Davos, Greenland and Donald Trump
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The allegation surfaced after Newsom criticized European leaders’ responses to President Donald Trump’s policies.
President Trump’s verbal broadsides drew gasps and nervous laughter at the annual gathering of political and business leaders.
President Trump said his plans for boosting home affordability are already helping, but stopped short of providing details.
In his much anticipated speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to take over Greenland, railed against wind farms, and criticized what he claimed was an imbalance in trade between the United States and the rest of the world.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California accused the Trump administration of cutting off his access to the American pavilion, where he was scheduled to speak on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, said no other country is in a position to defend Greenland but the United States.
California Governor Gavin Newsom, an outspoken Democratic critic of President Donald Trump, said he was blocked from speaking at the World Economic Forum at Davos on Wednesday, accusing the White House of interfering with his planned event.
President Donald Trump used his Davos address to press for US control of Greenland, defend tariffs, and frame global politics as a contest of power.
The World Economic Forum think tank opened its annual meeting in the Swiss town of Davos on Tuesday where political leaders and business leaders will discuss issues ranging from economic disparity to climate change to world conflicts.
The "Board of Peace" was first announced as part of the peace plan for Gaza. President Trump has recently suggested that its work could extend more broadly.
Trump claims the U.S. should control Greenland for Golden Dome missile defense, says Canada "lives because of the United States" in heated Davos remarks.