Ramping up the pressure in the diplomatic feud over the future control of Greenland, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will impose a 10 per cent tariff on eight European nations for their opposition to America acquiring the territory.
Casting Greenland as essential to American national security and international stability, President Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that “world peace is at stake”, warning that “China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it.”
Quipping that Copenhagen only has “two dogsleds” to protect its arctic territory, which it has controlled since the 18th century, Mr Trump argued that only the United States under his leadership has the capability to protect the island
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