U.S. President Donald Trump’s fixation on Greenland offers an ice-cold reminder to leaders in Europe and abroad: No deal is ever final.
Trump announced a 10% tariff, rising to 25% in June, on eight European nations, including Denmark, for saying they would undertake token NATO military exercises in Greenland in response to U.S. saber-rattling.
While the tariffs aren’t certain to take effect, the threat was a brazen escalation and insult to close U.S. allies, trampling over the U.S.-EU trade deal reached only six months earlier at Trump’s Turnberry resort in Scotland.
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