Overview
- Trump set a staged tariff plan of 10 percent from February 1 rising to 25 percent from June 1 on imports from Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland until a full purchase of Greenland is agreed.
- Denmark is leading a multinational reconnaissance mission on the island, with teams from Norway, Sweden, Finland, the UK, France, the Netherlands and Germany, where a 15‑member Bundeswehr unit arrived to assess conditions for joint exercises.
- Thousands demonstrated in Copenhagen and in Nuuk against a U.S. takeover, with organizers including the Greenlander group Uagut and Greenland’s premier joining protesters in the island’s capital.
- A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation in Copenhagen publicly rejected the plan, with Senator Chris Coons stating that Greenland is part of Denmark and lawmakers saying they will raise the issue with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
- Italy declined to contribute troops to the mission, as Defense Minister Guido Crosetto derided the effort, and European capitals are weighing non‑military responses such as limiting U.S. base access, according to Politico.