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Today, Explained

Is Greenland free?

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

President Trump has given up trying to buy Greenland — at least for now. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Dustin DeSoto, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. President Trump on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

President Trump spoke for about 90 minutes at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

0:05.5

yesterday. Everyone was on edge waiting to see what he'd say about Greenland after days of

0:10.7

making threats about Greenland. He sort of got there.

0:13.7

I'm helping NATO, and I've, until the last few days, when I told them about Iceland,

0:18.8

they loved me. They called me daddy. I mean, our stock market

0:23.3

took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland's already cost us a lot of money.

0:29.3

Back to Greenland. No, the big surprise was that at Davos, Trump made no threats. He didn't threaten

0:33.8

tariffs. He didn't threaten troops or force. He just said, again,

0:41.3

All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland.

0:47.5

Then, later in the day, he made noise on truth social about a framework that was sort of giving concepts of a plan.

0:50.1

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