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@jenselbaek the Greenlanders would have been in a much stronger position, had they kept their EU membership in 1985

@joaocosta@mastodon.social replied · 2 weeks ago

It has been clear for a while that Europe is not taking the threats from enemies and "allies" seriously – not from Russia, not from the United States. It's been years of evidence of this, since at least 2015: the unpreparedness, dependency and stagnation is palpable.

The hyaenas smell fear and weakness, and they could be coming from multiple directions...

Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@randahl

Like last time, appeasement buys time to launder the money from conquest.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-09-29/swiss-offer-trump-gold-sweetener-in-bid-to-lower-tariffs

https://www.trtworld.com/article/12745632

https://www.mining.com/gold-repatriation-shifting-from-north-to-south/

How many banks are moving gold in preparation for world war?

https://www.economist.com/europe/1998/07/02/swiss-banks-and-nazi-gold
https://archive.ph/gaKJq

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/jul/31/bank-of-england-and-nazis-stolen-gold

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-of-england/10214541/Was-Montagu-Norman-a-Nazi-sympathiser.html

https://www.rferl.org/a/1083119.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/documents-reveal-bank-of-england-sold-stolen-gold-for-nazis-8738805.html

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/story-of-switzerland-portugal-sweden.html

https://www.crisesnotes.com/the-first-cause-of-stability-of-our-currency-is-the-concentration-camp-central-banker-solidarity-on-the-road-to-hitlers-czechoslovakian-gold/

https://www.bankingdive.com/news/credit-suisse-nazi-linked-accounts-senate-probe-barofsky-ubs/736547/

Banking Dive

Credit Suisse had more Nazi-linked accounts than previously known: probe

The Swiss bank engaged in a “pattern of obstruction” by not sharing some information during past investigations into the lender’s ties to Nazis, the Senate Budget Committee said.

Notes on the Crises

“The First Cause of Stability of Our Currency is the Concentration Camp”: Central Banker Solidarity on the road to Hitler’s Czechoslovakian gold

The forgotten story of Nazi Germany's rise, German central bank head Hjalmar Schacht, the BIS & Bank of England head Governor Montagu Norman

warhistoryonline

We Ask If Anyone Was Really Neutral During WWII - The Story of Switzerland, Portugal and Sweden | War History Online

The most destructive conflict in modern history certainly did not leave anyone unaffected. However, some countries - Switzerland, Portugal, Sweden, and

The Independent

Documents reveal Bank of England sold stolen gold for Nazis

Archived material details how gold bars plundered from Czechoslovakia were sold on behalf of Germany's central bank in 1939

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Europe: Documents Reveal Sweden's Ties To Nazi Gold

Copenhagen, 27 January 1997 (RFE/RL) - Sweden has joined Switzerland in a process of demystifying financial dealings with Nazi Germany by releasing documents casting doubt on positions of neutrality during the Second World War. Midway through World War II, both countries, with the full...

The Telegraph

Was Montagu Norman a Nazi sympathiser?

Until last month, a small portrait of Sir Montagu Norman hung in the Governor’s private meeting room beside his office at the Bank of England.

the Guardian

How Bank of England 'helped Nazis sell gold stolen from Czechs'

Official account of what many believe was British central bank's most shameful episode revealed more than 70 years after event

The Economist

Swiss banks and Nazi gold

Europe

TRT World - Venezuela's opposing forces fight for stashed gold in London

To suit their political aims, both President Nicholas Maduro and his Western-backed opponent, Juan Guaido, want to withdraw Venezuelan gold stashed in the Bank of England’s deposits in London.

Bloomberg.com

Swiss Offer Trump Sweetener on Gold to Get Better Tariff Deal

Switzerland has offered to invest in US gold refining, as it tries to persuade the Trump administration to lower tariffs

D.EJE.D

@EduEdu@universeodon.com replied · 2 weeks ago

@randahl the wolf has tasted its first blood… it can only get worse from then on. Does the EU really think that appeasing to reason to such a wolf will make him come to his senses?

Randahl Fink

@randahl@mastodon.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@EduEdu "let us give the wolf one of the smallest children… that will satisfy his hunger so he does not come back."

Rob van Kan🔻

@edgeofeurope@mastodon.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@randahl Let's first see Denmark get rid of that military base. What do you expect of Europe when even the most directly interested country does hardly anything more than talk?

Randahl Fink

@randahl@mastodon.social replied · 2 weeks ago

@edgeofeurope I disagree with your characterisation. For a nation of 6 million people, this is a considerable investment and not just "talk". There is a reason we have held military exercises in Greenland this summer.

https://mastodon.social/@randahl/115843817121867967

Christian Gudrian

@cgudrian@social.tchncs.de replied · 2 weeks ago

@randahl This is so embarrassing. It’s like writing a letter to the bully at school telling him that you and your nerdy friends think about him with deepest contempt.