U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 17th (local time) that he will impose a 10% U.S.-bound tariff starting on the 1st of next month and a 25% tariff starting on June 1 on European countries that are deploying troops in defiance of the United States' intention to annex Greenland.
Trump said on Truth Social that day, "Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland headed to Greenland with even their purpose unclear."
As the United States recently raised even the possibility of military action to get hold of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, major European countries have been dispatching troops to Greenland.
Not only Sweden, Finland, and Norway, which border Denmark, but also France, Germany, and the United Kingdom are joining the troop deployments. The countries for which Trump signaled the imposition of a tariff are thus understood to refer to those that sent forces to Greenland. Trump said, "This tariff will be imposed until an agreement is reached on the complete and comprehensive purchase of Greenland."