Overview
- A Kennedy Center event hosted by Republicans for National Renewal featured a Greenland-shaped cake iced with an American flag as a nod to the White House push to acquire the island.
- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna made the first cut while Reps. Andy Ogles and Abe Hamadeh looked on, with attendees referring to Greenland as the "51st state."
- Romania’s far-right AUR leader George Simion attended, said he stood with "free people," and muttered about having to "get rid of Macron," highlighting foreign far-right ties at the event.
- European reactions were sharply critical, with the European Commission’s Antoine Bondaz calling the display disrespectful.
- Later the same day in Davos, Trump said he would not use force to obtain Greenland and touted a vague Arctic framework after stepping back from threatened tariffs on European allies.