Trump said in a social media post that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would face the tariff and that it would climb to 25% on June 1 if a deal is not in place for “the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland” by the United States.
Lol. Lmao, even.
The US already occupies Greenland, Denmark is under the auspices of the broader American Empire, and any shipping control or resources extraction would heavily benefit American corporations or at least American oligarchs who own massive chunks of any European company that might benefit too.
Like materially the US already has all this already, but in a stable way that doesn’t undermine the empire itself.
The truth has to be way more stupid and criminal, like he literally thinks adding a big chunk of map is prestigious and he’s being egged on by orbiting grifters who see the opportunity to personally enrich themselves at the empire’s expense.
Prior to his presidential campaign, Trump was best known for being the rich guy who put his name on everything. Of course he’s not going to go along with a complex political status quo where Greenland is a de facto asset of the United States through corporate proxies and an unacknowledged vassal state. He wants America’s name on it.