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Voters in Iceland are heading to the polls Saturday (August 29, 2026) to decide whether the country should resume long-stalled negotiations on becoming a member of the European Union, and they are doing so in the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to control nearby Greenland. The yes-or-no referendum question is simple enough for…
Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland. Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar “We choose Denmark over the United States if asked to make such a choice here and now.” The words came from Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, during a joint press conference with Danish PM Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen as U.S….
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks to the media ahead of a special summit of European Union leaders to discuss transatlantic relations following U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to impose new tariffs on goods from a list of EU countries over his demand to acquire Greenland, in Brussels, Belgium. | Photo Credit: Reuters Danish Prime…
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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday (January 21, 2026) that he was cancelling his planned tariff on U.S. allies in Europe over U.S. control of Greenland after he and the leader of NATO agreed to a framework of a future deal on Arctic security. The abrupt about-face emerged hours after Mr. Trump had insisted that he…
“When the United States makes an unacceptable proposal, France is prepared to say no,” Jean-Noel Barrot wrote on social media. File | Photo Credit: Reuters France supports the suspension of a trade deal between the European Union and the U.S., Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told the French Parliament on Tuesday (January 20, 2026), as a…