"President Trump ended the week as he started it, vowing to "have" Greenland. A rupture, a big blow, a splinter, a gulf. Call it what you will, it is unlikely that European-US relations will ever be quite the same after the events of the last week. What is generally a cosy alpine get-together turned into the first live instalment of The Breakup. Leaders descended on the World Economic Forum in Davos thinking about a "US military invasion", instead of sidebar chats over gluhwein and cocoa."
"What is generally a cosy alpine get-together turned into the first live instalment of The Breakup. Leaders descended on the World Economic Forum in Davos thinking about a "US military invasion", instead of sidebar chats over gluhwein and cocoa."
President Trump ended the week as he started it by vowing to "have" Greenland. That vow coincided with a rupture described as a big blow, a splinter and a gulf, making it unlikely that European-US relations will remain the same after the events of the last week. The World Economic Forum in Davos, usually a cosy alpine get-together, became a public scene of estrangement, framed as the first live instalment of The Breakup. Leaders in Davos focused on the prospect of a "US military invasion" rather than informal sidebar conversations over gluhwein and cocoa.
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