"Instead of taking the lead in defending freedom worldwide, Europe looks lost trying to convince the US president to change. But he will not change. President Trump loves who he is. And he says he loves Europe, but he will not listen to this kind of Europe."

– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, shortly before US envoys bypassed him to schedule peace talks with Putin.

In a textbook display of gaslighting, Donald John is suing JPMorgan Chase for de-banking him – a frivolous retaliation that ignores the basic reality that compliance departments are legally obligated to flag convicted felons, sexual abusers, and aspiring insurrectionists as toxic assets. It is a lawsuit born of profound insecurity, attempting to use the courts to force private institutions to ignore his rap sheet to soothe his ego, establishing a new precedent where the only risk metric that matters is saying no to Baby Donald.

The relief rally today is built on a dangerous assumption: that the Greenland framework represents a return to normalcy. It does not. We have moved from a market of discovery to a market of decree. If you want to know what a stock is worth, don't just look at the P/E ratio. Look at the guest list for the White House dinner. In the patronage economy, you don't buy the best company. You buy the one Donald John has promised not to kill. Just be sure to check behind his back for any crossed fingers.