'Something's going to happen,' Trump says as Greenland threats rattle NATO allies
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🗓️ 20 January 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the News Hour. President Trump today sent mixed signals on his threats to take over Greenland, |
| 0:06.3 | ahead of meetings with European allies in Davos later this week. After inflammatory messages posted online |
| 0:12.7 | overnight and this morning, President Trump, while speaking to reporters at the White House this afternoon, |
| 0:18.1 | seemed to signal a deal could be reached. Meanwhile, European leaders already gathering at the World Economic Forum, are forcefully |
| 0:25.6 | pushing back against the President's new tariff threats and his insistence that U.S. control |
| 0:30.6 | of Greenland is a national security imperative. |
| 0:33.6 | The President departs tonight for Switzerland and some high-stakes meetings at an uncertain moment for the Transatlantic Alliance. |
| 0:40.3 | In Zurich, Switzerland, protesters set the U.S. flag ablaze, |
| 0:48.3 | before President Trump arrives in Davos for the World Economic Forum, where leaders of American |
| 0:56.8 | allies today pushed back on Trump's new tariff threats if Europe refuses to back his Greenland |
| 1:02.7 | takeover. From Canada, we stand firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully support their unique |
| 1:10.3 | right to determine Greenland's future. |
| 1:12.6 | To the European Union. |
| 1:16.6 | First principle, full solidarity with Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark. |
| 1:21.6 | The sovereignty and integrity of that territory is non-negotiable. |
| 1:33.6 | French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed French troops would be sent to Greenland and warned against giving in to Trump. |
| 1:37.7 | We must not give in to the law of the strongest or to intimidation tactics. |
| 1:42.8 | We must move forward. |
| 1:47.0 | We must not yield to the dictates of the strongest. We must defend our interests, but also our principles. |
| 1:50.0 | And Greenland's Prime Minister, Jens Frederick Nielsen, worried about the impact of U.S. military action. |
| 1:56.0 | This leader from the other side has made it very clear that it is not ruled out. |
| 2:02.6 | And therefore, we must of course be prepared for everything. |
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