Trump may punish countries with tariffs if not supporting U.S. in Greenland
發佈日期: 2026-01-17 21:02
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U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don't back the U.S. controlling Greenland.
Trump for months has insisted that the U.S. should control Greenland, adding earlier this week that anything less than the Arctic island being in U.S. hands would be "unacceptable."
An inuit leader in Greenland has responded to Trump's comments by saying there is no such thing as a better coloniser.
Trump has turned Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his desire to own it and suggestions that the U.S. could take it by force. Talking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, the U.S. president said the U.S. needed Greenland for national security. "NATO has been dealing with us on Greenland. We need Greenland for national security very badly. If we don't have it, we have a big hole in national security, especially when it comes to what we're doing in terms of the Golden Dome and all of the other things. We have a lot of, a lot of investments in military. We have got the strongest military in the world, and it's only getting stronger," Trump said.
Trump has also suggested that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don't back the U.S. controlling Greenland.
Speaking at a press conference in with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, the Austrian chancellor Dr. Christian Stocker described recent developments around Greenland as "highly troublesome and worrying."
Stocker added that his country remains "in solidarity with Denmark." Greenland is a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. Austria is a neutral country and not a member of NATO.
This as Greenlanders responded to Trump.
Sara Olsvit, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council said: "First of all, that we think that there's simply no such thing as a better coloniser. This is clearly, you know, formulated in a way that gives us a clear picture of how, you know, the U.S. administration views the people of Greenland, how the U.S. administration views peoples, indigenous peoples and peoples that are few in numbers. And we have been rejecting that premise, that you can buy and sell peoples."
