{"id":2547751,"date":"2026-01-22T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-york-says-greenland-negotiations-are-classic-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:53:41","slug":"byron-york-says-greenland-negotiations-are-classic-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-york-says-greenland-negotiations-are-classic-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron York says Greenland negotiations are &#8216;classic Trump&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbyron-york-says-greenland-negotiations-are-classic-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2547751&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Byron York described the recent Greenland negotiations as &#8220;classic Trump,&#8221; saying TrumpS tactic of demanding far more than he wants provokes a big back-and-forth until the other side offers a compromise that resembles the original goal. President Trump announced he would not impose tariffs scheduled for Feb. 1 after a framework deal with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte; Trump said the agreement &#8220;pertains to security and minerals,&#8221; though full details have not been released. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dutch-prime-minister-mark-rutte-resigns-after-almost-more-than-a-decade-in-office\/\" title=\"Dutch PM Mark ... steps down after over a decade in power.\">rutte emphasized<\/a> the talks did not touch Greenland&#8217;s sovereignty but focused on protecting the Arctic region from growing chinese and Russian activity. The report also noted Greenland&#8217;s strategic location-including the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) gap-and highlighted its mineral resources, critically important for EVs, wind turbines, and military equipment, with 2023 mineral production valued at about $105 billion. The comments where made on Fox News&#8217; Special Report with Bret Baier.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Byron York says Greenland negotiations are &lsquo;classic Trump&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2480910\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> chief political correspondent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3909174\/will-trump-lawfare-revenge-campaign-backfire\/\">Byron York<\/a>&nbsp;pointed to what he described as &ldquo;classic Trump&rdquo; strategies that helped secure a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4428071\/us-framework-deal-greenland-mark-rutte-meeting-trump\/\">deal regarding Greenland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump announced he &ldquo;will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st&rdquo; as a result of a framework deal with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-morning-wire-fallout-of-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-apples-new-privacy-concerns-the-return-to-in-person-schooling\/\" title=\"The Morning Wire: Fallout Of Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal, Apple\u2019s New Privacy Concerns, The Return To In...Person Schooling\">details&#038;nbsp<\/a>;of the deal have not been released. Trump said the deal &ldquo;pertains to security and minerals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4428814\/trump-foreign-focus-could-turn-off-voters-worried-economy\/\">Trump&#8217;s foreign focus could turn off voters worried about the economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4428706\/trump-mlb-nba-nfl-nhl-commissioners-america-250\/\">Trump to meet with MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL commissioners over America 250 plans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4423912\/noem-lewandowski-campaign-oust-trump-border-leader-sources\/\">Noem and Lewandowski waged campaign to oust Trump&#8217;s border leader: Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I have to say this was kind of classic Trump, wasn&rsquo;t it?&rdquo; York said on Fox News&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/on-air\/special-report-bret-baier\/index.html\"><em>Special Report with Bret Baier<\/em><\/a>  on Wednesday. &ldquo;Trump wants something, and then he asks for 10 times that, and the other side flips out. They go back and forth, and go back and forth, it becomes a huge new story. Finally, they make an offer. He agrees to it, and it&rsquo;s kind of what they could&rsquo;ve gotten in the first place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the other side&rsquo;s happy because they think they dodged a bullet,&rdquo; York added. &ldquo;So it&rsquo;s just classic Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3337142&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=8b6f5e670ea03131b4d5713c82fffdd9\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rutte said the negotiations did not involve <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4428884\/trump-declares-victory-with-framework-deal\/\">Greenland&rsquo;s sovereignty<\/a>. Instead, the focus was &ldquo;to make sure that that huge Arctic region, where change is taking place at the moment, where the Chinese and Russians are more and more active, how we can protect it,&rdquo; Rutte told Baier in an earlier interview.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4428260\/greenland-trump-nato-deescalation\/\"><strong>GREENLAND OFF-RAMP IS TRUMP&rsquo;S LATEST NATO DE-ESCALATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greenland&rsquo;s geolocation is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >concern amid increased naval activity<\/a>. The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom gap could pose a strategic obstacle&nbsp;to military operations.<\/p>\n<p>The minerals found in Greenland are used in the production of electric vehicles, wind turbines, and military equipment. In 2023, the most recent year for which data is available, mineral production totaled <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/news\/technical-announcement\/usgs-releases-mineral-commodity-summaries-2024-finds-us-mineral\">$105 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York: Greenland talks show &#8216;classic Trump&#8217; move<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2547752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26021555419751-e1769010069662.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37928,32319,71662,36408],"class_list":["post-2547751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-byron-york","tag-donald-trump","tag-greenland-negotiations","tag-us-foreign-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26021555419751-e1769010069662.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2547751"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2547755,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547751\/revisions\/2547755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2547752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2547751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2547751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2547751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}