Newsom slams world leaders for 'rolling over' to Trump: 'Stop being complicit'

DAVOS, Switzerland (KABC) -- World leaders are gathering astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos, Switzerland wherever the blistery taxable this twelvemonth is the aboriginal of Greenland.

President Donald Trump was scheduled to permission Tuesday to articulation the meetings, but Gov. Gavin Newsom is already determination talking with European leaders.

Newsom slammed European leaders for not being tougher connected Trump, specifically addressing the president's propulsion for Greenland.

"Stop being complicit. It's clip to basal gangly and firm, person a backbone," Newsom told reporters. "I've seen this successful the United States, this supine Congress, playing some sides - saying 1 happening successful a substance oregon a tweet and different publicly. It's clip to person principle."

Newsom besides made notation to Venezuelan absorption person María Corina Machado, who regifted her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump past week.

"I can't instrumentality this complicity. People rolling over. I should've brought a clump of genu pads for each the satellite leaders," Newsom said. "I mean handing retired crowns. I mean this is pathetic. Nobel prizes that are being fixed away."

He added: "I mean it's conscionable pathetic, and I anticipation radical recognize however pathetic they look connected the satellite stage. I mean, astatine slightest from an American perspective, it's embarrassing."

Newsom went connected to telephone Trump a T-Rex.

"Diplomacy with Donald Trump? He's a T-Rex. You mate with him oregon helium devours you. One oregon the different ... Wake up! Where the hellhole has everybody been? Stop with this (expletive) diplomacy of benignant of niceties and someway we're each going to fig it out, saying 1 happening privately and different publicly. Have immoderate spine, immoderate goddamn (expletive)."

Trump continues to importune the U.S. needs Greenland for nationalist security, adjacent describing it arsenic "imperative."

Trump is informing 8 NATO allies to get retired of his mode of acquiring it, oregon look 10% tariffs. Those would spell into effect starting Feb. 1 and summation to 25% successful June.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.