"The European Union appears to be done trying to appease US President Donald Trump over his demands to be given control of Greenland. The New York Times reported on Sunday that the EU is considering deploying what has been described as an economic "bazooka" at the US after Trump threatened European countries with new tariffs because of their refusal to cede Greenland, which has been part of the Danish kingdom for hundreds of years."
"Enacting this policy would dramatically escalate tensions between the US and its European allies, but some international relations experts think the EU might have little choice given Trump's fixation on seizing the self-governing Danish territory. "This is just all brute force," Penny Naas, an expert on European public policy at the German Marshall Fund, told the Times. "The president really wants Greenland, and he's not backing off of it.""
The European Union appears to have abandoned attempts to appease US President Donald Trump over his demands for Greenland. The EU is considering an "anti-coercion instrument" that could target large American technology companies and service providers in retaliation for threatened tariffs after refusal to cede Greenland, a Danish territory. Massive demonstrations in Nuuk saw Greenlandic flags and a third of the city protesting the US president's plans. International relations experts characterize Trump's approach as brute force. Greenland's prime minister urged Trump to end annexation fantasies. Some European officials call for maximum retaliation against overt US aggression.
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