Trump Greenland Push: Europe's Reaction & Davos Meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he had agreed to a meeting of “various parties” about his attempt to take over Greenland at the Davos gathering of global elites this week. “I had a very good telephone call with Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, concerning Greenland,” Mr. Trump posted on his TruthSocial platform. “I agreed to a meeting of the various parties in Davos, Switzerland.” - AFP U.S. President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s Prime Minister that he no longer felt “an obligation to think purely of Peace,” in a text message released Monday (January 19, 2026). Mr. Trump’s message to Jonas Gahr Støre appears to ratchet up a standoff between Washington and its closest allies over his threats to take over Greenland, a self-governing territory of NATO member Denmark. Mr. Trump’s Sunday (January 18, 2026) message to Gahr Støre, released by the Norwegian government, read in part, “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace.” It concluded, “The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland.” The White House confirmed the authenticity of the message, with White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly saying that Mr. Trump “is confident Greenlanders would be better served if protected by the United States from modern threats in the Arctic region.” The Norwegian leader said Mr. Trump’s message was a reply to an earlier missive sent on behalf of himself and Finnish President Alexander Stubb, in which they conveyed their opposition to the tariff announcement, pointed to a need to de-escalate, and proposed a telephone conversation among the three leaders. - AP North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aircraft will soon arrive at a U.S. military base in Greenland for “long-planned” activities, the organisation said on Monday (January 19, 2026). The announcement from NORAD, a joint U.S.-Canada military organisation for aerospace monitoring and defence, came amid rising tensions over President Donald Trump’s demand for U.S. control of the autonomous Danish territory. Mr. Trump has stoked anxiety among U.S. transatlantic allies with threats to take over Greenland “one way or the other.” Click here to read more on this....