Nordic Edition

Greenland and Trump Grabbed All the Attention at Davos

Some Nordic funds are starting to wonder how investable the US is
The headquarters of the Arctic Command in Nuuk, GreenlandPhotographer: Juliette Pavy/Bloomberg

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It’s been a dramatic week at the World Economic Forum, with President Donald Trump and his ambitions for Greenland taking center stage at Davos. By late Wednesday, the specter of US tariffs on countries opposing his efforts to forcibly take possession had faded, replaced by what Trump called a framework that would grant the US “total access” to the island.