"Addressing thousands of business and political leaders at the World Economic Form in the Swiss ski resort, the US president said he was seeking immediate negotiations to once again discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States. I don't want to use force. I won't use force. All the US is asking for is a place called Greenland, he said. You can say yes, and we will be very appreciative. Or you can say no and we will remember."
"Referring to the US record in the second world war as a justification for his demand, Trump told the global audience: Without us, now you'd all be speaking German, or a little Japanese perhaps. He said Denmark had been overrun by Germany after just six hours of fighting, prompting the US to intervene at great cost and expense. He insisted that only the US was now fit to defend this enormous, unsecured island."
"Trump said: You need the ownership to defend it. You can't defend it on a lease. Who the hell wants to defend a licence agreement, or a lease? At several points Trump appeared to confuse Greenland with Iceland, claiming Iceland had caused a drop in stock prices on Tuesday when markets fell as a result of his threat to impose new tariffs on eight European countries."
Donald Trump demanded immediate negotiations to acquire Greenland while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying the United States would not use force to seize the island. He framed the demand as strategic, arguing the US is uniquely fit to defend Greenland and that ownership, not a lease, is necessary for defense. He referenced US intervention in World War II as justification and warned that refusals would be remembered. He twice confused Greenland with Iceland when linking the proposal to market reactions and tariffs. He claimed transferring Greenland would not threaten NATO while criticizing NATO burden-sharing and questioning mutual defense reciprocity.
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