Trump steps back from the brink on Greenland. But the damage has been done.

The president’s effort to acquire Greenland, even with the threat of force off the table, has changed the way allies see the U.S.

After two weeks of escalating threats toward Europe, President Donald Trump blinked on Wednesday, backing away from the unthinkable brink of a potential war against a NATO ally during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos...

But his continued heckling of allies as “ungrateful” for not simply giving the U.S. “ownership and title” of what he said was just “a piece of ice” did little to reverse a deepening sentiment among NATO leaders and other longtime allies that they can no longer consider the United States — for 80 years the linchpin of the transatlantic alliance — a reliable ally.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/21/trump-greenland-military-deal-00739427

Trump Drops Tariff Threat After Meeting Yields ‘Framework’ of Future Greenland Deal

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had reached what he called a “framework of a future deal” with NATO over Greenland, easing a standoff with European allies and backing away from plans to impose new tariffs that had rattled global markets for days.

The announcement, delivered first in a post on his Truth Social platform and later amplified in brief remarks to reporters, followed a meeting with Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump said the understanding would avert tariffs that had been scheduled to take effect on Feb. 1 on goods from eight European countries that had resisted his demands over Greenland.

https://time.com/7355850/trump-greenland-deal-tariffs-davos/

Does the "framework of a future deal" mean the same thing as a "concept of a plan"?

The Kovfefe Kid.

Stock market is making adjustments accordingly. Good news.

Every day this clown sows chaos, disrupts world trade, and causes anxiety to those who take him seriously. He is the polar opposite of a leader.

Most tapeworms have more dignity, grace, respect, kindness and decency than this utterly bizarre super freak.

1 hour ago, CallumWK said:

Only after doing great damage and giving strength to our enemies……never in my worst fever dreams could I have imagined a worse and more destructive president.sad

He actually violated treaties with his threats.

Even our right-leaning friends on the Forum are not jumping to his defence!

Well, this is pretty much par for the course. When Trump does a u-turn, his fans suddenly are stricken with a selective case of amnesia.

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Maybe this scared Trump off?

21 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Even our right-leaning friends on the Forum are not jumping to his defence!

It is very hard to defend the indefensible, and there does come a time where regardless of how ardent a support you are, you have to be able to step back, be somewhat objective and be able to say "wow I may agree with some of this guys policies, but he sure is insane, and he sure is a circus clown, and a disruptor and a destroyer of things".

Does this framework agreement mean that Donald Trump's good friends Jeff-Bill-Mark and Sam, who have been so nice and given him at least 243 million dollars for his election campaign, now will be allowed to empty Greenland's subsoil of minerals for free?

What’s the point of signing a trade agreement with this guy? He broke the one agreed with the EU before it had even been signed!

His word is worth nothing and it’s debatable whether he even understands what he is doing. Building his own image in his own mind is all he cares about.

6 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

What’s the point of signing a trade agreement with this guy? He broke the one agreed with the EU before it had even been signed!

His word is worth nothing and it’s debatable whether he even understands what he is doing. Building his own image in his own mind is all he cares about.

More alarming is that someone of these qualities has conned an entire nation to vote him in a second time.

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51 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Building his own image in his own mind is all he cares about.

Disagree, he also made a lot of money on the announcement and Taco, plus he's raking in hundreds of millions on the presidency.

I'm not even sure he understands what the deal on Greenland will entail, I expect a major difference of opinion between Trump and the others involved.

2 hours ago, WorriedNoodle said:

More alarming is that someone of these qualities has conned an entire nation to vote him in a second time.

Well, more than 50% anyway.

But I always say, Trump is not the problem. He is just a talking head. The problem is that more than 50% of Americans think that the stuff he does is ok, or more than ok.

And people like Miller, Besant and others think that the whole world, other than China and Russia, wants to be like America! News alert, I and people I mix with have no desire to be in a country like America.

In fact, Russia and America still aren’t out of the old Cold War scenario where they were the two pre eminent super powers where they embody good and evil and everyone cowers in the wake of their power. Well the world has moved on and those who take even a small amount of interest in history know that America bears more than its share of the evil brand.

And I think the world is getting tired of following blindly in Americas wake as it starts war after war. And just to get told that no one is ever “there” for America. What about all the dead non Americans that fought twice in the Gulf, Afghanistan, heck even Vietnam.Trump is right about one thing, Europe needs to grow a backbone, develop their own capability where they need to, so that America isn’t needed any more.

I think a lot of people are just sick of Trump because he showcases everything that is cr*p about America.

7 hours ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Trump steps back from the brink on Greenland. But the damage has been done.

The president’s effort to acquire Greenland, even with the threat of force off the table, has changed the way allies see the U.S.

After two weeks of escalating threats toward Europe, President Donald Trump blinked on Wednesday, backing away from the unthinkable brink of a potential war against a NATO ally during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos...

But his continued heckling of allies as “ungrateful” for not simply giving the U.S. “ownership and title” of what he said was just “a piece of ice” did little to reverse a deepening sentiment among NATO leaders and other longtime allies that they can no longer consider the United States — for 80 years the linchpin of the transatlantic alliance — a reliable ally.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/21/trump-greenland-military-deal-00739427

Trump Drops Tariff Threat After Meeting Yields ‘Framework’ of Future Greenland Deal

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he had reached what he called a “framework of a future deal” with NATO over Greenland, easing a standoff with European allies and backing away from plans to impose new tariffs that had rattled global markets for days.

The announcement, delivered first in a post on his Truth Social platform and later amplified in brief remarks to reporters, followed a meeting with Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump said the understanding would avert tariffs that had been scheduled to take effect on Feb. 1 on goods from eight European countries that had resisted his demands over Greenland.

https://time.com/7355850/trump-greenland-deal-tariffs-davos/

Does the "framework of a future deal" mean the same thing as a "concept of a plan"?

his frame work is ME- ME- ME-ME and MEEEEEE if I don't praise myself nobody in this room will

6 hours ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Well, this is pretty much par for the course. When Trump does a u-turn, his fans suddenly are stricken with a selective case of amnesia.

They need to await the official spin, which is to say whatever lies the White House feeds to Fox or OAN or Newsmax.

Trump got hosed. He saw the world was standing up to him and that the stock market was going to tank, so he gave up. AF1 having to first turn back, when he was first on his way to Davos, is a perfect metaphor for Trump chickening out.

He got nothing. He comes back empty handed, albeit with lies and claims of a "framework". Denmark isn't going to give him Greenland. The US was already obligated, as a NATO member, to help keep fellow NATO member lands secure.

Absolutely nothing changed, except Trump looks like the clown and idiot he is, and everyone from Europe to Beijing knows that if you just stand up to him or toss him off as the clown he is, then he will cave. The world also knows he is in steep cognitive decline, as in the last week he's mixed up Denmark and Norway, and in Davos, Greenland and Iceland. Trump said the market tanked because of Iceland. WTF?

Trump's silly antics made the US a lot weaker. He lost allies the US might never get back. He went over there, as a person elected by a plurality of American voters, and showed the Europeans and the entire world just how idiotic way too many Americans are.

If any Republicans in Congress had any cojones, and weren't just sniveling cowards afraid of a mean Tweet or being primaried, they would see how Europe stood up to Trump and do the same.

5 hours ago, stevenl said:

Disagree, he also made a lot of money on the announcement and Taco, plus he's raking in hundreds of millions on the presidency.

I'm not even sure he understands what the deal on Greenland will entail, I expect a major difference of opinion between Trump and the others involved.

When you say the others involved are you speaking about his cabinet or are you speaking about the leaders of Europe? If the former there won't be any disagreement, as they are all wearing knee pads, and in a prone position all day long. And they're all bottom of the barrel horrific choices anyway, who are spectacularly incompetent, just like the clown himself.

They already starting spinning it as a negotiation tactic when they realised that no one was backing down.

Personally I think a lot of this “we are a super power and can do what we like” stuff lies at the door of Stephen Miller. It has his finger prints all over it.

Hopefully the fact that it became a disaster for the USA in terms of its reputation and making Trump look bad, will result in his wings being clipped….at least for a while.

And the good thing that comes of this is that Europe now knows that they need to stand on their own two feet and not rely or trust USA for ANYTHING. Best they get on with that asap. Own the blackmailer, not let him own you.

3 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Personally I think a lot of this “we are a super power and can do what we like” stuff lies at the door of Stephen Miller. It has his finger prints all over it.

Hopefully the fact that it became a disaster for the USA in terms of its reputation and making Trump look bad, will result in his wings being clipped….at least for a while.

And the good thing that comes of this is that Europe now knows that they need to stand on their own two feet and not rely or trust USA for ANYTHING. Best they get on with that asap. Own the blackmailer, not let him own you.

Should Miller be grounded I doubt it will matter much. There are lots of other vultures in Trump's vicinity..

4 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

8 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Personally I think a lot of this “we are a super power and can do what we like” stuff lies at the door of Stephen Miller. It has his finger prints all over it.

If Rubio grabs Trumps ear then Cuba will be the next target.

Trump will get Greenland in one form or another.

13 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

When you say the others involved are you speaking about his cabinet or are you speaking about the leaders of Europe? If the former there won't be any disagreement, as they are all wearing knee pads, and in a prone position all day long. And they're all bottom of the barrel horrific choices anyway, who are spectacularly incompetent, just like the clown himself.

I'm talking about the so-called Greenland deal. For sure trump, Denmark and all others have different ideas about that deal.

Trump's system of governing in the interests of the US public himself.

Create novel ways to "tax" everybody, including the world's most evil corporate entities to choose all facets of US government policy.

Wade into a conflict. "Tax" everybody else to solve it.

Create a conflict that did not previously exist. "Tax" everybody else to solve it.

Trump plants the flag in Greenland.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1384241569854217

3 hours ago, stevenl said:

I'm talking about the so-called Greenland deal. For sure trump, Denmark and all others have different ideas about that deal.

Well as you can see Trump raised the white flag in total surrender, and essentially agreed that the same deal that's been on the table since World War II. This absolute fool could not negotiate his way out of a paper bag if his pathetic life depended upon it.