Trump threatens tariffs if Greenland control rejectedAP, COPENHAGENUS President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that he might punish countries with tariffs if they do not back US control of Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan US Congress delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix via AP“I may do that for Greenland too,” Trump said. “I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security. Earlier this week, the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met in Washington with US Vice President J.D. Trump has sought to justify his calls for a US takeover by repeatedly claiming that China and Russia have their own designs on Greenland.

Source: Taipei Times January 17, 2026 16:53 UTC