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• Trump’s foreign policy seems incoherent because it is only aimed at funneling money and influence to himself and allies.

  

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  Pinned

  This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy

  The New York Times - Stacie Goddard, Abraham L. Newman

  Negotiations around President Trump’s demand for U.S. ownership of Greenland have left officials from Denmark, Greenland and many other countries feeling confused and overwhelmed. President Emmanuel Macron of France texted President Trump to say, “I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.” …

• Trump and Xi will eventually reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and when they do the dollar goes lower

  

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  Trump and Xi will eventually reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and when they do the dollar goes lower, predicts this strategist

  MarketWatch - Jules Rimmer

  All the problems the world is facing right now, as a consequence of events in the Middle East, are leading to the point at which U.S. President …

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  Fertiliser crisis caused by Iran war sparks global food security fears

  Euronews - By Quirino Mealha

  The Iran war and the consequent blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered a severe "fertiliser squeeze" as soaring energy costs and export …

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  'One of the most rapid transitions that I've seen': NOAA forecaster on how this year's El Niño could shatter records

  Live Science - Sophie Berdugo

  Our warming world is set to enter an El Niño period as early as May, with a high likelihood of southern North America experiencing supercharged …

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  Why Trump Might Come to Regret the Iran War

  foreignpolicy.com - Aaron David Miller

  He hoped it would be transformational; instead, it’s just one more round in the conflict. The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran is now entering its third …

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  The UAE Realizes What Trump and OPEC Won't Admit: We've Hit Peak Oil

  Newsweek

  When the United Arab Emirates announced that it would, on May 1, exit OPEC after 59 years of membership, the official language was diplomatic and …

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  The end of the Saudi mirage

  The Globe and Mail

  The view from atop the high-rises that form Riyadh’s central glass canyon along King Fahd Road has long been a beige panorama of low residential districts descending into the sands of the Arabian Desert. These days, that view is interrupted by thick forests of tall cranes bristling around the Saudi …