From French drug pricing to 'loser' windmills: A rundown of who Trump criticized at Davos

U.S. President Donald Trump backed distant from tariffs connected European countries and ruled retired utilizing unit to instrumentality Greenland during his clip astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos, Switzerland.

But his free-wheeling peculiar address to the forum, which lasted for much than an hour, included the benignant of attacks that person go a trademark of his presidency.

Trump touched connected U.S. economical growth, his ongoing efforts to get Greenland from Denmark and upwind vigor successful some Europe and China.

The U.S. president besides made his feelings known astir immoderate Western governmental leaders and, successful a consequent speech, renewed his criticism of 1 NATO subordinate successful particular. Here's a rundown of those who came nether occurrence this week.

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke astatine Davos connected Tuesday wearing dark, reflective sunglasses, prompting Trump to inquire successful his speech: "What the hellhole happened?"

"I watched him yesterday with his beauteous sunglasses," Trump said connected Wednesday, giving emergence to immoderate laughter successful the auditorium.

Macron's bureau aboriginal said the president chose to deterioration aviator sunglasses to support his eyes owed to a burst humor vessel, Reuters reported.

Macron, who didn't notation Trump by name, utilized his code to pass of a displacement to "a satellite without rules" and decried "bullies".

In his ain speech, Trump claimed helium had cajoled Macron into agreeing to rise cause prices successful France, saying: "You've been screwing america for 30 years."

The French presidency responded that this was "fake news" successful a societal media post, alongside a GIF of Trump mouthing the aforesaid operation successful beforehand of a microphone.

"It's being claimed that President @EmmanuelMacron accrued the terms of medicines," the French presidency said connected Wednesday.

"He does not acceptable their prices. They are regulated by the societal information strategy and have, successful fact, remained stable. Anyone who has acceptable ft successful a French pharmacy knows this," they added.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave 1 of the astir caustic speeches of Davos, calling retired "great powers" for weaponizing their economical might, and urging "middle powers" to enactment together, "because if we're not astatine the table, we're connected the menu."

"Canada gets a batch of freebies from america by the way," Trump said successful his code the pursuing day. "They should beryllium grateful besides but they are not. I watched your premier curate yesterday. He wasn't truthful grateful."

Trump added: "Canada lives due to the fact that of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the adjacent clip you marque your statements."

After leaving Davos, Trump announced helium had withdrawn his invitation for Carney to articulation his "Board of Peace" for Gaza.

Carney said past week that he intended to articulation the board but details, including fiscal terms, had yet to beryllium worked out. Permanent members indispensable wage $1 cardinal each.

Speaking astatine the signing ceremonial for his "Board of Peace" connected Thursday, Trump renewed his disapproval of Spain implicit defence spending.

The NATO subject confederation agreed successful June past twelvemonth to much than treble their defence spending from 2% of GDPt to 5% by 2035. But Spain successfully pushed for an exemption, allowing its expenditure to stay astir 2%.

"I don't cognize what's happening with Spain, wherefore would they not bash that? They privation a escaped thrust I guess, huh?" Trump said. "Every state but Spain accrued to 5%. I don't cognize why. We're going to person to speech to Spain."

Trump has previously threatened to marque Spain wage for its refusal to conscionable the defence spending people and precocious said Madrid has "no excuse" for paying little during a gathering with Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said successful June past twelvemonth that helium considers the country's existent defence spending of 2% of GDP arsenic "sufficient, realistic and compatible with the payment state."

Switzerland's erstwhile president, Karin Keller-Sutter, besides faced disapproval from Trump this week.

Referring to her arsenic the Swiss "prime minister," Trump said connected Wednesday that helium had received a telephone from Keller-Sutter aft threatening to rise tariffs connected Swiss goods to 30%.

"She said, 'no, no, no, you cannot bash that, 30%. You cannot bash that. We are a small, tiny country.' I said, 'yeah, but you person a big, large deficit,'" Trump said. "She conscionable rubbed maine the incorrect way, I'll beryllium honorable with you."

Trump said helium raised Swiss tariffs to 39% aft that call, reflecting 1 of the highest tariff rates imposed connected 1 state by his administration.

The U.S. president agreed precocious past year to little tariffs connected Swiss products to 15%. Keller-Sutter's word ended successful December.

It wasn't conscionable governmental leaders that drew Trump's ire. The U.S. president, a vocal professional of upwind energy, took purpose astatine windmills.

"There are windmills each implicit Europe," Trump said during his Davos address. "There are windmills each implicit the spot and they are losers. One happening I've noticed is that the much windmills a state has, the much wealth that state loses and the worse that state is doing."

Trump added: "China makes astir each of the windmills, and yet I haven't been capable to find immoderate upwind farms successful China. Did you ever deliberation of that? It's a bully mode of looking astatine it. They're smart. China's precise smart. They marque them, they merchantability them for a fortune, they merchantability them to the anserine radical that bargain them, but they don't usage them themselves."

China, a planetary upwind superpower, defended its renewables strategy successful response, reaffirming its committedness to promoting low-carbon energy.

Trump's comments were besides shrugged disconnected by EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra and Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen.

"We instrumentality so a fundamentally antithetic presumption here. We bash consciousness that clime alteration has immense economical ramifications," Hoekstra told CNBC connected Wednesday.

In a abstracted interview, the main enforcement of Denmark's Vestas besides disputed Trump's assertion that upwind vigor doesn't work. "We proceed precisely connected the way that we person been," Andersen told CNBC connected Thursday.