
As pressure mounts to calibrate a joint European Union response to the United States's threats over Greenland, EU leaders with ties to US President Donald Trump have yet to push back hard against his latest statements.
Trump threatened on Saturday to impose a 10% extra tariff on goods from European countries that oppose the sale of the Arctic island to the US, and warned that if the US has not been allowed to purchase Greenland by June 1, the rate will be hiked to 25%.