特朗普总统宣布，他已就格陵兰岛问题达成“未来协议框架”，并且不会像他此前威胁的那样对欧洲征收关税。
他在与北约秘书长马克·吕特会晤后，在真相社交网站上写道，“我们已经就格陵兰岛乃至整个北极地区达成了未来协议框架。”
他补充道，“如果这项解决方案最终达成，对美国和所有北约国家来说都将是一件好事。基于此，我不会征收原定于2月1日生效的关税。”
这是特朗普和欧洲之间最具争议的问题上的重大突破。目前尚无关于该框架的具体细节。
特朗普一直公开表示希望拥有这座位于北大西洋的岛屿，而丹麦也同样强烈要求将其留在自己手中。
随着欧洲领导人对特朗普拥有格陵兰岛的愿望提出反对，这位总统的态度也变得强硬起来。
本周早些时候，他威胁要对从英国、丹麦、挪威、瑞典、法国、德国、荷兰和芬兰输往美国的“所有商品”征收10%的关税。他表示，关税将于2月1日生效，并于6月1日提高至25%。
但现在他撤回了这项计划，并表示副总统JD·万斯、国务卿马可·卢比奥和特使史蒂夫·威特科夫将领导关于格陵兰岛的讨论。
格陵兰岛是总统周三在世界经济论坛上发表讲话的主要议题，他在讲话中排除了使用武力夺取该岛的可能性。
“我不需要动用武力。我不想动用武力。我不会动用武力。”
他补充说：“美国所要求的仅仅是一个叫做格陵兰岛的地方。”
周三，他还对丹麦拒绝割让格陵兰岛表示不满，称该岛为“一块冰”。
他说，“我们想要一块冰来保护世界——但他们却不肯给我们。”
“所以他们有选择。你们可以答应，我们会非常感激。或者你们可以拒绝，我们会记住的。”
特朗普指出，二战期间，丹麦被纳粹德国占领后，美国曾统治格陵兰岛。“战后，我们把格陵兰岛还给了丹麦。我们当时这么做有多愚蠢？但我们确实这么做了。可他们现在又是多么忘恩负义！”
“我们从未要求过其他任何东西，我们本来可以保留那块土地，但我们没有卖，”他继续说道。“他们有选择。你们可以答应，我们会非常感激——或者你们可以拒绝，我们会记住的。”
特朗普重申，美国必须拥有格陵兰岛，以防止中国和俄罗斯控制该岛，并强调了格陵兰岛的战略位置。
他说，“如果爆发战争，很多战斗都将在那块冰面上进行，想想看。那些导弹会直接从那块冰面中心飞过。”
特朗普在宣布该框架协议时表示，协议的一部分将包括对“金穹顶”的讨论，这是他希望部署的防御系统，旨在保护美国免受任何来袭导弹的攻击。
President Trump announced he has a “framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland” and will not impose tariffs on Europe like he threatened to do.
“We have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region,” he wrote on Truth Social after his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
“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,” he added.
It is a major breakthrough on the most contentious issue facing Trump and Europe. No immediate details on the framework were available.
Trump has been vocal in his desire to own the island in the North Atlantic and Denmark has been just as vocal about keeping it in their possession.
As European leaders pushed back on Trump’s desire to own Greenland, the president got tough.
Earlier this week he threatened a 10% tariff “on any and all goods” sent from the UK, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland to the US. He said it would begin February 1 and increase to 25% on June 1.
But now he’s rescinded that plan, saying Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will lead discussions on Greenland.
Greenland was the main topic of the president’s speech to the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, where he ruled out using military force to take the island.
“I don’t have to use force. I don’t want to use force. I won’t use force.”
“All the United States is asking for is a place called Greenland,” he added.
And he vented his frustration at Denmark’s resistance to forking over Greenland on Wednesday, calling the island a “piece of ice.”
“We want a piece of ice for world protection — and they won’t give it,” he said.
“So they have a choice. You can say yes, and we will be very appreciative. Or you can say no, and we will remember.”
Trump noted that the US ruled Greenland during World War II after Denmark was overrun by Nazi Germany and that “after the war, we gave Greenland back to Denmark. How stupid were we to do that? But we did it. But how ungrateful are they now?”
“We’ve never asked for anything else and we could have kept that piece of land and we didn’t sell,” he went on. “They have a choice. You can say yes, and we will be very appreciative — or you can say no and we will remember.”
Trump repeated his assertion that the US must own Greenland to prevent Chinese and Russian control, and noted its strategic location.
“If there is a war, much of the action will take place on that piece of ice, think of it. Those missiles will be flying right over the center of that piece of ice,” he said.
In his announcement on the framework, Trump said part of the deal would include discussions on The Golden Dome, the defense system he wants to put into place to shield America from any incoming missiles.