Trump floats tariffs over Greenland
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President Donald Trump has had his sights set on Greenland for years. He first offered to buy the island, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, in 2019 during his first term in what he described as “essentially a real estate deal.
President Donald Trump said he is considering imposing tariffs on countries that don't support his efforts to acquire Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
Seeking to calm tensions, Republicans and Democrats affirmed that they supported Denmark’s control of Greenland as President Trump vowed to buy it or take it over.
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Pennsylvania's two sitting senators, Republican Dave McCormick and Democrat John Fetterman, told CBS News they do not support a U.S. military takeover of Greenland.
New polls show 86% of Americans oppose military action to take Greenland as Trump intensifies push for U.S. control of the strategic Arctic territory.
Officials from Greenland and Denmark emerged from a high-stakes meeting to hit out at the president’s “unacceptable” demands.