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Donald Trump has rowed back on his threat to slap tariffs on the UK and NATO allies who opposed his ambitions to annex Greenland, after he and the alliance’s chief “formed the framework of a future deal” for the Arctic region. Following a “very productive meeting” with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte on the fringes of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Trump suggested he had now reconsidered. Harry Cole is joined by former US Ambassador to Ukraine, William Taylor, as they try to figure out whether there was more method or madness in Trump's desire to take Greenland, and find out what NATO offered the President in order to agree to a deal.

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