In a speech about annexing Greenland, President Donald Trump on Wednesday also appeared to announce plans for the United States to annex Iceland.

In a rambling and sometimes incoherent address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump announced U.S. designs on the Nordic island nation. “Until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me,” Trump said of European leaders. “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 added that NATO is “not there for us on Iceland. … Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.”

White House spokespersons Karoline Leavitt, Taylor Rogers, and Anna Kelly all failed to respond to repeated requests by email for clarification about whether the commander-in-chief meant to threaten Iceland or misspoke when he meant to say Greenland, a country that he has vowed to take by any means necessary. Repeated calls to the White House press office also went unanswered.

When a NewsNation reporter tweeted that Trump “appeared to mix up Greenland and Iceland,” Leavitt claimed the journalist had the facts wrong. “His written remarks referred to Greenland as a “piece of ice” because that’s what it is,” Leavitt........

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