French President Emmanuel Macron vowed a “united and coordinated” response after US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on eight European NATO nations for opposing his campaign to acquire Greenland.

The tariffs, announced by Trump on Saturday, target Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland. They are set to take effect on February 1 at 10% and rise to 25% in June, remaining in place until a “complete and total purchase” of the Danish autonomous territory is achieved.

“France is committed to the sovereignty and independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere,” Macron wrote on X. “No intimidation or threat will influence us – neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”

Tariff threats are unacceptable and have no place in this context. Europeans will respond in a united and coordinated manner should they be confirmed. We will ensure that European sovereignty is upheld,” he added.

The NATO states targeted by tariffs recently joined Denmark in sending small military contingents to Greenland, a move interpreted as a symbolic reinforcement of the island’s current sovereignty. Both the Danish government and Greenland’s autonomous authorities have repeatedly stated the territory is not for sale, with its future resting with its people.

Macron defended his decision to send troops to Greenland. “We fully assume this decision, because security in the Arctic and at the outer edges of our Europe is at stake,” he wrote.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has declined to comment on the growing internal dispute. Trump has previously refused to rule out withdrawing from the bloc if other members obstruct his Greenland ambitions.

In recent weeks, Trump has renewed and intensified efforts to bring Greenland under US control, a goal he has pursued since his first term. He claims the acquisition is vital for US national security to counter Chinese and Russian influence in the Arctic – an assertion both Beijing and Moscow have rejected.

https://www.rt.com/news/631090-macron-trump-greenland-intimidation/

WE SUSPECT THAT PUTIN AND XI KNOW THAT TRUMP WILL GET GREENLAND NO MATTER WHAT... THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD BETWEEN TRUMP AND THE EUROPEANS SEEMS TO BE SCRIPTED LIKE A SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY BETWEEN COMEDY AND TRAGEDY... HAMLET MEETS THE MERCHANT OF VENICE...

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

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The World at War

by Sonja van den Ende

The world is at war – you could call it World War III. Some argue that we are moving toward a global new world order and that this is why everything must be set ablaze first. The reality is that conflicts are springing up around us like mushrooms. The Middle East, particularly the Levant, Syria, and Lebanon, is being ravaged. But so is West Asia, Iran, and South America, as recently seen in Venezuela.

As I write this article, the U.S. and Israel have most likely launched a new attack on Iran – or will do so soon. Iran has been destabilized for weeks by Mossad agents calling for regime change on social media. These messages are sponsored by the U.S., Israel, and Europe. False reports, videos, and photos of uprisings are widely circulated, but the sad truth is that many provocateurs are vandalizing mosques and attacking people. It’s déjà vu from Syria, where terrorists were funded by the U.S. and Europe in 2011 to ignite a war that still burns today.

On January 3, 2020, Trump ordered the brutal assassination of Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Iraq. Both were master strategists responsible for eliminating many ISIS fighters in Syria and Iraq at the time. Now, six years later, the Middle East is a cesspool of misery, and ISIS – or as parts of the group now call themselves, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham – has risen to power. A new caliphate has emerged, this time in Damascus.

“On the same date, January 3, 2026, that same Trump ordered the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, the legitimate, democratically elected president of Venezuela. Coincidence? No. In a lawless mafia state, nothing is coincidental. It was planned and intended as a warning to other nations and their leaders.”

In recent weeks, countless brutal murders have been carried out against young Alawite men – and teenagers – by what I call the new caliphate in what was once Syria. Many of the victims were too young to have had anything to do with Bashar al-Assad’s government or to have served in the army. We have also witnessed a grim stalemate in Aleppo’s Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud, where even Kurdish female fighters  were raped, shot, and thrown from buildings. The people of Sheikh Maqsoud refuse to accept the “terrorist government” of al-Julani and do not want to suffer the same fate as the Alawites and Druze.

The so-called security services – in reality ISIS terrorists – include wanted figures like Ahmed al-Mansouri, spotted in Aleppo and responsible for some of the new caliphate’s most heinous acts against Syrians. They are led by the new caliph al-Julani, himself a long-wanted terrorist who has murdered many, including blowing up a hospital where women and children sought shelter – comparable to the July 2025 attack on a Druze hospital, where wounded patients and doctors were executed in cold blood by al-Julani’s gang.

Returning to Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s top strategist in the Middle East and regarded by many as the region’s “Nelson Mandela” – he once warned, “If Syria falls, the entire Levant will fall,” and the suffering would be indescribable. That is precisely what is happening now. Prophetic words from a wise man.

In neighboring Lebanon, a fierce war has raged since the so-called ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in January 2025. Israel immediately launched attacks, primarily on southern Lebanon – Hezbollah’s stronghold – but also on Christian areas and the Shiite Amal movement, not to mention the pager bombings in Beirut. The south resisted Israel and won the 2006 war, so Israel sought retaliation. Israel and the U.S. now aim to eradicate Hezbollah and annex southern Lebanon, along with the West Bank and Gaza, into Israel. The plan for a “Greater Israel,” known as the Yinon plan, is being actively pursued.

We can say that much of the Middle East is on fire, as is West Asia, where the old imperialist Monroe Doctrine has been revived under the guise of regime change. The U.S. is also escalating its so-called “war on terror,” ongoing since 2001, and has revived the “Axis of Evil” doctrine. We are back to Iraq in 2003, when lies about weapons of mass destruction were used to justify invasion.

In South America, Trump and his U.S.-Zionist mafia government claim Venezuela is the world’s largest drug supplier and that Nicolás Maduro and his wife are mafia bosses – when the real mafia boss is Donald Trump himself. But Trump isn’t satisfied; he wants all of South America under his sphere of influence, part of what he calls the “New World Order.” Perhaps, while nibbling popcorn and taking his daily aspirin, he has been watching too many films like The Hunger Games.

The next U.S. invasion or coup will likely target Iran, then Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, or Mexico. This is the indescribable state of the world we now inhabit. In Iran, the groundwork has already been laid by that other criminal, Netanyahu, and his Mossad in cooperation with Trump’s America.

Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah of Iran, is being groomed in the U.S. to become the new president-shah of Iran. On X, he suddenly commands a large following and claims: “I spoke to the Washington Post about the protests in Iran, the role my countrymen expect me to play, and what a free Iran will mean for the world. I have volunteered to lead this transition… It is about self-determination… freedom… rebuilding our country.”

He was later photographed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem (Al-Quds) – the first condition for American support: to become a Zionist. After all, America is ruled by Zionists. Israel and America are one and the same; both are Zionist, fascist, and occupy and oppress people worldwide.

Fascist European politicians – the U.S. is equally ultra-fascist and Zionist – are now in shock, fearing Trump’s designs on Greenland. There is loud rhetoric in the European media (which cannot be trusted anyway) about “the end of NATO” and “sending troops to Greenland means the end of our friendship.” But in the end, they will grovel before Trump and bow down like jackknives, terrified he might carry out regime change in Europe.

For Russia, the situation is utterly bizarre – but wisely, they are not responding to Europe’s unfounded accusations. They know, as I know from my own experience in Donbas, that they are truthfully conducting the Special Military Operation, while Europe is essentially declaring war and seeking revenge for what they call the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Recently, one of the most fascist Dutch newspapers, De Telegraaf – which has often portrayed me negatively – published  the headline: “Dutch ex-soldier Hendrik speaks candidly about the horrors on the Ukrainian front: ‘Every morning the Nazi salute was given.’” One wonders what prompted them to write this. Is the tide turning? Not as long as fascists like Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa, Kaja Kallas, and Mark Rutte rule Europe’s waning empire. But it is a starting point for self-reflection on the madness and mental state of Europe’s politicians and citizens.

Many prominent European voices are warning of civil war in countries like England and Germany. England is already implementing intensified AI surveillance, while Germany lags in this area. It could easily explode there – and if Trump supports Germany’s AfD party as he has suggested, he could push for regime change just as he has in Iran, Venezuela, and elsewhere. This is why Europe is too afraid to respond meaningfully, even to the looming invasion of Greenland.

In the end, Trump has done little more than create new martyrs – figures like Qassem Soleimani in Iran and the Levant, and Nicolás Maduro, now seen as a new Che Guevara. Trump will go down in history as an incompetent, war-obsessed president – a warlord who sought to dismantle the world order, belonging in the same league as Adolf Hitler or Benito Mussolini. Perhaps he will receive a Nobel Peace Prize from his fearful fascist friends in Europe, or perhaps he will simply buy one. For him, money is a god.

“What does it mean to be ‘presidential’? You wear a suit; you speak to the American people as if you possess the character and dignity of someone aspiring to the highest office in the land, while behind closed doors you are the worst criminal in the world, plotting the overthrow of countries and governments, pursuing regime change, and using drones to assassinate people you don’t like? Is that presidential?”  –  Louis Farrakhan

https://strategic-culture.su/news/2026/01/15/the-world-at-war/

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         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.