Trump presses Greenland demand, threatens tariffs and deepens rift with Europe

As he prepared to meet European leaders at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps, President Trump escalated tensions with long-standing allies by demanding that the United States take over Greenland, threatening new tariffs and inviting President Vladimir V. Putin to join a proposed “board of peace,” The New York Times reported.

Mr. Trump warned he would impose tariffs unless European nations acquiesced to a U.S. takeover of Greenland, shared social posts calling China and Russia “boogeymen” and the U.N. and NATO “the real threat,” and posted private texts from European leaders and a computer-generated image of himself planting a flag reading “GREENLAND, US TERRITORY, EST.

2026.” When asked how far he would go to acquire Greenland, he told reporters, “You’ll find out,” and has so far refused to rule out military force, according to the report. Allies have deployed military personnel to Greenland, some are contemplating economic retaliation, and Davos attendees quoted in the article said they feared the crisis could weaken NATO and the trans-Atlantic alliance.

European leaders in Davos signaled a new reality: Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union would bolster security partnerships, Prime Minister Mark Carney called the situation “a rupture, not a transition,” and President Emmanuel Macron warned of a “shift towards a world without rules,” with Macron reportedly declining to join Mr.

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Politics, Donald Trump, Greenland, World Economic Forum, Nato, European Union