Trump announces tariffs on European allies and Greenland

 

MIAMI, Jan. 17 – US President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will impose additional tariffs of 10% on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland, effective February 1, for declaring their support for Greenland in the face of the president's threat to seize control of the island. This new tariff will remain in effect until the US completes the process of "acquiring" the territory.

This tariff will increase to 25% on June 1 and "must be paid until an agreement is reached for the full and complete purchase of Greenland," the president stated on his platform, Truth Social.

Trump specifically targets this group of countries because, he indicated, their representatives "have traveled to Greenland for unknown purposes" and created "a very dangerous situation for the security and survival of our planet."

"These countries, which are participating in this dangerous game, have put an unsustainable level of risk at stake," the US president warned before declaring that he had been forced to make this decision "so that this potentially dangerous situation ends quickly and without a doubt."