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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
David Maddox,Kate Devlin,James C. Reynolds and Alex Croft

Macron takes aim at ‘bully’ Trump as EU leaders ramp up response to president’s threats

Emmanuel Macron has called out Donald Trump’s “bullying” as European leaders united to prepare for a showdown with the US president over his demands for Greenland.

As Donald Trump doubled down on his demands for the Danish sovereign territory and exacerbated his threat of tariffs on allies who oppose the move with the shocking reveal of private texts he had received from Mr Macron and other world leaders, the French president said the EU should not bend to the “law of the strongest”, and should resist what he called “the new colonial approach”.

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