Ireland and Europe weigh options as Trump keeps pressure up over Greenland

Tensions remain high despite Trump saying he would not take the island by force

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President Donald Trump speaks to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times.
President Donald Trump speaks to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, yesterday. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times.

Jack Power and Jack Horgan-Jones join Pat Leahy to assess a dramatic week in which the transatlantic alliance took a further battering from US president Donald Trump and his demands to acquire Greenland.

With Trump telling attendees at the World Economic Forum at Davos that he would not use force but would ‘remember’ a failure to hand the vast territory over, EU leaders may now wait and see. Will threatened tariffs become a reality? There are two member state heads in particular whose response to whatever Trump does next should be watched.

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