‘Don’t provoke your daddy’
Meanwhile, Russian presidential envoy and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, warned Europe that it should not “provoke their daddy,” after Trump’s announcement to impose new tariffs on eight European countries for the Greenland dispute.
“Trump slaps 10% tariffs on the UK, Denmark, France, Germany, Finland, Netherlands, and Norway over their ‘dangerous game’ of sending military to Greenland,” Dmitriev wrote on X.
He added that the tariffs amount to “about 1% per soldier sent to Greenland.”
Greenland, a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, has attracted US interest due to its strategic location and vast mineral resources, as well as alleged concerns about rising Russian and Chinese activity.
Trump has repeatedly said that the US must “acquire” Greenland for national security and to prevent Russia or China from gaining control of the territory.
Denmark and Greenland have rejected proposals to sell the territory, reaffirming Danish sovereignty over the island.