President Trump’s verbal broadsides drew gasps and nervous laughter at the annual gathering of political and business leaders.

Trump insisted he liked Macron, before continuing: "Hard to believe, isn't it?" But the whole joke is wearing thin for many European leaders. They have spent a year trying to flatter, impress and appease the US president and in return have been presented with their biggest threat to date.

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.

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he has decided not to follow through on his threat to impose new tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland following a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

It comes after Trump says he will add a 10% tariff to goods imported from eight European countries that oppose his plan to take over Greenland.

President Donald Trump was addressing the World Economic Forum — 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 Donald Trump threatens tariffs on European allies at Davos World Economic Forum as tensions rise over trade deals and his demands to acquire Greenland from Denmark.

European leaders were disgusted with President Donald Trump blasting their continent for not being "recognizable" during his Davos speech, CNN reported

“We want a piece of ice for world protection, and they won’t give it,” Trump said of his desire to acquire Greenland from Denmark. “You can say ‘yes’ and we will be very appreciative. Or you can say ‘no’ and we will remember.”