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Carsten Bonde Pedersen

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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 01/10/2026
Washington is weighing a diesel export ban. Europe should be asking a harder question: what happens when the export Washington decides to switch off is not fuel, but AI? insightview.eu/content/1043
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Diesel is the rehearsal: What a US export ban tells Europe about its AI supplier
Washington is weighing a diesel export ban that would hurt its own refiners, push up the petrol prices voters care about and squeeze its closest allies, five weeks before an election. Whether it...
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 09/09/2026
If you are in trouble, then double. www.ft.com/content/2476...
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Treasury yields jump as Bessent’s $6bn buyback plan disappoints investors
10-year borrowing costs hit highest level in nearly three years despite upsized repurchase programme
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Wahlrecht.de @wahlrecht.de · 06/09/2026
Die neueste ARD-Hochrechnung sieht das BSW nun bei 5,1 %. Die AfD liegt mit 44,2 % weiterhin nur 0,4 %-Punkte hinter CDU/Linke/SPD/Grüne (44,6 %), kann ohne BSW also immer noch auf eine absolute Mehrheit hoffen. Es bleibt eng. #ltwst #ltwlsa www.wahlrecht.de/news/2026/la...
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 05/09/2026
The past resurfaces: a sunken Nazi warship emerges from a dried-up Danube. Nationalists, tech billionaires and fundamentalists united in the belief that civilisational collapse should not be prevented, but exploited. A warning of another round of ‘end times fascism’? www.ft.com/content/bd13...
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Rerun or sequel? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on end times fascism
How nationalists, religious fundamentalists and tech titans turned their backs on a shared future
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 02/09/2026
While the Trump admin. spent years courting 'friendship' with Russia and accommodating China, all while alienating its allies, Moscow was secretly arming Iran with supersonic cruise missile technology aimed at US naval forces. This is what naivety-as-strategy gets you. www.ft.com/content/6cf3...
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Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles
Leaks reveal programme behind one of the most significant known transfers of military technology from Moscow to Tehran
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 25/08/2026
The irony is hard to miss: Bessent’s own mentor, Stan Druckenmiller, is now publicly criticizing the TGA move in the WSJ. His point: long-term rates aren’t a crisis — they’re an invoice. The solution isn’t to suppress the price, but to address the primary deficit. www.wsj.com/opinion/let-...
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Opinion | Let the Bond Market Speak
Rising interest rates are a signal of trouble ahead. Artificially suppressing it heightens the danger.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 21/08/2026
Newly religious JD Vance should do more to act according to what’s written in the Bible before making himself out to be so holy. But religion is probably just another political tool anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/o...
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Opinion | JD Vance Thinks You Are Not Christian Enough
According to the vice president, we are wasting our freedom.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 20/08/2026
The debt crisis has started: You don't fix a debt crisis by shortening its fuse. Bessent's Treasury buybacks are symptom relief — the deficit that caused this is still there.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 15/08/2026
Have you talked to your Claude today? It might just pay off. The AI doubted its own math breakthrough at first. Human encouragement pushed it over the line — on a problem open since 1859. Worth pondering what that says about how we’re still underestimating these models. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-m...
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AI Just Had Another Math Breakthrough—With Help From a High-School Dropout
The human played an invaluable role despite not understanding any of the math. Instead, he provided encouragement.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 15/08/2026
Zhu Rongji’s death is a reminder that China’s most important reformist stood for the exact opposite of Xi Jinping. www.ft.com/content/6e42...
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China keeps careful watch on mourning for late premier Zhu Rongji
Commemoration of former leaders is politically sensitive for authorities wary of displays of public sentiment
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 14/08/2026
Faktum er, at ulven først er et problem, når den kommer til Nordsjælland www.berlingske.dk/politik/mini...
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Minister holdt pressemøde med død ulv for sine fødder: Minder om »1920ernes storvildtjægere«, lyder kritik
Enhedslisten kalder minister for natur og dyrevelfærd, Christian Rabjerg Madsens (S), pressemøde med den afdøde problemulv »usmageligt«.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 05/08/2026
AI clearly poses a threat to millions of jobs, but it also creates opportunities to build new companies from the ground up with fewer resources. mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
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Why AI-driven enterprises are the future of entrepreneurship | MIT Sloan
AIDEs have lower overhead, are extremely efficient at product development, require a smaller footprint, and provide increased ownership for founders, according to MIT Sloan’s Paul Cheek.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 04/08/2026
When the US tech CEOs argue for or against cheap Chinese open-weight models, they are primarily speaking in their own rather than in the national interest – and there is an enormous amount at stake. Low-cost Chinese AI models are splitting tech executives & Washington restofworld.org/2026/silicon...
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Why Silicon Valley is divided over China’s powerful, cheap AI models
Low-cost Chinese open-weight models are splitting tech executives and Washington over national security and competitiveness.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 30/07/2026
It's easy to start a war on a whim. It's far harder to climb back out of the mud when your enemies want you stuck there. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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EXCLUSIVE: Iran to get Chinese shoulder-launched missile systems in weeks, sources say
Iran is expected to receive within weeks a first shipment out of up to 400 Chinese-made air-defence missile launchers.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 28/07/2026
“Never before has one man done so much damage to his country’s reputation in so short a time” — and the scope of the damage is still growing. www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/...
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People in Many Countries Now View China More Positively Than the U.S.
Views of China have improved recently while views of the U.S. have worsened, to the point where China is now seen more positively than the U.S. in most countries surveyed.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 24/07/2026
US justifies new 10–12.5% tariffs on 60 countries - EU included - as a crackdown on 'forced labour'.Yes, forced labour. In the EU. Home of mandatory paid leave & strong worker protections, unlike the country writing the tariff. USA - The Land of Confusion. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Trump’s Trade Wars Are Back—Despite the Supreme Court
The president’s proposed use of an obscure Depression-era law shows courts and Congress haven’t curbed Trump’s ambition to impose tariffs at will.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 08/07/2026
Tesla har fået go til selvkørende biler i Danmark - www.ardmediathek.de/video/elon-m...
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Elon Musk Uncovered – Das Tesla-Experiment - Elon Musk Uncovered – Das Tesla Experiment - hier anschauen
Der Dokumentarfilm gibt exklusive Einblicke in das Imperium von Elon Musk. Zum ersten Mal brechen Vertraute, Whistleblower, Opfer und einstige Tesla-Eliten ihr Schweigen.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 02/07/2026
One can only hope that Germany’s political centre has truly learned from history. The political extremes rarely come to power because of a positive message; more often, they succeed because of passivity in the political centre www.tagesschau.de/inland/analy...
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Koalition stellt Reformpläne vor: Ein staatstragender Auftritt
Geschlossen, fast gelöst präsentiert sich die Koalition bei ihren Reformplänen - nach monatelangem Hin und Her ist nun von Zusammenarbeit und gemeinsamen Lösungen die Rede. Wie tragfähig das ist, wird...
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 26/06/2026
Just days from now, the appeal court will decide whether Marine Le Pen will be allowed to stand in next year's presidential election. What does MLP stand for, and how does she differ from Jordan Bardella? Watch the FC video (non-French speakers can select "English"). www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoY6...
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Interview : Marine Le Pen explique ses choix et projets pour la France
YouTube video by France Culture
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 23/06/2026
Trump doesn’t need to leave Europe. Europe is leaving an unpredictable America. Skeptical European politicians must stop declaring that independence from the United States is impossible. Start now — and accelerate. It is never too late! www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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Trump spent a decade making friends in Europe. Now they’re turning away.
From Italy to France, nationalist leaders are reassessing their ties with the U.S. president as his brand sours across the EU.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 19/06/2026
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Video: From Investment Boom to Deflation Risk. The Three Stages of the AI Economy
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 19/06/2026
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Video: From Investment Boom to Deflation Risk. The Three Stages of the AI Economy
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 18/06/2026
Lidt stof til eftertanke mht Grønland og Trump globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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Trump-linked figures set to profit from Greenland’s minerals
An expanding network of individuals and companies with ties to the US administration looks to profit from the renewed interest in Greenland’s mineral deposits
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 15/06/2026
Soon, coming to a theater near you? www.wsj.com/tech/cyberse...
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How Millions of Digital Home Devices Are Secretly Powering Cyberattacks
Watch WSJ’s Jack Gillum investigate how questionable foreign companies turn cheap gadgets into tools for some of the most damaging cyberattacks on record.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 14/06/2026
Jordan Bardella, asked how he views the American president: “It depends on the day. There’s a Monday attitude, a Tuesday attitude, a Wednesday attitude.” www.politico.eu/article/fran...
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France’s far-right front-runner rejects Trump’s backing
Jordan Bardella called the U.S. president’s behavior “erratic but also extremely unsteady and constantly shifting.”
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 11/06/2026
When will all Americans realise how absurdly tragic and comical their president is? www.ft.com/content/e55a...
ft.com
Donald Trump suggests he may not renew trade deal with Mexico and Canada
‘We don’t need anything that they have,’ US president says of 2020 trilateral agreement
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 10/06/2026
AI is not a single macro event but three distinct phases with different implications. Phase 1 is already underway and is inflationary. Phase 3 promises disinflat./deflationary productivity gains. Between the two lies Phase 2: an unpredictable political/social rupture insightview.eu/macro_articl...
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The long read: Three Phases of Artificial Intelligence. Why the Road to Deflation Runs Through Inflation First. The Risk from Phase Two
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 05/06/2026
Anthropic yesterday disclosed internal data showing that over 80% of its production code is now written by Claude, while warning that recursive self-improvement without human intervention may be within two years' reach. Watch Build 2026, VibeOS demonstration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3pV...
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VibeOS - Fully Hallucinated Operating System
YouTube video by Zev.3R
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 04/06/2026
Fasten your seatbelts! EU: The coming trade war(s) that will increase geopolitical tensions and inflationary pressure www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Left With Few Choices, EU Braces for a Trade Fight With China
The European Union is gearing up to warn its citizens and companies about a potential trade war with China as the bloc starts weighing new restrictive measures against Beijing aimed at resetting an im...
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 03/06/2026
All polls now definitively show that AfD would become Germany's largest party if an election were held today. Regardless of whether these are protest votes, it points to serious problems for Friedrich Merz and CDU/CSU. See more on www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
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Wahlumfragen zur Bundestagswahl
Übersicht der aktuellen Ergebnisse der Sonntagsfrage zur Bundestagswahl
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 29/05/2026
Compromise is no longer enough to fix structural underinvestment, collapsing trade surpluses, & a demographic trap. EU needs courage. Policymakers are still negotiating timetables while the technology train is leaving the station. The bond market is sending invoices. insightview.eu/macro_articl...
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Has the Train Left the Station Without Europe? Demographics Are No Excuse (Include interactive video)
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 27/05/2026
Mark Medish (ex-NSC) & Insightview discuss the big questions: Is Trump's transactional strat. sustainable? Is the US-China tech war spiralling out of control? Is Big Tech becoming the new "middle powers"? Has AI shifted from a productivity tool to an existential risk? insightview.eu/macro_articl...
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Podcast interview with former White House adviser: The world is not just turbulent - it faces a seismic shift
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 22/05/2026
“If they cannot do it here, they will do it elsewhere” www.politico.eu/article/top-...
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Europe’s top tech boss warns Brussels is driving AI companies away
The EU’s regulations are restrictive and out of sync with industry needs, said ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 19/05/2026
Europe is Beijing's most important market. However, Europe faces deindustrialisation. Therefore, the question is whether European politicians have the nerve to say no. The confrontation has started - and Europe is alone in the fight insightview.eu/macro_articl...
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The surplus economy: China
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 19/05/2026
Can the EU remain united on a hard line towards China? . “Europe is extraordinarily open … If you came from Mars and were told to look whether it was China or Europe being protectionist, it would take a split second to determine that China is the protectionist country.” www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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A sinking ship? Why the EU and China could be heading for a trade war
Clashes at a conference in Chinese capital reflect wider tensions that threaten to descend into an economic conflict.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 15/05/2026
A “successful” Xi-Trump summit that is, from a Chinese perspective, & toe-curling from the perspective of US voters. Trump walked away with a “castle in the air” of new Boeing orders. Consequence: yet another round of spanking European allies.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Trump leaves Beijing with few wins but warm words for Xi
President Donald Trump left China with no major breakthroughs on trade or tangible help from Beijing to end his Iran war, despite two days spent heaping praise on his host, ​Xi Jinping.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 13/05/2026
Europe needs a massive counterweight to American AI, which requires European politicians who understand the seriousness of the situation. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Mistral Developing New AI Model for Banks Lacking Mythos Access
French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is in discussions with European banks about deploying its answer to Anthropic PBC’s Mythos, the limited-access AI model that can uncover cybersecurity...
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 10/05/2026
Russia Is Under Pressure. Putin Wants to Negotiate with the EU. Gerhard Schröder Is His Preferred Negotiating Partner www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
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Putin bringt Schröder als Vermittler ins Gespräch
Russlands Präsident Putin und Altkanzler Schröder gelten als Freunde. Nun hat der Kremlchef ihn als bevorzugten europäischen Vermittler benannt. Den Ukraine-Krieg sieht Putin "dem Ende zugehen", wie e...
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 08/05/2026
Trump and Vance's AI boomerang — how Anthropic's CEO triggered the backlash www.wsj.com/tech/ai/trum...
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How Anthropic’s Mythos Threw the White House AI Strategy Into Chaos
The administration’s effort to be involved in rollouts marks a shift from a hands-off approach.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 08/05/2026
Are European households, financial institutions, companies and governments prepared for the security risks posed by Mythos? No. The front door is unlocked. www.imf.org/en/blogs/art...
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Financial Stability Risks Mount as Artificial Intelligence Fuels Cyberattacks
Resilience, supervision, and international coordination are essential to safeguarding global financial markets as new AI tools enable attackers
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 02/05/2026
The United States should be careful. There may come a day in just a few years when a German government asks the Americans to leave strategically important military installations in Germany. Geopolitics is currently changing at a rapid pace. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
politico.com
Hegseth orders withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany
The drawdown, which comes after the country’s leader sparred with President Donald Trump over the Iran war, leaves about 33,000 troops there.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 30/04/2026
After talks with Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump is now officially offended again because a German chancellor told the truth about Iran. www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
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Streit mit Merz: Trump erwägt Abzug von US-Truppen aus Deutschland
US-Präsident Trump lässt eine Reduzierung der US-Truppen in Deutschland prüfen - eine Entscheidung solle in Kürze getroffen werden.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 24/04/2026
Europe is better served without an ally like the United States when the president behaves like an offended schoolboy if others do not follow him. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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US threatens to review UK’s Falklands claim over Iran war disagreement
Trump has repeatedly insulted Keir Starmer, calling him cowardly because of his unwillingness to join the war
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 20/04/2026
If you think Europe's problems are solved with Orbán's departure - think again. According to a new poll, Germany's AfD now commands 27% voter support — three percentage points ahead of CDU/CSU. This is not down to AfD's competence. www.merkur.de/politik/punk...
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Kanzler Merz im Umfragendebakel: Union sackt weiter ab – AfD baut Vorsprung aus
Die Bundesregierung hat mit dem Tankrabatt und dem 1000-Euro-Bonus Vorschläge zur Bürgerentlastung vorgelegt. Für eine gute Stimmung sorgt das nicht.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 17/04/2026
By fracturing the West, undermining alliances & rendering the USA unreliable, Trump has removed the counterweight that might otherwise have forced a Chinese rebalancing. Trump is, in other words, unwittingly feeding the very pyramid he declared himself the enemy of. insightview.eu/macro_articl...
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 15/04/2026
What? Didn’t they get what they voted for? They chose “the man who turns everything to dust” twice. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
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‘They’re not getting what they voted for’: Jesus meme lays bare GOP frustrations with Trump
The president’s attacks on the first American pope and a deleted Jesus meme are deepening fractures within his MAGA coalition.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 10/04/2026
The United States likely does not need to leave Europe, because Europeans are increasingly leaving America. www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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British sentiment toward Trump’s US plunges amid Iran war
Polling shared with POLITICO shows more than half of Brits think America is a negative force in the world.
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 08/04/2026
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Damage Control Dressed as Diplomacy: How Trump Declared Victory Over a Crisis He Created
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 08/04/2026
The chameleon’s hypocrisy continues: JD Vance accuses the EU of “interference” as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win the election www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election
US vice-president rails against ‘bureaucrats in Brussels’ interfering in Sunday’s vote during Budapest visit
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Carsten Bonde Pedersen @insightview.eu · 07/04/2026
Øh, hvordan kan en dansk EU-politiker være overrasket? De må have sovet i timen. Måske burde de orientere sig bedre. www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
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EU-topfolk efter besøg i Kina: »Vi er blevet blæst bagover – det her skræmmer mig«
Kina dumper ikke bare billigt tøj, men udfordrer nu hele Europas konkurrenceevne med dronelevering og robotter. EU-parlamentsmedlem Christel Schaldemose er »rystet«. Nu vifter hun med »bazookaen«.
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