Trump's Davos digs: The U.S. allies he dissed in his speech

Driving the news: "Without the United States, you don't have a country," the president told the room of world and business leaders.

• "Certain places in Europe are not even recognizable anymore. And we can argue about it but there's no argument," Trump said.

The other side: U.S. allies, meanwhile, have used Davos to push back on Trump's strong-arm tactics and signal doubt over the American-led global order.

Here's which countries Trump insulted and what he said about them.

Denmark

Trump brought up Denmark's defeat in WWII, arguing it showed that the Danes could not defend Greenland from a hostile takeover by Western adversaries. In Trump's view, that explained why Denmark should cede the self-governing territory to the U.S.

• Denmark "fell to Germany after just six hours of fighting and was totally unable to defend either itself or Greenland," he said.
• After Denmark fell, the U.S. stepped up to defend Greenland and protect it from German use during the war.
• "Without us, right now, you'd all be speaking German and a little Japanese, perhaps. After the war, we gave Greenland back to Denmark. How stupid were we to do that? But we did it. But we gave it back. But how ungrateful are they now?"

Throughout the speech, Trump misidentified Greenland as Iceland — a mistake he's made frequently in public remarks.

• He did rule out using force to seize the Danish territory.

France

Trump mocked French President Emmanuel Macron over his attention-grabbing speech in which he wore sunglasses due to an eye condition.

• "When I called up Emmanuel Macron, I watched him yesterday with those beautiful sunglasses. What the hell happened?" Trump asked.

Trump also brought up an exchange he had with the French president in which he pressured Macron to raise prescription drug prices — or face heavy tariffs.

• "No, no, Donald, I will not do it. I will not do it," Trump said, imitating Macron's accent.

Canada

Friction point: Trump responded to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's blunt speech from a day earlier about a "rupture" in the U.S.-led world order.

• "Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way. They should be grateful also, but they're not. I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn't so grateful.
• "But they should be grateful to us, Canada. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, next time you make your statements."

Switzerland

Trump took aim at the forum's host country Switzerland and its leaders.

• "I know so many people from Switzerland. Incredible place, incredible brilliant place. But I then realized that they're only good because of us," he said.
• Trump also said a woman, who he identified as a prime minister, "just rubbed me the wrong way" in a discussion over imposing tariffs. (Switzerland does not have a prime minister. They are led by Swiss President Guy Parmelin.)
• Trump said he imposed a 39% tariff rate on Switzerland after the woman said she was upset about the potential of a 30% tariff rate.

Ukraine

Trump said that Ukrainian President Zelensky would be "stupid" to not agree to a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• "I believe they're at a point now where they can come together and get a deal done. And if they don't, they're stupid. That goes for both of them. And I know they're not stupid, but if they don't get this done, they are stupid."
• "I don't want to insult anyone. But you got to get this deal done. Too many people are dying. It's not worth it."

Flashback: Trump said he would end the war on his first day of taking office, but has yet to broker a ceasefire. His administration has pressured Ukraine to accept territorial concessions and other demands from Putin.

United Kingdom

Trump openly questioned the United Kingdom's energy strategy and prices, insulting the country's oil barriers at the North Sea.

• He said the U.K. is "sitting on top of the North Sea, one of the greatest reserves anywhere in the world, but they don't use it, and that's one reason why their energy has reached catastrophically low levels, with equally high prices."
• "I want Europe to do great, I want U.K. to do great, sitting on one of the greatest energy sources in the world, and they don't use it," he added.

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