Oddest moments from Trump’s speech – from ‘windmills cause birth rates to drop’ to calling Greenland ‘Iceland’ and mocking Macron’s sunglasses

In Donald Trump’s speech in Davos on Wednesday, the US President was seen addressing a wide range of issues such as the Greenland target, migration to Europe, the US’s relationship with NATO, Venezuelan oil and inflation.

But the speech also featured a number of odd moments, including Trump referring to Greenland as Iceland, mocking Emmanuel Macron’s sunglasses and appearing to say that wind energy is causing birth rates to drop.

The US President, who named the wrong country, said of his NATO partners: ‘I can tell you they were not there for us in Iceland.’

He later said: ‘I’m helping Europe, I’m helping NATO and they loved me until the last few days when I told them about Iceland.’

Trump also made some remarkable claims while criticizing wind energy and green policies, declaring that only ‘stupid people’ were buying windmills from China.

He argued that these policies led to a decrease in electricity production and an increase in prices in some countries.

The consequences of these policies, he said, were ‘lower economic growth, lower living standards, lower birth rates, more socially destructive immigration and much smaller armies’.

Trump also mocked French President Emmanuel Macron, who wore aviator sunglasses during his Davos speech on Tuesday, accusing him of playing “hardcore” in drug price negotiations.

Trump mocked French President Emmanuel Macron for wearing aviator sunglasses during his Davos speech

‘I watched him with those beautiful sunglasses yesterday. What happened? “But I found he was a little harsh,” Trump said of Macron’s hesitancy to bring drug prices more in line with US rates.

Trump said, “Emmanuel, you have been taking advantage of the USA with prescription drugs for 30 years. I said, ‘You really should do this and you will do it.’

The US President also told his audience that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in Kiev on Wednesday, would meet with him later that day, according to his office, and that Zelensky “may be in the audience right now.”

Trump later claimed that ending the war between Russia and Ukraine was ‘reasonably close’, accusing both leaders of backing out of the deal and saying they would be ‘fools’ if they could not agree to end the conflict.

Another moment of confusion arose as Trump recalled a tense call from the Swiss prime minister, whom he claimed was a woman, even though Switzerland was a male president and not a prime minister.

‘They come, sell their watches, no tariffs, nothing. They are moving away. They earn 41 billion dollars from us alone. “And I said no, we can’t do that,” he said.

Trump claims end to war between Russia and Ukraine ‘reasonably close’

The US President also told his audience that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was in Kiev on Wednesday, would meet with him later that day, according to his office.

‘So I’m going to raise the issue. But we would still have a pretty significant deficit. But I increased it to 30%.’

“And I think the Prime Minister, I don’t think the president, the Prime Minister called a woman and she was very repetitive,” Trump said.

He said, ‘No, no, no, you can’t do 30% of that.’ You can’t do this. “We’re a small, small country,” he continued. ‘I said yes, but you have a very, very big deficit.’

‘And he rubbed me the wrong way, I’ll be honest with you,’ he said.

In another awkward moment, Trump mentioned ‘Abba-baijan’ while describing his role in resolving the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

Trump also revealed that Chinese President Xi Jinping asked him to stop calling the Coronavirus the ‘Chinese Virus’.

‘I’ve always had a very good relationship with Xi. He’s an incredible man. What he does is incredible. “Everybody has great respect for him,” Trump said.

‘Our relationship has been severely disrupted by Covid. I was calling it the Chinese virus, but he said, ‘Do you think you could use a different name?’ he said.

‘And I decided to do it.’

Trump also revealed that Chinese President Xi Jinping asked him to stop calling the Coronavirus the ‘Chinese Virus’.

In his speech, which lasted more than an hour, Trump told Europe that if it weren’t for the United States, they would all speak German and a little Japanese.

In his more than hour-long speech, Trump told Europe that without the United States they would all speak German and some Japanese, while doubling down on his demands for Greenland but refusing to use force.

While emphasizing the importance of Greenland for American security, Trump claimed that the USA ‘won’ the Second World War.

He said: ‘We gave Greenland back after the war. Were we stupid enough to do this? But we did it. How ungrateful are they now?

‘So now our country and the world face greater risks than ever before from weapons of war, which I cannot talk about.’

But he confirmed he would not use military force to seize Greenland amid tensions between the US and Europe.

‘We probably won’t achieve anything unless I decide to use excessive force and force, which frankly we will be unstoppable,’ he said.

‘But I won’t do that. Ok my love. Now everyone says, oh, nice.’

‘The only thing the USA wants is a place called Greenland,’ he said. ‘You can say yes and we will be very grateful. Or you can say no and we will remember.’