Those tariffs would increase to 25 per cent on June 1 and would continue until a deal was reached for the US to purchase Greenland, Mr Trump wrote.<\/p>\n
The president has repeatedly said Greenland is vital to US security because of its strategic location and large mineral deposits, and has not ruled out using force to take it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A Greenlandic official says “children are scared” amid the growing threat of a US takeover. (Foreign Correspondent: Greg Nelson ACS)<\/p>\n
European nations send military personnel to Greenland<\/p>\n
European nations this week sent military personnel<\/a> to the island at Denmark’s request.<\/p>\n “These Countries, who are playing this very dangerous game, have put a level of risk in play that is not tenable or sustainable,” Mr Trump wrote.<\/p>\n A look at the US and European military presence in Greenland<\/a><\/p>\n Here is what we know about the US military footprint in Greenland, and how the increase of troops from Denmark and its allies stacks up.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The United States of America is immediately open to negotiation with Denmark and\/or any of these Countries that have put so much at risk, despite all that we have done for them, including maximum protection, over so many decades.”<\/p>\n Thousands of protesters in Denmark and Greenland demonstrated on Saturday against Mr Trump’s demands and called for the territory to be left to determine its own future.<\/p>\n The countries named by Mr Trump on Saturday have backed Denmark, warning that the US military seizure of a territory in NATO could collapse the military alliance that Washington leads.\u00a0<\/p>\n People in Copenhagen take part in a Hands Off Greenland protest.\u00a0 (Ritzau Scanpix: Emil Helm)<\/p>\n World leaders react<\/p>\n Ambassadors from \u200cthe European Union’s 27 countries will convene \u2060on Sunday for an emergency meeting following Mr Trump’s vow.\u00a0<\/p>\n EU leaders warned of a “dangerous downward spiral” over Mr Trump’s vow to implement increasing tariffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral. Europe will remain united, coordinated and committed to upholding its sovereignty,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Antonio Costa said in posts on X.<\/p>\n British Prime Minister Keir \u200cStarmer said that the US was “completely \u2060wrong” to threaten new tariffs on European countries over \u200btheir opposition to Mr Trump’s intention to \u200cbuy \u200cGreenland.<\/p>\n Denmark, US fundamentally disagree over Greenland’s future<\/a><\/p>\n The United States and Denmark continue to disagree over the future of Greenland after high-level talks are held at the White House amid ongoing threats from President Donald Trump threatening to seize the semi-autonomous Danish territory for national security reasons.<\/p>\n “Applying \u200ctariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of NATO \u200ballies \u2060is completely wrong. We will of course be pursuing \u200cthis directly with the \u200bUS administration,” Mr Starmer said.<\/p>\n Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said there was a “broad agreement within NATO” on the requirement to strengthen security in the Arctic.<\/p>\n “We do not think the question of tariffs belongs in this context,” he said.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump says eight European countries will face a 10 per cent tariff for opposing US control of Greenland. (Reuters: Christian Klindt Soelbeck\/Ritzau Scanpix)<\/p>\n France’s President Emmanuel Macron said the threat was unacceptable and that if they were confirmed, Europe would respond in a coordinated manner.<\/p>\n “No intimidation nor threat will influence us, neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations,” Macron said on X.<\/p>\n Trade deals under threat?<\/p>\n Saturday’s threat could derail tentative deals Mr Trump struck last year with the European Union and Great Britain.\u00a0<\/p>\n US President Donald Trump posted about tariffs on eight European countries on Truth Social. (AP: Nathan Howard)<\/p>\n The deals included baseline levies of 15 per cent on imports from Europe and 10 per cent on most British goods.<\/p>\n Tariffs have become the US president’s weapon of choice in seeking to compel American adversaries and allies alike to meet his strategic and economic demands.<\/p>\n Mr Trump said this week he would put 25 per cent tariffs on any country trading with Iran as that country suppressed anti-government protests.<\/p>\n The US Supreme Court has heard arguments on the legality of Mr Trump’s sweeping tariffs, and any decision by the top US judicial body would have major implications on the global economy.<\/p>\n![\"People](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1edcd33a4530f44d07e97f33e73c4119.jpeg\")
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