{"id":548589,"date":"2026-01-28T06:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/548589\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T06:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T06:42:10","slug":"european-leader-spoke-of-shock-at-trumps-state-of-mind-after-mar-a-lago-meeting-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/548589\/","title":{"rendered":"European leader spoke of shock at Trump\u2019s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fears about the U.S. president\u2019s health are \u201crapidly becoming a more conversed topic at all levels,\u201d said an EU official who is involved in political discussions in Brussels and between capitals.<\/p>\n

Trump, 79, has repeatedly and forcefully denied that he suffers from any condition affecting his cognition, telling New York Magazine<\/a> this week that he doesn\u2019t suffer from Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n

\u2018I won\u2019t do that, OK?\u2019<\/p>\n

Ever since Trump returned to office a year ago, European governments have been grappling with how to deal with his positions on issues such as Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, his administration\u2019s apparent backing for far-right politicians<\/a>, barriers to free trade<\/a>, and the U.S. role in the continent\u2019s defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Trump threatened new tariffs on eight European countries, including France, Germany and the U.K., which he said were blocking his efforts to take over Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory belonging to Denmark, an EU and NATO member. He also didn\u2019t rule out taking the island by force.<\/p>\n

In a speech in Davos, Switzerland last Wednesday, the U.S. president demanded \u201cimmediate negotiations\u201d to obtain Greenland, but\u00a0ruled out the use of military action<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe probably won\u2019t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won\u2019t do that, OK?\u201d Trump said in the speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fears about the U.S. president\u2019s health are \u201crapidly becoming a more conversed topic at all levels,\u201d said an…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":548590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,115,59223,262,29062,69,8703,23130,156,25821,117,8298,8955,1802,2852,50,92550,50757,257,4995,5677,50759,16997,2175,130,22201,273,376,67,2856,131,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-548589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-cooperation","9":"tag-crisis","10":"tag-davos","11":"tag-defense","12":"tag-denmark","13":"tag-donald-trump","14":"tag-emmanuel-macron","15":"tag-eu-summit","16":"tag-france","17":"tag-friedrich-merz","18":"tag-germany","19":"tag-greenland","20":"tag-mark-rutte","21":"tag-military","22":"tag-negotiations","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-nicolas-maduro","25":"tag-robert-fico","26":"tag-russia","27":"tag-security","28":"tag-services","29":"tag-slovakia","30":"tag-switzerland","31":"tag-tariffs","32":"tag-trade","33":"tag-transatlantic-relations","34":"tag-ukraine","35":"tag-united-kingdom","36":"tag-united-states","37":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","38":"tag-war","39":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115971368045809052","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}