Greenland

The president’s bid to forcibly conquer Greenland is alienating allies and thrilling America’s supposed adversaries Donald Trump has caught the imperialist bug, and after hyping himself up as the “Acting President” of Venezuela, the president is escalating his threats to take Greenland by force. As America’s European allies hold crisis…

D onald Trump is apparently a stranger to the famous military maxim—sometimes attributed to Napoleon—“Never reinforce failure.” The American president’s latest gambit, announced in the usual way, on Truth Social, threatens to slap tariffs on a set of European countries who have deployed small military contingents to Greenland and refused…

German troops withdrew from Greenland over the weekend, days after arriving for a NATO exercise requested by Denmark. The short deployment drew American attention as friction grows between the United States and Europe over the territory. The soldiers were part of “Operation Arctic Endurance,” a Danish-led military exercise announced after…

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — On a cold, foggy afternoon in downtown Copenhagen, military veteran Flemming Almind joined thousands of his fellow Danes in what he said was the first protest he’s ever participated in, opposing the Trump administration’s push to acquire Greenland. “I’ve actually never done this before, demonstrating, but this…

Has Europe had enough? After more than a year of cautious diplomacy, high-stakes flattery and efforts to keep trans-Atlantic cooperation intact, European leaders now find themselves confronting perhaps the sharpest challenge yet from the White House. President Donald Trump said Saturday he will impose sweeping new tariffs on eight key…

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended proposed tariffs targeting eight European countries that oppose President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland, telling NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that the goal is to avoid a future national emergency. Throughout his second term, Trump has moved to impose sweeping tariffs on…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Saturday said Senate Democrats will block President Trump's new 10 percent tariffs to be implemented on European countries over his calls for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. "Donald Trump’s foolhardy tariffs have already driven up prices and damaged our economy and now he…

European leaders on Saturday said the trade deal with the U.S. and the European Union is on hold after President Trump announced new 10 percent tariffs on Denmark and other European countries over his growing rhetoric to acquire Greenland. President of the European People's Party (EPP) Manfred Weber said that…