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Trump Blasts NATO, Claims WWII Would Have Erupted Without Him

January 21, 2026 Robert Mitchell News
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  • by JAMIE BULLEN, LIVE COVERAGE EDITOR adn IMOGEN GARFINKEL - ⁤SENIOR FOREIGN ‍NEWS REPORTER ⁣ and⁣ NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT and KATRINA SCHOLLENBERGER, US HEAD ⁢OF LIVE...
  • 'So now our country and the⁢ world face greater risks than it ever did before because of weapons of warfare that I can't‍ even talk about.'
  • He confirmed the US will not use military ⁣force to acquire Greenland amid tensions between the US and europe.
Original source: dailymail.co.uk
Trump Blasts NATO, Claims WWII Would Have Erupted Without Him - News Directory 3

by JAMIE BULLEN, LIVE COVERAGE EDITOR adn IMOGEN GARFINKEL – ⁤SENIOR FOREIGN ‍NEWS REPORTER ⁣ and⁣ NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT and KATRINA SCHOLLENBERGER, US HEAD ⁢OF LIVE NEWS and RACHEL BOWMAN, US ⁣SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

Updated: 12:19 ⁤EST, 21 January⁢ 2026

“We foolishly gave Greenland back. ‍How stupid were we to do that? But we did ‍it. How ungrateful are⁤ they now?”

‘So now our country and the⁢ world face greater risks than it ever did before because of weapons of warfare that I can’t‍ even talk about.’

He confirmed the US will not use military ⁣force to acquire Greenland amid tensions between the US and europe.

‘We probably ⁤won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength⁤ and force, where we would be, frankly, unstoppable,’ he said.

Follow the latest updates of Donald Trump’s time in Davos

Trump says WWIII may have happened if ‍he was not elected president

Table of Contents

  • Trump says WWIII may have happened if ‍he was not elected president
  • Putin ally warns against provoking ‘Daddy’ Trump
  • Denmark’s Foreign Minister says Trump’s greenland ambition ‘intact’
  • Trump tears into ‘unrecognizable’⁤ Europe
  • Trump claims Zelensky meeting⁢ is tomorrow

Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, Donald Trump claimed the world was on the brink of World War III over the Ukraine-Russia conflict ‍and ‍insisted catastrophe ⁣was only avoided as the United States⁤ ‘stepped in.’

He branded the war a ‘very, very⁣ bad situation,’⁤ saying ‘many young people have been⁣ killed,’ and claimed he had once believed ⁤the conflict would⁢ be resolved within weeks.

‘I thought that was going to be one of my easier ones – not the easiest,’ trump said. ‘Some I settled in a matter of hours.‍ As⁤ I’m good at that stu

Putin ally warns against provoking ‘Daddy’ Trump

Kirill dmitriev-the billionaire head of⁤ Russia’s wealth fund and Putin’s top negotiator-took to social media to note the crumbling of the transatlantic ⁣alliance.

Dmitriev posted a screenshot of a Semafor report titled ‘Greenland is pushing Ukraine off the agenda,’ adding to a series ⁢of stinging taunts.

In one recent post⁤ that stunned diplomats, ⁤Dmitriev ridiculed European leaders currently pleading with the governance to drop new trade threats, writing: ‘Transatlantic unity is over. Europe should not provoke their Daddy.’

Denmark’s Foreign Minister says Trump’s greenland ambition ‘intact’

Denmark⁣ Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said Donald Trump’s Davos speech about not using force to acquire Greenland did not resolve the issue.

‘In isolation it’s positive that ⁣the president says what⁤ he does regarding the military, but⁤ that does not make the problem go away,’ Rasmussen said.

‘It’s⁢ clear ⁣from ⁢this speech that the president’s ambition is intact.’

Trump tears into ‘unrecognizable’⁤ Europe

Donald ⁤Trump tore into European leaders for⁤ making the continent ‘unrecognizable,’ and insisted they should be grateful for US ⁣protection while discussing his plans to acquire Greenland ‍during his ‍World Economic Forum (WEF) speech ⁣at Davos.

The President used his speech in Switzerland on Wednesday to make his argument for acquiring Greenland.

He claimed that Europe is ‘not going in the right direction,’ and insisted that the United States is the only country that can best use the Arctic island.

Trump claims Zelensky meeting⁢ is tomorrow

Donald Trump has clarified he will meet ⁢Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Davos on Thursday, after having earlier said the meeting would take ⁢place today.

Following ⁢Trump’s initial comment, Zelensky’s office clarified that the Ukrainian leader⁣ was not in Davos, ⁣but in Kyiv.

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