"For more than one hour and 40 minutes, the Republican leader ran through a list of his accomplishments, touting a trend of reverse migration away from the US and what he called high economic growth. But the briefing was overshadowed by fraying relations between the US and its traditional allies in Europe, as Trump presses ahead with his campaign to own the self-governing Danish territory of Greenland."
"Some leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, even suggested it was time for Western allies to imagine a future without US leadership. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition, Carney told his audience at Davos. In his news briefing, Trump himself suggested that international institutions like the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) might not last the test of time."
Donald Trump marked the one-year anniversary of his second term with a marathon news conference covering immigration, the United Nations, NATO, and economic claims. He touted accomplishments including reverse migration away from the US and high economic growth. He pressed a campaign to acquire Greenland, generating tensions with traditional European allies. European leaders at Davos reacted by warning about a possible rupture in Western leadership and imagining a future without US leadership. Trump used Truth Social to post AI-generated images depicting US territorial claims and planting a US flag on Greenland. He suggested that international institutions like the UN and NATO might not endure.
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