France is one of the European NATO countries that previously sent groups of soldiers to exercises in Greenland organized by Denmark. This is related to American claims to this Danish island and US President Donald Trump's claims that Greenland is threatened by Russia and China.
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The information appears a day after the media circulated the content of Emmanuel Macron's text message sent to Donald Trump. “My friend, we are in complete agreement on Syria. We can do great things on Iran. I don't understand what you are doing on Greenland,” wrote the French leader. President Trump revealed a private message and then rejected the French president's proposal to discuss the Danish island's affairs at an emergency G7 summit in Paris on Thursday.
Earlier, Donald Trump threatened to impose a 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne due to reports that France intends to reject his invitations to the Peace Council.
Donald Trump threatens to impose tariffs on Europeans. It's about Greenland
On Saturday Donald Trump announced that he would impose additional tariffs of 10% from February 1. on products imported into the United States from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Finland. As he said, these are the countries that sent their soldiers to Greenland.
Donald Trump has said many times about the need for the United States to take over Greenland. He recently speculated that if the US does not take control of Greenland, China or Russia will do so. He rejected other solutions, such as increasing the presence of US troops there and the NATO mission on the island proposed by Germany.
In a recent interview with the New York Times, he said the US may have to “choose” between Greenland and NATO. The Danish authorities and citizens of the country strongly oppose these claims.
