We don't exclude a land grab from Russia as part of their plan to protect their own nuclear capabilities, which is the only thing they have left that actually threatens the United States, said Gen Eirik Kristoffersen, Norway's chief of defence.
Sir Keir Starmer will hold an emergency press conference on Britain's response to Donald Trump's latest tariff threats, after warning the US president in a Sunday night phone call that the move was wrong. Trump announced on Saturday that the UK would be among eight countries charged a 10 per cent tariff on any and all goods sent to the US from February 1, increased to 25 per cent from June 1, until a deal is reached for Washington to purchase Greenland from Denmark.
Since President Donald Trump decided to rebrand the Defense Department as the Department of War, to more accurately reflect how tough he is, I suggest we rebrand the White House as The Waffle House to more accurately reflect Trump's incessant waffling when it comes to actually doing something to deter Vladimir Putin's steadily increasing onslaught on Ukraine, not to mention his recent drone incursion into America's NATO ally Poland.
A large contingent of the Russian Armed Forces is already deployed in Belarus, on the doorstep of Europe, to train for open warfare against NATO starting this Friday. The Zapad 2025 exercise will include the development of the Oreshnik ballistic missile, a much more dangerous weapon than the drones with which Moscow tested NATO defenses in Poland on Wednesday. The Kremlin maintains that these maneuvers are not directed against anyone,
Backed by the populist rightwing opposition Law and Justice party, which ruled Poland between 2015 and 2023, Karol Nawrocki unexpectedly won Poland's presidential election after running a campaign under a Trumpesque slogan of Poland first, Poles first. The historian turned politician had met the US president before the election, securing his highly prized endorsement and presenting himself as someone who could safeguard Poland's interests with the conservative US administration.
