026 it is very important what decisions Europe makes or doesn’t make – we can no longer get away with doing nothing because if we become the mop for the upcoming financial crisis, it won’t end well.
Governments always fall during crises, and between Russian subversive activities and USA/Trump, the governments that have started showing strength and willingness to stand up against Russia will be the first to get such a bucket of ice water thrown over them that they won’t survive.
Then Russia will continue its conquest in Europe as far as it can, and if it doesn’t stop, the old Soviet border will probably be the goal.
USA will offer us security at five times the market price, and everyone will be satisfied except Europe.
The rest of the world will find themselves divided into different spheres of interest, and just like the democratic leaders in the 60s in South America and Africa who were all without exception overthrown, the countries that dare to stand up against the new world order will immediately receive special treatment.
Not a world I want to see, and Europe is caught between it today, even though apparently South America is already there.
And leading the way we have Ukraine, which so far has managed to resist – Europe has an opportunity to solve a centuries-old problem and secure an Eastern border.
We have the opportunity to bring back production from China and go for “made in Europe”.
We can get all the raw materials we need from Africa with fair trade agreements – and also from Greenland and Canada, of course.
The bright future can absolutely be ours, but we must make some tough decisions in 2026.
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As some of you have noticed, the website has been down until now due to an internet connection issue.
The broadband provider carried out service work last night, and it was supposed to be completed by 06:00, but apparently, they missed quality checking their work because the incoming fiber connections were completely dead.
When we still didn’t have a connection even though it was approaching 7 o’clock, we tried to report the fault, but we couldn’t reach anyone until after 8, and only then did they realize that something was wrong. They had to call the technicians back in to fix it, and only now, after 10 o’clock, did it start working again.
Oh my god what a morning 😳
Johan! You write well, we all know that, and I agree with you on most things. But sometimes we have differing opinions.
Like today: “The USA and Trump are doing what is best for the USA.”
You might mean that he BELIEVES he is doing that. That is possible. My opinion is that he is ruining things for the USA and therefore also for himself. I believe it will show in due time.
Russian losses:
SLAVA UKRAINI
Is the Baltic region a front we consider worth reinforcing? Ennav Johan argues that NATO must send brigades to the Baltic states. The reason is intelligence (including e.g. ua🇺🇦) that Russia has built up reserves in both personnel and the latest equipment, instead of sending them to the front in Ukraine. The question: what’s to say that these reserves couldn’t just as easily be used against Greenland? Or elsewhere in the Arctic? Along with Russia’s naval forces based in Murmansk and other locations in the Arctic. Is Greenland less strategically valuable to Russia than the Baltics? Less valuable in other ways? The efforts still revolve around an attack on NATO. Some arguments have been made against Russia attacking Greenland because it would be an attack on NATO. But would the stakes then be higher than an attack on the Baltics, which at least have military presence and fortifications? Experts say there is no threat against Greenland. Experts, as Johan has pointed out many times, have expressed the same about threats to the Baltics. Experts, including Western intelligence, dismissed a large-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine. Except for the American intelligence service, which pointed out that the threat was real. Why are the experts right this time about Greenland and the American intelligence services wrong?
A Russian naval task force heading towards Greenland within range of flamingos and drones sounds like an excellent idea?
Would one need to depart from Murmansk then?
Do not know how it would take shape. There are probably some Soviet attack plans from the Cold War to start from, which have been modernized by the Russians in the last 30 years.
Grok:
Greenland, as an autonomous territory of Denmark and a strategically important Arctic location with resources like rare earth minerals and military significance (e.g., the U.S.-operated Thule Air Base), has drawn geopolitical interest from Russia amid broader Arctic tensions. A hypothetical Russian attack on Greenland would be highly improbable due to NATO alliances, logistical challenges, and the risk of global escalation, but it could theoretically be executed through a combination of hybrid warfare tactics rather than a full-scale conventional invasion. Below, I’ll outline high-level conceptual approaches based on observed Russian military doctrines (e.g., from conflicts like Ukraine) and Arctic strategies, emphasizing that this is speculative and not based on any real plans.
### 1. **Hybrid and Asymmetric Operations (Most Likely Initial Phase)**
– **Cyber and Information Warfare**: Russia could begin with non-kinetic disruptions to sow chaos and test defenses. This might involve coordinated cyberattacks on Greenland’s limited digital infrastructure, such as power grids, communications, or government systems, to isolate communities or disrupt U.S. monitoring at Thule. Simultaneously, disinformation campaigns via social media or proxies could amplify internal divisions (e.g., exploiting Greenlandic independence sentiments from Denmark) to undermine unity.
– **Special Forces Infiltration**: Small teams of Spetsnaz or Wagner-like private military contractors could be inserted via submarines, commercial vessels disguised as fishing trawlers, or even civilian aircraft under false pretenses. Their goals might include sabotage of key sites like airports, radar installations, or mining operations, rather than outright occupation.
### 2. **Naval and Submarine-Based Assault**
– **Arctic Naval Projection**: Russia’s Northern Fleet, based in the Barents Sea, could deploy submarines (e.g., Yasen-class) for underwater approaches to Greenland’s eastern coast, avoiding detection in ice-covered waters. Surface ships like destroyers or amphibious landing vessels might follow, supported by long-range missiles from the mainland to neutralize air defenses. A blockade of shipping routes could precede this to cut off supplies, leveraging Russia’s icebreaker fleet advantage.
– **Missile Strikes**: Precision strikes using hypersonic or cruise missiles (e.g., Kinzhal or Kalibr) launched from bombers or subs could target military assets like Thule, aiming to degrade NATO response capabilities without boots on the ground initially.
### 3. **Airborne and Amphibious Invasion (Escalatory Conventional Option)**
– **Air Assault**: Paratroopers from Russia’s VDV (airborne forces) could be deployed via long-range transport aircraft (e.g., Il-76) staging from Arctic bases like Franz Josef Land. This would focus on seizing airstrips in Nuuk or other population centers for rapid reinforcement, but harsh weather and vast distances (over 2,000 miles from Russian territory) would complicate resupply.
– **Amphibious Landings**: Marine infantry could land on remote fjords using hovercraft or helicopters from amphibious ships, establishing footholds in sparsely populated areas. Control of mineral-rich regions like Kvanefjeld could be a strategic objective, framed as “protection” of Russian economic interests.
### Key Challenges and Deterrents
– **Logistics and Environment**: Greenland’s extreme cold, ice, and isolation make sustained operations difficult; Russia lacks nearby bases, unlike in the European Arctic.
– **NATO Response**: An attack would invoke Article 5, triggering U.S., Canadian, and European reinforcements via air and sea. Early warning from systems like NORAD would likely detect preparations.
– **Political Ramifications**: This could lead to nuclear risks or economic sanctions, making it a high-stakes gamble unless part of a broader conflict (e.g., over Ukraine or the Baltic states).
In reality, Russia has focused on economic influence in the Arctic (e.g., investments in shipping routes) rather than aggression toward Greenland. For current analyses, tensions remain rhetorical, with no credible invasion threats as of 2026.
The standard of the Russian fleet in Murmansk is probably “so-so”. Possibly the nuclear submarines are in good condition. The missile cruiser Peter the Great is there as a monument of a bygone era. It is Russia’s largest active warship. But I don’t think it will make much noise in a real crisis.
Four nuclear submarines were moored at the shipyard and naval base in Vladivostok in 2017. Plus some missile corvettes (destroyers?). My friend and I went on a Russian guided tour in the harbor with only Russians and a Russian female guide. We filmed and spoke Swedish openly. When we got off, she asked where we were from. When we answered, she just said “Oh, then you have traveled far! We once made a trip from Long Beach and Sacramento to Nakhodka with fruit. I think it was the 70s. Back then, Vladivostok was a closed city for foreigners, so we unloaded in Nakhodka, which is 15 miles to the north. From a secret base to openly filming the Russian Pacific Fleet is quite a leap (40 years). I hope Putin doesn’t read this. Maybe I have to switch to a secret address 🤫.
Addition to the above: The guide resembled Maria Zakharova in appearance, so if we had been detained for espionage, it wouldn’t have mattered. 😉
Maria Zakharova dismisses all claims that Russia has aggressive plans in the Arctic. They are there with China to develop the region. So we can probably go back to sleep.
Can’t find the time for the approximately two-hour press conference with Maria Zakharova:
🎥https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=38zDHRMEaOA&feature=youtu.be
Safe to have you as a scout, 205!
You find so much of interest daily👍👍👍
When Russia says so, it’s probably time to strengthen the defense.
More Proxima believes that 205 is a reliable source of information. 🙂
The eastern border of the Baltics is very important.
I am afraid that if Trump actually tries to take Greenland by force, and Europe directs its concentration westward, it is not far until Russian drones start flying over the Baltic border, followed by hordes of barbarians.
The Kurds were thrown under the bus by the USA.
When they called for air support, nothing came 😐
The greatest betrayal.
Surprising.
“The troop withdrawal applies to the entire so-called federal Iraq, but not the areas in the partially autonomous northern Kurdistan region.”
https://www.dn.se/direkt/2026-01-18/irak-sista-soldaterna-fran-usa-har-lamnat/
As long as we hesitate, the other side will continue to push us – old Phantom language saying
Exactly that, and then we have Canada with all its natural resources – they should join the EU.
Then strategic countries in Africa.
We will be running Made in Europe for the next 100 years
The Kurds were the US’s most loyal allies in the Middle East, this should have sent shockwaves.
With Trump in the White House, all old alliances are scrapped.
He works hard to undo everything that all other presidents have accomplished in the past hundred years.
Fighter jets to Iceland for Arctic preparedness
Large number of Danish soldiers to Greenland
— DN Direkt
Iran 🇮🇷
The USS Abraham Lincoln has crossed the Malacca strait and is heading full steam to the Middle East.
US transport aircraft continue to arrive in the Middle East from Europe suggesting the deployment of more fighter aircraft.
The Iranian newspaper Ham-Mihan has been seized by regime forces and shut down. It had previously reported on large amounts of dead bodies at hospitals across Iran-BBC
A US Navy Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton drone is airborne and patrolling the Persian Gulf, just off Iran.
Over 3,919 confirmed deaths in Iran’s protests, with 8,949 additional deaths under investigation – HRANA
Two more C-17A US transport aircraft landed in Muwaffaq Salti Air Base Jordan from RAF Lakenheath likely to support the forward deployment of F-15s.
warmonitor3
It might happen soon, waiting for a signal from Israel.
I wonder if Trump has been in discussion with the exiled Shah?
Yes, the effort is justified
CCD dismisses reports of “distorted intelligence” shared with U.S.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4081618-ccd-dismisses-reports-of-distorted-intelligence-shared-with-us.html
USA has leaked like a sieve throughout the whole war
Hm, 1500 soldiers in the US 11th Airborne Division “arctic division” in Alaska have been put on high alert, I read on Iltalehti.
According to the regime, they are intended to be deployed in Minnesota if needed.. hm, I wonder. They are specialized in combat in cold climates, and sure, it can be cold in Minnesota, but there is another place where it is even colder that Trump is yearning for.
Trump will have a speech in Davos tomorrow, so maybe he will take the opportunity to show strength and threaten Europe then.
Greenland guaranteed.
AFU🇺🇦
⚡️⚡️An enemy UAV depot in the Luhansk region was hit, and the results of the attacks on the oil refinery in Tuapse in the Krasnodar region and an oil depot in the Belgorod region were clarified.
⚡️As part of the measures to reduce the offensive capacity of the Russian aggressor, units of the Ukrainian defense forces struck a depot of unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to the 144th Motorized Infantry Division (Novokrasnyanka, temporarily occupied territory in the Luhansk region) during the night of January 19.
💥The target was hit.
⚡️🧐Furthermore, the results of the recent attack on the oil refinery in Tuapse in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation have been clarified – the destruction of the company’s loading terminal has been confirmed.
⚡️🧐The results of the attack with attack UAVs on the oil depot Oskolneftesnab (Kotel, Belgorod region, Russian Federation) have also been clarified. The destruction of one and damage to six tanks of the RVS-1000 type have been confirmed.
💪The Ukrainian armed forces will continue to systematically carry out measures aimed at weakening the enemy’s offensive capacity and reducing its military and economic potential to compel the Russian Federation to cease its armed aggression against Ukraine.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EaAwNRerh/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Kurds 😐
I might open a YouTube channel, start downloading the videos, and archive them there.