Trump Rocks Europe With Tariff Power Play to Seize Greenland

Jan. 18, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC

Donald Trump always puts himself at center stage when he travels abroad, but the US president made sure his foray to Davos this week will be particularly dramatic.

He set up his visit to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland by shaking the foundations of both the EU and the NATO alliance, again, and pledging a barrage of new tariffs related to his Greenland ambitions that trample over deals he already struck with the European Union and the UK.

The US president has long grumbled about Europe, repeatedly casting the bloc, home to many of America’s closest allies, as freeloaders ...

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