Editorials

“But the guy is still alive” – NRK’s flippant reaction to Trump assassination attempts

After the third assassination attempt on Trump, NRK’s team wandered Washington D.C. spreading conspiracy theories, while their USA correspondent quipped: “But the guy is still alive?” Hours before the shooting, major Norwegian papers claimed Butler was staged. Sixty percent of VG’s readers suspect something is off, and the papers host death threats against Trump on Facebook. Legacy media’s hate, lies and half-truths know no bounds.

This is what getting dragged into the war looks like

Denmark and Norway are in the process of being sucked into the war in Ukraine by allowing Ukrainian companies to produce weapons on their territory. This makes us legitimate targets and opens the door to Ukrainian corruption. The company Fire Point, which Prime Minister Støre was so enthusiastic about during his visit in February, is now deeply embroiled in a major corruption scandal involving Zelenskyy’s inner circle.

Muslim leaders from all over Europe meet in Kristiansand

Muslim leaders from large parts of Europe are gathering in Kristiansand from 1 to 5 May. The Muslim European Empowerment Programme (MEET), which aims to strengthen Muslims in Europe, was established in the southern Norwegian town in 2022. Among the topics is how Muslim communities can “strengthen Europe’s democratic culture”. The Islam Net imam from MF is participating. Sponsored by the Norwegian free speech foundation Fritt Ord.

Double standards in new Norway: Merciless towards Norwegians, submissive towards immigrants

If your name is Hussein, you are a professor who praises terror against Jews, and you are respected. If your name is Hansen, you are a political adviser who drunkenly blurts something stupid about Pakistanis, and you are cast out into the cold. In Norwegian public life, Norwegians are second-class citizens, while immigrants from Muslim countries are the new nobility.

Socialism gives us neither freedom nor prosperity

The Bible mentions in several places the rights that working people should have, such as just wages paid on time and the right to rest. The background is that we are all created in the image of God. The fact that socialism does not create the goods that Christianity and capitalism do, but instead creates want, is connected to its lack of divine standards for what is just.

“Euphoria” is a more subtle series than progressive critics can see

HBO’s “Euphoria” shows our own culture without filters. It paints a merciless picture of a society where old virtues like moderation, shame, honour, family and faith have been so ridiculed that few can even speak of them, let alone live by them. The result is not liberated happiness, but fentanyl, OnlyFans and dead naked bodies. The young who call themselves open and inclusive are in practice deeply intolerant of faith and tradition.

How do you destroy a civilization? With demoralisation and self-contempt

The KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov once explained how other countries can be undermined through demoralisation. Now we are here. A culture that no longer believes in itself can easily be colonised. The others don’t need any Trojan horses — everyone can see that we are building them ourselves. We are now smashing at breakneck speed a civilisation that took millennia to develop.

Prominent Labour politician honoured despite NOK 1.3 billion cost to taxpayers

Grete Faremo abruptly resigned from her senior UN position after financial waste and abuse of power. While her deputy is to be extradited to the FBI for fraud, money laundering and bribery, she herself slipped under the radar, shielded by the Labour Party. Last year she reappeared to combat abuse of power, yet downplays her own role in what is called the biggest UN scandal of all time.

Now they’re going after Pete Hegseth

The attacks on Pete Hegseth, JD Vance and Trump are so ferocious that assassination now seems like a logical conclusion. Parts of the American left want to see blood. Character assassination is just the beginning. Aftenposten and NTB-Kruhaug mock Hegseth’s Christian faith and brand him an extremist because Trump wants to restore America as “One Nation under God.” That is blasphemy to those who prefer Islam.

We need to talk about the far left

In Norway, the communist Red Youth is the main flag-bearer for extreme far-left ideology. In Britain, it’s The Green Party. Kate Nevens wants no prisons in Scotland. In May, she is standing as a candidate for the Greens. We need to stop laughing at their crazy ideas — because this is deadly serious.