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Donald Trump has reversed course and abandoned plans to impose tariffs on a group of U.S. allies that had objected to his push to acquire Greenland after what the U.S. president described as a “very productive” meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump said American and NATO representatives had “formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region” based on discussions held in the closed-door meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

He said the “solution” would be “will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations” if it is “consummated.”

“Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st,” he added.

He later told CNBC that he’d lifted the tariff threats because “we have pretty much the concept of a deal” he described as “a little bit complex” and “a very good deal for the United States” having to do with “the security, great security, strong security and other things.”

Trump added that the putative “outlines” of the agreement included “everything we wanted.” But, he offered few specifics on what the deal entails other than saying it will last “forever.”

News of Trump’s reversal was met with relief by Lars Rasmussen, Denmark’s foreign minister, who said Wednesday had ended “better than it started.”

“It is a signal, I hope, that we can how have talks with Trump’s people,” Rasmussen said.

The abrupt turnaround was met with skepticism from Democrats on Capitol Hill, including from a group a group of American legislators who’d travelled to Denmark last week to show support for the longtime U.S. ally.

One such legislator, Delaware Representative Sarah McBride, told The Independent she saw the alleged deal as “not a real framework that people have agreed to” or alternatively “an about face by the President to save face.”

“It remains to be seen, but this is not the art of the deal. It's the art of pissing everyone off for no purpose,” she said.

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