French president says ‘no amount of intimidation’ will make EU change course; Greenlanders march against takeover threat. Key US politics stories from Saturday 17 January at a glance
European leaders have hit back at Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs on countries opposing his Greenland takeover, saying the move would “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral”.
The US president threatened a 25% tariff on a slew of European countries – including Denmark, Germany, France and the UK – until the US is allowed to purchase Greenland, in an extraordinary escalation of the president’s bid to claim the autonomous Danish territory.
In response the French president, Emmanuel Macron, warned that “no amount of intimidation” will persuade European nations to change their course on Greenland, while Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the threat was “completely wrong”.
Donald Trump said he would impose a 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland beginning 1 February, “on any and all goods sent to the United States of America”.
