President Trump’s announcement appeared to draw the United States back from the possibility of military and economic conflict with American allies over Greenland.
Hours after his address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, President Trump said he had reached a framework agreement with the leader of NATO over the future of Greenland.
The treaty that created NATO did not contemplate an attack by one ally on another. A seizure of Greenland by President Trump would test the endurance of the mutual-defense pact.