The US president reportedly became “aggressive” during the call and threatened to impose tariffs on Denmark unless Greenland was sold to the US.
Denmark is in “crisis mode” after Donald Trump made a direct play for Greenland in a “horrendous” phone call with the country’s prime minister.
Frederiksen told him in their call last week that despite his “big interest”, Greenland was not for sale, theTrump then became “aggressive”, according to the newspaper, and threatened to impose tariffs on Denmark unless Greenland was sold to the US. Denmark has repeatedly ruled out selling Greenland, and argues that the territory’s 57,000 residents should be allowed to decide their nation’s political future.that the phone call was “horrendous,” while another said that Trump was “very firm”.Denmark was now “in crisis” over the dispute, fearing massive tariffs on exports to one of its largest trading partners, said another person briefed on the conversation.
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