{"id":197736,"date":"2026-01-22T14:31:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-says-framework-reached-for-future-greenland-deal-recap-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:31:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:31:56","slug":"trump-says-framework-reached-for-future-greenland-deal-recap-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-says-framework-reached-for-future-greenland-deal-recap-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says \u2018framework' reached for future Greenland deal. Recap. – USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump<\/a> on Wednesday announced that top officials have reached a \u201cframework of a future deal\u201d<\/a> on Greenland, and he backed off on his threats of new tariffs<\/a> days after ratcheting up his calls for the United States to take control of the Arctic island.\u00a0
\u201cThis solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations,\u201d Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social<\/a> following a meeting with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte<\/a> in Davos, Switzerland.\u00a0The president declined to disclose more details of the deal, including whether it involves the United States\u2019 acquiring Greenland, a territory of Denmark.
Earlier Wednesday, Trump during his remarks at the World Economic Forum said he was seeking “immediate negotiations” to obtain Denmark’s Greenland territory<\/a> and that he does not intend to use military force<\/a> to gain control of the Arctic island.
“We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable, but I won’t do that,” Trump said.
Trump threatened to impose a 10% tariff<\/a> on “any and all goods” imported to the United States from eight European countries, effective Feb. 1, if he didn’t get his way. European officials said they were ready to push back. Trump also said that the tariff would increase to 25%<\/a> on June 1 if a deal to purchase the Arctic island was not reached.
Follow along with USA TODAY for live updates.
After Trump touted securing a \u201cframework\u201d for a deal on Greenland, a NATO spokeswoman said allied nations in the Arctic are focused on advancing the discussions.
NATO spokeswoman Allison Hart echoed Trump in a statement, saying Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had a \u201cvery productive meeting.\u201d
\u201cDiscussions among NATO Allies on the framework the President referenced will focus on ensuring Arctic security through the collective efforts of Allies, especially the seven Arctic Allies,\u201d Hart said in a statement. \u201cNegotiations between Denmark, Greenland, and the United States will go forward aimed at ensuring that Russia and China never gain a foothold – economically or militarily – in Greenland.\u201d
Trump followed up his meeting with Rutte by announcing the \u201cframework of a future deal\u201d for the Arctic region that he suggested would include Greenland being a part of Trump\u2019s air missile defense system, known as the \u201cGolden Dome,\u201d but not the U.S. acquisition of Greenland as he\u2019s repeatedly demanded.
\u2013<\/em> Joey Garrison\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
Danish Foreign Minister Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen welcomed the news that Trump has ruled out taking Greenland by force and said Denmark is willing to address the United States\u2019 concerns in the Arctic region.
\u201cThe day is ending on a better note than it began,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cWe welcome that President Trump has ruled out to take Greenland by force and paused the trade war with Europe.\u00a0
\u201cNow, let\u2019s sit down and find out how we can address the American security concerns in the Arctic while respecting the red lines of the Kingdom of Denmark,\u201d the statement continued.
Greenland is a territory of Denmark.
\u2013 Rebecca Morin<\/em>
Financial markets cheered Trump’s about-face on aggression over Greenland.
All three stock indexes closed 1.2% higher, with the Dow tacking on nearly 600 points, the Nasdaq up 271, and the S&P 500 adding 79. The VIX, Wall Street’s gauge of volatility and fear, sank nearly 15%. The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell more than 4 basis points, signaling more investor comfort with American sovereign debt.
Bond yields fall as prices rise, and vice versa. Even cryptocurrencies joined in the rally, with Bitcoin up 507 near the stock market close, topping $90,000.
\u2013<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em> Andrea Riquier<\/em>
In an interview on CNBC, Trump said he had reached “the concept of a deal” with European counterparts.
Pressed for more details, Trump declined, saying that it was “a little bit complex, but we’ll explain it down the line.”
The agreement was intended to address security “and other things,” and would last “forever,” he said. Trump also acknowledged that he had never envisioned the United States fighting a hot war with European allies.
“Nothing’s easy in life but you keep at it,” he said.
\u2013<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em> Andrea Riquier<\/em>
Stocks jumped after President Trump said on social media that he had reached the “framework” of a deal for Greenland and was abandoning plans for tariffs.
The broad S&P 500 gained 1.1% and was trading near 6,869, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added nearly 260 points to trade near 23,212. The Dow was also up 1.1%, or 574 points. The safe haven of gold, which has touched fresh all-time highs recently, was up, but off earlier highs. The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note fell nearly 3 basis points. Bond yields – interest rates – fall as prices rise, and vice versa.\u00a0
\u2013<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em> Andrea Riquier<\/em>
President Donald Trump<\/a> said the United States and NATO have agreed on the \u201cframework of a future deal\u201d regarding Greenland following a meeting with Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte.
Trump did not say whether the deal involves the United States\u2019 acquisition of Greenland, a territory of Denmark, as he\u2019s long demanded.
Trump announced the development in a post on Truth Social<\/a>, saying he\u2019s decided to withhold tariffs on eight European countries that he had threatened if they did not back his push to acquire Greenland.
\u201cThis solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations,\u201d Trump said. \u201cBased upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st.\u201d
Trump said \u201cadditional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome as it pertains to Greenland. Further information will be made available as discussions progress.\u201d
He said Vice President JD Vance<\/a>, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will be involved in future negotiations.\u00a0
\u2013<\/em><\/em><\/em> Joey Garrison\u00a0<\/em>
Mark Rutte, secretary general of NATO, affirmed in a meeting with Trump that NATO countries would come to the defense of the United States if it were ever attacked.
His comments came after Trump questioned whether the United States could count on the support of other NATO allies in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
\u201cLet me tell you: They will,\u201d Rutte said, pointing to NATO allies who supported the United States\u2019 war in Afghanistan following the 9\/11 terrorist attacks. \u201cFor every two Americans who paid the ultimate price, there was one soldier from another NATO country.
\u201cSo you can be assured, absolutely, if ever the US will be under attack, your allies will be with you.\u201d
Trump, however, said he\u2019s not sure that would be the case.
\u201cWell, I hope that that\u2019s true. He\u2019s a good man. He\u2019s never lied to me before,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a good relationship, and he made that statement just now. But I just \u2013 when I see what\u2019s happening with Greenland, I wonder. Because I want Greenland for security. I don\u2019t want it for anything else.\u201d
\u2013<\/em><\/em> Joey Garrison\u00a0<\/em>
Trump told reporters in Davos that Denmark could receive a reasonable price for Greenland but that the cost of peace and security would be much greater.
At a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, a reporter asked Trump if he could see a reasonable price for Greenland.
\u201cI could see that,\u201d Trump said.
But when asked how to calculate it, Trump said the bigger price is for international security. He said the goal is for Greenland to be part of the \u201cgolden dome\u201d defense system to protect against enemy missiles.
\u201cThat\u2019s really the price. And that\u2019s the big price,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be very expensive. And it\u2019s better if we have Greenland than it is without.\u201d
\u2013<\/em> Bart Jansen<\/em>
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, supported Trump\u2019s move to take control of Greenland and that he \u201crightly removed\u201d the military option of seizing the Arctic island.
\u201cI am an enthusiastic supporter of providing the United States legal title to Greenland through a lawful and fair process,\u201d Graham said on social media<\/a>.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, told reporters<\/a> it was right for Trump to highlight the strategic importance of Greenland. Johnson, who recently returned from a trip to the United Kingdom, said a resolution would be negotiated with European allies.
\u201cIt\u2019s clear he\u2019s focused on the strategic importance of Greenland,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cNo one can dispute that. It\u2019s as though he made this up. As we noted, presidents have been talking about this for more than 100 years \u2013 the importance, the strategic placement of Greenland.\u201d
Johnson said Trump was right to highlight how control of Greenland would protect the United States from aggression from Russia and China.
\u201cWhen I was across the pond, over in London, I encouraged our friends to continue to work with President Trump so we can find common ground and chart a path forward that protects the needs of the people of Greenland the needs of our collective security in the Arctic,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI\u2019m confident that we\u2019ll work together to reach a solution that benefits both Europe and the U.S.\u201d
\u2013<\/em> Bart Jansen<\/em>
Trump met with Egypt\u2019s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to discuss his peace talks about Gaza and his proposed Board of Peace to oversee its reconstruction.
Trump has invited numerous leaders of other countries to join the board and has plans foran event Thursday.
\u201cEgypt has been great,\u201d Trump said
\u2013 Bart Jansen<\/em>
U.S. markets rallied Wednesday after Trump’s remarks seemed to preclude the use of force over Greenland. At noon in New York, the S&P 500 gained 0.4% to trade near 6,826, while the Nasdaq Composite added 0.2% to hover just over 23,000. The Dow Jones Industrial Average popped 365 points or 0.8% to about 48,853.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury note lost about 2 basis points to about 4.28%, while the VIX, an index that tracks market volatility and is often referred to as Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” fell more than 10%.
Precious metals prices were mixed, with gold up 1.7% and silver down 1.2%. The metals are often used as a hedge against geopolitical upheaval. They exist independently of any particular country or company or central bank, and because they are less dependent on economic growth than assets like stocks or bonds.\u00a0
In the year to date, the S&P 500 is down fractionally, though it was up 15.7% in Trump’s first year in office. That lags the 24.1% it rose during the first year of his first term.
During President Joe Biden’s first year, it gained 19.3%. The broad index is often seen as one of the most representative snapshots of the market as a whole, while the Nasdaq is more focused on tech stocks and the Dow more weighted toward old-economy companies like industrials and financials. \u00a0\u00a0
\u2013 Andrea Riquier<\/em>
The\u00a0European\u00a0Parliament suspended its work on a trade deal between the 27-member bloc and the United States because of Trump\u2019s repeated requests to take control of Greenland.
Trump imposed tariffs on Europe of 15% last year, under a deal struck in Turnberry, Scotland. But he threatened further 10% tariffs on eight countries starting Feb. 1 unless Denmark agrees to give control of its territory Greenland to the United States.
Bernd Lange, a member of the European trade committee, told reporters Wednesday that a meeting planned Jan. 26 and 27 to work toward a trade deal was postponed indefinitely because Trump\u2019s new tariff threat had broken the Turnberry deal.
\u2013 Bart Jansen and Reuters<\/em>
With Jay Powell’s time as Federal Reserve chairman coming to an end, Trump said he’d be announcing his nominee soon.
\u201cI\u2019ll be announcing a new fed chairman in the not too distant future,\u201d Trump said.
Trump slipped up and gave a hint to his choice: the president referred to the person as a he. Trump caught himself and acknowledged the person he selected is male.\u00a0
\u2013 Bart Jansen and Francesca Chambers<\/em>
When world leaders were speaking at Davos, Donald Trump was watching.
He said during his own, lengthy address to the economic forum, that he saw French President Emmanuel Macron’s much-talked about remarks.
“I watched him yesterday with his beautiful sunglasses. What the hell happened,” Trump said to laughter in the room.
Macron wore blue-tinted aviators during his indoor speech. He is reportedly suffering from<\/a> broken blood vessels in one of his eyes.
\u2013 Francesca Chambers<\/em>
Trump planned to meet Thursday with Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymy Zelenskyy and said a deal is \u201creasonably close\u201d with Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin<\/a> to end their war.
Trump said there is an abnormal hatred between the leaders, but that the war has been a bloodbath that must end. When Putin has offered a resolution, Zelenskyy has rejected it and when Zelenskyy makes an offer Putin rejects it, Trump said.
\u201cI think we\u2019re reasonably close,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIf they don\u2019t, they\u2019re stupid. That goes for both of them.\u201d
\u201cI don\u2019t want to insult anyone but they have to get a deal done,\u201d Trump added.
\u2013 Bart Jansen<\/em>
Accidentally referring to Greenland as Iceland<\/a> midway through his remarks, Trump recalled that over the summer, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte seemed to call him “daddy.”<\/a>
“Until the last few days, when I told them about Iceland, they loved me. They called me daddy, right? Last time. A very smart man, said he’s our daddy. He’s running it. I was like running it. I went from running it to being a terrible human being.”
Rutte made the comment during a meeting with Trump at the alliance’s June summit. “Daddy has to sometimes use strong language,” Rutte said. The NATO leader said afterward that he was remarking on U.S. leadership and not Trump.
\u2013 Francesca Chambers<\/em>
Trump said he will also meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy while he’s in Davos as he seeks to end Russia’s war on the country, which will enter its fourth year at the end of February.
“I think he wants to make a deal,” Trump said. “They’ve got to get that war stopped, because too many people are dying.”
\u2013 Francesca Chambers<\/em>
Trump said he would build a golden dome over Greenland that would also defend Canada, another NATO ally that he cast as ungrateful.
“Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way. They should grateful also, but they’re not,” Trump said.
Trump said he saw Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech<\/a> at the international economic forum on Tuesday, before he arrived in Switzerland.
“I watched your prime minister yesterday. He wasn’t so grateful. But they should be grateful to us, Canada. Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.”
—Francesca Chambers<\/em>
Trump appeared to rule out taking Greenland by force in his Davos speech. “I’m seeking immediate negotiations to acquire Greenland,” Trump told leaders at the World Economic Forum event, adding, “We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable, but I won’t do that.”
“I don’t have to use force. I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force. All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland, where we already had it, as a trustee, but respectfully returned it back to Denmark not long ago, after we defeated the Germans, the Japanese, the Italians and others in WWII. We gave it back to them. We are a powerful force then, but we are a much more powerful force now.”
\u2013 Kim Hjelmgaard and Francesca Chambers<\/em>
Trump argued to European political and business leaders that his demand for control of Greenland is a small request after U.S. contributions to the continent\u2019s defense as part of NATO.
\u201cWhat I\u2019m asking for is a piece of ice, cold and poorly located that can play a vital role in world peace and world protection,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very small ask for what we\u2019ve given them for many, many decades.\u201d
\u2013 Bart Jansen<\/em>
Trump told European leaders the United States needs to acquire Greenland from Denmark for national security because it is the only country that could defend the Arctic island from enemies such as Russia and China.
\u201cThe fact is no nation or group of nations is in any position to be able to secure Greenland other than the United States,\u201d Trump said.
Trump said Denmark fell to Germany in six hours at the start of World War II, but that the United States defended Greenland against invasion.
\u201cWe saved Greenland and successfully prevented our enemies from gaining a foothold in our hemisphere,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWithout us, right now you\u2019d all be speaking German and a little Japanese, perhaps.\u201d
\u2013 Bart Jansen<\/em>
Trump told political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos that Europe \u201cis not heading in the right direction\u201d and urged them to follow his lead.
\u201cWe can argue about it but there\u2019s no argument,\u201d Trump said.
Trump argued that in recent decades western leaders pursued policies of greater government spending, mass migration and endless foreign imports. Trump said his policies to close the U.S. border to illegal immigration and to impose tariffs on imports were predicted to cause a global recession and runaway inflation, but that unemployment and inflation have remained low.
\u201cWe have proven them wrong,\u201d Trump said. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s actually just the opposite.\u201d
\u2013 Bart Jansen<\/em>
Trump opened his comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos with a joking reference to opposition among some in the audience of business and political leaders.
\u201cSo many friends, a few enemies,\u201d he said to laughter.
\u2013 Bart Jansen<\/em>
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told assembled business and political leaders in Davos that he’s concerned that the White House’s relentless focus on Greenland means Ukraine is being overlooked. Rutte was speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum when he said he was “a little bit worried that we might drop the ball focusing so much on these other issues.”
He pointed out that Russia has been increasing its attacks on Ukraine nearly four years into Moscow’s invasion. “They need our support now, tomorrow, and the day after,” Rutte said of Ukraine. “I need European allies to keep focus on this issue.”
The Financial Times has reported that an $800 billion support and prosperity package for Ukraine that had been due to be finalized at the mountain summit between Ukraine, Europe and the U.S. has been put on hold because of the intense wrangling over Greenland.
\u2013 Kim Hjelmgaard<\/em>
President Donald Trump’s will use his address in Davos to set his intentions for the year ahead. They include robust focus on and intervention in<\/a> the western hemisphere.
A senior U.S. official told reporters traveling with Trump to Switzerland that the speech will have an America First feel and the U.S. attack on Venezuela and capture of its leader, Nicolas Maduro, would be a topic. The U.S. cut a deal with Venezuela’s interim government to sell the nation’s crude oil, which the Trump administration hopes will bring gas prices down.
Trump will also raise his push to acquire Greenland<\/a> from NATO ally Denmark, the official said.\u00a0
\u2013 Francesca Chambers<\/em>
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney<\/a> told the World Economic Forum in Davos that as great powers such as the United States wield their might for advantage, middling powers such as Canada must adopt to find new international arrangements.
\u201cWe are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,\u201d Carney said. \u201cGreat powers have begun using economic integration as weapons.\u201d
Carney never mentioned Trump in his 15-minute speech. But Canada was among the first countries to \u201chear the wakeup call\u201d of Trump\u2019s tariffs, Carney said, and remains in negotiations for a new trade deal.
\u201cYou cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination,\u201d Carney said.
Meanwhile, Carney said Canada is in the midst of doubling its defense spending over the next decade. He has reached 12 trade and security deals on four continents in six months, with new strategic partnerships with China and Qatar.
Canada remains a supporter of Ukraine in its war with Russia and stands \u201cfully behind\u201d Denmark and Greenland in determining the island\u2019s future, Carney said to applause.
\u201cWe understand that this rupture calls for more than adaption,\u201d Carney said. \u201cNostalgia is not a strategy.\u201d
\u2013 Bart Jansen<\/em>
President Donald Trump has arrived in Switzerland and was expected to be roughly on time for his 2:30 PM CET speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, despite a later than intended departure from the U.S. after the Air Force One<\/a> experienced electrical difficulty.
Following the president’s speech, he’ll meet with world leaders.
\u2013 Francesca Chambers<\/em>
The last major expansion of U.S. territory<\/a> was in 1959, when Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states under Republican President Dwight Eisenhower. Trump is also expected in his speech in Davos to talk about the U.S. economy. Prior to leaving for Switzerland, Trump said he had “a lot of meetings” planned in Davos to discuss Greenland and he struck an optimistic tone that an agreement could eventually be made.
“I think we will work something out where NATO is going to be very happy and where we’re going to be very happy. But we need it for security purposes. We need it for national security,” he said.
Trump was running late to attend the global gathering of business, government and cultural elites because of an electrical issue<\/a> with Air Force One. Amid European anxiety over Greenland<\/a>, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is already in Davos, said on Wednesday: “Why doesn’t Europe just sit down and wait for Trump to address them?”
Bessent also appeared to brand Denmark as “irrelevant” in connection with a Deutsche Bank analyst’s report that was picked up in the Financial Times newspaper<\/a> that suggested Europe might be less inclined to keep buying U.S. government debt if the Greenland issue is not resolved.
“The size of Denmark\u2019s investment in U.S. Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant,\u201d Bessent told reporters in Davos on the sidelines of the event. “It is less than $100m. They\u2019ve been selling treasuries for years. I\u2019m not concerned at all.”
Global stock markets<\/a> fell for a fourth consecutive day and some measures of market stress remained high after a rout in global bonds a day earlier as Trump’s threats to acquire Greenland kept investors on edge.<\/p>\n

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