Natalie Kitrow

Right, which is why when Trump originally started talking about owning Greenland, people really didn't take him seriously, right?

It seemed like the U.S.

already had this access to Greenland and taking it over was either a joke or a completely empty threat.

But then, obviously, that changed.

Denmark's now boosting its military presence on this strategically located island, along with allies from France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden.

Things are really ratcheting up.

And that brings us to this week, to Davos, where world leaders and business leaders had assembled for their annual meeting in the Swiss Alps.

This is something they do every year.

But now, this year, there are these enormous stakes bearing down on this meeting.

And Trump arrives Wednesday morning to deliver a speech that everyone was waiting to hear with the real sense that the future of America's relationship with Europe, with Canada, with some of our closest allies was hanging in the balance here.

I watched the speech.

I know you did, too.

So what struck you the most about it?

And so how is this speech received in Davos?

And can you explain, Mark, why this is the thing that has prompted that change?

Why is this the moment that leaders in Europe are turning away from, as you said, the strategy of kind of, you know, placating Trump to now going much harder at him?

Okay, Mark, so you just said that America's allies essentially came to the view that this Greenland issue was much bigger than just Greenland itself.

They came to see this as something you described as existential.

Just describe, if you can, why they view these threats as such a fundamental risk.

And the speech by Carney was especially striking, worth noting it got a standing ovation, but