Trump Threatens Tariffs on Countries That Oppose Greenland Takeover
President Donald Trump, at an event in the Oval Office about rural health care, segued from talking about how he pressured the president of France to have his health system pay more for pharmaceuticals to talking about imposing tariffs on countries that are resisting his plans for Greenland.
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He said he threatened to put a 35% tariff on all French goods, including wine and champagne, if President Emmanuel Macron didn't agree. "Donald, I would love to do this for you," he quoted Macron as saying.
He said he did the same for Germany, with a 25% threat, then added, "And I may do that for Greenland, too. I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security, so I may do that."
Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands and the U.K. have all sent small contingents of soldiers to Greenland, to signal their solidarity with Denmark. Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory in the kingdom of Denmark.