47 m. ago Newsom roasts ‘pathetic’ world leaders over Trump appeasement: ‘I should have brought knee pads’

Gavin Newsom has often threatened to send kneepads to political opponents who do Donald Trump’s bidding

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1 hour ago Davos: US treasury secretary Scott Bessent urges Europe not to retaliate over Greenland tariffs – business live

Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where Bessent claims reports Europe could sell Treasury bonds is ‘completely false narrative’Scott Bessent then denies that European Union countries, and the UK, could exercise the “nuclear option” over the Greenland crisis, and dump their holdings of US Treasuries.Asked how the Treasury Department, and the White House, would prepare for this, Bessent insists it is a “completely false narrative”, and claims the media are “hysterical” over the issue.I would say this is the same kind of hysteria that we heard on April 2nd. There was a panic.What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out.What president Trump is threatening on Greenland is very different than the other trade deals. So I would urge all countries to stick with their trade deals. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Now Trump appears to threaten US takeover of CANADA amid Greenland storm & shares private texts from Macron & Nato chief

DONALD Trump now appears to have set his sights on Canada - as the US president leaks private chats with world leaders amid the Greenland row. Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself speaking with European allies including Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron - appearing to talk through plans on seizing his North American neighbour....

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2 h. ago 'Putin is not a man of peace': Britain lashes out at Trump's 'absurd' plan to give Russian dictator a seat on Gaza peace board, saying the UK would boycott it

Darren Jones hit out after the Kremlin said the Russian warmonger had been asked by the US president to to join the body intended to supervise the next phase of peace in the Middle East.

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4 h. ago Trump threatens 200% tariff on ‘French wines and champagnes’ in response to Macron snub

‘I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes, and he'll join, but he doesn't have to join’

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4 h. ago Trump threatens to slap 200 percent tariff on French wines over Board of Peace as president leaks text from Macron

Donald Trump threatened to hit France with a 200 percent tariff on champagne and wine Monday night before leaking a text message from Emmanuel Macron.

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4 h. ago Donald Trump leaks private Macron texts before threatening 200% Champagne tariff

Donald Trump shared in a Truth Social post that French President Emmanuel Macron had messaged him about Greenland

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5 h. ago Trump threatens 200% tariff on ‘French wines and champagnes’ in response to Macron

‘I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes, and he'll join, but he doesn't have to join’

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7 h. ago Mike Johnson says he aims to ‘calm the situation’ over Trump’s Greenland threats during his UK trip in interview with Farage

British politician said Trump's actions, including waging a potential trade war, threaten the NATO military alliance, which the House Speaker denied

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11 h. ago Trump wants to hold a ceremony to recognize his ‘peace board’ during the Davos economic gathering this week

President has described it as ‘the most impressive and consequential Board ever assembled’, but many world leaders are skeptical of its $1bn membership fee and domination by Trump allies

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17 h. ago Donald Trump needs helpers for his appalling neocolonialist project. What else is this ‘board of peace’? | Owen Jones

Blair, Putin, Erdoğan, Orbán: the names of those invited to serve say it all. And it's about so much more than GazaThe fate of the Palestinian people offers a warning about the future of humanity. When I recently visited the West Bank, Palestinians kept impressing the same point on me: Israel has turned their land into a laboratory. The technology of oppression that it has deployed – including in its genocide in Gaza – ranges from hi-tech surveillance to military drones and AI on the battlefield. These technologies have been exported to oppressive states across the world. And it doesn’t stop there.This brings us to Donald Trump’s “board of peace”, now set to rule Gaza. In the sleepy Oxfordshire village of Sutton Courtenay, where George Orwell lies buried, the ground itself ought to be shaking. This isn’t peace. It’s naked neocolonialism.Owen Jones is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Scientists discover Greenland's 'Achilles heel' that could force Trump to rethink his Arctic playbook

A new study threatens to derail President Trump's dream for Greenland if it successfully becomes part of the US.

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19 h. ago Russia mocks 'collapse of NATO' as Donald Trump threatens Greenland takeover

'Europe is at a total loss, and to be honest, it's a pleasure to watch,' Russian paper Moskovskij Komsomolets said this morning - while government news sources praised Trump, egging on his 'territorial conquests'

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19 h. ago Is Trump trying to replace the United Nations with his own Board of Peace?

With the Kremlin claiming that Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Board of Peace alongside Tony Blair, chief international correspondent Bel Trew asks what the US president is up to

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20 h. ago Everything you need to know about the PM's address to the nation on Greenland

It comes after Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on the EU and UK

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20 h. ago Mapped: Every country Trump has attacked or threatened from Iraq to Greenland in a year of ‘America First’

Despite worldwide backlash the US president continues to embrace an aggressive foreign policy agenda. Maira Butt reports on the countries Trump has targeted in his first 12 months back in office - and where could be next

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20 h. ago Irish deputy premier calls for ‘cool heads’ over new threatened tariffs

US President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs with a ‘very significant destabilising effect’, Simon Harris has said.

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21 h. ago Europe’s rightwing parties squirm as Trump threatens tariffs

Maga allies refuse to condone US president’s threats over Greenland, with many staying quiet or blaming Brussels

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22 h. ago EU prepared to respond to Trump’s Greenland tariff threats but hope to deescalate at Davos – Europe live

German chancellor Friedrich Merz says that Trump repeatedly threatens tariffs and often implements them, but sometimes you can talk him out of following through.Donald Trump links threats to seize Greenland to Nobel prize snubIn a nod to Trump’s efforts on Ukraine, Starmer says he recognises the US president’s role in pushing for ceasefire there – as he says “we will work closely with the United States, Ukraine and our other allies to apply pressure where it belongs: on Putin.”In his strongest criticism of Trump yet, Starmer goes on to say:A trade war is in no one’s interest, and my job is always to act in the UK’s national interest. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Gold and silver soar to record highs amid Trump tariff threat

It comes after Donald Trump threatened 10 per cent tariffs on eight European countries in a bid to buy Greenland

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