2026-01-19 17:50
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2026-01-19 17:50
US President Donald Trump refused on Monday to answer a question about whether he could use force to seize Greenland. However, he announced that he would “100 percent” impose tariffs on European countries that sent troops to the island and instructed Europe to focus on Ukraine, not Greenland.
Trump gave a brief telephone interview to NBC on Monday. According to the station, when asked whether he intended to use force to occupy Greenland, he replied: “No comment.” However, he confirmed that he “100 percent” intends to carry out his threats to impose tariffs on goods from eight countries that have decided to send troops to Greenland.
The president announced on Sunday that he would impose tariffs of 10 percent from February 1 and 25 percent from June on Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands. The tariffs are to come into force if Denmark does not agree to the sale of the island by then.
Trump also instructed European allies to focus on the war in Ukraine instead of Greenland.
“Europe should focus on the Russian-Ukrainian war because, honestly, you see what it did for them,” he said. – This is what Europe should focus on – not Greenland – he added.
Trump also attacks Norwegians. It's about the Nobel Prize
Commenting on his letter sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, in which he blamed the Norwegian authorities for not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump assured that it is untrue that the authorities in Oslo have no influence on who the Nobel Committee awards prizes to.
– Norway totally controls it, despite what they say – he noted. At the same time, the president argued that he “doesn't care about the Nobel Prize.”
In a letter to the Norwegian prime minister, Trump wrote that because Norway had decided not to award him the prize, he “no longer feels obliged to think only about peace.” He declared that although he would continue to be guided by the desire for peace, “now he can think about what is good and right for the United States of America.”
In the same letter, Trump linked the Nobel issue to his desire to occupy Greenland, while also demanding Greenland as compensation for the US contribution to NATO defense.
“I have done more for NATO than anyone since its founding, and now NATO should do something for the United States,” wrote the US president.
From Washington Oskar Górzyński (PAP)
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