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So Rutte went ahead with selling in a deal to Trump that there has been some talk about last week. But Denmark stays cautious, seems not to have been involved in Ruttes dealings. Details in the New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

Summary Trump speech on Greenland: "These are my guns. They are the biggest guns in the world. I won't use them, promise. All I want is Greenland."

BARTIROMO: I mean, we talk about evil action from Putin going into Ukraine. People are looking at Greenland and saying, 'How is it possible the US can acquire another country even though they're pushing back?' LUTNICK: I don't remember Greenland being another country. We're not taking over Denmark.

Trumps helt egna FN – vem vill vara med? omeuropa.se/trumps-helt-...

"the fake news media led by the Financial Times amplified it" as.ft.com/r/fbf79c5c-5...

Trumps 200 % tullar på champagne slår hårdast mot Marine Le Pen omeuropa.se/trumps-200-t...

www.lemonde.fr/economie/liv... EU parliament drops ratification of trade deal with USA

VIDEO Davos : Emmanuel Macron affirme que les Etats-Unis cherchent à « affaiblir l’Europe »

The Greenland conflict is *not* a trade conflict. It is about preserving the sovereignty of a European country. The goal should thus *not* be to avoid tariffs but to make the US drop its aggression. That is why tools beyond trade policy such as threatening to boycott the world cup could make sense.

There's nothing embarrassing in this message for Macron. No gotcha. No obvious tactical reason to break diplomatic protocol by releasing it. It makes every world leader reluctant to put anything in writing. Just another sign Trump is losing it.

Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States

Trump la just ut det här SMS:et från Mark Rutte.

”What I’ll do, I’ll put a 200 percent tariff on his wines and his champagnes and he’ll join” (04:10) youtube.com/watch?v=yHlk...

French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected US President Donald Trump’s offer to join the “Board of Peace” tasked with overseeing the next steps in Gaza, his office said today.

Glada nyheter: Sverige fortsätter producera långt mycket mer el än vad vi konsumerar. Vi har också blivit ännu bättre på att effektivisera bort elkonsumtion.

He thinks Nato ”owes” him Greenland. This is getting crazier by the minute

US president texts Norwegian leader that he no longer feels obliged ‘to think purely of Peace’ after missing out on Nobel Peace Prize www.ft.com/content/ff64...

It might sound silly, but I mean it: The easiest and most potent way for Europe to hurt Trump this year is to once again use its cultural soft power and to threaten a boycott of the World Cup. It would become a completely meaningless event and would hurt him where he is most vulnerable - his vanity.

🚨 Just in: António Costa has decided to convene an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to address a Trump's 10% tariff announcement. Costa says his consultations with other leaders demonstrated a "readiness to defend ourselves against any form of coercion".

Trump administration trying harder to scare the Europeans

Erklæring fra de lande, som Trump har truet med straftold. “Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral. We will continue to stand united and coordinated in our response. We are committed to upholding our sovereignty.” www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktu...

Former European Commissioner Thierry Breton who was essentially PNG'd by von der Leyen for attacking X and Musk is shaming her bigstyle (on X, sigh) for doing the Scotland tariff surrender deal, which Trump is predictably tearing to shreds. @thierrybreton.bsky.social

Looks like the EU-US trade deal is now dead, with all three major groups in the EU Parliament calling at least for suspension. The downward spiral has already begun.

The US could certainly hit back and cause economic disruption in Europe but that will likely cause a rally around the leader/flag in Europe. That’s what happened when Russian gas was cut off/blew up In 2022/23. Europeans will be much more accepting of economic disruption. Americans less so. 5/

On the one hand, Europe will be worried about a tit-for-tat economic spiral. But the politics of this fight really favor Europe, just as it favored the Liberals/Carney in Canada. Moreover, a major European economic response that roils markets c/d really hurt Trump politically w/ midterms 4/

Trump tariffing countries over Greenland is a test. If Europe just swallows it and tries to move on, it increases the odds of the WH thinking it can seize Greenland without consequences. Europe therefore has to respond. Euro publics have had enough and want their leaders to push back 2/

Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/

Well, that is the EU-US trade deal off the table then

Macron now refers to "intimidation or threat", explicitly comparing US behaviour in Greenland to Russia's approach to Ukraine. Sweden's PM says: "We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed". Much, tougher language from Europeans than we have seen before, responding to the US escalation.

Long-ish answer to Trumps tariff threat from EU commission president, keeping it diplomatic and polite

Lange says it is most likely the legislative work on the EU-US trade deal will be suspended. "Simply going back to business as usual is now impossible," he writes on LinkedIn. Note: the Parliament still has to approve the law that removes tariffs on American goods.

António Costa says he’s already in touch with capitals to coordinate a response to Trump’s 10% tariff threat. “What we can say is that the European Union will always be very firm in the defence of international law, wherever it is. Starting in the territory of member states.”

The right reaction to Trump by the EP INTA chair @bernd-lange.bsky.social: 1) the US is in breach of the Turnberry deal: the EU cannot implement it now /1

Macron "Tariff threats are unacceptable and have no place in this context. Europeans will respond to them in a united and coordinated manner if they were to be confirmed. We will know how to uphold European sovereignty."

Is Europe finally about to start punching back? Swedish PM Kristersson "We will not let ourselves be blackmailed. Only Denmark and Greenland decide on issues concerning Denmark and Greenland. I will always stand up for my country, and for our allied neighbors"

… this would barr American farmers, from selling produce that is tied to places in European countries, such as prosciutto di Parma, feta cheese and champagne www.ft.com/content/1442...

🚨🚨Breaking: "Sweden has sent military to Greenland". Denmark's message: The Kingdom's soldiers will shoot back if Greenland is attacked. "It is at the request of Denmark," writes PM Ulf Kristersson. 🧵 www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...

Donald Trump says anything less than America’s full annexation of Greenland would be “unacceptable.”

Vi vælger NATO, vi vælger EU, siger han også. Grønland vil ikke være en del af USA, siger han og understreger, at Grønland vil være en del af den vestlige alliance og sikkerheden heri.

Hvis vi skal vælge mellem Danmark og USA nu, så vælger vi Kongeriget Danmark, siger den grønlandske leder Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

Sorry men USA tar Grönland omeuropa.se/sorry-men-us...

Consistent with the tenor of his video, Fed Chair Jerome Powell has hired the law firm of Williams & Connolly, per @wsj.com—which suggests that he is not going to go quietly. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

Trump has just declared himself the "acting president of Venezuela" over on Truth Social in case you're wondering about his mental health.

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children - Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Skandal efter skandal – men Orban hoppas Trump ska rädda honom omeuropa.se/skandal-efte...

Valsegraren vågade inte – men Hitlerbeundrare stoppas som minister omeuropa.se/valsegraren-...