By Danny Kemp, AFP
Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP
US President Donald Trump ruled out using force to take Greenland for the first time as he addressed world leaders in Davos, but demanded "immediate negotiations" to acquire the island from Denmark.
Trump's quest to take control of Greenland from a NATO ally has deeply shaken the global order and the markets, and it dominated his first address to the World Economic Forum in six years.
In a speech lasting more than an hour in the Swiss ski resort, Trump slammed "ungrateful" Denmark for refusing to give up Greenland, and said the United States alone could guarantee the security of the "giant piece of ice".
But Trump appeared to take the threat of military action off the tabl
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