Overview
- Trump said a 10% tariff will start on February 1 and rise to 25% on June 1 on imports from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland until a purchase agreement for Greenland is reached.
- He framed Greenland as essential to U.S. national security and cited missile‑defense considerations, linking the tariffs directly to securing control of the island.
- Thousands protested in Copenhagen, with organizers citing about 15,700 participants marching toward the U.S. embassy, and demonstrations were planned in other Danish cities and in Nuuk.
- Several NATO countries sent small military contingents to Greenland in a symbolic deployment, Denmark invited the U.S. to join exercises, and EU and NATO officials reiterated that Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said any Italian role would be considered only within a NATO framework, as a bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation met Danish and Greenlandic officials who stressed Greenlanders’ right to decide their future.