MAGA Delusions of Economic Leverage  —  Europe can easily stand up to Trump's bullying  —  We'll keep doing this until you give us Greenland  —  I hope that Trump's threat to impose escalating tariffs on European countries if they don't hand over Greenland will finally bury “TACO Trump” wishful thinking.

In Davos speech, Trump rules out using military force to take Greenland … - Trump began the Greenland portion of his speech by calling for “immediate negotiations” to acquire the Arctic territory, mocking Denmark for losing it “in six hours” during World War II.

Carney Speech on U.S. ‘Rupture’ and Canada's Survival Draws Standing Ovation at Davos  —  Prime Minister Mark Carney got a standing ovation in Davos for starkly describing the end of Pax Americana.  He is looking for new allies to help his country survive it.

Treasury Secretary Bessent says Denmark and its investment in the US are ‘irrelevant’  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday offered some biting words about Denmark, which maintains territorial control over Greenland, after the European country's pension fund announced it would unwind its investment in US government bonds.

Trump Appears to Confuse Iceland and Greenland  —  “Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland,” the president said, referring to market shifts related to his repeated threats to seize Greenland.  “So Iceland's already cost us a lot of money.”

The beginnings of the great Greenland climbdown  —  Trump's rambling Davos speech was vaguely menacing rather than explicitly threatening  —  The rich and powerful were pushing and shoving each other to get in to see Donald Trump speak at the Congress Centre in Davos.

EU freezes work on US trade deal ‘indefinitely’ after Trump's Greenland and tariff threats  —  Wall Street got Trump to back off his most extreme tariff threat once before.  Will it do it again?  —  Hot Stocks … A key group of European Parliament members blocked a vote to ratify …

House Democratic leaders will oppose DHS funding bill as party rages over ICE  —  Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Whip Katherine Clark told members in a private meeting that they'll vote no. But their opposition is unlikely to sink the funding bill.  —  WASHINGTON — House Minority …

Lagarde walks out of Lutnick speech in Davos critical of Europe, sources say  —  ECB President Christine Lagarde walked out of a dinner at the World Economic Forum during a speech critical of Europe by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and the hosts called off the event before dessert, sources familiar with the matter said.