— One Heated Rivalry star when pressed on his relationship status. Sometimes, no answer can feel like an answer.
International
Europe Is Bracing for the Trump Treatment
What's going on: The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, often feels like a borefest for anyone who doesn’t own a Patagonia vest. Not this year. World leaders have been bracing for President Donald Trump’s arrival, hoping they can talk him out of his Greenland fixation — and maybe persuade him to lower a few tariffs. (Ironically, this year’s theme is “A Spirit of Dialogue.”) The president made his presence known before he even set foot in Europe. In text messages revealed earlier this week, Trump told the president of Norway that he no longer feels an “obligation to think purely of Peace” after his Nobel Peace Prize snub. He also posted screenshots of texts with French President Emmanuel Macron and a meme that reads “Greenland. U.S. Territory. Est. 2026.” When asked at a White House press briefing on Tuesday how far he’s willing to go for Greenland, Trump answered: “You’ll find out.”
What it means: If this were a marriage, Europe would be shopping for a divorce lawyer. Most leaders view Trump’s Greenland ambitions as an unimaginable red line and one that demands a response. Some European leaders say it’s time for their countries to usher in a new era of independence from the US. There are already talks of $109 billion in retaliatory tariffs, but many leaders still hope for an agreement this week. Any US attempt to take Greenland risks destabilizing NATO (which is one of the reasons Russia made a play for Ukraine in 2022). As for what Trump has planned in Davos, he will share details later this week about the Board of Peace, which will oversee reconstruction in Gaza (there’s already been a tiff with Macron over it), and explain how he plans to tackle the US housing affordability crisis. Regardless of what happens, Trump’s ambitions are reshaping the US-led global order.
