Trump backs down from tariff threats over Greenland dispute

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  President Donald Trump has rolled back on the Greenland trade fight with European countries and the EU-Mercasur trade deal is sent to court.

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  Okay, so the last 24 hours has been a lot.

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  We've gone from the brink of a potential military invasion to that being taken off the table,

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  but not the tariffs,

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  to now the tariffs being taken off the table and the framework of a future deal.

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  Here's the president speaking to reporters in Davos after talks with NATO allies,

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  and yes, that is a piano you can hear in the background.

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  put out pretty soon, as you will see.

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  It's right now a little bit in progress, but pretty far along.

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  It gets us everything we needed to get.

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  It doesn't still include the United States having ownership of Greenland

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