Trump's World Stage, El Paso Detention Deaths, Indiana College Football Champions
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
President Trump heads to the World Economic Forum in Davos with threats of tariffs and more talk of buying Greenland.
What are Trump's latest threats at the World Economic Forum?
He's also selling membership to his Board of Peace. So what does Trump plan to tell other world leaders?
I'm Steve Inskeep with Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. Three people have died in just six weeks at this country's largest immigration detention center, a tent camp run by a private contractor in Texas.
What issues are raised by the recent deaths in El Paso detention?
They're being denied access to medical attention.
What are lawyers and advocates seeing inside?
And Indiana pulled off one of the wildest turnarounds in college football history, winning the national championship.
How does the El Paso detention center's conditions affect detainees?
I'm so happy for our fans.
What significant changes have occurred in Indiana college football?
Words can't describe it. The Hoosiers finish undefeated, beating Miami 27-21.
What are the implications of Trump's proposed 'Board of Peace'?
How did they do it? Stay with us. We give you the news you need to start your day.
We have a story of very personal diplomacy. President Trump has been texting world leaders and they have been texting him.
In one message, Trump told Norway's prime minister that he's trying to seize Greenland in part because he did not receive a Nobel Peace Prize. That was Trump's explanation for shaking the most important U.S. alliance and disrupting the world order.
How has Indiana's football program transformed under new leadership?
Overnight, Trump shared messages he received
What concerns have been raised about medical care in detention centers?
One comes from France's president, who tries flattery on Trump, but then raises the issue of Greenland and proposes to discuss it over dinner.
Now world leaders meet face-to-face at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. NPR White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben is covering all this. Danielle, good morning.
Hey, good morning.
What's the U.S. delegation doing in Europe?
Well, today, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant will be speaking in Davos. Then Trump is scheduled to talk on Wednesday. And then on Thursday, there's what the White House is calling a charter announcement for the Board of Peace that Trump created to oversee reconstruction in Gaza after the conflict he's been trying to end between Israel and Hamas. In terms of substance, we don't know much yet. White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett has suggested that Trump will unveil a new housing policy. Beyond that, we know he likes to talk about tariffs. And days ago, he threatened to tariff goods from eight European countries until the U.S. has a deal to acquire Greenland.
OK, thank you for raising that. For those who didn't follow the news over the holiday, what were these threats about tariffs?
Well, Trump posted that he's going to impose 10 percent tariffs on those eight countries starting on February 1st, then raise it to 25 percent in June. That is until a Greenland deal happens. Now, we don't really know details here. I've asked the White House, for example, what law would even authorize this, and I haven't received word yet. But those European countries, meanwhile, They're all NATO members, and they've all said they stand in full solidarity with fellow NATO member Denmark, as well as with Greenland, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
And Trump has certainly drawn all attention to himself once again with these threats, including personal messages with world leaders. What are these text messages?
Well, maybe most famously over the weekend, Trump texted the Norwegian prime minister that because Trump didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize, he no longer feels the need to think, quote, purely of peace, adding that the US should have total control over Greenland. Now, of course, the Norwegian government does not decide who gets that prize. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly elaborated to NPR that Greenland is important for national security and that Trump thinks, quote, Greenlanders would be better served if protected by the United States. That's, of course, certainly not how everyone sees it. In that overnight message from French President Emmanuel Macron that you mentioned, he said at one point, I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.
That fascinating message also mixed in some flattery. You're doing a great job in Syria. Let's get together for dinner.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:08
2
What are Trump's latest threats at the World Economic Forum?
0:08–0:30
3
What issues are raised by the recent deaths in El Paso detention?
0:30–0:41
4
How does the El Paso detention center's conditions affect detainees?
0:41–0:44
5
What significant changes have occurred in Indiana college football?
0:44–0:49
6
What are the implications of Trump's proposed 'Board of Peace'?
0:49–1:17
7
How has Indiana's football program transformed under new leadership?
1:17–1:19
8
What concerns have been raised about medical care in detention centers?
1:19–14:50
Speakers
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