{"id":8888,"date":"2026-01-16T17:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8888"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:59:48","slug":"trump-threatens-tariffs-over-greenland-calls-it-vital-for-security-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=8888","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland, calls it vital for security | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>US delegation seeks to lower US-Denmark-Greenland tensions amid Trump\u2019s threats of tariffs and control claims.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 96px) 96px, 96px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 16 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">16 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>US President Donald Trump says he may impose tariffs on countries that don\u2019t back the United States\u2019s claim to control Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital.<\/p>\n<p>Since Trump returned to the White House in January, he has repeatedly insisted that the US control Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark, and said earlier this week that anything less than the Arctic island being in US hands would be \u201cunacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>During an unrelated event at the White House about rural healthcare, he recounted on Friday how he had threatened European allies with tariffs on pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may do that for Greenland too,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI may put a tariff on countries if they don\u2019t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security. So I may do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said Greenland is vital to US security because of its strategic location and large supply of minerals, and has not ruled out the use of force \u2060to take it.<\/p>\n<p>He had not previously mentioned using tariffs to try to force the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met in Washington with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n<p>That encounter didn\u2019t resolve\u00a0the big differences, but did produce an agreement to set up a working group \u2014 on whose purpose Denmark and the White House then offered\u00a0sharply diverging public views.<\/p>\n<p>European leaders have insisted that only Denmark and Greenland can decide matters concerning the territory, and Denmark said this week that it was increasing its military presence in Greenland in cooperation with allies.<\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers met the leaders of Denmark and Greenland in Copenhagen on Friday, seeking to \u201clower the temperature\u201d with assurances of congressional support to recognise Greenland as an ally, not property, after Trump\u2019s threats to seize the Arctic island.<\/p>\n<p>European nations this week sent small numbers of military personnel to the island at Denmark\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>The 11-member US delegation, led by Democratic Senator Chris Coons, met Danish Prime \u200bMinister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen, as well as Danish and Greenlandic parliamentarians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of rhetoric, but there\u2019s not a \u200dlot of reality in the current discussion in Washington,\u201d Coons told reporters following the meetings, saying the politicians would seek to \u201clower the temperature\u201d on returning home.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"looking-for-a-deal\" class=\"p1\">Looking for a deal<\/h2>\n<p>Trump\u2019s special envoy to Greenland also said on Friday he plans to visit the Danish territory in March and believes a deal can be made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do believe that there\u2019s a deal that should \u200dand \u2060will be made once this plays out,\u201d Jeff Landry told Fox News in an interview on Friday, as the \u200bUS delegation met the Danish and Greenlandic leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president is \u200cserious. I think he\u2019s laid \u200cthe markers down. He\u2019s \u2060told Denmark what he\u2019s looking for, and now it\u2019s a matter \u200cof having Secretary [of State Marco] Rubio and Vice President JD \u200dVance make a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US delegation seeks to lower US-Denmark-Greenland tensions amid Trump\u2019s threats of tariffs and control claims. 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