"What I'm asking for is a piece of ice, cold and badly located," US President Donald Trump calmly stated today from Davos, reiterating his ambition for Greenland.

Amid a completely silent room, according to live broadcast footage, Trump asserted that the place "can play a vital role in world peace and protection." Speaking for around an hour in the Swiss city, host of the World Economic Forum, he defended his plan to acquire the Arctic island, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.

President Rules Out Use of Force for Acquisition

President Trump dismissed for the first time the use of force to acquire the Arctic enclave, which he aims to annex in the interest of national security. This marks a shift in stance, as that option had not been ruled out just hours before.

"We never ask for anything, and we never get anything," he said. "We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive force, in which case we would be, frankly, unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay? Now everyone says 'oh, how nice.'"

"That's probably the most important statement I've made," he added, "because people thought I would use force. 'I don't have to use force, I don't want to use force, I will not use force. All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland,'" he insisted.

Claims of Unfair Treatment, Confusion with Iceland

"It's a very small request, compared to what we have given them for many, many decades," said Trump, who in a mental slip seemed to confuse Greenland with Iceland.

"Until a few days ago, when I spoke to them about Iceland, they loved me," he commented ironically. "They called me daddy, right?, last time," he added, repeating the reference to the independent nation that, like Denmark, is also a NATO member. Last year, the Atlantic Alliance's Secretary General, Mark Rutte, addressed Trump as "daddy."

He joked that now other NATO leaders perceive him as a "terrible human being," suggesting other alliance members had lost their affection for him. He further stated that the United States is "treated very unfairly by NATO." "We give a lot and get very little in return," he emphasized.

Legal and Psychological Arguments for Ownership

Trump argued he wants to own Greenland for legal and psychological reasons, because "you need ownership to defend it," as you "cannot defend it with a lease. Legally, first of all, it's not defensible that way, at all." "And psychologically, who the hell wants to defend a licensing agreement or a lease?" he asked.

Trump claimed that "all we want from Denmark for national and international security and to keep our potential enemies, very energetic and dangerous ones, at bay, is this land on which we are going to build the biggest golden dome ever built," in relation to his aim of establishing a missile defense system.

Criticism of the Canadian Prime Minister

Furthermore, the Republican leader also lashed out at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, opining that he would use the ownership of Greenland to defend the neighboring country. According to Trump, "Canada gets a lot of free things from us, by the way. They should be grateful, but they're not. I saw their Prime Minister yesterday. He didn't seem very grateful."

On Venezuela and Oil Revenues

On other topics, he celebrated his attack on Venezuela, which resulted on January 3rd in the kidnapping of that country's constitutional president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife Cilia Flores. He stated that the United States would share revenues derived from 50 million barrels of oil with the South American nation. (CubaSí)