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Greenland? Iceland? What is President Donald Trump talking about?

On Wednesday, Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. There’s plenty — and I mean plenty — to go over.

But one of the more startling things that stood out was Trump confusing Greenland and Iceland several times during his speech.

As Mediaite’s Joe DePaolo wrote, “In an awkward 90-second portion of his lengthy address to economic titans from around the world, the president mentioned Iceland four times when he very clearly seemed to be referring to Greenland — which he is trying to acquire.”

Trump said during his speech, “I’m helping Europe, I am helping NATO, and until the last few days when I told them about Iceland, they loved me.”