{"id":311140,"date":"2026-01-20T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-does-trump-want-greenland-the-global-story-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:00:14","slug":"why-does-trump-want-greenland-the-global-story-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-does-trump-want-greenland-the-global-story-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does Trump want Greenland? | The Global Story Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/2PFInd0XfhI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why does Trump want Greenland? | The Global Story Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2PFInd0XfhI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump says he&#8217;s going to tell world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week that the United States &quot;has to have&quot; Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>But why has Greenland become so important in his thinking? <\/p>\n<p>Trump says he will, &quot;100%&quot; follow through on his threats to impose tariffs if a deal over Greenland is not reached, and responded, &quot;no comment&quot; on Monday when asked whether he would use force to seize the island.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Trump\u2019s attempt to control Greenland goes no further, has trust between the United States and its Nato allies been damaged beyond repair? <\/p>\n<p>Tristan Redman speaks to the BBC\u2019s World News correspondent, Joe Inwood.<\/p>\n<p>New episodes of The Global Story are released daily. If you\u2019re in the UK, listen on BBC Sounds. If you live outside the UK, listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/link.mgln.ai\/the-global-story&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #Davos #Greenland #BBCNews<\/p>\n<p>Chapters: <\/p>\n<p>00:00 What has Trump said?<br \/>\n01:11 The Greenland question<br \/>\n03:16 How did it become a major crisis?<br \/>\n04:53 The European response<br \/>\n06:53 The Washington Group<br \/>\n10:06 Donald Trump&#8217;s text message<br \/>\n11:45 What did the text message say?<br \/>\n16:00 What happens next?<br \/>\n20:00 What could this mean for Europe?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump says he&#8217;s going to tell world leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week that the United States &quot;has to have&quot; Greenland. 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