Willem Marx

Trump called himself a real estate person at heart in his closing remarks after he and leaders from more than a dozen nations, including Argentina, Pakistan and Mongolia, signed membership documents for the Board of Peace.

Trump will chair the organisation overseeing the ceasefire and future reconstruction in Gaza, with a reported billion-dollar price tag for permanent membership.

The UK and France have said they will not sign the treaty in its current form.

Officials from Germany, China and Italy have expressed concerns.

Belgium insisted it had not signed despite a White House statement that the country would participate in today's ceremony.

Russian state media reported that President Vladimir Putin is willing to pay for Russia's membership with frozen assets in the US.

For NPR News, I'm Willem Marx in Davos, Switzerland.

Against a backdrop of corporate optimism, the free market optimism at Davos is colliding with anxiety over President Trump's renewed tariff threats against European allies.

The apparent rupture of recent days seems to have unsettled many leaders visiting the Swiss ski resort.

Fronters President Emmanuel Macron warned of a world without rules, criticising unilateral economic pressure, while Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney urged countries to act together, a message that drew a standing ovation.

But California Governor Gavin Newsom was sharper still, warning Europe that Trump is a wrecking ball, even as U.S.

officials have insisted America first does not mean America alone.

For NPR News, I'm Willem Marx in Davos, Switzerland.

Thanks for having me on.

Well, they acknowledged that during a documentary broadcast as part of its flagship Panorama series, that January 6th speech by President Trump was edited in a way that it spliced together remarks made nearly an hour apart.

That created the impression he made a continuous call to fight like hell and march to the Capitol.

In a statement, the BBC said it accepted that the edit, quote, unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech.

And they acknowledged this gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action.

The documentary was broadcast a short time ahead of the U.S.

2024 presidential election.