View image in fullscreen Donald Trump half withdrew his threat to invade Greenland in an unnervingly rambling speech at Davos. Photograph: Laurent Gilliéron/ReutersTrump’s threat to invade Greenland – half-withdrawn in his unnervingly rambling Davos speech on Wednesday – and his glorification of the use of tariffs to intimidate his allies have been the final straw. In an increasingly lawless world, Europe needs its own levers of power.”View image in fullscreen Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb, attends Davos. View image in fullscreen Mark Carney sent a message to Keir Starmer about the flaws in the position of ‘in-between countries’. So many European powers now share a common diagnosis that the US’s values-based realism requires Europe and the UK to work more closely than ever.

Source: The Guardian January 22, 2026 20:25 UTC