NATO, Gaza and Greenland: Key takeaways from Trump’s news conference
Al Jazeera
Trump’s grandstanding covered Ukraine joining NATO, Israel’s war on Gaza, and Greenland.
United States President-elect Donald Trump has drawn the ire of world leaders as he highlighted brazen foreign policy plans.
Speaking to reporters from his Mar-a-Lago estate in a wide-ranging media conference late on Tuesday, two weeks before he takes the reins at the White House, Trump made startling claims regarding NATO and Ukraine’s potential membership, Israel’s war on Gaza, and Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal.
As was the case during Trump’s first term, many suggest that it’s highly debatable how serious many of the outlandish ideas he put forward might prove. But that hasn’t stopped media around the world from taking the bait.
Here are key takeaways and some early responses:
Trump told reporters he sympathised with the Russian position that Ukraine should not be part of NATO.
