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Trump: 'No Comment' on Using Force to Seize Greenland

EU leaders plan emergency summit to discuss response to his tariff threat

(Newser) - President Trump isn't ruling out using the US military to seize Greenland—but he's not saying much about it, either. In a brief interview with NBC News on Monday, Trump responded, "No comment" when asked whether he'd consider using force to take control of the vast...

US Catholic Leaders Question America's 'Moral Foundation'

Cardinals warn against growing reliance on military force abroad

(Newser) - America's top Catholic leaders are issuing a pointed warning about how the United States wields its power abroad. In a joint statement, Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington, DC, and Joseph Tobin of Newark say the "moral foundation" of US foreign policy is in doubt...

Pro-Greenland Protesters Hijack Trump's MAGA Slogan

'Make America Go Away' caps are en vogue in Denmark

(Newser) - Red baseball caps spoofing President Trump's iconic MAGA hats have become a symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance against the US leader's threat to seize the frozen territory. The caps reading "Make America Go Away"—parodying Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan—have gained...

Trump Writes a Snippy Letter to Norway on Nobel, Greenland

President references prize snub, links it to his push for the territory

(Newser) - President Trump complained about getting overlooked for a Nobel Peace Prize in a new letter to Norway's prime minister—and tied it to his wish to control Greenland:
  • "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no
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Europe Tells US It Risks 'Downward Spiral' in Ties
Europe Warns US About Tariffs
Jan 18, 2026 7:03 PM CST

Europe Warns US About Tariffs

Emergency meeting considers retaliatory measures

(Newser) - European officials held an emergency meeting in Brussels on Sunday to map out a response to President Trump's threat to raise tariffs on eight US allies unless they accept his effort to buy Greenland, calling the move coercive and a challenge to sovereignty. Diplomats from the 27 EU nations...

Trump's Latest Move on Greenland Unites Europe

Allies plan a coordinated response to president's new tariffs, saying they won't be blackmailed

(Newser) - European officials lined up behind Denmark in anger on Saturday after President Trump threatened to impose new tariffs unless the US is allowed to buy Greenland. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and other leaders promised a coordinated response, Euronews reports,...

A Word of Warning: Greenland Is a Money Pit

Island depends on Danish welfare, fragile fishing industry

(Newser) - Anyone eyeing Greenland as a geopolitical prize might want to look at the balance sheet first. The Wall Street Journal reports that behind President Trump's talk of buying the vast Arctic island sits an economy that leans heavily on Danish cash and shrimp—and isn't growing much. Greenland'...

Trump: Tariffs Over Greenland Start Feb. 1

Rate will rise to 25% unless a deal is struck for US takeover by June 1, post says

(Newser) - As demonstrators in Greenland and Denmark protested his coveting of their territory, President Trump announced Saturday that he's levying new tariffs on European nations that will remain in effect until the US takes ownership of Greenland. Posting on Truth Social, Trump said he's imposing a 10% tariff on...

Iceland Doesn't Find Trump Nominee Amusing

Petitioners urge government to reject Billy Long as ambassador after statehood conversation

(Newser) - Billy Long said he meant it as a punchline, but not everyone in Iceland is amused. A petition in Iceland has drawn thousands of signatures after reports that Long, President Trump's nominee for US ambassador to the country, joked that Iceland would become the 52nd US state and that...

Trump Warns World: OK My Greenland Push or Face Tariffs

US president threatens to lay down tariffs hammer on countries that don't go along with his plans

(Newser) - President Trump suggested on Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don't back the United States controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital. Trump for months has insisted that the US should control Greenland,...

GOP Rep Threatens Trump Impeachment Over Greenland

Congressman Don Bacon blasts annexation talk, says White House is bullying US allies

(Newser) - A Republican lawmaker is warning that any move to seize Greenland by force could put President Trump on a collision course with impeachment. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who's retiring at the end of his current term, said he'd consider supporting Trump's removal from office if the...

EU's Top Diplomat: The World Sucks, Start Drinking

Kaja Kallas' joke about throwing one back comes amid wars, protests, Iran sanctions push

(Newser) - Europe's top diplomat appears to be feeling the strain of global crises—enough to joke that now might be the moment to take up drinking. Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief and former Estonian prime minister, reportedly told senior members of the European Parliament in a closed-door...

European Troops Arrive in Greenland
European Troops
Arrive in Greenland
Jan 15, 2026 10:32 AM CST

European Troops Arrive in Greenland

NATO allies bolster Arctic defenses after Trump's threats over island

(Newser) - European troops arrived in Greenland on Thursday in what was seen as a show of support for Denmark as the dispute over the island's future continues. Troops from France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and other NATO members headed to the vast Arctic territory, which is part of the kingdom of...

'Fundamental Disagreement' Remains After Greenland Talks

Denmark's foreign minister says talks with Vance, Rubio were 'frank, but also constructive'

(Newser) - Talks on Greenland's future were "frank, but also constructive," Denmark's foreign minister said after a White House meeting Wednesday with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Lars Loekke Rasmussen acknowledged a "fundamental disagreement" with the US over President Trump's push...

Trump: 'Unacceptable' for US Not to Control Greenland

Trump urges NATO backing, warns against Russian or Chinese influence

(Newser) - President Trump's latest comments on Greenland frame it as a must-have for US security. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump wrote that the United States "needs Greenland for the purpose of national security" and argued that NATO "should be leading the way for us to...

Bipartisan Bill Would Cut Trump Off at the Pass on Greenland

Senate legislation would bar using US funds to annex NATO land

(Newser) - US lawmakers are trying to put a legal fence around Greenland before President Trump can test NATO's borders. A bipartisan pair of senators has introduced the NATO Unity Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the Pentagon and State Department from spending money to "blockade, occupy, annex, or...

PM: 'Greenland Does Not Want to Be Part of the US'

'If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark'

(Newser) - Standing beside Denmark's prime minister in Copenhagen on Tuesday, Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen made his strongest comments yet on President Trump's push to annex the island. "If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark," he said,...

China Wants Canada to Get Out From Under America's Wing

State-run outlet encourages 'strategic autonomy' as PM Mark Carney visits Beijing

(Newser) - As Canadian leader Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime US ally away from their rival, at least a bit. China's state media is calling on the Canadian government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United States—...

Two Suffer Broken Ankles on British Airways Flight

Turbulence over Greenland injures crew member and passenger

(Newser) - Two people ended a transatlantic flight with broken ankles after a burst of turbulence over the North Atlantic. The injuries happened on a British Airways flight from Los Angeles to London Heathrow last month as the aircraft flew near Greenland, reports the Independent , citing a newly released report from the...

Leaders of Greenland Ask US to Curb Its 'Contempt'

'We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes,' PM Nielsen, others say in statement

(Newser) - Greenland's party leaders have rejected President Trump's repeated calls for the US to take control of the island, saying that Greenland's future must be decided by its people. "We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,...

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