Donald Trump
I was in the room when Trump addressed leaders in Davos. Here are my top takeaways
CNBC’s Spriha Srivastava stood in line for 90 minutes to be in the room to hear Trump speak at Davos. Spriha Srivastava | CNBC This week in Davos has been about many things: AI, geopolitics and markets. But President Donald Trump has been firmly at the front of everyone’s mind. His much-anticipated address at the World Economic Forum drew thousands, with […]
Read More
Tech stocks rebound after Trump says U.S. won’t use military force in Greenland
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 21, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Technology stocks bounced on Wednesday as President Donald Trump ruled out military force in Greenland, easing geopolitical fears that sparked a global sell […]
Read More
Trump calls for Congress to enact 10% credit card interest rate cap; bank stocks rise
Key Points President Donald Trump urged Congress to pass a law limiting credit card interest rates to 10%. It followed a social media post where he urged banks to set that cap. The banking industry has criticized the proposal. Source
Read More
Trump tells world leaders: Europe is not heading in the right direction
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday some areas of Europe are no longer recognizable — and that the continent was “not heading in the right direction.” Trump lauded what he described […]
Read More
How Greenland went from backburner issue to geopolitical flashpoint in just 2 weeks
US President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The future of Greenland has shot up the geopolitical agenda in just two weeks, with warnings of potential military action and talk of the […]
Read More
Jamie Dimon says U.S. should impose Trump’s credit card rate cap in Vermont and Massachusetts
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, speaks at the American Business Forum at the Kaseya Center in Miami on Nov. 6, 2025. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday advocated for a test of President Donald Trump’s proposed 10% cap on credit card interest rates in two U.S. […]
Read More
Trump AI czar Sacks calls California wealth tax an asset seizure and ‘scary direction’ for U.S.
President Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks on Wednesday criticized California’s proposed wealth tax on billionaires, calling it a “scary direction” for the U.S. “This is this is not a tax, this is an asset seizure,” the venture capitalist told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Never […]
Read More
The ‘sell America’ trade, Trump arrives in Davos, Netflix earnings and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. Or maybe not, if you held U.S. assets amid yesterday’s sell-off. S&P 500 futures are little changed this morning. The three major indexes are coming off their worst day in months. Here are five key things investors need to know […]
Read More
10-year Treasury yield inches lower as investors monitor escalating trade tensions
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Nov. 20, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield moved lower on Wednesday, tentatively retreating from a sell-off that spurred a flight from U.S. assets on Tuesday, as fresh tariff threats ignited renewed ‘sell America’ […]
Read More
Putin meeting set for Thursday, Witkoff says, with Ukraine ‘land deals’ on the table
Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev, foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 2, 2025. Kristina Kormilitsyna | Via Reuters A meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to take […]
Read More