DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had reached the “framework” of a deal on Greenland with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and that he would not impose the tariffs against Europe that he had threatened as part of an effort to acquire the Arctic territory for the United States.
The announcement, made on Trump’s social media account, was the latest head-spinning twist in his effort to seize Greenland from Denmark despite Danish and Greenlandic objections that the island is not for sale. Trump’s announcement was short on details, but the deal was likely to fall far short of the full sovereign possession that he indicated as recently as earlier Wednesday that he was seeking, given that Rutte is not empowered to negotiate the transfer of territory from one NATO member to another.
BREAKING: President Trump says a "framework of a future deal" has been reached on Greenland after a meeting with NATO's secretary general and the planned tariffs on a group of European nations will no longer take effect.
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