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18.01.26 - 19:57
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EU Hosts Emergency Meeting Over Trump′s Greenland Tariffs, Germany Threatens World Cup Boycott (ZeroHedge)
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EU Hosts Emergency Meeting Over Trump's Greenland Tariffs, Germany Threatens World Cup Boycott
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarified Trump's positioning on Greenland overnight, stating that "we are not going to outsource our national security."
The elites of The European Union are not best pleased at Trump's tariff threat (on some European allies that oppose the United States' efforts to acquire Greenland) and immediately called an emergency meeting of ambassadors from the bloc's 27 nations to discuss just how sternly worded their email response would be.
As we detailed yesterday, Trump has reiterated numerous times that the United States needs Greenland for national security purposes and warned that “world peace is at stake” if the United States does not succeed in obtaining Greenland.
Meanwhile, the eight European nations, which are already subject to 10 percent or 15 percent tariffs by the United States, have sent a small military presence to Greenland.
“Tariff thr...
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18.01.26 - 19:01
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Bessent defends DOJ Powell probe: Fed ′independence does not mean no oversight′ (The Hill)
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday defended the Justice Department's criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, describing the probe as appropriate “oversight” of the independent agency. In an interview on NBC News's “Meet the Press,” the secretary stressed that the investigation focuses on Powell's handling of the renovation budget, brushing off concerns about......
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18.01.26 - 19:00
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If it wasn′t clear before, it is now: Britain needs an escape plan from the Trump world order | Gaby Hinsliff (The Guardian)
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The US president's trade war for Greenland tells us that the time for fence-sitting or wishful thinking is overOne way or the other, President Trump said, he will have Greenland. Well, at least now we know it's the other; not an invasion that would have sent young men home to their mothers across Europe in coffins, but instead another trade war, designed to kill off jobs and break Europe's will. Just our hopes of an economic recovery, then, getting taken out and shot on a whim by our supposedly closest ally, months after Britain signed a trade deal supposed to protect us from such arbitrary punishment beatings. In a sane universe, that would not feel like a climbdown by the White House, yet by comparison with the rhetoric that had Denmark scrambling troops to Greenland last week it is.That said, don't underestimate the gravity of the moment.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading......
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18.01.26 - 18:54
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Trump Wants $1BN Fee From States Seeking To Join Gaza Peace Board (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Wants $1BN Fee From States Seeking To Join Gaza Peace Board
According to a Saturday Bloomberg report, the Trump administration is asking nations interested in holding a permanent seat on a proposed Gaza Strip "Board of Peace" to pledge at least $1 billion in funding.
Bloomberg described that US allies and regional partners have already been briefed on the concept as part of wider diplomatic efforts to influence and direct Gaza's future after the Israel-Hamas conflict.
via AFP
The intent of the funding threshold is reportedly to ensure that participating countries have substantial financial involvement in stabilizing the territory and supporting long-term redevelopment.
Washington seems to be arguing that spreading the financial burden internationally is critical to preventing American taxpayers from shouldering most of the reconstruction costs. Sadly, this was of no concern when the same taxpayers were footing the bill for billions in weaponry and foreign aid for Israel over ...
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18.01.26 - 18:27
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Nato-Chef: Habe mit Trump über Grönland gesprochen (DPA-AFX)
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BRÜSSEL/WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Im eskalierenden Grönland-Streit zwischen den USA und Europa hat Nato-Generalsekretär Mark Rutte mit Donald Trump gesprochen. Er habe mit dem US-Präsidenten über die Sicherheitslage in Grönland ......
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18.01.26 - 18:13
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Wadephul: Kein Zweifel an Bündnistreue der USA (DPA-AFX)
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BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - Bundesaußenminister Johann Wadephul sieht keine Auswirkungen des aktuellen Zollstreits mit den USA auf den militärischen Zusammenhalt der Nato. "Es gibt überhaupt keinen Zweifel, dass die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika voll und ganz ......
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