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(175,818 posts) Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:50 PM Wednesday

Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries

Source: NBC

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would not impose tariffs on eight European countries that were set to go into effect on Feb. 1 unless those countries allowed the United States to take control of Greenland.

On Saturday, Trump said he would hit Denmark, the U.K. and other countries involved in NATO exercises with a 10% tariff starting next month.

"Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st," he added.

Trump had said if those countries did not comply with his demands by June, the tariff would rise to 25%.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-pauses-greenland-tariffs-rcna255270

TACO Trump always Chickens Out

Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries
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— Donald Pedersen (@watchingevil.bsky.social) 2026-01-21T19:49:15.233Z

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Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday OP

I called it a few days ago. RandySF Wednesday #1

No, Greenland belongs to Greenland....................... Lovie777 Wednesday #2

TACO-trump is chickening out LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #5

Isn't that glorious!.................. Lovie777 Wednesday #6

Did Rutte just remind Don about the agreements already in place? intrepidity Wednesday #3

shithole believes he is above any laws, rules, regulations............................ Lovie777 Wednesday #7

he loves to announce deals rampartd Wednesday #4

Once again the press and MAGA is going to fall for it jgmiller Wednesday #8

The stock market is celebrating today that they have a complete idiot for president lostincalifornia Wednesday #9

Exactly until it hurts them for more than a week they aren't going to turn on him n/t jgmiller Wednesday #17

The deal that does nothing will be considered a notable achievement. thought crime Yesterday #23

He made a deal for a deal already in place chelsea0011 Wednesday #10

Whoopsie! FakeNoose Wednesday #11

New Rule in the White House: Never mention Greenland in Trump's presence. thought crime Yesterday #22

Trump Always Chickens Out LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #12

WSJ Now Reporting that he Completely Backed Off NJCher Wednesday #13

This distraction from epstein has expired. Time for another one. PSPS Wednesday #14

Distractions from the Epstein files. This is all it's going to be until 2028. Lanius Wednesday #16

Mr. trump got spanked by Europe and calls that a victory for himself Torchlight Wednesday #15

Trump touts mysterious 'framework' of a deal for Greenland LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #18

He has a concept of a framework of a future deal. (n/t) thesquanderer Wednesday #20

The status of Greenland was not discussed LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #19

Taco Taco. Taco Taco (Imagine little Caesar's) nt Xipe Totec Yesterday #21

But he did finally find something that at least mostly quakerboy Yesterday #24

MaddowBlog-Five things to know about Trump's 'concept of a deal' on Greenland and tariffs LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #25

RandySF

(81,600 posts)

1. I called it a few days ago.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:51 PM

Wednesday

The US already has a treaty in place for this.

Lovie777

(22,027 posts)

2. No, Greenland belongs to Greenland.......................

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:52 PM

Wednesday

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,818 posts)

5. TACO-trump is chickening out

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:55 PM

Wednesday

The sale of US treasuries and other steps have scared trump and so he is backing down. NATO has no power to change the title of Greenland. The US has always had the power to put more military bases on Greenland. This is trump doing his TACO routine

Lovie777

(22,027 posts)

6. Isn't that glorious!..................

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:04 PM

Wednesday

I read another country is during it as well.

intrepidity

(8,562 posts)

3. Did Rutte just remind Don about the agreements already in place?

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:54 PM

Wednesday

Did he word it such that it sounded like Don's idea? That usually works.

Lovie777

(22,027 posts)

7. shithole believes he is above any laws, rules, regulations............................

Reply to intrepidity (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:07 PM

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courts, agreements, contracts, just anything he does not approve, and if he wants something he can just take it.

rampartd

(3,981 posts)

4. he loves to announce deals

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 02:54 PM

Wednesday

i hope the greenlanders are not destroyed by whatever he has in mind.

jgmiller

(673 posts)

8. Once again the press and MAGA is going to fall for it

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:09 PM

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He creates a contorversy and then pushes to the point where he suddenly realizes he needs to back out so he announces a "deal" and they all act like he did something. Watch there will be a deal, we will be able to expand our air base there or something that could have been done simply with a couple of phone calls.

He wants all the attention even if it's bad and then getting out of it gets him more attention. Until people stop acting like this is normal it will keep happening.

lostincalifornia

(4,998 posts)

9. The stock market is celebrating today that they have a complete idiot for president

Reply to jgmiller (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:13 PM

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jgmiller

(673 posts)

17. Exactly until it hurts them for more than a week they aren't going to turn on him n/t

Reply to lostincalifornia (Reply #9)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 05:16 PM

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thought crime

(1,311 posts)

23. The deal that does nothing will be considered a notable achievement.

Reply to jgmiller (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:15 AM

Yesterday

Only Trump could have done nothing. What did Biden do? He didn't do anything.

chelsea0011

(10,211 posts)

10. He made a deal for a deal already in place

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:19 PM

Wednesday

This guy is completely out of his mind.

FakeNoose

(40,419 posts)

11. Whoopsie!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:28 PM

Wednesday

This was never going to happen anyway, but Chump won't admit it.

thought crime

(1,311 posts)

22. New Rule in the White House: Never mention Greenland in Trump's presence.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:08 AM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(175,818 posts)

12. Trump Always Chickens Out

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:47 PM

Wednesday

Link to tweet

NJCher

(42,601 posts)

13. WSJ Now Reporting that he Completely Backed Off

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 03:54 PM

Wednesday

This was as of 3:40 p.m. EST.

Here's a link, but it's paywall and I don't have a subscription:

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/greenland-trump-tariffs-trade-eu?mod=WSJ_home_mediumtopper_pos_1

PSPS

(15,241 posts)

14. This distraction from epstein has expired. Time for another one.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:02 PM

Wednesday

This was never going to fly anyway since the EU can always start selling US treasuries (it owns over half of all US treasuries) and shut down the US economy.

Lanius

(653 posts)

16. Distractions from the Epstein files. This is all it's going to be until 2028.

Reply to PSPS (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:44 PM

Wednesday

That and distractions from the job market and economy.

Torchlight

(6,387 posts)

15. Mr. trump got spanked by Europe and calls that a victory for himself

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:13 PM

Wednesday

I s'pose the leather and ball-gag enthusiast in him were only a matter of time.

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,818 posts)

18. Trump touts mysterious 'framework' of a deal for Greenland

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 06:33 PM

Wednesday

There is no framework just like there was no health care plan

President Donald Trump claimed to have a "framework of a future deal" regarding Greenland without saying whether it would become part of the United States as he had vowed it would.
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-01-21T19:50:46Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-announcement-greenland

President Donald Trump claimed to have a "framework of a future deal" regarding Greenland without saying whether it would become part of the United States as he had vowed it would.

"Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region," Trump wrote in a Wednesday Truth Social post from Switzerland.

"This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations. Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st," he added....

Trump made no mention of whether leaders from Denmark were consulted. Earlier on Wednesday, the U.S. president ruled out using military force to take control of Greenland.

thesquanderer

(12,909 posts)

20. He has a concept of a framework of a future deal. (n/t)

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #18)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 11:22 PM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(175,818 posts)

19. The status of Greenland was not discussed

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:16 PM

Wednesday

Link to tweet

Xipe Totec

(44,490 posts)

21. Taco Taco. Taco Taco (Imagine little Caesar's) nt

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 12:09 AM

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quakerboy

(14,742 posts)

24. But he did finally find something that at least mostly

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:03 AM

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kept his Epstein problem out of the news for a few days.

And made his Russian and Chinese masters quite happy.

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,818 posts)

25. MaddowBlog-Five things to know about Trump's 'concept of a deal' on Greenland and tariffs

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 10:46 AM

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Any suggestion there’s a substantive agreement appears to be wrong. As the president has admitted, the details don't exist yet.

Five things to know about Trumpâ€™s â€˜concept of a dealâ€™ on Greenland and tariffs - MS NOW

apple.news/AMC7-sqG7TVC...
— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2026-01-22T15:08:49.790Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-greenland-concept-of-a-deal-five-things-to-know

After years of assurances that his health care plan was just “two weeks” away, Donald Trump was pressed during a 2024 debate on this elusive blueprint. The Republican famously declared, “I have concepts of a plan.”.....

And yet, after the president announced that he’d agreed to “a framework” with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the future of Greenland, the Republican faced inevitable questions about the agreement’s contents, and he decided to lean once again on a familiar phrase.

Kernen: â€œCan you go into what you just talked about with the NATO meeting?â€

Trump: â€œWell, we have a concept of a deal.â€
— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) 2026-01-21T20:50:23.909Z

“We have a concept of a deal,” Trump told CNBC on Wednesday afternoon.

As the dust settles on the head-spinning developments, here are five key elements to keep in mind:

1. For now, the details of the deal don’t appear to exist. Shortly after announcing the breakthrough by way of his social media platform, the American president conceded to reporters, “It’s right now a little bit in progress.” On Thursday morning, during a Fox Business interview, he added, “It’s really being negotiated now, the details of it.” Any suggestion there’s a meaningful agreement in place appears misguided.

2. Be prepared for a fresh round of “TACO” mockery. Throughout 2025, the president confronted consistent “Trump Always Chickens Out” ridicule, mostly driven by his willingness to back off his treats of tariffs in the face of sharp stock market downturns. This week, it happened again. The Republican specifically referenced the stock market three times during his remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, shortly before caving — which left little doubt as to why he was eager to back away from the crisis he created.....

5. He could still reverse course again. The incumbent American president hasn’t exactly earned a reputation for steadfastness and consistency. There were few similarities between his approach to Greenland on Tuesday and his approach on Wednesday. What will his position be next week or next month? No one knows, and that’s part of the broader problem: Trump is an erratic and easily confused official who tends to be swayed by the last person to have his ear, which necessarily makes it difficult for anyone, including our closest allies, to have confidence about the future.

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