Trump calls Europe unrecognizable at WEF
Trump’s appearance at the WEF comes as US allies are increasingly concerned over his plans to take over Greenland. He is also expected to speak about his proposal to create a “Board of Peace.”
US President Donald Trump delivers a special address during the World Economic Forum
Trump comes to the international forum at Davos on the heels of threatening steep US import taxes on Denmark and seven other allies unless they negotiate a transfer of GreenlandImage: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty
US President Donald Trump boasted about his own performance since reentering office a year ago
Trump says he wants ‘immediate’ talks to buy Greenland and that he won’t use force to take the Danish territory
The 2026 top-level summit in Switzerland takes place against the background of Trump’s Greenland fixation and renewed tariff threatssists he ‘won’t use force’
Trump wants ‘immediate negotiations’ to acquire Greenland but insists he ‘won’t use force’US won’t use force to take Greenland – but would be unstoppable if it did, Trump warns
Donald Trump declares that the US “won’t use force” to take Greenland, despite saying his military would be “unstoppable”.
He says the US has “never asked for anything, and we never got anything”.
“We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force,” Trump adds.
“We would be, frankly, unstoppable, but I won’t do that.”
The US president further states that everyone would be thankful for his “biggest statement” because “people thought I would use force.”
“I don’t have to use force, I don’t want to use force, I won’t use force,” he adds.
Trump: US ‘golden dome’ would be built on Greenland
Donald Trump is continuing to talks about the importance of Greenland in his speech.
“All we want from Denmark, for national and international security and to keep our very energetic and dangerous potential enemies at bay, is this land on which we’re going to build the greatest golden dome ever built,” the US president says.
“It’s going to, by its very nature, going to be defending Canada.”
Trump goes on to say Canada “gets a lot of freebies” from the US before and should be grateful.
US President Donald Trump says he is seeking immediate negotiations to acquire Greenland – watch our coverage live at the top of the page
He tells world leaders at Davos: “We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won’t do that”
He adds: “I don’t have to use force, I don’t want to use force, I won’t use force”
Trump’s wide-ranging speech, in which he regularly seemed to confuse Greenland with Iceland, lasted more than an hour – here’s a recap
Chinese wind farms, defeating inflation, and the tax rate on North Sea energy firms
As Trump arrived, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer told MPs in London he would not “yield” to pressure from the US president on Greenland
Trump previously said he would add a 10% tariff to goods from eight European countries that oppose his plan to take over the Danish territory
