Trump Thought Europe Had No Leverage. He Was Wrong.
Donald Trump has tied tariffs on allies to taking Greenland — but the assumption that Europe has no leverage isn't actually true... Right, so Donald Trump has announced tariffs on European allies because they won’t agree to him taking Greenland, with a 10% levy next month and 25% after that on eight NATO states, explicitly tied to whether opposition stops. That move removes a basic assumption people were still relying on, which is that NATO disputes stay in the lane of diplomacy and trade rows don’t get stapled to territorial demands. You can’t negotiate with this tangerine tyrant. Once…
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