NATO, Trump and Greenland
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President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland was filled with inaccurate claims – notably including false and misleading statements about NATO and Greenland, the self-governing Danish territory he is pushing for the US to acquire.
Trump will head to Davos, Switzerland, amid rising tensions with NATO allies over his Greenland acquisition plans and threatened tariffs on European nations.
Nato members agree to support each other if they come under attack. But how does Trump's threats on Greenland impact the future of the treaty?
Follow live coverage from NBC News as President Donald Trump launches his Board of Peace at Davos and Denmark, Greenland respond to the framework deal with NATO to cancel tariffs.
President Trump suggested the U.S. should have tested NATO’s commitment by invoking Article 5 in response to the southern border crisis.
Trump has long said he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who recently won the prize for her fight for democracy, gave her prize medal to Trump. But the Norwegian Nobel Committee said the award can’t be revoked, shared or transferred.
The same poll found Trump's approval rating at 41%, with 58% disapproving. An average of recent polls from the New York Times found that Trump’s average approval rating as of Jan. 22 is 41%, with 55% disapproving of his performance.