Trump Mocks European Leaders Ahead of Davos Visit

President Trump and his aides have been publicly deriding European leaders as they prepare to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he is scheduled to speak on Wednesday. He posted an apparently A.I.-generated meme showing him planting an American flag on Greenland that read, "Greenland.

U.S. Territory. Est. 2026." Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ridiculed European efforts to block the president from seizing Greenland, telling reporters he imagined they would form "the dreaded European working group," calling it their "most forceful weapon." The administration’s national security strategy released last month said Europe had lost its "civilizational self-confidence" amid a "failed focus on regulatory suffocation." Mr.

Trump also dismissed President Emmanuel Macron’s refusal to join an American-led "Board of Peace," saying Macron would be "out of office in a few months" and threatening, "I’ll put a 200 percent tariff on his wines and Champagnes." He shared flattering messages from Mr. Macron and Mark Rutte on Truth Social, including Mr.

Rutte’s line, "I will use my media engagements in Davos to highlight your work," and Mr. Macron’s, "Let us try to build great things," though Mr. Macron also said, "I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland." European leaders have said they are troubled and are trying to keep Mr.

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