Por Daniel Dale, CNN

El discurso que dio el miércoles el presidente Donald Trump en el Foro Económico Mundial en Suiza estuvo plagado de afirmaciones inexactas, en particular declaraciones falsas y engañosas sobre la OTAN y Groenlandia, el territorio danés autónomo que quiere que Estados Unidos adquiera.

Trump también repitió numerosas afirmaciones desmentidas hace tiempo sobre asuntos exteriores, economía y otros temas. A continuación, un análisis de algunas de sus declaraciones.

Beneficios de la OTAN para Estados Unidos: Trump afirmó: “Lo que hemos obtenido de la OTAN es nada, excepto proteger a Europa de la Unión Soviética y ahora de Rusia. Es decir, los hemos ayudado durante tantos años (y) nunca hemos obtenido nada a cambio”.

Esto simplemente no es cierto, incluso dejando de lado los argumentos de que Estados Unidos ha obtenido importantes beneficios militares, económicos y políticos de la existencia de la alianza. La OTAN acudió en defensa de Estados Unidos tras los atentados terroristas de Al Qaeda del 11 de septiembre de 2001.

La alianza invocó el Artículo 5, su cláusula de defensa colectiva, por única vez en su historia, y los países miembros formaron una coalición para luchar en la guerra de Afganistán junto a las fuerzas estadounidenses. Los países miembros lucharon allí durante años y muchos de ellos sufrieron bajas. Dinamarca, por ejemplo, perdió más de 40 soldados, una de las tasas de mortalidad per cápita más altas de la alianza.

Gasto en defensa de los miembros de la OTAN: Trump también afirmó que, “hasta que yo llegué”, Estados Unidos “pagaba prácticamente el 100 % de la OTAN”, y añadió: “En mi opinión, pagábamos el 100 % de la OTAN”. La “opinión” de Trump es objetivamente incorrecta. Las cifras de la OTAN muestran que, en 2024, el gasto en defensa de Estados Unidos representó alrededor del 63 % del gasto total en defensa de la OTAN; en 2016, el año anterior a que Trump asumiera la presidencia por primera vez, era de aproximadamente el 72 %. Ambas cifras son elevadas, por supuesto, pero ni de lejos se acercan al 100 %.

Además, Estados Unidos contribuye con un porcentaje menor al presupuesto organizacional de la propia OTAN. Según una fórmula acordada, Estados Unidos aportaba alrededor del 16 % de ese presupuesto cuando Trump regresó al cargo en 2025. Cuando asumió la presidencia en 2017, Estados Unidos contribuía con aproximadamente el 22 % del presupuesto.

Trump también afirmó que, a pesar del objetivo de la OTAN de que cada miembro destinara el 2 % de su producto interno bruto a defensa, “la mayoría de los países no pagaban nada” hasta que él llegó. De hecho, todos los miembros de la OTAN invertían en su propia defensa antes de que Trump fuera presidente; el gasto total en defensa de los miembros no estadounidenses fue de US$ 292.000 millones en 2016 y se estima en US$ 482.000 millones en 2024, según cifras de la OTAN. Si bien es cierto que muchos miembros tardaron en alcanzar el objetivo del 2 %, la mayoría lo cumplía en 2024, según muestran las cifras de la OTAN, con 18 de los 31 miembros sujetos al objetivo en o por encima del 2 %.

En 2016, cuatro miembros de la OTAN alcanzaron el objetivo; en 2020, el último año del primer mandato de Trump, fueron ocho miembros.

Cómo funciona el gasto de la OTAN: Trump repitió una afirmación que hizo en numerosas ocasiones durante su primera presidencia: que, antes de que él fuera presidente, los países de la OTAN “no pagaban sus facturas”. Si bien es posible usar la frase “pagar sus facturas” en sentido figurado, cabe señalar que el objetivo del 2 % de la OTAN se aplicaba al gasto interno de cada país, no generaba “facturas” ni significaba que los países debieran dinero a Estados Unidos, como también afirmó Trump durante su primer mandato.

El objetivo de la OTAN se elevó en 2025 al 3,5 % del PIB para el gasto de defens

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By Ben Church, CNN

(CNN) — The ongoing issues between the Buffalo Bills and Keon Coleman have taken another twist – and the team’s owner has implied it’s on his former head coach.

It comes as Bills owner Terry Pegula said the decision to draft the wide receiver in 2024 was one pushed by the coaching staff, rather than Buffalo GM Brandon Beane. Pegula fired Sean McDermott, the Bills’ former head coach, earlier this week.

Both Pegula and Beane were speaking to reporters on Wednesday after the Bills crashed out of the divisional round on Saturday, with Beane being asked why Coleman’s performances have so far failed to meet the standard required.

As Beane began to answer the question, Pegula interrupted to explain the situation and take the blame off his new general manager.

“Can I interrupt? I’ll address the Keon situation. The coaching staff pushed to draft Keon. I’m not saying Brandon wouldn’t have drafted him, but he wasn’t his next choice,” Pegula said.

“That was Brandon being a team player and taking advice from his coaching staff who felt strongly about the player.

“(Beane) has taken, for some reason, heat about it and not saying a word about it, but I’m here to tell you the true story.”

Coleman has so far struggled to live up to expectations since being a second-round pick in the 2024 NFL draft.

He finished the 2025 season with 38 receptions, 404 receiving yards and four touchdowns in 13 regular season games played with only two receptions, 46 yards and one touchdown in two postseason games, coming under criticism for both his performance on and off the field.

In November, the second-year receiver was a healthy scratch for the first time in his career after the Bills confirmed he turned up late to a team meeting.

It followed a trend that pointed towards ongoing issues between Coleman and the franchise – one that now raises questions over his future with the Bills, despite him having two years left on his contract.

After Pegula gave his thoughts during Wednesday’s news conference, Beane acknowledged he was “looking” at ways to improve the team, but also took responsibility for what many Bills fans will see as a disappointing end to the season.

“Can I do better? Heck yeah,” Beane said.

Pegula recently promoted Beane to both the President of Football Operations and General Manager of the Bills. His first task is to find a replacement head coach after McDermott was fired after nine seasons at the helm.

And, if there wasn’t before, there will now be major doubts about whether Coleman will be part of the new regime.

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By David Wright, CNN

(CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, long one of President Donald Trump’s chief trolls, took the routine this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – and got a globally televised rise out of the president.

Newsom was in the crowd Wednesday when Trump called him out during a speech in which he again demanded Denmark cede control of Greenland to the US but also moved through a range of domestic and international issues.

“We’re going to help the people in California,” Trump said. “We want to have no crime. I know Gavin was here. I used to get along so great with Gavin when I was president. Gavin is a good guy.”

A camera found Newsom in the room, smiling and appearing to chuckle.

Trump added, “I would say this, if I were a Democrat governor, or whatever, I would call up Trump, I’d say, ‘Come on in. Make us look good.’”

The moment was quickly clipped online, becoming more fodder for Trump and Newsom’s social media teams and further highlighting Newsom’s presidential ambitions.

Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins afterward, Newsom said Trump’s address was “remarkably boring” and “remarkably insignificant.”

“There wasn’t anything new about that speech for the American audience,” the governor added. He also dismissed the president’s demands for the US to acquire Greenland, including threats of military action before Trump backed off the aggressive stance in his speech Wednesday.

Trump “was never going to invade Greenland,” he said.

“I don’t think the military force was ever real in the first place, but I think the tone reflected deep anxiety” among business leaders present at the forum, Newsom said.

The California governor’s insults in Davos weren’t reserved for the president. Talking to reporters on Tuesday before Trump’s arrival, he accused attendees of “rolling over” for Trump, remarking that “I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders.”

“I mean, handing out crowns, handing out – this is pathetic. Nobel Prizes that are being given away. I mean, it’s just pathetic. And I hope that people understand how pathetic they look on the world stage. I mean at least from an American perspective, it’s embarrassing,” he said.

Newsom’s social media team has mimicked Trump’s tone on social media, complete with all-caps sentences and “Thank you for your attention to this matter” signoffs, along with memes and AI-generated images that sometimes include personal attacks on critics.

In an interview on “The Late Show” on CBS last year, the California governor explained his approach to Trump.

“Everything we were trying to do to break through wasn’t working, so we decided to try something novel, called humor,” Newsom said. “We put a mirror up to Trump, and the absurdity of what’s going on in this country, the absurdity of Donald Trump.”

Newsom wasn’t the only potential 2028 candidate at Davos. Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer and Kentucky’s Andy Beshear, participated in a forum on Wednesday.

Beshear spoke to CNN’s Collins after Newsom.

“The speech was dangerous, it was disrespectful, and it was unhinged,” Beshear said. “You saw him make fun of world leaders in the room, who we ca

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(CNN) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, long one of President Donald Trump’s chief trolls, took the routine this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – and got a globally televised rise out of the president.

Newsom was in the crowd Wednesday when Trump called him out during a speech in which he again demanded Denmark cede control of Greenland to the US but also moved through a range of domestic and international issues.

“We’re going to help the people in California,” Trump said. “We want to have no crime. I know Gavin was here. I used to get along so great with Gavin when I was president. Gavin is a good guy.”

A camera found Newsom in the room, smiling and appearing to chuckle.

Trump added, “I would say this, if I were a Democrat governor, or whatever, I would call up Trump, I’d say, ‘Come on in. Make us look good.’”

The moment was quickly clipped online, becoming more fodder for Trump and Newsom’s social media teams and further highlighting Newsom’s presidential ambitions.

Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins afterward, Newsom said Trump’s address was “remarkably boring” and “remarkably insignificant.”

“There wasn’t anything new about that speech for the American audience,” the governor added. He also dismissed the president’s demands for the US to acquire Greenland, including threats of military action before Trump backed off the aggressive stance in his speech Wednesday.

Trump “was never going to invade Greenland,” he said.

“I don’t think the military force was ever real in the first place, but I think the tone reflected deep anxiety” among business leaders present at the forum, Newsom said.

The California governor’s insults in Davos weren’t reserved for the president. Talking to reporters on Tuesday before Trump’s arrival, he accused attendees of “rolling over” for Trump, remarking that “I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders.”

“I mean, handing out crowns, handing out – this is pathetic. Nobel Prizes that are being given away. I mean, it’s just pathetic. And I hope that people understand how pathetic they look on the world stage. I mean at least from an American perspective, it’s embarrassing,” he said.

Newsom’s social media team has mimicked Trump’s tone on social media, complete with all-caps sentences and “Thank you for your attention to this matter” signoffs, along with memes and AI-generated images that sometimes include personal attacks on critics.

In an interview on “The Late Show” on CBS last year, the California governor explained his approach to Trump.

“Everything we were trying to do to break through wasn’t working, so we decided to try something novel, called humor,” Newsom said. “We put a mirror up to Trump, and the absurdity of what’s going on in this country, the absurdity of Donald Trump.”

Newsom wasn’t the only potential 2028 candidate at Davos. Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer and Kentucky’s Andy Beshear, participated in a forum on Wednesday.

Beshear spoke to CNN’s Collins after Newsom.

“The speech was dangerous, it was disrespectful, and it was unhinged,” Beshear said. “You saw him make fun of world leaders in the room, who we call friends. You saw him ramble on, in stories, and even try to do voices. This is really concerning and for the United States, frankly