Frode Mauring

Former UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative 2002-2023 after 20 years in int'l private sector. Views my own. 🇺🇳🇲🇰🇽🇰🇷🇺🇵🇸🇦🇪🇰🇵

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

I assume that tonight Trump will head for the exits in Iran. He may try to disguise the retreat by announcing the U.S. is leaving NATO, which Trump will present as a liberation from ungrateful allies and a victory for America First.

So he'll make a bad outcome far worse.

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

China and Russia must be having a field day. They are the ones who benefit from divisions among Allies.

If Greenland’s security is at risk, we can address this inside NATO.

Tariffs risk making Europe and the United States poorer and undermine our shared prosperity.

We also cannot let our dispute distract us from the our core task of helping to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.

[Frode Mauring @Frode_Mauring]

@Acyn The face of 21 century fascism.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

Strong and justified words by @UNReliefChief Tom Fletcher on the famine in Gaza.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

In an unusual move among allies, the 🇩🇰 MFA in Copenhagen calls in 🇺🇸 diplomat to protest 🇺🇸 efforts to try to interference in the domestic affairs of 🇬🇱 and 🇩🇰. https://t.co/x4PpSnpe7N

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

It’s was healthy that both Chancellor Merz 🇩🇪 and President Macron 🇫🇷 were explicit in calling for a 🇺🇦🇷🇺 ceasefire as the necessary first step. President Trump 🇺🇸 was less than pleased. But there is no route towards peace that doesn’t start with a ceasefire.

[Frode Mauring @Frode_Mauring]

.#BurkinaFaso declares UN Resident Coordinator #Carol_Flore-Smereczniak persona non grata, allegedly for her role in a report on the situation of the rights of children the military government dislikes. Kudos to @CarolfloreUN for standing up for #UNvalues https://t.co/M3Rn9RrdFT

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

Truly remarkable with Vice President JD Vance 🇺🇸 saying that 🇩🇰 “is not a good ally” and indicates 🇺🇸 will do whatever with 🇬🇱 in spite of “the screaming of the Europeans”.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

We can’t believe he said it either. But he did.

[Frode Mauring @Frode_Mauring]

Interessant guide til #trumpismens ideretninger med fokus på de #postliberale røtter som vokste frem i perioden 1989-1992, men hos noen helt tilbake til det gamle testamentet.

[Martin Gedde-Dahl @MartinGeddeDahl]

Røff guide til vestkyststraussianere, integralister, nymonarkister, natcons, BAP-ister og så videre i ukas avis.

[Martin Gedde-Dahl @MartinGeddeDahl]

På nett her (men akkurat denne er nok best på papir) https://t.co/ifzvLXDQS1

[Frode Mauring @Frode_Mauring]

Finally a high level Republican speaking up.

[Nikki Haley @NikkiHaley]

America has always been a pillar of freedom and democracy. We have to have the moral clarity to know the difference between good and evil and right and wrong. We can’t blur those lines. We must choose a side, and it should never be the side of dictators.

[Margot Wallström @margotwallstrom]

Unbelievable that Russia’s war on Ukraine could end with this: a ”deal” made without Ukraine being a part, a ”pay-back” to USA with a colonial -like right to exploit the natural resources of Ukraine - that will need everything they have to rebuild their war-torn country. Shameful

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

President Trump 🇺🇸 has a seriously distorted view of history. Now he claims 🇪🇺 was set up ”to screw the United States”. It was actually set up to prevent war on the European continent.

[Torbjørn Røe Isaksen @konservativ]

Hvis jeg blir invitert på en sikkerhetskonferanse i USA, skal jeg holde en tale om dette https://t.co/HiU2jIgGHd

[Frode Mauring @Frode_Mauring]

The US has abandoned any pretense of supporting the international order it was in the lead to form and support since Second World War.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

Look at the 16 other countries that joined 🇷🇺🇺🇸 and voted against the 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧 resolution condemning the 🇷🇺 aggression! What a list! Is that the way the world now looks?

[Frode Mauring @Frode_Mauring]

Never thought I would live to see this. The #US voting with #Russia, #NorthKorea, #Cuba and even #Israel against a UNresolution to defend #Ukraine against its internationally recognised borders. Shame on you. #China maintained its abstained position.

[Carl Bildt @carlbildt]

From where did Trump 🇺🇸 get the ridiculous figure of only 4% support for Zelensky🇺🇦? I wouldn’t exclude that it was Putin 🇷🇺 who said this to him. If that’s the case it’s remarkable, and it’s then also remarkable how ill informed Putin 🇷🇺 is about the situation in 🇺🇦. Two blind men.