Mike Baker

Well, here's a spoiler alert.

That new embassy will be a hub for the Communist Party's intel apparatus.

But first, today's PDB Spotlight.

World leaders are gathering in Davos this week.

It's a gathering of the swells for the annual World Economic Forum.

And no, this year's headline topic is not global growth or artificial intelligence or trade deals.

It's Greenland.

If you didn't have that on your 2026 bingo card, well, you are absolutely forgiven.

Much like picking Indiana to win the college football championships this year, I did not identify Greenland as the issue that could threaten relations between the U.S.

and NATO and the European Union.

But here we are.

As presidents, prime ministers, CEOs, and plenty of posh folks arrive in the Swiss Alps, President Trump has launched what can only be described as a full-court press on Greenland, turning a long-simmering idea into a very public, very pointed campaign.

Over the past several days, the president has escalated his rhetoric, arguing that the U.S.

is the only country capable of ensuring stability and security in Greenland.

Those comments have prompted some fairly terse responses from European officials and added fuel to an already tense diplomatic exchange.

As we've previously reported, the president has paired his messaging with tariff threats in response to European nations announcing small troop deployments onto the island.

When I say small, I mean less than a couple dozen.

And as world leaders convene in Davos, Greenland has suddenly become a centerpiece of side conversations and private meetings and diplomatic maneuvering.

They do a lot of that at Davos.

No doubt this kerfuffle is making the 56,000 residents of Greenland feel rather special.