Trump Floats Tariff for Countries Against US Acquisition of Greenland as Congressional Delegation Travels to Denmark |
President Donald Trump has his eyes set on Greenland and may tariff countries opposed to the US acquisition of the island. But Congress is skeptical of Trump’s designs for the Denmark-owned island.
On Friday, Trump said at a White House event that he “may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security.”
After leaders from Greenland and Denmark visited Capitol Hill Thursday, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is leading a bipartisan weekend trip to Denmark. The urgency of the trip was spurred on by Trump’s insistence that the United States should be in control of Greenland, a semi-autonomous facet of the Danish Kingdom.
The Congressional delegation has attracted high-ranking members of the Senate, including Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
Durbin........