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Former Swedish PM rages at Trump: “A Savage in the White House”

Donald Trump's USA

Published February 21, 2025 – By Editorial staff
Carl Bildt is not a strong supporter of US President Donald Trump.
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Globalist figures are now raging against Donald Trump's statements that Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky is a dictator and that Ukraine is to blame for the war against Russia.

One of the outraged is former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, who calls Trump "dangerous", "unbalanced" and "a savage in the White House".

The US president recently said that Ukraine "should have never started it (the war)" and should have sought a diplomatic solution three years ago. He also accused Zelensky of being a "dictator" who stays in office even though his term is over, does not allow elections – and also stated that support for Ukraine's leader is non-existent.

The general narrative of the Western bloc establishment is that Russian President Vladimir Putin is the only dictator in this context. The fact that the foremost political leader of the Western Bloc in the form of the US President is now turning the argument around and saying that it is Western-backed Ukraine that is ruled by a totalitarian and undemocratic leader has therefore caused chaos in the European establishment.

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, who sits on the board of the influential US think tank European Council of Foreign Relations, is among those condemning Trump's comments.

– What he says is wrong, it's distorted and it's dangerous, Bildt thunders.

– It shows that he is a savage in the White House. He is unbalanced and he is obviously angry, and then he can say anything without it having any relation to the facts and reality, he argues.

"Putin told him that"

Bildt, who is also a member of the Trilateral Commission power network and has attended both the shadowy Bilderberg Group meetings and Klaus Schwab's World Economic Forum, then goes on to share a conspiracy theory in which he believes that the US President probably gets his directives from Russia and that he says what Putin wants him to say.

– My thesis is that Putin told him that... Putin tells Trump and then Trump tells the world.

No evidence for the speculation is presented – but Bildt insists that "Putin couldn't have said it better" and that "the Kremlin is cheering" Trump's comments.

Kristersson: Will "maximize support for Ukraine"

After it became clear that Trump wants to try to broker peace – by holding talks with Russia, rather than the EU and Ukraine, there has been a near panic among EU leaders.

This week alone, two "emergency" meetings have taken place at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron – and more are planned for the future.

– Maximizing support for Ukraine immediately is the most important thing, and being Ukraine's voice to the rest of the world, says Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M).

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https://nordictimes.com/world/us-excludes-south-africa-from-g20/

World

US Excludes South Africa from G20

Donald Trump's USA

Published today 4:09 pm – By Editorial staff
South Africa will not receive an invitation to the 2026 G20 meeting if Donald Trump gets his way.
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US President Donald Trump announces that South Africa will not be invited to next year's G20 summit in Miami. The decision follows serious allegations of an ongoing genocide against South Africa's white minority.

Trump claims that systematic attacks and murders of white farmers in South Africa have occurred under the government's silence.

In a post on Truth Social, he writes: "They are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them".

He directly links the allegations to his decision: "At my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year".

Trump adds that the US will also stop all payments and subsidies to South Africa. He also criticizes American media, which he accuses of remaining silent about what he calls genocide.

Among others, the American president singles out The New York Times as particularly complicit through their silence.

Ramaphosa rejects the allegations

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and other representatives strongly reject the picture of an ongoing genocide.

— That is not the government's policy, Ramaphosa said in May this year, when the issue of land seizures and violence against white farmers came up during a meeting with Trump at the White House.

Cyril Ramaphosa and Donald Trump during the spring meeting at the White House. Photo: screenshot/White House

Both politicians and courts in South Africa have consistently denied that there is a targeted genocide against white people in the country.

According to the president's spokesman Vincent Magwenya, Ramaphosa noted Trump's "regrettable statement" and rejected claims that South Africa does not deserve its place in the G20.

— As a founding member of the G20, South Africa values consensus, collaboration and partnership, Magwenya explained.

The G20 group consists of 19 countries, the EU and the African Union. This year's summit in South Africa was conducted without the presence of high-ranking American representatives, after Trump refused to back down from his allegations.

Next year's G20 meeting will be held at Trump National Doral, the family company's golf resort outside Miami.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/marjorie-taylor-greene-leaves-congress-after-conflict-with-trump/

World

Marjorie Taylor Greene leaves Congress after conflict with Trump

Donald Trump's USA

Published November 23, 2025 – By Editorial staff
Marjorie Taylor Greene explained her withdrawal in a video on X.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, formerly one of Donald Trump's most loyal allies in Congress, announced on Friday that she is resigning from the House of Representatives. She said she refused to be "a battered wife hoping everything goes away and gets better" and face a primary campaign against a Trump-backed challenger.

The resignation marks a dramatic turn for the Republican congresswoman from Georgia, who was once among Trump's closest allies and a vocal advocate for his "America First" agenda. The relationship between the two has deteriorated sharply in recent months, primarily due to disagreements over the release of investigation documents linked to American-Jewish sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In a ten-minute video on social media, Greene explained that the decision to resign was due to the prospect of facing a Trump-backed Republican challenger in the primary and the risk of Democrats taking over the House of Representatives in next year's midterm elections. She also complained that Congress has largely been "sidelined" since Trump returned to the presidency in January.

— I have too much self-respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and don't want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me from the president we all fought for, only to then fight and win my election while Republicans likely lose the midterms, Greene said.

— I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better, she added.

Trump's reaction and internal concerns

In an interview with ABC News, Trump called Greene's resignation, which takes effect on January 5, "fantastic news for the country".

The conflict between Trump and Greene has raised concerns among some Republicans that Trump's "Make America Great Again" base could split ahead of the midterm elections, when Democrats hope to regain control of Congress.

Greene's resignation will reduce the Republican majority in the House of Representatives to 218 members versus the Democrats' 213. In the Senate, Republicans hold a 53-47 majority.

Growing independence from Trump

Recently, Greene has shown increased independence from Trump. She joined an initiative in the House of Representatives to force the release of Epstein documents despite Trump's objections, criticized party leadership for poor handling of healthcare costs during the recent government crisis, has demanded that the US stop sending American taxpayer money to the Ukraine war, and called Israel's attacks on Gaza genocide.

Trump, in turn, became increasingly critical. Before the House voted overwhelmingly to release the Epstein documents, he called her a "traitor" and "disgrace" to the Republican Party. He withdrew his support and called her a "ranting lunatic".

In her video, Greene defended her Epstein vote.

— Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States, whom I fought for, she said.

Greene said she was proud of her conservative voting record and added, in a jab at Trump, that "loyalty should be a two-way street".

Greene won her district in northwestern Georgia with 64 percent of the vote in 2024.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/bolton-indicted-shared-top-secret-information-with-family/

World

Bolton indicted – shared top secret information with family

Donald Trump's USA

Published October 17, 2025 – By Editorial staff
John Bolton has consistently argued for an aggressive and hawkish American foreign policy.
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Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has been indicted for storing top secret documents in his home and sharing classified information with family members. Bolton's hacked email account also gave unidentified hackers access to sensitive material.

The neoconservative figure John Bolton, who served as National Security Advisor during President Donald Trump's first term and later became one of his sharpest critics, was indicted on Thursday for violations related to handling classified documents.

The indictment suggests that secret information was exposed when hackers – allegedly linked to the Iranian regime – broke into Bolton's email account. A representative for Bolton informed the FBI in 2021 about the hack, according to prosecutors, but did not disclose that he had shared classified information via the account or that the hackers now had access to government secrets.

Bolton denied the charges in a defiant statement.

— Now, I have become the latest target in weaponizing the Justice Department to charge those he deems to be his enemies with charges that were declined before or distort the facts.

The indictment alleges that Bolton, between 2018 and August of this year, shared more than 1,000 pages of diary-like notes containing top secret information with two family members – identified as his wife and daughter. The material included information from meetings with US government officials, intelligence documents, and conversations with foreign leaders.

After sending one document, Bolton wrote to his relatives: "None of which we talk about!!!" In response, one of the relatives wrote: "Shhhhh", prosecutors state.

— There is one tier of justice for all Americans. Anyone who abuses a position of power and jeopardizes our national security will be held accountable. No one is above the law, commented Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Neoconservative war hawk

Bolton's attorney Abbe Lowell said that the underlying facts were investigated and resolved several years ago, and that the charges concern parts of Bolton's personal diaries from his 45-year career in government.

He suggests that the case is linked to the Department of Justice's failed attempt to block the publication of his 2020 book, "The Room Where It Happened", which portrayed Trump as deeply ignorant about foreign policy.

— These charges are not just about his focus on me or my diaries, but his intensive effort to intimidate his opponents, to ensure that he alone determines what is said about his conduct, Bolton claimed.

Bolton has, throughout his long career in Republican foreign policy circles, become known as a neoconservative war hawk with hardline views on American military power.

He was, among other things, a strong advocate for the Iraq War and has consistently argued for an aggressive foreign policy toward Iran and North Korea. Trump once called him a "crazy" warmonger who would have led the country into "World War Six".

When President Trump was asked about the indictment of his former National Security Advisor, he responded that he was not aware of it.

— I didn't know that. You're telling me for the first time, but I think he's, you know, a bad person. I think he's a bad guy. Yeah, he's a bad guy. Too bad. But that's the way it goes, the president stated.

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https://nordictimes.com/world/trump-plans-to-prioritize-white-refugees/

World

Trump plans to prioritize white refugees

Donald Trump's USA

Published October 16, 2025 – By Editorial staff
The Trump administration is considering a radical transformation of the US refugee program.
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The Trump administration is considering sweeping changes to the US refugee system that would give priority to English-speaking, white South Africans and regime-critical Europeans.

According to internal documents obtained by the New York Times, the program would be transformed from primarily accepting refugees from Africa, the Middle East and other parts of the world to focusing more on white refugees.

The proposals were presented to the White House in April and July by officials from the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security. President Trump has previously ordered agencies to investigate whether refugee resettlement serves US interests and paused the entire program on his first day in office.

The proposed changes emphasize whether applicants can adapt to the US, and refugees would be instructed to participate in courses on "American history and values" as well as "respect for cultural norms".

Trump is recommended to prioritize Europeans who have "targeted for peaceful expression of views online such as opposition to mass migration or support for 'populist' political parties".

Trump has already granted priority status to Afrikaners, the white population group that once ruled South Africa's apartheid regime. Trump has claimed they face racial persecution, an assertion that South African government officials reject.

Drastic reduction

According to the documents, US refugee resettlement has made the country far too "multicultural".

"The sharp increase in diversity has reduced the level of social trust essential for the functioning of a democratic polity", the documents state.

Trump plans to reduce the number of refugees from 125,000 to 7,500 per year. The administration also proposes that hundreds of thousands of people already in the application process should have their applications terminated.

— It should come as no surprise that the State Department is implementing the priorities of the duly elected president of the United States, commented Thomas Pigott, spokesman for the State Department.

Anger over the plans

Reports that the US may focus more on white refugees have been met with anger and outrage from refugee activists and left-liberal figures.

Barbara L. Strack, former chief of the refugee division at US Citizenship and Immigration Services, is among many who are highly critical of the proposals:

— It reflects a preexisting notion among some in the Trump administration as to who are the true Americans, she laments, continuing:

— And they think it's white people and they think it's Christians.

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