Trump at Davos: 'I won't use force' to acquire Greenland
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
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In a highly awaited speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump said he's seeking immediate negotiations for the ownership of Greenland. Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, joins us to discuss Trump's speech.
Then, the Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case about President Trump's efforts to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. We speak with Mark Chenoweth, president of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, and Ty Cobb, former special counsel to Trump in his first administration.
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| 0:23.3 | Come to your own judgment of what can be done, what's reasonable, propose that, do it behind |
| 0:30.1 | closed doors and negotiations, and come up with a way for Trump to portray this as having |
| 0:34.9 | him gotten something. |
| 0:36.6 | If President Trump won't take no for an answer on Greenland, |
| 0:40.6 | maybe Europe can convince him he's getting a deal. |
| 1:00.9 | It's Wednesday, January 21st, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR. |
| 1:01.9 | I'm Chris Bentley. |
| 1:12.2 | Today on the show, the Supreme Court seems skeptical of President Trump's claim that he can fire whomever he wants from the Federal Reserve Board. Also, the U.S. withdrawal from global humanitarian efforts could contribute to a growing |
| 1:19.6 | refugee crisis. In the decades that have been working on humanitarian and development aid and |
| 1:26.3 | in this sector, I have never seen this kind of |
| 1:29.2 | collapse of what you could call a moral leadership. |
| 1:40.7 | But first, President Trump flew to Switzerland to address a crowd of some of the world's richest and most powerful people today, |
| 1:48.9 | though his remarks were very similar to what he might have said at a campaign rally in rural America. |
| 1:54.9 | One thing everyone was waiting to hear, he told the World Economic Forum in Davos that he would not use force to take Greenland. |
| 2:03.3 | That's news because he hadn't previously ruled out using the military to seize the Danish territory. |
| 2:09.8 | But he's not exactly proposing a compromise either. |
| 2:12.7 | They have a choice. You can say yes and we will be be very appreciative, or you can say no, and we will remember. |
| 2:22.8 | Trump said it's not enough that Denmark already lets the U.S. station its military on Greenland. |
| 2:28.2 | He wants the U.S. to own it. |
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