Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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

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TACO Trump always Chickens Out

Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries
www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

— Donald Pedersen (@watchingevil.bsky.social) 2026-01-21T19:49:15.233Z

[RandySF]

1. I called it a few days ago.

The US already has a treaty in place for this.

[Lovie777]

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

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. TACO-trump is chickening out

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]

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

I read another country is during it as well.

[intrepidity]

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

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

[Lovie777]

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

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

[rampartd]

4. he loves to announce deals

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

[jgmiller]

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

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]

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

[jgmiller]

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

[chelsea0011]

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

This guy is completely out of his mind.

[FakeNoose]

11. Whoopsie!

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

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Trump Always Chickens Out

Link to tweet

[NJCher]

13. WSJ Now Reporting that he Completely Backed Off

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]

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

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]

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

That and distractions from the job market and economy.

[Torchlight]

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

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

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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

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.