Showing posts with label America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label America. Show all posts
Thursday, February 12, 2026
That’s Life! The Magazine That Shaped America – In Pictures
THE GUARDIAN: From grown men eating ice cream – gasp! – to Noël Coward sweating in the desert and a baseball team without pants – a new exhibition celebrates images from the era-defining magazine
Photograph: Alfred Eisenstaedt
View the gallery HERE » | Mee-Lai Stone | Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Friday, February 06, 2026
America Is in Rupture under Trump | Anne Applebaum & Preet Bharara
Feb 5, 2026 | What do the ICE operations in Minneapolis reveal about a broader shift in the exercise of state power? Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, The Atlantic staff writer, and "Autocracy in America" podcast host Anne Applebaum joins Preet Bharara on Stay Tuned with Preet to discuss why Minneapolis has galvanized people in a way few events have in the Trump era, and why our closest allies now say the word for this moment is “rupture.”
The conversation begins with a discussion about the Trump administration's complete disregard for the rule of law and its implications for America. Next, they discuss the ICE crackdown in Minnesota and the administration's lies after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The conversation also turns to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent speech at Davos, where he warned that the world was witnessing not a transition but a “rupture”—and Applebaum shares why she agrees with that view and what "rupture" really means.
The conversation begins with a discussion about the Trump administration's complete disregard for the rule of law and its implications for America. Next, they discuss the ICE crackdown in Minnesota and the administration's lies after the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The conversation also turns to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent speech at Davos, where he warned that the world was witnessing not a transition but a “rupture”—and Applebaum shares why she agrees with that view and what "rupture" really means.
Friday, January 30, 2026
Why America Is 'In Deep Trouble' - Ex US Foreign Policy Adviser
Jan 30, 2026 | But Robert Kagan, who has advised successive administrations in the White House on foreign policy, says “middle powers” like European states and the UK must make “hard choices” in order to “survive as independent sovereign states in a world dominated by predatory empires”.
Nathalie Tocci, Professor of Practice at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Europe, and a senior fellow at Bocconi University’s Institute for European Policymaking, says Trump’s threats over Greenland and the way he “backed down” int he face of Europe’s threats should be a “watershed moment”.
Nathalie Tocci, Professor of Practice at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Europe, and a senior fellow at Bocconi University’s Institute for European Policymaking, says Trump’s threats over Greenland and the way he “backed down” int he face of Europe’s threats should be a “watershed moment”.
Trump Could Be ‘the End’ of America, I’m Returning to Politics to Save It | Denver Riggleman
Jan 30, 2026 | "We've never had a president like this. Not this insane, not based on this sort of fascist, authoritarian leaning stuff...I have decided I am going to run again."
Former Republican Rep. and member of the Jan 6 Committee Denver Riggleman says Trump's use of federal agents and upturnign of the world order could be "the end" of the United States.
Trump should have been locked up long ago! — © Mark Alexander
Former Republican Rep. and member of the Jan 6 Committee Denver Riggleman says Trump's use of federal agents and upturnign of the world order could be "the end" of the United States.
Trump should have been locked up long ago! — © Mark Alexander
Saturday, January 24, 2026
Are America and Europe Finally Divorcing?
Jan 24, 2026 | In a week that's marked an inflection point in European history and transatlantic relations, Tom and Patrick discuss whether the two continents' world views are, finally, irreconcilable. And, were America to walk away from NATO, what are the military gaps that Europe would rapidly have to fill? Could it do so, and how fast?
Hosts: General Sir Patrick Sanders & Tom Newton Dunn
Producer: Shabnam Grewal
Hosts: General Sir Patrick Sanders & Tom Newton Dunn
Producer: Shabnam Grewal
Friday, January 23, 2026
America Is ‘No Longer an Ally’ | Historian Sir Simon Schama
Jan 23, 2026 | Sir Keir Starmer must recognise the “stiff dose of reality” that Trump has “set has marks on destroying the European Union”, says historian Sir Simon Schama.
Sir Simon Schama was speaking to Chloe Tilley and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio.
Trump is TRASH! — © Mark Alexander
Sir Simon Schama was speaking to Chloe Tilley and Calum Macdonald on Times Radio.
Trump is TRASH! — © Mark Alexander
Europe’s Trust in America Is Fundamentally Damaged | Mark Urban
Jan 22, 2026 | “The Belgian prime minister… was saying ‘we don’t want to live like slaves.’”
The deeper realisation following the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos and Donald Trump’s Greenland manoeuvring is that the US President marks a turning point in Europe’s ability to trust America, says Sunday Times columnist Mark Urban.
Americans are no longer our friends. Period. A friend who cannot be trusted is real no friend at all! — © Mark Alexander
The deeper realisation following the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos and Donald Trump’s Greenland manoeuvring is that the US President marks a turning point in Europe’s ability to trust America, says Sunday Times columnist Mark Urban.
Americans are no longer our friends. Period. A friend who cannot be trusted is real no friend at all! — © Mark Alexander
'We Cannot Trust the Americans' | Troops Stay in Greenland as Danes Rethink Alliance with Trump
Jan 23, 2026 | "The level of trust that we had before is not coming back."
Denmark may consider a full rearmament and their alliance with the even after Trump's climbdown as trust in the US as a stable ally has been damaged, Say Rasmus Jarlov, chair of the Danish Defence Committee
Denmark may consider a full rearmament and their alliance with the even after Trump's climbdown as trust in the US as a stable ally has been damaged, Say Rasmus Jarlov, chair of the Danish Defence Committee
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
‘Make America Go Away’: Spoof Maga Caps Soar in Popularity amid Greenland Crisis
THE GUARDIAN: Red caps are becoming a symbol of protest in Denmark as Donald Trump ratchets up the pressure on Greenland
Red baseball caps spoofing Donald Trump’s Maga hats have become a symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance against the US president’s threat to seize the frozen territory.
The caps reading “Make America Go Away” – parodying Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan – have gained popularity, along with several variants on social media and at public protests, including a weekend demonstration held in freezing weather in Copenhagen.
European governments are rallying behind Denmark and Greenland, citing the need to defend Arctic regions and warning that Trump’s threats against Greenland undermine western security. » | Associated Press | Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Red baseball caps spoofing Donald Trump’s Maga hats have become a symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance against the US president’s threat to seize the frozen territory.
The caps reading “Make America Go Away” – parodying Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan – have gained popularity, along with several variants on social media and at public protests, including a weekend demonstration held in freezing weather in Copenhagen.
European governments are rallying behind Denmark and Greenland, citing the need to defend Arctic regions and warning that Trump’s threats against Greenland undermine western security. » | Associated Press | Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Canada and Denmark's Shocking Greenland Deal Leaves US Reeling
Donald Trump’s Trump Greenland Threats have detonated a diplomatic crisis inside NATO—and Canada just drew a bright red line in Paris. In this video, we break down how Trump Greenland Threats to take Greenland “by force” triggered a unified European response, pushed Denmark to warn NATO itself could collapse, and prompted Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney to publicly side with Denmark—then back it up with a concrete move: a Canadian consulate in Nuuk, Greenland.
You’ll hear why Carney’s language mattered, how NATO allies coordinated their message that Greenland’s future belongs to Greenlanders and Denmark alone, and why this moment could reshape Arctic security cooperation for years. We also explain the strategic stakes—from Pituffik (Thule) Space Force Base to Arctic shipping lanes and critical minerals—and why Trump Greenland Threats may be doing Russia and China a massive favor.
If you care about NATO, Arctic geopolitics, and how presidential rhetoric can fracture alliances, this is the story you can’t ignore.
Trump should be sectioned. FT! FA! — © Mark Alexander
You’ll hear why Carney’s language mattered, how NATO allies coordinated their message that Greenland’s future belongs to Greenlanders and Denmark alone, and why this moment could reshape Arctic security cooperation for years. We also explain the strategic stakes—from Pituffik (Thule) Space Force Base to Arctic shipping lanes and critical minerals—and why Trump Greenland Threats may be doing Russia and China a massive favor.
If you care about NATO, Arctic geopolitics, and how presidential rhetoric can fracture alliances, this is the story you can’t ignore.
Trump should be sectioned. FT! FA! — © Mark Alexander
Greenland’s Leader Says Territory Wants to Remain Part of Denmark
Has there EVER been a MORE ARROGANT, MORE OBJECTIONABLE president of the US than Trump? — © Mark Alexander
Denmark Has ‘Fundamental Disagreement’ With U.S. Over Greenland
Of course Greenlanders do not want to be part of America. Nobody in his right mind would. To start with, on a practical level, if Greenland became part of the USA, the Greenlanders would lose their superior free healthcare. Further, look at the way that America has treated its own Indigenous people, the Native Americans! — © Mark Alexander
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Friday, January 02, 2026
Steve Schmidt: Trust Is Dead in America
Trump has FU America. There’s no doubt about it. And if we Europeans aren’t careful, he’ll FU Europe, too. — © Mark Alexander
Sunday, December 14, 2025
A FREE WORLD NEEDS A STRONG AMERICA
THE NEW YORK TIMES — OPINION: ALGORITHMS AND AUTOCRATS HAVE
RATTLED GLOBAL STABILITY. / TO SAFEGUARD LIBERTY, THE U.S.
MUST REMAKE ITS MILITARY.
AS RECENTLY AS a decade ago, it would not have been hard to unite a broad majority of Republicans and Democrats around a shared idea of what America's military power should be for.
Defense of the homeland. Deterrence of would-be aggressors. Cooperation with treaty allies and protection of kindred democracies confronting common foes. Humanitarian aid and relief. The security of the global commons: sea lanes, air corridors, undersea cables, digital networks. Upholding the laws of war.
In sum, the ability to prevent war wherever possible and win it whenever necessary — all for the sake of a safer, more open, rules-based world.
The Trump administration brings a starkly different mind-set to the issue. Out with the Department of Defense; back to the Department of War. Well-established rules of engagement have yielded to blowing up small boats on the high seas. In place of standing with Ukraine’s embattled democracy against Russia’s invasion, the administration has adopted a course of moral equivalence between the two sides while seeking profits from the war through arms sales and mineral deals.
As for the kind of military alliance-building that typified American foreign policy for much of the 20th century, President Trump has reverted to threats of conquest more common in the 19th. And this is to say nothing of his efforts to deploy troops to American cities, impose political loyalty tests on senior officers or hamstring reporters at the Pentagon. » | The Editorial Board | Sunday, December 14, 2025
Donald Trump is not America’s friend, and he is most certainly not Europe’s. Trump’s best friend is himself and his second best friend is Putin.
When it comes to geopolitics, Trump is absolutely clueless, as are his acolytes. They are rich, but they are also clueless. Either that or they just don’t care.
Trump’s re-election to the presidency should show any right-thinking person proof of why one should be very wary of electing a businessman to high office. For a businessman, the bottom line is always gain and profit. He is always thinking of his bank balance. A cursory glance at Trump’s behaviour shows this to be true. But the fact is—and it’s a very important fact—that a country cannot be run and governed on a businessman’s principles. The leader of a country, even more so the free world, has far, far more important things to think about than profit. A man/woman who tries to lead his/her country on the profit principle is destined to fail. Trump’s miserable record will prove this to be so. History will not be kind to Trump. His legacy is bound to be tarnished. — © Mark Alexander
AS RECENTLY AS a decade ago, it would not have been hard to unite a broad majority of Republicans and Democrats around a shared idea of what America's military power should be for.
Defense of the homeland. Deterrence of would-be aggressors. Cooperation with treaty allies and protection of kindred democracies confronting common foes. Humanitarian aid and relief. The security of the global commons: sea lanes, air corridors, undersea cables, digital networks. Upholding the laws of war.
In sum, the ability to prevent war wherever possible and win it whenever necessary — all for the sake of a safer, more open, rules-based world.
The Trump administration brings a starkly different mind-set to the issue. Out with the Department of Defense; back to the Department of War. Well-established rules of engagement have yielded to blowing up small boats on the high seas. In place of standing with Ukraine’s embattled democracy against Russia’s invasion, the administration has adopted a course of moral equivalence between the two sides while seeking profits from the war through arms sales and mineral deals.
As for the kind of military alliance-building that typified American foreign policy for much of the 20th century, President Trump has reverted to threats of conquest more common in the 19th. And this is to say nothing of his efforts to deploy troops to American cities, impose political loyalty tests on senior officers or hamstring reporters at the Pentagon. » | The Editorial Board | Sunday, December 14, 2025
Donald Trump is not America’s friend, and he is most certainly not Europe’s. Trump’s best friend is himself and his second best friend is Putin.
When it comes to geopolitics, Trump is absolutely clueless, as are his acolytes. They are rich, but they are also clueless. Either that or they just don’t care.
Trump’s re-election to the presidency should show any right-thinking person proof of why one should be very wary of electing a businessman to high office. For a businessman, the bottom line is always gain and profit. He is always thinking of his bank balance. A cursory glance at Trump’s behaviour shows this to be true. But the fact is—and it’s a very important fact—that a country cannot be run and governed on a businessman’s principles. The leader of a country, even more so the free world, has far, far more important things to think about than profit. A man/woman who tries to lead his/her country on the profit principle is destined to fail. Trump’s miserable record will prove this to be so. History will not be kind to Trump. His legacy is bound to be tarnished. — © Mark Alexander
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Chris Hedges: America Is a Banana Republic
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
America On Edge: The Rise Of Political Violence | My America
Oct 21, 2025 | Political tensions in the United States have reached a breaking point.
The assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has sent shockwaves through the nation - exposing deep fractures in a country already torn apart by fear, partisanship, and violence.
In this episode of My America, we trace the rise of political violence from January 6th to a wave of recent attacks targeting politicians, journalists, and citizens alike. Experts, witnesses, and analysts weigh in on what’s driving America’s new era of extremism - and whether the nation can pull back from the edge before it’s too late.
The assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk has sent shockwaves through the nation - exposing deep fractures in a country already torn apart by fear, partisanship, and violence.
In this episode of My America, we trace the rise of political violence from January 6th to a wave of recent attacks targeting politicians, journalists, and citizens alike. Experts, witnesses, and analysts weigh in on what’s driving America’s new era of extremism - and whether the nation can pull back from the edge before it’s too late.
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