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By the Associated Press
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that President Trump’s threat of tariffs against allies over Greenland is “completely wrong” and a trade war is in no one’s interest.
Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10 percent import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations, including the UK, because of their opposition to American control of Greenland, setting up a potentially dangerous test of US partnerships in Europe. Greenland is a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark.
The president indicated the tariffs were retaliation for last week’s deployment of symbolic numbers of troops from the European countries to Greenland, which he has said was essential for the “Golden Dome” missile defense system for the US. He also has argued that Russia and China might try to take over the island.
Starmer said Britain supports the “fundamental right” of Greenland and Denmark to decide the future of the Arctic island.
By the Associated Press
As communities across the country on Monday host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught with tensions than festive with reflection on the slain Black American civil rights icon’s legacy.
In the year since Donald Trump’s second inauguration fell on King Day, the Republican president has gone scorched earth against diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and targeted mostly Black-led cities for federal law enforcement operations, among other policies that many King admirers have criticized.