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It’s 11.30pm in Washington DC and 5.30am in Davos, Switzerland, and we’re closing our live coverage of US politics and the World Economic Forum for the moment.
The latest news includes Donald Trump announcing a “framework of a future deal” on Greenland after weeks of escalating threats. Financial markets rebounded and European leaders welcomed a reprieve from further tariffs. But Danish lawmakers said the claim was “not real”, people in Greenland reacted to it with profound scepticism and Nato chief Mark Rutte cautioned that there remained “a lot of work to be done”.
Here are some of our key headlines – thanks for reading:
Trump declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism as doubts persist
Trump walks back Greenland tariffs threat, citing vague ‘deal’ over territory
Analyis: Trump paints himself as great white hope in racism-drenched Davos speech
Newsom says Davos appearance was cancelled under pressure from Trump
Prosecutors barred from reviewing material seized from Washington Post reporter
US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protesters in Minnesota
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy as he came home, say school officials
Trump says Canada should be grateful for ‘freebies’ it gets from the US
Trump news at a glance: at Davos, president rambles, backs down and touts ‘future deal’ on Greenland
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Trump says he assumes Denmark weighed in on Greenland deal
After Donald Tump’s announcement that a “framework of a future deal” on Greenland had been reached with Nato chief Mark Rutte, the US president said he assumed that Denmark had weighed in on the matter.
Speaking to business network CNBC and asked if it was a deal of ownership, Trump replied: “Well it’s a little bit complex but we’ll explain it down the line – but the secretary general of Nato and I and some other people were talking and it’s the kind of deal that I wanted to be able to make.”
Asked if Denmark had weighed in on what it wanted or would agree to, Trump said: “I assume they did because he [Rutte] very much represents – he’s a strong leader … and I assume he’s been speaking to them. He’s been speaking to all of them.”
Trump characterised the agreement as “pretty much a concept of a deal” and said when asked if it involved mineral rights or ownership: “I don’t want to say yet.”
But he said he thought it would be a “very good deal” for the US and Nato.
We’re going to work together on something having to do with the Arctic as a whole but also Greenland and it has to do with security, great security, strong security, and other things.
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