European leaders have hit back at Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on countries opposing his Greenland takeover, saying the move would “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral”.
The US president threatened a 25% tariff on a slew of European countries – including Denmark, Germany, France and the UK – until the US is allowed to purchase Greenland, in an extraordinary escalation of the president’s bid to claim the autonomous Danish territory.
