Speech in Davos
Trump on Greenland: “How stupid we were!”
Updated 01/21/2026 – 3:02 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
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US President Donald Trump has been threatening for weeks to annex Greenland using military force if necessary. Europe is threatening countermeasures, including the so-called trade bazooka. Now Trump is speaking to European politicians at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
3:02 p.m.: Trump talks about Greenland. He says no country but the US could secure Greenland. He cites as an example that Denmark lost to Hitler’s Germany within a few hours in the Second World War. The USA, on the other hand, had secured Greenland. After the war, Greenland would have been returned. “How stupid we were!”
2:59 p.m.: Trump says he wants a strong Europe. “We want strong allies. We don’t want weak allies.”
2:56 p.m.: Trump praises Friedrich Merz. Germany produces too little energy, but that’s “not his fault. He’s solving the problem.”
2:55 p.m.: Trump claims it was his idea to power AI data centers with nuclear energy.
2:52 p.m.: Trump talks about his attack on Venezuela. “The attack ended and they asked us: ‘Let’s make a deal.’ More countries should do this.”
2:50 p.m.: Trump calls the European countries “partners with whom we have deals.”
2:47 p.m.: Now Trump is talking again about American domestic politics. He brought prosperity like no president before him. Meanwhile, the US broadcaster CNN shows falling stock prices.
2:43 p.m.: Trump says: “When the USA does well, you do well. If we fall, you fall with us.” Europe is not on a good path, said Trump. Among other things, he criticizes the fact that European countries allow immigrants from “far away countries”.
2:38 p.m.: Trump’s speech begins. He welcomes “so many friends and some opponents.” He then talks about his first year in office and explains that he actually only has good news.
