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US President Donald Trump said he had a "good" meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Davos on Thursday but that no breakthrough was achieved. Trump told reporters after the meeting that efforts to end the war launched by Russia in February 2022 remained an "ongoing process,
In his speech at Davos, Trump made some easily disprovable claims about wind farms, among other things.
President Donald Trump’s winding, antagonistic speech to business moguls and government officials in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday was hardly a salve to concerns the Western Alliance is at its breaking point.
Faisal Islam said there was mixed reaction in the room during Trump's Davos speech.
"We’ll work with many others, including the United Nations," said Trump as he introduced the founding members.
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland was filled with inaccurate claims – notably including false and misleading statements about NATO and Greenland, the self-governing Danish territory he is pushing for the US to acquire.
Trump has repeatedly argued that the U.S. needs Greenland for national security. This week, he seemed to confuse it with Iceland.
NATO chief Mark Rutte defends Trump's impact on European defense spending, saying allies wouldn't have reached 2% GDP targets without his pressure.
While Trump’s remarks were aimed at a global audience, they may resonate in Georgia, particularly metro Atlanta, a national hot spot for institutional investment in housing.
Trump told World Economic Forum attendees he would not use force to acquire Greenland, while talking up his ability to negotiate through tariff threats. "You can say yes, and we will be very appreciative, or you can say no and we will remember," Trump said in the hourlong Jan. 21 speech.
After President Donald Trump took to the stage in Davos to declare that Western Civilization must defend itself, Somali-born activist and author Ayaan Hirsi Ali said that “Trump is right."