A few weeks ago, the voters in Iceland rejected a referendum to join the European Union. Iceland remains a NATO ally, but not an EU member, this dynamic becomes more important when considering the Arctic defense strategy of President Trump and Secretary Rubio.
From the State Dept: Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Reykjavík, Iceland; Athens, Greece; and Lisbon, Portugal from October 5-8, 2026.
Secretary Rubio will meet with Icelandic officials in Reykjavík to discuss economic and security collaboration. In Greece, Secretary Rubio will lead the United States delegation for the Sixth U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue, deepening our partnership on key Administration priorities, including defense cooperation and regional and energy security. Secretary Rubio will then travel to Lisbon to meet with Portuguese officials to advance defense, economic, and technology cooperation. (read more)
Rubio delivered remarks just before departure. RAF Fairford, Russian Plague, Brazil Election, Saudi and Houthis, and more. WATCH:
I would also emphasize a little-known aspect to the Portuguese relationship. Portugal has one of the most effective intelligence operations in the world, in part due to their diplomatic corps who have groomed very strong relationships with allies and not-s0-friendly nations. Portugal maintains a very well-run, albeit very quiet intelligence system.
The “chicken little” press are in way over their heads in trying to stir up trouble with the Trump administration.
Big credit to the People of Iceland for rejecting to join the EU.
It tells us they are very smart and well informed people.
Why would sane people in any country want to turn their country into France?
Globalism is just an updated vernacular for communism.
i think many of us are misreading the reasons why it was rejected (by an extremely close margin, no less).
<Big credit to the People of Iceland for rejecting to join the EU.>
They gave them the cold shoulder 🙂
And an icy stare.
interesting to know about the portuguese. being nice and non-threatening is surely helpful in loosening lips.
He gets to have a chat with Kimberly.
You need a suspicious cat picture whenever discussing this new “Russian plague” which mysteriously showed up exactly one month before the US midterm elections.
Greece came very close to default and bankruptcy many years ago, the poor man of the EU… which in typical tyrannical fashion brought its heavy hand down without mercy. Germany in particular, itself then not genuflecting to the gods of “Climate Change” and “Diversity”.
But Greece put on its big boy pants and slowly pulled itself out of a death spiral; so now it serves, as best as a EU member state can, as a nation of fiscal rectitude. One, I notice, where wealthy Brits (and who knows how many other Europeans) are fleeing to and taking their high tax paying companies with them (domiciling).
Greece is also standing strong against Islam.
My oh my, Herr Merz, how the pendulum has swung…😎
(A side note. Kimberly Guilfoyle is the American Ambassador to Greece; and if one believes the British news stories, is not behaving, er, “ambassadorally”. I’m wondering if part of his itinerary will include a quiet, closed door chat with her.)
Didn’t know Kimberly did some misbehaving. I was hoping she would have healed from her relationship with Jr. enough to make him jealous. 😛. Life goes on.
Any truth to the mess Kimberly Guilfoyle supposedly caused in Greece? Saying the US can change any regime, including Greece? Wondering if Rubio has to smooth that over
A message from the top, I’m betting. Better than a strongly worded letter or secure email.
Rick Grennell said that Guilfoyle never said that. Maybe a media hit job?
One of my former students of German joined the U.S. Navy and rose high in the ranks of Navy Intelligence, and after learning Portuguese, was assigned to Lisbon, as well as Brazil, and learned Dutch/Flemish for NATO work in Brussels.
So, yes, Portugal was important to “Intelligence” even 40 years ago, when his career took off!
With PDJT, as with the globalists, every geopolitical issue is connected to the others.
The only difference: globalists put their faceless selves at the center of the geopolitical equations’s solution, whereas PDJT puts America at the center … and ultimately the nationalist system of unique nation states.
Some call that 3D chess. In reality, it’s just seeing the world as it is and as it should be.
people can say what they want about Rubio, but he has become a seriously strong advocate of Trump’s policies, both foreign and domestic. He is fearless in the face of a bought and paid for US propaganda mafia.
He is the ONLY high profile Trump appointment worth a flaming turd. The rest are flaming turds (see Patel, Blonde, Blanche, yadda, yadda).