BREAKING: Trump Threatens Europe Over Greenland; Europe Responds
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🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | On Saturday morning, United States President Donald Trump took to truth social to issue what |
| 0:05.6 | sounds like the beginning of a trade war and an ultimatum to Europe and Denmark and Greenland. |
| 0:13.3 | I'm JVL here with my bulwark colleague, Will Salatin, and we're going to go through all of it |
| 0:18.0 | because this stuff is insane. |
| 0:21.2 | I'm going to read to you, Will, some selections from this long, truth social post by the |
| 0:27.1 | present of the United States. |
| 0:28.0 | We have subsidized Denmark and all of the countries of the European Union and others for many |
| 0:34.1 | years by not charging them tariffs or any other form of remuneration. |
| 0:39.3 | Now after centuries, it is time for Denmark to give back. World peace is at stake. |
| 0:46.0 | Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland |
| 0:50.8 | have journeyed to Greenland for purposes unknown. This is a very dangerous |
| 0:56.7 | situation for the safety, security, and survival of our planet. These countries who are |
| 1:03.0 | playing this very dangerous game have put a level of risk in play that's not tenable |
| 1:08.5 | or sustainable. Therefore, it is imperative that in order to |
| 1:12.5 | protect global peace and security, strong measures be taken so that this potentially perilous |
| 1:18.6 | situation end quickly and without question. Now it goes on to the trade war. Starting on February 1st, |
| 1:25.7 | 2026, all of the above-mentioned countries will be charged a 10% tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. |
| 1:34.3 | On June 1st, 26, the tariff will be increased to 25%. |
| 1:39.3 | The tariff will be due and payable until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland. |
| 1:49.6 | Will, I'll let you cook first. |
| 1:53.1 | Okay, this is insane. |
| 1:55.0 | What's happened here is until today, Trump's position about Greenland was the Russians and the Chinese have all these ships and forces around there. |
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