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Trump Threatens New Tariffs To Force Sale of Greenland
On Saturday morning, President Trump announced in a social media post his latest strategy to seize control of Greenland: He is slapping new tariffs on a group of European nations until they come to the negotiating table to sell Greenland.
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“Greenland not for sale.” It’s a time where we’re all worried. Lots of my family and friends in Greenland are sleepless at night. We are not interested in being Americans. We are worried and just want to be ourselves and live our life here. And we want to keep it that way.
On Saturday morning, President Trump announced in a social media post his latest strategy to seize control of Greenland: He is slapping new tariffs on a group of European nations until they come to the negotiating table to sell Greenland.
By McKinnon de Kuyper and Jorge Mitssunaga
January 17, 2026