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Trump says reached Greenland deal framework with NATO, backs off Europe tariffs

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Both the NYT [0] and Telegraph [1] are claiming pockets of Greenland will become territory of the US as part of the deal.

[0] - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/trump-greenla...

[1] - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/01/21/revealed-trum...

Contradictory reports from Axios [0]

[0] - https://www.axios.com/2026/01/21/greenland-deal-trump-denmar...

A deal he made in a meeting with the Nato secretary, not involving Denmark?

This is the first phase of the deescalation, that will eventually result in basically nothing.

And the world lost two weeks for nothing.

This is insane. There is no deal.... Nobody in Denmark or Greenland knows what he is talking about. Get your president under control.

The good news is that Trump seems willing to move this to a negotiation table.

And yes, Danish minister of defence have talked with Rutte and Rutte have not negotiated on behalf of Greenland or Denmark.

But maybe this rhetoric about a deal is Trumps way to communicate about this off-ramp to his base.

This was 100% market manipulation. Financial markets analysts, please do your forensic job.

always buy the dips. obviously

Market manipulation requires forethought. Cronies getting a text the night before an announcement is just opportunistic insider trading. Even if you can draw a straight line through the corruption, that straight line can't be longer than the attention span of the key player.

How long before he changes his mind?

How long before he has no mind left to change?

The man is not well, his carers should not let him wander out on stages.

Meanwhile, Trump's been threatening 500% tariffs on India, because India won't bend the knee to US strongarm tactics to take over India's agriculture and other industries.

FYI, e.g., US companies Amazon & Walmart already dominate India's eCommerce industry. US company Monsanto had total monopoly on India's cotton agriculture industry by decades of corrupt practices by Monsanto to take over the indigenous cotton seeds varieties, hybridize them (GM crop), patent them, and then charge Indian farmers for using those seeds. Indian govt rejected those farmers and freed Indian cotton industry from Monsanto's stranglehold. PepsiCo has also been doing same shenanigans to Indian potato agriculture.

India is worried that USA wants to decimate Indian indigenous agriculture and control India where it hurts most - its stomach (India has among the most fertile lands in the world. And it has huge agriculture exports. Whoever controls its agriculture, controls India.)

Indian government has been doing a lot of efforts in past decade for "Make in India" initiatives - manufacturing in India. So this is another avenue for foreign players to control India, if Indian government allows uncontolled FDI (foreign direct investments) into it (just like how Amazon and Walmart took over India's eCommerce industry.)

India is rightfully wary of Trump and USA. But it is yet to bend the knee.

When Trump threatened 500% tariffs on India last November, India silently raised tariffs on agri exports to USA, and Trump had to back off. But he's been making the same noises again because India doesn't agree to his bullying demands.

EU should have faced the Trump's 8% tariffs head on. Bullies should be taught their place by the majority.

He will simply have forgotten tomorrow what he said today. Short term memory loss.

Yet again, shorting bitcoin and buying tech on dips is the play. Bitcoin always tank much harder than QQQ and rebound less.

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