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struggle4progress

(125,448 posts)
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:51 PM 15 hrs ago

'We have a concept of a deal'

Updated Wed, Jan 21 20266:32 PM EST
Kevin Breuninger
Spencer Kimball
Alex Harring

President Donald Trump discussed the framework of a deal with NATO, credit card caps and the future of the Federal Reserve in a wide-ranging interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.

Trump spoke with CNBC shortly after announcing that he and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte have “formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland.” The president told CNBC that “we have a concept of a deal” over the Arctic island ...

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/trump-interview-live-updates.html

And maybe we even also have an inkling of a dream of a potential plan for a draft protocol the White House!

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'We have a concept of a deal' (Original Post) struggle4progress 15 hrs ago OP
TACO Pinwheel creon 15 hrs ago #1
You know in 2 weeks , he'll say that NATO renegaded on the deal.... Bread and Circuses 15 hrs ago #2
Stringing him out until he's gone or loses interest is DJ Synikus Makisimus 15 hrs ago #3
Trump says a Greenland deal 'framework' is reached struggle4progress 15 hrs ago #4

Bread and Circuses

(1,669 posts)
2. You know in 2 weeks , he'll say that NATO renegaded on the deal....
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:04 PM
15 hrs ago

Which is Too Bad, so now he’ll send it the bombers….


There is NO deal .

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(1,215 posts)
3. Stringing him out until he's gone or loses interest is
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:22 PM
15 hrs ago

about the only strategy the Europeans can take with someone whose finger is on the nuclear trigger. Ukraine has taken a similar approach. Problem is that if he dies in office, I think this all gets worse with Vance and his cronies.

struggle4progress

(125,448 posts)
4. Trump says a Greenland deal 'framework' is reached
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:42 PM
15 hrs ago

WPLG Local 10
Jan 21, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is dropping his threat to impose tariffs on several European countries, citing what he described as a new framework with NATO on Arctic security. The abrupt about-face comes shortly after he told the World Economic Forum in Davos that the U.S. would not use force to pursue control of Greenland.

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