Closing Bell 1/21/26
Closing Bell
CNBC
4.4 • 139 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to closing bell. I'm Scott Wapner live from Post 9 here at the New York Stock Exchange, |
| 0:05.2 | and we begin this final stretch with breaking news. Stocks rallying after President Trump says he has reached the framework to a deal with NATO over Greenland |
| 0:13.8 | and will no longer impose tariffs on Europe that were set to go into effect on February 1st. |
| 0:19.2 | The president also saying earlier today during his speech |
| 0:21.9 | in Davos that he would not use force in Greenland. Stocks were up on that as well. And we will hear |
| 0:28.1 | from the president himself momentarily from his interview with CNBC's Joe Kernan. First, let's go |
| 0:33.6 | to Washington and Amen Javers for the very latest. Amen, it would appear once again the art of the threat is especially powerful. |
| 0:42.2 | Yep, and in this case, the art of backing off the threat, Scott. |
| 0:45.2 | What we're seeing from the president's truth social post is a further de-escalatory signal. |
| 0:49.9 | I want to call your attention to two words in the president's post. |
| 0:52.8 | He says, we have formed the framework |
| 0:54.7 | of a future deal with respect to Greenland. I would just circle the words framework and future there |
| 1:00.6 | and say there's some questions that we now need the answers to in terms of exactly what is this |
| 1:05.7 | deal with respect to Greenland. Does it imply some sort of U.S. ownership, some sort of U.S. occupation |
| 1:12.1 | or participation in the governance of Greenland? What exactly is that? And our Joe Kernan will |
| 1:16.8 | have the chance to ask the president for any specifics on that. But also importantly for |
| 1:23.2 | Markets, Scott, as you know, and you just said, the president says, I will not be imposing |
| 1:27.0 | the tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st. |
| 1:30.3 | So that, a relief to financial markets watching this tariff escalation between the United States and NATO countries. |
| 1:36.3 | Yep, there's no doubt about that. The interview, as you said, moments away between Joe Kernan and the president. |
| 1:41.3 | You'll see it. Amen, we'll talk to you on the other side of that for more of your reactions, but the market's reaction is clear, and we are rallying. Not quite |
| 1:49.3 | getting everything back from yesterday's sell-off, but nonetheless, as we begin this final stretch |
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