Funding NATO Contingent on Moving UN to Antarctica
Ok, ok fine Blake. We can keep funding NATO but only if they agree to relocate every UN facility and diplomat on earth to Antarctica.
Who NOT to Trust with Hormuz: Endless Exclusions
I don’t know who should control the Strait of Hormuz if Iran falls but I’ve got a very firm list of who absolutely should not be allowed anywhere near it…. UN NGOs China World Bank NATO Marxists Any Nation in Europe except Poland CIA NSA Diplomats Any World Economic Forum member USAID Soros-funded...
Military Hardware Claims Are Thin, Ineffective, and Exaggerated
First: subtract Turkey and Canada, which either won’t help or can’t get to Europe, and this already looks thin. Second: how much of that equipment actually works? Third: “combat drones” 🤦♂️ Lastly: “10 aircraft carriers” and “78 submarines” 😂😂😂
Curiosity and Clickbait Drive Paywalled Content's Millions
How exactly does a paywalled article with zero useful info if you don’t pay $100 get over 6 million views? What am I missing?
Europe's Half‑hearted NATO Response Left Allies Vulnerable
The point of Article 5 is to coordinate a collective response to a threat facing ALL member states… not just the state that invokes it. The threat was Islamic extremism. We didn’t invoke Article 5 to protect the U.S. alone. We invoked...
Calling Out Allies: Truth Is Leadership, Not Threat
This “TRuMP THeaTeNeD ALLieS” nonsense keeps popping up. Telling allies an uncomfortable truth isn’t a threat. It’s leadership. Since some people still can’t tell the difference, I made a graphic to spell it out for you Maria. https://t.co/vJgdw7f9Sy
WSJ Validation Sparks Unexpected Self‑doubt over Hypothesis
Just when I was ready to declare victory for my Hormuz Hypothesis, the WSJ agreed with me, which immediately made me question everything I wrote 😂 https://t.co/qaoPHfe9T9
Netherlands' Booming Maritime Sector Contrasts with Feeble Navy
The Dutch have an extraordinary maritime industry.. ports, technology, engineering, education, etc And yet their navy is so weak & feeble it should be a national embarrassment. But instead of treating that weakness with shame, they celebrate & honor it 🤡...
Navy Relocates Chaplain School to Enforce Cultural Shift
Wait. Wait. Wait. I thought everyone knew about the chaplain corps move. Based on my DMs, maybe not. Navy Chaplains assigned to the Marine Corps were resistant to the cultural revolution happening across the force. So… Admiral Gilday, the avowed defender of Ibram...
NYT's Decline: Fact-Checking Skills Eroding Among Reporters
I read the NYT every day from age 13 into my late 30s. It was always liberal, but it usually got the facts right. Now I’m seeing story after story that’s provably wrong, often on things anyone can fact-check in minutes. The real...
Europe’s Navies Lack Ships Despite Advanced Technology
“Military operation would take an infinite amount of time and expose forces to immense coastal and ballistic risks.” He is correct. But what he won’t say is that France and Europe are incapable, but the US, South Korea, Japan, and China...
SecWar Approves Navy Officers Carrying Sidearms at Home
The posts where the US Navy officer blob absolutely lost its collectivist mind at me for saying officers should be allowed to carry sidearms home. Now @SecWar made it happen. 🤩🤩
Recalling My Most Controversial Sidearm Advocacy Post
OHHH MAN. Who else remembers the absolute firestorm I kicked off when I said all officers should carry sidearms, including Navy officers? That might still be the most controversial thing I’ve ever posted on X. ENDORSED 👇👇
U.S. Navy Ready to Reopen Hormuz; Europe Stalls
tl;dr The U.S. Navy can reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It just won’t happen until Europe sits down, shuts up, and lets our kids cook…
Pipelines Pose Greater Security Risks Than Ships
Problem is pipelines are much harder to defend, easier to rupture and cyberattack than ships unless you bury everything far underground which is exceedingly difficult.
UK PM Ready to Hand Over Overseas Territories to US
Finally a UK PM who is willing to surrender overseas interests to USA. Now let’s finalize it by taking Gibraltar, Diego Garcia and Greenland.
Conflicting Narratives Blur Truth on Hormuz and Ukraine
Half my feed says Trump won’t reopen Hormuz because he’s in Putin’s pocket. The other half says the CIA spent the last two weeks helping Ukraine hit Russian refineries and ships. So which is it?
Artemis Excitement Tempered by Concern over Canadian Exclusion
I love absolutely everything about the Artemis mission 🇺🇸🚀 Everything except not kicking the Canadian off.
Marshall Islands Ship Registry: US‑run, CIA‑linked, Bush‑expanded
Most Americans will say “so what” but the Marshall Islands is a US protectorate, their ship registry is an American company based near the Pentagon that often hires retired USCG & US Navy Admirals and was set up by the...
2024 NDAA Credibility Questioned Amid Defunding Trends
The 2023 NDAA adding that the Navy prepare “for the peacetime promotion of the national security interests and prosperity of the United States,” Nobody took that seriously so why should anyone take the 2024 NDAA seriously? Trump can defund NATO obligations just...
Iranian Carriers Rely on Unarmed Supply Ships, Sinking Battleship Implausible
Our carrier groups near Iran. They need a constant resupply of jet fuel and munitions. They get them from oilers and ammo ships. Oilers and ammo ships have no defensive weaponsz Iran hasn’t even been able to hit one, much less sink any. So...
Navy Delays Hormuz Reopening Amid Anti‑American European Rhetoric
Spent all day in DC talking to Navy and military sources. My Hormuz Hypothesis stands: the Navy appears to be in no rush to reopen the strait. The question remains: what is this administration trying to leverage? Nobody I talked to is...
Iran's Navy Collapse Exposes Mark Carney's Incompetence
In January, Iran had a stronger Navy than Canada. Now Iran’s navy has been sunk. I hope everyone now understands how completely full of 💩 Mark Carney is.
NATO's Greenland Pledge Exposed by Its Own Naval Failures
Who else remembers when the NATO said their Navies could “stand together” to protect Greenland from the US military? Turns out NATO can’t even defend their own merchant ships from a Navy that’s already been sunk.
Trump’s Greenland Warning Proves NATO’s Strategic Gaps
Trump said we need Greenland because we can’t trust NATO to let us use it in a war. He said we need a battleship 100x more powerful to keep straits open. Europe laughed. Trump was right. https://t.co/PXEA9NtlX7
Admiral Shrugged Despite Prior Warning of Destroyer Shortage.
Reminder: @michaelgwaltz very clearly showed the top Navy Admiral we wouldn’t have enough destroyers with enough to do things like keep a strait open FOUR YEARS AGO And the Admiral mostly shrugged.
China’s Iranian Oil Purchases Become Risky, Costly, Contested
China can still buy Iranian oil, but every barrel now comes with higher military risk, higher shipping costs, and the threat of sanctions or interdiction. What was once a quiet $8 to $12 discount trade is now a fragile, contested...
U.S. Cuts Hormuz Use, Calls Out Weakening Royal Navy
“We use the Strait of Hormuz dramatically less than most.” Secretary @PeteHegseth then called out Britain’s weakened navy from the Pentagon podium: “Last I checked there’s supposed to be a big bad Royal Navy prepared to do that as well.“ https://t.co/lwRiXcdYj6
Seeking Unreported Uplifting Stories, Even at Dawn
Am I going to wake up extra early to get a front seat so I can ask about an uplifting story MSM refuses to report? YES I WILL
Kennan’s Cold War Blueprint Calls for Same Clarity on China
There is a lot of talk on X today about Professional Military Education. Nobody mentions that when the National War College opened in 1946, the first man brought in to teach foreign affairs was George Kennan — the same officer...
SEC Chief Offers Rewards for Fraud Detection
Did you see the news about @SecScottBessent offering rewards to people who find and submit fraud? Well feed this thread into ChatGPT deep think and thank me later 👇
Reopening Hormuz Won’t End Gulf’s Kill Zone
All the middle east, geopolitics and energy experts keep talking about reopening the Strait of Hormuz as if that solves the problem. It doesn’t. The Strait is just the front door. The entire Persian Gulf is now a kill zone. 1/2 https://t.co/ZHp06lZzYS
Nicknames Define Life on Offshore Oil Rigs
On offshore oil rigs, almost everybody had a nickname. There was Tatter, because he puked up a plate of potatoes. Tiger, because he once caught an Exxon tank on fire. Stump, short, flat-top, and pushing 300 pounds. Big Country. Little Country....
Anti‑ship Drones Have Sunk only One Vessel so Far
They’re hitting land targets and some air assets. Naval assets? None. Yet the “Smartest Men in the Room™” spent years telling me drones made ships obsolete. So how many ships did the Houthis sink with thousands of anti-ship drones and missiles? One. How...
Canada Refuses Involvement in Iran, Lacks Naval Reach
“Canada can not, and will not be part of the bloodbath in Iran” Don’t worry babe, you don’t have a single warship that could make it to kharg island without sinking. Not one. https://t.co/vgxL3u1oEJ
Chinese Tech in Canadian Fisheries Raises Spy Concerns
And there is goes… all of Our North American seafood. What could possibly go wrong bringing Chinese technology and equipment into Canada? How much do you want to bet the CCP gives them free fish finding equipment that also sends submarine charts...
More Warships = More NATO Admirals and Command Power
New rule: every NATO Navy gets one admiral star per fully operational destroyer or cruiser. Two per nuclear sub, carrier, or battleship. Want more admirals so your nation can lead more NATO joint commands? Go build more warships. @USAmbNATO
NATO Praise Misplaced for Admirals Without Real Navy Experience
My top grievance at NATO conferences? MSM slobbering on European and Canadian admirals who walk around with 3 and 4 stars from nations that own a few small frigates. “Navy chief”, this guy never had a Navy. He managed a floating...
Claim Iran Pinpointed Missile Source Is False
This is dangerous fake news. We already know these people target families and friends. There is no possible way that Iran can pinpoint the exact ship a missile came from. Please community note and report this “UK journalist”
When War Stories Meet Fishing: Generational Irony
One more fishing story… Grandpa was a WW2 Vet. Dad, Vietnam. They never talked about the wars but one day we are out fishing off Seaford, Long Island. It was the height of the Cold War. Now, whenever they got one...
Video Ignores How Outdated and Broken Canadian Equipment Is
Great video but they don’t show how old or broken most of the Canadian military equipment is.
Remembering Dad’s Humor in Our Perfect Days
As a kid, when we were having a truly great day with my Vietnam vet dad. I mean a TRULY great day. Like when we drove the final nail in the porch we built together or the time I caught...
Ship Captain Outshines Experts on Persian Gulf Analysis
Go ahead MSM tell us all about how the new pentagon press corps “aren’t real journalists” ONE person on X nailed the Persian Gulf situation well over a week ago. Not some energy expert. Not a former admiral. Not a pulitzer...
Cargill’s Eco‑Ships Face Drone and Missile Threats
Quick question for @Cargill: With drones and missiles flying across major sea lanes, are you planning to keep these giant bullseyes mounted on your “eco” ships? https://t.co/BWiyOEbXKV
Still Waiting on SAVE and SHIPs Act Passage
I’ve been a little busy… Did we pass the SAVE Act yet? How about the SHIPs Act?
Decades of Navy‑Merchant Marine Split Now Costing Hormuz
"The United States has spent seven decades severing every operational link between the Navy and the Merchant Marine, and the Hormuz crisis is the bill coming due." 🎯NAILED IT 🎯 https://t.co/l9z9PP9W7P
US Apathy Sparks Panic, May Force Strait Reopening
Over the past 24 hours, I’ve talked to a number of leading shipping and energy sources in Europe and Asia. Overall mood: panic. Talked to dozens of key people in the USA. Overall mood: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Allied navies might have to reopen the strait...
Empires Rose on Ships and Salt; Britain Now Lacks Both
If you study the rise and fall of empires the two most important things are ships and salt. Now the UK barely has either.
Navy Officers Unfairly Criticize Airline Crews Aiding Military
I apologize to all my regular followers for the rants this morning. But I need someone to explain this to me with crayons. I have never once seen @RobManess or @BuzzPatterson or @MCCCANM trashing commercial airline crews who volunteer to fly soldiers...
No US Army Corps to Iran
We are not sending an army corps into Iran. Not happening. And how many Chinese soldiers did we kill in the Korean War?