Trump Set to Address Davos Amid Growing Angst Over Greenland
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, just leave on work now. Sorry, it's a bit loud. |
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| 0:25.4 | Here is your morning brief for Wednesday, January 21st. |
| 0:27.3 | I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:32.0 | President Trump is set to take center stage today in Davos, Switzerland, |
| 0:35.6 | with his quest to acquire Greenland dominating the conversation. |
| 0:38.6 | Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech yesterday, where he called for global leaders to act together and cooperate in the face of President |
| 0:43.8 | Trump's aggression. Trump's remarks will be closely watched by European leaders trying to assess |
| 0:49.3 | how far he'll go in pushing to acquire Greenland or if he'd truly test the limits of NATO. |
| 0:55.1 | Meanwhile, Russia is monitoring the situation with a Kremlin spokesman saying that Trump's |
| 1:00.1 | Greenland plans would, quote, go down in the history books. |
| 1:03.6 | Trump is set to speak at 8.30 a.m. Eastern. |
| 1:07.0 | More American firepower is headed to the Middle East. The U.S. is sending a carrier, jets, and air defense systems to the region, giving President Trump more options for a strike on Iran. |
| 1:18.1 | Last week, Trump pulled back from ordering an attack on Iran, but he's continued to press for what he terms decisive military options, as the regime in Tehran tightens its control of the country. |
| 1:29.5 | And the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in a case deciding whether President |
| 1:34.4 | Trump can fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the Fed have been |
| 1:40.5 | named by Cook as defendants in her initial lawsuit, contesting the president's |
| 1:45.2 | attempt to remove her over disputed mortgage fraud allegations. |
| 1:49.6 | Asian stocks have end-of-the-day mixed. |
| 1:51.7 | European stocks are down in midday trading, and U.S. stock futures are inching higher |
| 1:56.7 | as investors await President Trump's speech in Davos. |
| 2:00.4 | And we've got a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's Once News podcast. |
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