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What Burns Trump the Most

Published January 25, 2026, 07:16
What Burns Trump the Most

Credible economic analysts in the United States and Europe agree that the factor that most influences or even overturns decisions by US President Donald Trump is the performance of Wall Street and the broader stock markets, not the reactions of other governments or global public opinion. This was confirmed during the recent (difficult) week, as analysts link Trump’s decision to partially back down and “pull back” the threat of additional tariffs on eight European countries to the collapse of US stocks on Wall Street from Monday to Wednesday, rather than the reaction of the European Commission countries. However, the US president and his close associates were also deeply concerned by reports of mass sales of US bonds by business groups and investment funds in Europe, particularly in Northern Europe. The evening of Thursday saw reports that the US president threatened “harsh retaliation” if European countries or organizations and funds began selling US government bonds or shares of US companies, in order to pressure Washington over its policies on tariffs and Greenland. “If that happened (i.e. the sale of bonds and share packages), we would impose harsh retaliation and we have all the cards in our hands to do so,” Trump said in an interview with Fox Business television from Davos, where he was on Wednesday and Thursday. The announcements by pension funds. APE-MBE pointed out pertinently that Trump’s warning came after the crisis over Greenland, combined with Trump’s threats against US allies, caused turmoil in US markets, including the bond market, which the White House closely monitors. It is also important to note that Trump’s concern over a possible… sell-off of US government bonds was expressed publicly just hours after it became clear that the Greenland crisis was de-escalating, without international stock market performance returning to normal levels. What additionally caused unrest in Trump’s economic team was the publication of reports about the release of pension funds in Scandinavian countries from the US bonds they hold. Specifically, on Tuesday, the AkademikerPension fund, based in Denmark, announced that it had sold all of the US bonds it held, believing that “the fiscal situation in the US is not healthy.” Another Danish fund, Pensionskasse (PBU), said through a spokesperson on TV2 that it was also selling its US government securities. On Wednesday, a large Swedish pension fund, Alecta, announced that it had already sold most of its…