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WSJ Minute Briefing

U.S. Stocks Fall After President Trump Doubles Down on Greenland

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Plus: French President Emmanuel Macron denounces President Trump’s tariff pressure in Davos. And Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix strike a new all-cash deal. Anthony Bansie hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your midday brief for Tuesday, January 20th. I'm Anthony Bansy for the Wall Street Journal.

0:39.5

U.S. stocks dropped and precious metals surged to fresh records after President Trump doubled

0:44.9

down on his quest to make Greenland part of the U.S.

0:48.1

Investors are reacting to renewed fears of a trade war after President Trump threatened tariffs

0:53.0

on European countries over Greenland.

0:55.4

The Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P are all down. Meanwhile, gold and silver hit highs in intraday trading.

1:02.5

French President Emmanuel Macron used a speech in Davos to denounce President Trump's threat to impose tariffs on Europe over the Greenland dispute and warned of a time of global instability.

1:14.5

And Warner Brothers Discovery and Netflix have struck a new all-cash deal worth $72 billion to buy Warner Studios and the HBO Mac streaming business.

1:24.9

The offer replaces a previous cash-and-stock deal and comes as

1:28.9

rival Paramount continues a hostile bid for the entire company. Heads up, an artificial intelligence

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tool helped us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then

1:39.8

reviewed and adapted by an editor. We'll have more coverage of the day's news on WSJ's

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What's News podcast. You can edit to your playlist on your smart speaker or listen and

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subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. As companies seek to close growing gaps in skills and

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talent, Deloitte U.S. CEO Jason Garzatus believes it's important for organizations to understand

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