US equity futures were flat, European stocks rose and Asia was mixed after the dollar posted a modest rebound overnight despite Mnuchin's "strong dollar" comments, while oil was flat and gold fell, as investors focused on President Donald Trump’s plans to boost growth. The pound fell after a U.K. court ruled that Parliament must vote on triggering Brexit.
A municipal council lawmaker in the Swedish city of Kalmar, Roland Pettersson, member of the biggest Swedish Social Democratic Party, resigned on Monday after asking on Facebook if someone could “shoot” America’s president, Donald Trump.
“I believed that Donald Trump would calm down after he became the president [of the US]. But how wrong I was! He exceeded my worst fears! Could anyone shoot him?” Swedish Social Democratic Party member Roland Peterson, a municipal official in Kalmar’s Soedermoere district, wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday.
Submitted by NIck Kamran of Letters From Norway
On Friday, January 20th, 2017, I went straight from work to the Hard Rock Café in Oslo to witness a most historic event: President Trump’s inauguration and I spoke with NRK afterward.
America is Both an Immovable Object and Unstoppable Force:
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
The best way to control the opposition is to lead it.
The FBI is aware of comments made by CNN President Jeff Zucker who warned President Trump that unless he changes his “adversarial relationship” with CNN they could incite a conflict with the Middle East and China in order to spite him. A spokesman said the agency is investigating complaints raised by citizens that claim CNN President Zucker made “terror threats” and said the decision to prosecute will rest with the US Attorney’s office.