USA -

• US deficit spending? ... Record high
• US government debt? ... Record high
• Interest payments on government debt? ... Record high
• American household debt? ... Record high
• Owning a house? ... Record high ... 40 years old!
• Gold price (measurement of dollar destruction)? ... Record high

If there's a race to total bankruptcy... America is winning.

USA - US President Donald Trump has accused the UK of "great stupidity" over its decision to return sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it was "another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired" on his Truth Social platform. On his social media platform, Trump wrote on Tuesday: "Shockingly, our 'brilliant' NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital US Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER."

GREENLAND - Following meetings at the World Economic Forum in Davos and talks with NATO chief Mark Rutte, according to the report, Trump announced there was a “framework” for a deal. During an interview with Fox News Business, he stated that the US must have a presence in Greenland for a "matter of national security."

USA - A “perfect winter storm” does not come along often. Conditions had to be just right to create a monster like Winter Storm Fern, and it will not be forgotten any time soon. Historically cold temperatures will combine with a gigantic amount of precipitation to create blizzard-type conditions over much of the eastern half of the nation. Some areas will be buried by mountains of snow. Other areas will see record amounts of ice. And life-threatening cold is expected to stretch all the way into the middle of next week. This is an emergency situation, and it should be treated as such.

USA - The warning did not come from a modern pundit or political commentator. It came from Scripture. (Isaiah 5:20) “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness.” The words recorded in the Book of Isaiah were not written for a specific election cycle or news event, yet they read today like a diagnosis of the age we are living in. What Isaiah described was not merely personal sin or moral confusion. It was a societal condition. A moment when the moral compass of a people is deliberately inverted, when truth itself is redefined, and when the language used to describe reality is corrupted at its core. That inversion is no longer theoretical.

CHINA - China is solely responsible for 1/3 of global emissions and hit a 10-year high of new coal plant construction in 2024. Germany blew up their own nuclear plants. Europe and China are, in some ways, natural allies in an era when the United States has opted for nationalist brio. Both remain officially committed to the concept of rules-based international trade, even if China is frequently accused of breaching the details. Both affirm the scientific reality of climate change, while mobilizing investment and know-how to combat it.

USA - After continued rumours that US special forces used advanced black budget weaponry in the raid to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, the Department of War has now openly admitted to possessing directed energy weapons and said it is ramping up their production. Directed energy weapons, including lasers and microwaves, enable precise targeting with reduced collateral damage compared to traditional munitions. The confirmation came from the Department of War’s Chief Technology Officer via a post on X. At the 2026 World Economic Forum this week, Trump mentioned the use of a weapon that prevented enemies from firing shots during the Venezuela raid.

SWITZERLAND - The intrinsic fallacy behind the Davos conference and its supposed mission to "save the world" by molding international policy is easy to describe: Davos is made up largely of the corporate elites, banking moguls and corrupt politicians that created the world's problems in the first place, often deliberately in order to trigger chaos and gain power. Why would the general public trust those people to fix the same problems they created? This is a question that needs to be posed to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, who is currently serving as the "interim co-chair" of the WEF after Klaus Schwab's embarrassing exit. Fink launched the Davos meetings with some stark warnings about AI, and also a surprising admission that the global populace "no longer trusts" the WEF to steer the planet in the right direction.

SWITZERLAND - AI was a top subject discussed this week at the 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. One of the most illuminating events regarding how world financial leaders view AI today was in a panel discussion hosted by CNBC that included Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, Ken Griffin, CEO of Citadel, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, and renowned economist Adam Tooze of Columbia University. The discussion started out by discussing historical parallels between the economic boom of the “roaring 20s” just after WWI, which then ended with the Great Depression in the 1930s, and what we are seeing today with the massive spending in AI which is propping up the world economy, for now.

USA - The US has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO), leaving the UN agency without one of its biggest donors. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order signalling the withdrawal a year ago, having criticised the organisation for being too "China-centric" during the Covid pandemic. The US Department of Health and Human Services said it took the decision due to the WHO's alleged "mishandling" of the pandemic, an inability to reform and political influence from member states. The WHO has rejected these claims and its director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the withdrawal was a loss for the US and the world.