Speaking at tonight’s CEO Reception and Dinner for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald J. Trump stated: “We had a good speech. We got great reviews. I can't believe it. We got good reviews in that speech. Usually they say, ‘he's a horrible dictator type person.’ I'm a dictator. But sometimes you need a dictator. But they didn't say that in this case. And no, it's common sense. It's all based on common sense. It's not conservative or liberal or anything else. It's mostly, let's say, 95% common sense.”

Finnish President Alexander Stubb: “First is a direct answer to the question of this panel: Can Europe defend itself? My answer is unequivocally yes. Without the Americans? Without the Americans. But you're relying on them for these key elements. How would you do it at scale and at duration and at intensity? With an assumption that the United States would cut off completely any kind of work. Well, if we look at the defense composure of Europe by and large, and a country like Finland, we have connoscription. One million have done it. We can mobilize 280,000 soldiers within weeks. We have 62 F-18s. Your next question is going to be, do they fly without Americans? No, they don't. But do we trust that they will continue to fly because it's in the interest of America to do so? Yes. We just bought 64 F-35s. We have the biggest artillery in Europe together with Poland. We have long-range missiles, land, sea, and air. We have these because we're worried about Stockholm, right? So the bottom line is that if you ask me the question can the Finnish military defend itself against a Russian attack, the whole defense posture of the way in which you do it, yes, we can.”

President Donald J. Trump announces that the proposed tariffs against Denmark and other countries in Europe meant to go into effect on February 1, will no longer move forward, following a meeting today with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in which a framework was formed for a future deal regarding Greenland.

Israel's defense establishment has raised its level of alert in recent days amid concerns that President Donald J. Trump may have decided to strike Iran, possibly within days, with officials taking seriously the possibility that an attack is imminent and are preparing both the homefront and military forces for a range of scenarios, security officials tell Haaretz.

Senior military officials said they recognize that Trump's decision-making is unpredictable and that even if he opts to carry out an attack, he could reverse course at the last moment, adding that cooperation with counterparts in the United States is close and that they do not rule out a scenario in which the Israeli Air Force would strike targets in Iran in response to missile fire at Israel.

Newly released infrared footage dated January 14, filmed by videographer and explorer Anders Otteson, who runs a channel called Uncanny Expeditions on YouTube, shows an unidentified triangular-shaped aircraft flying over Area 51 and the Nevada Test and Training Range.

President Donald J. Trump speaking earlier today on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, about the current situation surrounding Iran.

Reporter: “There are assets moving into the Gulf, obviously, carriers and other things. So a lot of people are wondering whether that's a prelude to further action?”

Trump: “Well, we hope there's not going to be further action. But, you know, they're shooting people indiscriminately in the streets. And they were going to - look this was a big thing for me - they were going to hang 830, hang 837 mostly young people.”

While speaking Wednesday in front of the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States has ordered an additional 25 B-2 “Spirit” Long-Range Stealth Bombers, citing their usefulness during last June’s strikes against nuclear facilities in Iran. However, President Trump is likely talking about the B-21 Raider not the B-2, as the production line for the B-2 was ceased by Northrop Grumman in 2000, and has since fully transferred to production of the B-21.

The Trump Administration is actively seeking regime change in Cuba by the end of the year, emboldened by the recent ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with senior officials in the administration searching for Cuban government insiders who could help cut a deal to push out the Communist-led government in Cuba by the end of the 2026, people familiar with the matter have told the Wall Street Journal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announces at today’s summit for the World Economic Forum in Davos that Ukraine, Russia, and the United States will hold their first trilateral talks on Friday and Saturday, January 23-24, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron announced today that the French Navy, supported by allies, intercepted, boarded, and seized an oil tanker originating from Russia in the Mediterranean Sea. The tanker, believed to be part of Russia’s “Shadow Fleet” is under sanctions from the European Union and is suspected of flying a false flag, with an investigation having been opened and the vessel directed to a nearby port in Europe.

During his speech today in front of the 56th Annual Summit of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Europe for its inability to properly defend against or punish Russia, specially stating, “Europe loves to discuss the future, but avoids taking action today. Action that defines what kind of future we will have. That is the problem. Why can President Trump stop tankers from the Shadow Fleet and seize oil, but Europe doesn't? Russian oil is being transported right along European shores. That oil funds the war against Ukraine. That oil helps destabilize Europe.”

Less than a hour later, France announced that it has intercepted, boarded, and seized a sanction stateless oil tanker with the Russian Shadow Fleet in the Mediterranean.

The United States is expected to complete preparations across the region in the coming days for a possible attack against Iran, according to Channel 12 in Israel.

According to an exclusive report from the Wall Street Journal, Washington is considering a complete withdrawal of the roughly 1,000 American Servicemembers who remain in Syria, as Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has moved to wrest control of the northeastern part of the country from the American-backed Kurdish-led paramilitary group known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), seeking to fully unify Syria under the new government in Damascus.

Several Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4s with the No. 12 Squadron of the British Royal Air Force, based out of RAF Coningsby and operated jointly with ground and maintenance crewmembers from the Qatar Emiri Air Force, have been deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar from RAF Akrotiri, amid escalating tensions with Iran. According to the U.K. Ministry of Defense, the deployment was at the request of the Qatari Government under the U.K.-Qatar Defence Assurance Agreement.

Newly released footage, alleged to be from the night of January 8-9, which is claimed to show a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) firing an automatic rifle at anti-regime protesters from the back of a pickup truck in the capital of Tehran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting earlier this afternoon with President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin in Moscow, prior to tomorrow’s trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States, which will be led by Witkoff and Kushner.

President Donald J. Trump stated earlier in a post on Truth Social:

“Maybe we should have put NATO to the test: Invoked Article 5, and forced NATO to come here and protect our Southern Border from further Invasions of Illegal Immigrants, thus freeing up large numbers of Border Patrol Agents for other tasks.”

President Donald J. Trump announces that Canada and Prime Minister Mark Carney are no longer invited to his “Board of Peace” following Carney’s dominating speech this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.