๐Ÿ–๏ธ DJT annexes Gaza (maybe)

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ And China fights back against tariffs

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๐Ÿ“ฐ Market Headlines

Markets rallied after China imposed retaliatory tariffs on US goods, with investors eyeing potential trade negotiations.

US job openings dropped by 556,000 to 7.6 million in December, the largest decline in 14 months.

President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu held a joint press conference in which DJT promised to annex the Gaza strip.

RFK Jr.'s nomination for Health Secretary cleared a key Senate panel.

๐ŸŽฐ Alts this week

Gold keeps smashing through records while uranium and other metals climb. What gives?

๐Ÿง  Make yourself heard

Yesterday, DJT floated the idea of removing Palestinians from Gaza:

"You have to get people out of there. You have to get them out. You have to spread them to different parts of the world."

And then occupying, annexing, and developing the territory:

โ€œThe U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too. Weโ€™ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings.โ€

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ DJT's plan sounds like

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๐ŸŒ Global Perspectives

  1. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ President Trump proposed the permanent displacement of Gazans in pivotal talks with Netanyahu at the White House.

  2. ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Syria's new leader denounced Iran, calling its proxies a regional threat.

  3. ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช About 10 people were killed at an adult education center in what officials say is Sweden's worst mass shooting.

  4. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Record-breaking snowfall disrupted daily life in northern Japan, causing airport closures and traffic jams.

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๐Ÿ“Š Crypto

  • El Salvador backed away from its Bitcoin experiment after striking a $1.4 billion IMF deal.

  • MicroStrategy halted purchases after accumulating 471,107 BTC worth $30 billion, ending a 12-week buying spree.

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๐Ÿง  Miscellanea

  • New Zealand just granted personhood to a mountain, giving it the same rights as a human.

  • Turns out penguins aren't as monogamous as we thought - Little Penguins have a divorce rate of up to 50%.

  • A Georgia man got 475 years in prison for dogfighting.

๐Ÿ“บ What to Watch Today

Thatโ€™s all for today. Did I miss anything? Smash the reply button to let me know.

Cheers,

Wyatt

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