Overview
- Trump said on Truth that a 10% tariff will apply from February 1 to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, rising to 25% on June 1 and remaining until a deal for a full U.S. purchase of Greenland is reached.
- Small European contingents have deployed to Greenland in a symbolic show of support for Danish sovereignty, and Copenhagen has invited the United States to join the Arctic Endurance exercises as consultations with NATO proceed.
- At least 15,700 people, according to organizers, marched in Copenhagen calling for respect for Greenlandic self‑determination as bipartisan U.S. lawmakers met Danish and Greenlandic officials in the capital.
- France’s Emmanuel Macron called the tariff threat unacceptable and pledged a united European response, Sweden’s Ulf Kristersson said his country would not be intimidated, and Germany signaled it is coordinating with EU partners on next steps.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said any Italian role would be considered only within a NATO framework and described a ground operation as unlikely, while Italy was not included in Trump’s tariff list.