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Trump Heads to Davos, Market Calm Shattered by Greenland, More

20 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.031 - 21.363 Karen Moscow

Today's show is brought to you by Vanguard. To all the financial advisors listening, let's talk bonds for a minute. Capturing value and fixed income is not easy. Bond markets are massive, murky, and let's be real, lots of firms throw a couple flashy funds your way and call it a day. But not Vanguard. At Vanguard, institutional quality isn't a tagline. It's a commitment to your clients.

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21.784 - 44.315 Karen Moscow

We're talking top-grade products across the board of over 80 bond funds. actively managed by a 200-person global squad of sector specialists, analysts, and traders. These folks live and breathe fixed income. So if you're looking to give your clients consistent results year in and year out, go see the record for yourself at Vanguard.com slash audio. That's Vanguard.com slash audio.

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44.736 - 66.927 Karen Moscow

All investing is subject to risk. Vanguard Marketing Corporation Distributor. News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Karen Moscow. President Trump ramping up rhetoric over Greenland and threatening higher tariffs on America's closest allies as he prepares to pitch his affordability message to the global elites at Davos. Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall has more from Washington.

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66.907 - 74.298 Tyler Kendall

President Trump is really just ramping up the pressure as he heads to Davos. That speech tomorrow now slated for 8.30 a.m. Eastern.

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74.378 - 89.541 Tyler Kendall

And though he is abroad, of course, we know that he's going to be focusing in on some domestic issues, including that his NEC director, Kevin Hassett, has already previewed that he's going to roll out a plan related to letting Americans use and pull from their 401k for a down payment. on homes.

89.681 - 103.278 Karen Moscow

And that's Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall in the nation's capital. While President Trump has unleashed fresh social media attacks against European allies and threatened crushing tariffs on French wine, underlining the stakes for high-level meetings planned in Davos this week.

103.619 - 120.74 Karen Moscow

In a flurry of comments and posts early this morning, Trump took a swipe at President Emmanuel Macron of France for rejecting an invitation to back his latest peace initiative and suggested the U.S. would impose duties on France's politically sensitive agriculture sector. Bloomberg's Oliver Crook has more from Brussels.

121.061 - 140.127 Oliver Crook

Donald Trump, in what seems to be a sort of tradition now, before his trips coming to Europe, he was posting screenshots of text messages he got from Mark Rutte and from the president of France, Emmanuel Macron. And I'll just read here what he put out. And this is apparently a text from Macron saying, my friend, we are totally in line on Syria. We can do great things on Iran.

140.408 - 157.36 Oliver Crook

I don't understand what you're doing with Greenland. Let's try to build great things. I can set up a G7 meeting after Davos in Paris on Thursday afternoon. I can invite the Ukrainians, the Danish, the Syrians, the Russians in the margins. Let's have dinner together in Paris and talk on Thursday before you go back to the United States.

Chapter 2: What are the latest developments regarding Trump's Greenland controversy?

245.995 - 266.44 Karen Moscow

The company now has $42.2 billion of bridge loans in place, according to a filing. Netflix, which previously agreed to pay $27.75 a share in cash and stock for the Warner assets, has now agreed to pay the full amount in cash. Rival bidder Paramount Skydance has launched an all-cash $30 a share tender offer for all of Warner Bros.

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266.555 - 287.989 Karen Moscow

When Donald Trump was sworn in for his second presidential term, his trove of financial assets already differed from when he first took the oath of office. And now, a year in, one notable change from a year ago has been the growing concentration of the family's net worth in cryptocurrencies. The Trumps have generated about $1.4 billion from crypto projects that are new to his second term.

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287.969 - 306.383 Karen Moscow

That's according to Bloomberg analysis. These have gotten a boost from Trump's own policies as he has signed crypto legislation and appointed regulators who tossed out lawsuits against the industry. President Trump's renewed threats to take control of Greenland are fueling a broad sell-off on Wall Street. We get more with Bloomberg Global Trade Editor Brendan Murray.

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306.363 - 323.258 Brendan Murray

The markets don't like the fact that we could be headed back to a transatlantic trade war. France has been one of the strongest countries to come out against the latest tariff threat from President Trump, saying that the European Union should use its strongest weapons to retaliate.

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323.238 - 337.676 Brendan Murray

We heard Treasury Secretary Besant this morning say he didn't specify Europe, but he said what's in your best interest is to not retaliate and to just go along with the trade deal that the U.S. has negotiated with you.

337.856 - 363.552 Karen Moscow

And that's Bloomberg's Brendan Murray. And S&P futures are down 1.6 percent this morning. Dow futures down 1.4 percent. NASDAQ futures down 1.9 percent. 10-year treasury yield at 4.28%. The yield on the two-year, 3.58%. And the 30-year yield, 4.91%. And in deal news, Wrapped Therapeutics is being bought by UK drugmaker GSK. The deal valued at $2.2 billion.

363.953 - 391.172 Karen Moscow

That's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Karen Moscow, and this is Bloomberg. Today's show is brought to you by Vanguard. To all the financial advisors listening, let's talk bonds for a minute. Capturing value and fixed income is not easy. Bond markets are massive, murky, and let's be real, lots of firms throw a couple flashy funds your way and call it a day. But not Vanguard.

391.553 - 408.777 Karen Moscow

At Vanguard, institutional quality isn't a tagline. It's a commitment to your clients. We're talking top-grade products across the board of over 80 bond funds. actively managed by a 200-person global squad of sector specialists, analysts, and traders. These folks live and breathe fixed income.

409.318 - 422.854 Karen Moscow

So if you're looking to give your clients consistent results year in and year out, go see the record for yourself at Vanguard.com slash audio. That's Vanguard.com slash audio. All investing is subject to risk. Vanguard Marketing Corporation Distributor.

Chapter 3: How is President Trump's rhetoric affecting U.S. relations with Europe?

430.02 - 452.082 Stephanie Flanders

If you're trying to connect the dots behind the headlines, Bloomberg's Trumponomics podcast is here to help. I'm Stephanie Flanders, head of government and economics at Bloomberg. Every week I'll bring you a smart, focused conversation with reporters and experts from Washington, Wall Street and beyond. Listen to new episodes every Wednesday and follow Trumponomics wherever you listen.

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