Greenland, Donald Trump and World Economic Forum
Digest more
Trump, Greenland and Iceland
Digest more
President Donald Trump spoke for more than an hour at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday. He addressed the United States' interest in taking over Greenland, ICE in Minnesota, wind turbines, and more.
The California governor planned to respond to Trump's Greenland takeover remarks on Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland.
President Donald Trump will address the World Economic Forum in Davos, where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with European allies.
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.
Representatives for the World Economic Forum, which kicks off today in Switzerland, have confirmed to Bloomberg that Danish officials will not be attending despite being invited, as tensions over U.S. interest in acquiring Greenland intensify.
EL MUNDO on MSN
The Davos Forum places the world "on the brink of the precipice" and calls for "dialogue" in the face of the danger of confrontation
Record attendance and also uncertainty with multiple downside risks for the economy. Hours before the official opening of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, the rooms of the Davos Congress Center and the surrounding hotels were already bustling with top executives from around the world eager to find answers to the chain of uncertainties looming over their financial statements.
Air Force One was forced to turn around due to a "minor electrical issue", delaying the US president's arrival at the World Economic Forum in Davos.