President Donald Trump’s quest for control of Greenland took a significant turn on Wednesday, when he backed off on using d military force — an option he and This team had previously reserved.

In remarks on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump ruled out using military force after weeks of refusing to do so, and in a social media post said he would no longer be imposing tariffs that he had threatened to put into effect on February 1.

Donald Trump’s pivot from military intervention to a Nato-brokered compromise on Greenland has left European capitals struggling to work out whether the US president’s pressure campaign to take over the Arctic territory is over — and whether to trust his word at all.

President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland was filled with inaccurate claims – notably including false and misleading statements about NATO and Greenland, the self-governing Danish territory he is pushing for the US to acquire.

President Trump has exaggerated threats to Greenland from Russia and China and downplayed the country's current defenses, according to local officials and experts on the Arctic.

President Trump questioned the legitimacy of Denmark’s claims to Greenland over the weekend while amping up rhetoric for his plans for the U.S. to acquire the Danish-held region.On Wednesday, Trump said he reached the “framework of a future deal” on Greenland with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte,

Whoopi Goldberg warned no country is safe if President Donald Trump acquires Greenland, after the president argued the territory is needed for national security.