Trump threatens 25% tariff on European allies until Denmark sells Greenland to US

Trogdor the Burninator · Wednesday at 4:10 PM

Bradskii said:
We're all against this monstrously idiotic stance he's taking. He's acting like a spoilt 8 year old. All he needs to do to get what he wants is to ask nicely. And that is completely beyond him.

He has serious psychological problems. There is zero doubt about that. Mature adults don't act like he does.

I'd rather negotiate with most 8 year olds.

Trump's psychosis is the result of being raised in a dysfunctional family where his every failure was plastered over to shift the blame to someone else. If he didn't have daddy's money he'd be working a low grade job in Nebraska and scraping through paycheck to paycheck while blaming his ex-wife for his life.

Bradskii · Wednesday at 4:18 PM

Vambram said:
We are getting a deal for Greenland. Tariffs are a negotiation tool. How have you not understood that?

I'm going to have to put this in all caps...

ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS ASK!

Vambram · Wednesday at 4:31 PM

Bradskii said:
I'm going to have to put this in all caps...

ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS ASK!

He did ask, multiple times.

essentialsaltes · Wednesday at 4:39 PM

Trogdor the Burninator said:
Is there a remind-me function on CF? I want to come back to this thread in two years and see what "deal" the Trump got

I use my work calendar for just such eventualities. I'd tell you how well it works, but I have died of my COVID vaccines.

wing2000 · Wednesday at 5:11 PM

wing2000 said:
Hey, both countries are islands in the N. Atlantic...

President Donald Trump appeared to refer to Greenland as its neighbor Iceland four times. He claimed that Europeans “loved” him until he told them about his desires to acquire “Iceland.” He also attributed that the stock market slide on Tuesday to Iceland. The stock market sell-off was caused by trade tensions over his plan to acquire Greenland.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/21/trump-davos-greenland-europe-economy/#link-ZG3UXOBARRALFCPTP6YZK5ZP4Y

Is Iceland next?

Oh Karoline....

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, denied that Mr. Trump had misspoken, responding in a social media post to a reporter who wrote that he had appeared to mix the countries up multiple times.

“No he didn’t,” she wrote to the reporter. “His written remarks referred to Greenland as a ‘piece of ice’ because that’s what it is. You’re the only one mixing anything up here.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/trump-greenland-iceland-confusion.html

Oompa Loompa · Wednesday at 5:17 PM

Nithavela said:
Considering the amount of US bases in operation in other NATO countries, which serve as important logistical and strategic hubs, I'd say that the USA needs "those allies", yes.

For example, the Ramstein base in germany is a signal hub for any drone operations in the middle east.

Akita Suggagaki · Wednesday at 5:21 PM

Why does he have to be such a jerk?

comana · Wednesday at 5:26 PM

Vambram said:
He did ask, multiple times.

Maybe some clarification. All he had to do was ask a reasonable request. Owning Greenland is not a reasonable request.

Robban · Wednesday at 5:28 PM

wing2000 said:
Oh Karoline....

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, denied that Mr. Trump had misspoken, responding in a social media post to a reporter who wrote that he had appeared to mix the countries up multiple times.

“No he didn’t,” she wrote to the reporter. “His written remarks referred to Greenland as a ‘piece of ice’ because that’s what it is. You’re the only one mixing anything up here.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/trump-greenland-iceland-confusion.html

A piece of ice, no regard whatsoever for the people the families living there on that `piece of ice`.

Well, here we have a saying, `Stor i orden liten på jorden`.

Meaning, big in words little on earth. reserved for those who boast of how great they are.

Bradskii · Wednesday at 6:03 PM

Vambram said:
He did ask, multiple times.

No, he didn't. And you know that very well. He threatened. That's his MO. It's his only way of operating. It's all he knows.

Vambram · Wednesday at 6:38 PM

Bradskii said:
No, he didn't. And you know that very well. He threatened. That's his MO. It's his only way of operating. It's all he knows.

No. It wasn't threatening at all. But, you appear to actually hate Trump so you ain't going to admit something that contradicted your narrative.

Vambram · Wednesday at 6:39 PM

comana said:
Maybe some clarification. All he had to do was ask a reasonable request. Owning Greenland is not a reasonable request.

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/2014069840772845874

comana · Wednesday at 6:45 PM

Vambram said:
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/2014069840772845874

It will be ready in two weeks…..

Landon Caeli · Wednesday at 6:56 PM

7thKeeper said:
No, it's white washing what is being done currently by making excuses for it.

What is being done, it's a shame, I know - the tens of thousands that have been exterminated by Trump.

...World war 3 is the only logical solution to stop this madness!

Bradskii · Wednesday at 6:56 PM

Vambram said:
No. It wasn't threatening at all. But, you appear to actually hate Trump so you ain't going to admit something that contradicted your narrative.

Good grief...what news are you reading? He literally threatened a number of NATO members with punitive tariffs simply because they didn't support his bat crazy demands. And then threatened to increase them. He threatened to take control of Greenland by any means. He specifically didn't rule out using force.

I mean, you know all this. How in heaven's name can you actually say that he didn't threaten anyone? That makes absolutely no sense at all.

Vambram · Wednesday at 7:03 PM

Bradskii said:
Good grief...what news are you reading? He literally threatened a number of NATO members with punitive tariffs simply because they didn't support his bat crazy demands. And then threatened to increase them. He threatened to take control of Greenland by any means. He specifically didn't rule out using force.

I mean, you know all this. How in heaven's name can you actually say that he didn't threaten anyone? That makes absolutely no sense at all.

It's apparent to me that you don’t recognize how leaders of nations negotiate with one another. If a leader is in a position of strategic strength, then you negotiate from that position.

Vambram · Wednesday at 7:04 PM

Bradskii said:
Good grief...what news are you reading? He literally threatened a number of NATO members with punitive tariffs simply because they didn't support his bat crazy demands. And then threatened to increase them. He threatened to take control of Greenland by any means. He specifically didn't rule out using force.

I mean, you know all this. How in heaven's name can you actually say that he didn't threaten anyone? That makes absolutely no sense at all.

And yes, Trump has ruled out using force.

Bradskii · Wednesday at 7:24 PM

Vambram said:
And yes, Trump has ruled out using force.

So...you now know that he's ruled it out. Meaning that you agree that it was at one point an option that he said he had.

Now please tell me...in what world does someone have to live in when suggesting that you are considering using force to take over another country NOT A THREAT!

Is it the same world where you tell a half dozen countries that you will impose tariffs on them because they have expressed an opinion that what Trump was proposing was monstrously stupid but that is NOT A THREAT?

I might check an online dictionary after I post this because it seems that the word THREAT has been redefined in the last couple of hours. Has the WH issued it's own definitions? Maybe they'll be issuing a new atlas as well where Iceland and Greenland swap names. I mean, good heavens...with advisors crawling all over his office and he can't even remember the name of the country he said he wanted so bad.

Landon Caeli · Wednesday at 7:25 PM

At the end of the day, all that's been done thus far... Are words.

...Words.

wing2000 · Wednesday at 7:44 PM

Landon Caeli said:
At the end of the day, all that's been done thus far... Are words.

...Words.

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