U.S.President Donald Trump arrives at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, in Michigan, U.S., January 13, 2026.
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Eight NATO members’ items despatched to the U.S. will face escalating tariffs “till such time as a Deal is reached for the Full and Whole buy of Greenland,” President Donald Trump introduced Saturday.
The tariffs focusing on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland will begin at 10% on Feb. 1, Trump wrote in a Fact Social publish.
The tariffs will shoot as much as 25% on June 1, the president stated.
His publish recommended that the brand new tariffs on the European allies have been being imposed in response to them shifting troops to Greenland. They took that step because the Trump administration has floated using the U.S. navy as a part of its ramped-up efforts to accumulate the Danish territory.
The eight nations “have journeyed to Greenland, for functions unknown,” Trump wrote. “It is a very harmful scenario for the Security, Safety, and Survival of our Planet.”
A day earlier, Trump hinted that he could pursue a tariff technique on Greenland much like the one he used to drive overseas nations to vary their drug costs.
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