[[link removed]]

TRUMP BACKS OFF EUROPE TARIFFS AFTER REACHING PURPORTED GREENLAND
‘FRAMEWORK’  
[[link removed]]


 

Brad Reed
January 21, 2026
Common Dreams
[[link removed]]

*
[[link removed]]
*
*
[[link removed]]

_ “Americans are tired of Trump’s circus of chaos,” said Sen.
Ed Markey. _

People wave Greenlandic flags as they take part in a demonstration
that gathered almost a third of the city population to protest against
the US president’s plans to take Greenland, on January 17, 2026 in
Nuuk, Greenland., (Photo by Alessandro Rampazzo/AFP via Getty Images)

 

President Donald Trump [[link removed]]
on Wednesday backed off his threat to levy new tariffs
[[link removed]] on European nations who
were opposed to his efforts to seize control of Greenland
[[link removed]] after progress on a
potential deal with NATO [[link removed]].

In a Truth Social post, Trump said
[[link removed]]
that he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had worked out a
“framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact,
the entire Arctic [[link removed]] Region.”

“This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United
States [[link removed]] of America,
and all NATO Nations,” Trump continued. “Based upon this
understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled
to go into effect on February 1.”

Hours earlier, Trump had once again demanded
[[link removed]] during
a speech at the World Economic Forum
[[link removed]] that Denmark
[[link removed]] cede control of its
self-governing territory to the US.

“We need Greenland for strategic national security and international
security,” the president claimed. “This enormous, unsecured island
is actually part of North America on the northern frontier of the
Western Hemisphere. That’s our territory. It is therefore a core
national security interest of the United States of America.”

Denmark and other European nations, however, have said that letting
the US take over Greenland is nonnegotiable, and there is no
indication that they have shown any willingness to give in to
Trump’s demands.

NATO spokesperson Allison Hart told
[[link removed]]
_NBC News_ that the “framework” referenced by Trump in his post
“will focus on ensuring Arctic security through the collective
efforts of allies, especially the seven Arctic allies,” which is a
far cry from letting the US annex the Danish territory.

After Trump’s announcement, some Democratic lawmakers blasted him
for pointlessly angering and antagonizing US allies.

“We don’t yet know what exactly is in this ‘framework,’ but I
am willing to bet that anything that the Danes/Greenlanders would be
willing to agree to in this, they would have been willing to agree to
before all of these threats,” wrote
[[link removed]] Rep. Sarah
McBride (D-Del.). “This isn’t the Art of the Deal. It’s the art
of pissing off everyone for no purpose.”

Sen. Ed Markey [[link removed]] (D-Mass.)
also declared himself unimpressed with the president’s announcement.

“Once again, Trump creates an international crisis and then rides in
on his hobbyhorse to ‘fix’ it,” Markey wrote
[[link removed]] in a social
media [[link removed]] post.
“Americans are tired of Trump’s circus of chaos.”

_Brad Reed is a staff writer for Common Dreams._

* Greenland
[[link removed]]
* Trump
[[link removed]]
* Let's Make a Deal
[[link removed]]

*
[[link removed]]
*
*
[[link removed]]

 

 

 

INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT

 

 

Submit via web
[[link removed]]

Submit via email
Frequently asked questions
[[link removed]]
Manage subscription
[[link removed]]
Visit xxxxxx.org
[[link removed]]

Bluesky [[link removed]]

Facebook [[link removed]]

 




[link removed]

To unsubscribe, click the following link:
[link removed]