Europe Won’t Be Blackmailed – Danish PM

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said “Europe won’t be blackmailed” by Donald Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland.

The US president has said he will impose a new 10% levy on goods from eight allied nations if they oppose his proposed takeover of the autonomous Danish territory.

Frederiksen and other European leaders issued a joint statement on Sunday, saying the tariffs risked “undermining transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral”.

On Monday, Trump said Nato had been “telling Denmark, for 20 years, that ‘you have to get the Russian threat away from Greenland.’ Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it. Now it is time, and it will be done!!!”.

Trump insists Greenland is critical for US security and has previously said Washington would get the territory “the easy way” or “the hard way”. He has not ruled out use of force, which has drawn widespread criticism.

BBC