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.
It is far more likely that the Danes selling a token number of US Treasurys as a shot across the bow soiled a number of handmade silk suits on Wall St, and someone was able to convey to the inner circle exactly what that fucking means, and that’s how we got Taco Wednesday. Note also last year how, when Japan started suggesting the idea of selling off Treasurys themselves, suddenly Japan’s tariff arrangement instantly improved.
And that’s only one part of what Europe could do. The anti-coercion instrument isn’t nicknamed “the bazooka” for nothing, and just because Europe has been our allies for 80 years doesn’t mean they are without means of both prevention and retaliation. It’s the orange excrescence’s fault for thinking nobody could do anything back, when that is the farthest fucking thing from the truth.
Honestly, having the rest of the western hemisphere unite in their loudest, strongest NO in tandem with Mark Carney clearly outlining a post-US-dominant world order built on fluid alliances is the best thing that could be happening to all of us right now, no matter where we live.