Iran Internet Blackout, EU Ties Trade to Greenland Threat, More
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That's Vanguard.com slash audio. All investing is subject to risk. Vanguard Marketing Corporation Distributor. News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Nathan Hager. Worries are building in Iran about a wider protest crackdown. The country's Internet blackout is going on eight days and counting, even after President Trump said he'd gotten assurances that the killings of demonstrators will stop. Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall has more on whether Washington is preparing for a U.S. military response.
It depends who you talk to on Capitol Hill, but we have definitely heard from some perhaps more hawkish members. Senator Lindsey Graham, who yesterday told reporters that he would prefer a bigger strike compared to targeted strikes and to take this opportunity to capitalize on what has been this perhaps more interventionist sense from the Trump administration on the heels of what happened last week in Venezuela with the capture of Nicolas Maduro and also President Trump's ramped up rhetoric when it comes to Greenland.
Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall in the nation's capital. Activists say nearly 3,500 people have been killed in Iran and at least 20,000 arrested since late last month. When it comes to Greenland, a bipartisan group of members of Congress is in Denmark today looking to offer assurances to members of parliament there. Democratic Senator Chris Coons is leading the delegation.
Part of the point of this trip is to have a bipartisan group of members of Congress listen respectfully to our friends, our trusted allies and partners here in Denmark and from Greenland, and to go back to the United States and share those perspectives so that we can lower the temperature and have a more constructive dialogue about the best path forward.
Democratic Senator Chris Coons spoke from Copenhagen. Meantime, the European Parliament's longtime trade chair tells Bloomberg the EU is considering tying approval of the trade deal with the U.S., with President Trump backing off his threats to take over Greenland. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is defending her decision to give her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Trump.
Because he deserves it. And it was a very emotional moment.
Maria Karina Machado spoke to Fox News after she met with the president at the White House. The president called it a wonderful gesture of mutual respect, but Norwegian officials are reacting with shock, and it's unclear whether the gesture will get Machado in the president's good graces. The New York Times reports CIA Director John Ratcliffe met yesterday with acting Venezuelan President Delce Rodriguez. White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett says he's headed to Davos next week with President Trump to attend the World Economic Forum. He says the president will unveil a plan on housing affordability, including letting people dip into their 401ks to make a down payment.
Then your 401k will grow over time as the value of your house grows. You'll be healthy, have more money for retirement, and you'll have solved the liquidity constraint problem and gotten yourself a house early in life.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett appeared on Fox News and following that appearance, President Trump said he doesn't want to lose Hassett as his top economic advisor.
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