Robbie Gramer

A lot of European officials that I've been speaking to in recent days are somewhere between dazed, shocked, and confused.

And even though this is now a new de-escalation, they're still just as shocked, just as confused, and just about as anxious as they were before.

In his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he said, we're not going to take it by force, but we really need this Arctic island.

It's vital for our security.

It's vital for NATO security.

And NATO should stop opposing this.

And then the threat of new tariffs on European countries, which triggered a bit of a shock in the markets and a lot of backlash in Europe.

He has now taken those threats back.

A lot of European officials that I've been speaking to in recent days are somewhere between dazed, shocked, and confused.

And even though this is now a new de-escalation, they're still just as shocked, just as confused, and just about as anxious as they were before.

One I spoke to said, you know, obviously it's a relief here.

Trump said there's a framework for a deal.

He's taken off the threat of tariffs, but just as easily he could put them on again tomorrow if his mood changes again.

So the news just broke.

We're still waiting for more details on what this framework looks like.

This was proposed after Trump took a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Many in Europe see him sort of as a Trump whisperer.

There's a lot of really complicated legal questions here, and it's one that European officials, legal experts...

didn't really have to think of before this, because no one thought that an American leader would try to buy an island in the same way that countries did in the 17th, 18th, 19th centuries here.

There is a framework that the United States has proposed.