At a Davos dinner, Howard Lutnick gave a combative speech that blew up the room.

He was heckled, the crowd erupted, and Christine Lagarde walked out mid-speech.

Host Larry Fink had to repeatedly calm the room.

Fink later summed up the moment:

“We are living in a more polarising world. There’s more people talking at each other, not to each other.”

Source: FT

French Presidency:

It’s being claimed that President Macron increased the price of medicines.

He does not set their prices. They are regulated by the social security system and have, in fact, remained stable. Anyone who has set foot in a French pharmacy knows this.

Argentina's Milei:

America will once again be the beacon that reignites the West.

Gianni Infantino once again shows up near Trump at Davos.

"We have the king of sports over here: Gianni."

Trump:

Toyota — I met Mr. Toyoda in Japan. So I said, ‘What’s your name, Toyota?’ I said, ‘Oh, do you own the car company?’ He said, ‘Yes — 92 percent.’

I said, ‘You didn’t have to be that specific.’

But I said, ‘You’re rich.’ Yes, yes — very rich.

Trump:

I’m jealous. In a way, I’m upset at a couple of people in the room. I can’t stand them — and they’ve become very rich. There’s nothing I can do about it.

I would screw them if I could, but I can’t do it, right? I would if I had a chance.

Trump on his Davos speech:

Usually, they say "he’s a horrible dictator-type person. I’m a dictator."

But sometimes you need a dictator.

Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen:

We will not enter negotiations based on giving up fundamental principles.

That will never happen.

We live in 2026.

Syrian Army deployments to Hasakah are continuing at full pace.

Demonstrators supporting the PKK terrorist organization stormed the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa liberated lands under YPG/SDF occupation after quiet diplomacy convinced Washington not to intervene.

In early January meetings in Damascus, Paris, and Iraq, Syrian officials signaled plans to move against the YPG/SDF.

The U.S., long the YPG/SDF’s backer, did not object and later made clear it now preferred working with the Syrian state.

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack later told YPG/SDF leaders that American interests lay with Sharaa, not the SDF.

Source: Reuters

Rutte to Trump:

There’s one thing I heard you say yesterday and today — you were not absolutely sure that the Europeans would come to the rescue of the US if it were attacked.

Let me tell you — they will. And they did in Afghanistan, as you know. For every two Americans who paid the ultimate price, there was one soldier from another NATO country who did not come back to his family.

So you can be assured absolutely: if ever the US is under attack, your allies will be with you. Absolutely. There’s an absolute guarantee. I really want to tell you this because it is important.

And under your leadership, this alliance is stronger than ever.

Reporter: The Danish Foreign Minister rejected your call to negotiate on Greenland.

Trump: I didn’t call him.

Reporter: He essentially said that this is not something that they are willing to discuss.

Trump: Well, they didn’t tell me that. So when they tell me — ’cause I don’t like getting it secondhand — if he wants to tell me, he’ll tell me that to my face.

Reporter: And when will you be discussing this?

Trump: I have no idea... I’ll be discussing it with this man right here, he is frankly more important.

Reporter: When you said you would remember if Denmark did not agree to a deal on Greenland, what did you mean? What are the consequences?

Trump: You’ll have to figure that out for yourself. You’re a smart guy.

Reporter: Do you see a price for Greenland that’s reasonable?

Trump: I could see that. But there’s a bigger price, and that’s the price of safety and security...

Reporter: Is it reassuring to hear the NATO Secretary General say NATO will defend the United States if it comes under attack?

Trump: Well, I hope that that’s true. I mean, he’s a good man.

He’s never lied to me before. You know, we’ve had a good relationship, and he made that statement. That’s nice.

Trump on Greenland:

I want Greenland for security. I don’t want it for anything else. We have so much rare earth, we don’t know what to do with it. We don’t need it for anything else.

And in terms of Greenland, you know, you have to go 25 feet down through ice to get it. It’s not something that a lot of people are going to do or want to do. No, this is security we’re talking about.

U.S. source to Reuters:

It seems al-Sharaa is a master strategist.

BREAKING: Trump on Greenland:

We have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations.

I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st. Additional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome as it pertains to Greenland.

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Trump backed down from his tariff threat against European countries over Greenland.

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Putin said he received a personal message from Trump inviting him to the “Board of Peace.”

Putin thanked Trump for the invitation.

Source: TASS