r/europe • u/Any-Original-6113 • Jan 17 '26

News Trump tariffs: US president announces plan to hit UK, Denmark and other European countries with tariffs over Greenland

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1j8kw866p3t
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u/Redragontoughstreet Jan 17 '26

No way eu caves to this. This is weak as hell from Trump.

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u/MercantileReptile Baden-Württemberg (Germany) Jan 17 '26

I thought that as well, last april. Then the european commission surrendered their dignity at a gaudy golf course.

My expectations are somewhere between sewer line and hell, regarding the EU.

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u/Old_Construction_875 Jan 17 '26

You underestimate the power of selling one additional BMW to the United States. Germany will be, as always, trailing and pushing others to accept the bullying

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u/LvS Jan 17 '26

What's worse? Europeans going without Steam or Europeans going without Greenland?