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President Trump said Wednesday that he was calling off tariff threats that he had issued in an effort to secure American ownership of Greenland, saying he had reached a framework agreement with Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, over the future of the icy Danish territory.

The announcement on Mr. Trump’s social media network came hours after he told European leaders in Davos, Switzerland, that he would not settle for anything less than the United States taking ownership of Greenland — while rescinding a threat to invade it. Mr. Trump had promised dire economic and security consequences for Europe if he did not get his way.

Writing on Truth Social, Mr. Trump said Wednesday evening that he and Mr. Rutte had “formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations.”

The president did not immediately give any details of that framework, and notably did not say that the United States would own Greenland, even when asked directly about ownership by a reporter in Davos soon after posting the announcement. Mr. Rutte and the leaders of Denmark did not release details either. NATO did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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[-] Lexam@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

And stock market goes back up after his friends bought in the dip.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The NYT is still intent on portraying these as a sequence of reasoned policy positions, and not the aimless meanderings of dementia writ large on the world stage.

[-] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago

They been doing this since his first term. Basically translating his insane gibberish into things that sound like relatively reasonable statements. They would have whole articles about something he said without a single direct quote from him.

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Same play, everytime isn't it?

  • Ridiculous threat.

  • A "deal" is made.

  • Capitulation.

  • "Look at what a great dealmaker I am!"

If this is apparent to a dumbass like me, I cannot see why the media cannot simply say it out loud.

[-] CandleTiger@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

The problem is that Venezuela looked just like that too, until the fuckers actually invaded the capital, bombed it, and kidnapped their leader.

So did Minneapolis, now they’re working really hard at starting a civil war.

It’s like you roll the dice, 9 out of 10 times it turns into useless mouth noises and 1 out of 10 they actually do it.

Hard to stay relaxed and laugh about this shit, man.

[-] Ruxias@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yep I'm getting pretty sickened by what I hear on corpo media about this and other recent events. Sanewashing might be the term, but at the least they try to hash out reasonings and strategy and speculation like it's Sunday Night Football instead of the full-blown fascist thrashing that it is. These news orgs stumbling over themselves to take more of the dollary dick, desperate to maintain the thin veneer of civility that has been cultivated by their owners over generations. Fools and cowards the lot of them.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 8 points 4 months ago

This was a distraction from Venezuela, which was a distraction from Epstein, which was a distraction from the fact we elected this guy twice.

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago
[-] shittydwarf@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago
[-] Elbow1240@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

🌮🌮🌮

Taco Tuesday, just 1 day late

[-] redlemace@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

…for now…

He’ll find someone and something else that make him threat with tariffs in 5…4…3…2…

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 4 points 4 months ago

Isn't he pissed at Canada for pointing out he's a fool?

[-] laranis@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Art of the Deal. It has been a pattern since day one. The fact that it has destabilized modern western society be damned if he gets to feel like he has the upper hand.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Did Mr Rutte have to very patiently explain that the US already effectively militarily controls Greenland by the presence of bases, US Imperial influence, and the framework of the NATO alliance, perchance?

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 4 months ago

Trump ALWAYS repeats wharever he talked last told him. Just wait for him to talk again with whorever is behind the idea of the US owing Greenland and he's going to be in it again

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago
[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Never trust a rapist.

And if he (so his oligarch handlers) want those trade agreements and treasuries back, hold the US accountable. Get concessions with very documented repercussions for when he inevitably tries to stop once he gets what he wants.

[-] foodandart@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Uh huh.. What do you wanna bet he was told that every single American military base in the EU would be closed and off limits for US use if NATO was broken apart.

I would have paid anything to be a fly on the wall at that meeting.

Of course Trump will Roy Cohn it and boast the US came out triumphant and the sun shone brightly out the crack of his ass and it awed everyone in the EU that saw it..

pffft!

[-] modernangel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Not that his word is worth a discontinued penny that was accidentally digested and shat out by a coffee bean civet

[-] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

What did Rutte promise his daddy now?

[-] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Probably nothing. What could he promise?

Given Denmark and Greenland seem to not have any idea what he's talking about, this is most likely Trump caving and still trying to get a "Victory!" headline.

[-] fizzle@quokk.au 2 points 4 months ago

Thats the vibe i get.

I think hes been told, emphatically that he doesn't have any support for a military intervention, nor additional tariffs.

He's spoken to NATO guy whos said "you dont have the cards" so the framework of a deal hes talking about is that the US can increase its deployment there (which it could've before) and call that a victory.

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