Thomas Kvalnes

@SwedeStats I bet it hurts. Sending Love from Oslo🫶🇳🇴🇸🇪

Out here losing to Norway in hockey, unserious.

@MsMelChen Japan is also good at surprises.

Japan🇯🇵 just pledged $10 billion to help Asian countries weather the oil crisis. Japan delivers, quietly, consistently, and without turning aid into a spectacle or a debt trap. Most Europeans have no idea that Japan has pledged around $20 billion in support for Ukraine. Yet many of the loudest European leaders who champion Ukraine's cause preside over countries that have provided far less in actual material assistance. In contrast with Japan, China's "aid" is overwhelmingly loans and infrastructure deals under the Belt and Road Initiative - opaque, tied to resource extraction or strategic access, and riddled with debt-trap risks that leave recipients beholden and colonized. China talks big about Global south solidarity and "win-win" cooperation, but the track record shows otherwise. When actual support is needed most in times of crises, the commitment that proves reliability over rhetoric is usually absent. Japan puts its money where its mouth is, fostering trust through deeds. Actions over loud state media declarations and propaganda campaigns on social media reveal true character on the global stage. This is why Singapore PM Lawrence Wong said what he said about Japan being a deeply trusted partner for Southeast Asia, which kicked off very angry reactions from Chicoms. From the BBC: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@MsMelChen Could you elaborate on that Europe can't police its own streets? We've all noticed the MAGA-narrative about Europe collapsing in crime because of inmigration, but is that what you're implying?

Europe can't police its own streets but their leaders just hopped on a conference call to discuss how to plan to police the Strait of Hormuz - postwar, of course I hope Europe surprises me and that the performative multilateralism leads to something actually useful and concrete

@RogueOle @CaptMarkKelly If i only believed i was able to.

@TypiskThomas @CaptMarkKelly Please, inform me.

NATO has been the bedrock of our national security for over 75 years. Walking away from our strongest allies during a period of global instability is a serious mistake that makes every American less safe.

@RogueOle @CaptMarkKelly At best, you are just uninformed.

@CaptMarkKelly Maybe it's time for Europe to put on big boy pants. They are nothing more than grifters.

@Canuckscups @Ant2TimeZ @mjfree @grok Watch your language young man!

@Ant2TimeZ @mjfree @grok Retard

Hey @grok — real?

@Libertarian_ish @ShadowofEzra Is it possible that he "quits" simply because he does not believe in the politics of the administration anymore? DJT promised no more foreign wars and a healthy stronger economy for americans. Is what we now see what you voted for?

@TypiskThomas @ShadowofEzra I don't have a shitlist. I'm just showing AJ's pattern of behavior.

Alex Jones says it’s time to use the 25th Amendment on President Trump to remove him from office immediately. “How do we 25th Amendment his ass?” What's your message to Alex Jones?

@Man_Qbvious @ShadowofEzra Might be. So the hypothesis is that BiBi s playing 4D chess?

@TypiskThomas @ShadowofEzra Always have been. They've just been activated by their handlers now.

@TheAguasvivas @ShadowofEzra Along with Marjorie, Tucker and a bunch of top Brass in the Pentagon right? And Europe, Australia, most parts of Asia, Nato and most shi thole countries in South America? Not so many friends left, must be frustrating i can imagine.

@ShadowofEzra Alex Jones can FCK himself! In Trump, we trust… Let’s MAGA! 💪🏻 T 💪🏻 🇺🇸 💪🏻

@Libertarian_ish @ShadowofEzra So both AJ and TC is now on your shitlist?

@ShadowofEzra AJ is such a quitter. He quit Pizzagate & apologized to Alefantis. He quit Q & disparaged all anons. He quit MAGA & now he's turning his back on Trump. I have no respect for quitters who don't have the spine to stick it out.

@Man_Qbvious @ShadowofEzra So now both Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson has switched sides?

@ShadowofEzra Controlled opposition Israeli puppet. Jones is, and always was, a clown.

@perryjf8822 @ShadowofEzra Hey, watch your language young man!

@ShadowofEzra What the fuck is wrong with you Alex Jones you are so fucking stupid. I used to like you but now that’s it. You’re some sort of grifter some sort of Israeli grifter and an uncontrollable maniac who needs way more health than Trump ever. Well, you need to check yourself

@ProudElephant Can we expect DJT to consider a small nuke over Iran soon? (Honest question, he sounds quite cornered up..)

🚨 President Trump isn’t playing around!

@Leah742 There are a lot of reasons to be concerned. The pressure is clearly building up on DJT, and he sounds desperate. Democrats now have one job: Focus on the Midterms. Make it right this time. We are many outside the U.S. who are counting on you.

We are the bad guys now. In my 50 years, I've always been proud to be an American. We all warned so many about trump, and no one listened. Now, America is a shithole in a little over a year of trump 2.0. We are who humanitarians warned us about in other countries.

@elonmusk You don't have to be an astrophysicist to figure that out (I myself am a Sagittarius, by the way ♐️❤️). Every LLM I have met so far has its biases, and we (the consumers) should consider them not only as large and logic language models but also as business models.

Major problem

@AndreasAasheim DJT avgjør ikke om USA skal exit Nato, men narrativet er sikkert egnet til å fyre opp MAGA til å tro at de har 1) blitt bedratt av sine allierte, og 2) makta til å "overlate Europa til seg selv". Blir dyrt isf.😂

Så.. I natt skal Trump trekke USA ut av NATO? Det er kanskje like greit, Europa kan ikke gjøre seg avhengig av noen counties i NV, GA og PA hvert fjerde år. Hvor mange titusenvis av jobber vil det koste amerikansk våpenindustri? Og et isolert USA, strippet for makt og venner?

@GrahamAllen You make it sound like USA never benefited form the Nato-membership -strategically and economically. I think you know..

Not a single American dollar should go to NATO or Ukraine again…

I can promise this: The Senate will not vote to leave NATO and abandon our allies just because Trump is upset they wouldn’t go along with his reckless war of choice.   Thank you to @SecRubio for sponsoring the bill in 2023 requiring a two thirds vote of the Senate to make sure clueless presidents couldn’t act on a whim.

@DeltaJ26 @sentdefender True, and therefore it would not be wise to do so. The narrative about Europe piggybacking the U.S. is not resonating with most Europeans and U.S. citizens understanding. It might suit the illusion of MAGA -US being exploited and betrayed tough. Imho this is not in US interest.

@TypiskThomas @sentdefender No, but he does decide how America responds to an Article 5 situation. If he blatantly states he won't come to Europe's defense in case of such a situation, then NATO will be dead in practice

In addition to his remarks to Reuters on Iran, U.S. President Donald J. Trump reiterated his criticisms of NATO on their lack of support for U.S. operations against Iran and ventures to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, adding that he is “absolutely” considering withdrawing the U.S. from the trans-Atlantic defense alliance.