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Greenland Emergency Summit, New World Order, SCOTUS Justices Hear Fed Case
22 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
President Trump says a framework of a deal has been worked out with NATO on Greenland.
Chapter 2: What is the Greenland Emergency Summit about?
His announcement comes after a speech in Davos where he attacked NATO and scolded allies. What do we know about this supposed compromise?
I'm Ian Martinez, that's Leila Fadal, and this is Up First from NPR News. The World Economic Forum showed just how much President Trump has angered U.S.
Chapter 3: How is President Trump's approach changing global alliances?
allies. Canada's prime minister basically declared the U.S.-led world order dead, and Trump then addressed him directly in his speech.
They should be grateful to us. Canada lives because of the United States.
Chapter 4: What are the implications of the new world order discussed?
Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.
Chapter 5: What questions did SCOTUS justices ask regarding the Fed case?
Is the U.S. isolating itself?
Chapter 6: How are European leaders reacting to Trump's Greenland deal?
And Supreme Court justices had tough questions for Trump's lawyers as they weigh whether the president can fire a Federal Reserve governor. Stay with us.
Chapter 7: What could a compromise on Greenland entail?
We'll give you the news you need to start your day. European leaders meet in Brussels tonight for a summit that was called urgently as a reaction to President Trump's previous statements about possible military action to take Greenland, the semi-autonomous Danish territory.
Trump also had said he would impose new tariffs on countries that opposed him. But then the president spoke Wednesday in Davos.
We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force where we would be, frankly, unstoppable. But I won't do that.
Chapter 8: How does Trump's relationship with Canada impact U.S. alliances?
He ruled out military force in an otherwise threatening speech. And on Wednesday, he said that a long-term agreement on Greenland had been reached and that it would be good for everybody.
Terry Schultz joins us from Brussels to discuss European reaction and what happens next. Good morning, Terry. Hi, Leila. Okay, so do we know any details of this long-term agreement?
We really don't know the details yet, and I've been scanning Danish media this morning, and there are a lot of questions being raised there. It's just been hours since we got word that there'd been a compromise at all after this fiery speech by President Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. And he hadn't indicated any such thing was coming.
So while the details haven't been made public, there are reports in The New York Times, for example, that it could include giving the U.S. sovereignty over small pieces of Greenlandic territory, perhaps for building up more military bases there, possibly for participation in the eventual Golden Dome missile defense system. Now, Leila, the U.S.
already has the right to expand its military presence under existing agreements with Greenland and Denmark. But the land on which these bases would sit does not belong to the U.S. under current arrangements. And ownership has been such a big issue for Trump. And he repeated that multiple times in Davos. Let's listen to one example.
All we're asking for is to get Greenland including right title and ownership because you need the ownership to defend it.
You can't defend it on a lease. So Trump's obvious satisfaction with the compromise indicates it could very well include some limited transfer of land ownership. And it's also expected to address U.S. access to mineral rights. How are European leaders reacting to the developments in Davos?
Well, there's definitely the feeling of being able to breathe a bit more easily after Trump walked back these threats of military force and imminent tariffs, which have been a feature of daily discussion here in Brussels recently.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Likker-Rasmussen summed up Wednesday saying it ended better than it started as there had been so much apprehension about what might happen in Davos.
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