Today in Politics, Bulletin 290. 1/20/26
Today in Politics, Bulletin 290. 1/20/26 Ron Filipkowski Jan 20 ∙ … Sky News’ Beth Rigby : “Trump detonated a series of bombshells on Truth Social overnight: leaking private messages from President Macron , posting image of Canada and Greenland as part of the US, and going all out on PM Keir Starmer and UK by calling the Chagos deal an ‘act of great stupidity’.” … “Been speaking around govt this morning to get a sense of what the hell is going on after the PM yesterday sought to reiterate the UK’s position on Greenland while also trying to de-escalate, stressing the strong relationship, dodging the matter of retaliatory tariffs (although not ruling it out) and avoiding any incendiary language adopted by other leaders clearly fed up with Trump.” … “But the lashing out against the UK and Starmer seems to be part of a bigger assault on allies - as Trump reveals private messages with Macron and shares a map of Canada as US territory, which will no doubt explod...