President Donald Trump is set Wednesday to speak at the World Economic Forum, directly addressing an audience that has been put on edge by his intensifying aggression toward the allied territory of Greenland.
Trump’s speech is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. ET. The address will be bookended by meetings with other world leaders attending the five-day summit in Davos, Switzerland, the White House said.
Trump, facing a tough midterm election cycle centered on Americans’ cost-of-living concerns, previously said he will speak at Davos about proposals to make housing more affordable.
But it’s his increasingly belligerent stance toward Europe, as he and his administration persist in trying to acquire Greenland from Denmark, that has already taken center stage.
Trump and his aides have refused to rule out using the U.S. military in Greenland. And the president recently said he will slap increasing tariffs on a slew of key European allies until an agreement to sell the Arctic island is inked.
