Greenland

NPR - European leaders will meet for an emergency summit tonight in response to President Trump’s statements on Greenland. Yesterday, after a meeting with NATO, Trump announced that a long-term agreement on Greenland had been reached. Due to this progress, he said he wouldn’t impose the tariffs he had threatened on countries in that region. Trump also said yesterday that he would not use force to acquire Greenland.

The president’s satisfaction with the compromise suggests it might include some limited transfer of land ownership and will likely address U.S. access to mineral rights, reporter Teri Schultz tells Up First. She adds that European leaders may feel that they can breathe a bit more easily now that Trump has walked back his threats of military force and tariffs. Even though Trump has called off the tariffs, the emergency summit will still be held with much less pressure than expected. Schultz says the leaders will most likely now discuss contingency plans in case the Greenland deal falls apart and the threats start again. Trump’s approach to the Greenland drama has antagonized U.S. allies in Europe and beyond, even sparking pointed exchanges between him and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney, who is usually a low-key politician, went viral with his Tuesday remarks at Davos, where he spoke the day before Trump. Carney said that the global order the U.S. built and led for 80 years was not just strained but had come apart.  Greenlanders were incensed by Trump’s remarks at the forum: "We’re not just a block of ice."