https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-greenland-war-of-2026-europe-trump-tariff-e27b8b98?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
Trump’s lesson in how to turn U.S. allies into China’s friends.
For more than 75 years, the fondest dream of Russian strategy has been to divide Western Europe from the U.S. and break the NATO alliance. That is now a possibility as President Trump presses his campaign to capture Greenland no matter what the locals or its Denmark owner thinks.
Mr. Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 10% tariff starting Feb. 1 on a handful of European countries that have opposed his attempt to obtain U.S. sovereignty over Greenland. The tariff would jump to 25% on June 1. Presumably this tariff would come on top of the rates Mr. Trump already negotiated in trade deals last year (10% for Britain, 15% for the European Union).
NATO isn't going anywhere. If Russia attacked a NATO ountry in Europe, a U.S. president could find lots of ways not to join in: make a token effort to help out or maybe do nothing.
ReplyDeleteConversely, if the U.S. is booted from NATO, President Trump can still come to NATO's aid if Russia attacks.
So Europe needs to chill -- with some melting Greenland glacial ice -- and just hand over the keys to the country.