Soviet invasions of allies helped destroy the Warsaw Pact – Trump’s dangerous rhetoric risks repeating the mistake inside Nato

Donald Trump’s echoing of Russia’s talking points in its war against Ukraine has long been a cause for alarm and dismay in the west.

Now an even more disturbing Kremlin precedent dating from the cold war is being evoked by the US president’s fixation on taking over Greenland – that of carrying out attacks on military allies.

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Le ministre français des Affaires étrangères dénonce le « chantage » américain sur le Groenland, territoire stratégique convoité par la Russie et la Chine.

Le ministre français des Affaires étrangères dénonce le « chantage » américain sur le Groenland, territoire stratégique convoité par la Russie et la Chine.

The president’s inability to tell right from wrong fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour

Donald Trump made 30,573 “false or misleading” claims during his first term, according to calculations published in 2021 by the Washington Post. That’s roughly 21 fibs a day. Second time around, he’s still hard at it, lying to Americans and the world on a daily basis. Trump’s disregard for truth and honesty in public life – seen again in his despicable response to the fatal shooting in Minneapolis – is dangerously immoral.

Trump declared last week that the only constraint on his power is “my own morality, my own mind”. That explains a lot. His idea of right and wrong is wholly subjective. He is his own ethical and legal adviser, his own priest and confessor. He is a church of one. Trump lies to himself as well as everyone else. And the resulting damage is pernicious. It costs lives, harms democracy and destroys trust between nations.

Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator

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Nobel Institute rejects suggestion from Venezuelan leader María Corina Machado to transfer her Peace Prize to Trump, stating awards "cannot be transferred."

The pontiff has increasingly asserted himself in the face of Trump’s aggressive words and deeds.

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When the National Portrait Gallery replaced a portrait of President Trump this week, it took down a biography of his first term.

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Trump says Venezuela releasing political prisoners 'in a BIG WAY' after U.S. military operation captured Maduro with least 18 freed so far from detention.

The policy applied to migrants from some Central and South American countries who were awaiting visas.

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Iran protests spread to 180 cities as authorities allegedly use lethal force against demonstrators, with Human Rights Activists in Iran reporting 65 killed and 2,300 arrested.

Delcy Rodríguez got American help with the return of an oil tanker linked to one of her political rivals that had left the country without authorization.

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The president has said he will be “hitting them very hard” if Iranian leaders kill protesters amid widespread demonstrations calling for wholesale changes in the country.

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Protests, economic woes, military humiliation and now threats from Trump are challenging the Iranian regime.

Returns have been fabulous but consider the potential for setbacks in this already hazardous year, our columnist says.

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State department says armed ‘colectivos’ appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans

The United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately amid reports that armed paramilitaries are trying to track down US citizens, one week after the capture of the South American country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.

In a security alert sent out on Saturday, the state department said there were reports of armed members of pro-regime militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence that the occupants were US citizens or supporters of the country.

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Drama played out in London when a protester reportedly scaled Iran's embassy building, tears down a regime flag and replaces it with a pre-1979 flag.

The U.S. government issued an urgent security alert for Americans in Venezuela to leave immediately due to safety concerns and an inability to provide continued assistance.

President Donald Trump said the New York Giants should "without question" hire former Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh, adding that the 63-year-old should take the job.

After María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, offered her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said it cannot be “transferred to others.”

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Brian Heywood, a Seattle-area hedge fund founder, has spent millions to put conservative initiatives in front of Washington lawmakers and voters. Next up: parental rights and transgender athletes.

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