London/Brussels, 20 January (H.S.): U.S. President Donald Trump affirmed to NBC News on Monday his unwavering resolve to enact 100% of threatened tariffs against eight NATO allies—including the UK, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Finland—should they thwart his insistence on Complete and Total Control of Greenland, the semi-autonomous Danish territory pivotal to Arctic security.
The escalatory salvo imposes a 10% levy on any and all goods entering the U.S. from February 1, ballooning to 25% by June 1 absent a purchase accord, with Trump demurring on military force via no comment while redirecting Europe toward its Ukraine quagmire over polar posturing; Denmark's Lars Løkke Rasmussen retorted that red lines bar coercion, vowing no escalation as symbolic European contingents reinforced Greenland last week.
EU foreign policy czar Kaja Kallas declared sovereignty non-negotiable—no interest to pick a fight, but we will hold our ground—ahead of Thursday's Brussels summit, where retaliatory measures loom, as NATO's Mark Rutte pledged Arctic collaboration with Copenhagen amid NORAD's routine Pituffik deployments coordinated with Danish clearance.
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper echoed that Greenland's destiny resides exclusively with Greenlanders and Danes, aligning with transatlantic rebukes, while Trump's Nobel-linked texts to Norway's Jonas Gahr Støre—falsely imputing prize oversight—intensified the imbroglio, pitting resource-laden Arctic supremacy against alliance fissures since 1949.
Greenland's Jens-Frederik Nielsen joined Nuuk protests, decrying pressure tactics, as analysts foresee trade warfare shredding summer pacts and spiking consumer costs on both Atlantic flanks.
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