Editorials

Trump wins – must be taken down

Every time Trump looks set to win, counterattacks claim he is actually losing. This time the attack comes from the Wall Street Journal: In its “Trump on the crazy train” series, it claims he rants for hours to staff and must be kept out of the Situation Room because he only causes chaos.

Democracy also needs limits

Democracy cannot be based on “truth”, since truth may shift with majority opinion, argues Nils Rune Langeland. Yet his understanding of truth is not Christian. Christian truth imposes normative limits on leadership. Today’s ideologues claim the right to stand above a higher, divine law, believing an action is good because they declare it so. For Christians, God is the centre of truth.

State broadcaster claims every Norwegian is a net burden

NRK journalists Karina K. Jørgensen and Tuva Skog Christiansen claim that the average Norwegian is a ‘minus citizen’ who costs the state a net 10 million kroner from cradle to grave. By doing so, NRK rewinds the public debate by 13 years. The deficit is mainly linked to non-Western immigrants’ low tax contributions and high use of welfare services.

The media is fighting a war against Trump but cannot admit he is winning

The media has staked its entire prestige on Trump losing the war. But when Trump says a deal is within reach that will force Iran to abandon its nuclear program, they face a defeat they cannot escape. NTB has insisted Iran has no nuclear program. Steven Witkoff says the Iranians boasted they have enough uranium for 11 atomic bombs. One of them is lying.

USS «Abraham Lincoln» vs. the Revolutionary Guard’s Mosquito Fleet

America’s conventional power projection is being challenged by new technology, Iran’s asymmetric naval strategy, and its willingness to absorb losses. This won’t defeat superior U.S. naval power, but it may be enough to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed. Time will tell — Trump is likely overly optimistic in claiming the war is close to over.

Blaming the elderly: How they’re hiding the real welfare scandal

NAV (Norway’s welfare agency) claims the coming wave of elderly will drive up National Insurance costs and warns of higher taxes. In reality, the majority of spending goes to people of working age, where non-Western immigrants — especially from Islamic countries — dominate the recipient lists, according to SSB figures. NAV does not mention this. Nor does Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who is responsible for the policies that enabled it.

Sick, sicker, Sweden: Anti-racist professor admits 80 attempted rapes

One of Sweden’s most famous anti-racist figures – professor, author and lecturer Tobias Hübinette – is facing quite a conviction. This time he is accused of harassing his partner, whom he has admitted to having tried to rape for “at least 80 times”.

The disinformation that threatens our security

There is no learning curve for journalists and ‘experts’ covering Trump. The United States is at war. An alliance means solidarity — at the very least, not working against the other party. Yet that is exactly what Western European countries are doing. They want a break with the USA, and journalists are leading the way.

What do Norwegians actually get for the billions poured into state broadcaster NRK every year?

The Islamic Republic of Iran will never, under any circumstances, give up its ambition to acquire nuclear weapons to use against Israel and the United States — its self-declared mortal enemies. Such weapons would also reach us. Do our leaders have the courage and will to acknowledge this reality, or shall we just sit and wait, comforting ourselves that NRK’s evening news knows best?

The Freedom of Speech that disappeared

In Denmark we don’t have Pravda and Izvestia — but we have something almost as effective: state-owned DR and TV2. They function much like Soviet media. The media-industrial complex stifles real competition and keeps feeding us the same old lies.