Trump admits 'bad information' led to tariff meltdown against key US allies: report
Donald Trump acknowledged to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a weekend phone call that he didn't know what he was talking about when he reacted to a report on NATO military deployments to Greenland.
According to CNN, Trump had threatened new tariffs on U.S. allies based on the belief that NATO nations were escalating military presence in Greenland in response to his military threats. A UK official reported that Trump admitted he may have received "bad information" about the troop deployments, CNN reported Tuesday.
Several European NATO countries announced military personnel deployments to Greenland to participate in joint exercises with Denmark. Trump initially criticized these deployments, but a Danish official clarified to CNN that the deployment was pre-coordinated through established European and U.S. military structures and communicated in advance.
Despite clarifying his misunderstanding, Trump is scheduled to appear in Davos with plans to continue pressing for U.S. control of Greenland, a proposal that has drawn widespread international criticism and from Republicans at home..