White House responds after Trump repeatedly refers to Greenland as ‘Iceland’ in Davos

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Source: scmp.com
White House responds after Trump repeatedly refers to Greenland as ‘Iceland’ in Davos
US President Donald Trump repeatedly made an apparent gaffe in a speech on Wednesday to world leaders assembled in Switzerland by referring to “Iceland” several times instead of his much coveted “Greenland”, with the White House furiously denying any confusion on his part. The 79-year-old Republican has been clamouring for the United States to acquire Greenland, a large island territory of Denmark, citing what he called security threats from Russia and China in the Arctic Circle. On Wednesday,...