Trump: NATO members to face tariffs until a Greenland purchase deal is struck

[Erotica 34,923]

President Donald Trump said eight NATO members’ U.S. imports will face escalating tariffs “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”

The tariffs targeting Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland will start at 10% on Feb. 1 and shoot up to 25% on June 1, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

His post suggested that the new tariffs on the European allies were being imposed in response to them moving troops to Greenland. They took that step as the Trump administration has floated utilizing the U.S. military as part of its ramped-up efforts to acquire the Danish territory.
Trump wrote. “This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/trump-greenland-tariffs-nato.html

 

Update: EU has called to an emergency meeting on Sunday afternoon to discuss a response to the threat.

Edited January 18 by Erotica

[Morphine Prince 109,648]

And I wouldn't be surprised if they caved. 

We live in Hell. 

[27monster27 15,847]

4 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

And I wouldn't be surprised if they caved. 

We live in Hell. 

We need De Gaulle back.

[PartySick 172,423]

It's giving "I'm gonna hold my breath until you give me what I want"

The only time I tried that my grandma told me "you'll pass out and start breathing again, I ain't worried"  

Literally threatening the US economy for a block of ice that we already have a military presence on  it makes exactly zero difference whether our name is on the country's deed or not. What a f*cking idiot, I stg.

[Ivannn 1,150]

I ****ing Hate this orange idiot. Can’t stand to hear his name anymore.

[Debithius 6,056]

Okey but so what, we already have trade agreement with South America?

[Joshie 790]

The mad president. 

[LoLaA 2,373]

It's giving

[Ladle Ghoulash 52,519]

The fact that SCOTUS is likely to rule that all of the previous tariffs he imposed were unconstitutional (and by extension, these would be, too) making this another empty threat 

Edited January 17 by Ladle Ghoulash

[LG2008 6,308]

Waiting for this to backfire  and for the day he does something so stupid no one can even try to defend him and he ends up losing the presidency 

[Bronco 24,791]

NATO foreign policy at this point needs to just be "kill the p*do".

I hope they hold firm on this, Trump always backs down on tariffs once they actually come into force because it drives up the cost of living in the US and leads to attacks on his ego domestically.

[Nemo 4,410]

I'm hoping this means he's backing down from his invasion threats. (I heard that even Republican senators were telling him that an attack on Greenland would get him impeached.)

[Bronco 24,791]

12 minutes ago, Nemo said:

I'm hoping this means he's backing down from his invasion threats. (I heard that even Republican senators were telling him that an attack on Greenland would get him impeached.)

Honestly an invasion was never going to happen. 

The military, the dems and the GOP all opposed it.

He was also proposing doing it while maintaining a massive battalion in the Caribbean to police Venezuela. And while discussing military action in Iran and trying to create grounds for domestic martial law in Minnesota.

He's just a rent a gob.

[elijahfan 27,481]

By all means, up your tariffs. We're really going to miss US products.

*sips glass of Champagne*

Edited January 17 by elijahfan

[PartySick 172,423]

29 minutes ago, Bronco said:

NATO foreign policy at this point needs to just be "kill the p*do".

I hope they hold firm on this, Trump always backs down on tariffs once they actually come into force because it drives up the cost of living in the US and leads to attacks on his ego domestically.

It's actually incredible 'cause he's probably taught more people what a tariff actually is and the majority of people think it's absolutely stupid, especially the way he's using them.

Then he gets up on stage and says "my beautiful tariffs, I love my tariffs, I did that!"

Literally taking the blame for something most Americans are aware sucks and makes things worse.