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Trump says open to making concessions to China to calm trade war U.S. president is set to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week.

Note to Europe: when you stand up to Trump instead of immediately surrendering, he backs down.

TACO. Learn it.

Rishi Sunak on why Ukraine should get Russia’s frozen assets, not just the interest on them Worries that it could rock allies’ financial systems are overdone, says Britain’s former leader

Rishi Sunak writes for The @economist.com arguing in favour of seizure of Russian assets. “if the financial centres of Europe, North America and democratic Asia act together, the risk that seizing the assets causes financial upheaval can be contained” www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

Faktisestihan tämä tarkoittaa vallankaappausta.

"Checks and balances" tuhotaan. Päätösvalta rahankäytöstäkin viedään kongressilta.

When the first shot of the EU-US trade war has been fired.

Jari Ehrnroothin kolumni: Trump on nyt vauhdissa, ja Suomen pitää hypätä kyytiin Suomen kannattaisi lopettaa vikinä säännöistä ja luistella kansainvälisen politiikan maalintekoalueelle leijonaksi Yhdysvaltojen rinnalle, Ehrnrooth esittää kolumnissaan.

Maamme ulkopoliittinen johto tekee varmasti sen, minkä katsoo selvitytymisemme kannalta välttämättömäksi.

Trumpilainen maailmanjärjestys on kuitenkin Suomen turvallisuudelle syvästi vahingollinen ja sen juhliminen tai edistäminen olisi meiltä puhdasta hulluutta.
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Donald Trumpin diileissä on se huono puoli, että ne eivät pidä. Tämä näkyy niin liike-elämässä kuin politiikassakin.

Esim. USMCA-kauppasopimus oli Trumpin 1. kauden saavutus. Nyt Trump repi se palasiksi yksipuolisesti vailla hyvää syytä.

After Biden pardoned Jan. 6 police officers, Trump pardoned Jan. 6 criminals The new president agreed to let violent criminals back onto American streets, and then peddled discredited conspiracy theories and lies about the attack.

In a nutshell...

"Biden pardoned January 6 police officers,
Trump pardoned January 6 criminals."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Biden preemptively pardoned J6 police officers who were beaten and injured, to protect them against retribution from the insurrection leader because they dared to testify truthfully before Congress.

Trump pardoned the thugs who beat them.

Just have to say that the $Trump meme coin is a gift to all of us who are not fans of his.

It’s just a matter of time until a lot of people lose money from this.

I’m a crypto fan. This is not crypto any more than Madoff was just buying and selling shares of stock

I just spit out my tea.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock walked out of a government meeting, refusing to take a photo with Chancellor Olaf Scholz after his decision to block a new aid package for Ukraine — Bild

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court upholds the law banning TikTok beginning Sunday if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company.

Not much to see here, just Mark Zuckerberg making sure that Stephen Miller, of all people, greenlights Facebook's new hiring policies.

Gift link to this excellent NYT piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...