00:00U.S. President Donald Trump again doubled down on his threats to take over Greenland
00:06during an unexpected appearance at the White House Briefing Room
00:09ahead of his departure for the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday.
00:14Asked how far he would go to acquire the Danish territory, he refused to specify.
00:20How far are you willing to go to acquire Greenland?
00:23You'll find out.
00:24At the same time, Trump remained confident that NATO allies would come to an agreement on the issue,
00:32despite European leaders' firm stance in their defense of Greenland and its sovereignty in recent days.
00:40I think that we will work something out where NATO is going to be very happy
00:44and where we're going to be very happy.
00:47But we need it for security purposes.
00:49We need it for national security and even world security.
00:52It's very important.
00:52How about it?
00:54Trump's continued insistence in recent weeks that anything short of the U.S. owning Greenland is unacceptable
01:00is testing the limits of Europe's softer strategy it has taken so far when dealing with Trump.
01:07Over the weekend, Trump vowed fresh tariffs on several European countries
01:11that sent troops to Greenland in solidarity.
01:15European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pushed back against Trump's threats,
01:19vowing that the EU's response will be unflinching, united and proportional as she spoke in Davos on Tuesday.
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