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Fortune
Eva Roytburg

Trump’s TACO ‘solution’ to Greenland crisis: Backing off his 10% tariff threats against Western Europe

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 16: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House on January 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. The President is expected to travel to (Credit: Tom Brenner—Getty Images)

President Donald Trump seems to have found a “solution” to the Greenland crisis following talks with NATO leadership on Wednesday. He said he will back away from the threat to impose 10% tariffs on eight European allies—an announcement that had sparked a mass selloff on Tuesday—that were set to take effect on Feb. 1.

The reversal came only hours after Trump walked back an earlier threat to use force to secure Greenland during his World Economic Forum speech in Davos, Switzerland.

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