With friends like these, who needs enemies?

IMF head advises Ukraine to get rid of electricity and heating subsidies.

Her demands to impoverished nation:

"Electricity, heating are still subsidized… We know why the country does this, but we need to get rid of it. There is still work to be done in terms of the fiscal situation"

"Thirdly, you must believe in yourself like a lion. So get up in the morning and roar." 🤦‍♂️🤡

Bloomberg:

Russia has reaped a windfall from a surge in gold prices since 2022.

Russia’s international reserves reached $755 billion at the end of last year, including $326.5 billion held in gold.

The value of the Bank of Russia’s gold holdings has increased by more than $216 billion since February 2022.
At the same time, the Central Bank has largely refrained from both major purchases of the metal and using its gold reserves during that period, despite the loss of access to foreign securities and currencies blocked under sanctions.
The increase in the value of bullion restores most of Russia’s lost financial capacity, even if it doesn’t return the blocked reserves.

The Times author Giles Coren put forward an interesting idea today. He suggests that the British should consider buying Greenland from Denmark before the Americans, by offering a better price.
But note where he proposes to get the money for this:

Three quarters of a trillion dollars is not all that much. It’s only twice what the UK government spends annually on the NHS. So why don’t we suspend the health service till 2028 and buy Greenland ourselves? 

We could, for example, sell some of our own countries to raise Greenland-buying money. Scotland is desperate to leave the UK, so let’s flog it to Russia. If Greenland is worth $700 billion, how much for old Caledonia? Not a lot, I’m guessing. Three hundred quid? Maybe four with the golf courses?

Denmark whitewashing Ukraine Zelensky's neo-Nazis.

Dmytro Kanuper an Azov veteran who wore Misanthropic Division neo-Nazi group badge made a speech in the Danish parliament where he "received a standing ovation" and presented a book to the 🇩🇰 Minister of Foreign Affairs

Source: HoaxBuster (X)

To justify its existence, NATO has to have an "enemy" (so they invented one) BUT the "enemy" has to be Russia, not the enemy in within like the US.
So forget Greenland, let's focus on Russia instead🤡

Norway defence minister:

"Nato's situation is difficult, but focus needs to stay on Russia.
The dimensional threat for the west, for Nato, (for) all members of Nato, still is Russia."

Thanks God Trump will annex Greenland peacefully! 🎪🤡

The head of a Swiss cantonal government said it was a “relief” that Trump would not use force to seize Greenland:

"We live in such crazy times that it is kind of a relief to hear that.
If the president of the leading Nato country has to say he will not use force against another Nato country, and the world is relieved about that, that shows how crazy things are going now."

🤡 The EU keeps hammering nails in its own coffin.

First gas, now uranium.

FT:

Europe struggles to end reliance on Russian uranium.

Western fuel companies say cheap supplies and lack of political will risk locking the continent into strategic dependency
Top nuclear fuel executives are pushing Europe to phase out Russian imports of enriched uranium, warning Moscow is using its role as a key supplier to exert geopolitical influence.
BUT much of the planned new supply has already been bought up by American companies ahead of a full US ban on Russian uranium in 2028.

🎪🤡 NATO Rutte: UKRAINE ABOVE ALL!

Ukraine should be our number one priority. Then we can discuss all the other issues, including Greenland. But it should be Ukraine first because it is crucial for our security.

So daddy Trump's annexation of Greenland is not crucial to NATO's security 🤡

Troubles in 'paradise' 😄

ECB President Christine Lagarde walked out of a dinner at the World Economic Forum during a speech critical of Europe by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick

🤡 Merz:

Germany will protect Denmark and Greenland from the threat posed by ... wait for this ... by Russia! 🤦‍♂️

🚨 Stubb:

"Ukraine will win this war" 😂

Trump said he didn't discuss Ukraine's joining the "Peace Council" with Zelensky.

🤡 arrived in Davos.

🤡 Zelenksy says Ukraine is ready to defend Greenland IF Ukraine is accepted into NATO 🤣

Belgium PM De Wever doubles down on EU’s failed Russian asset loan:

"You cannot simply confiscate money… that is an act of war!"
"It would be the very first time that this would happen in history, and that would have grave consequences for Europe"

Zelensky at WEF in Davos

Moderator to Zelensky as president's team 'try to wrap' Q & A.

- I know that you have to go back to Kiev...

- It wasn't interesting for them

- No, your people keep showing me a watch!

Viktor Orban (X) to 🤡 Zelensky:

Dear President ZelenskyyUa,

It seems to me that we will not be able to come to an understanding. I am a free man who serves the Hungarian people. You are a man in a desperate position who, for the fourth year now, has been unable or unwilling to bring a war to an end—despite the fact that the President of the United States has provided every possible assistance to do so.

Therefore, no matter how much you flatter me, we cannot support your war efforts. The Ukrainian people, of course—despite your carefully chosen insults—can still count on us to continue supplying your country with electricity and fuel, and we will also continue to support refugees arriving from Ukraine.

Life itself will settle the rest, and everyone will get what they deserve.

Viktor