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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

President Trump heads to the World Economic Forum in Davos with threats of tariffs and more talk of buying Greenland.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

He's also selling membership to his Board of Peace. So what does Trump plan to tell other world leaders?

INSKEEP: I'm Steve Inskeep with Michel Martin, and this is UP FIRST from NPR News.

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INSKEEP: Three people have died in just six weeks at this country's largest immigration detention center, a tent camp run by a private contractor in Texas.

MARISA LIMON GARZA: They are being denied access to medical attention.

INSKEEP: What are lawyers and advocates seeing inside?

MARTIN: And Indiana pulled off one of the wildest turnarounds in college football history, winning the national championship.

INSKEEP: Woo.

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CURT CIGNETTI: I'm so happy for our fans. Words can't describe it.

MARTIN: The Hoosiers finish undefeated, beating Miami 27-21. How did they do it? Stay with us. We give you the news you need to start your day.

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INSKEEP: We have a story of very personal diplomacy. President Trump has been texting world leaders, and they have been texting him.

MARTIN: In one message, Trump told Norway's prime minister that he's trying to seize Greenland in part because he did not receive a Nobel Peace Prize. That was Trump's explanation for shaking the most important U.S. alliance and disrupting the world order. Overnight, Trump shared messages he received. One comes from France's president, who tries flattery on Trump but then raises the issue of Greenland and proposes to discuss it over dinner.

INSKEEP: Now, world leaders meet face-to-face at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. NPR White House correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben is covering all this. Danielle, good morning.

DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, BYLINE: Hey. Good morning.

INSKEEP: What's the U.S. delegation doing in Europe?

KURTZLEBEN: Well, today, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be speaking in Davos, then Trump is scheduled to talk on Wednesday. And then on Thursday, there's what the White House is calling a charter announcement for the Board of Peace that Trump created to oversee reconstruction in Gaza after the conflict he's been trying to end between Israel and Hamas. In terms of substance, we don't know much yet. White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett has suggested that Trump will unveil a new housing policy. Beyond that, we know he likes to talk about tariffs, and days ago, he threatened to tariff goods from eight European countries until the U.S.