{"id":707883,"date":"2026-01-20T04:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/707883\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T04:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T04:48:15","slug":"trump-links-greenland-threats-to-nobel-peace-prize-snub-eu-discusses-108-billion-in-retaliatory-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/707883\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel Peace Prize snub; EU discusses $108 billion in retaliatory tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Trump has linked his rationale for wanting to purchase Greenland with the fact he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, according<\/a> to a letter the US president sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,\u201d Trump says in the letter obtained<\/a> by Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

EU capitals have entered discussions to implement tariffs of up to $108 billion on American products after Trump posted his plan to levy new tariffs on Europe on Saturday<\/a>. Trump said the US would implement 10% tariffs on eight European countries he says are getting in the way of a US purchase of Greenland.<\/p>\n

The tariffs would begin Feb. 1 and apply to “any and all goods sent to” the US. The levies on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and Finland would be raised to 25% on June 1 if no agreement is in place.<\/p>\n

“China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it. They currently have two dogsleds as protection, one added recently,” Trump wrote. “Only the United States of America, under PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, can play in this game, and very successfully, at that!”<\/p>\n

The countries \u2014 Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland, Britain and Norway \u2014 are already subject to US tariffs between 10% and 15%.<\/p>\n

“Tariff threats undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral,” the eight nations said<\/a> in a joint statement Sunday.<\/p>\n

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen praised the consistent message from the rest of the continent, saying “Europe will not be blackmailed,” a view echoed by Germany’s \u2060finance minister and Sweden’s prime minister.<\/p>\n

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked Sunday<\/a> on NBC’s Meet the Press whether Trump\u2019s stance toward Europe is a negotiating tactic. But Bessent seemed to indicate the president wouldn\u2019t change his mind.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the US Supreme Court’s first two opportunities to issue a verdict this year on the implications and legality of Trump’s global duties on trade partners have come and gone without a decision.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration made appeals to the court last year, and in recent weeks, Trump has frequently expressed<\/a> concern over the ruling.<\/p>\n

“If the Supreme Court rules against the United States of America on this National Security bonanza, WE\u2019RE SCREWED!” he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

Read more: What Trump promised with his ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs \u2014 and what he delivered<\/a><\/p>\n

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