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).
I was stationed there back in the ’90s. Based on my experiences, I wouldn’t attribute their decision to be based on being very smart, nor well informed.
duh
Can bots think?
<Big credit to the People of Iceland for rejecting to join the EU.>
They gave them the cold shoulder 🙂
And an icy stare.
Original cartographers, in error, switched the descriptions and names of Greenland and Iceland. Actually, the opposite.
<Original cartographers, in error, switched the descriptions and names of Greenland and Iceland>
You mean they actually gave them the green shoulder? 🙂
ON PURPOSE
My mother told me a similar story. Her twist was that it was done on purpose, leaving Iceland with a cold uninhabitable sounding name, therefore less people would arrive. Going to Greenland instead.
Has the EU frozen Iceland’s assets? Or has Iceland frozen the EU’s ass-sets?
WORDMAN has some competition!
“…they are very smart and well informed people”
Yes. I’ve been to Iceland. Although it was 26 years ago, my understanding of that particular culture was that (at least up to that time) they tended to NOT “go with the popular ideas” regarding European politics. My wife & I, and our son’s family (who lived there at the time) found them to be a *very* independent, very traditional, and quietly proud culture.
Ya, They’re my people.
interesting to know about the portuguese. being nice and non-threatening is surely helpful in loosening lips.
Maybe the Portuguese are taking a hard look at what has happened to Spain, and
might be rethinking blind EU allegiance.
Imagine if Captain Kirk had some woke-nut operating the transporter room on the Enterprise. They / them would be transporting every person they encountered from every alien planet aboard the Enterprise. It would fill up very fast. They wouldn’t even have been able to finish the first season without the ship coming apart.
😉
He gets to have a chat with Kimberly.
My first thought.
You need a suspicious cat picture whenever discussing this new “Russian plague” which mysteriously showed up exactly one month before the US midterm elections.
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The news first broke in the form of thought-seeds on October 2nd 2026.
Little to no traction for three days and then B00M the mainstream media pumps it out in overdrive.
Pr00f it is a lie.
0.o
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.
Not certain what sort of misbehaving, though Jeff right below indicates it would be of the impolitic and above her pay grade kind.
I wonder how wise it was to nominate the fragrant Ms Guilfoyle to her post as a “parting gift” (as I shall call it, and as it seemed to me to be at the time).
And yes indeed… Life does remorselessly go on with fear or favour.
<I wonder how wise it was to nominate the fragrant Ms Guilfoyle to her post as a “parting gift”>
Do you mean: ‘As a party gift?’ 🙂
Same/same 😉
“Without “….not “with”.
(Alas, ’tis Monday all day long. See? Remorseless.)
Yes Betsy, ‘without”. My choice of words grade = F.
TY.
It’s Gavin she needs to heal from, but life does go on.
When in Greece, never say, “Istanbul” unless you want to be corrected. It’s still Constantinople.
I remember a few details about that. one of the most sinister was that the officials went in at night and just cleaned everybody savings accounts out. tyrants
How could she have possibly recovered from being Newsom’s ex?
Easily.
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).
Sec Bessent is right up there with him.
I think rather kindly of Tulsi.
Tusli Gabbard was terrific and no longer involved. They ran her off. She might return in a “less threatening” role.
Her replacement is there to protect the system and the law breakers……
Rubio had better run for President in 2028.
Putting the squeeze on the euroturd commies.
President Trump will do what it takes to stop ww3. Getting as many countries to join the western hemisphere alliance against war for profit. Make the globalist warmongers the minority on planet earth. Let’s pray he succeeded.
I’ll give an Amen to that.
The people of Iceland don’t want to be part of the EU since they know, the EU is the modern day Nazi organization.
Iceland stores its hydroelectric power in aluminum ingots.
A good ally to have as a second source for aluminum.
No visits to the war mongers in England, France and Germany … interesting!
How to run for President without looking like you’re running for President! JMO
I can not imagine Trump endorsing JD.
Rubio is smart and focused on his jobs – plural.
Trump is playing The (political) Apprentice and Rubio is winning.
You can get a good idea of what to expect from the largely globalist installed leadership of individual country’s around the world by looking back at how they responded to the Fake pandemic.
No need to over complicate things. You dont have to have anonymous insider sources etc…You have the power to do this (think for yourself) all on your own and its a good foundational starting point to lead you in the right direction…..
But you first have to stop pretending not to notice the pandemic was Fake.
Once you truly see how fake it all was, you will then be ready to take another hard look at the Fake “war in Ukraine”
I think you get my point….
Portugal has let the US use their base in the Azores to conduct defensive operations in the Iran conflict.
Perhaps the decision to remove our aircraft and personnel from that base in Great Britain won’t be as costly to our ability to project military power in the Middle East as some folks fear.
A Mateus Rosé toast to the Portugués
Yep, even Trump said today they moved them(aircraft), but not very far.
Very good point.
Let us hope Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Rubio is well guarded. The desperation among our enemies is palpable. He is a weapon along with Hegseth, Bessent, Greer and others.
Interesting fact, Iceland was the only country to prosecute and jail bankers (many) during the 2008/2009 great financial crisis. They also let the banks fail and considered it a criminal matter with several bank executives going to jail.
Safe travels to the SOS.
If an Icelandic married a Cuban, would that make their children Icecubes? Asking for a friend.