Royal Navy 32-year veteran Clearance Diving and Bomb & Mine Disposal officer, MBA, author and historian. Don't expect a response if you skulk behind an alias

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NATO Article 5 has only been invoked once; by the USA after 9/11.
NATO Article 5 and collective defence: Putin probably licking his lips given Trump’s craven alignment with Moscow over the assault on Ukraine. Serious thinking needed by European, Baltic and Scandinavian Allies. #Trump #Putin #NATO #Ukraine
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Not a good look.
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It only gets better.
Trump: "The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing. What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth."
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I love it. :)
Torcedores da Coreia do Sul foram jantar num bar no México e o estabelecimento colocou GANGNAM STYLE na TV e depois os mexicanos e os coreanos começaram a CANTAR e DANÇAR juntos! 🇲🇽🇰🇷
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205 countries competed for a place in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. This last stage of 48 is meant to be a celebration but Trump and his authoritarian regime have made the successful teams, training staff, officials and supporters feel anything but welcome. firstpost.com/sports/footbal…

This is what the World Cup is all about. ❤️ The single South Korea could have felt slightly intimidated surrounded by Hundreds of Mexican fans. Instead, the Mexicans embraced him, dancing with him and even throwing him in the air…. 🤣 Love it! 🇲🇽🤝🇰🇷
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An absolute travesty. Not even Hitler banned foreign participants, supporting staff and game officials at the Berlin Olympics in 1936.
What has happened at the #2026WorldCup over the last 48 hours: • Swiss footballer Embolo's visa was put under review and he was only able to join his team days later. • Iraqi national team player Aymen Hussein was held for questioning for nearly 7 hours upon entering the United States. • The Iranian national team spent days dealing with visa procedures at the U.S. Consulate in Türkiye. The U.S. only allowed them entry on match days. Fifteen members of the delegation were denied visas. • Omar Abdulkadir Artan, named CAF's Best African Referee of 2025, was denied a visa. Despite travelling to the U.S. with a diplomatic passport, he was refused entry and sent back. FIFA announced that he will not be able to officiate at the tournament. • The South African national team arrived in the United States much later than planned because part of the delegation was not granted visas. • Members of the Senegal national team staff were forced to remove their shoes and subjected to lengthy searches, sparking accusations of racism. • The Uzbekistan national team was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and the footage went viral in international media. • Some Scottish supporters, despite being eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free under the ESTA programme, had their travel authorisations revoked just days before departure. • Many supporters who had already bought tickets and booked accommodation had their visa applications rejected, resulting in financial losses.
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If your elderly uncle acted like this, would you trust him with your kids or even your car?
Trump had another mental health episode today and posted over 50 times online: 11:15 AM - Trump attacks judge who said he couldn’t put his name on the Kennedy Center 12:03 PM - Says he may perform and give a speech at the America 250 event instead of artists who cancelled 12:08 PM - Says Obama filled the Reflecting Pool with Garbage 12:09 PM - Attacks Biden 12:09 PM - Posts edited photo of Columbus Circle in DC with the caption “CLEAN” 12:10 PM - Attacks Biden again 12:11 PM - Posts AI photo of him and George Washington riding horses in front of the White House with a space shuttle and race car in the background 12:11 PM - Attacks Rosie O’Donnell 12:11 PM - Posts photo of him in front of the American flag 12:11 PM - Brags about his endorsed candidates winning 12:12 PM - Attack Obama and Biden over the reflecting pool 12:12 PM - Posts photo of him pointing at the camera 12:13 PM - Posts photo of the UFC event cage he’s building at the White House 12:13 PM - Posts an AI image of a “golden dome” for the White House 12:15 PM - Defends Jaxson Dart, calling him a “winner” and his critics “losers” 12:45 PM - Posts an AI image of him as a NY Knicks basketball player dunking on Governor Kathy Hochul 12:56 PM - Posts an AI image of him with Tom Brady 1:03 PM - Posts a garbage can labeling it “The Obama Presidential Library” 1:16 PM - Says America is back 1:16 PM - Says America is back again 1:16 PM - Says America is back for the 3rd time 1:55 PM - Posts an AI image of him golfing 2:55 PM - Says he’s in “excellent health” lol 3:17 PM - Promotes his Fox News interview with Lara Trump 4:33 PM - Attacks the Pope again 4:54 PM - Posts a weird image of him staring at Greenland (which he has posted already) 4:57 PM - Posts an AI image of the “drone port” he wants to build on top of the ballroom 5:33 PM - Attacks Biden 5:33 PM - Attacks Biden x2 5:34 PM - Attacks Biden x3 5:34 PM - Attacks Biden x4 5:34 PM - Attacks Biden x5 5:35 PM - Posts cartoon image of Governors Newsom, Pritzker, and Hochul saying they like crime (Trump is a felon) 5:36 PM - Posts meme about Republicans who voted to release the Epstein files losing their primaries 5:36 PM - Posts an old tweet of his where he attacks “disloyal” Republicans 5:37 PM - Posts an old tweet where he said he wants to stop the world from “killing itself” 5:37 PM - Posts a mock up of a “Trump Peace Prize” which may be the most useless peace prize known to man 5:37 PM - Posts a photo of a B-2 bomber with the caption “Trump energy 2026” 5:37 PM - Posts a photo of his face on Mount Rushmore 5:38 PM - Posts an image of him kissing the American flag (he’s the least patriotic president we’ve ever had) 5:39 PM - Compares himself to George Washington 5:39 PM - Says you were convinced to think a photo of a family sitting on a car is “evil” and billions were spent to do that (???) 5:50 PM - Says we should “physically audit” Fort Knox 5:50 PM - Posts an image of him cosplaying as a navy commander 5:51 PM - Posts another image of his face on Mount Rushmore 5:51 PM - Posts another photo of him and George Washington 6:09 PM - Attacks Biden again 6:09 PM - Attacks Biden x2 6:09 PM - Attacks Biden x3 6:09 PM - Posts an old photo of himself and King Charles 6:12 PM - Posts an old photo of himself and President XI in China 6:12 PM - Posts another photo of himself and President Xi 6:22 PM - Posts a photo of himself walking in China 6:48 PM - Says the U.S. should have a ballroom because China has one 7:03 PM - Says he wants to cancel his America 250 celebration and replace it with a MAGA rally 7:56 PM - Promotes Mark Levin’s show on Fox News 7:59 PM - Promotes his Fox News interview with Lara Trump All in one day. This man is not well. Impeachment and removal NOW.
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Can organised crime get any more organised than this?
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All it needs is a few burnt-out cars and abandoned supermarket trolleys to complete the picture.
The people’s house, before and after Donald Trump desecrated it.
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The mark of a genius in MAGA land.
Trump: "The world is bigger than the US. Hard to believe, but it's true."
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The USA has definitely lost the plot.
Polska wydała pięćdziesiąt miliardów dolarów na amerykańską broń. F-35, czołgi Abrams, Patrioty, HIMARS. Wydajemy prawie cztery procent PKB na obronę. Gościmy amerykańskie wojska i płacimy piętnaście tysięcy dolarów za żołnierza rocznie za ten przywilej. Wysłaliśmy ludzi do Iraku, gdy Waszyngton o to poprosił, nawet wtedy, gdy Francja i Niemcy cicho sugerowały, że wszyscy zaangażowani mogą tego pożałować. Rumsfeld kiedyś nazwał Polskę najbardziej proamerykańskim krajem na ziemi, włącznie z samą Ameryką. Nagrodą za dwadzieścia lat tej oddania jest usłyszeć od człowieka, żebyśmy spojrzeli w lustro.
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Have I missed something? Has Trump abolished his 47.5% tariffs on imported Chinese goods? Has China abolished its 31.9% retaliatory tariffs on imported US goods? Is the Strait of Hormuz open again, like it was before Trump’s war? If not, why not? piie.com/research/piie-chart…
Yesterday Trump 🇺🇸: Xi Jinping is a dictator. He's sending weapons to Iran. He wants instability. I'm putting permanent sanctions on China." Today Trump 🇺🇸: "He's a beautiful ruler, not a dictator. He's China's president. I don't think about that. He's very smart. He loves his country. I respect him." He had flipped for the 101st time and will flip again tomorrow. 🤣 He has completely lost his mind.
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The abysmally low situational awareness of today’s US Secretary of Defence and his ignorance of the blood & treasure spent by the USA’s NATO allies supporting it post 9/11, the ONLY occasion Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, covering mutual defence, has EVER been invoked.
Coons: Trump said we never asked for and never received anything from NATO. Was that your experience in Afghanistan? Hegseth: The vast majority of my experience was frustration. Coons: 1/3 of all combat casualties were from NATO. Hegseth: I'd have to go back and check that.
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These lists are by no means exhaustive.
Trump: «Xi Jinping è un uomo buono e intelligente». Ricapitolando. In questi mesi il presidente degli Stati Uniti ha lodato Putin, Kim Jong-un, Orbán, Netanyahu, Lukashenko, Xi Jinping. E ha attaccato: Papa Leone XIV, Meloni, Macron, Starmer, Merz, Sanchez e la NATO.
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Precisely 55 years ago today, I joined the Royal Navy as a cadet at BRNC Dartmouth. During the first 13 years of my naval career, circa 42-44 destroyers and frigates were completed for the RN. It is now 13 years since the last destroyer or frigate was completed for the RN.
Replying to @RoyalNavy
Let us be clear: Britannia Royal Naval College remains the home of Officer training. There are no plans to sell BRNC and its central role in developing naval leaders continues. The immovable high standards to pass out of BRNC have not altered.
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Yours Truly in Hawke Division at BRNC Dartmouth in the Spring Term of 1972.
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One of the funniest excerpts from the King’s two subtle but arrow-straight speeches yesterday.
Kral’ın Kongre’de Amerikalılara İngiliz usulü soktuğu laflardan biri dikkatimi çeken.. “Kurucu Babalar, haklı davası olan, cesur ve hayal gücü yüksek isyancılardı... 250 yıl önce, ya da biz Birleşik Krallık’ta şöyle deriz, daha geçen gün...”
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