Gavin Newsom attacks Europe’s ‘complicity’ over Trump Greenland demands
California governor says world leaders are ‘played’ by the US president and urges them to stop rolling overEurope live – latest updatesGavin Newsom, the governor of California, has decried Europeans for their “complicity” in failing to stand up to Donald Trump’s demands that he be...
<p>California governor says world leaders are ‘played’ by the US president and urges them to stop rolling over</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/20/europe-greenland-donald-trump-davos-europe-live-latest-updates">Europe live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Gavin Newsom, the governor of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/california">California</a>, has decried Europeans for their “complicity” in failing to stand up to Donald Trump’s demands that he be allowed to buy or annex <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/greenland">Greenland</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gavin-newsom">Newsom</a>, a frontrunner among Democratic candidates for president in 2028, told reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that Europeans were being “played” by Trump and that their efforts to negotiate with him were “not diplomacy, it’s stupidity”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/california-newsom-europe-comment-trump-greenland">Continue reading...</a>
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