President Trump warned Monday Colombia's President Gustavo Petro needs to "watch his ass" over the cocaine he said the country is sending to the U.S.
The big picture: Trump and Petro have been feuding for months as the administration escalates its pressure campaign against Colombia, including Trump threatening military action against the country and imposing sanctions on the president and his family members.
The U.S. will build "Trump-class" military vessels that the president on Monday suggested are new-age battleships, inching the country closer to construction of what the administration is advertising as "the Golden Fleet."
The big picture: President Trump has in his second term obsessed over seapower — long a sign of a country's strength. Here, he again inserts himself.
U.S. ambassador to Denmark Ken Howery was summoned to the foreign ministry in Copenhagen on Monday after President Trump's newly appointed envoy for Greenland called for making the island part of the U.S., according to Danish officials.
Why it matters: The Danish government wasn't informed in advance about the appointment of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as Greenland envoy, the officials said.
Ukrainian officials this month observed a defense-tech demonstration in Portugal involving the coordination of air and sea drones in the absence of GPS.
Why it matters: Ukraine's unmanned wins — including striking Russian warships in the Black Sea and ambushing nuclear-capable bombers — have flipped military thinking on its head.
High-level delegations from at least nine countries descended on the same locale for parallel negotiations this weekend on Ukraine and Gaza.
Setting the scene: That location was not Geneva or Paris, but a sprawling country club outside Miami, co-owned by Steve Witkoff — President Trump's lead negotiator on both of those conflicts.
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will deliver a "deeply personal" 2025 Alternative Christmas Message for viewers on Channel 4 in the U.K., the British network announced Sunday.
The big picture: He'll reflect on the past few months that saw his show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" briefly pulled from the air following outcry from President Trump and others in response to his comments on the ABC program about the killing of Charlie Kirk, per a Channel 4 statement.
