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Posted on 01/18/2026 12:42:52 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
It’s not often that Europe speaks with one voice – or responds with such urgency.
But US President Donald Trump’s announcement Saturday of sanctions against several European countries that reject any US claim to Greenland, a Danish territory, was one of those moments.
EU ambassadors are holding an emergency meeting in Brussels on Sunday in response to Trump’s threat, which he made after an estimated quarter of the population of Greenland’s capital Nuuk joined protests against any potential annexation.
Across the continent, among allies that usually tread carefully in responding to utterances from the White House, the response was immediate and emphatic, and recognized an existential threat to the transatlantic alliance.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who has tried to cultivate a good personal relationship with Trump, led the charge – describing the threat of tariffs as “unacceptable.”
“No intimidation or threat will influence us – neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations,” he said on X.
“Europeans will respond in a united and coordinated manner should they be confirmed. We will ensure that European sovereignty is upheld.”
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer chimed in, saying in a statement that “applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of NATO allies is completely wrong.”
Even Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has typically had positive relations with the US President, described the move as an “error” in a handout video from a state visit to South Korea.
Revealing she had already had a phone conversation with Trump, Meloni said she “doesn’t agree” with the idea of imposing tariffs against countries that contribute to Greenland’s security.
Eight European countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany and France, issued a joint statement Sunday saying that, “tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk...
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They aren’t “contributing to Greenland’s security” by fighting with the United States.
They aren’t “contributing to Greenland’s security” by fighting with the United States.
What’s their problem? It’s just making their products more expensive to the US.
Trump just likes tooling on these clowns. They’re all fags who are destroying their countries.
to be fair, this really is hugh and series.
And cokeheads.
EU stunned someone with balls emerges from the US that is willing to actually envision, form and lead, not just follow the PC zombies.
People should be asking themselves-what does Trump know that we don’t know?
This effort by Trump isn’t coming out of the blue with nothing behind it. There is more to it.
If there is an effort we are unaware of from either China or Russia to obtain influence or land rights, we aren’t going to lie down and let that happen without a fight.
At least not in the Trump Administration. In the Carter, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden Administrations, it would be a done deal already.
I wonder what sleight of hand trick Trump is playing. A simple tweet or two and he has them united like never before to go toe to toe with the US while their own nations have been turned in to African Islamic s holes and their own citizens are being raped and murdered by imported turds.
I wonder if there is something growing in the native population and Trump sees how easy their leadership is more focused on Greenland than protecting their own nations.
The 1951 treaty gives the US the right to do anything it wants in Greenland.
There is something else afoot.
I can’t help wondering if he doesn’t see WWIII on the horizon, and he is positioning the US to prevail. Now would be the time to set the pieces on the board and he has the good sense to do that.
I don’t understand how they could be stunned.
They’ve been kenneled with the BIG DOG for 75 years. Of course they’ve know he could do whatever he wants whenever he wants.
Might makes right.
But these dumb bastards will cut off their nose to spite their face. THEY will negate the alliance that has protected them all these decades.
“The 1951 treaty gives the US the right to do anything it wants in Greenland.”
It does not grant unencumbered commercial rights.
There must be a bunch of Russian Bots here for y’all to want the USA to kill a lot of Europeian soldiers to take control of Greenland.
“It’s not often that Europe speaks with one voice – or responds with such urgency.”
Obviously, Europe’s pathetic existence will not be enhanced one iota if Denmark still thinks it controls Greenland. It is just sheer hostility to Trump.
Trump is the one who started this mess. They had no choice but to respond.
Apologists for enemies always say they had no choice.
Wrong they made a choice.
They should have mediated a solution, not played games fighting the United States.
They cannot defend Greenland or Europe. They are fools.
‘ They should have mediated a solution, not played games fighting the United States.’
Mediate? There was no chance to mediate.
Trump demanded, in public, that Greenland should be part of the US and threatened to take it by force if necessary, from a damn ally.
Can’t mediate with that.
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