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Xhita - perhaps the expectations for IAG are outbound trans-Atlantic flights full of supplicants off to kiss the ring of King Donald and his princelings, whilst the inbounds will be bolstered by Americans fleeing the lawless hell-hole that Trump is fast creating. Hopefully the latter will go on to explore Europe by EZJ.

Today's price dip perhaps reflecting that flights to Israel won't be resuming any time soon, and perhaps the wider eastern Med is heading for a Trump-fuelled conflagration, dragging in Egypt.

@LemonTree1 - when your entire output consists of blatant and obnoxious propaganda, recycled sound-bites, moronic memes, other peoples' prejudices and bigotries, sheer lies and stupidity, irrelevancies and incoherent gibberish, you serve to censor yourself. No-one's listening to your nonsense. I don't know if your paymasters ever conduct performance reviews, but I wouldn't like to be anywhere near you after they do. Be careful opening any unexpected gifts of aftershave...

What drivel is this now? I'm sure it's totally abhorrent to you and just another Lying Leftie conspiracy, but have you not heard of renewable energy? Very cheap, and much more independent from the likes of your paymasters in Moscow.

I know more about USAID and its failings than you will ever begin to understand, thank you, especially if your main or only source of information is Leon Skum. (I thought the cacography might appeal to you, seeing as you can't even get the letters L, M, A and O in the right order...)

Aww, don't spoil LemonTree's day - he likes to believe all the propaganda garbage from the FSB, especially now about USAID...

Talking of "useful idiots", @LemonTree1....

Yeah, the terms all seems plausible, maybe the obvious compromises. Main thing I'm missing here is what is the 'stick' Trump wields?

Probably a good sign that whatever the White House is planning is not going to be announced through an incoherent impromptu speech by the Orange One or a tweet by Musk, but at a serious meeting by a relatively sane member of the Trump admin. Seeing as how Trump's Gaza plan has embarrassed even his own staff, and stands no chance of being implemented, Ukraine is his only remaining chance for a Nobel Peace prize. Maybe he'll be a bit more careful this time...

Looks like the market (on a pretty large volume) has realised that the case is ridiculous, and even if FXPO is found guilty of selling the equivalent of forty trucks of unauthorised roadstone, no-one's going to fine them $3.5 billion. Sorry that your hopes of this crashing to zero are again dashed, M1Rob. Don't worry, there will no doubt be some other little problem arising for you to spread your usual FUD and disinformation.

Yes, and surely there must be some standard administrative sanction available to them in such totally trivial cases? Looks like a purely vexatious case, possibly by some incompetent junior, trying their luck or to impress their boss...

If correct, and this is the basis of the new legal case, then clearly the case is laughable and stands no chance of resulting in a $3.5 billion fine.

Just another day on the LSE FXPO bulletin board, and LemonTree1 is churning out propaganda on behalf of the Putin's disinformation machine...

You're talking utter nonsense propaganda as usual @LemonTree. I know for a fact there are fully committed environmentalists in Ukraine, just like there are in any country (apart from possibly Russia, as they've all been locked up or chased abroad).

I don't think Trump would want Fink to get any more assets than he already has.

Does indeed look like a classic shake down, kind of normal practice in places like the Congo. And, as in such places, those looking to fill their pockets will soon realise that they can steal a few golden eggs indefinitely, but you can only kill the goose once. They will settle for whatever they can get - enough for some real estate in the US and a quiet life - knowing that any more, and FXPO will just burn the whole house down.

Trump doesn't need Ukraine's iron ore. He wants their rare earths.

@Taverham - that would be to credit Trump with more diplomatic sense than has ever been apparent in his actions to date.

Manipulation surely is the norm, but I suspect in this case right now the market might be pricing in that Trump burned the most likely bridge to a peace deal with his arbitrary, vindictive, childish, pointless and performative slapping of tariffs on the one country most capable of brokering such a deal.

Yes, but basically going sideways for a month? Maybe, but I think at a higher level than low-500s.

Great. If Fool goes against EZJ then it's very likely the right company to be in.