Wednesday, January 07, 2026
Steve Schmidt: Stephen Miller Is the Architect of Chaos
Trump’s Threats to Greenland Will Backfire | Former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander
Jan 7, 2026 | "All European countries and Canada would absolutely be there for America, provided they trust America."
Trump’s "flailing around" and making threats to Greenland will lose him the trust and the backing of other NATO countries, says former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for Europe, General Sir Richard Shirreff.
Trump’s "flailing around" and making threats to Greenland will lose him the trust and the backing of other NATO countries, says former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for Europe, General Sir Richard Shirreff.
Europäer planlos: Trump setzt die ersten Schritte zur Übernahme Grönlands bereits um
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Verdeckte Agenten, ein Vier-Stufen-Plan, ein machtloses Europa: Die US-Übernahme Grönlands ist keine Fantasie mehr. Laut der dänischen Regierung ist die Nato damit am Ende.
Die amerikanischen Übernahmepläne auf Grönland erreichen eine neue Eskalationsstufe. Dänemark bestellte bereits im August vergangenen Jahres den ranghöchsten US-Diplomaten in Kopenhagen ein, nachdem dänische Medien über verdeckte Einflussoperationen von Amerikanern mit Verbindungen zu Präsident Donald Trump berichtet hatten. „Wir spionieren Freunde nicht aus“, sagte Außenminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen und nannte jede Einmischung in dänische Angelegenheiten „inakzeptabel“.
Was zunächst als politische Rhetorik abgetan wird, folgt offenbar einem systematischen Vier-Stufen-Plan, wie Politico unter Berufung auf neun EU-Beamte, Nato-Insider und Diplomaten berichtet. Beunruhigend für die Europäer: Die Strategie ähnelt stark dem Drehbuch von Russlands Präsidenten Wladimir Putin. » | Alexander Dergay | Mittwoch, 7. Januar 2026
Was für eine Bande von Feiglingen diese europäischen Politiker doch sind! Frau Thatcher hatte doch Recht! Sie sind "weak, feeble". — © Mark Alexander
Die amerikanischen Übernahmepläne auf Grönland erreichen eine neue Eskalationsstufe. Dänemark bestellte bereits im August vergangenen Jahres den ranghöchsten US-Diplomaten in Kopenhagen ein, nachdem dänische Medien über verdeckte Einflussoperationen von Amerikanern mit Verbindungen zu Präsident Donald Trump berichtet hatten. „Wir spionieren Freunde nicht aus“, sagte Außenminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen und nannte jede Einmischung in dänische Angelegenheiten „inakzeptabel“.
Was zunächst als politische Rhetorik abgetan wird, folgt offenbar einem systematischen Vier-Stufen-Plan, wie Politico unter Berufung auf neun EU-Beamte, Nato-Insider und Diplomaten berichtet. Beunruhigend für die Europäer: Die Strategie ähnelt stark dem Drehbuch von Russlands Präsidenten Wladimir Putin. » | Alexander Dergay | Mittwoch, 7. Januar 2026
Was für eine Bande von Feiglingen diese europäischen Politiker doch sind! Frau Thatcher hatte doch Recht! Sie sind "weak, feeble". — © Mark Alexander
Un peu de musique joyeuse pour danser et alléger le poids de la politique internationale.
Piliers de la vie britannique, les pubs menacés par la réforme de la sécurité routière
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - En abaissant le taux d’alcool autorisé au volant, le gouvernement travailliste est accusé de mettre en danger les établissements ruraux, souvent déjà en proie à des difficultés économiques.
Les pubs, donc la patrie, sont en danger. L’Angleterre s’enflamme au sujet de cette sacro-sainte institution, alors que le gouvernement présente un projet de loi pour lutter contre les morts sur la route. Il prévoit notamment un abaissement du taux d’alcool autorisé au volant. La mesure mettrait en danger les pubs ruraux. La polémique fait rage et l’affaire est devenue politique, le patron de Reform UK, Nigel Farage, dénonçant l’assassinat programmé de ces piliers de la vie communautaire.
En publiant sa « Road Safety Strategy », Downing Street vante la première grande initiative de sécurité routière depuis plus de dix ans. « Elle doit permettre de sauver des milliers de vies sur les routes britanniques » assure la ministre des Transports, Heidi Alexander, qui précise que cela se fera en luttant contre la conduite en état d’ivresse, en améliorant la formation des jeunes conducteurs et en instaurant des examens de la vue obligatoires pour les conducteurs âgés de plus de 70 ans. L’objectif est de réduire de 65 % le nombre de décès et de blessures graves sur les routes d’ici à 2035, avec un objectif encore plus ambitieux de 70 % pour les enfants de moins de 16 ans. » | Par Arnaud De La Grange, correspondant à Londres | mercredi 7 janvier 2026
Réservé aux abonnés
Putain ! Encore des restrictions ! Les gouvernements travaillistes n'ont jamais su que gâcher nos joies ! Interdiction de fumer ! Interdiction de boire ! Si vous devez boire, buvez moins ! Interdiction de manger ceci ! Interdiction de faire cela ! Interdiction d'écrire ceci et cela ! Qu'on instaure une interdiction de fumer pour toutes les générations ! Qu'on interdise de fumer dans les terrasses de bars ! Les gouvernements travaillistes n'ont jamais su que tuer la joie ! Keir Starmer est un maître en la matière. Quel pays morne et déprimant est en train de devenir la Grande-Bretagne ! — © Mark Alexander
Les pubs, donc la patrie, sont en danger. L’Angleterre s’enflamme au sujet de cette sacro-sainte institution, alors que le gouvernement présente un projet de loi pour lutter contre les morts sur la route. Il prévoit notamment un abaissement du taux d’alcool autorisé au volant. La mesure mettrait en danger les pubs ruraux. La polémique fait rage et l’affaire est devenue politique, le patron de Reform UK, Nigel Farage, dénonçant l’assassinat programmé de ces piliers de la vie communautaire.
En publiant sa « Road Safety Strategy », Downing Street vante la première grande initiative de sécurité routière depuis plus de dix ans. « Elle doit permettre de sauver des milliers de vies sur les routes britanniques » assure la ministre des Transports, Heidi Alexander, qui précise que cela se fera en luttant contre la conduite en état d’ivresse, en améliorant la formation des jeunes conducteurs et en instaurant des examens de la vue obligatoires pour les conducteurs âgés de plus de 70 ans. L’objectif est de réduire de 65 % le nombre de décès et de blessures graves sur les routes d’ici à 2035, avec un objectif encore plus ambitieux de 70 % pour les enfants de moins de 16 ans. » | Par Arnaud De La Grange, correspondant à Londres | mercredi 7 janvier 2026
Réservé aux abonnés
Putain ! Encore des restrictions ! Les gouvernements travaillistes n'ont jamais su que gâcher nos joies ! Interdiction de fumer ! Interdiction de boire ! Si vous devez boire, buvez moins ! Interdiction de manger ceci ! Interdiction de faire cela ! Interdiction d'écrire ceci et cela ! Qu'on instaure une interdiction de fumer pour toutes les générations ! Qu'on interdise de fumer dans les terrasses de bars ! Les gouvernements travaillistes n'ont jamais su que tuer la joie ! Keir Starmer est un maître en la matière. Quel pays morne et déprimant est en train de devenir la Grande-Bretagne ! — © Mark Alexander
Brigitte Bardot Laid to Rest in Funeral Ceremony Broadcast across Saint-Tropez
THE GUARDIAN: Service attended by singers, animal rights activists and public figures including far-right leader Marine Le Pen
Brigitte Bardot, the film star turned animal rights activist, has been laid to rest after a funeral service in Saint-Tropez attended by her favourite politician, the far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
Bardot died aged 91 at her La Madrague villa on 28 December. Her funeral was held at the Notre-Dame de l’Assomption church and broadcast on large screens across the town.
Speaking before the service, Bardot’s husband, Bernard d’Ormale, said she had died of cancer. Without specifying the type of cancer, he told Paris Match his wife had dealt “very well” with two operations before the disease “took her” last month. » | Angela Giuffrida, Angelique Chrisafis and agencies | Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Article connexe en français ici.
Brigitte Bardot, the film star turned animal rights activist, has been laid to rest after a funeral service in Saint-Tropez attended by her favourite politician, the far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
Bardot died aged 91 at her La Madrague villa on 28 December. Her funeral was held at the Notre-Dame de l’Assomption church and broadcast on large screens across the town.
Speaking before the service, Bardot’s husband, Bernard d’Ormale, said she had died of cancer. Without specifying the type of cancer, he told Paris Match his wife had dealt “very well” with two operations before the disease “took her” last month. » | Angela Giuffrida, Angelique Chrisafis and agencies | Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Article connexe en français ici.
Boycott All American Products!
MARK ALEXANDER: Donald Trump and his cronies think that they can ride rough shod over the rest of the world. Trample others into submission. They think that all that they are able to survey belongs to them! It does not. Simply put, these shysters are thieves. They must not be allowed to get away with this. Trump is no better than Putin.
Because our European leaders are weak—and I include my own country’s leaders in this negative assessment—we cannot hope to be able to stop the US militarily if Trump decides to invade Greenland. But what Europe can do is boycott American goods and services. Europe has mighty purchasing power. It has in excess of 440m consumers Europe-wide, and that excludes UK consumers. America needs the European market, and it needs European consumers to buy their goods and services.
Because of Trump’s increasing and unceasing threats to take over Greenland, I propose that in the name of solidarity with Greenlanders and Danes that we boycott all American goods and services wherever and whenever possible. And avoid all trips and vacations in and to the United States. We can all do this regardless of where we live or come from. Trump needs to be taught a lesson.
Donald Trump and his band of bullying crooks mustn’t be allowed to get away with this thievery. Let us bring the American economy to its knees. And if we cannot, at least let us try. Greenland’s future depends on it. Don’t forget! If Trump succeeds with Greenland, which country will be next?
© Mark Alexander
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Because our European leaders are weak—and I include my own country’s leaders in this negative assessment—we cannot hope to be able to stop the US militarily if Trump decides to invade Greenland. But what Europe can do is boycott American goods and services. Europe has mighty purchasing power. It has in excess of 440m consumers Europe-wide, and that excludes UK consumers. America needs the European market, and it needs European consumers to buy their goods and services.
Because of Trump’s increasing and unceasing threats to take over Greenland, I propose that in the name of solidarity with Greenlanders and Danes that we boycott all American goods and services wherever and whenever possible. And avoid all trips and vacations in and to the United States. We can all do this regardless of where we live or come from. Trump needs to be taught a lesson.
Donald Trump and his band of bullying crooks mustn’t be allowed to get away with this thievery. Let us bring the American economy to its knees. And if we cannot, at least let us try. Greenland’s future depends on it. Don’t forget! If Trump succeeds with Greenland, which country will be next?
© Mark Alexander
All Rights Reserved
Is Starmer’s Reluctance to Criticise Trump Smart Tactics – Or the Sign of a Man Without a Plan?
THE GUARDIAN — OPINION: The PM won’t call out Trump over Venezuela, and won’t commit to Europe. His refusal to choose leaves vital choices for Britain to be made by others
For an inveterate liar, Donald Trump is remarkably honest. The best guide to what he thinks is what he says. When forecasting his likely course of action, start with his declared intentions – removing the president of Venezuela, for example – and assume he means it. When he says the US must take possession of Greenland, he is not kidding.
The motives are sometimes muddled but rarely hidden. Trump likes making deals, especially real estate deals, and money. He wants to be great and to have his greatness affirmed with praise and prizes. He craves spectacle. The world as he describes it doesn’t always resemble observable reality, but there is an effortless, sociopathic sincerity to his falsehoods. The truth is whatever he intuits it to be in the moment to advance his interests and manipulate his audience.
Trump’s freewheeling brazenness lies at the extreme end of a spectrum where the opposite pole is Keir Starmer’s verbal constipation on camera. It isn’t the most profound difference between the two men, but the contrast reveals something significant about the prime minister’s present difficulties. » | Rafael Behr | Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Is it the sign of a man without a plan? No! It’s the sign of an obsequious, fawning man without balls! — G Mark Alexander
For an inveterate liar, Donald Trump is remarkably honest. The best guide to what he thinks is what he says. When forecasting his likely course of action, start with his declared intentions – removing the president of Venezuela, for example – and assume he means it. When he says the US must take possession of Greenland, he is not kidding.
The motives are sometimes muddled but rarely hidden. Trump likes making deals, especially real estate deals, and money. He wants to be great and to have his greatness affirmed with praise and prizes. He craves spectacle. The world as he describes it doesn’t always resemble observable reality, but there is an effortless, sociopathic sincerity to his falsehoods. The truth is whatever he intuits it to be in the moment to advance his interests and manipulate his audience.
Trump’s freewheeling brazenness lies at the extreme end of a spectrum where the opposite pole is Keir Starmer’s verbal constipation on camera. It isn’t the most profound difference between the two men, but the contrast reveals something significant about the prime minister’s present difficulties. » | Rafael Behr | Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Is it the sign of a man without a plan? No! It’s the sign of an obsequious, fawning man without balls! — G Mark Alexander
'F**king' Stand Up to Trump | Former US Army General Slams Europe
Jan 7, 2026 | "You got to stand up to bullies."
If Trump tries to "take Greenland" then Europe needs to "stand up" to him and stop buying American airplanes, says former Commanding general of the U.S. First Army, Lieutenant General Russel L Honoré.
For a draft dodger with bone spurs, Trump really has taken to his role as Commander-in-Chief, hasn’t he? He dodged the draft because he was afraid of fighting, afraid of dying, but he has no problem sending other people’s children into harm’s way to risk their lives so that he can enrich himself, his family, and his cronies.
One can give all sorts of fancy names for his modus operandi. One can call it transactional and use fancy Latin terms such as quid pro quo to describe his dealings. But isn’t the hard reality so that Trump is lining his own pockets? Isn’t it true to say that he is profiteering? Isn’t it true to say that Trump is using his stint in the White House as a cash cow?
Trump struggled to make money as a businessman. But he has really come into his own as a politician! As a politician, he is amassing wealth he could only have dreamt of as a realtor in New York.
I have always said that government cannot be run properly as a business. And for this very reason, businessmen make poor politicians. For the businessman, the bottom line is always profit. For a successful politician, this should never be so. A good and successful politician, a political leader, should never run government as a profitable business. There is much more to successful politics than that. Trump in office proves the point I have been making for many years. People with a businessman’s mindset have no business being in politics. Period. — © Mark Alexander
If Trump tries to "take Greenland" then Europe needs to "stand up" to him and stop buying American airplanes, says former Commanding general of the U.S. First Army, Lieutenant General Russel L Honoré.
For a draft dodger with bone spurs, Trump really has taken to his role as Commander-in-Chief, hasn’t he? He dodged the draft because he was afraid of fighting, afraid of dying, but he has no problem sending other people’s children into harm’s way to risk their lives so that he can enrich himself, his family, and his cronies.
One can give all sorts of fancy names for his modus operandi. One can call it transactional and use fancy Latin terms such as quid pro quo to describe his dealings. But isn’t the hard reality so that Trump is lining his own pockets? Isn’t it true to say that he is profiteering? Isn’t it true to say that Trump is using his stint in the White House as a cash cow?
Trump struggled to make money as a businessman. But he has really come into his own as a politician! As a politician, he is amassing wealth he could only have dreamt of as a realtor in New York.
I have always said that government cannot be run properly as a business. And for this very reason, businessmen make poor politicians. For the businessman, the bottom line is always profit. For a successful politician, this should never be so. A good and successful politician, a political leader, should never run government as a profitable business. There is much more to successful politics than that. Trump in office proves the point I have been making for many years. People with a businessman’s mindset have no business being in politics. Period. — © Mark Alexander
En images, la famille de Brigitte Bardot et ses proches réunis pour ses obsèques à Saint-Tropez
MADAME FIGARO : EN PHOTOS - Ce mercredi 7 janvier se tiennent les obsèques de Brigitte Bardot à Saint-Tropez. Une poignée de personnalités sont venues lui rendre hommage une dernière fois, ainsi que plusieurs membres de sa famille, dont son fils Nicolas Charrier, sa petite-fille Thea, et ses arrière-petits-enfants.
Ce mercredi 7 janvier, à Saint-Tropez, de nombreux fans sont venus rendre hommage à B.B. Depuis l’aube, ils patientent, répartis le long du port de la ville, là où doit passer le cortège de leur idole, décédée le 28 décembre à l’âge de 91 ans, des suites d’un cancer. Icône mondiale du cinéma, Brigitte Bardot est inhumée ce mercredi au cimetière marin de Saint-Tropez (Var), rejoignant le caveau où reposent ses parents et ses grands-parents. La cérémonie a débuté à 11 heures à l’église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption. Loin de la foule massée à l’extérieur, seules quelques personnalités ont pris place à l’intérieur de l’édifice, parmi les 400 personnes invitées par la famille et la fondation Brigitte Bardot. Son époux Bernard d’Ormale est apparu très ému, errière ses lunettes noires. » | Par Léa Mabilon | mercredi 7 janvier 2026
Ce mercredi 7 janvier, à Saint-Tropez, de nombreux fans sont venus rendre hommage à B.B. Depuis l’aube, ils patientent, répartis le long du port de la ville, là où doit passer le cortège de leur idole, décédée le 28 décembre à l’âge de 91 ans, des suites d’un cancer. Icône mondiale du cinéma, Brigitte Bardot est inhumée ce mercredi au cimetière marin de Saint-Tropez (Var), rejoignant le caveau où reposent ses parents et ses grands-parents. La cérémonie a débuté à 11 heures à l’église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption. Loin de la foule massée à l’extérieur, seules quelques personnalités ont pris place à l’intérieur de l’édifice, parmi les 400 personnes invitées par la famille et la fondation Brigitte Bardot. Son époux Bernard d’Ormale est apparu très ému, errière ses lunettes noires. » | Par Léa Mabilon | mercredi 7 janvier 2026
Stephen Miller Offers a Strongman’s View of the World
THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump’s trusted adviser is casting his hard-right gaze abroad, saying the world must be governed by “force.”
Stephen Miller has spent the bulk of his White House career furthering hard-right domestic policies that have resulted in mass deportations, family separations and the testing of the constitutional tenets that grant American citizenship.
Now, Mr. Miller, President Trump’s 40-year-old deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser, is casting his hard-right gaze further abroad: toward Venezuela and the Danish territory of Greenland, specifically.
Mr. Miller is doing so, the president’s advisers say, in service of advancing Mr. Trump’s foreign policy ambitions, which so far resemble imperialistic designs to exploit less powerful, resource-rich countries and territories the world over and use those resources for America’s gain. According to Mr. Miller, using brute force is not only on the table but also the Trump administration’s preferred way to conduct itself on the world stage.
“We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else, but we live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper of CNN on Monday, during a combative appearance in which he was pressed on Mr. Trump’s long-held desire to control Greenland.
“These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time,” he said.
This aggressive posture toward Greenland — and in turn, the rest of the world — is a perfect encapsulation of the raw power that Mr. Trump wants to project, even against Denmark, the NATO ally that controls Greenland. The moment also illustrates how people like Mr. Miller have ascended to the inner circle of a leader who has no interest in having his impulses checked, and how they exert their influence once they arrive there.
The moment also shows just how differently Mr. Trump has operated in his second term from how he did in his first. » | Katie Rogers | Katie Rogers is a White House correspondent who has covered both Trump administrations. She reported from Washington. | Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Stephen Miller has spent the bulk of his White House career furthering hard-right domestic policies that have resulted in mass deportations, family separations and the testing of the constitutional tenets that grant American citizenship.
Now, Mr. Miller, President Trump’s 40-year-old deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser, is casting his hard-right gaze further abroad: toward Venezuela and the Danish territory of Greenland, specifically.
Mr. Miller is doing so, the president’s advisers say, in service of advancing Mr. Trump’s foreign policy ambitions, which so far resemble imperialistic designs to exploit less powerful, resource-rich countries and territories the world over and use those resources for America’s gain. According to Mr. Miller, using brute force is not only on the table but also the Trump administration’s preferred way to conduct itself on the world stage.
“We live in a world in which you can talk all you want about international niceties and everything else, but we live in a world, in the real world, Jake, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power,” Mr. Miller told Jake Tapper of CNN on Monday, during a combative appearance in which he was pressed on Mr. Trump’s long-held desire to control Greenland.
“These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time,” he said.
This aggressive posture toward Greenland — and in turn, the rest of the world — is a perfect encapsulation of the raw power that Mr. Trump wants to project, even against Denmark, the NATO ally that controls Greenland. The moment also illustrates how people like Mr. Miller have ascended to the inner circle of a leader who has no interest in having his impulses checked, and how they exert their influence once they arrive there.
The moment also shows just how differently Mr. Trump has operated in his second term from how he did in his first. » | Katie Rogers | Katie Rogers is a White House correspondent who has covered both Trump administrations. She reported from Washington. | Tuesday, January 6, 2026
UK Weather: Ice Warnings In Place across Country as Heavy Snow Expected
THE GUARDIAN: Storm Goretti forecast bring as much as 20cm of snowfall in some places amid freezing temperatures
Ice warnings are in place across the UK before a storm that is expected to bring heavy snow later in the week.
The Met Office has issued yellow ice warnings for Wednesday morning for most of the UK, including Northern Ireland, amid an Arctic air mass, which has brought wintry showers across the country.
A yellow warning for snow and ice is in place all day in northern Scotland, with residents there told to expect a further 5-10cm of snow.
Temperatures are forecast to drop as low as -6C in parts of rural Scotland and just below freezing more widely overnight, the Met Office said.
A yellow weather warning for snow, expected in a large part of England covering Sheffield, Peterborough, Bath and Worcester, and in much of Wales, will be in place from 6pm on Thursday until midday on Friday. » | PA Media | Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Ice warnings are in place across the UK before a storm that is expected to bring heavy snow later in the week.
The Met Office has issued yellow ice warnings for Wednesday morning for most of the UK, including Northern Ireland, amid an Arctic air mass, which has brought wintry showers across the country.
A yellow warning for snow and ice is in place all day in northern Scotland, with residents there told to expect a further 5-10cm of snow.
Temperatures are forecast to drop as low as -6C in parts of rural Scotland and just below freezing more widely overnight, the Met Office said.
A yellow weather warning for snow, expected in a large part of England covering Sheffield, Peterborough, Bath and Worcester, and in much of Wales, will be in place from 6pm on Thursday until midday on Friday. » | PA Media | Wednesday, January 7, 2026
White House Says Using US Military Is ‘Always an Option’ for Acquiring Greenland
THE GUARDIAN: European leaders push back forcefully against US president’s desire to seek takeover of Arctic territory
Donald Trump and his advisers are looking into “a range of options” in an effort to acquire Greenland, noting in a White House statement on Tuesday that using the US military to do so is “always an option”.
“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region. The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US military is always an option at the commander-in-chief’s disposal,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
Leavitt’s comments came as the leaders of major European powers pushed back against Trump’s long-running desire to seize the Arctic territory.
In a show of solidarity on Tuesday, the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and other nations issued a joint statement with the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, urging the US to respect its sovereignty. They wrote in the statement that Arctic security was a top priority for Nato, a defense alliance that includes the United States and Greenland. » | Lauren Gambino | Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Can there be any people out there who still love America? — © Mark Alexander
Donald Trump and his advisers are looking into “a range of options” in an effort to acquire Greenland, noting in a White House statement on Tuesday that using the US military to do so is “always an option”.
“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region. The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the US military is always an option at the commander-in-chief’s disposal,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
Leavitt’s comments came as the leaders of major European powers pushed back against Trump’s long-running desire to seize the Arctic territory.
In a show of solidarity on Tuesday, the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and other nations issued a joint statement with the prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, urging the US to respect its sovereignty. They wrote in the statement that Arctic security was a top priority for Nato, a defense alliance that includes the United States and Greenland. » | Lauren Gambino | Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Can there be any people out there who still love America? — © Mark Alexander
Tuesday, January 06, 2026
“Imperialist and Fascist”: Cuba Accuses US of Kidnapping Maduro, Waging State Terrorism | AC1G
Jan 5, 2026 | Cuba delivered a blistering response at the UN Security Council after U.S. strikes in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
Havana accused Washington of imperialism, state terrorism, and violating the UN Charter, blaming the attack on a bid to control Venezuela’s resources and warning the assault threatens regional and global peace.
Havana accused Washington of imperialism, state terrorism, and violating the UN Charter, blaming the attack on a bid to control Venezuela’s resources and warning the assault threatens regional and global peace.
What Might the US Action in Venezuela Mean for Cuba? | Inside Story
Jan 6, 2026 | Venezuela's closest ally Cuba is on edge after the capture of president Nicolás Maduro and US politicians' warnings to Havana.
US president Donald Trump says Cuba is near collapse. So what are Washington's plans? And what's the thinking in Havana?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests:
Liz Oliva Fernandez - independent Cuban journalist in Havana for US-based media outlet, Belly of the Beast.
John Suarez - Executive Director at the Center for a Free Cuba in Miami
Michael Shifter - senior fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue and an adjunct professor of Latin American Studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC
US president Donald Trump says Cuba is near collapse. So what are Washington's plans? And what's the thinking in Havana?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan
Guests:
Liz Oliva Fernandez - independent Cuban journalist in Havana for US-based media outlet, Belly of the Beast.
John Suarez - Executive Director at the Center for a Free Cuba in Miami
Michael Shifter - senior fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue and an adjunct professor of Latin American Studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC
Europe Backs Denmark over President Trump's Threats to Annex Greenland | Global News Podcast
Jan6, 2026 | The issue of Greenland's future has resurfaced in the wake of the US military intervention in Venezuela.
President Donald Trump has again insisted that the US "needed" Greenland for security reasons and has refused to rule out the use of force to take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.
At a meeting in Paris today, European leaders rallied to Greenland's defence - issuing a joint statement saying Greenland belongs to its people, and that they will defend Greenland's territorial integrity.
The BBC's James Waterhouse has been following the story from Paris.
To hell with Trump! To hell with Trump’s henchmen and henchwomen! And to hell with America! Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders. Only the Greenlanders and the Danes can determine its future.
The sooner that we Europeans unite and build an extremely strong military to be able to defend ourselves, the better. America is no longer our ally. Only a fool would consider America as an ally now. — © Mark Alexander
President Donald Trump has again insisted that the US "needed" Greenland for security reasons and has refused to rule out the use of force to take control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.
At a meeting in Paris today, European leaders rallied to Greenland's defence - issuing a joint statement saying Greenland belongs to its people, and that they will defend Greenland's territorial integrity.
The BBC's James Waterhouse has been following the story from Paris.
To hell with Trump! To hell with Trump’s henchmen and henchwomen! And to hell with America! Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders. Only the Greenlanders and the Danes can determine its future.
The sooner that we Europeans unite and build an extremely strong military to be able to defend ourselves, the better. America is no longer our ally. Only a fool would consider America as an ally now. — © Mark Alexander
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