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Trump reverses course on Greenland, drops tariff threat, citing 'deal'

Sunset over Nuuk, Greenland, 21 January 2026. © Mads Claus Rasmussen/Reuters

US President Donald Trump says he has reached a framework agreement over Greenland and has backed down from threats to impose tariffs on European allies as leverage to seize the Danish territory, a dispute that has shaken the NATO alliance.

“We have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region,” he said in a social media post, after meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte,

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