Is Greenland free?

格陵兰岛自由吗?

Today, Explained

2026-01-23

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President Trump has given up trying to buy Greenland — at least for now. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Dustin DeSoto, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. President Trump on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • President Trump spoke for about 90 minutes at the World Economic Forum in Davos,

  • Switzerland, yesterday.

  • Everyone was on edge waiting to see what he'd say about Greenland after days of making threats about Greenland.

  • He sort of got there.

  • I'm helping NATO, and until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me.

  • They called me daddy.

  • I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland.

  • So Iceland's already cost us a lot of money.

  • Back to Greenland.

  • Now, the big surprise was that at Davos, Trump made no threats.

  • He didn't threaten tariffs.

  • He didn't threaten troops or force.

  • He just said, again, All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland.

  • Then later in the day,

  • he made noise on TruthSocial about a framework that was sort of giving concepts of a plan.

  • What brought Trump back from the brink?

  • That's coming up on Today Explained.

  • Megan Rapinoe here.

  • This week on A Touch More,

  • figure skating legend Tara Lipinski joins us to talk about the upcoming Winter Olympics,