Trump said "Iceland" when he appeared to mean "Greenland" four times in his speech. Leavitt later denied he mixed the names up.

Trump announced a " framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland" after meeting with Rutte at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Trump backed off weeks of threats that he would use force to obtain Greenland and backtracked on imposing tariffs on European countries who opposed his takeover efforts.