Trump throws more threats …
Denmark and Europe ‘retaliate’….
Denmark dispatched additional troops to Greenland on Monday as US President Donald Trump declined to rule out using force to seize control of the vast Arctic island.
The Danish defence forces said a “substantial contribution” of soldiers and the head of the country’s army were flown out to Kangerlussuaq in the west of the autonomous territory.
A multinational exercise led by Danish troops on the island over the weekend prompted Trump to threaten the eight participating states — including Germany, France and the UK — with additional 10 per cent tariffs from next month.
Trump’s coercive tactics over Greenland risk reigniting a trade war with Europe while plunging the transatlantic relationship into its deepest crisis for several decades.
If the US president follows through with extra tariffs, the EU is likely to hit back with its own levies on €93bn of US goods, said officials briefed on consultations with European states.
Germany and France on Monday called for a “clear” European response to Trump’s tariff threats, even as they urged de-escalation.
“We will not be blackmailed,” said German finance minister Lars Klingbeil.
European Commission officials have drawn up detailed options for further retaliation, according to three EU officials briefed on the preparations.
However, they are holding back the most potent measure, the EU’s so-called anti-coercion instrument, in the hope that a possible diplomatic solution can be found during talks with Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week….
Update…
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte met on Monday with officials from Denmark and Greenland to discuss “collective security” as President Trump pushes to acquire the semiautonomous Danish territory.
“We discussed how important the Arctic – including Greenland – is to our collective security & how [Denmark] is stepping up investments in key capabilities. We’ll continue to work together as Allies on these important issues,” Rutte wrote in a post on the social platform X…..
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Allies in Europe and Democrats in the U.S. alike have been pushing back hard against Trump’s claims that the U.S. should take control of Greenland….
image….The Mirror US
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