Denmark Sends About 100 Soldiers to Greenland After U.S. Tariff Threat

President Trump threatened tariffs on European nations that sent military personnel to Greenland last week, and Denmark has sent about 100 additional soldiers to the island. A few dozen personnel from France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland and Britain went to Greenland last week to show solidarity and to demonstrate a willingness to increase security in the Arctic.

President Trump posted on Truth Social that those countries "have journeyed to Greenland, for purposes unknown," and announced 10 percent tariffs on them next month, rising to 25 percent in June. Many European leaders have sought to explain that their deployments were not intended to defy the United States; Britain said it sent one officer in an "observational capacity," and German troops have already gone home, local media reported.

Denmark, by contrast, very publicly increased its presence. The Danish military posted images of forces arriving in Greenland and said about 100 soldiers went to western Greenland on Monday, along with its army chief, Peter Boysen, to take part in a NATO training exercise called Operation Arctic Endurance led by Denmark.

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World, Denmark, Greenland, Donald Trump, Operation Arctic Endurance, Nato