Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, has decried Europeans for their “complicity” in failing to stand up to Donald Trump’s demands that he be allowed to buy or annex Greenland. “For all your groveling to Trump needs now in Republican red,” reads the advertisement for the kneepads, which bear a copy of Trump’s signature. A number of European leaders have vied for the role of “Trump whisperer” as they have sought to prevent him from withdrawing support for Ukraine or pulling out of Nato. A number of European politicians wrote to Trump to seek meetings with him before the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. “I will use my media engagements in Davos to highlight your work there, in Gaza, and in Ukraine,” Rutte continued.

Source: The Guardian January 21, 2026 11:14 UTC