President Donald Trump appeared to repeatedly confuse Iceland with Greenland as he gave a speech at the Davos economic forum in Switzerland on Wednesday.
“They’re not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money,” the president said, in an apparent reference to Greenland.
Trump has repeatedly demanded Denmark ceded the island territory to the United States and has previously declined to rule out military force to take control of it if necessary. However, in his Davos speech, Trump said “I won’t use force.”
The president’s mix up between Greenland and Iceland was quickly noted by critics.
Shannon Watts, a bestselling author, transcribed part of Trump’s remarks with added commentary on X: “’Iceland, they love me,’ Donald Trump says about Greenland. ‘They called me ‘Daddy’ last time. A very smart man said, ‘He’s our daddy. He’s running it.’ WTAF…”
This is a developing story and will be updated with additional information.
