🤔The US: (Jan 2026) "UK Chagos deal with Mauritius 'stupid' and 'weak''"
🤯Also the US: (May 2025) "The Trump Administration determined that this agreement secures the long-term, stable, and effective operation of the joint US/UK military facility at Diego Garcia"
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🤭 DAVOS-U.S. TREASURY'S BESSENT: COMPLETE CANARD TO THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ACTION ON GREENLAND IS DUE TO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
😱Trump to Norway: "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
⏰Ooh fun! The @thebulletin.org makes its #DoomsdayClock announcement tomorrow.
Last year, it was at 89 seconds to midnight and given how chilled everything is a year on, I'm sure it's *fine*....
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🌞Morning! Well, another day, another VERY normal set of headlines to digest
🍷Trump threatens 200% tariffs on French wines to get Macron onto Board of Peace
🏝️Trump says UK planning to give away Diego Garcia "site of a vital US base" - uh oh
💵'Sell America' trade in play: dollar ⬇️ US futures ⬇️
🌮Morning! Markets are enjoying the taste of TACOs today, after #Trump backs down on #tariffs and #Greenland. No detail yet on the agreement over the concepts of a plan for a framework but:
📈Futures and USD are up
🪙Gold a touch softer
⚠️Stocks/USD haven't gone back to where they were on Friday
💵The dollar is selling off against major currencies as investors stage a mini "Sell America" moment. Bessent says it's all "media hysteria" and yet:
💶Euro set for biggest 1D rise since Sept
⛰️Swissie set for biggest 3-day rally since April 2025
💷Pound heading for $1.35
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
🐲 EXCLUSIVE: #Starmer is set to make the first visit to #China by a British leader since 2018
🎶"I can tell that we are going to be friends"
www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
🌞Morning! A bit more stability creeping into markets today, especially as bonds have regained some composure.
📉Stocks are still edging lower
🪙Gold is up
🧟VIX is toying with the 19/20 level
And there's still #Trump due to arrive in #Davos in a few hours
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🎙️Today on Reuters Morning Bid, Peter Deviln and I do some "Seoul Searching"
🚧 Trump threatens Korea with extra tariffs
💽 #Microsoft unveils a new AI chip to rival Nvidia
❄️ #StormFern is sending natural gas prices to 5y highs
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😱 #Trump tells Norway in a letter seen by Reuters he feels "no obligation to think purely of peace" after Nobel Committee did not award him the peace prize.
Norway PM says: "I have repeatedly clearly explained to Trump that it is an independent committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize"