From USA TODAY.

President Donald Trump said in remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that he was seeking "immediate negotiations" to acquire Denmark’s Greenland territory and that he does not intend to use military force to gain control of the Arctic island.

"We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable, but I won’t do that," Trump said.

Trump opened his speech to world leaders in the mountain ski resort by boasting about his record on the economy and telling Europe it was not going "in the right direction." Trump arrived in Switzerland with European officials and business leaders on edge because he is expected to press his case to expand the territory of the United States in the biggest way in decades by acquiring Greenland.