Trump on Greenland:

It’s a very big piece of land. It’s really cold. Got a lot of ice on it.

So it’s not like we’re going to put a big real estate development there.

Source: NewsNation

Q: What is your response to Europe threatening some kind of trade retaliation?

Trump: Anything they do—we can do right back. And it’s going to ricochet back. But we are not looking to that.

Source: NewsNation

María Corina Machado:

Venezuela will be free. And once we liberate Venezuela, we will keep working and we will have a free Cuba and a free Nicaragua.

Trump is again weighing “decisive” military options against Iran after pulling back from strikes last week, as the U.S. sends more forces to the Middle East.

An aircraft carrier, fighter jets, and additional air and missile defenses—including THAAD and Patriot systems—are deploying, expanding Washington’s ability to strike Iran and defend against retaliation.

Source: WSJ

Netanyahu announced that he has accepted Trump’s invitation to join the “Board of Peace.”

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FULL SPEECH: Historic address of Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney at Davos, declaring the rules-based world order is breaking and U.S. dominance is fading.

Carney urges middle powers to reject “living within a lie”.

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The United States is ramping up military deployments across the Middle East as Trump considers possible action against Iran following weeks of violent repression of anti-regime protests.

Naval
• USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group
• Redirected from Indo-Pacific toward Middle East
• Passed Strait of Malacca → Bay of Bengal
• Operating with transponder off (“dark”)

Air combat
• F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets
• Deployed from RAF Lakenheath (UK)
• Key role: strike missions + missile/drone defense

Aerial refueling
• KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft
• Supporting long-range fighter and bomber operations

Strategic airlift / logistics
• C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft
• Large surge in flights toward Middle East
• Used for troops, air defenses, armored vehicles
• ~75% of entire C-17 fleet active in last two weeks

Ground forces & heavy equipment
• M1 Abrams main battle tanks
• M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles
• Airlifted into region (exact mission undisclosed)

Air & missile defense
• Electronic Advanced Ground Launcher System
• Counter-drone weapon
• Uses laser-guided 70mm rockets (APKWS)

Existing posture (baseline)
• ~30,000 U.S. troops already in region
• Six U.S. warships operating under CENTCOM
• Multiple layered air-defense systems already deployed

Source: TWZ

Türkiye installed ASELSAN’s HTRS-100 Air Traffic Control Radar at Damascus International Airport, Syria.

The system, equipped with advanced target tracking and clutter suppression algorithms, provides clear detection even in adverse weather conditions.

Its distributed active redundant architecture ensures uninterrupted operation, elevating air traffic safety to the highest level.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

Back in 2018, Trump warned the Europeans: Do not build Nord Stream 2. Do not buy Russian oil.

And guess what funded this war? Guess what gave Vladimir Putin the war chest to finance it?

European purchases of Russian oil.

Reporter: France wants to conduct NATO exercises in Greenland. What would you have to say about that?

Bessent: And if this is all President Macron has to do—when France’s budget is in shambles—I would suggest that he focus on other priorities for the French people.

Russia's Medvedev:

Trump wants to paint the island on world maps in stars-and-stripes colors.

He wants to remain in history forever. And at the same time, to become like the President of Russia.

That, however, is impossible. In the course of the special military operation and as a result of referendums, Russia reclaimed precisely its own lands—territories that had been part of it for centuries—together with its own people.

Greenland is something entirely different. It has never been directly connected to the United States, although the latter has tried several times to buy it.

Russia's Medvedev:

Trump is in a hurry. His time is relentlessly running out. It is time to carve his name in golden letters into the tablets of history.

US Reduces Support for NATO

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Spain’s MEP Irene Montero went nuclear in the European Parliament, accusing Europe of humiliating itself before Donald Trump:

Do you still believe that by helping the United States to commit its crimes, we will be safe?

Bombing and sanctioning Iran will not bring freedom to women. It will bring oil to Trump.

The policy of appeasement did not prevent the war; it only made the monster bigger.

Trump is the Hitler of the 21st century.

We must isolate the United States and leave NATO now, not help them bomb Iran. Have some dignity.

Trump to NewsNation:

We have weapons that nobody knows about. Nobody else has it.

It is good not to talk about it.

Greenland’s Minister of Industry and Natural Resources Naaja Nathanielsen:

We do not want to be Americans.

What value do you place on our culture and on our right to decide what happens to us in the future?

EU weighs trade “bazooka” as Trump escalates tariff threats

EU capitals are backing a tougher response to Trump, urging the European Commission to prepare its Anti-Coercion Instrument if Washington follows through on new tariffs linked to Greenland.

Germany has joined France in pushing the move, bringing momentum behind deploying the EU’s strongest trade weapon.

Source: POLITICO

Ursula von der Leyen on U.S. tariff threats:

If we plunge into a dangerous downward spiral between allies, it will only embolden our adversaries.

Pentagon has not been ordered to plan an invasion of Greenland yet.

Military officials privately warn that seizing Greenland would mean attacking a NATO ally, risking a major alliance crisis.

Source: NYT

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Ursula von der Leyen:

This moment of global change is fraught with dangers. Becoming more independent in shaping our own future will not be easy. It will require difficult decisions.

I am deeply convinced that together we can achieve it.

Long live Europe.

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti:

I think that Serbia understands more than ever that we are a different country.

The reality has changed so much. But what needs to happen is for their dreams of returning to Kosova to die out.