Mitch McConnell, a staunch backer of Ukraine aid, says the anti-Ukraine movement began with Tucker Carlson, “who, in my opinion, ended up where he should have been all along, which is interviewing Vladimir Putin.”

The Senate just voted 80-19 to break a filibuster on $95B aid

Yesterday, I hosted 🇳🇴 Norwegian Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram at the Pentagon to discuss our strong U.S.-Norway relationship, and how we can work together to deliver the security assistance Ukraine urgently needs to defend itself from Putin’s illegal war.

The opposition at Stortinget (Parliament) in Norway asks the Prime Minister/government to increase our support for Ukraine. 🇳🇴🇺🇦

Beyond EPIC

'If Russia breaks through, this will be our fault. And then we will understand what we have lost.'
Open letter, from Barbara Streisand et al: edition.cnn.com/2024/04/10/opi…

In the '30s, the Nazis launched a propaganda campaign in America to shift public opinion on the war in Europe. Today, Russia is using these same tactics to influence U.S. support for Ukraine. I asked Secretary Austin if he sees this campaign as a threat to American interests.

Today, 84 years ago, Norway was invaded by the nazi-war machine. But with the help from allies, we were liberated!

Now, russia lives out the same imperial idea that countries can be taken by force, just to satisfy a dictators dream.

Support Ukraine!

Nicolay Tangen (CEO of Norway's Sovereign Wealthfund) to Elon Musk; what do you think about Russias influence on social media? Elon: Honestly we dont see a lot of russian activity on X.

Nice countries like Norway already offer things like universal healthcare, maternity leave, paid sick leave, universal pre-K, and no abortion ban. Why on earth would we leave our #NiceCountry and move to a place where this is not a given?

The USA has authorized Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands to transfer 65 F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets to Ukraine.

About damn time.... zona-militar.com/en/2024/04/05/…

On September 12, 2001, the day after the 9/11 attacks, NATO met in an emergency session. For the first and only time in its history, NATO invoked Article 5. All 18 of the United States’s allies stated they would support America’s response to the attacks.

Lest we forget.

RUSSIAN-OWNED CABINS IN 🇳🇴 MILITARY HEARTLAND

In the northern Norwegian mountain idyll of Målselv Fjellandsby, there are a number of large luxury cottages owned by people in the 🇷🇺 power elite close to Putin.

Here follows a LONG 🧵 on an excellent dig done by Norwegian TV 2.

Turns out russians own cabins in Norway, close to our military areas in the north. 🤬

🇳🇴 💯 Norway's Foreign Minister: We should all be honest and say: Nobody does enough for Ukraine eurointegration.com.ua/eng/interview/…

Sammen med tre andre støttere af #Ukraine har jeg fremsat et #borgerforslag , der har til formål at omgøre regeringens, efter min overbevisning, tåbelige beslutning om, at sælge 24 danske F-16 kampfly. Hvis du er enig kan forslaget ses her. #dkpol
borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-fo…

New Norwegian Long Term Plan on Defence:

The Government is proposing a historic increase in defence spending with 600 billion kroner over the next 12 years. All services of the Norwegian Armed Forces will be strengthened.

Read more:

regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/new…

Two bombthreats against the Parliament building in Norway lead to closure today.
nrk.no/norge/trussel-…

Norway needs to donate more for Ukraine. We might not have extra equipment, but more than enough money. We are all starting to feel embarrased up north, since we have had huge benefits from this war, unfortunately, with all the gas/oil we produce. Time to step up and take action.

Nato plans $100bn ‘Trump-proof’ fund for Ukraine, pitched by SecGen Jens Stoltenberg as a means “to shield against the winds of political change”

All details here 👇

ft.com/content/254c3b… via @ft

Former PM Erna Solberg of 🇳🇴 wont say if she supports Trump being reelected or not. And she wants to become PM again next time there is an election. 🤬 And she is not even the political leader of the far right, who does support Biden btw. She is centre right.