Trump backs off Greenland threats, declares ‘deal’

What happened

President Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered a long, winding speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in which he repeatedly criticized several heads of state in the audience and reiterated his demand that Denmark hand over its self-ruling territory Greenland. But by the end of the day, Trump announced that he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had “formed the framework for a future deal with respect to Greenland,” and he dropped his threatened tariffs...