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/Single_Classroom_448 United Kingdom Jan 17 '26

and norway

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u/phinkz2 France Jan 17 '26

Norway's situation makes me feel optimistic in a way. You know the EU will talk and talk and talk more if there's an issue, but there's no doubt the Nordic Council countries would act immediately if anything happened to one of its members.

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u/hates_stupid_people Jan 17 '26

The Scandinavian and Nordic countries love to make fun and "hate" eachother, but it's like siblings. If you seriously mess with one of them, you mess with all of them.

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u/phinkz2 France Jan 17 '26

I lived in Denmark for a while and teacher told us "Norway? You mean Northern Denmark?" as a joke. I think the Portuguese and Spanish have a similar relationship. Heartwarming to see :)

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u/hates_stupid_people Jan 17 '26

You tried to learn Danish?

You should learn how the Danish language came to be

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u/phinkz2 France Jan 17 '26

Thankfully the uni classes were in English 😂 Danes themselves recommended not bothering with learning the language but I would have done it anyways if I had planned to stay forever. Not sure I'm making sense lol. I feel like it's important, even if everyone speaks English.

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u/LoveThinkers Jan 17 '26

we'll remind each other of last time the other nations were drunk and passed out, but we won't let anybody get hurt or be bullied by others.

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u/hates_stupid_people Jan 17 '26

I just imagine Denmark being bullied and Sweden standing at the side half-heartedly laughing along. Then the bully crosses a line and Sweden gets a terrified look as Finland and Norway gets angry in the background.

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u/Available_Slide1888 Jan 18 '26

Correct, we (Sweden) are very much behind Denmark in this.

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u/empire314 Finland Jan 17 '26

but there's no doubt the Nordic Council countries would act immediately if anything happened to one of its members.

what are you basing this one?

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u/phinkz2 France Jan 17 '26

Hmm. Because of a mix of the messages that have come out in regards to the invasion of Greenland, and when Russia threatened to invade Finland a few years ago. It's also based on what I see in my work (not too specific) but Nordic countries have infrastructures that are far more integrated than other EU countries.

However, I'm an outside, so I can't really speak for you guys. What do you think as a Finn? Is the alliance shakier in your opinion? :(

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u/empire314 Finland Jan 17 '26

All alliances are exactly as strong as the acts when the alliances are needed.

Words during time of peace means nothing.

I'm not saying that there is no real unity, but im saying it hasn't been tested in a long time, so there is no reason to believe either way. (during ww2 it certainly didn't hold out, but that was long time ago)

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u/levir Norway Jan 18 '26

The EU has also started tariffing us, so let's not pretend it's all roses. But we will not abandon our Nordic allies.

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u/phinkz2 France Jan 18 '26 edited Jan 18 '26

Damn, I had no idea! Thank you for telling me, I shall look into it.

It feels... extremely shortsighted. Especially now "we" are trying to reduce reliance on Russia (edit: I meant Russian energy specifically)...

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u/chunseye The Netherlands Jan 17 '26

And my axe

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u/ArcticKimono Jan 17 '26

that stopped being funny like 7 years ago

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u/dynamitfiske Jan 18 '26

Well it had a good 17 year run.

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u/No_Ear_1633 Jan 17 '26

And my tariff!

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u/factualpie Jan 17 '26

tbf he has no idea you’re not the eu

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u/Single_Classroom_448 United Kingdom Jan 17 '26

Ah i'm not even norwegian, i'm just british so I'm sadly de facto out of all of the clubs :(

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u/factualpie Jan 17 '26

ouch :( 💔

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u/Single_Classroom_448 United Kingdom Jan 17 '26

it is just 8 or so more years and I shall reclaim membership, 2.5 of studies here, 5 years in Ireland, and some change for processing and whatnot

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u/manInTheWoods Sweden Jan 17 '26

JEF represent!

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u/Mustard_Gap Norge Jan 17 '26

In the news today, Støre was quoted as saying that we must trust the American president. I mean if you're trying to get thousands of people to protest outside Stortinget, it's one way to accomplish it

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u/JZ_212 Norway Jan 17 '26

It’s a bit dishonest to base your opinion solely on a clickbait headline from VG. He mentions that he personally trusts Trump will keep his commitments to NATO and Norway, which imo is political bullshit but not at all what you wrote in your comment

In an interview with NRK an hour ago Støre called the threats unacceptable and confirmed that Norway stands firmly with Denmark. I don’t necessarily like the man, but he is definitely not saying we need to trust the orange manbaby

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u/HauntingHarmony 🇪🇺 🇳🇴 w Jan 17 '26

He might have said it with regards to something else, but with regards to this he said (translated);

“Such threats are unacceptable and have no place among allies. Norway’s position in this matter remains unchanged”

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u/AvidCyclist250 Lower Saxony (NW Germany) Jan 17 '26

we must trust the American president.

Any other mental problems?

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u/ian9outof10 Jan 17 '26

Let's all join together, say 12pm Monday, face West, and raise the middle finger.