Meet the Press NOW — January 21

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🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) and former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns react to President Trump announcing he's reached a "framework of a future deal" on Greenland and dropping his threats of tariffs on European allies. NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell and Ellison Barber and Sky News' Sir Trevor Phillips report on the global reaction.

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0:00.0	Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington. We begin in Davos, Switzerland,
0:15.0	where after delivering a grievance-fueled address to European leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum today and assailing many of
0:22.5	America's closest allies, late this afternoon President Trump abruptly changed course.
0:28.0	Dropping his threat to place tariffs on European countries and announcing a framework agreement
0:33.0	has been reached with respect to Greenland's future.
0:36.3	The president speaking to reporters just moments
0:38.3	ago saying the deal, quote, gets us everything we need, but offering very few details.
0:44.6	Well, we have a concept of a deal. I think it's going to be a very good deal for the United
0:48.5	States, also for them. And we're going to work together on something having to do with the Arctic
0:53.8	as a whole, but also Greenland.
0:56.5	It's not specific enough to know at this point how long this lasts, how, whether it's...
1:00.8	Forever.
1:01.7	Forever.
1:02.5	It'll be forever.
1:03.6	For Greenland at this point.
1:06.3	Forever.
1:08.4	Now, just moments ago, NATO putting out a statement saying discussions about the framework would
1:13.6	focus on, quote, ensuring Arctic security, the statement making no mention of the U.S.
1:19.7	annexing or taking control of the territory. The president's sudden announcement of an apparent
1:24.4	off-ramp over Greenland comes after the European Union announced
1:27.8	today it would halt trade negotiations with the U.S. over those now canceled tariffs, and after
1:34.0	NATO Secretary General met with the president, markets ended the trading day just moments
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