Kjetil Kristensen

So many of these WH statements will not age well.

Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators

Schrödinger's nukes.

Oh. This will thwart some people's agenda.

Nothing says “honoring 250 years of American culture” quite like shutting down the Kennedy Center. Remarkable.

Av all offentlig kjent korrespondanse fra eller mellom kjente personer i Norge, tror jeg dette tar førsteplassen på cringe-skalaen. Og det er rimelig tett i toppen, så det er en prestasjon i seg selv.

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Tariffs are a bit like holding on to anger - drinking poison, expecting the other person to die 🤷‍♂️

US power always rested on more than force: moral authority made others willing to accept—and finance—persistent US deficits. Isolationism erodes the legitimacy that sustains massive debt financing. The striking feature of the current presidency isn’t self-harm—it’s the willingness to inflict it.

US power has never been just military—it relied on thought leadership, science, and moral authority others were willing to finance. That legitimacy enabled decades of deficit-funded power projection. Isolationism breaks that bargain. The danger isn’t incompetence—it’s willingness to self-sabotage.

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Iran Iran Trade Summary U.S. goods and services trade with Iran totaled an estimated $838.4 million in 2024, up 3.4 percent ($27.2 million) from 2023. U.S. total goods trade (exports plus imports) with Ira...

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Debating JD Vance is a bit like explaining stuff to Philomena Cunk: youtu.be/JWS-qfR6K3w?...

This seriously had no teeth. A political nothingburger.

Oh.

perfect metaphors don’t exis—

Big shift in Opensignal’s Q3 2025 Network Excellence Index: Norway leapfrogs Denmark to #2 worldwide — and #1 in the Nordics. Scandinavia now holds 3 of the top 5 spots.

Live footage of Nobel committee giving the Physics prize to quantum computing.

Definition of BACKFIRE to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect; to make or undergo a backfire… See the full definition

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(solemnly) You've had mail.

Pleonasm alert: ‘Highest-quality 24-karat gold.’ Whiskey on the rocks (with ice). Cheeseburger… with cheese. Redundant much?

Many sentences involving the current administration could end with "...is really not that smart from a security perspective."

Exhibit A.

Uh oh.

Mixing up DMs and posts is like sending your diary to the printer.

Mixing up DMs and posts is like sending your diary to the printer.

Well put. Yes, definitely the ties. Not the lies.

+ Japan surrendering to ANTIFA on the US Missouri 2 Sep. 1945.

Sure sounds a lot (too much) like WWII and unrestricted submarine warfare. That usually has consequences.

It reads as a striking admission of his limited influence in Moscow.