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I'm surprised that Norway, a "progressive" country with a huge welfare state, is only known for their oil extraction as wealth generation.
If they don't diversify their economy, they might face the same problem as Venezuela.
If true [1] this is the insanity why Trumps team is right, U.S. warships are currently defending Ukraine. Based on a 10 minute video, 24 hours later, they are cutting off the supply to the US which supports and defends countries like Ukraine in the region and further abroad like Africa. The US isn't attacking Ukraine, FFS. This should be illegal, as critical infrastructure Haltbakk Bunkers should have obligations the…
> This should be illegal
Sounds like the US messed up cutting ties with the International Criminal Court then. Maybe one day this heinous act will be brought to justice. Maybe.
I'm no geopolitics expert, so this might be way off the mark. But it seems like many in Europe are really overplaying their hand here.
Sadly, the jokes on them, the US will pull back from anywhere near russia to allow them to expand as they see fit, and just park as close to isreal to help them level the region
The only thing that US bases in the EU are doing at the moment is contributing to the local economies. Expecting anything more is magical thinking.
Trump administration is weakening the US in ways and with speed that our enemies could never accomplish.
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Incomplete list of places USA bully, attacks or insults: Canada, EU, Ukraine, Mexico. Complete list of countries USA supports, admires and treats nicely: Russia. If Russia attack Norway, USA may try to make Norway a colony. Or use to situation to mock Norway, get their oil and then sell them to Russia once they have something. But Trump loves Putin and is scared of him, so I can see him to make a "deal" and give him…
The oil lasts longer than Trump's presidency so hopefully the US will not become a dictatorship within that time and will be able to fix this shit before everything turns to hell. Democrats go!<3
Jeffries, the top democrat in the house, is too busy with promoting his book and anyway has decided it’s all in gods hands now. He had one stop in Oakland on Feb 20, and is scheduled again on March 7.
Gee whiz good thing there’s nothing else pressing going on to get in the way of his book tour stops! /s
The big ones would be to no longer sell Norwegian oil and gas in USD. Or to move all investments of the Government Pension Fund of Norway out of American companies.