Former US President Donald Trump has declared his intention to implement a 10% import tariff on eight European nations, including Denmark, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Finland. This announcement, made via a social media post, states that the tariffs will commence on February 1, 2026, and are set to escalate to 25% by June 1, 2026, if a "Complete and Total purchase of Greenland" by the United States is not finalized. The proposed tariffs are a direct response to these countries' opposition to the US's aspirations to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. Some reports also cite the deployment of military forces by certain European nations to Greenland as a contributing factor to Trump's decision. This move marks a significant and potentially hazardous escalation in relations between the US and its NATO allies, further straining an alliance established in 1949. Trump's interest in purchasing Greenland is not new, having first surfaced during his initial presidency in 2019, when the idea was decisively rejected by both the Danish and Greenlandic governments as "absurd" and "not for sale". The current developments indicate a renewed and more aggressive pursuit of this ambition during what is described as his second presidency, since 2025. The White House has not ruled out the use of military force, despite warnings from Denmark that such actions would jeopardize the NATO alliance. European countries, in turn, have expressed strong resistance, with some deploying troops to Greenland for exercises to support the island. This situation underscores deep "fundamental disagreements" between the US and its European partners regarding Greenland's future and international territorial integrity.