Trump threatens new tariffs on Europe for defending Greenland

The President of the United States opens a mortal wound to NATO and international law.

While Europe is paving the way for international trade through a free‑trade agreement with Mercosur, the United States continues to stir controversy in foreign relations, this afternoon announcing tariffs on European countries that have deployed troops to Greenland.

The countries threatened are Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland. At the same time, Slovenia has announced that it will send troops to the Danish island. It should also be understood that, for the EU, sanctions are applied collectively—not country by country—so “we are all in the same bag.”

Denmark is feeling the pressure from its European partners while its citizens take to the streets, as Greenland’s Inuit community mourns the prospect of an American invasion.

In this context, after Donald Trump announced new tariffs of up to 25 %, European Council President António Costa responded that the EU is “very firm” in defending international law and Greenland. Costa reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to uphold international law against U.S. ambitions and stressed the Union’s defense of the sovereignty of one of its member states, in this case Denmark.

“The EU is very firm in the defence of international law and of Greenland,” said António Costa.

Costa added that he is already working with EU member states to formulate a more official response.