Ammon News - US President ​Donald Trump on ⁠Saturday vowed to implement a wave of rising tariffs ​on European ‍allies until the United ​States is allowed to purchase ​Greenland.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said 10 percent tariffs would come into effect on February ‍1 on Denmark, Norway, ​Sweden, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Finland. ‌Those tariffs would increase to 25 percent ‍on June 1 and would continue until a deal is reached for the United States ‍to undertake the "complete and total purchase" of Greenland, Trump said.

Trump's tariffs target a number of European countries that have at Denmark's request deployed troops in recent days to the vast, mineral-rich territory at the gateway to the Arctic with a population of 57,000.

Ambassadors from ​the European Union's ⁠27 countries will convene on Sunday for ​an emergency ‍meeting to discuss the tariffs.

Cyprus, ​which holds the six-month rotating EU presidency, said ‌late on Saturday that ‍it had called the meeting for Sunday. EU diplomats said it was set ‍to start at ‌5pm.

European Union leaders on Saturday warned Trump's threat could trigger "a dangerous downward spiral".

"Tariffs would undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral," EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president Antonio Costa said in a joint statement.

"Europe will remain united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty," they added.

‍France's President ​Emmanuel Macron said on ⁠Saturday that the threat of tariffs over ‍Greenland was "unacceptable".

"No intimidation nor threat will influence us, neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor ‍anywhere else in the ​world when we are confronted with such situations," Macron said ‌on X.

"Tariff threats are unacceptable and ‍have no place in this context. Europeans will respond to them in a united and coordinated manner ‍if they were to be ‌confirmed."


Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Saturday rejected Trump's threat of swingeing tariffs.

"We won't let ourselves be intimidated," he said in a message sent to AFP. "Only Denmark and Greenland decide questions that concern them.

"I will always defend my country and our allied neighbours," he added, stressing that this was "a European question".

The US president has repeatedly insisted that Greenland is vital to US security because of its strategic location and large mineral deposits, and has not ruled out ‍using force to take it.

Trump's threatened purchase of Greenland is roundly rejected by the local population, 85 percent of whom – according to the latest poll published in January 2025 – oppose the territory joining the United States. Only six percent were in favour.

France 24 + Reuters+ AFP