US President Donald Trump arrives at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Michigan, USA, January 13, 2026.
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Goods from eight NATO countries sent to the US will face increased tariffs “until an agreement is reached on the full and complete purchase of Greenland,” the president said. Donald Trump was announced on Saturday.
Tariffs targeting Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland will start at 10 percent on February 1, Trump wrote. A true social post.
On June 1, tariffs will rise to 25 percent, the president said.
His post suggested that the new tariffs on European allies were in response to them moving troops to Greenland. They made the move as the Trump administration began using the U.S. military as part of an intensified effort to seize Danish territory.
Eight countries “went to Greenland for unknown purposes,” Trump wrote. “This is a very dangerous situation for the safety, security and survival of our planet.”
A day earlier, Trump said he might pursue a tariff strategy similar to the one he forced foreign countries to change drug prices in Greenland.
“I might do that for Greenland. I might put tariffs on countries that don’t go along with Greenland because we need Greenland for national security,” he said at the White House on Friday.
Trump’s latest move will further strain NATO, the 32-member military alliance created after World War II. The cornerstone of the alliance is the agreement that an attack on any member is considered an attack on all of them.
European leaders warned A US takeover of Greenland by force may be obvious The end of NATO.
Trump’s tariff announcement could signal that he is backing away from the threat of using the military to achieve his long-held goal of seizing the island. However, this will increase the pressure on Denmark and the rest of Europe, they uniformly stated. Greenland is not for sale.
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