Trump jabs European leaders over Greenland as Davos becomes emergency summit

Washington Post via MSN.com ^ | 2026.01.20 | Cat Zakrzewski, Emily Davies, Ishaan Tharoor

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DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump’s demands to take over Greenland, reiterated in an overnight barrage of social media posts, are transforming this week’s annual gathering of the global elite into an emergency diplomatic summit, as European leaders prepared to use the president’s arrival here Wednesday to de-escalate the spiraling crisis.

Europe may not have a home-field advantage in Davos. The United States is seeking to dominate this year’s World Economic Forum by sending its largest and most senior delegation in history. Meetings with senior Trump officials are among the most sought-after engagements in town as European leaders, already reeling from U.S. tariff policies, find themselves once again navigating a ruptured relationship with the White House.

Over mulled wine and canapés, early-arriving guests tried to predict whether Trump’s visit would aggravate or avert the simmering conflict with Denmark, the NATO ally that controls Greenland. But 4,000 miles away from the parties in this Swiss Alps ski town, Trump went on an overnight social media tear that signaled little interest in reconciliation. He bashed Britain for handing over sovereignty of an island colony in the Indian Ocean and shared what appeared to be private messages from European officials.

French President Emmanuel Macron, in one text, told Trump that they are aligned on Syria and Iran, but he does “not understand what you are doing on Greenland.” Macron also offered to set up a Group of Seven meeting after the Davos forum. The authenticity of the message was confirmed by a French official close to Macron who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy.

In his posts, Trump also disparaged Britain for “planning to give away” the island of Diego Garcia, the site of a U.S. military base and the largest of the Chagos Islands. Britain in...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: catzakrzewski; emergencysummit; emilydavies; greennewnewdeal; ishaantharoor; washingtonpost

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Over mulled wine and canapés...

Sounds series.

[stars & stripes forever]

HUGH AND SERIES.

You’d think the emergency summit was about the Muslim invasion into Western Europe.

[Starboard]

The main USA House venue is a 19th-century church, its sanctuary lit with red and blue lights, where Cabinet secretaries and ambassadors will speak all week to an audience sipping coffee from cups emblazoned with the American flag and an eagle.

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After the coffee bring out some American beer and sliders. ;)

[abb]

Something much more important to Euro, Inc. The potential shutoff of the US taxpayer tit that funds their number one welfare program - NATO.

[Starboard]

KABOOM! You nailed it.

[butlerweave]

Davos , the bug eating freak show

[DesertRhino]

It’s an illegitimate organization that was hidden for years because it would’ve been a crime a few decades ago. Conspirators meet in Davos and it becomes the world largest whore house for a week or two. Additionally, sex workers from around the globe go there to service monarchs, Billionaires, plundering, plutocrats, and politicians and media. It’s shameful that Trump loves going there so much every time he goes, he increases their legitimacy as an organization.

[Brian Griffin]

“The most notable example is the Kvanefjeld rare earth exploration project, in which the Chinese company Shenghe Resources acquired a stake. This project has been put on hold due to environmental concerns”

“Greenland, for example, regularly attended the annual China Mining Conference in Tianjin and sent business delegations to China.”

https://kinacentrum.se/en/publications/china-already-left-so-what-is-trumps-greenland-gambit-about/