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WSJ What’s News

The World Plots Its Response to an 'Adversarial' America

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Jan. 21. Wary European allies are preparing for President Trump’s arrival at the World Economic Forum today. WSJ’s Washington coverage chief Damian Paletta says the President is very much at peace, being more adversarial with U.S. allies and that he's not going to take no for an answer when it comes to Greenland. Plus, the U.S. shifts military firepower to the Middle East. And, your boss might be lauding the efficiencies of AI, but new research finds chatbots aren’t saving workers much time - if any - at all. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

As companies seek to close growing gaps in skills and talent,

0:04.0

Deloitte US CEO Jason Garzatus believes it's important for organizations to understand their baseline of skills.

0:10.0

There's so many organizations that can't ask and answer the fundamental questions about how much computer science or data management skills do I have or AI development skills in a given domain? By performing a

0:21.6

skills inventory, leaders can truly understand where their efforts should be focused. Being blind

0:26.3

to those gaps is the real miss. Visit Deloitte.com to learn how your enterprise can help successfully

0:31.8

cultivate talent. Davos gears up for President Trump with all eyes on how hard he pushes for Greenland.

0:42.3

This is a completely different president than in past years.

0:46.3

He's very at peace, ironically, being more adversarial with U.S. allies, and he's not going to take no for an answer.

1:00.5

Plus, the U.S. shifts military firepower to the Middle East and a big day for the Fed's independence at the Supreme Court. It's Wednesday, January 21st. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

1:05.9

and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:13.2

After a brief delay leaving the U.S. due to mechanical issues on Air Force One, President

1:18.1

Trump is said to take center stage today in Davos, Switzerland.

1:22.0

The journal's Jenny Strasbourg is at the World Economic Forum and says the president's quest

1:26.6

to acquire Greenland is

1:28.3

dominating a gathering that organizers had titled A Spirit of Dialogue.

1:33.0

Really, every topic, robotics, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, everything has been

1:39.8

overtaken by discussion of Trump's visit today. Everyone's talking about his plan to acquire

1:48.7

Greenland, his doubling down on that, despite the fact that global leaders are fighting back.

1:56.1

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada delivering a speech that saw a relatively rare standing ovation.

2:05.6

We're reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry, that the rules-based order is fading.

2:13.3

And he called for global leaders to essentially act together and cooperate in the face of what a lot of people see as aggression.

2:24.2

Though Jenny said that not everyone is taking Carney's approach.

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