Europe scrambles to respond to Trump tariff threatListen to this articleNATO allies are scrambling to respond to US President Donald Trump's tariff threat as part of his wish to seize Greenland.afpBRUSSELS - European leaders on Sunday hit back at US President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs over their opposition to his designs on Greenland, with far-right Italian leader Giorgia Meloni urging Washington against making a "mistake". Meloni, who has a good relationship with Trump, said she had told him it was a "mistake" to punish Europe economically. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is planning to discuss the situation with Trump "at the earliest opportunity", UK Culture Minister Lisa Nandy told the BBC, calling the president's tariff threat "wrong". "In this escalation of tariffs, (Trump) has a lot to lose as well, as do his own farmers and industrialists," she told broadcasters Europe 1 and CNews. Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel meanwhile called Trump's threat an "inexplicable" form of "blackmail".

Source: Bangkok Post January 18, 2026 14:26 UTC