🧠Rename and then annex?

Elon Musk suggested calling the English Channel the George Washington Channel, in tribute to the first US president.

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🤡THROWBACK: Classic Johnson family moments

Remember when Boris Johnson admitted he had considered carrying out an “aquatic raid” on the Netherlands to seize scarce COVID-19 vaccines?

Well, his father once also said a “mega-emergency” was needed to wipe out “a huge portion of the human race.”

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

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💬 Alexander Lukashenko explains Belarus’ need for a "nuclear umbrella"

"To avoid getting soaked in a 'nuclear rain'," he told reporters after casting his vote in the presidential election.

He said the purpose of the "umbrella" was deterrence: "This means the rain won’t happen at all. No one wants to fight a nuclear-armed country, not even the United States."

In 2023, Moscow and Minsk agreed to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, with President Vladimir Putin stressing that control over the weapons remains with Russia.

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🚨🌎🪖NEW AGE OF EMPIRES: Philosopher Alexander Dugin joins Sputnik News to discuss why Trump will DESTROY the liberal rules-based international order and usher in an era of IMPERIAL CIVILIZATION-STATES

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❗️"The Oreshnik system will be deployed in Belarus any day now," stated the country's President Alexander Lukashenko, adding that the complex on Belarusian territory could be positioned near Smolensk.

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❓Which country could buy Greenland? Spoiler: It’s not the US

Under the terms of an agreement made over a century ago, Denmark would have to give the UK the right of first refusal if it ever decided to sell Greenland, noted Tom Hoyem, former Danish minister for Greenland (1982-1987), as cited by The Sunday Times.

“If Trump tried to buy Greenland, he would have to ask London first,” Hoyem explained, adding: “The United Kingdom demanded in 1917 that if Greenland were to be sold, the UK would have the first right to buy it.”

Why is this the case?

1️⃣Canada, a British dominion at the time, is just a few miles from Greenland, across the Nares Strait, Hoyem explained. Since 2022, Canada has even shared a land border with Greenland on the tiny island of Hans.

2️⃣The 1917 agreement stemmed from negotiations surrounding the purchase of the Danish West Indies (now the US Virgin Islands) by the United States.

3️⃣The US bought the islands from Denmark for $25 million.

4️⃣As part of the deal, Denmark required the US to sign a letter stating that Greenland “is and will forever be Danish.” President Woodrow Wilson agreed.

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❗️Russian troops have liberated the settlement of Zelenoye in the DPR, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated.

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