Billionaire businessman Elon Musk took a fresh swipe at Donald Trump on Thursday — joking that the US President wanted an unlikely sort of ‘peace’ in Gaza. The remarks came even as the POTUS insisted he had secured ‘total and permanent US access to Greenland’ through a deal with NATO. Much has been said about the recent territorial ‘expansions’ outlined by the POTUS with many flagging concerns about international law.
“I heard about the formation of the Peace Summit (Board of Peace), and I was like ‘is that P-I-E-C-E?’ You know, a little piece of Greenland…a little piece of Venezuela. All we want is piece,” he jibed during a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The remarks also echoed a recently-viral clip from Mel Brooks’ To Be or Not To Be that shows Hitler singing rather similar lyrics. Many on social media have also drawn a similar parallel since Trump struck Venezuela earlier this month and relocated its President to New York.
What is the Board of Peace?
Trump unveiled fresh details about the group overseeing ceasefire plans for Gaza on Thursday — insisting that “everyone wants to be a part” of the Board of Peace. It was originally envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza truce. Trump has since extended invitations to dozens of nations and hinted at its future role as a conflict mediator. He claimed on Thursday that 59 nations would be a part of the grouping — before deciding to un-invite Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney via Truth Social hours later.
Trump had previously spoken about the board replacing some UN functions. But in his Thursday speech, he said the two bodies would work together, even as he denigrated the U.N. for doing what he said wasn’t enough to calm some conflicts around the globe.
Trump-EU deal announced
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had secured total and permanent US access to Greenland in a deal with NATO. News of a framework deal came as Trump backed off tariff threats against Europe and ruled out taking Greenland by force — bringing a degree of respite in what was brewing to be the biggest rupture in transatlantic ties in decades. The U-turn also triggered a rebound in European markets and a return toward record highs for Wall Street’s main indexes.
But questions remain about how much damage had already been done to transatlantic ties and business confidence over the past month. Details of any agreement were unclear and Denmark insisted its sovereignty over the island was not up for discussion. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc’s US relations had “taken a big blow” in the past week, as EU leaders met for an emergency summit.