The US president has sharply criticized the EU at the Davos Summit in Switzerland. "They are importing populations from distant countries, the same strategy that sleepy Joe Biden followed."
Donald Trump has launched attacks against Europe at the Davos Summit, in front of world leaders and CEOs from around the globe.
He says he wants to share his recipe for US success for others to follow, as he says "some countries in Europe are not even recognized."
"We can debate this, but there's no debate. Friends come back from different countries - I don't want to offend anyone - and they say, I don't know. And that's not in a positive way, that's in a very negative way. And I love Europe and I want to see Europe do well, but it's not going in the right direction," Trump said.
Donald Trump is talking about a "failed model" of America under Joe Biden, which he is now overthrowing.
"We're tilting at windmills and we don't approve of any of them. We fired the bureaucrats and they hated me then, but I had to find a job in the private sector and now they love me." He repeats the astonishing figures, according to him, on growth and inflation in the United States. "We have secured investment commitments of 18 trillion euros in our country, something that no country has ever done. Not even close." And again: "I thought it would take more than a year, maybe a year and a month. Some countries in Europe don't even recognize each other. I love Europe and I want it to do well, but it's not going in the right direction. They are importing populations from distant countries, the same strategy that the sleepy Joe Biden followed," he said.
He also talked about taking over Greenland and said the US saved the island in World War II.
"In World War II, we saved Greenland from falling into 'third' hands. We fought where Denmark could do nothing," the American president emphasized in his speech.
"After World War II, we probably foolishly returned Greenland to Denmark. And today, it's the same ungrateful people who won't let us be there..." he added.
Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, was among those who walked out of yesterday's dinner with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, amid tensions over comments made by the Trump administration's hardline figure against Europe.
Also absent from the room is European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who returned to Brussels after her speech at the Strasbourg plenary session and will not be in Davos, where Donald Trump is addressing the leaders.
In Brussels, the Commission President will prepare for the extraordinary summit of the 27 EU member states scheduled for Thursday, January 22.
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