alt.hn

2/22/2026 at 9:45:36 PM

Greenland says 'no thanks' to Trump US hospital boat

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7jnvdzpr7o

by tartoran

2/22/2026 at 10:45:30 PM

Nielsen did the middle power realism thing perfectly here. >"We have free healthcare, talk to us instead of posting on social media."

Reject the patronage, assert sovereignty through existing institutions, keep the door open. Same playbook Carney used at Davos when he told US allies to stop pretending the old framework still works: https://philippdubach.com/posts/the-rise-of-middle-power-rea...

by 7777777phil

2/22/2026 at 11:52:26 PM

Are their secret service this bad or is it tactful diplomacy to not say out loud the demented one has no Hospital ships to send because both are in dry dock right now? It was a lie to deflect from the news Danes just rescued US Sailor https://abcnews.com/amp/International/us-sailor-medically-ev...

by rasz

2/23/2026 at 12:19:08 AM

This kind of national embarrassment happens multiple times per week, how does America come back from this. What does the future look like after Trump?

by AuthAuth

2/23/2026 at 4:48:20 AM

We don’t. Not all empires fall… some just fade into irrelevance

by goodkiwi

2/22/2026 at 11:55:17 PM

Didn't Trump massively cut down on foreign aid spending?

by expedition32