A former Irish Ambassador has said Trump tariffs over European countries’ support for Greenland “takes madness to a new level”. Over the weekend, the President of the United States announced tariffs of 10% on eight European nations after they sent soldiers to Greenland in an act of solidarity with the Danish territory. Mr Trump has
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EU Weighs Deploying Its Own Economic Weapon Against Trump’s Greenland Aggression
“The EU cannot simply move on to business as usual,” said one member of European Parliament. People wave Greenlandic flags as they take part in a demonstration that gathered almost a third of the city population to protest against the U.S. President’s plans to take Greenland, on January 17, 2026, in Nuuk, Greenland. Alessandro RAMPAZZO
Trump is showing the world the U.S. is ‘back,’ Scott Bessent tells CNBC as Greenland tensions ratchet up
President Donald Trump is showing the world “the U.S. is back,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC, as tensions rise over the president’s bid to acquire Greenland. Asked about the president’s agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where Trump is set to make an address on Wednesday, Bessent said: “The U.S. is
Trump says EU won’t ‘push back too much’ as Denmark sends extra troops to Greenland
Danish soldiers walk across the frozen tarmac after arriving at Nuuk airport, Greenland, on January 19, 2026. The Danish Defense will continue the increased presence with exercise activities together with a number of NATO allies in and around Greenland in 2026. Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed
Trump leaks texts from Macron and Rutte and says Europe won’t ‘push back too much’ on Greenland
Donald Trump speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport. Alamy Stock Photo greenland crisis The US President doubled down on his threat to take over the Arctic island, claiming Denmark ‘can’t protect it’. LAST UPDATE | 20 Jan DONALD TRUMP HAS said he will hold talks with “various parties”
NORAD: Aircraft will soon arrive in Greenland for ‘long-planned,’ ‘routine’ military activities
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aircraft will soon be in Greenland for “long-planned” activities, even as President Trump pushes for U.S. control of the Arctic territory. Along with aircraft operating from bases in the U.S. and Canada, NORAD aircraft at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, will “support various long-planned NORAD activities…
Team USA learn fate as Winter Olympic ice hockey draw throws up the most awkward tie possible
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Taking Greenland is unnecessary: NATO, Denmark deals give Trump everything he wants
Taking Greenland is unnecessary: NATO, Denmark deals give Trump everything he wants – opinionThe current security and political arrangements are more than sufficient, rendering the US acquisition of Greenland unnecessary. US President-elect Donald Trump, Trump’s plane landing in Greenland (illustrative).(photo credit: Canva, Carlos Barria/Reuters, Emil Stach/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS)ByPAUL WEISKOJANUARY 19, 2026 12:00Donald Trump has repeatedly
What is the EU’s anti-coercion ‘bazooka’ it could use against US?
Calls are growing louder for the European Union to deploy its powerful “anti-coercion instrument” in response to US President Donald Trump’s threats to impose tariffs in the standoff over Greenland…
Norway PM: Trump ‘preoccupied’ with Nobel Peace Prize on Greenland texts
NewsFeedNorway PM Jonas Gahr Store rebuked US President Trump after Trump texted that since Norway “decided not to” give him the Nobel Peace Prize, he’s no longer obliged to “think purely of Peace” and repeated his aim of US control of Greenland. Store said the prize is decided by an independent committee. Published On 19