"French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that European pressure forced U.S. President Donald Trump to back down from his threats to take control of Greenland, as EU leaders gathered to chart a new course in transatlantic relations. "Europe can make itself be respected, and that's a very good thing," Macron told reporters, as he arrived in Brussels for an emergency summit. "When we use the tools that we have at our disposal we get respect and that's what happened this week.""
"The EU's tools included a nonaggressive deployment of a few dozen troops to Greenland on a reconnaissance mission to prepare for future exercises and to send Trump a message that Europe is taking care of security - the U.S. president's main stated reason for wanting the mineral-rich island. The EU also vowed to respond to Trump's tariff threats with countermeasures, and lobbied members of the U.S. Congress and business community disturbed by his designs on Greenland."
European political and military measures pressured U.S. President Donald Trump into withdrawing his proposal to acquire Greenland and abandoning tariff threats against supportive European nations. Macron credited Europe's use of available tools for earning respect. The EU deployed a small, nonaggressive reconnaissance force to Greenland to prepare exercises and signal European security responsibility. The EU also pledged countermeasures to any tariff actions and lobbied U.S. congressional and business figures alarmed by U.S. intentions. NATO partners emphasized the importance of U.S. security leadership while warning against domination. Uncertainty remains about whether Trump might reverse course.
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