Simon Marks
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& in case Trump hasn’t got the message from his Russian fanboys, the Putin press adds: "It is dangerous for the American president to back down over Greenland. This would weaken the position of the Republican Party in the midterm elections and likely result in a Democrat majority on Capitol Hill.”
January 19, 2026 at 5:24 PM
& in case Trump hasn’t got the message from his Russian fanboys, the Putin press adds: "It is dangerous for the American president to back down over Greenland. This would weaken the position of the Republican Party in the midterm elections and likely result in a Democrat majority on Capitol Hill.”
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Putin-world egging Trump on:
"If Trump annexes Greenland by July 4 2026, when America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he will go down in history as a figure who asserted the greatness of the United States" writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta…1/
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"If Trump annexes Greenland by July 4 2026, when America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he will go down in history as a figure who asserted the greatness of the United States" writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta…1/
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Europe is at a total loss': Russia gloats over Greenland tensions
The BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg analyses why pro-Russian government papers are full of praise for Donald Trump's desire to buy Greenland.
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Putin-world egging Trump on:
"If Trump annexes Greenland by July 4 2026, when America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he will go down in history as a figure who asserted the greatness of the United States" writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta…1/
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"If Trump annexes Greenland by July 4 2026, when America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he will go down in history as a figure who asserted the greatness of the United States" writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta…1/
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Back on @lbc.co.uk with @tomswarbrick.bsky.social after the 5pm news.
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Back on @lbc.co.uk with @tomswarbrick.bsky.social after the 5pm news.
Trump's message grousing that the Norwegian government had not given him the Nobel Peace Prize (which of course is not in their remit) was in response to a message from the Norwegian & Finnish leaders urging him to de-escalate. Which is material new information.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
Trump says he will '100%' follow through on threat to impose tariffs over Greenland demand
The US president says
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Trump's message grousing that the Norwegian government had not given him the Nobel Peace Prize (which of course is not in their remit) was in response to a message from the Norwegian & Finnish leaders urging him to de-escalate. Which is material new information.
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cx...
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"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Mine earlier today with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk. After Starmer's press conference...now what?
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/883660...
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/883660...
January 19, 2026 - Starmer aims for "calm discussion" with Trump to solve Greeenland crisis
Simon's live update from Washington for James O'Brien's morning programme on the UK's LBC. As Sir Keir Starmer vows to solve the Greeenland crisis via "calm discussion" with...
audioboom.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Mine earlier today with @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk. After Starmer's press conference...now what?
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/883660...
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/883660...
But Sir Keir thinks “calm discussions” based on “partnership, facts and mutual respect” is going to work…
January 19, 2026 at 1:25 PM
But Sir Keir thinks “calm discussions” based on “partnership, facts and mutual respect” is going to work…
I'm next on @lbc.co.uk with @mrjamesob.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I'm next on @lbc.co.uk with @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.
January 18, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Norwegian PM Støre says Trump repeatedly raises—complains about, pleads for, and demands—the Nobel Peace Prize every time they meet. Støre gives same answer each time: decision is made independently by Norwegian Nobel Committee, with no role for Norwegian gov—a concept Trump appears unable to grasp.
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Raid in progress in south Minneapolis
5 SUVs descended out of nowhere
5 SUVs descended out of nowhere
January 18, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Raid in progress in south Minneapolis
5 SUVs descended out of nowhere
5 SUVs descended out of nowhere
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The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
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French President Emmanuel Macron will request the activation of the European Union’s anti-coercion instrument after US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on European countries over Greenland.
Macron to Seek Use of EU Trade Tool as Calls to Retaliate Grow
French President Emmanuel Macron will request the activation of the European Union’s anti-coercion instrument amid increasing calls for the region to retaliate against US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on European countries over Greenland.
bloom.bg
January 18, 2026 at 11:30 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron will request the activation of the European Union’s anti-coercion instrument after US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on European countries over Greenland.
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Deeply weird and menacing scenes in Minneapolis. ICE agents sat in masks and balaclavas in unmarked, often blacked out cars, watching local residents. They themselves being observed by a network of locals, trying to deter them from mounting raids. Profoundly abnormal.
January 18, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill: "There is not one person in New Jersey that wakes up in the morning and says 'I hope today's the day that the president dumps billions of dollars into buying Greenland while my grocery store costs continue to go up.'"
January 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill: "There is not one person in New Jersey that wakes up in the morning and says 'I hope today's the day that the president dumps billions of dollars into buying Greenland while my grocery store costs continue to go up.'"
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Why watch rolling news air repeated footage on a loop and ponder undigested significance with pundits in the blue & red corner, hour after hour?
This carefully crafted 10 minute digest of America's week aka Trump's week aka the world's biggest events has THE FULL PICTURE.
And it's a rollercoaster!
This carefully crafted 10 minute digest of America's week aka Trump's week aka the world's biggest events has THE FULL PICTURE.
And it's a rollercoaster!
Saturday call for my "American Week", which I'm delighted to say more than 220,000 people have now watched or heard on-demand since yesterday. You can find it here:
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKc...
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/883595...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuKc...
🎧: audioboom.com/posts/883595...
'Trump's mafia-style extortion' | Simon Marks' American Week
YouTube video by LBC
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January 18, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Why watch rolling news air repeated footage on a loop and ponder undigested significance with pundits in the blue & red corner, hour after hour?
This carefully crafted 10 minute digest of America's week aka Trump's week aka the world's biggest events has THE FULL PICTURE.
And it's a rollercoaster!
This carefully crafted 10 minute digest of America's week aka Trump's week aka the world's biggest events has THE FULL PICTURE.
And it's a rollercoaster!
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In a discussion with @aaronparnas.bsky.social, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker likens the first year in Trump's America to the "early days of Nazi Germany."
"That is where we are right now."
"That is where we are right now."
January 15, 2026 at 10:51 PM
In a discussion with @aaronparnas.bsky.social, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker likens the first year in Trump's America to the "early days of Nazi Germany."
"That is where we are right now."
"That is where we are right now."
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This person who successfully committed suicide (something which jails are supposed to protect against) was being held at a random Georgia jail through a contract with the U.S. Marshal Service, which let ICE use its network of contracts with local jails. This is not a big detention center.
January 18, 2026 at 2:11 AM
This person who successfully committed suicide (something which jails are supposed to protect against) was being held at a random Georgia jail through a contract with the U.S. Marshal Service, which let ICE use its network of contracts with local jails. This is not a big detention center.
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I’m old enough to remember when many of the voices saying very little tonight told us very loudly that Obama and Biden were anti-British.
January 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I’m old enough to remember when many of the voices saying very little tonight told us very loudly that Obama and Biden were anti-British.
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“We’ll sue your ass off.” - White House press secretary’s threat to CBS News if it did not air in full an interview with President Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:15 AM
“We’ll sue your ass off.” - White House press secretary’s threat to CBS News if it did not air in full an interview with President Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
“Completely wrong”.
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
“Completely wrong”.