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Katy Perry, Justin Trudeau hold hands during appearance at World Economic Forum in Davos
Katy Perry and her boyfriend Justin Trudeau took their romance to the world stage as they made their first major public appearance together.
On Tuesday, the 41-year-old pop star joined the 54-year-old former Prime Minister of Canada in Davos, Switzerland, where he delivered a speech at the Global Soft Power Summit, a Brand Finance–hosted event held alongside the World Economic Forum.
Perry donned a tan button-down cardigan with balloon sleeves and a matching pencil skirt. She accessorized with geometric gold earrings and styled her hair in a sleek bun. Meanwhile, Trudeau opted for a navy blue suit with a light blue dress shirt and a blue-and-white patterned tie.
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The couple were pictured smiling and holding hands at the event and Perry was also seen watching Trudeau's speech from the front row.
During his remarks, Trudeau emphasized the importance of "soft power," which is defined as the influence countries exert through values, diplomacy and collaboration in international relations.
"The 80 years of stability and prosperity that the world has seen since the end of the horrors of World War Two is over," Trudeau said, via CBC.
"That era is done. We are now in a transition period where we are creating the new world we live in," he added.
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Trudeau said that some world leaders were increasingly using "hard power" tactics, including military or coercive force, to serve their own national agendas in this "new world" and shared his view that nations should prioritize utilizing "soft power" to better address today’s global challenges.
The politician appeared to refer to Perry while sharing a personal anecdote to illustrate the effectiveness of "soft power."
According to CBC, Trudeau recalled a recent "date with an American girl to a rooftop bar in Montreal," where he said, "she ordered a Jack and Coke."
"The server kindly informed her that there was no more American alcohol, not just in that bar but anywhere in Montreal and probably anywhere across the entire country," he remembered.
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Trudeau explained that the incident was "an example of Canadians standing up for each other, that's an example of soft power, being motivated to be there for each other at a time of stress, at a time of anxiety."
While Trudeau did not identify the "American girl," he and Perry were first spotted together on a date in Montreal last July during which they dined at the upscale restaurant Le Violon before enjoying drinks at the rooftop bar Taverne Atlantic, per footage obtained by TMZ.
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They stepped out publicly together for the first time in October 2025 when they were photographed holding hands while leaving the Crazy Horse cabaret club in Paris after attending a birthday celebration for Perry.
The pop star made their relationship Instagram official in December 2025, when she included photos of the two of them as part of a slideshow featuring her adventures in Japan.
In one of the photos, the pair could be seen standing cheek to cheek as they smiled for the camera, while another showed their silhouettes as they stood in a dark room illuminated by cascading blue lights. Perry also included a black and white video in which they were seen enjoying sushi.
Their romance comes after Perry and her former fiancé Orlando Bloom confirmed their breakup in July. The former couple, who share daughter Daisy, 5, were together for almost a decade. Trudeau separated from his wife of 18 years, Sophie Grégoire, in 2023.
ICE launches new operation in Maine amid Trump's broader illegal immigrant crackdown around the US
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made dozens of arrests in Maine on Tuesday amid an effort known as Operation Catch of the Day.
Fox News' Griff Jenkins reported on Wednesday that authorities had arrested more than 50 people on Tuesday, and had informed him more arrests were taking place on Wednesday.
"We have approximately 1,400 targets here in Maine," ICE Deputy Assistant Director Patricia Hyde said on Tuesday, going on to mention crimes such as "rape of a child, drug trafficking" as well as "sexual assaults, simple assaults" and "driving while under the influence."
"You name it," she said. "They're on the target list."
The effort in Maine comes amid President Donald Trump's administration's broader crackdown against illegal immigrants around the U.S., a key campaign pledge.
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Portland Mayor Mark Dion issued a statement last week expressing opposition to the prospect of ICE in the area.
"Our community is anxious and fearful regarding the understanding that ICE is planning to send agents to Portland and Lewiston next week. We are a welcoming city. There is no evidence of unchecked criminal activity in our community requiring a disproportionate presence of federal agents. In that view, Portland rejects the need for the deployment of ICE agents into our neighborhoods," Dion said in part of the statement last week.
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"As a reminder, Portland Police does not cooperate with ICE, and they do not participate in enforcing federal immigration law," he noted.
Miami's Carson Beck faces criticism for skipping postgame handshake after national title loss
Miami Hurricanes quarterback Carson Beck gave it a valiant effort, but his team came up just short in the college football national championship against the Indiana Hoosiers.
Most of the criticism against Beck was for how he handled the loss in the immediate aftermath rather than his play on the field. Beck was seen running off the field without meeting his opponents for a postgame handshake.
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Beck didn’t address why he just ran off the field. But he appeared to be shaken up during Miami’s final drive of the game. He was hit hard by an Indiana defender after he threw a pass, which garnered a roughing the passer call on the Hoosiers.
ESPN’s Pete Thamel suggested that Beck may have been hurt on the play.
"The other factor in that play was Carson Beck took a late hit from the Indiana defensive tackle, what was it, two or three plays before that?" he said on the "College GameDay Podcast." "And he did not look right. He didn’t look right just in the locker room. So I walked by him and I said, ‘Hey Carson, how are you feeling after that hit.’ And he said, ‘My ears are still ringing,’ and there was a few accentuators that you wouldn’t hear Rece Davis say in sentences, but you’d probably hear Dan (Wetzel) and I say pretty much every day there.
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"And he clearly was like, his bell was rung, he was in pain. Obviously emotional in the wake of the loss. But you have to think that that hit had something to do with that performance. You get smashed like that illegally, you know. Now he did not get hit in the head, but he clearly, it was like upper chest."
He was 19-of-32 with 232 passing yards, a touchdown pass and the game-sealing interception.
Beck later reflected on his lone season with the Hurricanes, calling it the best year of his life.
"And not because we made the national championship, not because won a bunch of football games or we made great plays or things of that sort. Man, for me, my whole entire life changed," he said.
"You know, 365 days ago, I was in just a really dark place, and I was trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel. It was a really difficult thing. There was just a lot going on, mentally, physically, emotionally, to be able to battle and fight through the roller-coaster that life is."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Bernie Sanders implies CBS is part of 'oligarchy' controlling US while on network’s ‘Late Show’
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., implied that CBS was part of an "oligarchy" of powerful companies controlling the U.S. economy and media while appearing on one of the network's flagship broadcasts.
During a Tuesday appearance on CBS' "The Late Show," host Stephen Colbert asked Sanders to define oligarchy.
"An oligarchy is a nation where a small number of incredibly wealthy people control the economy, control media," Sanders explained. "We have some experience with that right here on CBS."
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After taking the swipe at CBS, the senator went on to explain how, as of today, "we have more income and wealth inequality than we’ve ever had in the history of America."
"You’ve got the top 1% owning more wealth than the bottom 93%," Sanders said. "One man, Mr. Musk, one man, owning more wealth than the bottom 52% of American households. All right? And then you have a political system, all right? These guys not only want to control the economy, they want to control the political system."
"So you have a corrupt political system as the result of this disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, so that billionaires like Mr. Musk can spend $270 million to elect Trump," he continued.
Sanders also called out "Democratic billionaires" for contributing to the pay-to-play system of American politics before diving back into the issue of media ownership.
"So you add ownership of media, which is becoming more and more concentrated — right-wing people buying media, owning social media," he lamented, calling out X CEO Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg by name.
"Ellison now owns Paramount and CBS," Sanders continued. "You add all those things up, what you add end up with a really small number of people with incredible wealth and incredible power. Stephen, that is what oligarchy is about."
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Colbert offered no defense of his network, and instead, said what Sanders just described "goes together with authoritarianism as like the chocolate and peanut butter of terrible ideas."
CBS, Musk and Zuckerberg did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.
Following last year's acquisition of CBS and Paramount by Skydance Media, run by David Ellison, the son of billionaire Oracle founder and Trump ally Larry Ellison, both Colbert and Sanders were vocal in their criticism of the merger.
Prior to the Skydance merger, Paramount, CBS's parent company, agreed on July 1, 2025, to pay President Donald Trump $16 million to settle his election interference lawsuit over the network's editing of a "60 Minutes" interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.
"I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles. It’s a ‘big fat bribe,’ because it all comes as Paramount’s owners are trying to get the Trump administration to approve the sale of our network to a new owner, Skydance!" Colbert said.
CBS staffers were outraged over the settlement, which also prompted extensive backlash from media watchdogs, journalism advocacy groups, liberal journalists and Democratic lawmakers.
Sanders issued a scathing statement saying the settlement sets an "extremely dangerous precedent in terms of both the First Amendment and government extortion," while Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., accused Paramount of taking a "bribe" and threatened future federal charges.
Fox News Digital's Joseph A. Wulfsohn and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.
Vice President JD Vance to visit Minneapolis, source says, amid unrest over ICE operations
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Vice President JD Vance is set to visit Minnesota on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Fox News, as tensions remain high about federal immigration enforcement operations there.
The source said Vance will deliver remarks and hold a roundtable with local leaders and community members in Minneapolis.
A White House official told Fox News on Wednesday that "the Vice President will highlight the Administration’s commitment to restoring law and order in Minneapolis."
The official added that Vance will meet with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while in Minnesota "to reinforce the White House’s unwavering support for federal immigration officials."
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"In his remarks, the Vice President will point out how Minneapolis’s sanctuary city policies have degraded public safety and endangered ICE officers. He will also celebrate the essential work ICE agents have done to take dangerous, criminal illegal aliens off of America’s streets," the White House official said.
Vance's trip comes as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz invited President Donald Trump to visit his state.
"Mr. President, Minnesota invites you to see our values in action. Come see how communities from all walks of life are working together, and how the spirit of this state refuses to be defined by division or fear," Walz wrote in a statement shared on X on Tuesday.
"I invite you to join me, and others in our community, to help restore calm and order and reaffirm that true public safety comes from shared purpose, trust, and respect," Walz added.
Walz and other prominent Minnesota Democrats, including state Attorney General Keith Ellison and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, were served Tuesday with subpoenas from the Justice Department over an alleged conspiracy to obstruct or impede federal law enforcement during ongoing ICE operations.
The state has become a flash point in the national debate over federal immigration enforcement following the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
"Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn't hit by a car, wasn't being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman. The reality is that his life was endangered, and he fired in self-defense," Vance wrote in an X post about the shooting earlier this month.
In another post, Vance said, "This is an extremely important point: you're only seeing chaotic ICE raids in blue sanctuary cities where local officials are fighting against federal law enforcement."
And at a White House news briefing earlier this month, the vice president claimed that Good had been "brainwashed" and argued that the Minneapolis mother of three had links to a "broader, left-wing network."
The vice president was previously in Minnesota in September, in the wake of a mass shooting at a Minneapolis-area Catholic Church.
Vance is expected to stop earlier on Thursday in his home state of Ohio. The vice president's office announced that Vance would travel to an industrial shipping facility in Toledo to deliver remarks about the administration's efforts to lower prices.
Rare and original American founding documents to fly on Freedom Plane across nation
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, a plane will showcase rare documents from our nation’s founding, giving Americans the opportunity to "experience" history right before their eyes.
The National Archives and Records Administration and National Archives Foundation (NAF) announced this week that the documents will be traveling in a Boeing 737, dubbed the Freedom Plane.
The Freedom Plane will travel to eight different cities starting in March and concluding at the end of August. The cities are Kansas City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Houston, Denver, Miami, Dearborn and Seattle.
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On the plane will be the original engraving of the Declaration of Independence in 1823 — one of only about 50 known engraved copies.
The document was commissioned by John Quincy Adams and was made by engraver William J. Stone, according to NAF.
The Articles of Association of 1774 was signed by all 53 delegates urging colonists to boycott British goods, marking the Continental Congress's first protest against Britain.
This document will be on the plane as well.
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Oaths of Allegiance signed by George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr during the Revolutionary War in 1778 are included as well.
Also traveling is a rare copy of a Constitution draft that has the delegates' handwritten notes made during the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
The last document on the plane is the Tally of Votes Approving the Constitution from 1787.
The document tracked the voting record of the Constitutional Convention, marking debates, resolutions and the vote on the final Constitution text.
Jim Byron, senior advisor to the Archivist of the United States, said at a press conference that Americans can "bear witness to the people and principals that shaped our nation."
"There is no more noteworthy an occasion than America’s 250th birthday to share this history — to inspire our fellow Americans to champion our nation’s founding ideals into the future," said Byron.
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Rodney Slater, chair and president of the National Archives Foundation's board of directors, added, "The Freedom Plane National Tour underscores that the rich history of our nation belongs to all of us, not just those Americans living in or visiting Washington, D.C."
Each exhibit is free and has different capacities — but there will be no limitation on the number of people who can view the exhibit.
A spokesperson told Fox News Digital that "if a venue is at capacity, you may have to wait in line. Our goal is for as many Americans as possible to see these documents."
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The Freedom Plane will launch from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in D.C. on March 3 to embark on its first stop in Kansas City.
China exploiting 'birth tourism' to gain long-term political influence in US, author warns
Author Peter Schweizer warned that China is engaged in "civilizational warfare" and is exploiting birthright citizenship by sending Chinese elites to have children in the U.S., who are then raised in China and later return to America as citizens in adulthood.
Schweizer, author of the book "The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon," claimed China has "bought off" large portions of America's political elites, Wall Street and the entertainment industry.
He contends that China is "at war with the Christian civilization of the United States, with its emphasis on individual rights, so they have carried out a series of policies of birth tourism that's happening on a massive scale."
Birthright citizenship is drawn from the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
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Schweizer claimed China has "created an industrial model" to exploit this provision.
"China began about 13 years ago pushing for this, pushing for the Chinese elite to come to the United States and have children here," he said on "The Ingraham Angle" Tuesday.
"Our federal government has no idea how many Chinese nationalists have done this because we do not collect data [regarding the nationality of one's parents] on birth certificates."
He claimed that "approximately 100,000 Chinese have been born in the United States" in each of the last 13 years, calling them "children of the elites."
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"The parents take them back to China where they are raised in CCP schools... And when they turn 18, which is going to start a couple of years from now... they are going to be able to vote, they are going to get government jobs, they will be able to do a whole host of things even though they have absolutely no connection to the United States whatsoever," Schweizer said.
The author went on to describe what he called the "surrogacy problem" — Chinese elites allegedly finding women in the U.S. to give birth to their children on American soil.
"The Wall Street Journal found, a couple of weeks ago, one Chinese elite that had over 100 children that were born this way. Again, the federal government has no idea of the numbers," Schweizer said. "We looked at just Southern California, and there we found 107 Chinese-owned surrogacy companies."
Schweizer said he met with senators on the matter and expects action from the executive branch.
The Supreme Court is set to review an executive order President Donald Trump issued on his first day back in office, which seeks to end birthright citizenship for nearly all persons born in the U.S. to undocumented parents or parents with lawful temporary status.
Critics note this change would break with some 150 years of legal precedent. Oral arguments in the case are expected to be held in the spring of 2026, with a ruling expected from the high court by the summer.
Who is Lisa Cook? The Fed governor at the center of Trump’s Supreme Court fight
Lisa Cook's ascension to the Federal Reserve was historic from the start.
Appointed by former President Joe Biden in 2022, she became the first Black woman to serve as a Fed board governor, the seven-member panel that sets national interest rates and oversees the banking system.
Now, she stands at the center of another historic moment, as President Donald Trump attempts to fire her — a move the Federal Reserve has never faced in its 112-year history.
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Cook's legal fight traces back to late August, when Trump said he was firing her from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
He alleged she misrepresented information tied to a trio of mortgages she obtained before joining the central bank. Cook has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime.
She sued Trump in federal court in Washington, D.C., to block her removal. On Sept. 9, a district court judge barred Trump from firing her while the case proceeds, a decision later upheld by a federal appeals court.
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Before joining the Fed board, the Oxford alumna and UC Berkeley–trained economist built a career in academia, including faculty roles at Harvard University and Michigan State University.
A graduate of Spelman College, Cook has been described by American economist Barry Eichengreen as "part economist and historian," with command of several languages, including French, Russian, Spanish and Wolof — a widely spoken language in Senegal.
Cook has also held senior roles in government, serving as a senior economist on then-President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2011 to 2012.
Before that, she served as a senior adviser on finance and development in the Treasury Department’s Office of International Affairs.
She joined the Fed board in May 2022 and was reappointed in September 2023 for a term that runs through January 2038, a tenure now under scrutiny as the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments Wednesday.
The court is expected to issue a ruling by this summer.
Eli Manning takes on yet another job as he teases possible Olympic appearance
Eli Manning has mastered the art of building a life after football.
After hanging up the cleats as "always" and "only" a New York Giant for 16 seasons, Manning has still been heavily involved in football, adding broadcasting and even flag football coaching to his resume.
But there is one aspect of the sport he has never done that he will finally be able to cross off his list.
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The two-time Super Bowl MVP, alongside Kylie Kelce, will be officiating Toyota's Glow-Up Classic, a glow-in-the-dark flag football all-star game for standout female athletes from the Bay Area, played on the same field as the Pro Bowl. Toyota has donated $3 million annually to flag football, helping more than 300,000 youth players across the country.
Brock Purdy and Jordan Love are set to serve as team captains, with Christian Gonzalez and Kyle Hamilton being defensive coordinators, and Puka Nacua and Michael Pittman Jr. calling the offensive plays.
"This is amazing. I played flag football growing up, fifth, sixth, seventh grade, and absolutely loved it. Loved that time. I thought it was a big part of my success in football, my love of football and where it came from. Now, I have my kids playing flag football, and I think it's just a great way to introduce the game," Manning told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "I think the fact that more female athletes are playing flag football and getting involved in the game of football is amazing."
Manning is well aware that football officials haven't exactly gotten the benefit of the doubt, especially after this past weekend, so he's been watching extra film.
"We’ve been studying ‘what is a catch?’ That is the idea. These playoff games, we've got to figure out what's a catch, what's not. I think we got that down," a confident Manning said.
"I'm ready for whatever comes my way. It’s easy to watch a slo-mo play 25 times and figure out what's the right call, but being there live in the action, this will be fun."
Manning has won three Pro Bowls as a coach since it turned into a flag football contest, all against his brother Peyton, which is "really the highlight of it all." But with flag football coming to the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, Manning is not ruling out being on the sideline.
"Hey, you never know," he said. "It’s so fun the last couple of years coaching the Pro Bowl. To be around these great, great athletes, these guys bought into it. The NFL players in the Pro Bowl and the fact that we're playing flag football, but a lot of them played flag football growing up, and we're excited about getting back to it and not having to wear a helmet, showcase their good looks and their celebrations afterward. That's what it was all about. It was fun to be a part of that.
"But now, I'm excited to get to be a referee. Now I'm just not affecting one team. I can be around all the teams and all the players and not have to root for just one team. I'm rooting for everybody and for the greater good of the game."
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Trump tells Davos US alone can secure Greenland, insists he won’t 'use force'
President Donald Trump declared from Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday that the U.S. is the only nation that is in the position to control and secure Greenland.
"All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland," Trump said Wednesday from his speech at the World Economic Forum. "Where we've already had it as a trustee, but respectfully returned it back to Denmark not long ago after we defeated the Germans, the Japanese, the Italians and others in World War II, we gave it back to them."
Trump added that he does not want to use force as he pressures NATO allies on Greenland.
"We never asked for anything," Trump said of the U.S. working with NATO. "And we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force where we would be, frankly, unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay, now everyone say, ‘oh good.’ That's probably the biggest statement I made because people thought I would use force. I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force."
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Greenland — the world’s largest island — sits in the Arctic and governs its own domestic affairs while remaining within the Kingdom of Denmark.
The president said he has "tremendous respect for both the people of Greenland and the people of Denmark," but that the U.S. must control the island from a national security standpoint.
"And the fact is, no nation or group of nations is in any position to be able to secure Greenland other than the United States, with a great power much greater than people even understand," he said.
The White House has reiterated that Trump views Greenland as a national security priority, and officials have not ruled out the use of the U.S. military as the administration weighs options for acquiring the territory.
Trump was asked Tuesday, the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, how far he would go to Greenland, responding with a terse "you'll find out" response.
The president described Greenland as a vast, almost entirely uninhabited and undeveloped territory that's sitting undefended in a key strategic location between the United States, Russia and China. He pushed back that the U.S. is not seeking to acquire Greenland for its rare earths, but due to its location from a national security standpoint.
"This enormous unsecured island is actually part of North America on the northern frontier of the Western Hemisphere," he said. "That's our territory. It is, therefore, a core national security interest of the United States of America."
Trump said securing Greenland would only strengthen NATO.
"This would not be a threat to NATO," he said. "This would greatly enhance the security of the entire alliance. The NATO alliance. The United States is treated very unfairly by NATO. I want to tell you that. And when you think about it, nobody can dispute it. We give so much, and we get so little in return. And I've been a critic of NATO for many years, and yet I've done more to help NATO than any other president by far, than any other person. You wouldn't have NATO if I didn't get involved."
The president argued that U.S. control of Greenland would strengthen security for both the United States and Europe, framing the territory as a strategic necessity rather than a real-estate acquisition. "The European Union needs us to have it, and they know that," he said, before pivoting to other topics.
Greenland has long carried outsized military importance in the Arctic. During the Cold War, the island sat along the shortest air and missile routes between North America and the Soviet Union. The U.S. expanded operations at the air base now known as Pituffik Space Base, using the site for early-warning radar and surveillance designed to detect incoming bombers and missiles.
"Now our country and the world face much greater risks than it did ever before. Because of missiles, because of nuclear, because of weapons, of warfare that I can't even talk about," Trump continued of Greenland.
In more recent years, renewed U.S. interest has been tied to intensifying great-power competition in the Arctic. Officials and analysts have pointed to China’s effort to widen its regional footprint.
Trump underscored that the U.S. is "stronger" than ever and is in the position to finalize a Greenland deal following "two centuries" of previous presidents reportedly trying to do the same.
"For two centuries they've been trying to do it. They should have kept it after World War II, but they had a different president. That's all right. People think differently. Much more necessary now than it was at that time. However, in 2019, Denmark said that they would spend over $200 million to strengthen Greenland's defenses. But as you know, they spent less than 1% of that amount. 1% is no sign of Denmark there," the president continued.
Trump first publicly raised the idea of acquiring Greenland in 2019. The Arctic’s geography makes it a key corridor for long-range threats from major adversaries, elevating Greenland’s value as a location for sensors and tracking systems intended to protect North America.
Trump put European allies on notice to reach a deal on the island by Feb. 1 or face consequences. Goods from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom will face a 10% tariff if no deal is reached by February, with the taxes increasing to 25% by June 1 if there is no deal.
European leaders at Davos largely treated Trump’s Greenland-linked tariff threats as economic coercion. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, for example, said Greenland is "non-negotiable" and that the EU would show "full solidarity" with Greenland.
"In politics as in business: a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something," von der Leyen added, referring to a trade deal the U.S. inked with the EU over the summer.