These tariffs aren’t just about Greenland |
During his visit to Washington, DC, on Wednesday, the Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that he had a “frank but also constructive” discussion with Vice President J.D. Vance.
He added, however, that the Kingdom of Denmark and the US remained in “fundamental disagreement” about the future security of Greenland.
Well, in typically explosive style, Donald Trump has just emphasized how deep that disagreement is.
On Truth Social, he has announced, starting on February 1, 10 percent tariffs on all goods sent to the United States from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom.
These charges, he went on, will increase to 25 percent on June 1 unless “a deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.” The random capitalization is meant to show how serious he is.
Trump’s desire for Greenland, as David Whitehouse explained in his brilliant