Trump-Greenland latest: US president’s flight to Davos turns back over ‘electrical issue’ on Air Force One

President Donald Trump and the passengers who were with him on board Air Force One will now be split up into two smaller planes for the journey to Davos according to CNN.

Air Force One has landed safely back at Joint Base Andrews near Washington after it was forced to turn back because flight crew identified “a minor electrical issue” shortly after takeoff.

Donald Trump’s Air Force One has landed at Joint Base Andrews around 11.45pm after it was forced to return to base following a “minor electrical issue”, according to the White House.

Trump will board another aircraft and continue on with his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

A top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee refuses to rule out the use of the U.S. military to seize.

“I think Nato is an important strategic alliance, and I don’t want to see any sacrifice of Nato whatsoever,” said Representative Brian Mast, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

“They’re important allies, and we want to see that to continue.”But while Mast, a close Trump ally, said the U.S. and its European allies were having a “hard conversation” that he expected would ultimately bring the longtime allies closer, he did not rule out the Trump administration using military force to take over Greenland, provided it was legally within Trump’s constitutional powers.

“I’m willing to accept any action that takes place based upon the authorities that the administration has,” Mast said.

“There’s not going to be any option that’s taken off the table.”

Under the Constitution, Congress has the power to declare war and the duty to fund the military, while the president serves as head of the armed forces.

President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, is returning to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after departing for Switzerland due to a “minor electrical issue”, the White House said.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the decision to return was made out of an abundance of caution.

A reporter on board said the lights in the press cabin of the aircraft went out briefly after takeoff, but no explanation was offered, the Associated Press reported.

Trump will board another aircraft upon his return and continue on with his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The two planes currently used as Air Force One have been flying for nearly four decades. Boeing has been working on replacements, but the program has faced a series of delays.

Last year, the ruling family of Qatar gifted Trump a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to be added into the Air Force One fleet, a move that faced great scrutiny.

Leavitt joked to reporters on Air Force One Tuesday night that a Qatari jet was sounding “much better” right now.

President Donald Trump said he had a “very good call” with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, without elaborating.

Trump yesterday told reporters during a briefing at the White House that he was going to have “a very important call” with Erdogan.

“It was a very good call,” Trump said, as he left the White House to go to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

US television host Jesse Watters has called it “hilarious” for Europe to “lecture” America about a “land grab”.

Speaking on Europe’s rebuke of US President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland, a semi-automous terrority of Denmark, Watters said on his Fox News, “Isn’t it hilarious listening to Europeans lecture us about a land grab, when Europe colonized the entire world. Now, they change the rules after they lost their power and empire”.

“What Europe doesn’t understand is that Greenland is an island in North America…And we have dominion over the entire western hemisphere. Europeans cannot just have colonies right off the coast of Maine. We let the British have Bermuda because it’s cute, but if we needed Bermuda, we’d take it. And the British would let it happen”, Watters continued.

Air Force One with Donald Trump on board is returning to Joint Base Andrews after crew detected “a minor technical issue”.

Trump left for Davos, Switzerland, late on Tuesday to attend the World Economic Forum, where he is expected to meet European leaders to discuss the potential seizure of Greenland.

However, minutes after the takeoff, the crew identified a “minor electrical issue”, which forced the aircraft to return to base, the White House said.

It added that “out of an abundance of caution, we are turning around, landing at Joint Base Andrews and boarding new aircraft”.

Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Evantesson has called US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on several European nations to pressure the sale of Greenland a “new low”.

“I think it’s sad and totally absurd that we have an American president who’s blackmailing the rest of us, trying to get a piece of land or buy it through threats”, Ms Evantesson said in a clip shared by euronews Tuesday. “It’s a new low, so to speak”.

She added: “My message today will be that let’s stand together, let’s put pressure back on the US”.