For weeks, President Trump has made plain he wants the United States to own the Arctic island. Then on Wednesday, he appeared to back down, and announced a “framework” of a deal. 

Host Mary Louise Kelly speaks with reporter Willem Marx in Davos and NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman about the deal and how this could signal a new world order.Email the show at [email protected]

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