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The Leverage That Europe Has Over the U.S. Economy

After the latest bout of trade turmoil with the United States, European leaders are looking for ways to project strength to the Trump administration, which considers them weak.

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Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, said in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the E.U. response to U.S. aggression would be “unflinching, united and proportional.”
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Trump claims world ‘richer, safer’ than year ago at launch of his ‘board of peace’

US president repeats claims to have stopped eight wars as he hosts signing ceremony at World Economic Forum

Donald Trump has claimed the world is “richer, safer and much more peaceful than it was just one year ago” as he hosted a launch event for his “board of peace” initiative at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

At a signing ceremony for the new organisation, the US president said it would be “one of the most consequential bodies ever created in the history of the world”.

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© Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

© Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

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A World Cup boycott over Trump? Football’s hypotheticals cannot be dismissed any more | Nick Ames

Unprecedented times call for previously unthinkable conversations when it comes to the US-shaped problem

Could European countries really decide to boycott the World Cup this summer? It is an astonishing question to be asking in 2026 and an indictment of the bind in which, as Donald Trump sows confusion around a potential annexation of Greenland, the world’s most popular sport finds itself. But the idea is at least seeping into the mainstream and senior figures are asking what, in a worst-case scenario, it would take for football to meet the moment.

Unprecedented times call for previously unthinkable conversations. As the Guardian reported this week, an anniversary party for the Hungarian FA on Monday became the forum for unofficial discussions among national association heads about how a unified approach to the US-shaped problem might take shape.

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© Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

© Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

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Trump Takes Davos

We look at the news coming out of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

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At the World Economic Forum.
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Deportations up, job growth down: Trump’s second term so far – in charts

Tracking data from a chaotic year, from ICE detention and job growth to inflation and the president’s popularity

The Trump administration has had an unprecedented first year. The Guardian has been hard at work tracking the social and political ramifications of Donald Trump’s second term through words and pictures. But sometimes the story is best told through charts and graphs. Here are some of the vital data points that the Guardian has been tracking on immigration, the economy and public opinion.

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© Composite: Guardian Design, Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

© Composite: Guardian Design, Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

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Jack Smith to Testify Before Congress on Trump Investigations

The appearance provides Mr. Smith with what is likely to be his best opportunity to challenge President Trump’s assertion that he was persecuted for his politics, not for his misdeeds.

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Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who twice indicted President Trump, during a news conference in 2023.
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Nato chief cannot negotiate on behalf of Greenland or Denmark, says Danish PM

Mette Frederiksen makes comments after European leaders give cautious welcome to US president’s tariff U-turn

The Danish government has said Mark Rutte cannot negotiate on behalf of Denmark or Greenland over the future of the Arctic island, as the broad outlines of a deal apparently struck by the Nato secretary general and Donald Trump began to emerge.

The US president said after meeting Rutte on Wednesday the “framework of a future deal” had been found to settle the transatlantic dispute over Greenland following weeks of escalating tensions that risked the biggest breakdown in relations in decades.

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© Photograph: Thomas Traasdahl/Reuters

© Photograph: Thomas Traasdahl/Reuters

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The Voters Who Have Taken a U-Turn on Trump

One year later, the second Trump coalition has come apart, a Times/Siena poll finds.

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President Trump has lost a lot of support among the young, some of whom protested outside Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday.
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