{"id":712201,"date":"2026-01-22T03:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/712201\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T03:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:37:12","slug":"eu-leaders-have-reluctantly-decided-that-trump-is-not-on-their-side-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/712201\/","title":{"rendered":"EU leaders have reluctantly decided that Trump is not on their side \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Limited relief<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s speech at Davos, during which he called Denmark\u2019s self-governing island \u201cour territory,\u201d did nothing to dial down the temperature 24 hours before the leaders\u2019 hastily arranged gathering in the Belgian capital to discuss their next response to the disintegrating postwar order.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump ruled out the use of military force to seize Greenland, EU governments didn\u2019t regard this as a climbdown because of the harshness of his language about Europe in general and clear confirmation of his intentions, according to two EU diplomats.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did eventually walk back his threat of issuing tariffs on the eight European countries which he considered to be standing in his way on Greenland, but by that point, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/donald-trump-germany-chancellor-afd-friedrich-merz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">things were already too far gone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2256836590-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7808061\"  \/>\u201cOur American Dream is dead,\u201d said an EU diplomat from a country that has been among the bloc\u2019s transatlantic champions. \u201cDonald Trump murdered it.\u201d | Mandel Ngan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the back and forth of the last few days, we should now wait and see what substantive agreements are reached between [NATO Secretary-General] Mr. Rutte and Mr. Trump,\u201d Germany\u2019s Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil told German broadcaster ZDF. \u201cNo matter what solution is now found for Greenland, everyone must understand that we cannot sit back, relax, and be satisfied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The moment the U.S. president threatened those tariffs on Saturday was when the schism \u201cbecame real,\u201d said an EU diplomat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe this push gets us a few months, maybe it\u2019s a more permanent thing,\u201d said another, referring to Trump\u2019s about-face. \u201cI think [Trump\u2019s] speech earlier today will give food for thought in most if not all capitals, tariffs or not.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Limited relief Trump\u2019s speech at Davos, during which he called Denmark\u2019s self-governing island \u201cour territory,\u201d did nothing 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