BRUSSELS, 22 January (H.S.): NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte disclosed Wednesday, January 21, that Danish sovereignty over Greenland never surfaced during his Davos sit-down with US President Donald Trump, despite Trump's post-meeting proclamation of a nebulous framework deal averting February 1 tariffs on eight European allies.
In a Fox News Special Report with Bret Baier interview, Rutte characterised the accord as a pact to collaboratively fortify Arctic defences against escalating Russian and Chinese activities, sidestepping Trump's persistent ownership demands while affirming, That issue did not come up anymore in my conversations tonight with the president.
He stressed NATO's collective remit to secure the thawing region—encompassing mineral rights access and the Golden Dome project in a purported forever arrangement per Trump's CNBC remarks—without ceding territory, echoing earlier AFP comments that substantial negotiations persist.
The opacity fuels scepticism, with Trump touting everything we wanted on CNN yet demurring on specifics, as Denmark's ambassador posits expanded US basing via extant pacts over outright control, tempering alliance strains post-Trump's onstage disavowal of force.
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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar
