US President Donald Trump appeared at a press conference at the White House today to mark the first anniversary of the start of his second term, at which he highlighted his achievements over the past 365 days.
The president's rare appearance at this press conference, usually led by his press secretary Caroline Leavitt, comes at a time when he faces extraordinary resistance from America's European allies over planned tariffs on Greenland, tensions he will face personally this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The president threatened on Saturday to impose tariffs on eight European countries to force them to support the US bid to take Greenland.
He arrived in the hall with a thick binder containing, as he said, documents about his "achievements" and then, after leafing through the pages, he threw the binder on the carpeted floor, and began talking about inflation and criticizing the economic policies of his predecessor, Joe Biden.
He said that in his first year back in the White House, he had done "more than any other administration, far more."
"It was an incredible time," Trump said, flipping through the pages.
Reporters were handed copies of a press release before Trump began speaking that listed "365 wins in 365 days" for the president.
The first victory on the list is reaching negative net migration, for the first time in decades, the statement said. Victory Number 365 says Trump tripled the chances of hunting in the US, so there's a whole range of topics, the BBC writes.
Before he threw the binder to the floor, the sound of the binder's closing mechanism was heard, and Trump said that he had not hurt him, but that he would not show that he had.
"I would act like nothing happened while my finger was falling off," Trump said.
In the first minutes of his press conference, he jumped from topic to topic.
He began by showing pictures of some of the people arrested in Minnesota, USA, claiming they were "criminal, illegal aliens". He said federal immigration agents in Minnesota had arrested 1000 illegal immigrants, very "rough" people. He also linked the allegations of embezzlement in the state to the Somali community, something he had said before.
He also talked about his administration's "victory" package but didn't immediately go into detail, stating that he could stand there reading for a week and not finish.
Then he moved on to other topics, including his upcoming trip to Davos, Switzerland, to participate in the World Economic Forum. He said he was sure to be eagerly awaited there.
He stated that no one had done more for NATO than him.
"I think you can ask the NATO secretary general about that," Trump said.
"We've spent a huge amount of money on NATO and I know we're going to come and save them, but I really wonder if they're going to come and save us," Trump said.
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