Overview
- The president said a 10% tariff on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland will start on Feb. 1 and rise to 25% on June 1 unless the U.S. acquires Greenland.
- European leaders warned the move would undermine transatlantic ties and risk a retaliatory “downward spiral,” with the EU signaling coordinated responses.
- Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers, including Senators Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, criticized the tariffs and a congressional delegation visited Copenhagen to reassure Denmark and Greenland.
- Thousands demonstrated in Copenhagen and rallies were held in Nuuk, with protesters asserting that Greenland is not for sale.
- Legal and economic constraints loom, as the Supreme Court reviews the emergency authority Trump would rely on and the threatened duties could stack on existing tariffs and imperil a recent EU–U.S. trade deal.