Archiv des Monats: Januar 2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos: For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the rules-based international order. We join its institutions, we praised its principles, we benefited from its predictability. And … Weiterlesen →

Guardian: France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, called on fellow leaders to activate the EU’s powerful anti-coercion instrument – commonly known as the “big bazooka” – if Trump went ahead with his tariff threats, French media reported, citing his team. After the … Weiterlesen →

In January 2026 this is how Americans allow their president to be seen in the world.

Leaving capitalization, grammar, sophomoric partisan language and blatant dishonesty aside, what strikes one about the message here is the closing sentence. „Retribution“ seems something quite different from „deportations“.

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Berliner Zeitung: Baud wird weder die Fälschung von Belegen noch der Aufruf zu Gewalt vorgeworfen – sondern eine politische Deutung, die von der vorherrschenden Interpretation abweicht. … Die Folgen sind gravierend: Konten werden gesperrt, Vermögen eingefroren, Bewegungsfreiheit eingeschränkt. Baud will … Weiterlesen →

What really jumps out of course is the dissatisfaction both with the government in general and Merz specifically, however I think the polarization is also significant – fewer people feel they are unsure what they think.