Who gets credit for Trump's transformation?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Full agenda here. -- Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Council President António Costa, High Representative Kaja Kallas and the Commissioners Jessika Roswall, Hadja Lahbib, Dubravka Šuica, Wopke Hoekstra and Magnus Brunner are all in New York for UNGA. -- Von der Leyen delivers a keynote at "Protecting Children in the Digital Age" ... participates in Global Citizen NOW Impact Sessions and speaks at a panel on investing in renewable energy in Africa ... delivers a speech at the United Nations Climate Summit 2025. -- Metsola addresses the Friends of the Western Balkans meeting (3 p.m. Brussels time) ... addresses the Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Forum and meets with Mike Bloomberg (4:30 p.m. Brussels time) ... addresses a meeting on export and trade (9 p.m. Brussels time). -- Costa speaks at Summit for a Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Global Economy (3 p.m. Brussels time) ...
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60% : Trump also took aim at the escalator, which he claimed had stopped halfway, endangering him and the first lady -- if only they weren't both in such good shape.
58% : Today will be the 3000th session of the meeting of EU permanent representatives known as Coreper since it was created on Jan. 26, 1958.
56% : In 2024, EU-based small businesses sold more than 1.3 billion products and generated more than €34 billion in sales within the EU alone.
54% : Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is now in regular phone contact with Trump, the official noted, and the two had a "very in-depth" conversation about the EU's latest round of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, with the American president showing particular interest in measures targeting Chinese assets.
53% : These entrepreneurs are creating an estimated 350,000 jobs across the EU, many in rural areas.
52% : Caroline Wilson, who was Britain's ambassador to China until last month, is expected to take over the reins at the U.K. Mission to the EU from the fall of 2026, report Jon Stone and Esther Webber.
50% : Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen is in Greenland ... visits Nukissiorfiit, Greenland's national utility ... meets NunaGreen CEO Aviaaja Karlshøj Knudsen ... visits Buksefjorden hydropower plant ... visits EU office ... meets Rasmus Leander Nielsen of the University of Greenland ... meets Greenland's Business and Energy Minister Naaja Nathanielsen. -- Executive Vice President Stéphane Séjourné is in Stockholm ... meets EU Affairs Minister Jessica Rosencrantz ... meets International Development Cooperation and Trade Minister Benjamin Dousa. -- Financial Services Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque receives Goldman Sachs Bank Europe Chair Richard Gnodde. -- Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis participates in a Deutsche Bundesbank event on the digital euro ... receives Portuguese State Reform Minister Gonçalo Matias ... video conference with Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal ... receives the German Banking Industry Committee (GBIC). -- ECB Governing Council meeting on non-monetary policy.
44% : During his formal address to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump had knocked other NATO members for continuing to buy Russian fuel: "Think of it: They're funding the war against themselves.
42% : On the escalator, it might have been Trump's own videographer who "inadvertently triggered" the emergency safety stop while he was riding backward to document the president's arrival, according to a statement from Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the U.N. sec-gen.
42% : remarks at "In Defense of Democracy: Fighting Against Extremism" (4 p.m. Brussels time) ...
39% : ** THEORY 1 -- Zelenskyy was the last person to speak to Trump (and nailed it): Trump's post came just after his one-on-one with Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
39% : " Kimmel responds: "It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man," Kimmel said in his teary monologue, referring to Kirk.
36% : " THEORY 3 -- Trump is showing his mastery of strategic ambiguity.
34% : Shrugging it off 1: While this is the "hardest" pro-Ukraine expression yet, said one EU official on site in New York, Trump is "always one Putin call away from doing something not great.
31% : " MIGRATION MIGRAINES EU DEPORTATIONS BILL STALLS AS TRUMP WARNS OF MIGRATION "HELL": Just hours before Trump lifted Ukrainian hopes, the U.S. president told European allies that "your countries are going to hell.
31% : Trump took to Truth Social to threaten the network, saying: "I think we're going to test ABC out on this.
23% : " THEORY 2 -- Europe's ingratiating approach on trade, defense spending, etc. is paying off (and also VDL had just met with Trump and she nailed it): Whether it's giving a thumbs-up to an asymmetric trade deal to calling Trump "daddy," European leaders have been bending over backwards to show Trump how powerful he is.
19% : " Donald's advice: End the "failed experiment of open borders," Trump urged Europe.
10% : Big picture: Trump has slashed funding to the United Nations.

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