Trump says NATO has formed framework on Greenland; some Greenlanders say they were excluded

President Donald Trump on Wednesday night signaled that a solution had been reached with NATO that would avoid a confrontation over Greenland, saying in a social media post that he had "a very productive meeting" with the head of NATO and had "formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region." He had also said in a speech in Davos, Switzerland, that he would not use force to acquire Greenland.

Greenland has been part of the Danish Kingdom for more than 300 years, and Danish commentators were cautiously optimistic despite the absence of revealed details. "It looks more promising than anything I have seen in weeks," said Mikkel Runge Olesen, a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen, calling it "a decisive new development." Some Greenlandic politicians rejected Mr.

Trump's account and objected to being left out of talks. Aaja Chemnitz, one of Greenland's two members of the Danish parliament, called the statements "completely absurd," saying "NATO has absolutely no mandate to negotiate anything whatsoever without us in Greenland" and declaiming "Nothing about us, without us," adding that "there is total confusion being created." Kuno Fencker said, "Greenland should be directly involved in what is going on.

That is what we want." Greenland's government said it would comment on Mr. Trump's remarks on Thursday.

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