The world’s biggest reality show began in the opening days of 2026, right after the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in an audacious special forces raid.
A fortnight after Trump’s Operation Absolute Resolve in Venezuela, it wasn’t quite clear which country the US had resolved to strike next— Iran, an implacable US foe, or Greenland, owned by a Nato ally, Denmark.
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Trump's escalating rhetoric on grabbing Greenland by force has so alarmed the Europeans that even Russia's Vladimir Putin is beginning to look good. On January 16, German chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled a major foreign policy reversal when he called on the EU to rebalance ties with Russia.
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