Trump’s Greenland bid might force EU to stop placating him and fight back

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President Trump's interest in Greenland and subsequent tariff threats against several European nations, including Denmark, for planned NATO exercises there, have strained US-EU relations. The proposed tariffs, a response to what the US perceives as insufficient military commitment, target eight European countries and threaten to escalate to 25% in June. This action has been widely criticized by European leaders like the Prime Ministers of the UK, France and Sweden, who view it as unacceptable and a form of blackmail. In response, some European lawmakers are calling for a halt to the US-EU trade truce agreed upon in July. EU national ambassadors are scheduled to meet to discuss potential counter-measures, highlighting the growing tension and uncertainty in transatlantic relations.

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France’s Emmanuel Macron called it “unacceptable”.

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer blasted his tariff threat as “completely wrong”.

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Trump announced a 10 per cent tariff, rising to 25 per cent in June, on eight European nations.

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EU national ambassadors will meet on Sunday to discuss the bloc’s next steps.

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Trump's targets in Europe pushed back quickly.

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US President Donald Trump’s fixation on Greenland offers an ice-cold reminder to leaders in Europe and abroad: no deal is ever final.Trump announced a 10 per cent tariff, rising to 25 per cent in June, on eight European nations, including Denmark, for saying they would undertake token Nato military exercises in Greenland in response to US sabre-rattling.While the tariffs are not certain to take effect, the threat was a brazen escalation and insult to close US allies, trampling over the US-EU trade deal reached only six months earlier at Trump’s Turnberry resort in Scotland.Trump’s targets in Europe pushed back quickly. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer blasted his tariff threat as “completely wrong”, France’s Emmanuel Macron called it “unacceptable” and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his country would not be “blackmailed”.A senior European lawmaker called for a halt to a US-EU trade truce sealed with Trump in July, and EU national ambassadors will meet on Sunday to discuss the bloc’s next steps, according to a person familiar with the matter.The tariff missive also underscored several emerging lessons of the second Trump administration: nothing is out of reach of negotiations, alliances are met with suspicion and power and leverage are king.

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