“President Trump’s suggestion that his Board of Peace ‘might’ replace the United Nations is likely to compound concerns that the body meant to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza – and that he will indefinitely chair – will instead become a vehicle for him to attempt to supersede the body established 80 years ago to maintain global peace,” CNN reports.

“President Trump said the U.S. wouldn’t use force to acquire Greenland and was seeking negotiations on the acquisition of the territory, repeating his claim that only the U.S. is capable of defending it,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

Said Trump: “People thought I would use force, but I don’t have to use force. I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force.”

“Stephanie Grisham, who served as press secretary during the end of President Donald Trump’s first term, reacted to Trump’s marathon press briefing on Tuesday and offered a warning about the president’s mental health,” Mediaite reports.

Said Grisham: “This presser is bizarre even for him.”

She added: “It’s all the usual rambling, off-topic tales, half-truths, lies, ‘I’ve fixed everything – no one has ever seen anything like it’ stuff… but it’s low-energy and feels like he’s…mentally slipping.”

President Trump told European leaders they can say yes on Greenland, and America will be grateful, or they can say no, and “We will remember,” the New York Times reports.

“As Trump talked about Greenland, the auditorium went silent. Some people audibly gasped as he attacked NATO and said he did not think the alliance would come to the United States’s defense in the future. But for the most part, the audience has nervously listened quietly to to each word of his speech.”

U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer accused President Trump of trying to pressure him over Greenland, insisting that such threats were “completely wrong” and declaring: “I will not yield,” the Financial Times reports.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered some biting words about Denmark, which maintains territorial control over Greenland, after the European country’s pension fund announced it would unwind its investment in U.S. government bonds, CNN reports.

Said Bessent: “Denmark’s investment in US Treasury bonds – like Denmark itself – is irrelevant.”

Jonathan Lemire: “Franklin D. Roosevelt famously illustrated with a simple metaphor the need for a healthy transatlantic alliance. Justifying his decision to lend Great Britain warships and other military supplies in the early days of World War II, Roosevelt likened it to loaning a neighbor a garden hose to put out the fire consuming his house. Sure, Roosevelt charitably wanted to help a neighbor in need. But it was self-interested too; if the neighbor could extinguish the blaze, it wouldn’t spread to FDR’s home. The United States benefited from the friendship—and the buffer—that allies could provide.”

“Today, Donald Trump will fly to Europe. Ukraine is already ablaze. And now the president is ready to set a bunch of new houses on fire.”

“In a 24-hour span in the Swiss Alps, we’re witnessing what future historians might mark as a hinge moment: The people building civilization-altering AI, a prime minister declaring America’s global order dead, and an expansionist, defiant American president all sharing the same tense global stage,” Axios reports.

“It’s hard to overstate the seismic shifts shaking this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos.”

Bloomberg: Trump steps into a transatlantic rift at Davos.

Financial Times: Trump’s “wrecking ball” set to touch down in Davos.

CNN: What are Europe’s options for responding to Trump?