President Donald Trump mentioned Iceland during his speech about Greenland at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday (21). However, the White House insists that there was no confusion.
In his statement, the U.S. leader said “Iceland” at least four times while discussing the annexation of Greenland’s territory.
Libbey Dean, a White House reporter for NewsNation, commented on the incident on her X profile, formerly Twitter, noting that Donald Trump appeared to “confuse” the two countries.
However, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to Dean’s post, denying any mistake by the president.
“No, he did not confuse anything, Libbey. His written statements referred to Greenland as a ‘piece of ice’ because that’s what it is. You are the only one confusing something here,” Leavitt said sharply.
“I’m helping Europe. I’m helping NATO. And until just a few days ago, when I spoke with them about Iceland, they loved me,” Donald Trump began.
“They are not here for us in Iceland,” he said about NATO. “That I can guarantee. I mean, our stock market had its first drop yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money,” he criticized, clearly confused.
Donald Trump repeatedly expressed his desire to take control of Greenland, which is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, heightening tensions between the U.S. and the European Union.
A demented Donald Trump confused Greenland with Iceland as a silent crowd watches in horror as the President of the USA humiliates himself, slurring badly and visibly disoriented pic.twitter.com/nQfwGRwGeo
— David Pakman (@dpakman) January 21, 2026
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