Chapter 1: What framework did Trump propose regarding Greenland?
News When You Want It with Bloomberg News Now, I'm Doug Krisner. President Trump will refrain from imposing tariffs on goods from those European nations opposed to his efforts to take possession of Greenland. Today, in a post on Truth Social, Trump cited the framework of a future deal reached with NATO.
Now, the post followed a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Afterwards, Trump spoke with reporters.
It's a long-term deal. It's the ultimate long-term deal. I think it puts everybody in a really good position, especially as it pertains to security and minerals.
Now, the New York Times is reporting the discussions on a framework included a compromise in which Denmark would give the U.S. sovereignty over small pockets of the territory's land for construction of military bases. Now, Trump's remarks on Greenland sparked a rally in stocks, bonds, and the dollar. Small cap shares outperformed, with the Russell 2000 jumping 2%.
The S&P 500 picked up nearly 1.2% today, wiping out its drop for all of this year. And we got reaction from Allison McCartney. She is Managing Director for Wealth Management at UBS Financial Services.
There seems to be or markets are telling us that this was a lot of noise. We happen to be doing this I think nicely in an earnings season which is going extremely well and underpinning the fact that this bull market that began in late 2022 the things that are motivating it and sustaining it have not changed in the last 48 hours.
Allison McCartney from UBS Alignment Partners. The Supreme Court seems wary of President Trump's effort to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud. More from Bloomberg's Amy Morris in Washington.
Solicitor General John Sauer argues that Cook isn't fit to serve.
The American people should not have their interest rates determined by someone who was, at best, grossly negligent in obtaining favorable interest rates for herself.
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Chapter 2: How did Trump's Greenland remarks affect the stock market?
You've got this storm that is going to be affecting probably two dozen states at least down here across the U.S., and it's quite possible that hundreds of millions, 200 million people are going to be affected by this storm.
That is Bloomberg meteorologist Craig Allen. Now, the storm is forecast to bring snow and ice through the South and Mid-Atlantic, and it raises the risk of widespread outages of power and disruption. of air travel across the United States. And that is News When You Want It with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Doug Crisner and this is Bloomberg.