Trump to impose 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US | Donald Trump
Donald Trump said he would impose 25% tariffs on a number of European countries, including Denmark, Germany and the UK, until the US is allowed to buy Greenland, stepping up the US president’s claim to claim Denmark’s autonomous region.
in a long time to mail On Saturday at Truth Social, Trump said he would impose a 10% tariff on “all goods shipped into the United States” from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, starting Feb. 1.
He said the tariff will increase to 25 percent on June 1.
“This Tariff shall be due and payable until an Agreement for the Total and Complete acquisition of Greenland is reached,” Trump said.
In his post, Trump said Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, England, the Netherlands and Finland “went to Greenland for unknown purposes.” An explicit reference was made to NATO deploy troops A meeting was held in Greenland on Thursday in response to Trump’s threat to seize the Arctic island, which is an autonomous region of Denmark, by force.
Trump incorrectly suggested that Greenland residents “currently own two dog sleds for protection” and claimed that “China and Russia want Greenland” to the detriment of the United States.
“No one will touch this sacred piece of land, especially because the national security of the United States and the world at large is at stake,” Trump wrote.
Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen recently said the defense of Greenland was a “shared concern” for all of NATO. The Guardian reported that European troops were deployed to Greenland partly to determine what a more permanent ground deployment in Greenland might look like and partly to reassure the United States that European NATO members were serious about Arctic security.
Less than a fifth of Americans approve of Trump’s efforts to seize Greenland. questionnaire It was published by Reuters/Ipsos on Thursday. Both Democrats and Republicans oppose the effort, and only 4% of Americans think the United States should seize Greenland by military force.
