After President Donald Trump announced a new Greenland “framework” had been agreed upon with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Mark Rutte, the NATO chief told Fox News’ “Special Report with Bret Baier” that U.S. forcibly taking control of Greenland, away from Denmark, was not discussed during meetings between him and President Trump in Switzerland during the World Economic Forum.”That issue did not come up anymore in my conversations with Mr. President. He’s very much focused on what we need to do to make sure that that huge Arctic region, where change is taking place at the moment, where the Chinese and Russians are more and more active, how we can protect that” Rutte said when pressed on the details of the reported “framework” that has been agreed upon, and that Trump said has resulted in his decision not to impose certain tariffs scheduled to go into effect Feb. 1. “That was really the focus of our discussions,” Rutte insisted.TRUMP’S ‘SMALL ASK’ FOR GREENLAND WOULD BE THE REAL ESTATE DEAL OF A LIFETIMETrump announced the new “framework” pertaining to Greenland in a post on his social media site Truth Social Wednesday afternoon while at the World Economic Forum this week. “Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region,” the president wrote. “Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the…
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