Donald Trump’s Greenland ‘Framework’ and the Board of Peace Dominate Davos
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Corporate megastores are spending millions lobbying DC politicians on one-sided policies that send small businesses tumbling. |
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| 0:32.8 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. |
| 0:39.1 | Like it or not Donald Trump dominates the world stage like no recent American president |
| 0:45.6 | or for that matter any world leader. That has been clear this week at the World Economic Forum |
| 0:50.4 | in Davos, Switzerland, where the president's rhetoric changed from threatening NATO, |
| 0:57.3 | threatening Europe to triumphant in announcing a deal over Greenland almost in 48 hours. |
| 1:04.3 | Plus, what is Donald Trump's Board of Peace, which was announced at Davos? |
| 1:09.4 | And what does he want that to accomplish? Those are our subjects |
| 1:13.5 | for today on Potomac Watch, the daily podcast of Wall Street Journal Opinion. I'm Paul Giego. |
| 1:19.4 | And I'm here with Joe Sternberg and Kate Batchelder O'Dell. So President Trump on the weekend |
| 1:25.7 | shocked the world by threatening tariffs against Europe if Denmark didn't seed to the United States control of Greenland. |
| 1:33.9 | And he said he might use military force to get control of Greenland if the Danes didn't go his way. |
| 1:43.0 | So stock markets tanked on Monday. Opposition formed vocal opposition |
| 1:48.5 | in Europe and in parts of the U.S. Congress. And Donald Trump then spoke in Davos and first said he |
| 1:55.1 | wouldn't use force. So that was a bit of a walkdown on Greenland. And then announced a new framework deal. |
| 2:00.5 | And the same day, |
| 2:01.4 | he said a great triumph and is a forever deal, of course, details to follow. So let's listen to |
| 2:08.0 | the president describe the framework. It's a long-term deal. It's the ultimate long-term deal. |
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