27 m. ago ‘Canada lives because of the United States’: Trump takes shots at Mark Carney for being ‘ungrateful’

President said Canada benefits from U.S. protection, in wide-ranging speech in Davos, Switzerland

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33 m. ago Trump’s tariff threat leaves Europe with a choice: fight back or cease to matter | Georg Riekeles

Appeasing Trump has only emboldened him. But European leaders are not as helpless as the US president believesGeorg Riekeles is the associate director of the European Policy CentreEU leaders’ tough rebukes to Donald Trump in Davos must be followed by concrete action when they convene in Brussels on Thursday night. The US president’s attempt to strong-arm Greenland and Denmark, backed by explicit tariff threats against those who refuse to comply, is not bluster or improvisation. It is economic coercion, openly deployed to force political submission and territorial concessions. The danger lies in the demand itself, but also in how Europe responds.The EU has reached a moment of truth. If it cannot defend one of its member states whose most basic interests are under direct threat, then the EU is weakened as a geopolitical actor and emptied of purpose.Georg Riekeles is the associate director of the European Policy CentreDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you ...

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36 m. ago Middle powers assemble? Trump disorder prompts talk of new liberal alliances

As Mark Carney, Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen decide ‘to live in truth’, what will it take for Starmer to call out Trump?Davos live – latest updatesDonald Trump has told the Davos economic forum “without us, most countries would not even work”, but for the first time in decades, many western leaders have come to the opposite conclusion: they will function better without the US.Individually and collectively, they have decided “to live in truth” – the phrase used by the Czech dissident Vaclav Havel and referenced by the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, in his widely praised speech at Davos on Tuesday. They will no longer pretend the US is a reliable ally, or even that the old western alliance exists. Continue reading...

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38 m. ago No military force on Greenland but Trump’s biggest threat came in what he didn’t say at Davos

Trump has backed away from using force against Greeland but that doesn’t leave Europe any safer, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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42 m. ago Trump threatens Carney at Davos: ‘Canada lives because of the US’

Donald Trump threatened Canada’s Mark Carney during his rambling Davos speech on Wednesday (21 January), where he claimed that the nation “only lives because of the United States”.

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2 h. ago Hardened Starmer changes tack as gentle approach fails to sway Trump

Prime minister surprisingly forceful at PMQs over US president’s volte face on Chagos and refusal to drop tariffs threat on GreenlandUK politics live – latest updatesFor a man who chooses his words so carefully, there is no doubt that Keir Starmer’s shift in tone towards Donald Trump at prime minister’s questions was intentional.Since the turn of the year, as the US president has shown his imperialist ambition, the prime minister’s softly-softly approach to his unpredictable friend in the White House has come under increased strain. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Donald Trump doubles down on Greenland threat but rules out using force

The US president said he wanted ‘immediate negotiations’ on the acquisition of the Arctic territory.

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2 h. ago 8 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he makes chilling threat to world leaders over Greenland

The US President slurred his words and appeared to be struggling to stay awake during the hour-long keynote speech at the World Economic forum. Here's all the key moments

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3 h. ago ‘The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending’: the Canadian PM’s call to action at Davos | Mark Carney

In a rousing speech, Mark Carney made the case for unity in the face of Donald Trump’s new world order. We reproduce it hereToday I will talk about a rupture in the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a harsh reality, where geopolitics – where the large, main power, geopolitics – is submitted to no limits, no constraints.On the other hand, I would like to tell you that the other countries, especially intermediate powers like Canada, are not powerless. They have the capacity to build a new order that encompasses our values, such as respect for human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the various states. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago In full: Mark Carney’s Davos speech as he warns of ‘rupture’ in world order after Trump threat

Mr Carney said Canada ‘strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland’ and supports Denmark’s sovereignty

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7 h. ago ‘I’m a small business owner – this is the damage Trump’s tariffs could really do’

Donald Trump’s threat of increased tariffs on imports from the UK could plunge the country into recession

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8 h. ago Mark Carney’s Davos speech in full as he warns of ‘rupture’ in world order after Trump threat

Mr Carney said Canada ‘strongly opposes tariffs over Greenland’ and supports Denmark’s sovereignty

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9 h. ago Trump entourage slams Europe's 'anger' and 'bitterness' over Greenland tariff threat as president heads to Davos for showdown with world leaders: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest as Donald Trump heads to the World Economic Forum in Davos. The US President will speak at the event after doubling down on his threat to seize Greenland.

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13 h. ago Mark Carney tells Davos the old world order is ‘not coming back’ as Trump heads to Switzerland

Carney warns US-led global system of governance is enduring ‘a rupture’ as US president flies in for showdown with European leaders over GreenlandCanadian prime minister Mark Carney has said that the US-led global system of governance is enduring “a rupture,” defined by great power competition and a “fading” rules-based order.His speech to political and financial elites at the World Economic Forum comes a day before US President Donald Trump was set to address the gathering in Davos, Switzerland. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Trump warns Iran the whole country will be 'blown up' if he is assassinated

President Donald Trump threatened to blow up the entire country of Iran 'if something happens,' when asked about the threats to his life airing on Iranian state television.

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19 h. ago ‘US tariffs have had a huge impact on my small business. More could threaten our future’

Donald Trump’s threat of increased tariffs on imports from the UK could plunge the country into recession

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22 h. ago Canada PM Mark Carney gets standing ovation at Davos as he warns of world order ‘rupture’

He rebuked ‘great powers’ but did not mention Trump despite global outcry over the US’ aggressive moves on Greenland

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23 h. ago Iran issues chilling threat to US if Trump takes action against Supreme Leader Khamenei

The comments follow Trump's recent call for an end to Ayatollah Khamenei's rule in Iran

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23 h. ago Greenland Prime Minister says they 'must be prepared' amid Trump takeover threat

Jens-Frederik Nielsen aid officials are now reviewing Greenland’s civil preparedness plans as tensions rise

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30 h. ago Scots jobs and livelihoods 'on the line' as a result of latest Donald Trump tariff threat

The US President is attempting to force European nations into accepting his hostile takeover of Greenland.

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