World Leaders React to Trump’s 10 Percent Tariff on 8 European Countries

World leaders criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement on Jan. 17 of a 10 percent tariff on eight European countries who don’t support his bid to acquire Greenland for national security reasons. Trump has said if the United States doesn’t gain control, China or Russia will take it. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the tariff on allies “completely wrong.” “Our position on Greenland is very clear—it is part of the Kingdom of Denmark and its future is a matter for the Greenlanders and the Danes,” Starmer wrote on X Jan. 17. “We will of course be pursuing this directly with the US administration.”...