Trump Strangely Boasts Europeans Call Him ‘Daddy’

President Donald Trump bizarrely boasted that Europeans call him “daddy” during a speech at the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos.

The right-wing leader made the comments after telling the crowd that he’s been dealing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, both of whom he said he believes “want to make a deal” amid ongoing talks for an end to the Ukraine war.

“But they’ve got to get that war stopped, because too many people are dying, needlessly dying,” he continued. “Too many souls are being lost. It’s the only reason I’m interested in doing it.”

Claiming that he’s been “helping” Europe and NATO, Trump then veered off topic, saying that “they loved me” up until he tried to annex Greenland — except he incorrectly referred to Greenland as Iceland.

“They called me ‘Daddy,’ right? The last time? [A] very smart man said, ‘He’s our daddy. He’s running it,’” he added without naming the individual he was referring to. “I was, like, running it. I went from running it to being a terrible human being.”

That was an apparent reference to NATO general secretary Mark Rutte, who referred to Trump as “daddy” at a summit last year.

Trump has been on a quest to control Greenland, sparking pushback from European leaders and allies who’ve stressed that the annexation of the territory would demolish NATO. In response to the dispute, Trump threatened last week to punish countries that don’t support his move to obtain Greenland with tariffs.

But Trump surprisingly walked back his tariff threats on Wednesday.

“Now what I’m asking for is a piece of ice, cold and poorly located that can play a vital role in world peace and world protection,” he said.

Calling his desire to obtain the European territory “a very small ask compared to what we have given them for many, many decades,” he went on to argue that “the problem with NATO” is the US “will be there for them 100%, but I’m not sure that they’d be there for us if we gave them the call.”

“‘Gentlemen, we are being attacked. We’re under attack by such and such a nation,’” he said mimicking a faux call. “I know them all very well. I’m not sure that they’d be there. I know we’d be there for them. I don’t know that they would be there for us.”

NATO notably assisted the US in the wake of September 11 by invoking Article 5, which states that “an armed attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against them all.”

“So with all of the money we expend, with all the blood, sweat and tears, I don’t know that they’d be there for us,” he alleged. “They’re not there for us on Iceland. That I can tell you.”

He added: “I mean our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.”

Watch Trump’s speech below (fast forward to the 41:46 mark to hear his comments).