Davos live: Denmark welcomes Trump ruling out force to take Greenland but cautions ‘challenge is still there’

Rolling coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the US president delivered a speech to world leaders

• Trump steps up demand to annex Greenland but rules out using force

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Q: Is the US worried that institutional investors in Europe might pull out of the US Treasury market, such as pension funds in Denmark?

Bessent brushes this aside, saying

The size of Denmark’s investment in US Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant.

It is less than $100 million.

They’ve been selling Treasuries for years. I’m not concerned at all.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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