Trump-Greenland newest: US president’s flight to Davos turns again over ‘electrical issue’ on Air Force One | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump’s aircraft, Air Force One, is returning to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after departing for Switzerland as a result of a “minor electrical issue”, the White House stated.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated the choice to return was made out of an abundance of warning.

A reporter on board stated the lights within the press cabin of the plane went out briefly after takeoff, however no rationalization was provided, the Associated Press reported.

Trump will board one other plane upon his return and proceed on together with his journey to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The two planes at present used as Air Force One have been flying for almost 4 many years. Boeing has been engaged on replacements, however this system has confronted a collection of delays.

Last yr, the ruling household of Qatar gifted Trump a luxurious Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet to be added into the Air Force One fleet, a transfer that confronted nice scrutiny.

Leavitt joked to reporters on Air Force One Tuesday night time {that a} Qatari jet was sounding “much better” proper now.

President Donald Trump stated he had a “very good call” with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with out elaborating.

Trump yesterday instructed reporters throughout a briefing on the White House that he was going to have “a very important call” with Erdogan.

“It was a very good call,” Trump stated, as he left the White House to go to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

US tv host Jesse Watters has known as it “hilarious” for Europe to “lecture” America a few “land grab”.

Speaking on Europe’s rebuke of US President Donald Trump’s push to accumulate Greenland, a semi-automous terrority of Denmark, Watters stated on his Fox News, “Isn’t it hilarious listening to Europeans lecture us about a land grab, when Europe colonized the entire world. Now, they change the rules after they lost their power and empire”.

“What Europe doesn’t understand is that Greenland is an island in North America…And we have dominion over the entire western hemisphere. Europeans cannot just have colonies right off the coast of Maine. We let the British have Bermuda because it’s cute, but if we needed Bermuda, we’d take it. And the British would let it happen”, Watters continued.

Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Evantesson has known as US President Donald Trump’s risk to impose tariffs on a number of European nations to strain the sale of Greenland a “new low”.

“I think it’s sad and totally absurd that we have an American president who’s blackmailing the rest of us, trying to get a piece of land or buy it through threats”, Ms Evantesson stated in a clip shared by euronews Tuesday. “It’s a new low, so to speak”.

She added: “My message today will be that let’s stand together, let’s put pressure back on the US”.

Greenlander Jens Kjeldsen stands outdoors the US Consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, each morning earlier than dawn to protest US President Donald Trump’s threats to accumulate Greenland.

Kjeldsen instructed the Associated Press, “I walk together with the three flags of our Commonwealth of Faroe Islands and Greenland and Denmark. We are equal and we want to remain like that, and we stand together with those who stand behind us, like the European Union and NATO.”

Fellow protester Aviaq Brandt instructed the AP, “I’m here to put our flag in front of the Consulate for United States to show Donald Trump and to show the world that the only flag that belongs in Greenland is our flag.”

• Greenland is the world’s largest island that’s not a continent. About 56,000 individuals stay on the island, largely within the 20 per cent of the land that’s not lined by ice and snow.
• Greenland was dominated by Denmark from the early 18th century till 1979, when it gained dwelling rule. In 2009, Greenland gained extra autonomy with the Self-Government Act, however Denmark nonetheless controls overseas, defence and safety insurance policies.
• Greenlanders make cash by means of fishing, however sheep farming can also be well-liked within the far south of the island. Greenland is discovering methods to revenue from the island’s mineral sources, together with gold and pure fuel.

US President Donald Trump stated shortly earlier than 2:30 a.m. GMT that America will probably be “well represented” on the World Economic Forum earlier than heading to Davos, Switzerland.

“America will be well represented in Davos — by me. GOD BLESS YOU ALL! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP”, the US president wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.