U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had reached a framework of a deal that satisfies him on Greenland, as he backed down both on threats to seize the island by force from Denmark and on imposing tariffs against European allies.

Trump made the startling turnaround after talks with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who said afterward that the meeting was "very good" but that "there's still a lot of work to be done."

Trump, attending the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos, said the framework was for a long-term deal, but he was conspicuously silent on whether it would mean U.S. control over the Arctic island, which he has repeatedly demanded.

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