Denmark’s foreign minister has said Donald Trump’s statement that he would not use force to take Greenland was positive, even though the US president hasn’t dropped his ambitions to acquire the islandLars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters (Bloomberg reports):“What is clear after this speech is that the president’s ambition [to own Greenland] remains intact,“It is, in isolation, positive that it is being said that military force will not be used, but that does not make the problem go away,The challenge is still there,”Big breaking news tonight from Davos: Donald Trump has announced that he and Nato chief Mark Rutte have agreed the framework of a “future deal” over Greenland,It’s not clear what the details are – Trump says the proposed solution would be a great one for the US, and all NATO NationsAnd significantly, Trump says he won’t impose the 10% tariffs threatened on eight European countries including the UK.

Here’s the post, from Trump’s Truth Social site: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.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.Additional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome as it pertains to Greenland.Further information will be made available as discussions progress.

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and various others, as needed, will be responsible for the negotiations — They will report directly to me.Thank you for your attention to this matter!DONALD J.TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAOur US Politics Live blog is tracking all the developments, with Shrai Popat, here:Donald Trump ruled out using military force to annex Greenland, but called for “immediate negotiations” to acquire the Arctic island.The US president also told world leaders at the World Economic Form at Davos that a US acquisition of Greenland would strengthen the Nato alliance.Meanwhile at several points during his speech, Trump appeared to confuse Greenland with Iceland, claiming “Iceland” had caused a drop in stock prices yesterday – when markets fell as a result of his threat to impose new tariffs on eight European countries.

The White House swiftly did its best to deny the confusion.The US president repeated his usual claims that Nato has treated the US unfairly, and “it’s time that Nato steps up” as “we are helping them with Ukraine”.He claimed that Greenland costs Denmark “hundreds of millions a year to run it”, and while Denmark is “a small country and wonderful people, it is very expensive” for “a very big piece of ice”.He also repeated his – offensive – questioning of whether Nato “would be there for us” (see also: 9/11).The European parliament suspended work on the EU-US trade deal, in protest against Trump’s threat to impose 10% tariffs on EU exports unless the bloc supports his bid to take over Greenland.

Bernd Lange, head of the European parliament trade committee, said until “the threats [on Greenland] are over there will be no possibility for compromise” on ratifying the US deal, which promised Americans a new era of 0% tariffs on many industrial exports.And a meeting between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to take place tomorrow, with the US president saying on Wednesday that “we are reasonably close to deal on Ukraine”.Earlier, we reported that Donald Trump appeared to confuse Greenland with Iceland during his speech in Davos, and – despite what we all heard – the White House is now steadfastly denying that there was a mix-up at all.To elaborate on our earlier post, in one of several such mix-ups, Trump said:They’re [Nato] not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you, I mean our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland, so Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.Despite this fact, in response to a journalist highlighting Trump’s mix-ups on X, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt hit back with this denial:No he didn’t, Libby.

His written remarks referred to Greenland as a ‘piece of ice’ because that’s what it is.You’re the only one mixing anything up here.Leavitt included a screenshot of a search for Greenland featuring a picture of a block of ice in the sea in front of some land.The Norwegian finance minister and former Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has told CNN it was “important” that Donald Trump had ruled out using military force to annex Greenland.Of course, that is an important message, because up to now many were afraid that he actually was going to threaten to use force to acquire Greenland.

Nonetheless, he continued, Greenland and Denmark’s “territorial integrity should be respected by all”.Stoltenberg also noted to CNN that politicians should be careful while texting each other, as “it may become public”.It comes after Trump shared text messages from other leaders on social media earlier this week, including Norway’s PM Jonas Gahr Støre and French president Emmanuel Macron.Donald Trump has just delivered brief remarks at a business leaders’ reception at Davos, I’ll bring you any key quotes here once we get them through.After some confusion over timings, the Trump/Zelenskyy meeting is now confirmed to be taking place tomorrow, not today – and the Ukrainian president will travel to Davos for that meeting.

It means that he will be meeting the Ukrainian president just as his peace envoy Steve Witkoff will be in Moscow for talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin,Trump is now holding top-level meetings here at the World Economic Forum,The US president has met with Polish President Karol Nawrocki following his address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, the White House says,There’s quite a scrum of security people, and WEF delegates, at the part of the congress centre set aside for bilateral meetings,The U.

S,president also had meetings scheduled with the leaders of Switzerland, Egypt and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte,He was due to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday, Reuters says,Denmark’s foreign minister has said Donald Trump’s statement that he would not use force to take Greenland was positive, even though the US president hasn’t dropped his ambitions to acquire the islandLars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters (Bloomberg reports):“What is clear after this speech is that the president’s ambition [to own Greenland] remains intact,“It is, in isolation, positive that it is being said that military force will not be used, but that does not make the problem go away.

The challenge is still there.”Tonight, join Jonathan Freedland, Tania Branigan, Anand Menon and Nick Lowles as they reflect on the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency – and to ask if Britain could be set on the same path.Book tickets here or at guardian.liveDonald Trump’s pledge today not to use force to take control of Greenland is going down well in the financial markets.The Dow Jones industrial average share index is up almost 1% so far today at 48,944 points, clawing back most of Tuesday’s losses when geopolitical fears rocked the markets.

The broader S&P 500 index is up just over 1%.Kathleen Brooks, research director at brokerage XTB, reports that the ‘sell America trade’ has become the ‘buy America trade’.Here’s why:The President’s speech at Davos was the most anticipated event of the week.It was delivered in his traditional style: very long, full of anecdotes, and wide ranging in terms of scope.However, there were two key takeaways for markets.

Firstly, Trump will not take Greenland by force and 2, Trump wants the economy to run hot to send US stocks flying north,Nigel Farage has suggested the world would be a “better, more secure place” if America took over Greenland, PA Media report,The Reform leader is here in Davos, and discussed Trump’s speech at an event at USA House (the American delegation’s base here, in a Davos church),But Farage also acknowledged that the move would not be consistent with national sovereignty, or his belief in national self-determination,He says:“I have no doubt that the world would be a better, more secure place if a strong America was in Greenland, because of the geopolitics of the High North, because of the retreating ice caps and because of the continued expansionism of Russian icebreakers, of Chinese investment.

“So yes, would America owning Greenland be better for the world in terms of safety and stronger for Nato? It would.“However, if you believe in Brexit, and if you believe in celebrating America’s 250th birthday, if you believe in the nation states and not globalist structures, you believe in sovereignty.“And if you believe in sovereignty, you believe in the principle of national self-determination.”WEF attendees are mulling over Trump’s speech.My colleague Heather Stewart has just been chatting to the economic historian Adam Tooze, who’s been watching Trump’s speech here in Davos.

He compared the attitude of US Trump supporters he’s met here to that of a “serial abuser,” saying one top US executive had told him, “this is how it’s going to be: we’re going to beat up on you [Europe]; it’s going to hurt - then we’re going to beat up on you some more.You’re going to squeal.And then we’re going to do some kind of a deal on our terms.”He added,“They’re just simply saying, ‘you have to accept this is how we are now.This is what it’s like’.

”Asked about how other governments should respond, Tooze said:“I think we ought to be thinking quite hard about whatever the international equivalent of getting up and leaving is.We need to strengthen ourselves, and have coalitions of friendly people.”From one populist to another…..Argentina’s president Javier Milei is now giving a special address, and tells WEF that “Machiavelli is dead”.

He’s banging the drum for liberalism, and outlining how we need to return to “Judeo-Christian values” to save the west, with some philosophical musings on the rights of man.Quotes to follow…Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, described Trump’s speech as the “one of the most insignificant hours I’ve spent in years - and I think the world spent”.My colleague John Collingridge reports that Newsom gave Trump’s special address a withering review here in Davos, saying:“It was significant in its insignificance.He said what we all knew- that he’s not going to invade Greenland.”Newsom, one of the leading contenders among Democratic candidates for president in 2028, said it was “boring, and at times boorish”.

“Fire and fury amounting to quite literally absolutely nothing”.Newsom said Europe “should be worried if they don’t respond firmly, with conviction to stand tall and what more evidence do you need of that than today?”He said the response of European leaders including France’s Emmanuel Macron appeared to have tempered Trump.“What happened yesterday he responded to, and multiple things happened yesterday - it was not just Macron and the EU president’s speech, and Carney’s speech, but the markets reacted.”