Trump threatens to launch tariffs against anyone who opposes the annexation of Greenland

The president threatens to commercially punish countries that do not support his plans to take Greenland, resorting to force if necessary. US envoy Jeff Landry said that an agreement to seize the island “must and will be made”.

The President of the USA, Donald Trump, threatened to impose tariffs on countries that did not “accept” his plan to annex Greenlandincreasing pressure on European allies who opposed to its attempt to take control of Arctic territory.

After a tense weekin which NATO allies deployed troops for the autonomous territory, which is part of the kingdom of Denmark, the North American president announced that he will be able punish countries that do not support his plans to take over Greenland, using force if necessary.

Earlier, Trump’s special envoy to Greenland stated that a deal for Washington taking control of the island “must and will be done”while a delegation from the North American Congress visited Copenhagen in a show of support for Denmark and Greenland.

Jeff Landry said he plans to visit Greenland in March and that the U.S. president “seriously” about the acquisition of the Arctic island. The president “told Denmark what he wants, and now it’s a matter of Secretary Rubio and Vice President JD Vance making an agreement,” he detailed.

It’s the second time this week that Trump resorts to threat of rateshaving stated that he would impose a 25% tax on imports into the US from countries that do business with Irannote or .

During a largely uninterrupted 45-minute speech at a rural health care event in the East Room of the White House, Trump told an audience of lawmakers, doctors and political figures that he could impose tariffs on countries that “did not accept the annexation of Greenland because we need Greenland for national security.”

Trump pointed to the threats he made to European allies regarding the medicine pricesstating that he warned France and Germany of 25% tariffs if they did not pay more for prescription medicines, and recalled telling the French president Emmanuel Macron: “You have to raise your drug prices.”

Trump said that could adopt the same approach with Denmark and “perhaps it will also do so in relation to Greenland”.

This week, Gonlandses resident residential capital, Nuukstated that they were so afraid of the US threat that they themselves watched the skies and the seas.

In the absence of emergency preparedness support from authorities, many said they had been left to make their own plans about what to do in the event of an emergency evacuation or capture by U.S. forces.

After the Wednesday meetinglong awaited and of great importance, between the North American Secretary of State, Marco RubioUS Vice President Vance and the foreign ministers of Greenland and Denmark, the two sides gave rstrongly contrasted of what was agreed.

The White House press secretary, Caroline Leavittstated on Thursday that a delegation from Denmark and Greenland agreed to “continue to have technical talks on the acquisition of Gronelândiaa”.

But Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Vivian Motzfeldtthe foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland, respectively, contradicted his statements.

Rasmussen these que they had not made such an agreementbut they formed a working group to investigate whether it was possible to “accommodate” security desires from the USA to the Arctic region.

Motzfeldt stated that Leavitt was not present at the meetingtelling the Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq that “there is a lot of work aheadthe situation remains very uncertain, but we have a new channel, a place where we can talk directly to each other.”

Concerns resolved within NATO

A German defense ministry spokesman said on Friday that a reconnaissance mission would assess the feasibility of deploying Eurofighter fighters to the territory. “It’s about checking whether the Arctic is safe and to what extent we can contribute to this together with our NATO partners,” he said.

Also the President of the European Council, Antonio Costaargued that the concerns that the United States have regarding the security of Greenland will be duly resolved in a specific place, which is within the scope of NATO.

“Greenland is part of NATO. The territory of Greenland is integrated into NATO territory. Therefore, all security and defense problems in Greenland will be ensured by NATO”, said António Costa, speaking to the press in Rio de Janeiro.

The president of the European Council, who is in Asunción, Paraguay this Saturday, to negotiate between the European Union and Mercosur, also stressed that “there is no one who has any reason not to believe that NATO is capable of defending every inch of its territorynamely the several thousand kilometers that Greenland is”.

“This is not a bilateral problem between the US and Denmark. If it’s a security issue, It’s a collective security problem and we must all respond as allies”, he defended.