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The United States, under the second Trump administration, has pursued threats to annex Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark (itself part of the European Union),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>a<span>]</span></a> triggering an international crisis. This escalated in early 2026<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis#cite_note-Reuters-FranceExercise-3"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-20262-4"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a>after Trump previously made several comments threatening the use of tariffs and military force on Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom at 10% starting February 1 and to increase it to 25% if a deal isn’t reached by June 1st unless Denmark ceded Greenland<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_crisis#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a> (which he later called off on 21 January). The comments sparked a confrontation pitting the United States against Greenland and Denmark, supported by the rest of the European Union (EU) and several other NATO members, and reignited concerns about a potential US–EU trade war.
