Lindsey Graham Calls for Sanctions on Norway After Major BDS Move

[u/soalone34]

https://newrepublic.com/post/199803/lindsey-graham-sanctions-norway-israel-bds-caterpillar

[u/ipakin94]

Maybe it’s time you’re made aware that doing business or visiting America is a privilege, not a right,” Graham warned.

Well, maybe it's time you're made aware that doing business with American companies is a choice, not an obligation.

[u/Fun-Ad-6948 → u/ipakin94]

This and the wealth fund has 1 trillion in US assets so that’s some massive leverage on the US economy.

[u/Flimsy-Relationship8 → u/Fun-Ad-6948]

The EU will never leverage its financial ties to the US because all the leading politicians and wealthiest people in Europe have all their money invested in the US.

It's why we are so passive with them, don't want to upset the market because the billionaires and politicians will lose out

[u/ilolvu → u/Flimsy-Relationship8]

Norway isn't in the EU. If they have the stones, they definitely could do something funny to the US stocks.

[u/amnesteyh → u/ilolvu]

Well the fund is all in stocks. Selling them would just mean someone else bought them. At most it would lower the price of some of the stocks sold.

[u/ilolvu → u/amnesteyh]

Do you know what would happen to the whole of US stock market if Norway's sovereign fund were to dump all their US stocks in one second?

[u/DonHalles → u/ilolvu]

You do realize that it does not work like that for institutional investors, right? You cannot just "dump" stock worth a trillion USD. Also, there needs to be a buyer.

[u/Dral_Shady → u/DonHalles]

Well once there are no buyers, that is when a stock really crashes...

[u/DonHalles → u/Dral_Shady]

Congrats. It also would mean that all the value of the Norwegian state fund would be lost. And why would they want to crash their own wealth? People seriously need to think twice before posting stuff like that.

[u/ApetteRiche → u/DonHalles]

Something about dark pools?

[u/ilolvu → u/DonHalles]

You do realize that it does not work like that for institutional investors, right?

Really!? Would never have guessed.... /S

[u/HelixFollower → u/ilolvu]

It would completely ruin Norway's carefully constructed fund?

[u/UnPeuDAide → u/HelixFollower]

Isn't there any way to severely damage those stocks without ruining the fund though? Not by dumping them directly, but a more subtle scheme. For example you can buy insurances on the price of stocks or those kind of things. Trump and Musk are manipulating the mariets there is no way it isn't possible for others

[u/MeaninglessSeikatsu → u/UnPeuDAide]

Theoretically you could buy puts options and sell your stocks. Maybe shorting the market for a reality check, just like 07-08.

Edit: But I think you can't do that as an institution

[u/Few_Ad6516 → u/ilolvu]

They hold around 1% of the S&P 500, they could dump the stocks which may cause a small drop but the companies are solid so investors would buy them and be happy.

[u/itskelena → u/Few_Ad6516]

Depending on what securities exactly they hold it could cause a massive drop. The term you’re looking for is not a % in overall value, but a daily trading volume. Selling massive volumes of a certain security will cause ripple effect when more traders and shareholders will begin dumping their shares. The dip will not be 1%.

[u/Fun-Ad-6948 → u/amnesteyh]

Nope a big part of the fund is infested in US treasuries.

[u/philomathie → u/amnesteyh]

Not a bad idea to sell them if you crash the market in doing so :)

[u/Machine-Omen → u/Flimsy-Relationship8]

The market is going to be upset no matter what. These people have no idea what they are doing and they don't care. They are getting their money from all the insider trading and side business deals they are doing while chaos ensues.

[u/priberc → u/Flimsy-Relationship8]

🤔…. Am I worried about the financial health of the +/- 4500 billionaires on the earth today?…..hmmm….fuck no

[u/AnoAnoSaPwet → u/Fun-Ad-6948]

They could drop their $200B worth of bonds, without even breaking a sweat. I'm sure that'll look great against the US Dollar? 

[u/Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho → u/Fun-Ad-6948]

That leverage goes both ways. That trillion dollars is a lot of Norway's investment portfolio, it's only a tiny slice of the US economy. They could try to dump it, which would depress prices, which would do more to hurt Norway long term than the US. They have to have buyers to sell the stocks, and selling a trillion dollars of assets at a discount, for less than a trillion, ultimately hurts Norway the most.

[u/Better-Employment-58 → u/Fun-Ad-6948]

Yes

[u/Significant_Court728 → u/Fun-Ad-6948]

some massive leverage on the US economy.

The leverage is on the opposite side. The US can relegate Norway to some similar status to Cuba or Russia and steal all the assets. It won't be the first time there is a precedent.

[u/Didsterchap11 → u/ipakin94]

A genuine crux of the mindset that is American conservatism is that it should be illegal to disagree with them.

[u/Wrxloser1215 → u/[deleted]]

Don't forget you cant be Maga without being Israel first!

[u/Equivalent-Role4632 → u/Wrxloser1215]

While at the same time hating the Jewish yelling the jews will not replace us. Maga people just makes no sense.

[u/Wrxloser1215 → u/Equivalent-Role4632]

Nothing makes sense and the rules are all made up

[u/bronco2p → u/Equivalent-Role4632]

those aren't the same set of people

[u/Equivalent-Role4632 → u/bronco2p]

Oh yes it is. Magas hate everybody who isn't white and male.

[u/Andoral → u/Equivalent-Role4632]

THAT is the real crux. Inconsistency and rampant hypocrisy is the one true core of right wing thought throughout the world and the more unhinged the party, the more pronounced it becomes.

All their talking points or "deeply held" beliefs are just nonsense to attack the opposition, a case of "every accusation is a confession" or at best is subject to flip flopping the moment something triggers them.

Railing about the deficit and debt? They are the ones that make them skyrocket whenever they are in power because they need to make up for the losses in revenue caused by tax cuts for the rich.

Being pro-business in general and pro-corporations in particular? Well, yes, unless Coca Cola puts out an ad they don't like or they make some other meaningless business decision they don't like.

Being against powerful pedophiles to the point of succumbing to QAnon conspiracies about the topic because gotta protect the kids? Oh, whoopsie, that stopped being the case when they finally realized Trump is definitely on the Epstein list.

Christian values? Not if the Pope triggers them. Being against big government? Not if they can put out federal agents to police the cities they don't like. Being against illegals? Welllll, but what if the 1% could get extra dollars by exploiting them first.

So on and so forth.

[u/Traubentritt → u/[deleted]]

Thats because Israel HAS to exist in order for the Rapture to happen.

Some if not the largest donors to Israel (private) are evangelicals, because as mentioned above: No Zion, No Rapture.

[u/iCowboy → u/ipakin94]

Norwegians go to America, look around and say 'thank god I was born in Norway.'

Also Lindsey, don't upset the Norwegians - they're the ones who say if the golden hobgoblin will get his prize.

Also, rule of thumb- don't upset Norwegians in general.

[u/Politicsboringagain → u/iCowboy]

A lot of Americans are morons. They think just because they have only ever been to America, that everyone on the world wants to be here. 

[u/Fluffy-Republic8610 → u/ipakin94]

The dripping arrogance from graham. America is in terminal decline. Time to make friends with India, China and Brazil. But fuck Russia.

[u/Square-Definition29 → u/Fluffy-Republic8610]

I'm not against Brazil or India but China isn't better that US

[u/Fluffy-Republic8610 → u/Square-Definition29]

None of them are any good. It's just about who you can rely on to get your business done.

[u/haplo34 → u/Fluffy-Republic8610]

It's about diversifying so you aren't too reliant on any single entity.

[u/Fluffy-Republic8610 → u/haplo34]

Yes, and self reliance. Our club is big enough to get closer to self reliance than most places that can get pushed around. Like the UK for example.

[u/Dot-Slash-Dot → u/Square-Definition29]

but China isn't better that US

I'd argue they are and be it just because of their predictability. We all don't know what idiocy Trump will pull tomorrow out of his hat while Xi is a pretty well known factor.

[u/Unique_Statement7811 → u/Dot-Slash-Dot]

They are funding and supplying the Russian invasion of Europe.

[u/Dot-Slash-Dot → u/Unique_Statement7811]

And the same as India they are doing it out of pure self-interest.

Let's not pretend we or the US are one iota different if the conflict in question is not of interest to us.

China does not give a fuck about Ukraine so they are happy buying oil from Russia or selling hardware to either Ukraine or Russia.

We and the US do not give a fuck about Armenia, Sudan or Gaza so we purely look out for what benefits us the most.

[u/jeanmardare → u/Square-Definition29]

THey aren't better than Russia, would be more accurate.
They have the same MO, supressing and opressing citizens for centuries - it's in their nature.

[u/requiem_mn → u/jeanmardare]

That's just because you can barely say that the USA has existed for centuries. They only had two centuries to oppress their citizens.

[u/Maleficent_Sea3561 → u/Square-Definition29]

The chinese doesnt flip flop on policy two times per week so its actually possible to do business with them

[u/Unique_Statement7811 → u/Fluffy-Republic8610]

Yes. Run into the arms of the countries funding and supplying the Russian invasion. Make bedfellows with an alliance hell bent on breaking the EU.

[u/Sweet_Concept2211 → u/Fluffy-Republic8610]

China is even worse than the US.

Even absent the fact that it is totalitarian as fuck, China's price dumping and disrespect for IP makes them a risky partner.

[u/Fair-Writing-9300 → u/Sweet_Concept2211]

Mais au moins la chine ne change pas les accrods signés tous les 3 jours avecd es nouvelles menaces. C'est par parfait, mais comparé au Trump, c'est presque civilisé.

[u/Sweet_Concept2211 → u/Fair-Writing-9300]

This your idea of "more civilized"?

Chinese genocide of Uyghurs in Xinjiang continues

Twelve million people, the majority of whom are Uyghur Muslims, live in Xinjiang, China, officially known as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is intent on colonizing Xinjiang and replacing Uyghur Islam with Han Chinese communism.

Due to implementation of the "Big Development of the Northwest Plan," millions of Han Chinese have been resettled in Xinjiang since the early 1990s. The CCP has held millions of Uyghurs in huge "reeducation" prisons. Han Chinese monitors are forcibly placed in Uyghur families.

2,000,000 Uyghurs have been held in Xinjiang's concentration prisons, commonly referred to as "re-education camps." Uyghurs are forced to participate in CCP indoctrination programs in which detainees are forced to abandon their culture. The CCP forbids use of the Uyghur language and imposes Mandarin Chinese within these camps.

Inside camps, CCP officials subject Uyghurs to physical beatings, sexual assault, and gang rapes of women.

The Chinese government's family planning program restricts Uyghur and Turkic Muslim reproduction, preventing births in violation of Article 2d of the Genocide Convention.

According to Adrian Zenz, between 2015 and 2018, East Turkistan's Uyghur population growth rate fell by 84%.

State-sponsored forced inter-racial marriages between Uyghur women and Han Chinese men are part of "family planning" policies, as are female sterilizations, forced abortions, mass rapes, and sexual torture...

[u/Fluffy-Republic8610 → u/Sweet_Concept2211]

Yes, I am only talking about them as reliable business partners. It would be absurd to run away from our reliance on the USA only to become reliant on a single other one. We have to.fully develop our alternatives to each one of them and invest in self reliance over the next few decades. We aren't in too bad a position to do that.

We shouldn't take sides. Let them slug it out. We just need alternatives to becoming the bitch of one of them.

[u/Sweet_Concept2211 → u/Fluffy-Republic8610]

The Chinese are not reliable business partners. They will straight up rip off your IP, mass produce the hell out of it, and dump it back on your domestic markets for pennies.

[u/KovacsBar → u/Fluffy-Republic8610]

BRICS control ~ 45 trillion in investable wealth.

[u/estrellaente → u/Fluffy-Republic8610]

Well, if the US is in its terminal phase, Europe is in the pantheon...

[u/morbihann → u/ipakin94]

Lol, well said.

This isn't a charity. You do business where you benefit the most, if the US isn't providing that environment, then best of luck.

[u/electronicrelapse → u/morbihann]

Who gives a fuck what Lindsey Graham says anyway? Why is this news here? Why are we so obsessed with everything the US does in any given moment.

[u/ForwardBias → u/ipakin94]

It is weird for a country that produces services and not goods to be like "you need us!" Uh, for what?

[u/Properjob70 → u/ipakin94]

"Not with that attitude" seems to be the prevailing "wisdom"

[u/Fair-Writing-9300 → u/ipakin94]

Lindsey Graham est faché car c'est une mesure contre Israël . Le mec est encore plus extermiste que l'extrême droite israelien.

Il appelle aussi à niveler la bande de Gaza lors de la guerre de Gaza et a affirmé qu'Israël avait le droit de lancer des frappes nucléaires sur la population palestinienne^\33]). Ses déclarations constitueraient une « incitation au génocide » selon Josh Ruebner^\36]).

Il appelle en novembre 2024 à des sanctions des États-Unis contre la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) à la suite de l'émission de mandats d'arrêt à l'encontre du Premier ministre israélien Benyamin Netanyahou et de son ministre de la défense Yoav Gallant pour les crimes commis dans la bande de Gaza^\37]).

En juin 2025, il appelle à couler le bateau où, entre autres personnalités, Greta Thunberg est embarquée pour Gaza^\38]).

[u/dpwtr → u/ipakin94]

The funny thing about that is what about the other side of the transaction? As an American, is being able to do business with people outside of America a privilege as well?

[u/Unfair_Run_170 → u/ipakin94]

From their point of view........ it was never optional. Ask Chile and Iran for more information.

[u/chadofchadistan → u/ipakin94]

Actually, countries can force each other to do business with their companies whether their citizens want to or not. It's all about how much leverage each country has. And right now, the US has a lot of leverage on European countries.

[u/A_Dash_of_Time → u/ipakin94]

That's the whole point though. The US government is trying to strong-arm other entire nations into making bad deals that heavily favor US businesses. They just did it to Mexico by forcing them to buy our relatively shitty corn. Tariffs dont just screw over Americans. They seem to magically get rolled back when the "offending country" copitulates to whatever bullshit Trump wants.

[u/SinQ_x]

I thought you wanted free market, no? We choose where our money go and not you

[u/Cool-Protection-4337 → u/SinQ_x]

Not that kind of free market. Their free market is just the ability to be as shitty as possible and still make a profit and escape any accountability for any illegal activities in the process.

[u/Brave_Confidence_278 → u/SinQ_x]

yeah tariffs oppose a free market. what they really want is world domination

[u/svick → u/Brave_Confidence_278]

Is that why they're being isolationist?

[u/Slight-Ad-6553 → u/SinQ_x]

Some have a more free market than others

[u/VV-40 → u/SinQ_x]

Almost everything republican leaders say is disingenuous. They say things solely to achieve an agenda not at all because it’s the truth. 

[u/activedusk]

>Senator Lindsey Graham on Thursday threatened to slap tariffs on Norway for its sovereign wealth fund’s decision to divest from an American company reportedly complicit in Israeli human rights abuses in Gaza and the West Bank.

Compared to US starting a trade war while war was at Europe's doorstep, idk, this seems like a joke but fine, go on. Let's see where this goes.

[u/Lost-Letterhead-6615 → u/activedusk]

Absolutely it has something to do with the west bank.

They can't even claim khamaas khamaas in WB

[u/berejser]

Now there's a man whose assets I would take deep pleasure in being seen frozen.

[u/Long_Pomegranate2469 → u/berejser]

Isn't he guy that gave the warts on his butt the nickname ladybugs?

[u/hectorbrydan → u/Long_Pomegranate2469]

He is the guy being blackmailed by the president and Israel. For one thing it's an Open Secret he frequents male escorts, otherwise known as prostitutes. But they probably have Financial crimes and perhaps something darker on him too. The president almost openly bragged about it his first term.

After he made some anti-gay comments and escort wrote like a open letter calling him lady G in all but naming him and was considering going public because of the bullshit Lindsay was saying hypocritically. As reported in Politico I can find link if anyone wants it.

[u/berejser → u/hectorbrydan]

Imagine getting blackmailed over being gay in an age when you can freely admit to being gay and most people won't bat an eyelid.

[u/quackdaw → u/berejser]

By now they're blackmailing him over letting himself be blackmailed for being gay.

[u/SwampYankeeDan → u/quackdaw]

Good point. Once they get you to start doing nasty shit the importance of the original actions that allowed for the blackmail steadily declines. Its sort of like how criminal organizations start by getting you to do smaller crimes for them and then leverage that into worse and worse ones.

[u/Dot-Slash-Dot → u/hectorbrydan]

He is the guy being blackmailed by the president and Israel

He is rotten enough that they don't need to blackmail him, he is pulling this shit totally willingly.

[u/hectorbrydan → u/Dot-Slash-Dot]

Chicken and egg situation for sure.

But he is responding to the blackmail, you could see it after January 6th he publicly repudiated them and then after it was clear Biden was going to allow executive branch agencies to not enforce the law against a coup attempt behind him with everybody else in the party.

[u/Dot-Slash-Dot → u/hectorbrydan]

Eh, I suspect this was more because he was spooked that his neck was on the line for once.

And once that passed he fell right back into the same behaviour he always had.

[u/epidemicsaints → u/Long_Pomegranate2469]

Canonically I believe they are skin tags.

[u/Long_Pomegranate2469 → u/epidemicsaints]

Very inclusive! Handling instructions for blind people.

[u/wxnfx → u/Long_Pomegranate2469]

I assume it was another man, but Lindsay tends to be pretty quiet about that part of his life.

[u/Epsilon_Meletis → u/Long_Pomegranate2469]

Isn't he guy that gave the warts on his butt the nickname ladybugs?

That was not something I expected to read today. Or, ever.

[u/Infamous-Salad-2223 → u/berejser]

Yes.

I can imagine their faces melting at the idea of being treated as they treat others.

[u/Redditforgoit]

Visiting America is a privilege. Ah well.

[u/sorE_doG → u/[deleted]]

Ditto. Last visit I returned from a couple of weeks road trip in Cali with a ‘Vote for Bernie!’ Yard sign, in the tail end of Obama’s presidency. Won’t go back for the foreseeable future, maybe never. Fcuk Trump, fcuk the oligarchs & fundamentalist christians are the same as all extremists of other religions. Nuts who are an existential threat to the rest of us.

[u/h4v3anic3d4y → u/[deleted]]

I hear canada is nice this time of year

[u/slitchbapper]

Shush scumbag. Your boss still wants a Nobel peace prize from Norway, maybe you've forgotten..

[u/LordSkummel → u/slitchbapper]

Not like he's gonna win that anyways.

Trade wars, Greenland, Canada and beeing a bully diplomatically are all things that will automatically disqualifiy him from getting that prize.

[u/Dinmorerfeit → u/LordSkummel]

He's a felon, that criminal history already disqualified him according to the foundations requirements.

[u/Full-Being-6154 → u/LordSkummel]

The stupidity of the peace prize commitee cannot be underestimated.

[u/h4v3anic3d4y → u/slitchbapper]

We WERE planning on giving the Nobel Prize to him actually. But now Lindsey had to run his mouth, so we changed our minds. So close.

Somebody PLEASE make Trump believe that!!!

[u/No_Priors → u/slitchbapper]

LOL

[u/Smart-Effective7533 → u/slitchbapper]

I believe you mean Noble prize S/

[u/notpopopinion]

I call for sanctions against Graham for being a douchebag

[u/BlueHeartbeat]

This dude has been a bitch for decades, and that's only the time I've known of him, but how is he still listened to?

[u/KFSattmann → u/BlueHeartbeat]

Lot's of Kompromat on him. 

[u/Cool-Protection-4337 → u/KFSattmann]

Lots of dic pics involving his mouth. His voters would still believe whatever faux news tells them, he has been so obviously in the closet for decades yet supposedly a straight white Christian 🙄

[u/KFSattmann → u/Cool-Protection-4337]

I'm thinking "Epstein", but for Lindsay. 

[u/Difficult_Limit2718]

Jesus ass blasting fascists

[u/sandyWB]

Every country gets sanctions and tariffs! Except Russia, of course...

[u/butwhywedothis]

It’s time Europe does tit for tat. If they sanction Europe must sanction them. If they put tariff on Europe, put tariff on them. There is the rest of the world for Europe to explore and do business with.

[u/letsBurnCarthage → u/butwhywedothis]

Norway is not a part of the European Union, though. That doesn't negate what you said, but usually in this climate when people say Europe, they mean the union.

[u/ipakin94 → u/letsBurnCarthage]

Norway is part of the European Economic Area though, which means that they are part of the European single market. So although tariffs for Norway don't apply to the EU, it will affect the European economy.

[u/butwhywedothis → u/letsBurnCarthage]

Norway may not be in EU, but still part of Europe. Don’t think Americans can differentiate between EU and Europe. Like their supreme leader says, everything is computer.

[u/GlenGraif → u/butwhywedothis]

They can’t even seem to differentiate between their own country and the rest of North America…

[u/Full-Being-6154 → u/butwhywedothis]

Dont matter if the US cant, what matters is if the EU and Norway can, and Norweigians have made sure to let the rest of us know that they'd rather face it alone.

Staying out of the Union has some drawbacks.

[u/Catouw → u/butwhywedothis]

USA Tariffs are a tax on americans, it's not because they shoot themselve in the foot that we have to do the same

[u/butwhywedothis → u/Catouw]

We don’t have to. But putting tariff on American goods may reduce American goods import and therefore Europe will try to find alternate and more cost effective partners.

[u/Brave_Confidence_278]

Can we just start to ignore them, I literally give zero fucks about what they want. Let them do their tariffs, just reply with some tariffs or service fees back and done

[u/Additional-Year-500]

Sanctions/ Tarriffs because they chose to sell off stocks? So he doesn't want market economy and prefer communism?

[u/SwampYankeeDan → u/Additional-Year-500]

Thats not communism.

[u/Sherool → u/SwampYankeeDan]

Indeed, strong government control over the market is a core tenet of Fascism. They don't want a free market, they want a merket directly serving the state.

Fascists often advocate for the establishment of a totalitarian one-party state,^\12])^\13]) and for a dirigiste economy (a market economy in which the state plays a strong directive role through market interventions), with the principal goal of achieving autarky (national economic self-sufficiency)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

Not that government regulating markets is inherently bad, but it's also not automatically communist.

[u/Rogthgar]

The only reason the weasel is piping up now is because he, or likely one of his donors, are feeling the squeeze.

[u/Professional_Fix4056]

oh no, we're going to get all the sanctions anyway when Trump doesn't get the peace prize, kinda like what happened with China and Liu Xiaobo..

Pseudo-democracies and dictatorships don't get along well with the Nordics

[u/Adorable-Database187]

As part of an ongoing ethics review meant to root out investments that contribute to Israeli violations of international law, the Norwegian wealth fund announced this week that it would exclude the construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar. The ethics council concluded, “There is no doubt that Caterpillar’s products are being used to commit extensive and systematic violations of international humani­tarian law.” Namely, “Bulldozers manufactured by Caterpillar are being used by Israeli authorities in the widespread unlawful destruction of Palestinian property,” the council found, as the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has long pointed out.

Tldr, country A that is in a trade war with country B is unhappy that country B does not want to finance tools that the vassal of country A uses to commit genocide.

Tldr of the tldr. Just read the article and do a dark chuckle and a tragic headshake like I did.

[u/hmtk1976 → u/Adorable-Database187]

Eh... isn´t country A the vassal of the genociding country?

[u/belkh → u/hmtk1976]

They bond over their shared heritage, wiping out the natives

[u/ChefCurryYumYum]

In an American political system replete with some of the most corrupted and venal scum of the Earth Lindsey Graham is a special kind of evil. Truly one of America's worst.

[u/Whooptidooh]

Lindsey Graham can go fuck himself.

[u/CapeVincentNY]

Raising gas to $6/gal by banning Norwegian oil, genius move

[u/BadAsBroccoli]

When Lindsey Graham speaks...no one listens.

[u/TheEschatonSucks]

Huh… I always assumed Lindsey Graham was into BDS 🤷‍♂️

[u/DarrensDodgyDenim]

In all seriousness, the fund should probably reduce exposure to the US. It is not politically stable anymore.

[u/IvD707]

Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for those promised sanctions on nations that buy Russian oil and gas.

Where are the tariffs that truly matter, Lindsay?

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/51829

[u/Possible_Golf3180]

If they’re the greatest ally, why doesn’t the US pay for the armoured bulldozers themselves? Could it be that the US is living a life of luxury on another country’s dime?

[u/Toolatethehero3]

‘Put tariffs on countries that won’t do business with US companies’. And here we have the American approach - threats and demands.

[u/Expensive_Panic_2738]

Lady G thinking he has power. The sooner the world cuts out the cancer that is America, the better.

[u/ZhouDa]

Fuck Lindsey Graham. The irony is I doubt he's even saying this because of Israel, he's more likely saying this because he looked at his stock portfolio and realized he sunk a fair amount into this company. Republicans don't even believe in anything other than self-enrichment.

[u/EinSchurzAufReisen]

The USA really did a speed run to most embarrassing country in the world!

[u/Ok_Bird_6599]

Who?

Zero f*cks given.

[u/Jimbo415650]

He’s part of the Trump conspiracy to take over Greenland.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-called-out-over-secret-international-spy/

[u/Saarbarbarbar]

Lindsey Graham is a character from Kids in the Hall and you can't convince me otherwise

[u/priberc]

Pretty sure the resounding response from Norway will be along the lines of…. “get fucked/do your worst”

[u/NJdestroyed]

I hate that cunt

[u/QuotableMorceau]

I really don't get it, how is BDS affecting US, it's people or even it's companies ... if the companies are that great, other investors will immediately buy the dip. I would say it is even a blessing, as it eliminates a foreign majority investor.

[u/Vassukhanni → u/QuotableMorceau]

BDS is an existential threat to Israel. They remember what happened to their South African allies once divestment took off.

[u/ilolvu]

Visiting the US is a chore, not a privilege. No one will do it voluntarily.

[u/rwl420]

“In November 2024, Graham vowed that countries would face draconian sanctions if they complied with the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity. “If you help the ICC, we’re going to crush the economy,” the senator said at the time. “Because we’re next,” he added. “Why can’t they go after Trump, or any other American president, under this theory?”

😂😂 he said the quiet part out loud.

Of course Graham knows Trump is also a genocidal maniac, he just hasn’t gotten to the waging aggression war yet, but he’s just as bad, and Graham knows it. These are horrible, horrible human beings and when they finally kick the bucket I’ll be opening an expensive bottle of champagne.

[u/fiendishrabbit]

Lindsey Graham, genocide supporter.

[u/TophatOwl_]

Fyi norways exports to the US make up around 1% of its total exports. Even if you banned norwegian goods from being sold in the US it wouldnt matter to them

[u/lambaroo → u/TophatOwl_]

norway actually imports about 30% more from the usa than it exports to the usa.

norway also owns about 3% of the total value of the new york stock exchange.

i feel like this really isn't to do with tariffs. the usa have already stated they've considered seizure (ie. outright theft) of norway's investments, for no real reason other than they're up to the necks in debt and for some weird reason they seem to think the rest of the world should pay off an america that has long been living beyond its means. the magats seem to think they can pull off an easy grift of a small nation's well looked after wealth using whatever invented excuse they can muster up. in all honesty, norway should have started divesting from the usa and securing their wealth elsewhere 4 or 5 months ago when the warning signs first appeared.

if nothing else it should reinforce the growing view that the nyse is not a safe place to invest with the current regime in charge.

[u/harryx67]

Someone who says: “if America pulls the plug on Israel, God will pull the plug on us.” is severly corrupted. God has no relevance. Moral has.

[u/Aesirite]

Graham can fuck off. Sanction us as much as you want, we desperately could use some more anti-american sentiment here. Our political establishment lacks backbone though, so i do fear our prime minister ending up groveling as pathetic as he is.

[u/AdhesivenessFun2060]

How much did caterpillar pay for these threats?

[u/rustic66]

The party of free market does not like that a company makes their free choices

[u/NightlongCalcite]

Simple economics people Norway bankrolls Wall Street with a trillion-dollar oil fund, Israel bankrolls Lindsey Graham’s speeches guess which investment America actually needs?

[u/OkoMushroom]

Americans have lost their collective mind at this point, hideous behavior.

[u/Ironxgal → u/OkoMushroom]

Not all of us. Some of us are absolutely disgusted and feeling helpless as hell. I hate this so much.

[u/DullFaithlessness82]

Didn't they just get caught trying espionage with disinformation campaign for their Taco god.

[u/Dragoneer1]

careful graham or we pull out of USA completely, noone wants to visit your dump anyways

[u/The_Svenster]

Not coming to America is my privilege and my right

[u/Gold_Afternoon_Fix]

Norway Norway Norway!!!

[u/BarnabusBarbarossa]

Who cares what he thinks?

No, legitimately, who in the world actually cares what Lindsay Graham thinks? The man changes his opinions like a weathervane. Even the people who voted him into office must realize that his opinions carry no real weight.

[u/_Rainer_]

Fuck Lindsey Graham.

[u/Shadeun]

Did he miss a letter?

I didn’t know Norway would let him move there to practice BDSM?

[u/ConiferousTurtle]

How much more evidence do Americans need before they realize how much US policy is influenced by AIPAC?

[u/ruthemook]

Hahahah. As if they give a shite- worlds wealthiest nation with worlds wealthiest sovereign wealth fund will not give a tupenny about zionist lecturing from some senator from a shithole state in America. Good on Norway.

[u/Ok_Photo_865]

Why not Lindsey, you Americans have tariffed every other thing you can think of so don’t be surprised when you’re the only one playing with yourself in the corner 🤣😂😂🤣🤣

[u/paradigm_shift2027]

Lindsey - FYI, Norwegians aren’t rushing to visit the Amerikan Dysfunction Junction your party is creating.

[u/Barrettirrigation]

The Jewish lobbyist definitely have this cat in the bag…. Crazy to see BB Netanyahu starving Gaza‘s population without US taking action, the Jew’s spend billions to keep our leaders on BB side regardless of his actions. SAD! 2 state solution

[u/satelshawn]

The absolute hypocrisy is astounding. So what, you hold a gun to everyone’s head and say what US companies others must invest or face consequences? While you place sanctions on other countries for trading with people you don’t want them to trade with? If people weren’t so greedy it’d be great to watch the world divest of every American financial asset and watch them burn.

[u/idkwhattofeelrnthx]

Maybe he forgot that doing business with American companies is a burden not a privilege. Big words must be hard for him.

[u/hngrybttm]

He needs to retired already !!!!!!! Let it go mrs Lindsey

[u/Salt_Recipe_8015]

My question is: is Caterpillar openly doing business with Isreal, like a contract? Or, as the article mentioned, are their products merely being used by the Isrealis? There is a big difference.

[u/djingo_dango]

This will be fun. On one hand you have a US senator calling for sanctions of a European country which this sub doesn’t like. On the other hand the article mentions BDS which this sub also doesn’t like. Let’s see which one wins

[u/lsmith77]

Please Londsey threaten to disable Norway’s F-35 fighters. Go on.

[u/Cute-Breadfruit3368]

Mrs Lindsay Graham at it again?

[u/Icy-Artist1888]

Graham is a tired and unprincipled politician. He is a pedophile enabler. He needs to go.

[u/Workout_inAM]

The same person who a few years ago said his party had gone bats*it crazy has now joined the shenanigans.

[u/xxiii1800]

Lol got caught with espionage and trying to deinform People in Greenland. Just shut up and be humble for once

[u/LittleFairyOfDeath]

They really believe this bullshit don’t they? How can one have such a big ego?

[u/Aromatic-Deer3886]

This American administration is a fucking joke

[u/h4v3anic3d4y]

Fuck that guy.

[u/Littlepage3130]

It's a good thing that Lindsey Graham isn't in charge of sanctions.

[u/Cooperhofpenpaliwitz]

And yet Mel Gibson is their boy!

[u/dilbodog]

Ah. When you piss if Lindsey Graham, you know you’re doing the right thing.

[u/Helpful_Umpire_9049]

Big dick sandwich?

[u/Ecstatic-Koala8461]

I love Norway!

[u/DifficultBudget9864]

Does ladybugs even know where Norway is?

[u/War_Fries]

His former buddy McCain rolled around in his grave so often by now, he dug a whole to the other side of the world.

Lindsey Graham is the most spineless fucktard MAGA Republican around. The weakest of all MAGA. That says a lot.

McCain would puke over this weakling all day long, if he'd still be alive today.

[u/UKAOKyay]

If you were going to fuck with any country in the world then Norway would definitely not be at the top of the list.

[u/emupower07]

The Norwegian government will be just fine with them, especially with the Labour government set to be reelected: https://api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy/articles/jerrettalexander-substack-com-p-notes-on-norway-manualredirect.html

[u/LousyReputation7]

Fuck this guy. He washes his face in chip fat by the looks of things and i wouldn’t be surprised if he spent his free time firing vegetables up his hole.

[u/keith2366]

This would be a ridiculous move against Norway, a friend and ally. And what does Israel have on Lindsey?

[u/old_Spivey]

Intelligence lip readers have discovered that Putin and Xi were mocking and joking about Trump, referring to him as an orange pustule.

[u/Agreeable-Jacket5721]

Visiting the good parts of America in the current climate is a runners up prize at best. The USA is not what it used to be.