Trump's Greenland threats spark outrage and defiance from EU, testing longtime NATO alliances
- Publisher
- Associated Press via KRGV
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- Type
- news report
- Link
- https://www.krgv.com/news/trump-s-greenland-threats-spark-outrage-and-defiance-from-eu-testing-longtime-nato-alliances
- Last checked
- 2026-10-26
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Foreign Policy
Tariffs on allies for defending Denmark: how the Greenland crisis and the trade war broke Europe's trust in America
In January 2026 Trump put a 10 percent tariff on eight allies for backing Denmark over Greenland until markets fell; by spring 76 percent of Germans called the US untrustworthy and a Pew median of 85 percent of Europeans disapproved.