EU calls emergency meeting with all 27 countries over Trump's Greenland tariff threat

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Source: The Independent

Saturday 17 January 2026 20:44 GMT


European Union ambassadors are set to hold an emergency meeting on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose escalating tariffs on European allies unless the United States is allowed to buy Greenland.

Cyprus, which currently holds the EU's six-month rotating presidency, announced late on Saturday it had convened the urgent talks. Diplomats indicated the session is scheduled to begin at 5 pm.

On Saturday, in a post on Truth Social, Trump said 10 per cent tariffs would come into effect on February 1 on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland. Those tariffs would increase to 25 per cent on June 1 and would continue until a deal is reached for the US to purchase Greenland, Trump said.

British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has lashed out at Donald Trump’s “completely wrong” threat of tariffs against several European countries over their opposition to US control of Greenland.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greenland-europe-eu-ambassadors-emergency-meeting-trump-b2902555.html

[ret5hd]

1. Dump The Treasury Notes!

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Threaten back. Agree to threaten to stop funding US debt if he doesn't stop the Greenland steal.

[SSJVegeta]

3. Threaten to uninvest entirely from the US treasury and slap sanctions

…if the threats don’t stop. The EU cannot afford to mess around anymore.

[flamingdem]

4. SOS. Please

save us NATO.

[pfitz59]

5. Kick the US out of NATO?

and all the NATO bases? I see it happening.

[SamKnause]

6. Thank you European Union Ambassadors !!!

[mwooldri]

7. Hey, Sir Keir!

There's a couple of golf courses that could be nationalised right now.

[róisín_dubh]

8. Fucking seriously.

I'm absolutely exhausted by this and I'm so tired of being the token American who has to explain this down at my local