Trump's Greenland shakedown: 'Say no and we will remember'
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Donald Trump took to the stage at Davos to take the military invasion of Greenland off the table, cue sighs of relief from European leaders and NATO.
But his ambitions for the US to own the territory have gone nowhere. He still wants to acquire it, and demanded immediate negotiations to begin that process. Increasingly. it seems that America's one-time allies have grown impatient with Trump's belligerent approach. What happens if he doesn’t get what wants? And is Europe actually growing a bit of a spine?
It was a rambling speech from Donald Trump, in which he appeared to forget names, and frequently referred to Greenland as Iceland. Is it any surprise that his critics are starting to hone in on his mental acuity?
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| 0:10.4 | This is a global player original podcast. We never ask for anything and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force where we would be, frankly, unstoppable. |
| 0:27.4 | But I won't do that. |
| 0:31.3 | Okay? |
| 0:31.8 | Now everyone's saying, oh, good. |
| 0:34.1 | That's probably the biggest statement I made because people thought I would use force. |
| 0:38.8 | I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force. |
| 0:42.9 | All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland. |
| 0:47.5 | Well, we already had it. |
| 0:48.8 | Donald Trump, giving rise to a chorus of size of relief from European NATO leaders |
| 0:55.8 | who really did think there was a prospect that NATO member could face NATO members in conflict over Greenland. |
| 1:05.4 | Donald Trump isn't giving up on it, but what does Europe do now? |
| 1:09.5 | A long rambling speech to Davos this morning. |
| 1:14.7 | Are European leaders any wiser about what he wants and how he's going to get it? Welcome to the |
| 1:21.6 | newsagents. The Newsagents. It's John. It's Emily, back in the studio, at a rather delicious 23 degrees. |
| 1:33.0 | You complained it was too cold in here. It was 21, 22 degrees. You'd been in minus 20 in Minneapolis. |
| 1:40.1 | Do you want me to wear mittens in here? I want you to wear thermals in here. |
| 1:46.6 | Keep those peccadillos to yourself. |
| 1:47.0 | Right. |
| 1:53.3 | Look, Donald Trump was in Davos, which essentially is the annual meeting of the world's ruling class, |
| 2:01.6 | speed dating for the billionaires and politicians and bankers and CEOs who all gather there once a year to pat each other on the back, |
| 2:08.2 | except this year it's very fraught because Europe seems to be on a collision course with the United States. The Western alliance people are saying is now over. That was the theme of |
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