Some huge developments have been unveiled as talks about Greenland continued this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos. President Trump also took the opportunity to reveal his ‘master plan’ for Gaza while launching his ironically titled ‘Board of Peace’, telling the press that this is ‘something the world has never seen before’. As this is Trump talking, 'never seen before' does seem likely.

In 'post-match' emergency talks in Brussels, Mette Frederiksen, the Danish PM, highlighted the importance of a united Europe, warning European nations to stand together. She has been utterly consistent in her view that the sovereignty of Greenland is unchallengeable. During this week's meeting with Keir Starmer, she thanked the UK for its support during 'quite a difficult time'. And who thought it was just us Brits who did understatement quite so well?

Nineteen world leaders signed Trump's Board of Peace declaration, handing the little flower even more validation than he had before. The French, it seems, have other views – quelle surprise – and they made it crystal clear that France won’t be signing the declaration. They offered some rational reasoning – something about the declaration’s similarity to UN resolutions - but a deep aversion to Trump may also have played a part. Or am I being overly cynical?

Many feared that this ‘Board of Peace’ would have the potential to replace the United Nations, but UN officials themselves have denied this claim, stating that the body of the UN was built for the ever-changing climate of diplomacy and even ‘hard times’.

Trump had originally claimed that his reasons for wanting Greenland were based on security issues, including threats from China and Russia, but China strongly rejected Greenland threats and reaffirmed that the idea of China posing a threat to the land was “completely unfounded”. Yet again, debunking Trump's motives for wanting to stage a takeover of the world’s largest natural resource centres.

Trump has again been causing significant revulsion as he insulted the British Armed Forces when he told Fox News that the US had never needed Europe during the conflict in Afghanistan, stating, “They’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan,” but “they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines.”

Luke Pollard, the UK Armed Forces minister, said these remarks were ‘utterly ridiculous’. 457 troops lost their lives during the conflict as they fought alongside American troops, and these comments were incredibly disappointing but not at all surprising from Trump.

It is hard to imagine that Trump’s Board of Peace is little more than a huge power play. He claims to have created it as a fast-track way to help rebuild Gaza, yet the charter does not mention the territory once. Maybe, just maybe, it will become the biggest real estate deal of the century. I'm sure the residents of Gaza will be deeply appreciative of the gold bathrooms.