President Donald Trump said Wednesday he won’t use force to take Greenland or impose new tariffs, but his continued push for U.S. control and criticism of European allies keeps a key transatlantic travel corridor in jeopardy.
“People thought I would use force,” Trump said during his speech in Davos. “I don’t have to use force. I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force.”
After the speech, Trump said on Truth Social that he’d had productive conversations with NATO’s Secretary General and that, as a result, he would not impose new tariffs on European countries that supported Denmark. “We have a concept of a deal,” he said on CNBC.
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