U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting of business, political and cultural elites in Davos, Switzerland, leading a record-large U.S. delegation, organizers said.

President Donald Trump took a replacement plane to Switzerland after Air Force One turned around, leaving him with little time before his speech.

President Trump has doubled down on threats to take control of Greenland. He will partly use a trip to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to further press his case amid deep European skepticism.

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US President Donald Trump arrives in Davos on Wednesday for talks with European leaders over Greenland, after renewing claims that the United States needs the Arctic territory for national and global security and promising a “very positive” outcome.

President Donald Trump is heading to the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with European allies.

U.S. President Donald Trump barrels into Davos on Wednesday intent on escalating his push to acquire Greenland, a Danish territory. His ambition has met with incredulity and protests in Europe, causing the worst crisis in transatlantic ties for decades and threatening the integrity of the NATO military alliance.

U.S. equities nudged up premarket Wednesday ahead of Trump’s Davos speech, as markets steadied after heavy selling in the previous session.