John Bickley

No, that's not actually happening, but we are starting to get a better idea of what is going on.

So after his highly publicized address to the World Economic Forum, where he, again, reiterated his desire to acquire Greenland and then doubled down on his threat of tariffs, the Europeans came to the table with a new offer of their own.

And

Trump seemed to like it, saying that he had now agreed to the framework of a deal.

That agreement does stop short of giving the US outright control of Greenland, but reportedly makes way for the US to expand their military presence on the island and potentially opens the door for new bases to be considered sovereign US territory.

That's very important for the White House.

For their part, European NATO states reportedly agreed to dramatically increase their military presence in Greenland, launching Arctic Sentry.

That is a new mission aimed at countering Russian influence in the region.

In response to the deal, many on the left accused President Trump of sort of abandoning his plan.

But Republicans say this was all part of the negotiating process.

And he just scored a lot of what he wanted at little cost.

Here's Trump himself making that point this week.

Trump went on to say that this deal would potentially open the door for the U.S.

to build his Golden Dome.

That is the high tech defense system that could intercept missiles before they reach the U.S.

mainland.

It's similar to the Iron Dome over in Israel.

Right.

The president really got a lot of what he was going for from the beginning in that deal.

Now, back stateside, we still have the crackdown in Minneapolis from the administration really focusing on these demonstrators, protesters, rioters against ICE.