Malcolm Nance

3 weeks ago | malcolmnance.substack.com | Malcolm Nance

On June 14, 2025, Trump ordered the Armed Forces of the United States to hold a mass Soviet-style “May Day” parade, allegedly to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the US Army. But the word came out early that it was being held on his birthday and that the US Armed Forces choir will sing “Happy Birthday” to him as he watches from a reviewing stand. The spectacle is disgraceful and disgusting. President Dwight Eisenhower made it clear that the United States would not show weakness.

3 weeks ago | malcolmnance.substack.com | Malcolm Nance

Black. Man. Spy podcast is a exclusive premium content show hosted by Malcolm on a weekly basis. It provides an extremely serious but raucous in depth discussions on the topics of the day as seen through the lens of the intelligence practitioners, diplomats and noteworthy celebrities. Black. Man. Spy podcast is a exclusive premium content show hosted by Malcolm on a weekly basis.

3 weeks ago | malcolmnance.substack.com | Malcolm Nance

The most dangerous part of my trip was landing at John F. Kennedy airport and getting off the airplane into the dystopian America run by MAGA. When I let the jetway onto Terminal Eight’s Arrivals, I had to consider that I was now in an unknown nation, as belligerent to all the values I had learned as an American as the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. As I stepped off the Finnair flight from Helsinki to New York City, my biggest worry was not the bottle of Greenlandic gin I was carrying.

1 month ago | malcolmnance.substack.com | Malcolm Nance

From an intelligence perspective, the island of Greenland is an intensely challenging environment as a potential invasion target. Many historical, geological, and cultural considerations would have to be ignored before the Trump administration can consider bringing any part of it under control. I’m not even talking about the indigenous population yet. However, operating in ignorance is one of Donald Trump's key skills. He doesn't care about who or what obstacles stand in his way.

1 month ago | malcolmnance.substack.com | Malcolm Nance

Photo: Air Greenland Dash-8 flies over the coast between Sisimiut and Nuuk. Ice and Arctic water is all that exists there. (Photo: Malcolm Nance)I’m off to Ilulisaat, the Arctic Circle's primary hub town. The conditions to get to Nuuk airport were abysmal, as seen in the attached video. A late-winter blizzard was coming into the capital with heavy gusting winds. The airport had already cancelled several flights.