Trump on Wednesday is set to address the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps, where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with European allies and overshadow his original plan to use his appearance at the gathering of global elites to address affordability issues back home.

President Trump's pursuit of Greenland threatens to reignite a trade war with Europe and upend the NATO alliance.

Trump advisor Kevin Hassett calls for "cooler heads to prevail" as president threatens Denmark with tariffs over Greenland acquisition deal negotiations.

The White House and Denmark contradicted each other in public about what they had agreed to this week as President Trump continued to demand U.S. ownership of Greenland.

President Donald Trump delivered a meandering and grievance-filled speech to a packed White House Press Briefing room on Tuesday, speaking for more than an hour to mark the one-year anniversary of his return to office.

President Trump’s Greenland envoy, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R), was disinvited from the territory’s annual dogsled race amid White House rhetoric encouraging the annexation of the self-governing Danish territory.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 22,

President Donald Trump has made very clear his desire to “acquire” Greenland from Denmark, no matter the damage to NATO or to the US alliance with Europe.