Trump is claiming a win on Greenland and pressing ahead with layoffs at the Kennedy Center, but both stories show his ambitions being pushed back — a relief for Europe and a sign of growing public pushback at home.

• Trump announced a deal with Denmark and Greenland giving the US "permanent control" over Greenland's security, but Denmark and Greenland's own statement is far more modest: an agreement to be signed next week at the UN.
• The deal reportedly gives the US permanent basing and overflight rights, bans Russian and Chinese bases, and screens out their investments — but no territory changes hands and Greenland keeps the right to choose independence.
• European officials are relieved because the original demand was to take Greenland outright; it is still unclear whether parliaments in Denmark, Greenland, or the US Congress will approve it.
• In Washington, hundreds formed a human chain around the Kennedy Center as fresh layoffs began and the building stays closed, after Trump floated demolishing it and a judge ordered his name removed from the wall.
• Trump defended wanting his name on the center by saying his administration deserves credit for rebuilding it; Carrie Kennedy called it the act of a "petty tyrant."

Outlook: Watch next week's UN signing for the real terms of the Greenland deal, and expect the Kennedy Center fight to keep fueling protests as layoffs continue.