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Trump may tariff countries that don’t go along with his Greenland plan

US President Donald Trump said Friday he may impose trade tariffs on countries that don't support his plans to take over Greenland, part of the territory of NATO ally Denmark. "I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security," Trump said at a health roundtable at the White House.

Reuters WORLD
Published January 16,2026
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President ⁠Donald Trump on Friday said he ‍may put a ‌tariff ‍on countries that do not support his plan for the United States to control Greenland.

"I ⁠may put a tariff on countries if they don't go ‌along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national ‍security," Trump said ‍at a ‍White ⁠House ‍health event.