President Donald Trump's effort to acquire Greenland backfired as the European Parliament stopped work on a trade deal with the U.S.
While Trump was speaking to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, Bernd Lange, the chair of the European Parliament’s trade committee, confirmed that "the EU-US deal is on hold until further notice.”
“Our negotiating team just decided to suspend work," Lange added in a social media post, "on the legal implementation of Turnberry deal. Our sovereignty and territorial integrity are at stake. Business as usual impossible.”
During his WEF speech, Trump ruled out using military force to take Greenland.
President Donald Trump briefly said that he wanted to acquire Iceland instead of Greenland during a confusing moment at the World Economic Forum.
While speaking in Davos on Wednesday, Trump insisted that "all the U.S. is asking is for a place called Greenland."
"We've never asked for anything," the president said. "It's always a one-way street. Now they want us to help them with Ukraine."
"But in doing it, I'm helping Europe, I'm helping NATO," he continued. "And until the last few days, when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy, right, last time? Very smart man said, he's our daddy. He's running it. I was like running it."
"I went from running it to being a terrible human being. But now what I'm asking for is a piece of ice, cold and poorly located."
Trump argued that the land he was asking for was "a very small ask compared to what we have given them for many, many decades."
"But the problem with NATO is that we'll be there for them 100%," he remarked. "They're not there for us on Iceland. That I can tell you. I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland's already cost us a lot of money."
A former Republican congressman lamented President Donald Trump's "rupture" of the global order established at the end of World War II.
The 79-year-old president has threatened NATO allies Denmark and Canada and angered European Union nations and other trade partners with his tariffs, and former GOP lawmaker Charlie Dent told "CNN This Morning" that he agreed with Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, who warned that Trump's second presidency signaled the end of a rules-based order.
"What's at stake is the worldorder, and what is stunning to methat the United States of America led this world order," Dent said. "Wehelped create it, we developedit with our friends andpartners. We made Europe abetter place, peaceful,prosperous and whole after twoworld wars. This is an insult tothe greatest generation thatfought so hard to make make thisworld a better place, preventinggreat power conflict, and now weare throwing it all away – towhat end? It is insane."
"As the Canadian prime minister Carneyjust said, this is a rupture," Dent said. "This is not a transition. Therewill be consequences to thiscountry economically,geopolitically, they're hedgingagainst us. All these middlepowers, and they don't, theythey're de-risking from the United States as well as China.I mean, this is where we are."
The former congressman said the president's moves made no sense from a strategic standpoint.
"Youknow, the president is not usingtariffs to deal with unfairtrade practices," Dent said. "He's usingtariffs to coerce and bullyother countries into animperialistic territorialexpansion of the United States.I mean, this is insane."
Donald Trump's desire to subsume Greenland into United States territory has set a precedent for other world leaders, a political commentator has said.
Sabrina Haake believes the president's rhetoric and subsequent actions against Greenland and NATO members will only bolster the likes of Vladimir Putin. Writing in her Substack, Haake suggested the tensions between Trump's administration and Denmark are empowering Russia's aims in Ukraine.
She wrote, "Russia is hyperventilating with excitement. Breathlessly describing a scenario in which 'one NATO member is going to attack another NATO member,' Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted earlier this week that, 'It was hard to imagine before that such a thing could happen.'"
"Lavrov said Trump’s threats against Greenland 'have upended' the Western concept of the 'rule-based global order,' a concept Putin has long loathed."
Haake went on to say Trump's comments on Greenland and disinterest in NATO's long-standing protection of peace in the Western hemisphere had an immediate impact, not on Greenland, but on Ukraine.
She wrote, "Putin knows that Trump’s threats against Greenland have permanently debunked the west’s criticism of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Greenlanders may pay the price for Trump’s insanity in the near future, but Ukrainians are paying for it today.
"By creating a vacuum where the rule of international law and respect for sovereignty once reigned, Trump has invited all rogue actors—not just Putin—to do their worst."
Haake also suggested the threat against Greenland was a wider threat to Europe and NATO, with decades-old relationships with countries across the globe put at risk by the president's comments.
She added, "By threatening Greenland, an semi-autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, Trump is issuing a direct threat against Europe and NATO, deliberately weakening the alliance that fought to defeat Hitler and fascism in WWII. Apparently Trump considers attacks against fascism generally, and attacks against Hitler specifically, too on the nose to let pass."
A group of angry dog-sledders snubbed the Trump administration from attending a major event in Greenland, according to reports Tuesday.
Louisiana Gov. and U.S. envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry was disinvited by Greenlanders to a dogsled race, an annual event with cultural significance for the self-governing Arctic country's majority native population, The Daily Beast reported.
In a statement from the Greenland Dogsledding Association released Sunday, the organization reportedly had “informed that the tourist company that invited Governor Jeff Landry from the United States has withdrawn its invitation.”
The event was slated for March 28 and features 30 of the best dog-sledding teams at Qasigiannguit, a western Greenland town.
The move to cancel the invite signals a strong sentiment among Greenlanders and Danes who have voiced concern and pushed back against President Donald Trump, who has voiced his demand to take over or seize the island nation.
Second lady Usha Vance was also scheduled to attend the event last year, but leaders sensed the "undertones" of the American interest in the country and cancelled her invite as well, The Beast reported.
A sign protesting President Donald Trump lit up a mountain near Davos, where the U.S. leader was expected to address the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander noted that reporters first noticed the "No Kings" sign in Switzerland about the time Trump began his Tuesday remarks in the White House briefing room.
"As President Trump began his news conference stateside… in Davos, we spotted the words 'NO KINGS' - in all caps - glowing on the mountainside overlooking the World Economic Forum site where Trump speaks tomorrow," Alexander explained.
The "No Kings" protests were the most attended one-day demonstrations of Trump's second term so far. Trump experienced a 133% increases in protests against him in 2025 when compared with the first year of his first term.
Second lady Usha Vance announced Tuesday that she is expecting her fourth child.
She made a joint announcement with her husband, Vice President JD Vance, on social media that they are having a son. The couple has three other children, ages 3, 5 and 8, according to The Daily Beast.
“We’re very excited to share the news that Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a boy,” the couple said in the announcement. “Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July.”
“During this exciting and hectic time, we are particularly grateful for the military doctors who take excellent care of our family and for the staff members who do so much to ensure that we can serve while enjoying a wonderful life with our children," according to the announcement.
The couple married in 2014 and has faced questions rumors after the second lady appeared in public without a wedding ring, but her office offered an explanation — something the vice president has claimed they joke about.
Usha Vance's appearance in public without a wedding ring raised eyebrows among liberal influencers and strategists, who have kept an eye on JD Vance's relationship since the Catholic-convert V.P. suggested his Hindu-born wife might one day convert to Christianity. Conservatives, however, have jumped to the defense of the second lady.
In the statement provided to Raw Story, a spokesperson from Usha's Vance's office said she "is a mother of three young children, who does a lot of dishes, gives lots of baths, and forgets her ring sometimes."
A CNN fact-checker on Tuesday called out President Donald Trump's rambling speech for its 'litany of lies."
Daniel Dale described how several points that Trump made during his nearly two-hour-long press conference on the first anniversary of the inauguration of his second term were hard to keep up with — and that each topic the president attempted to hit was full of confusing comments and misinformation.
"There are just so many. I'm struggling to keep track of it," Dale said. "You know, $18 trillion in investment in the U.S., that's a fictional figure, 600% reduction in prescription drug prices. That's a fictional figure. 'I ended eight unknowable wars.' Eight is a fictional figure. 'We inherited inflation at a historic high.' No. He inherited a 3% inflation just a little bit above where it is now, although it did hit about a 40-year high in June 2022, more than two years before he returned to office."
But those weren't Trump's only claims, including his comments on affordability.
"He said many of the groceries have come way down. Yeah, there are some particular grocery products that have gotten cheaper during his presidency, but on the whole, grocery prices have increased," Dale added. "And in fact, December's inflation report show that the biggest one-month jump in grocery prices in three years occurred between November and December."
The speech was described as rambling and unfocused, full of unfounded claims, Dale explained.
"And he just veered into so many inaccurate tangents. He repeated this claim that the Los Angeles wildfires of early 2025 were supposedly caused by the state trying to use some of its water to protect a small fish species," Dale said. "Experts in California water policy have repeatedly explained those two things simply have nothing to do with each other. That's imaginary, he said. Things like, I think NPR and PBS have closed down. They haven't... You can check for yourself, not to tell you to go to another station, but they're still on the air. So just claim after claim. I think we've addressed like 15-plus over my three fact-check hits so far this afternoon. I could go on and on, but just a litany of lies, many of them debunked months or years ago by myself and others."
President Donald Trump's bizarre and rambling speech Tuesday, marking the one-year anniversary of his inauguration and return to the White House, triggered fresh calls for his removal.
The nearly two-hour-long press conference centered on what he called accomplishments in his second term and focused mainly on immigration and foreign affairs.
People online urged lawmakers to consider invoking the 25th Amendment and shared their concerns over Trump's health.
"The 25th amendment must be invoked," Caryn Ann Harlos, former secretary of the Libertarian Party, wrote on X.
"25th Amendment worthy....get on it, for the world's sake," retired Canadian coach and teacher Tim Larry wrote on X.
"25th Amendment. Hurry," actor and political analyst Alexandre Kouchner wrote on X.
Kouchner was reacting to a clip of the president telling reporters he nearly snapped his finger in a binder clip: "Whoo. I'm glad my finger wasn't in that sucker. That could've done some damage, but you know what? I wouldn't have shown the pain. I would've gone back. Boy, did you hear that? That was nasty. But I would not have shown the pain. I would've acted like nothing happened as my finger fell off."
"25th Amendment time," Simon Marks, president and chief correspondent of Feature Story News, wrote on Bluesky.
"I'm not a medical doctor. But for years I have been caring for my father who has Lewy Body Dementia. Trump absolutely has some form of dementia. And not the early stages. It's long past time for the 25th amendment," Dr. Jey McCreight, science communicator and founder of Beyond X&Y, wrote on Bluesky.
The internet was stunned Tuesday as President Donald Trump delivered a bizarre speech at a press conference marking the first anniversary of his second inauguration.
Trump walked up to the podium at the White House press briefing room with a large stack of bound papers labeled "accomplishments" and started blaming former President Joe Biden, giving an unusual slideshow presentation show placards of alleged suspects wanted by ICE.
After about 40 minutes into the rambling speech, CNN cut away, with anchor Brianna Keilar calling it "pretty winding even by Trumpian standards." She pointed to the unusual demeanor of the president, reacting to the unusual moment.
People were shocked on social media and questioned the president's mental fitness.
"Anyone watching Donald Trump’s press conference? He’s completely deranged. It’s like he’s drunk," user Bafa Renitez wrote on X.
"Watching and listening to this this press briefing and I can’t fathom how anyone still believes Trump is fit for office. The stone cold silence from the 'press' in the room is deafening as Trump aimlessly rambles with exception of some soft, nervous laughter at his weird jokes," user Surfer Dude wrote on X.
"Trump knows he’s in trouble politically, probably doesn’t realize how incoherent he sounds. Starts the press conference on defense trying to justify the violence and brutality we are seeing in MN, attacking Biden and revising the 2020 election lie," CNN political commentator Karen Finney wrote on X.
"Donald Trump has spent the first 15 minutes of his year in review press conference flipping through pictures and mumbling to himself. I really have never seen anything like it," journalist Aaron Parnas wrote on X.
"Donald Trump could not point out a 'normal person' if they punched him in nose! This press conference is bulls---!! More gaslighting, more lies, more rampant blatant dangerous xenophobia! Yes, go take the murderers out and deport them! Sadly, that is not what Trump’s thug ICE agents are doing! Btw 'the Hispanics' don’t love you or support you Donald Trump!!" Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator Maria Cardona wrote on X.
"This Trump press conference is a complete disaster. He’s rambling incoherently and flipping through a picture book of 'accomplishments' in front of the press. He’s clearly unwell. It’s getting really bad," Democratic influencer Harry Sisson wrote on X.
"This Trump press conference is excruciating. It’s like listening to an old drunk in a pub tell a tale. He knows he’s on tv right? He’s just talking absolute bollocks," user Gemma Bailey wrote on X.
"If Biden or Reagan had conducted a rambling, incoherent press conference like this, there would have been a rash of pieces about his cognitive decline and mental acuity. With Trump, it’s just another day at the office," author Nick Bryant wrote on X.
President Donald Trump's former chief of staff warned Tuesday that his aggressive push to seize Greenland could cost him support among Americans.
Mick Mulvaney, who served during Trump's first term, suggested in an interview with NewsNation that the president's demand to acquire the Arctic island nation could hurt his messaging for voters around affordability and damage his relationship and reputation among allies — especially Europe, The Independent reported.
Mulvaney suggested that he would caution the president over retaliating against the countries.
“Mr. President, keep in mind, this is our largest creditor,” Mulvaney said. “Europe buys more of our debt than anybody else, and if they stop doing that, interest rates are going to go up. That is not really good for affordability.”
He also questioned what the Trump administration would hope to accomplish — and how they'd plan a potential takeover.
“My follow-up question is, ‘Ok, Scott, are we bombing Canada? I mean, what are we doing here? What are we trying to accomplish?’ If we’re trying to defend the nation, there are ways to do it without alienating our closest allies in the whole world,” Mulvaney said.
He also added that he has respect for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who said the U.S. would not plan to "outsource" its national security to other countries.
“The cost here could be much, much larger than I think the administration is considering,” Mulvaney said.
He estimated that the cost could directly impact rising consumer prices and be costly for the U.S. Greenland was valued at an estimated $700 billion, according to NBC News.
Greenland and Denmark have declined Trump's offer to purchase and acquire Greenland. Trump this weekend said he planned to impose a 10 percent tariff on Denmark and other European countries that do not agree on his move to take the country.
MS NOW's "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough asked "where are the Republicans?" as he hammered the conservative majority Supreme Court for fearing Trump's backlash instead of facing him head-on. Scarborough argued it was time for the high court to "reaffirm the law of the land," as federal agents have detained American citizens and incited violence in Minnesota and Trump demands that Greenland be seized and potentially destroys NATO.
Scarborough pointed to the Supreme Court's lack of action as the reason many of Trump's actions have unfolded.
"Telling generals and admirals, 'Hey, we can actually practice our military tactics on Americans in American cities,' [Trump] said that at that meeting where they called together all the generals and admirals," Scarborough said. "So again, so much of this is on the Supreme Court, sitting back, saying nothing, doing nothing, not ruling on tariffs, allowing Donald Trump when he gets upset with a foreign country because they won't just hand him land, the threatening of tariffs and everybody stands up for that foreign country, an ally, a close ally.
"He then threatens other allies that are saying they will stand with the ally Donald Trump is threatening."
Scarborough also said that Trump's threat to send troops to American cities is something the Supreme Court could have pushed back on.
"It is so un-American. It is so unconstitutional and it is so right in front of the Roberts court and they sit back and they say nothing and they do nothing and so much of the chaos that you've been seeing over the past six months could have been so easily cleared up by the Roberts court if they had simply told the truth and acted quickly on tariffs, what they know to be the law on tariffs," Scarborough said.
"If they had stepped forward and said what they knew the law was on using American troops for domestic policing. They know that's illegal. They know that's unconstitutional and yet, they continue to do nothing."
He argued that it was up to the high court to protect Americans, however, the conservative court has shown no signs of resisting Trump.
"A temporary order at the end of the year — not enough, not enough — they need to not even close the door on these actions, they need to reaffirm the law of the land and they're too scared to even do that," Scarborough added.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) lashed out at world leaders who were groveling to President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
During a Tuesday interview with Sky News, Newsom faced a question about how world leaders should handle Trump's effort to acquire Greenland.
"Yeah, it's time to buck up. It's time to get serious and stop being complicit," Newsom said. "You know, it's, I've seen this in the United States, the supine Congress, playing both sides,"
"But when you say standing tall, what do you mean?" the reporter asked.
"Just I can't take this complicity," the governor replied. "People rolling over. I should have brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders. I mean, handing out crowns and handing, I mean, this is pathetic."
"Nobel Prizes, they are being given away. I mean, it's just pathetic," he continued. "And I hope people understand how pathetic they look on the world stage. I mean, at least from an American perspective, it's embarrassing."
