Davos: Trump and Greenland Dominate World Economic Forum
- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick doesn't want to talk about Greenland, as President Donald Trump's statements about the autonomous Danish territory roil global markets.
- "No, it's not necessary," Lutnick told panel host Adam Tooze, an economic historian, when Tooze tried to steer the conversation back to the topic looming over Davos.
- "I think America and the Western Hemisphere are vital to America, and I'm going to leave that to my national security people to address."
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick doesn’t want to talk about Greenland, as President Donald Trump’s statements about the autonomous Danish territory roil global markets.
“No, it’s not necessary,” Lutnick told panel host Adam Tooze, an economic historian, when Tooze tried to steer the conversation back to the topic looming over Davos.
“I think America and the Western Hemisphere are vital to America, and I’m going to leave that to my national security people to address.”
Top economic officials in the UK and Canada, who joined Lutnick on the panel, sprinkled in reminders in their remarks that the White House should not forget its allies, though they offered no specific condemnation of Trump’s repeated suggestions that the US may try to seize Greenland.
“What I urge howard and others in the governance just to think of is just how your allies can definitely help you achieve your objectives,” Rachel Reeves, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, said.
Later, during an open Q&A, Lutnick was pressed on