Trump just put the ENTIRE WORLD on notice in his Davos speech

What this episode is about

In his Davos speech, Trump emphasized America's economic strength, highlighting a GDP growth rate significantly exceeding expectations and critiquing globalist policies that harm the middle class. He underscored the nation's advancements in energy and infrastructure, while also addressing past controversies, such as his interest in Greenland, to reinforce his administration's commitment to national development and autonomy.

Key takeaways

• America's GDP growth hits 5.6%, outpacing the EU's 1.6%—the economics of bragging rights are real.
• President's speech: a blend of jocularity and gravitas—laughter absent when world leaders hear a truth bomb.
• Greenland wasn't just geography; it symbolized America’s assertive diplomacy—'Say yes, or we’ll remember' is no idle threat.
• Trump's rhetoric is a seismic shift; it's not just a speech, it's a warning shot to world leaders.
• Strong language from the podium suggests America’s global strategy is evolving—it's no longer just about power, but presence.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Glenn Beck (Guest) · 15 min speaking
• Jason (Guest) · 4 min speaking
• Ricky (Guest) · 1 min speaking
• Stu (Guest) · 1 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Greenland, European Union, Venezuela, IMF
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Greenland, Donald Trump, NATO, Mark Carney
3. 10:00 – 15:00: Mark Carney
4. 15:00 – 20:00: Donald Trump, Mark Carney, Venezuela
5. 20:00 – 21:02: Greenland

Notable quotes from "Trump just put the ENTIRE WORLD on notice in his Davos speech"

• On the air, friends of mine were say, he said, I think I'd get bad reviews if I didn't talk about Greenland. And he said, Do you want me to talk about Greenland?

  about Greenland · at 1:51

• He said that's why we are changing because this system doesn't work. He then said he then talked about Venezuela and how strong America was in Venezuela and what had just…

  about Venezuela · at 2:39

• You can come to the table, we'll make a deal, or you can say no. But we will remember. This is the strongest language I have ever seen a president of the United States give…

  about Donald Trump · at 5:35

• Paying for all of it. And he went to Greenland and he said, It's time for you to step to the plate. And they pledged to pay, which is a lot for Greenland, $200 million in their own defense.

  about NATO · at 9:09

• Let's let's play those two cuts. Here's what Carney said yesterday in his speech to the WF.

  about Mark Carney · at 11:19

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Donald Trump — Person · Main speaker (referenced) / subject of analysis · 4 mentions · first at 6:17
  The discussion centers on Trump's speech to world leaders about U.S. power, Greenland, NATO burden-sharing, and a rejection of globalist institutions; hosts analyze his negotiating posture and rhetoric.
• Mark Carney — Person · Referenced political leader / foil in argument · 4 mentions · first at 7:44
  Carney is presented as advocating a post–rules-based-order realignment and “middle powers” cooperation; the hosts frame Trump as rebuking Carney and opposing Carney’s implied ‘new world order’ direction.

Companies & orgs

• NATO — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at 9:02
  Central to the discussion on defense contributions and the US's role in global security.
• European Union — Company · Business focus · 2 mentions · first at 1:30
  Referenced in the context of economic growth comparisons and the critique of globalist policies.
  We would be growing at. and I heard a speech before the president, the EU, the European Union was very excited to talk about their I think 1.6% GDP growth. so it is it's…
• IMF — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at 1:16
  Mentioned in the context of economic growth comparisons and the critique of globalist policies.
  That's way beyond what the IMF said that we would be growing at. and I heard a speech before the president, the EU, the European Union was very excited to talk about their I think.

Places & events

• Greenland — Place · Setting · 8 mentions · first at 1:57
  Central to the discussion about US foreign policy and defense strategies, particularly in relation to NATO and Arctic defense.
• Venezuela — Place · Setting · 3 mentions · first at 2:46
  Mentioned in the context of US foreign policy and military strength, illustrating the administration's approach to international relations.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 They have a choice. You can say yes and we will be very appreciative or you can say no and we will remember. As I said,

0:10 I want to take just a second forever, but I think years recap what he has done because he's been speaking for about 45 minutes now

0:19 and there is a clear theme. He came out in the first 20 minutes before we joined him on on the podcast. uh and he is his theme was how strong America is economically, energy, everything that everything that is going on and how the globalists have failed and how that was rotting uh the middle class and how that is in the past. Um, but he kept coming back to here's our strength, here's our strength, here's what's coming, here's the power plants that we're building, here's how we're working with some of the people in this very room who didn't believe me when I said you can build your own power plant and you're going to have permission within two weeks. Um, he said, uh, we didn't have the grid to be able to sustain. We didn't have the energy.

1:15 So, he spent the first part talking about our economic growth. He talked about a GDP growth of 5.6%. That's way beyond what the IMF said that we would be growing at. Um, and I heard a speech before the president, you know, the EU, the European Union was very excited uh to talk about their I think 1.6% GDP growth. Um, so it is it's remarkable in comparison to the rest of the world. But then he said, I believe most of this stuff is

1:46 adlib York. Um because he said right before we went on the air, friends of mine were say, you know,

1:55 he said, "I think I'd get bad reviews if I didn't talk about Greenland." And he said, "Do you want me to talk about Greenland?"

2:01 Um he said, "Because I I think I need to address that here. I wasn't going to, but let's talk about Greenland." when I called

2:08 and he has spent now the last half an hour I watched him yesterday one way or another speaking about Greenland and

2:16 there are a few remarkable things that he has uh that he has said he has said uh I love Europe uh there are parts of Europe you can't even recognize anymore um that has to stop the leaders either don't understand or you do understand and you won't do anything about it. Um he said that's why we are changing um because this system doesn't work. He then said he then talked about Venezuela and how strong America was in Venezuela and what had just happened. Uh and he said you know with Venezuela I told them to make a deal. Oh, they were willing to make a deal after the attack. And then he said something really interesting.

3:04 Let's make a deal. They didn't until after the attack. Gee, more people should do that.

3:11 Which I thought was really interesting. It was around this time in his speech he was getting some laughs from leaders when he would make jokes or say things like that. Um,

3:22 kind of an uncomfortable laugh from time to time. There has been no laugh line here. He has said things that he means as a joke a couple of times, but you've noticed there hasn't been any laugh. uh not a single laugh line. The world leaders are listening to him. I think this is

3:41 the most consequential speech I have heard a president give since possibly the Berlin wall speech or the um or the evil empire speech given by Ronald Reagan. But this is much much deeper. He is breaking up the United Nations. He is breaking up the um the bureaucracy of the WF. He is putting Europe on notice. Um a lot

4:10 he then has been going in here this during the the um Greenland part in the last 20 30 minutes.

4:19 No more than that. He doubling or he keeps coming back to how powerful the United States is. He broke some news. Uh, let me see if I can find it.

4:32 He broke, I think, some news where he said um Trump rolls out using military force.

4:39 Yeah, the a couple of things. one, he um as he's listing the list of military um accomplishments, he talked about how we have things that nobody understood that we are now uh looking uh at these uh dangerous weapons. This was it. We have dangerous weapons, more dangerous than people recognize in in Venezuela. They pressed the trigger and nothing happened and couldn't figure out what any of that meant.

5:13 Then the other breaking news, as Ricky just reminded me, was on Monday morning.

5:19 We're not going to attack. I I don't want to attack and I won't attack. But again, his last words on that right after that was, you can say yes to giving us Greenland. You can come to the table, we'll make a deal, or you can say no. But we will remember. This is the strongest language I have ever seen a president of the United States give because he's putting the entire world on notice. The world is changing. You don't have the coahones or the power to be able to deal with us in any other way. Come to the table now.

6:02 makes me uncomfortable, but I'm glad the president is standing. I think today is very consequential. I I don't know how it's all going to work out. I hope that it works out in our favor, but I have never heard a president speak to the world like this. Um, and he means it and he knows he is carrying a very, very large stick. He knows it. And you know, there are parts of the speech that he was the typical Donald Trump, you know, and I'm the greatest and you all know it. Um, which always makes me a little uncomfortable. I wish he were a little more humble, but that's Donald Trump.

6:35 Um, but he did say over and over and over again, probably six times, how much he loved and respected Europe, how he is, his family is from Germany and Scotland, um, and how important they are. um and how much he you know the history between us and how much western culture means. However, western culture is dying in Europe because you refuse to stand up for it. Um when he got into Greenland he really started to um you know he started really you know he said Europe has turned their backs on things that have made us strong. He took on Canada in a way I have never heard before. He talked about uh how, you know, Greenland is important because we're going to use it to defend not just not just the United States, but also Canada and Europe. And he said, uh, you the Canadian prime minister spoke yesterday and I didn't think he did very well. And then he said, he's probably in here, Mark, I wouldn't speak that way

7:38 again or something like that. And it it was shocking the way he didn't he didn't even show him the difference of being prime minister. It was Mark, you should watch your words. Um, he is not fooling around and he is declaring an end to this glo order, this globalist kind of thing uh that the world has been builting uh been building. He did, like I said a minute ago, he said, "I will not use force on Greenland. Uh, I don't want to use it and I won't use force." which I think is uh uh significant. So, let's start with Greenland. Jason, I just heard you talking on the insider broadcast. By the way, the insider, it is still free this week. Next week, it'll start going into you'll have to subscribe to get it. Uh but if you go to glenbeck.com, you get the insider. when the radio show goes into commercial breaks, Jason joins us uh from behind the scenes and he is he's he's giving more information on what we're talking

8:44 about and deeper analysis uh and we work together a couple of hours before the show so we are in sync and he gives all the information I just don't have time to give. But you gave a great stat a minute ago about how Greenland pledged during the Trump first term. He went to Europe and said, "NATO allies, you need to pony up for your own defense. We are paying for all of it and we're done paying for all of it." And he went to Greenland and he said, "It's time for you to step to the plate." And they pledged to pay, which is a lot for Greenland, $200 million in their own defense.

9:21 Uh, and so he accepted that. Jason, tell me what happened as soon as Trump left office. How much did they pay of that $200 million? Hey, Glenn. So, yeah, this was a big part of their negotiations with at that time they were trying to get NATO to allocate more money, everyone. And it was largely being successful what Trump was trying to do. But Denmark, they allocated $224 million. They said, "We agree with you. We're going to be expanding airspace surveillance. That's great. Uh, reconnaissance, awesome. uh Arctic defense measures. I mean, it was it sounded really, really good. Well, what they ended up doing after Trump left office was they only allocated 1% of that entire 224 million. And that must and most of that money that they set aside for defense went to social programs. That's one of that's been their biggest Achilles heel. Every time they always go off and they, you know, they fund the welfare state every single

10:19 time. That's what they did. They do not treat security seriously. So what Trump is doing right now and it's all across the board on a lot of these measures is I think the best way I'm I can describe this is tough love. We're seeing a eulogy in a funeral right now at the WF which actually is amazing to see. But you have and Trump just said, you know, Daddy Trump, he's providing the tough love. This is after the son lost his basketball game and instead of the dad saying you you can you you'll get him next time. you'll be fine. No, he's saying get your butt into the gym, work out, and practice your jump shot. That's what he's saying.

10:58 Um Ricky and Stu, I'd like you to join in. Most significant takeaways that you heard from the president's speech today.

11:06 I liked his rebuke of Carney. And for those viewers and listeners who don't have context, we do have two cuts from yesterday so they understand why Trump was so heated about Prime Minister uh Carney from Canada.

11:19 Let's let's play those two cuts. Here's what Carney said yesterday in his speech to the WF.

11:25 We understand that this rupture calls for more than adaptation. It calls for honesty about the world as it is. We are taking the sign out of the window. We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn't mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But we believe that from the fracture, we can build something bigger, better, stronger, more just. This is the task of the middle powers. The countries that have the most to lose from a world of fortresses and a most to gain from genuine cooperation.

12:01 The powerful have their power. But we have something to the capacity to stop. I want you to listen. I want you to hear what he just said. He just said the old order is not coming back. That is 100% accurate. Now, what order is he talking about? The order of Brettonwoods, the order of the petro dollar, the the order that the United States set up uh back in 1945. It's it's over. It doesn't work. Trump, he is saying exactly the same thing that Trump is saying. However, Carney is saying we need to that's why we need to band together and have a new world order. This this great reset kind of order. We'll have a new world order where uh the elites all get together from all over the world and they make the decisions. Trump the beginning of his speech he was talking and addressing that very thing. That hasn't worked.

13:06 More bureaucracy will not fix it. More globalization, more melding of our countries together will not fix this. That is not the way to go. That is more of what was built in 1945 that is not working. It's time to end all of that. Here's cut two from Carney. For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the rules-based international order. We joined its institutions. We praised its principles. We benefited from its predictability. And because of that, we could pursue values-based foreign policies under its protection.

13:44 We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false. That the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient. that trade rules were enforced s asymmetrically and we knew that international law applied with varying rigor depending on the identity of the accused or the victim.

14:05 Can we stop here? Pause just for a second. That is amazing that he is saying that because he is describing exactly the order that they are trying to impose on people that if you're an elite, you get away with it. But if you're a little guy or you're on the wrong side, you don't get away with it. You pay a very heavy penalty. He's saying that he's implying here that the United States uh was the one that won every single time in little countries like Canada did not win. I would suggest um Mr. Prime Minister, you won a bucketload. You won a bucketload. Canada and I don't want I do not want a Canada bash. I love Canada. I love Canadians. I don't want to have a problem with Canadians.

14:52 But let's please just admit the truth. The United States has foot the bill for your security. You have all benefited from the United States being as strong as it was. Meanwhile, every one of you hollowed us out. We allowed you to do it, but we got into the World Trade Organization. We did all these things and said, "You know what? We're going to we're going to spread the wealth some. And you all benefited from that. Most importantly, you benefit benefited from the shield of the United States military. You want to know what the world is like without the United States.

15:34 I think Donald Trump should say, "No more protection for anyone but the United States." And the American people would cheer. We're not footing the bill for a single war, not a single tank, not a single airplane, nothing. You get nothing from the United States in defense.

15:52 That is almost exactly what he said in much shorter form. And his quote was, "Uh, Canada lives because of the US. Remember that mark the next time you make your statements."

16:04 That's really direct and clear. And I've have you ever heard Stu have you ever heard a president of the United States speak like that?

16:12 No. But you know how common is this Glenn? I've been doing this for a long time. How common is it when we dis we we cover another nation who has received all sorts of bounty and gifts and protection and favors and all sorts of things from the United States come up and do their speech in front of the UN, in front of Davos, whatever it is, and bash us over and over and over and over again. It feels good to have a president that stands up and says, "No, you're not doing that anymore if you want anything from us." Good. And they they really should be a little more careful with the way that they treat us. I you know there's you could argue with some of the stuff that that Trump does and whether he should be treating allies in certain ways and you know all those conversations can be valid at times but like we never hold these people to those standards. They're constantly trashing us. They're constantly telling us we're

17:04 involved in genocides around the world. I'm sick of it. I'm done with it. Glenn, do you think that Carney has found this newfound confidence and boldness and bravado because of this strategic alliance he's trying to build with China?

17:19 Uh, no. I think he believes in the new world order. He believes in the power of the banking community. You know, he believes in he believes in the WF. He also believes that China, you know, is is a great uh, you know, is a great ally for China at least to threaten with. But China will eat you. Canada, China will eat you. Good luck with that. Um, the only thing that I have seen that would make sense and I I hesitate to even say it, but no world leader is listening to me. So, um, but the only thing that you could actually threaten the United States with and make a difference is if if Europe started to say, "We're going to sell all of our US treasuries. We don't believe in US treasuries."

18:03 You start selling our treasuries, that's the only power you have to hold over our head. And Denmark just said they were going to start doing that. We don't believe in US treasuries anymore. We're thinking about liquidating all of our treasuries. Now whether they do or not is another thing because that will only hurt your own people. You you it's it's the only investment you can make. What are you going to invest in? Where are you going to put your money? You going to put it in the United States in the United States stock market or you going to pull it all out and put it someplace else? You're not going to do that. I mean, you will only hurt your own people. But that is the only threat that could possibly um come up against the United States.

18:41 So, I think Carney is is wildly mistaken. You know, you've got to remember how Donald Trump negotiates. Donald Trump negotiates. He first says it nicely and he's like, "Hey, let's work together on this. I'd like to do this. What do you think about this? How can we make a deal for both of us here that's good on this?" Once you say no, if he is determined to get it done, then he starts upping the ante. Then he starts saying, you know what? Well, you don't do that. I'm going to do this. And he makes promises. He never makes threats. He makes promises.

19:19 I am going to do this if you don't do that. Venezuela, Maduro, leave or we'll come and get you. Iran, knock it off or we will put your power plants, your nuclear power plants out of business and knock you back into the stone age in that department. He says what he means and means what he says and he starts making promises, not threats. So when when President Trump uh is all he's asking for here, and you may not like the way he's asking for it, but it's high time that somebody in America has stood up for us in America.

20:01 um when he says look we are only asking for something that is good for your security good for my security uh you know the United States security you and Canada's security we have not asked you for anything since 1945 and you guys have been living off of us and living on our teat since 1945 all of these things the United states agreed to and developed and made the world stable so you could rebuild Europe. Will you rebuild Europe, you know, 20 years after the war and you've been sucking us dry ever since. We're asking for one thing.

20:47 Give it to us or we will remember. It's It is the toughest love I have ever seen.

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Glenn Beck (Guest), Jason (Guest), Ricky (Guest), Stu (Guest).

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In his Davos speech, Trump emphasized America's economic strength, highlighting a GDP growth rate significantly exceeding expectations and critiquing globalist policies that harm the middle class. He underscored the nation's advancements in energy and infrastructure, while also addressing past controversies, such as his interest in Greenland, to reinforce his administration's commitment to…

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