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Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Donald Trump made a U-turn on tariffs against 8 European countries over their Greenland stance after he met NATO General Secretary General Mark Rutte in Davos.

Trump Greenland news LIVE updates: Donald Trump speaking at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (AP)

Trump Greenland news LIVE updates: United States President Donald Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, amid pushback from European allies over his claims on Greenland....Read More

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• 22 Jan 2026, 03:04:39 AM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Did US give Greenland to Denmark after WW2? A Fact check

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Trump at World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Wednesday said that the US gave Greenland to Denmark after World War 2. However, this is not correct. Greenland has been under Danish control since the early 18th century and remains an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark to this day. The US has never owned or governed Greenland. Read about its complete history here

• 22 Jan 2026, 01:45:28 AM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Trump withdraws tariff threat on 8 European countries

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will not be imposing tariffs on several countries for their stance on Greenland. He said he had reached the outlines of a deal with NATO on the island's future. "Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st," Trump wrote on Truth Social after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Davos.

• 22 Jan 2026, 12:58:12 AM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: NATO's reassurance for Trump

  Trump Greenland news live updates: NATO chief Mark Rutte reassured President Donald Trump that the alliance would aid the US if it came under attack as Trump questioned its commitment to Washington. "You can be assured, absolutely, if ever (the) US will be under attack, your allies will be with you," Rutte was quoted as saying by AFP. Rutte noted that NATO had already done so in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Earlier this month, Trump said in a Truth Social post that he doubted allies would "be there for us if we really needed them," writing: "We will always be there for NATO, even if they won't be there for us."

• 22 Jan 2026, 12:19:54 AM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Inside Greenland's ‘crisis’ guidelines

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Greenland on Wednesday unveiled a crisis guidelines document amid apprehensions over US action. The brochure is titled “Prepared for Crises -- Be Self-Sufficient for Five Days” and the work on the document began last year "against a backdrop of power outages of varying duration", AFP reported, citing the Greenland government. The guidance recommends storing five days' worth of food, three litres of water per person per day, toilet paper, a battery-powered radio, and weapons, ammunition and fishing equipment.

• 21 Jan 2026, 11:41:27 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: EU Parliament suspends trade deal with US

  Trump Greenland news live updates: The European Parliament on Wednesday put on hold a trade deal between the United States and the European Union. The EU Parliament's trade committee has decided to freeze the ratification vote indefinitely for the trade deal, amid US President Donald Trump's repeated threats over seizing Greenland, Bloomberg reported. In a statement, chair of European Parliament’s trade committee Bernd Lange said America is “undermining the stability and predictability of EU-US trade relations” by “threatening the territorial integrity and sovereignty of an EU member state and by using tariffs as a coercive instrument.” Read full story here

• 21 Jan 2026, 11:31:37 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President's message for NATO

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Trump urged NATO to allow the US to take Greenland from Denmark and added an extraordinary warning, saying alliance members can say yes, “and we'll be very appreciative. Or you can say, No,' and we will remember.” Trump tried to focus on his efforts to tame inflation and spur the economy back home. But his more than 70-minute address focused more on his gripes with other countries.

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• 21 Jan 2026, 11:29:58 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: ‘Right, title and ownership’ | What Trump said

  Trump Greenland news live updates: At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump insisted he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but he said he wouldn't employ force to achieve that. He used the Davos opportunity to repeatedly deride European allies and vow that NATO shouldn't stand in the way of US expansionism.

• 21 Jan 2026, 10:29:03 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Glad he's ruling out military force, says Denmark Parliament member

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Rasmus Jarlov, chairman of the defense committee in Denmark’s Parliament, said he was “glad” US President Trump was “ruling out military force", New York Times reported.

  Jarlov said he “wasn't too upset” with Trump's speech at the WEF in Davos, adding that they had “heard a lot worse.” “I didn’t see in his remarks today an escalation. He insists he wants Greenland, but that’s not new. Of course, we still insist that we are not handing over Greenland,” Jarlov said, according to NYT.

• 21 Jan 2026, 10:24:34 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: California Governor Newsom says Trump was ‘never going to invade Greenland’

  Trump Greenland news live updates: California Governor Gavin Newsom has said that US President Donald Trump was “never going to invade Greenland”, CNN reported.

  “I don’t think the military force was ever real in the first place, but I think the tone reflected deep anxiety…” CNN quoted Newsom as saying.

• 21 Jan 2026, 10:21:53 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Greenland releases ‘crisis’ guidelines amid US President's threats

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Amid US President Donald Trump's threats for Greenland's takeover, the island territory has released a new brochure with guidelines, providing advice to its population on ‘crisis’ situations, The Guardian reported.

  Peter Borg, self-sufficiency minister, said the document is an “insurance policy”, while adding, “We don’t expect to have to use it.”

• 21 Jan 2026, 10:09:49 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Trump takes jibe at Macron’s sunglasses in Davos

  US President Donald Trump took a jab at French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, mocking the aviator sunglasses Macron wore during his speech at the Davos forum a day earlier.

• 21 Jan 2026, 09:45:59 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: European Parliament freezes EU-US trade deal

  Trump Greenland news live updates: The European Parliament has indefinitely postponed a vote for the ratification of the EU-US trade deal on Wednesday, Bloomberg reported.

  This came amid US President Trump's proposal to acquire Greenland. “By threatening the territorial integrity and sovereignty of an EU member state and by using tariffs as a coercive instrument, the US is undermining the stability and predictability of EU-US trade relations,” Bernd Lange, chair of Parliament’s trade committee, said in a statement.

• 21 Jan 2026, 08:54:41 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President says acquisition of Greenland ‘small ask’

  Trump Greenland news live updates: United States President Donald Trump said he was had been asking for a “piece of ice, cold and poorly located”, while talking about Greenland.

  Trump said the territory “can play a vital role in world peace and world protection”, while saying it was a “small ask” as compared to the defense shield that the US had offered to the NATO and Denmark.

• 21 Jan 2026, 08:14:17 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President claims he warned Macron on tariffs over drug price at Davos

  Trump Greenland news live updates: At the Davos forum, Trump stated that he had threatened French President Emmanuel Macron with additional tariffs as leverage to address high drug prices.

• 21 Jan 2026, 08:11:18 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: ‘Without us most of the countries don’t work, says Trump

  Trump Greenland news live updates:Trump stated that without America, several nations “don’t have a country,” and argued that the US should benefit from the lowest interest rates.

• 21 Jan 2026, 08:06:29 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: ‘Rigged election’ says Trump on 2020 US Presidential Elections

  Trump Greenland news live updates: At the Davos forum, Trump asserted that people involved in the 2020 election will face prosecution, repeating his unfounded claim that the vote was "rigged."

• 21 Jan 2026, 08:02:40 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates:Trump claims only 'great powers' US can protect Greenland

  Speaking at the Davos forum, Donald Trump asserted that only the United States has the ability to "secure Greenland," reiterating his controversial interest in the strategically located Danish autonomous territory.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:56:21 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President says Greenland acquisition no threat to NATO, will ‘enhance’ alliance's security

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump, who said that America is seeking immediate negotiations for a discussion on Greenland's acquisition, asserted that this would be no threat to NATO.

  Trump said this would enhance the alliance's security. Launching criticism against NATO, Trump said the US is treated “very unfairly” by the alliance.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:53:33 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US treated ‘very unfairly’ by NATO, says Trump

  Trump Greenland news live updates: United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday alleged that America is “treated very unfairly” by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

  “We give so much and get so little in return,” the US President said, claiming that while he was a critic of the alliance, he had done “more than” the previous Joe Biden government for NATO.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:50:16 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Trump seeks immediate negotiations to discuss Greenland acquisition, says US ‘won’t use force'

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump has sought immediate negotiations to discuss the acquisition of Greenland, while saying that there was no country in a position better than America to do so.

  Trump said that the US would not use force for the takeover, while adding that Greenland lies “undefended” in a key strategic location.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:47:11 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US needs Greenland for strategic national and international security, says US President

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump, while speaking at the WEF in Davos, said that Greenland lies in a “key strategic location” between the US, Russia and China.

  The US President said America needs the island territory not owing to its minerals but for “strategic national and international security.”

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:41:38 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Trump calls Denmark ‘ungrateful’, says US ‘stupid’ to ‘give Greenland back’ after WW2

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump at the WEF in Davos called Denmark “ungrateful”, while saying the US was “stupid” to “give Greenland back” after the Second World War.

  “We set up bases in Greenland for Denmark. We fought for Denmark. We saved Greenland and prevented our enemies from gaining a foothold in our hemisphere. After war we gave Greenland back to Denmark. How stupid were we to do that. How ungrateful are they now,” the US President said.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:38:34 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Denmark fell to Germany in WW 2, was unable to defend itself and Greenland, says Trump

  Trump Greenland news live updates: In the context of Greenland, Trump on Wednesday said in Davos that Denmark had “fallen to Germany” and was “unable to defend itself and Greenland.”

  “US was compelled to send its own forces to hold that territory at great cost and expense. Denmark knows that,” the US President said.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:35:27 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Have tremendous respect for people of Denmark and Greenland, says US President

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump said he has tremendous respect for the people of Denmark and Greenland.

  “…But every NATO ally must defend their territory. No nation is in any position to secure Greenland other than us,” Trump said, adding that Greenland had fallen to Germany in World War 2.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:26:50 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Every major oil company coming in with US, says Trump

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump said in Davos that every major oil company in the world was “coming in with the US.” He further highlighted that we are “very much into the world of nuclear energy.”

  Addressing Venezuela, Trump said the country would be making more money.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:24:23 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Venezuela offered to make a deal after US attack ended

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump at the WEF in Davos said Venezuela was a great country 20 years back, but situation had since deteriorated.

  Trump said that after US attack on Venezuela ended and the capture of Nicolas Maduro, the country had offered to make a deal.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:22:34 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President highlights ‘historic trade deals with 40 per cent of the world’

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump said that America had made “historic trade deals with 40 per cent of the world.” He said that the “ballooning trade deficits” in US were reduced owing to the tariffs on countries.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:16:57 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Europe not heading in the right direction, says US President

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump, in his speech at the WEF in Davos, said certain places in Europe are not “recognisable”, adding that “there's no argument” on the matter.

  “I love Europe, and I want to see Europe go good. But it's not heading in the right direction,” the US President said, while citing increased government spending and unchecked mass migration.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:12:18 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President lauds one year of his presidency at Davos

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump, beginning his speech at teh WEF in Davos, lauded one year of his presidency.

  “Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of my inauguration and today our economy is booming, growth exploding, incomes rising, inflation defeated and the previously open and dangerous border closed and the US is in the midst of the most dramatic turnaround in our history,” Trump said.

• 21 Jan 2026, 07:07:57 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: People queue into Congress Hall ahead of US President's speech

  

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  Trump Greenland news live updates: Ahead of the US President's speech, hundreds of people queued into Zone C of Congress Hall of the World Economic Forum.

• 21 Jan 2026, 06:34:38 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Who are the members of Trump's delegation at WEF

  Trump Greenland news live updates: The US delegation which has landed in Switzerland, alongside President Donald Trump, includes his Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

  One of Donald Trump's key policy advisers, Stephen Miller, is also travelling to Davos with him, BBC reported. Miller is currently serving as White House deputy chief of staff.

• 21 Jan 2026, 06:27:54 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President, his delegation head to Davos after landing in Zurich

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump and his delegation landed in Zurich, Switzerland earlier today, and are now headed to Davos by helicopter, BBC reported.

  The US delegation is headed to the World Economic Forum venue, wherein Trump is first scheduled to attend a reception of business leaders, and will later speak at the WEF.

• 21 Jan 2026, 06:08:03 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: UK PM Starmer says won't ‘yield’ to US President's pressure

  Trump Greenland news live updates: United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday said he would not give in to US President Trump's pressure over Greenland.

  “I will not yield, Britain will not yield on our principles and values about the future of Greenland under threats of tariffs, and that is my clear position,” Starmer told lawmakers, according to AFP.

• 21 Jan 2026, 05:59:36 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Trump may touch on issues around Greenland, Venezuela in Davos

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump may touch on issues involving Greenland and Venezuela, and his ‘Board of Peace’ and hemispheric domination at the World Economic Forum in Davos, a senior White House official told Reuters news agency.

  The US President, who landed in Zurich early Wednesday, will discuss his American First-based economic policies at the WEF.

• 21 Jan 2026, 05:37:05 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: NATO situation difficult but must remember common adversary is Russia, says Norway defence minister

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Norway's defence minister Tore Sandvik told a meeting of foreign correspondents in Oslo that while the NATO situation is “difficult” and “these are demanding times”, the common adversary is Russia, Reuters news agency reported.

  “The dimensional threat for the West, for NATO, ... still is Russia,” Tore Sandvik said.

• 21 Jan 2026, 05:15:03 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President lands in Switzerland

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Trump has landed in Zurich, Switzerland. The US President is supposed to attend a reception today with business leaders before making a speech before the World Economic Forum later.

• 21 Jan 2026, 05:07:41 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: UK Chancellor says not ‘ruling anything out’ when asked about retaliatory tariffs on US

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Amid US President Donald Trump's tariff threats over Greenland, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves said “we would never rule anything out” while talkin about retaliatory tariffs, BBC reported.

  French President Emmanuel Macron has also said that the European Union could consider a series of retaliatory options. Trump had threatened to impose an additional 10 per cent tariff to “any and all goods”imported from eight European countries from 1 February, including the UK, if they opposed the proposed takeover of Greenland.

• 21 Jan 2026, 04:55:02 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: European Council President says Trump's threats challenge Europe's security, principles

  Trump Greenland news live updates: European Council President António Costa has said that US President Donald Trump's tariff threats over Greenland pose a challenge to Europe's security and principles, the Associated Press reported.

  This comes in the wake of Trump's threats to impose tariffs on eight European nations if they oppose the US takeover of Greenland. Costa is scheduled to convene an emergency meeting with EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday.

• 21 Jan 2026, 04:35:52 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US responds on French push for NATO drills in Greenland, asks Macron to focus on ‘other things’

  Trump Greenland news live updates: The US has pushed back against French President Macron's calls to hold a NATO-led military exercise in Greenland.

  “If this is all President Macron has to do when the European, when the French budget, is in shambles, I would suggest that he focuses on other things for the French people,” Bloomberg quoted US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as saying on Wednesday.

• 21 Jan 2026, 04:19:27 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: ‘Sit down and wait’, says US Treasury Secretary to Europe amid tensions

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has asked European nations to “sit down and wait” for US President Donald Trump to arrive at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

  Bessent said that the countries should listen to Trump's argument, while adding that he thinks “they’re going to be persuaded”, CNN reported.

• 21 Jan 2026, 04:12:09 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: NATO military chiefs meet for ‘detailed, frank discussion’

  Trump Greenland news live updates: The NATO military chiefs met on Wednesday for what they said was a “detailed, frank discussion”, the New York Times reported.

  Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, Italian chair of NATO’s military committee, did not mention Greenland specifically during remarks at the start of a two-day meeting in Brussels.

  However, he urged the member nations' military chiefs to protect the unity among its allies, according to NYT.

• 21 Jan 2026, 03:53:46 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Tensions over Greenland should not distract US and Europe from Ukraine, says NATO chief

  NATO chief Mark Rutte on Wednesday said the alliance must not allow tensions over Greenland to distract them from the Ukraine issue.

  “The focus on Ukraine should be the number one priority, it is crucial for European and US security,” Rutte said during a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, according to Reuters news agency.

• 21 Jan 2026, 03:51:07 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: ‘I doubt it,’ says Trump when asked if Greenland tensions could affect Europe trade deal

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the US-Europe trade deal would be affected amid tensions over his threats on Greenland.

  “I doubt it,” Trump said, according to Bloomberg. Meanwhile, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had on Tuesday called Trump's threats over Greenland a “mistake” which would violate the deal he forged last year with the bloc.

• 21 Jan 2026, 03:43:26 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: NATO chief says ‘thoughtful diplmacy’ needed to deal with tensions

  Trump Greenland news live updates: NATO chief Mark Rutte Wednesday said “thoughtful diplomacy” was needed to deal with tensions pver Greenland, with US President Donald Trump's threats to take over the territory.

  “I see that there are these tensions at the moment, there's no doubt. Again, I'm not going to comment on that, but I can assure you, the only way to deal with that is, in the end, thoughtful diplomacy,” AFP cited Rutte as saying at the World Economic Forum.

• 21 Jan 2026, 03:27:42 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Belgian PM's ‘miserable slave’ remark ahead of EU leaders' meeting in Brussels

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever gave a strong response to US President Donald Trump's quest for Greenland.

  “Until now, we tried to appease the new president in the White House…But now so many red lines are being crossed. Being a happy vassal is one thing. Being a miserable slave is something else,” Wever said, according to Euractiv.

  This comes even as leaders of 27 European Union nations are scheduled to meet in Brussels on Thursday evening to discuss the situation, New York Times reported.

• 21 Jan 2026, 03:16:01 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: ‘Will not accept to be blackmailed,’ says Swedish PM

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, while speaking to the Associated Press on the sidelines of Davos, said Europeans are willing to increase security in Greenland but would not “accept to be blackmailed.”

  Kristersson further stated that he “would not speculate”on whether NATO has shattered beyond repair after Trump's threats to take over Greenland. The country joined NATO in 2024.

• 21 Jan 2026, 02:55:48 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US 'behaving very strangely', says European central bank chief

  Trump Greenland news live updates: The United States “is behaving very strangely” for an ally, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday, as US President Donald Trump intensified his campaign to take Greenland from NATO ally Denmark.

  Asked in Davos during an interview with French radio station RTL whether the United States was an “ally” or an “adversary” of the European Union, Lagarde replied, “They are behaving very strangely for allies.”

  “When you are allies under the North Atlantic Treaty, when you have been allies for decades and have been part of each other's history, threatening to seize territory that is clearly not for sale, such as Greenland, and waving tariff restrictions, and various other restrictions on international trade, is not really behaving like an ally,” she said.

• 21 Jan 2026, 02:44:45 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: China warns against US dependence, distances from Greenland issue

  Trump Greenland news live updates: China dismissed suggestions on Wednesday that it would seek to gain influence in the West as a US push to take control of Greenland threatens to alter the balance of a long-standing transatlantic security alliance.

  Asked whether Beijing welcomed the “chaos” over Greenland, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a regular briefing, “We have no intention of competing for influence with any country, nor would we ever do so."

• 21 Jan 2026, 02:33:43 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: When will Trump speak at World Economic Forum?

  Trump Greenland news live updates: US President Donald Trump's session at the World Economic Forum was scheduled to be held between 14:30 and 15:15 Central European Time (CET), around 7 pm to 7:45 pm (IST), according to WEF website.

  However, he will now be about three hours late to Davos after an electrical issue on Air Force One forced him to change planes, US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said.

  "I believe President Trump is going to be about three hours late. I haven't seen the updated schedule," Bessent told reporters.

• 21 Jan 2026, 02:21:58 PM IST

  Trump Greenland news live updates: Trump's Greenland tariffs would dent EU growth by 0.5%, says Austrian central bank

  Trump Greenland news live updates: The tariffs President Donald Trump has vowed to impose on eight European countries, unless the US is allowed to seize Greenland, would eventually cut European Union economic growth by 0.5%, according to a study released by the Austrian National Bank on Wednesday.

  “Due to the direct impact on some countries, the effects on the Eurozone-20 and the EU are significantly greater (than on Austria), at around minus 0.1% in the short term and minus 0.5% in the long term,” the study said.