International politics

[Hugo]

Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US
President said 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland will begin on 1 February and increase to 25% on 1 June


Trump is suffering from Megalomania  and he is alienating the USA from the rest of the world.     Soon the USA's only ally will be Russia so there may be some truth that Trump was recruited as a KGB agent by the Russians in the 1980's




https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/17/trump-tariff-european-countries-greenland

[Hugo]

Why has Trump eased sanctions on Russian oil - and will it help Putin?

Perhaps he is a KGB agent after all as the Daily Mirror has alleged?      One thing for certain is that Trump is quickly running out of allies





https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2871wyz9ko

[Hugo]

an oil insider trader concern after hundreds of millions are wagered minutes before Trump’s ‘peace talks’ post
Surge in global betting on energy markets seen on Monday morning 15 minutes prior to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post announcing ‘productive’ talks with Iran




https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-oil-insider-trading-war-b2945169.html