White House disputes Trump Greenland-Iceland mix-up (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Iceland. Iceland. So Iceland's Iceland. What did you just hear? Because the White House has denied President Trump mixed up Greenland and Iceland during his big speech to world leaders. Here's what he actually said.
[00:00:09] Speaker 2: They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland's already cost us a lot of money.
[00:00:20] Speaker 1: Those comments came at the World Economic Forum, where he was talking about wanting to take over Greenland. When people pointed out he had said the wrong place, the White House press secretary, Caroline Levitt, pushed back saying, no, he didn't. His written remarks referred to Greenland as a piece of ice because that's what it is. It's unclear what she means by his written remarks. Trump did refer to Greenland as a piece of ice several times in his speech, but he also definitely said Iceland four times.
- Trump discussed taking over Greenland at the World Economic Forum.
- In the speech he referred to “Iceland” multiple times, prompting claims of a mix-up.
- The White House denied he confused Greenland and Iceland.
- Press secretary Caroline Levitt said written remarks referred to Greenland as “a piece of ice,” though the rationale is unclear.
- The clip emphasizes the discrepancy between the spoken words and the administration’s defense.