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Trump leaks private messages between Rutte and Macron on the Greenland issue

Trump shared private messages from European leaders and posted a fake image to pressure allies on U.S. demands for Greenland, threatening tariffs on opposing countries.

  • On Tuesday, President Donald Trump posted screenshots of private texts from French President Emmanuel Macron and Mark Rutte on Truth Social and published a fabricated image of himself with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio planting an American flag on Greenland.
  • Having first floated the idea in 2019, Trump has intensified the push in recent months, citing national security and announcing tariffs last Saturday on eight European nations, warning increases in June until a Greenland deal.
  • In the revealed texts, Macron's message said `I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland` while Rutte wrote `I am committed to finding a way forward on Greenland`, which Trump praised on Truth Social.
  • The dispute has cast a shadow over the World Economic Forum in Davos, where Trump was set to jet Tuesday and President Emmanuel Macron told the WEF `We prefer respect to bullies`.
  • In an effort to shape the narrative, Trump linked the Diego Garcia dispute to Greenland, calling Britain's policy `an act of GREAT STUPIDITY` and trashing European allies Tuesday.
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arcamax.com broke the news in on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
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