{"id":128893,"date":"2026-01-18T07:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T07:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/trump-threatens-nato-allies-with-tariffs-unless-us-buys-greenland\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T07:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T07:02:46","slug":"trump-threatens-nato-allies-with-tariffs-unless-us-buys-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/trump-threatens-nato-allies-with-tariffs-unless-us-buys-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump threatens NATO allies with tariffs unless US buys Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BEIJING, China, Jan 18 \u2014 US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 10 percent tariff on eight NATO allies, including Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, in response to recent military activity in Greenland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Truth Social, Trump announced that beginning Feb 1, 2026, the United States would levy new tariffs on goods from eight European nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting on Feb 1, 2026, all of the above mentioned countries will be charged a 10 percent tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America,\u201d he said. \u201cOn June 1, 2026, the tariff will be increased to 25 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tariff will be due and payable until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protection without compensation <\/h2>\n<p>Trump accused European governments of benefiting from US protection without offering compensation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have subsidized Denmark, and all of the countries of the European Union, and others, for many years by not charging them tariffs, or any other forms of remuneration,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He also mocked Denmark\u2019s military presence, stating, \u201cThey currently have two dogsleds as protection, one added recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump claimed that European allies had entered Greenland for unclear purposes, calling the move destabilizing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDenmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland have journeyed to Greenland, for purposes unknown,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThis is a very dangerous situation for the safety, security and survival of our planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/society\">China Daily<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For subscriptions on news from China Daily, or inquiries, please contact China Daily Africa Ltd on +254 20 6920900 or write to enquiries@chinadailyafrica.com<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, China, Jan 18 \u2014 US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 10 percent tariff on eight NATO allies, including Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, in response to recent military activity in Greenland. In a statement on Truth Social, Trump announced that beginning Feb 1, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}