Overview
- The tariff plan targets Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, with duties tied to a so‑called total acquisition of the island.
- Danish and Greenlandic leaders reject any sale as impossible under their laws and contrary to sovereignty and self‑determination.
- European leaders including Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer condemn the move as unacceptable and pledge a united, coordinated response.
- Allied forces have joined Danish‑led Arctic training in Greenland, which Copenhagen frames as routine exercises rather than a message to Washington.
- Legal experts and U.S. senators raise doubts about the administration’s authority and the practicality of the tariffs, warning of damage to transatlantic relations and NATO cohesion.