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that would create some sort of “economic union” between the US and Canada – declaring that at least half of his countrymen would support such a merger. "There's 41 million Canadians sitting on the world's largest amounts of all resources, including the most important, energy and water. Canadians over the holidays have been talking about this. They want to hear more. What this could be is the beginning of an economic union. Think about the power of combining the two economies and erasing the border between Canada and the United States. I like this idea and at least half of Canadians are interested. Nobody wants Trudeau to negotiate this deal. I don't want him doing it for me, so I'm going to go to Mar-a-Lago. I'll start the narrative".

- On China and the Panama canal: “To the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal… the United States puts in Billions of Dollars in ‘repair’ money but will have absolutely nothing to say about ‘anything.’” - On Canada: “To Governor Justin Trudeau of Canada, whose Citizens’ Taxes are far too high, but if Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%, their businesses would immediately double in size, and they would be militarily protected like no other Country anywhere in the World.” - On Greenland: “To the people of Greenland, which is needed by the United States for National Security purposes and who want the U.S. to be there, and we will!” Closing Note: “We had the Greatest Election in the History of our Country… and, in 26 days, we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. MERRY CHRISTMAS!” Will US imperialism be one of the major theme of 2025??? Source: Truth Social, @mario nawfal on X

French President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced a new government Monday, after the previous Cabinet collapsed in a historic vote prompted by fighting over the country’s budget. Coming up with a 2025 budget will be the most urgent order of business. The new government enters office after months of political deadlock and crisis and pressure from financial markets to reduce France’s colossal debt. The government, put together by newly named Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, includes members of the outgoing conservative-dominated team and new figures from centrist or left-leaning backgrounds. Among them: two former Prime minister - Manuel Walls and Elizabeth Borne. Both failed. Back to the future?

Trump and his transition team staff are discussing a “soft invasion” of the country, Rolling Stone reported. Source: Win Smart, CFA,@WinfieldSmart

In the current legislative period, only 51 of the 735 Bundestag members are entrepreneurs —the lowest number in years (the yellow seats below). Between 2017 and 2021, there were still 76. Top executives or major entrepreneurs have rarely held ministerial positions in the history of the Federal Republic. A notable exception was Werner Müller, the late former head of Ruhrkohle AG, who served as Economics Minister under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2002. Source: Statista, HolgerZ

Source: BRICS News

US president-elect Donald Trump has invited President Xi Jinping to his inauguration in January, in an early sign that he intends to resume the high-level engagement with the Chinese leader that marked his first term. Karoline Leavitt, the incoming White House press secretary, told Fox News on Thursday that Trump wanted to create an “open dialogue” with countries that were American adversaries, not just with allies and partners. “We saw this in his first term. He got a lot of criticism for it, but it led to peace around this world. He is willing to talk to anyone, and he will always put America’s interests first,” said Leavitt. Leavitt said it was “to be determined” if Xi would accept the invitation. The Chinese embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The invitation comes as Beijing is bracing for an escalation in the trade war that Trump launched against China in 2018. The US president-elect has already threatened to impose a 60 per cent tariff on imports from China, which would be a big increase from the levies he imposed on the country’s goods in his first term. Trump will enter office as US-China relations remain close to their worst state since the countries established diplomatic relations in 1979. Source: Financial Times, https://on.ft.com/4ir5yzY

Source: The Economist