Trump on his Board of Peace entry fee:

Some of the countries have already put up a billion dollars. Some have put up much more than that.

That’s a lot of money, but it’s nothing compared to the value of peace.

Reporter: Putin has said that he may use frozen Russian assets to pay for his entry to the Board of Peace. Were you inclined to let him do that?

Trump: I don’t know about that. I mean, I’ve heard that a little. Who said that?

Reporter: Putin.

Trump: It’s very interesting. But he said he’s going to use his money.

Reporter: It’s frozen assets.

Trump: If he’s using his money, I think that’s fine.

He’s going to join the Board of Peace and he’s going to make a contribution of a billion dollars. If he’s using his money, that’s great.

Reporter: At what point will you pivot in Venezuela to say there should be an election there?

Trump: I want to see how they do. First of all, we have to take in a lot of money. We have to get that back.

Trump on Venezuela’s oil:

They’re going to start drilling very soon. We have the biggest companies in the world.

We have them, and they’re going to be going in. They’re all negotiating right now.

Reporter on Iran: Have you seen a reliable estimate about how many people were killed?

Trump: Well, nobody knows the number. I mean, it’s a lot no matter what. If it was one person in this country — if it’s one person — it’s front-page news.

It’s a lot of people. But there’s a difference between a lot and 20,000 people. So we’ll find out what it is. We’re going to find out exactly what it is.

Trump on the frozen Russian assets:

It is Putin’s money.

Kremlin:

The meeting between Putin and Witkoff has concluded and lasted more than 3.5 hours.

Trump to Carney:

The Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.

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Trump:

Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks.

Kremlin aide Ushakov:

Russia will continue to consistently pursue the objectives of the "special military operation" as long as a political and diplomatic settlement cannot be achieved.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi:

The world has had enough of Confused Clowns, Mr. Zelensky.

Unlike your foreign-backed and mercenary-infested military, we Iranians know how to defend ourselves and have no need to beg foreigners for help.

Greece says it plans to extend its territorial waters in parts of the Aegean Sea beyond 6 nautical miles, citing "its sovereign rights."

No timeline or specific areas were announced.

Türkiye strongly opposes any Aegean extension, maintaining that it would threaten navigation and regional balance.

Ankara has considered such a move a casus belli since 1995.

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Newly released footage shows an IRGC member firing an automatic weapon at anti-regime protesters in Tehran during the night of January 8–9.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Greenland and tariff threats:

It was just out of control driven by the media… It was completely out of control.

Some of these countries took their mask off.

Some of the leaders took their mask off.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Europe’s oil purchases from Russia:

In the ultimate act of irony and stupidity, guess who was buying the refined products in India made from Russian oil.

The Europeans.

They are financing the war against themselves. They are financing the Russian war machine.

I said there was an act of stupidity.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Canada:

Prime Minister Carney should say thank you rather than giving this value signaling speech.

Canadian economy is smaller than the economy of Texas.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

President Trump is a Tyrannosaurus Rex. What the hell does that mean?

I could say Gavin Newsom is a bronosaurus with the brain the size of a walnut.

If you brought the knee pads, maybe that was for his meeting with Alex Soros.

Germany’s Der Spiegel leads its latest issue with a stark message:

“Donald, enough.”

The magazine examines what it calls “Trump’s imperialism”.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Europe-US relations:

I called the Greenland situation a kerfuffle.

It’s like an argument with your spouse that’s not real.

They overreacted.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Europe's troops deployment to Greenland:

This provoked the President.

They sent military people to Greenland.

They didn’t send military people to Ukraine.

Why are they sending military people to Greenland?

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick:

Canada has the second best trade deal in the world. Give me a break.

Carney complains he's gonna go to China. Prove it. What's he gonna do?

This is the silliest thing I’ve ever seen. They’re whining and complaining.

I think this is political marketing. If they continue this China path…

When USMCA gets renegotiated, they’re playing with fire.