BONUS EPISODE: At Davos, the twist in Trump's Greenland tale. So what does Europe do next?
Brussels Playbook Podcast
POLITICO
4.4 • 204 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:34.1 | The unmistakable figure of Donald Trump loomed large over the world economic forums annual get-together at Davos, |
| 0:42.7 | even before he touched down for his big speech. |
| 0:50.1 | This gathering of business and political leaders and tech titans in their designer ski jackets was about a lot more than the usual fare of AI developments and climate change concerns and global cooperation. |
| 1:05.8 | I've been coming to this summit now for a decade and the agenda this year was more like a decisive G7 geopolitics |
| 1:13.6 | meeting than Davos as usual. The questions on all lips. Will a US president irate with Europe |
| 1:20.6 | ignore its warnings and invade Greenland? Might he embark on a major new tariff war with Europe, and could he even sign |
| 1:29.6 | the death warrant of NATO? |
| 1:32.4 | It's been a very high altitude political week up here in the Swiss Mountains. |
| 1:39.3 | We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force where we would be, frankly, unstoppable. |
| 1:48.0 | But I won't do that. |
| 1:54.0 | All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland. |
| 1:58.0 | I'm your host Anne Mikhailvoy and welcome to this special edition of EU Confidential |
| 2:03.8 | from Davos, where I've been talking to key voices from both sides of the Atlantic, gauging |
| 2:09.7 | the impact on Europe of the 47th President's threats and daily missives. |
| 2:15.0 | The slogan for this year's World Economic Forum has been the spirit of dialogue. |
| 2:20.6 | It hasn't exactly lived up to that calm billing, more like a cacophony from the big beasts. |
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