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U.S. President Donald Trump appeared astatine Tuesday's (January 20, 2026) White House property briefing to people the archetypal day of the commencement of his 2nd term.
The uncommon quality comes arsenic the President faces bonzer pushback from America's European allies implicit his planned tariffs implicit Greenland, tensions he'll face successful idiosyncratic this week astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos, Switzerland.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described Mr. Trump's planned caller tariffs implicit Greenland arsenic “a mistake particularly betwixt long-standing allies” and called into question Trump's trustworthiness, saying that helium had agreed past twelvemonth not to enforce much tariffs connected members of the bloc.
Mr. Trump announced that starting February, a 10% import taxation volition beryllium imposed connected goods from 8 European nations that person rallied astir Denmark successful the aftermath of his stepped up calls for the United States to instrumentality implicit the semi-autonomous Danish territory of Greenland.
Trump avoids question astir erstwhile stated plans to retake Panama Canal
Mr. Trump successful his inaugural code past twelvemonth and during the modulation spoke of retaking the Panama Canal.
But Mr. Trump successful caller months has been comparatively quiescent astir the contented aft claiming that China was “operating the Panama Canal” and “we're taking back.” Mr. Trump's ailment is that the United States, the shipping lane's biggest user, was “being severely overcharged and not treated fairly.” Asked if the U.S. reclaiming the canal was inactive connected the table, Mr. Trump demurred.
“I don't privation to archer you that,” the President responded.
Trump says God would beryllium precise arrogant of him
Mr. Trump's at-times rambling briefing included a divided 2nd of spiritual reflection.
A newsman asked Mr. Trump if helium believed God was arrogant of him, aft the president had past twelvemonth said helium believed helium got into bureau due to the fact that God enactment him determination to prevention the world.
“I deliberation God is precise arrogant of the occupation I've done, and that includes for religion,” Mr. Trump replied.
“We're protecting a batch of radical that are being killed. Christians, Jewish people, tons of radical are being protected by maine that wouldn't beryllium protected by different benignant of president.”
Trump takes much adjacent code connected Greenland, a time aft bombast
“I deliberation that we volition enactment thing retired wherever NATO is going to beryllium precise blessed and wherever we're going to beryllium precise happy,” Mr. Trump responded, erstwhile asked adjacent the extremity of his property league astir whether splintering was worthy his pursuit of the Arctic territory that belongs to Denmark.
That was a notable displacement from the substance connection from Mr. Trump to the Norwegian premier curate connected Monday that helium nary longer felt “an work to deliberation purely of peace.” Mr. Trump repeated his presumption that the US needs to instrumentality power of the territory for the involvement of US nationalist security.
Trump says helium won't be exigency gathering connected Greenland
French President Emmanuel Macron this week called for an exigency gathering successful Paris with European leaders to code tensions with the U.S. implicit Mr. Trump's pursuit to get Greenland arsenic good arsenic tariffs.
Mr. Trump told reporters that helium would not be the meeting, successful portion due to the fact that Mr. Macron would not beryllium starring his state for overmuch longer.
Earlier this week Mr. Trump shared backstage texts from Mr. Macron and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte connected societal media.
Trump says Davos code volition recap his occurrence successful bureau
The President volition usage a cardinal code successful Davos connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026)to item his administration's accomplishments, helium told reporters.
“I deliberation much than thing else, what I'm going to beryllium speaking astir is the tremendous occurrence that we've had successful 1 year,” helium said. “I didn't deliberation we could bash it this fast.” The White House had antecedently said the remarks, successful a country apt to beryllium occupied with planetary elites and billionaires, would absorption connected Trump's affordability agenda, peculiarly connected housing.
Mr. Trump said helium thought different countries needed to perceive proposal from him connected vigor and immigration.
Trump doubles down connected opposing U.K. leasing subject basal successful Indian Ocean
Mr. Trump repeated his disapproval of plans by Britain to lease a subject basal connected the land of Diego Garcia successful the Chagos Archipelago.
He said that helium favored Britain ownership of the island, saying it's successful a “reasonably important country of the globe” though not successful arsenic captious a spot arsenic Greenland.
“I deliberation they should support it,” Mr. Trump said of British ownership of the base, suggesting that possibly the United Kingdom needed the money.
Trump says UN should continue, though his Board of Peace mightiness regenerate it
“It might,” Mr. Trump said erstwhile asked astir a newsman his envisioned Board of Peace should regenerate the United Nations.
“The UN conscionable hasn't been precise helpful. I'm a large instrumentality of the potential, but it has ne'er lived up to its potential.” But Mr. Trump added, “I judge you got to fto the U.N. continue, due to the fact that the imaginable is truthful great.”
