A Christmas message that was supposed to unite instead divided – as President Trump weaponised the festive season to attack political opponents whilst simultaneously boasting about dismantling human rights protections, igniting a firestorm of criticism about tone-deafness and divisiveness.
Meanwhile, halfway across the world, Vladimir Putin orchestrated his own chilling yuletide theatrics, launching nuclear-capable bombers over the Norwegian Sea in a calculated show of force that sent NATO scrambling and reignited World War Three fears just as peace negotiations appeared to gain traction.
