Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. We'll see. My guess is that he'll build another base in Greenland (or expand the existing one), as he always could have

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but it's possible he's got some European countries to pay something for it to get him to shut up and go away. And he'll name it "Fort Trump".

We now have a comment from Sweden, which implies that Trump backed down in the face of firm opposition:

Sweden’s foreign minister, Maria Stenergard, said today that it was “good” that Donald Trump backed away from tariffs against Nato members “who have supported Denmark and Greenland”.

“The demands for relocated borders have received well-deserved harsh criticism,” she said in a statement. “That is also why we have repeatedly stated that we will not let ourselves be blackmailed. It seems that our work together with allies has had an effect.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/21/us-politics-live-supreme-court-fed-lisa-cook-donald-trump-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-697137768f089452a6938f75#block-697137768f089452a6938f75

Trump has muttered about "mineral rights" and his "Golden Dome":

The president hasn’t released any information about the “framework” of a future deal on Greenland that he announced on social media. However, in an interview with CNBC, he said that a deal would include Nato’s involvement on his sought-after missile defense system known as the “Golden Dome”, and well as “mineral rights” for the US.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/21/us-politics-live-supreme-court-fed-lisa-cook-donald-trump-latest-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-697135378f08130e628897cd#block-697135378f08130e628897cd