Notices by Erik Jonker (erikjonker@mastodon.social)

One thing that #signalgate confirms is that the Trump administration really hates Europe. i don't expect them to defend us within NATO. I can't imagine them intervening when Putin invades the baltics for example.
#Europe #EU #geopolitics #NATO @geopolitics

Apparently when you travel to the US, free speech is not allowed. Vance comments in Europe about freedom and free speech sound more hollow then ever before.
"The tactics have unnerved foreign tourists and sent a chill through immigrant communities in the United States, who say they are being targeted for speech — not for breaking any laws."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/us/politics/trump-immigration-visa-crackdown.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U4.sMBd.d5ilR1okVqBZ&smid=url-share
#usa #freespeech #tourism #immigrants #vance #trump

A KGB officer that killed many of his opponents, ruthlessly prosecuted political opponents in his country, killed Navalny , did many other evil things, but according to Witkoff we should get tears in our eyes because he is so nice. Putin is a master manipulator.
#putin #witkoff #trump #geopolitics @geopolitics

The deportations to El Salvador become more evil and illegal by the day.
https://www.ft.com/content/dbfad17f-d77c-49a0-ab82-0e612173df4b?accessToken=zwAAAZW6ApKMkdPb-tF_13xJoNOrgg5hIXPfSw.MEYCIQCyuqO6FS3FvPM-aJ2AGuTYQbyC8fsvrBGUT1FmGNv8KAIhAO_OfSSRudKvWSjzrUjJnTIHBTJN7PGUVclm9eWKhZBv&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareType=enterprise&shareId=dfb1bc70-64df-4c2e-8ebb-420534a0c24e
#trump #elsalvador #deportations

An FTC commissioner was fired illegally by Trump, read his statement.
#trump #ftc

It is time to sell Tesla stock as quickly as possible. Board members are already doing that.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/tesla-board-members-executive-sell-off-100-million/story?id=119889047
#teslatakedown #swasticars #musk #tesla #stockmarket

"A Judge Ordered Deportation Planes to Turn Around. The White House Didn’t Listen.
A New York Times review of flight data showed that at the time of a federal judge’s order, two flights were in the air, and one had not yet taken off. "
#trump #autocrat #deportations #elsalvador #NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/timeline-trump-deportation-flights-el-salvador.html?unlocked_article_code=1.404.TKOe.g-rfe5TrOzDR&smid=url-share

So the moment has arrived , Trump ignoring and defying a court order , the rule of law in the USA is breaking down.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9yv1gnzyvo
#usa #trump #ruleoflaw #courtorder #elsalvador

Battery breakthrough as 99.99% of lithium extracted from old cells
New recycling method offers environmentally friendly way to deal with increasing e-waste from old smartphones and electric cars.
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/battery-recycle-lithium-ion-environment-b2713723.html
#lithium #batteries

And now the Trump administration is starting to make people (almost) disappear, the next step towards a fascist regime.
https://zeteo.com/p/breaking-dhs-detains-palestinian
#trump #fascism #politics

Travel to the USA for holidays will implode, I personally will not go there again until there is some kind of "regime change", the rule of law is worth nothing, corruption is government policy, government agencies are being destroyed, government oversight/quality control, for example on flying, is also damaged, it's a smart move to not go there.
#trump #usa #holidays #donotvisit

The List of Trump’s Forbidden Words That Will Get Your Paper Flagged at NSF. It's fascism, plain and simple.
https://gizmodo.com/the-list-of-trumps-forbidden-words-that-will-get-your-paper-flagged-at-nsf-2000559661

Trump pressurizes Ukraine to talk about peace, stops the supply of weapons and intelligence. Meanwhile NO pressure whatsoever is applied to Putin to stop attacking energy and civilian targets inside Ukraine. Please don't say Trump is on the side of NATO and Europe, it's simply not true.
#Trump #Ukraine #Russia #EU #Europe #NATO #geopolitics @geopolitics

If true and confirmed, terrible news and confirms where Trump is heading.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2023800/maxar-sattelite-images-trump-zelensky-ukraine
#sattelite #Ukraine #maxar #trump

Tusk : The paradox is that 500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans for help to protect them from 140 million Russians," — "We must rely on ourselves, fully aware of our own potential and believing that we are a world power,"
#eu #usa #russia #ukraine #geopolitics @geopolitics

Americans died on the beaches of Normandy for the principles that Ukraine is fighting for, most Americans are probably as sick as we are in Europe about how Zelensky was treated in the Oval Office. And by the way USA didn't ask for minerals after WW2 but helped rebuilding.
#geopolitics #ukraine #zelensky #trump #eu @geopolitics

I hope all European leaders follow this example .

It makes my blood boil, watching Zelensky being bullied in the White House while people in Ukraine are dying while fighting against the agressor Russia.
#Zelensky #Ukraine #Trump #Vance

I am active on both Bluesky and Mastodon, yes it's a slight hassle, but i like the feeling that i have a "homebase" that is under my full control, flexible, no algorithms, that i can move etcetera.
Bluesky is nice but it could change unexpectedly just like Twitter.
#Mastodon #Bluesky

After a ceasefire we should let Ukraine quickly join the EU and make it an economic powerhouse, russian occupied territories in Ukraine will be miserable. Also as part of the EU there will be security guarantees. EU and Ukraine together will easily beat Russia economically…and that’s why Russia doesn’t want a ceasefire or peace…
#ukraine #eu #russia #geopolitics @geopolitics