1m ago
09.49 CET
Morning
opening: Trump takes aim at UK, France, Macron, Greenland in busy overnight
Truth Social session
Jakub
Krupa
It seems
like the US president, Donald Trump, has had a busy evening US time with his
phone in his hand.
Overnight,
he:
Attacked
the UK, mockingly calling it a “brilliant” ally, for “shocking” plan to hand
over sovereignity of the Chagos islands to Mauritius (despite previous US
support), saying it’s among a “long line” of reasons why Greenland “has to be
acquired”
Leaked
private text messages from France’s Emmanuel Macron and Nato’s Mark Rutte
discussing his latest policy moves
Threatened
France with 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne over Macron’s refusal to
join the Gaza “board of peace”, said of Macron that “nobody wants him because
he’s going to be out of office very soon”
Reiterated
his intention of taking over Greenland as “imperative for national and world
security,” saying “there can be no going back”
Posted a
meme planting the US flag on Greenland, saying it’s “US territory, est. 2026,”
days after the US delegation agreed with Danish foreign minister for talks to
be conducted behind closed doors, and not through threatening messages on
social media.
It’s not
even 10am in Europe.
On top of
that, his treasury secretary Scott Bessent appeared to taunt the Europeans in
Davos, saying they will “form the dreaded European working group first, which
seems to be their most forceful weapon” before they can retaliate on trade (£),
as he warned them against any moves aimed at the US administration.
As the
World Economic Forum gets under way in Davos, we are going to hear from two
senior EU politicians as they give us their first reactions to what’s going on.
European
Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is due to speak at 10:50am CET (9:50
UK) and France’s Emmanuel Macron is on later at 2pm (1pm UK).
Meanwhile,
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is also expected to address the European
Parliament in Strasbourg on Greenland at 1pm CET (midday UK).
It’s
going to be a busy day, again.
I will
bring you all the latest updates here.
It’s
Tuesday, 20 January 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.
Good
morning.
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