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Regina Laska wrote that Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and stated that both sides had agreed. According to her, Volodymyr Zelensky initially had no knowledge of this. Later, he said the report was new to him, but Ukraine was ready to cease attacks on Russian energy facilities, provided that Russia would no longer attack Ukrainian power plants. Laska wrote that there was no initial confirmation from the Kremlin, and Russian attacks continued. According to Ukrainian sources, among others, power plants in Kyiv and Kharkiv were hit. She also referred to Trump's earlier claim from September 14 that both sides had agreed to spare energy facilities; however, a sustainable ceasefire did not emerge from that. The author placed the announcement within a series of Trump's statements: on Friday, he announced a diesel deal with Putin and a US waiver for Russian diesel deliveries; on Saturday, he said Ukraine needed a new president; and on Sunday, he declared a ceasefire, to which this president allegedly agreed. Laska described this as contradictory since Zelensky had simultaneously been portrayed by Trump as a potential negotiating partner, even though he was unaware of the agreement. Furthermore, Laska wrote that seven US senators - four Republicans and three Democrats - legally challenged Trump's diesel deal with Putin. They accused the government of not involving Congress as required and demanded the withdrawal of the deal. While the US Treasury had issued a license, its sufficient legal basis was disputed. In a satirical scene, Laska imagined Trump reacting by putting down his phone, splattering a freshly painted wall while drinking, and possibly firing the painter afterward. #Trump #Ukraine #Russland (translated)

Eva Selsing wrote that her criticism of modern art in B.T. could also be directed at Jens Galschiøt's Trump sculpture, which she described as vulgar kitsch. She believed that much modern art was poorly conceived and executed political contributions that conveyed propaganda for an oikophobic establishment rather than uplift or give spirit to the human condition. Selsing stated that she was not surprised that the Danish Arts Foundation supported that type of projects. She pointed out that artists, works, funds, and museums, in her view, were influenced by left-leaning individuals, and that the result was often works characterized by ugliness, death, something unpleasant, and meaninglessness. She emphasized that her criticism was not about art being provocative, but that provocation had been highlighted for decades as the only or most important task of art. She asked why art should not also show beauty, and called provocation that followed the demands of the time ideological commission work. Selsing rejected that she had the sole right to define art but believed that works that could be reduced to poorly conceived political contributions were not good art—if they were even art at all. She referred to most modern art as societal-degrading kitsch. #ModerneKunst #Kitsch #KunstDebat (translated)

Henrik Dahl wrote that the sculpture, in his opinion, was extremely uncontroversial and banal because Jens Galschiøt's social circle already regarded Donald Trump as a plague. He believed that the artist would have shown greater courage by depicting an overweight welfare recipient in Middle Eastern attire on the shoulders of a thin, European taxpayer, adding that it would be bold in the European Parliament. #kunst #politik #samfund (translated)

A 2.6-meter golden statue of Donald Trump naked, titled The Orange Plague and created by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt, is on display at the European Parliament as a provocative critique of his impact on global order and Western values. #DonaldTrump #ArteContemporáneo #ParlamentoEuropeo (translated)

Elon Musk and three other tech company leaders, including Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su, received one of the highest scientific honors in the United States, the National Medal of Science, awarded by Donald Trump, which has been granted to business people in addition to traditional research achievements. #ElonMusk #NemzetiTudományosÉrem #TechnológiaiInnováció (translated)

Ultimora.net reported that a golden and naked statue of Donald Trump, titled *The Orange Plague* and also known as *King of Injustice*, had been exhibited at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The work, created by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt and covered in 23-karat gold, depicted Trump on the shoulders of a smaller man, holding a golf club and a scale of justice. Galschiøt explained that the statue criticized Trump's policies, particularly those on climate and international order, and was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale *The Emperor's New Clothes*. #DonaldTrump #ArteContemporanea #Politica (translated)

A provocative statue by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt has been installed in the European Parliament, depicting a naked Donald Trump covered in gold, sitting on a man and holding a golf club and scales of justice, which critiques Trump's threat to democratic values and climate change. #DonaldTrump #EvropskýParlament #socha (translated)

In the European Parliament, a 2.6-meter high statue of a naked Donald Trump, finished in gold leaf, has been unveiled, intended as a satirical protest by artist Jens Galschiøt against the American president and his impact on the international legal order. #TrumpStandbeeld #Satire #EuropeseUnie (translated)

David Alandete pointed out that The Washington Post reported that Juan González, former senior advisor to Joe Biden for Latin America at the National Security Council, had traveled to Venezuela to gather information related to his consulting activities. According to the newspaper, these trips were framed within the arrival of former U.S. officials seeking professional and business opportunities following Maduro's capture. Among them, Alandete noted, was Michael Jensen, who moved from directing Latin American policy at the White House during the Trump administration to working for an energy company with deals with PDVSA. He also mentioned Mike Pompeo, involved along with other former officials in an operation to export Venezuelan fertilizers to the United States. https://t.co/vcvdHavMsL #Venezuela #Política #EEUU (translated)