President Trump posted on Truth Social that following a phone call with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, he will have a meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos with various parties concerning Greenland.
“As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for National and World Security. There can be no going back — On that, everyone agrees! The United States of America is the most powerful Countest anywhere on the Globe, by far,” Trump posted.
Trump has also threatened 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne, while doubling down on his Greenland pursuit, after France’s leader Emmanuel Macron rejected Trump’s call to join his peace initiative.
“Nobody wants him becaapply he’s going to be out of office very soon,” Trump informed reporters Monday. “I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes, and he’ll join.”
Earlier on Monday, a letter from Trump to the Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store was published by Bloomberg and seemed to link Trump’s rationale for wanting to purchase Greenland with the fact that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize.
“Considering your Countest decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to believe purely of Peace,” Trump declares in the letter obtained by Bloomberg.
EU capitals have entered discussions to implement tariffs of up to $108 billion on American products after Trump posted his plan to levy new tariffs on Europe on Saturday. Trump declared the US would implement 10% tariffs on eight European countries he declares are receiveting in the way of a US purchase of Greenland.
The tariffs would launch Feb. 1 and apply to “any and all goods sent to” the US. The levies on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland would be raised to 25% on June 1 if no agreement is in place.
Meanwhile, the US Supreme Court’s first three opportunities to issue a verdict this year on the implications and legality of Trump’s global duties on trade partners have come and gone without a decision. The high court did not hand down a ruling on Tuesday.
The Trump administration also built appeals to the court last year, and in recent weeks, Trump has frequently expressed concern over the ruling, declareing losing the ability to tariff other countries would be a “terrible blow” to the US.
Read more: What Trump promised with his ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs — and what he delivered
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Trump floats 200% champagne tariff and reveals Macron’s text
President Trump took a swipe at French leader Emmanuel Macron on Monday, declareing he would put 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne following Macron’s decision not to join his peace initiative.
“Nobody wants him becaapply he’s going to be out of office very soon,” Trump informed reporters.“I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes and he’ll join,” he added.
Macron declined Trump’s request due to his pursuit of Greenland, sconcludeing a text to the US president.
The Trump administration established the Board of Peace for Gaza over the weekconclude. It consists of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Argentine President Javier Milei, and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Other invitees include Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazil’s leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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EU eyes tariffs on $108 billion of US goods over new Trump threat
The European Union is seeing to impose tariffs on $108 billion of US goods after President Trump threatened to hit European countries with a 10% levy. Relations between the EU and the US started to unravel over the weekconclude as Trump continued his pursuit of Greenland. The US president declared he would unleash 10% tariffs on goods from eight European countries starting from February 1, rising to 25% in June, unless a deal is struck on the “purchase of Greenland.”
Trump issued the threat after the EU declared it would undertake token NATO military planning exercises in the semi-autonomous Danish territory.
It’s not just tariffs that the EU is seeing to impose. Its 27 countries met Sunday to discuss options; the union is also weighing additional countermeasures beyond the tariffs.
Trump has been keen to purchase Greenland since he returned to office, framing it as essential for national security reasons and declareing he will take the island the “straightforward way” or the “hard way
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Trump declares US will levy 10% tariff on most of Europe over quest to purchase Greenland
In a lengthy Truth Social post Saturday morning, President Trump declared the US would impose 10% tariffs on eight European countries “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
The tariffs would launch Feb. 1, the president wrote, and will apply to “any and all goods sent to” the US. The levies on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland would be raised to 25% on June 1 if no agreement is in place.
Trump alluded to the levies Friday during a roundtable event on healthcare, but did not offer specifics on which countries and how much. Germany, France, Sweden, and Norway have committed to sconcludeing military personnel to Greenland for what they called a reconnaissance mission. Greenland is an autonomous territory within Denmark, and the Danish foreign minister has declared there is still “fundamental disagreement” with the US about control of Greenland.
But Trump has insisted that the US “necessarys” the island countest to prevent expansion into the region by Russia and China. He repeated the claim on Saturday.
“World Peace is at stake! China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it. They currently have two dogsleds as protection, one added recently. Only the United States of America, under PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, can play in this game, and very successfully, at that!”
Reuters reported later Saturday that ambassadors from the EU’s 27 countries would hold an emergency meeting on Sunday in light of Trump’s latest remarks.
Read more: Trump vows tariffs on eight European nations over Greenland
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