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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
EU vows ‘unflinching’ response to Trump’s Greenland gambit
European leaders draw a clear line over Greenland, vowing an “unflinching” response to Washington’s threats even as US President Donald Trump says he is ready to hold a meeting in Davos about his plans to take the autonomous Danish territory.
Asked hours before he is to head to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, how far he would go, Trump replies only: “You’ll find out.”
“We have a lot of meetings scheduled on Greenland, and I think things are going to work out pretty well,” Trump tells reporters about his Davos meetings.
Leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss ski resort close ranks against Trump’s increasingly aggressive America First agenda, while Greenland’s prime minister says his tiny population of 57,000 must be prepared for military force.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen leads the European rejoinder, cautioning that Trump risked plunging US ties with the European Union into a “downward spiral.”
France’s Emmanuel Macron warns against US attempts to “subordinate Europe,” and blasts as “unacceptable” Trump’s threats to impose tariffs of up to 25 percent on countries opposed to his Greenland plans.
Trump had earlier insisted Greenland was “imperative” for security. “There can be no going back — on that, everyone agrees!” he posted on his Truth Social platform.
The US president, who will address the annual gathering of global elites on Wednesday, has put the transatlantic alliance to the test with his demand to take over Greenland.
The Times of Israel Community.