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🚨TRUMP: “Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework for a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire arctic region.” pic.twitter.com/xkIdncUQIV
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 21, 2026
Ed: I am a little confused as to what Rutte would be able to do about Greenland, other than just act as an intermediary. NATO has no sovereignty over Greenland and no authority to dictate outcomes to Denmark. Nevertheless, using a negotiating framework is a better look than threatening military action, which Trump belatedly eschewed today in Davos.
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Associated Press: A Danish government official told The Associated Press after Trump’s speech that Copenhagen is ready to discuss U.S. security concerns. But the official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, underscored the government’s position that “red lines”— namely Denmark’s sovereignty — must be respected. …
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he was encouraged by Trump’s comment about not using U.S. military force but called other parts of the speech “a way of thinking about territorial integrity that does not match the institutions we have.”
“Greenland is part of NATO. Denmark is part of NATO, and we can exercise our sovereignty in Greenland,” Løkke Rasmussen said.
Ed: Maybe we get a long-term lease to control the unpopulated parts of the island? That would allow us to explore rare-earth mineral reserves (about which more below), prepare for the Golden Dome, and extend more jurisdiction into the Arctic Circle. Would we really need more than a Gitmo-like agreement for the next few decades? And if that suffices, should we have just focused on that from the beginning?
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🚨 BREAKING: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stuns the world, says President Trump is RIGHT, we MUST defend the Arctic and Greenland from China and Russia
“Trump is right. We have to do more there! We have to protect the Arctic against Russian and Chinese influence!”
IMAGINE… pic.twitter.com/H02IzkGxlb
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 21, 2026
Ed: The strategic value of Greenland is pretty obvious. The question is which country would be able to do more to protect Western interests in the Arctic. Rutte sounded as though he thought NATO could do that without changing Greenland’s status, which makes Trump’s announcement a little later even more interesting — not to mention Rutte as the main mediator of these discussions, as Trump suggests.
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Josh Wolfe on X: The force rhetoric was never the plan. It was the anchor. Denmark is no longer defending sovereignty against an imperial aggressor; Denmark is evaluating a financial proposition. The frame has moved.
And i feel crazy saying this…
The math is not absurd. The deal probably pays for itself within a generation. The minerals alone are worth multiples of the purchase price. Greenland’s 57,000 residents become millionaires on paper. Denmark sheds a fiscal dependent and erases its debt. The United States secures the rare earth supply chain for the military of the 2030s.
What is actually underway is a supply chain annexation dressed in the costume of territorial ambition. The target is not an island; it is two geological formations in Southern Greenland—Kvanefjeld and Tanbreez—that contain the heavy rare earth elements without which no advanced weapons system can be built.
Ed: Interesting. Greenland has strategic value for plenty of other reasons, as one peek at a map would prove. However, if there are large reserves of rare-earth minerals proven to be in these formations, then the US would be one of the few nations with the resources to access them. The others would be China, Russia, and maybe the EU as a bloc, if it were not so tied in knots over global warming and other radical Green agenda items.
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Tucker Carlson says a nuclear armed Iran could be beneficial
Tucker Carlson: “What are the chances Iran would actually launch a nuclear attack? History suggests they’re zero, no matter what Senator Graham says. No country in the so-called “Axis of Evil” has ever deployed a nuke,… pic.twitter.com/FPUemq1t6P
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) January 21, 2026
No country in the so-called “Axis of Evil” has ever deployed a nuke, because doing so would be an act of suicide. In fact, the United States is the only nation to unleash its nuclear might as an act of war. It’s strange how Washington considers that a point of pride.
Could the Iranians obtaining The Bomb wind up being a good thing? Whether anyone in the foreign policy establishment admits it, North Korea’s nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean Peninsula.
Ed: Assuming Tucker actually said this (could not confirm), it’s the hottest of hot takes possible: Let Iran have a nuke! What could go wrong? The problem is that the assumptions are all wrong. The doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction works with regimes whose goals are rational and mainly involve the continuation of power. Iran’s regime, however, has non-rational goals that primarily involve preparing for Armageddon so that the Twelfth Imam will emerge and take over the world for Islam. They are using rational strategies for a non-rational goal. And Iran is far more likely to pass on nuclear weapons to their terror proxies than Russia, China, or even North Korea.
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Scott Johnson at Power Line: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has advised Don Lemon that the federal criminal statutes bearing on the riot disrupting Sunday’s service at Cities Church in St. Paul don’t apply to the rioters’ misconduct. “People have a right to lift up their voices and make their peace. None of us are immune from the voice of the public,” according to Ellison. “Quite honestly, I think you’ve got the First Amendment freedom of religion and the First Amendment freedom of expression, and I think that, you know, it’s just something you’ve got to live with in a society like this.”
Ellison to the contrary notwithstanding, two federal criminal statutes apply to the rioters’ misconduct. The first is the FACE Act, 18 U.S.C. § 248. Ellison appears to be unfamiliar with section (a)(2), which broadly prohibits a range of actions constraining “the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship[.]” The second is 18 U.S.C. § 241, which prohibits conspiracies to suppress the “free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same[.]”
Ed: The Biden Regency prosecuted Mark Houck under the FACE Act just for an alleged shove outside of an abortion clinic, an incident that local prosecutors declined to charge at all. A jury acquitted Houck, but the FBI conducted an armed raid on his residence at dawn to arrest him. Biden’s DoJ did get FACE Act convictions against other pro-life demonstrators for much less than what Don Lemon & Co perpetrated in the Minneapolis church; Trump pardoned them all in the first weeks of this term. The violations this week are far more egregious and the conspiracy more clearly in evidence just through Lemon’s own public remarks.
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Trump on Board of Peace:
Many people have accepted, I think. I don’t know of anybody that hasn’t accepted, but I think the board of peace will be the most prestigious board ever, and it’s going to get a lot of work done that the United Nations should’ve done. pic.twitter.com/3jpsqXnSzT
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) January 21, 2026
Ed: Well, we’ll see. I wonder where the money’s going from the one-billion-dollar entry fees, though. Someone has to pay the bill for Greenland.
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Jerusalem Post: The official explained the rationale behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to join the BoP. “Israel has an interest in being involved in the decision-making process, especially with Trump leading the way. Not participating was simply not an option,” he said.
The official also noted Israel’s growing frustration with the United Nations, viewing the BoP as a counter to the UN’s influence….
Netanyahu’s decision to join was not made quickly. For days, Israeli officials debated the move, weighing the risks of aligning with countries like Turkey and Qatar, which Israel views as playing problematic roles in the region. These nations, Israeli officials argue, may not contribute meaningfully to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, or in efforts to curb Hamas’s influence or dismantle their terror infrastructure.
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Marco Rubio trying to figure out what to wear now that he has to invade Iceland because Trump got it confused with Greenland. pic.twitter.com/ICgn7M9S0I
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) January 21, 2026
Ed: Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis could not be reached for comment. IYKYK. (Also, I love these Rubio memes.)
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Jonathan Turley: Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta spoke with popular podcaster Jennifer Welch, discussing the plans for radical changes after a Democratic takeover this year. Like many Democratic figures, they said that the expansion of the Supreme Court is obvious. The expansion is essential to clear away any restraints on a radical agenda that will include the trial of a host of conservatives, from Trump to the young former DOGE employee who was injured when he came to the rescue of a woman in a carjacking in Washington, D.C.
What was most notable in the interview was the priority of expanding the Supreme Court. Figures like Eric Holder have expressly stated that packing the Supreme Court with a liberal majority will be the priority after any Democratic takeover.
This has long been the plan among far-left figures, but it is now being embraced by establishment figures as essential to securing a radical agenda to achieve lasting power.
Ed: It was pretty much the strategy of the Biden Regency, no? It failed. That doesn’t mean they won’t try it again.
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When I became the Chief Marketing Officer at Levi’s, at about 2 months in, I had some mid-level know it all come into my office to tell me everyone hated me, I was steering the ship into oblivion. She told me everyone knew I was doing a terrible job. (The brand had been in… https://t.co/L3eeaJV2Ue
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) January 21, 2026
… Needless to say, this was not a person who was very good at her job. And I wasn’t doing mine to be liked so I didn’t care if “everybody hated me”. I was trying to turn a business around that had been flailing. I took the responsibility seriously.
Six years later, we had a very successful IPO.
2 years after that I became the brand president.
These people complaining about new leadership are lame. They always do it. They want it how it was, even if how it was wasn’t working. And it’s even lamer that @Variety writes about this like it’s news.
Ed; Anyone brought in to turn around a failing organization has been through this. Those who were part of the failure will complain about accountability during the process. Eventually, they just leave, and the organization improves.
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WSJ: After pulling back from strikes on Iran last week, President Trump is still pressing aides for what he terms “decisive” military options, U.S. officials said, as Iran appears to have tightened its control of the country and targets protesters through a crackdown that has killed thousands.
The discussions are happening while the U.S. sends an aircraft carrier and jet fighters to the Middle East. Those deployments may be the start of a broader buildup that would give Trump the firepower to strike Iran should he choose to use them.
Trump has repeatedly used the word “decisive” when describing what effect he would like any U.S. action to have on Iran, according to officials.
That phrasing has spurred aides at the Pentagon and White House to refine a suite of options for the president, including some that would seek to push the regime out of power. Officials also are devising more modest options, which could include targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facilities.
Ed: Say, where exactly is the US Abraham Lincoln task group? Tick … tick … tick …
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Interesting. I would think the NFL would have more Republicans. Not surprised to see the @nba shed virtually their entire conservative audience. Nice job Kerr, Pop, LeBron and friends. Finally, how come libs hate Hockey and Bball? 🤔 https://t.co/2CPVTska9z
— John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) January 21, 2026
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