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[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Classic Macron doublespeak.

At the exact same UN conference Denmark signed away Greenland's sovereignty to the US (fact: https://t.co/P7Oxet6fs5) and Macron literally called it "a good thing" (fact as well: https://t.co/rGqHmYQLH3).

When the US attacked Iran back in February, he also issued an utterly Orwellian statement together with Merz and Starmer condemning... Iran (!) and calling Iran to "cease its indiscriminate military strikes" (https://t.co/nKNwDUxiZ7). There was not a word about the US-Israeli aggression when they, of course, were the "empire abusing their powers" and "threatening the sovereignty" of Iran.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Ok, we now have the actual text of the Greenland deal (https://t.co/VxZ1Q47jsh), so we can say how it compares to the existing 1951 arrangement and who, between Trump and Denmark, lied the most in their framing of it.

Long story short - which may surprise some - the Danes lied the most: Trump is pretty much correct in saying that this new deal grants the US control of Greenland.

Let's look into what changed compared to the 1951 deal.

1) This is now a permanent arrangement: whereas the existing 1951 deal only lasted as long as NATO existed, this one "does not have an end date and may only be amended by mutual consent."

It even survives a hypothetical future independence of Greenland: in that event, Denmark and Greenland must ensure that the independent Greenlandic state "affirmatively assume[s] all of the rights and obligations of the Kingdom of Denmark specified in this Agreement."

2) In the 1951 agreement, the US could set up bases only where both governments agreed, and only on the basis of NATO planning. The new deal locks in three bases: the US can "modernize and expand its activities" at Pituffik, its only base in Greenland until now, and "shall be allowed to establish an additional Defense Area at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig." Further bases beyond these 3 can be justified by the defense of "the American continent," a US interest rather than a NATO one.

Also, quite subtle but this is interesting: Article IV(iii) says that "the United States may establish additional defense areas in Greenland" and that consultations are then held "to decide implementation details based on mutual agreement." What this means is that the principle of a new base is automatically granted and only the implementation details require agreement.

Article VII also gives the US "the right to raise concerns regarding construction, or change of use" of any building near a US base, after which the parties decide together what to do. Which means that the US has a say over civilian planning around its bases.

3) On US military movement across Greenland, the wording change between the 1951 agreement and this new one is quite funny.

The 1951 text said (Art. V(3)): the US "may enjoy... the right of free access to and movement between the defense areas through Greenland, including territorial waters, by land, air and sea," but only "in accordance with general rules mutually agreed upon and issued by the appropriate Danish authority in Greenland."

The new one says: "the United States of America shall enjoy... the right of free access to and movement between the Defense Areas through Greenland, including the Territorial Waters, by land, air and sea."

That's it: "May" becomes "shall," and the US military movement no longer has to follow rules "issued by the appropriate Danish authority in Greenland." The US also gets something new on top: "undersea access to and movement within the Territorial Waters," i.e. submarines.

4) Non-NATO exclusion: non-NATO states are barred from military installations or a persistent presence in Greenland unless all three parties approve, giving the US an effective permanent veto. The 1951 deal had no equivalent clause.

5) Investment screening: this is entirely new. "States or investors from a state that is not a member of NATO, a NATO partner, or an EU member state" (i.e. Russia, China, India, the Gulf States, etc.), "shall not be allowed to have (i) control, (ii) significant influence, or (iii) access to non-public information...within Particularly Sensitive Sectors or Activities in the territory of Greenland (including the Territorial Waters), unless agreed between the Parties."

Again, it basically means that the US has a permanent veto over who can invest in strategic sectors in Greenland, as far as non-NATO or EU states are concerned.

6) Lastly, in stark contrast with the 1951 deal, the framing of the deal changes significantly: this new deal is largely framed around the US.

The 1951 agreement existed only "for the benefit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization." The new one lists the defense of "the American continent" as an objective, celebrates "the irreplaceable role" of the United States military as well as "the United States' indispensable historical and ongoing contributions to the security and defense of Greenland," and names the establishment of Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense system as a key goal.

So, to sum up:
- The US secured a permanent military foothold that even an independent Greenland would inherit whether it likes it or not
- The US now has veto power over any non-NATO military presence in Greenland, and over who can invest in its strategic infrastructure and resources (beyond NATO and the EU)
- Denmark signed away its say over the principle of new US bases, with only the right to discuss the "implementation details"
- Danish authorities no longer set the rules for US military movement across the island
- And all of it is now justified by the defense of "the American continent"

I don't know in which universe this even remotely "recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom and the Greenlandic people's right to self-determination," as Danish PM Mette Frederiksen put it (https://t.co/dHOavrPB3r).

Yes, the preamble of the text cynically "reaffirms" Danish sovereignty but, in my book, when you let a foreign country put bases on your soil, move its troops without following your rules and veto who else can come in, in perpetuity, after it spent two years threatening to take you by force, the word for that is anything but "recognized sovereignty" 🤷

[𝓙𝓲𝓶𝓶𝔂 𝓙 @JimmyJ4thewin]

“Today, nearly everything is made in China. Except for courage. Courage is made in Palestine.”

[Mick Wallace @wallacemick]

The EU couldn't care less about Ukraine, that's why they are happy to keep fighting Russia down to the last Ukrainian, no matter how much EU citizens money it costs...

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Ms Rachel: “Treating some children’s lives as less worthy of outrage is racist. Silence during a genocide is not neutral.”

[Ahmed Shameya 🇵🇸 @ahmedshameya995]

Israel killed a 3-year-old boy, Kamal, in Gaza.

Kamal was a happy child.

[The Compass Report 🧭 @Compass_Report]

THEY WANTED HAMAS TO WIN

June 2007. Days after Hamas took control of Gaza. A U.S. embassy cable from Tel Aviv — 07TELAVIV1733, later released by Wikileaks.

In it, Israeli military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin tells the American Ambassador that Israel would be happy to see Hamas take full control of Gaza. The reason, as recorded: once Hamas held the Strip, the IDF could treat Gaza as a single hostile entity.

The cable itself notes Yadlin's remark was "not necessarily representing a GOI consensus view."

A parallel cable from Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin, dated the same day, records the other side: Fatah figures asked Israel to strike Hamas directly. Israel declined — and was wary of flooding weapons into a force that was already collapsing.

Hamas won the 2006 elections. The US and Israel refused to accept the result, then backed a Fatah force to overturn it. The June 2007 fighting was the climax of that power struggle.

Hamas took Gaza. Israel designated the entire Strip hostile. Every man, woman, and child. Everything became a legitimate target.

Then came the blockade. Then the bombings.

2008 — Cast Lead.
2012 — Pillar of Defense.
2014 — 2,200 Palestinians killed in two months. 500 of them children. The vast majority non-combatants. Israel lost 73, most of them soldiers.
2018 — the Great March of Return. Snipers on the fence.
2023 to now — the rest.

Homes destroyed or damaged beyond repair. And they can't rebuild. The blockade bans construction materials from entering. So Gaza sits in the rubble, as if the war ended yesterday.

And the script never changes. Israel violates a ceasefire. Gaza fires rockets. Israel unleashes a wildly disproportionate assault. The media trumpets self-defense. Almost zero Israeli casualties.

Mahmoud Al-Zahar, Hamas co-founder:

"We are not playing terrorism. We are under occupation. The Israelis continue their aggression against our people. Killing, detention, demolishing. In order to stop these processes, we run effective self-defense by all means, including guns."

The cable is public. It's been sitting there for years.

Nobody looked. 🧭

[Gaza Notifications @gazanotice]

🚨HORRIFIC: Children in Gaza enter the sea searching for a few moments of life and joy, while Israeli military boats move nearby, bringing the reality of war into even the simplest moments of childhood.
19.09.2026

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Stop promising everyone such a good time:

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

❌🇮🇱🇺🇸 They now want to send you to die for Israel in exchange for student loan debt cancellation…

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

Iran Says MACH 10 Missiles Ready, Dares U.S. to Invade

IRGC Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei says Iran has upgraded its supersonic missiles from MACH 6 to MACH 10, expanded electronic warfare and air defenses, and can now threaten U.S. vessels anywhere in the Indian Ocean.

“If America starts a war, we will confront them with GREATER FORCE, more strikes, and HARDER HITS.”

He then challenged the U.S. to send ground and airborne forces into Iran: “Why don’t American ground forces enter Iran? Why do they only strike from the air and then leave?”

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

Israeli occupation forces bulldoze displaced Lebanese homes and lands in the town of Al-Mansouri, southern Lebanon.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Yeah, buildings in Gaza are just collapsing for no reason.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

Israeli president wipes Elor Azaria’s criminal record, filmed executing wounded Palestinian Abdel Fattah al-Sharif as he lay on the ground

[Voice of Rabbis @voiceofrabbis]

BREAKING 🚨

New polling numbers show Israel’s favorability all negative not just with Dems, the general electorate has turned against Israel

Public support for Israel is collapsing

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Every day, every single day, some shitty thing comes out of the Israeli political or media establishments. Almost can’t keep up anymore.

[Jason Smith - 上官杰文 @ShangguanJiewen]

Ed Sheeran has inadvertently created a global movement of artists coming out in support of the Palestinian people and against the Israeli genocide.

[☀️👀 @zei_squirrel]

this is a vile disgusting genocide-laundering Israel lobby J-Street script that was handed to him. Begins with and centers October 7 and "centuries of Jewish pain", laundering the genocidal lie that it was about targeting Jews instead of a mass murdering genocidal apartheid occupation death-cult that turned Gaza into the world's biggest concentration camp with routine actual massacres of children, women and men, not the Hannibal Directive rape-soldier and police inflated 1200 figure, all of which he entirely erases by pretending it all started on October 7. And then still refusing to recognize the genocide and instead using genocide-laundering "both sides, conflict" hasbara.

Fuck Ed Sheeran. He is a degenerate depraved scumbag piece of shit who would never dare say this about Ukraine or any other case where the entire media and political class determined that it was the Moral and Just cause, meaning that it involves zero risk to him and his half a billion dollars.

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

An absolutely insane sentence.

But they want you to believe the people condemning this are the problem.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Netanyahu said that an Iranian nuclear strike on Israel would be like “10,000 tons of TNT falling on a country the size of New Jersey (22,610 km2).”

Netanyahu has dropped 223,000+ tonnes of explosives on Gaza (365 km2) - the equivalent of ~22 nukes on 1.6% the size of New Jersey