After blustering and insulting his audience for an hour, Trump floating concepts of a plan for Greenland.
President Trump said he wouldn’t impose tariffs on several European nations after he reached the “framework of a future deal” on Greenland and the Arctic region with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. He previously said the U.S. wouldn’t use force to acquire Greenland, and repeated his claim that only the U.S. is capable of defending it.
In an address in Davos that lasted for more than an hour, Trump said the U.S. needs to take control of Greenland purely for security and not for access to minerals, calling Denmark “ungrateful” for U.S. action in World War II.
The speech came on the back of raised tensions between the U.S. and Europe over the president’s designs on Greenland.
Trump said the U.S. received nothing from NATO apart from what he described as “protecting Europe.”
The president’s focus on Greenland has put a spotlight on his proposed “Golden Dome” antimissile shield.
He joked that he had friends in the Davos audience but also “a few enemies.”
The EU earlier stopped implementation of a trade deal with the U.S. in response to Trump’s tariff threat.