Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has responded to US President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs against allies over Greenland, saying “it is really important that all of us who believe in international law speak out, to show Trump that you can’t go further down this road”.
“It’s about sending that signal to the American president: You can’t cross this line.”
Trump has vowed to implement a wave of increasing tariffs from 1 February on EU members Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland, along with Britain and Norway, until the US is allowed to buy Greenland, home to 57,000 people.
Asked by NBC News in a brief interview if he would use force to seize Greenland, Trump said “No comment,” adding he would “100 per cent” follow through on plans to hit European nations with tariffs without a Greenland deal.
The dispute is threatening to upend the NATO alliance that has underpinned Western security for decades.
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