President Donald Trump announced Wednesday (January 21, 2026) that he was cancelling his planned tariff on U.S. allies in Europe over U.S. control of Greenland after he and the leader of NATO agreed to a framework of a future deal on Arctic security.
The abrupt about-face emerged hours after Mr. Trump had insisted that he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but said he would not use force to do so while deriding European allies and vowing that NATO should not try to block U.S. expansionism.
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In an extraordinary speech at the World Economic Forum, the President said he was asking for territory that was "cold and poorly located.”
He said the U.S. had effectively saved Europe during World War II and even declared of NATO: “It's a very small ask compared to what we have given them for many, many decades.”
