Green peace
AFTER a wild day in Davos, during which Donald Trump repeatedly chastised and goaded Europe’s leaders, he tonight declared the diplomatic war over Greenland was over.
Taking to Truth Social, the President said he had “formed the framework for a future deal” over what he had earlier called a block of “big, beautiful ice”.
Precisely what he agreed with Nato chief Mark Rutte is yet to emerge, and Trump stressed the agreement is yet to be “consummated”.
But for now the threat of the US imposing punishing 10 per cent tariffs on the UK and our European allies on February 1 is over.
So is the idea — fanciful as it always was — that Trump might seek to take Greenland by force.
PM Sir Keir Starmer had insisted he would not yield to Trump’s threats to seize Greenland, and he will doubtless be breathing a sigh of relief.
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We cannot know exactly what persuaded the President to drop the annexing of Denmark’s sovereign territory.
It might have been the united front presented by Europe — or very possibly the fact that US stock markets had tanked at his sabre-rattling.
What is certain is that Starmer and other European Nato leaders cannot now assume Trump is going to back off more generally.
Rightly, the President is furious that Europe has not paid its way when it comes to defence, relying on US taxpayers to keep us safe.
He is also bewildered by our obsessions with green energy at a time when having a strong economy is vital.
A point he made loud and clear in today’s rambling speech.
Trump’s methods may have been typically chaotic.
But the lesson is that Britain MUST get its priorities in order and properly rearm.
Take, take, take
ED Miliband says he is “proud” of the massive tax rises Labour has imposed on working people.
That’s because socialists like Miliband have a hard-baked dislike of anyone who has a little money.
For them, profit is the filthiest word.
Every decision made by the Chancellor is based on just one calculation:
How much cash she can rake in — to spend on welfare.
Open borders
ILLEGAL migrants may as well take a punt across the Channel.
Firstly, the hopeless “one-in-one-out” deal with France gives them roughly an 80 per cent chance of staying.
Those earmarked for return will simply try again.
Once in Britain, it seems non-existent checks and security make it all too easy to completely disappear.
More than 53,000 have already done so.
Keir Starmer promised the removals scheme was a game-changing deterrent.
It’s proved to be the complete opposite.
