"Listening to the prime minister's tone and language this morning, the gravity of this moment was abundantly apparent. Sir Keir Starmer isn't a man to shoot his mouth off in public. He tends to pick his words carefully and avoid exaggeration or hyperbole. That is exactly what he did today, but with a clear subtext: the events of the last 48 hours or so had crossed a rubicon."
"But President Trump's plan to impose tariffs economic sanctions on European allies not willing to acquiesce to his plan to take over Greenland is clearly a different category of disagreement: one the prime minister sought to ground in what he saw as the inviolable principles the UK has long regarded as sacrosanct respecting the sovereign rights of other countries to determine their own futures."
The United States proposed tariffs and economic sanctions tied to a Greenland plan, prompting a stern UK response rooted in respect for national sovereignty. The UK emphasized the inviolable right of other countries to determine their own futures and signalled a reluctance to engage in a trade war or levy retaliatory tariffs. Some EU members, notably France, advocated more aggressive retaliation, creating the possibility of divergent UK and EU positions. Long-standing efforts to avoid public disputes with Washington have been strained, leading to calls for calm, mature diplomatic discussions instead of escalation.
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