2 h. ago Donald Trump says UK handing over Chagos Islands sovereignty is an ‘act of great stupidity’ – live

US president says UK’s plan to hand over the islands to Mauritius is among the ‘reasons why Greenland has to be acquiredDonald Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel snub as EU trade war loomsThe US president, Donald Trump, has suggested Britain’s decision to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is among the reasons he wants to take over Greenland.In a Truth Social post, he said the UK’s plan to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is an “an act of GREAT STUPIDITY”. He said:Shockingly, our “brilliant” NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER.There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness. These are International Powers who only recognize STRENGTH, which is why the United States of America, under my leadership, is now, after only one year, respected like never before. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago What are Trump’s latest tariff threats and could EU hit back with ‘big bazooka’?

Europe could use powerful but untested law amid pressure over Greenland – but it could also lose out from a trade warMarkets stay calm amid Trump’s gambit, but long-term risks are hugeEuropean industry hits out at ‘ludicrous’ demandsEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s threat to impose punitive US import tariffs on eight European countries opposed to his ambitions in Greenland has raised fears of a full-blown transatlantic trade war. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Starmer tells Trump to back off over threat of Greenland trade war

PM pleads for ‘calm’ as furious France and Germany hint at retaliation and economists warn of recession if president imposes tariffs over Greenland – while letter reveals he blames Nobel prize snub for turning on Nato allies

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17 h. ago What are Trump’s latest tariff threats and could the EU hit back with its ‘big bazooka’?

Europe could use powerful but untested law amid pressure over Greenland – but it could also lose out from a trade warEuropean industry hits out at ‘ludicrous’ demandsBusiness live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesDonald Trump’s threat to impose punitive US import tariffs on eight European countries opposed to his ambitions in Greenland has raised fears of a full-blown transatlantic trade war. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago 'Bazooka' threat from France against Trump in clash on Greenland as Starmer warns against trade war

But the Prime Minister was warned by an ex-Nato chief over seeking to ‘appease’ Trump

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21 h. ago A trade war over Greenland won’t guarantee victory in the wider battle

The fate of the Danish territory will not be decided by transatlantic tariffs

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21 h. ago Panicking EU leaders to hold emergency Greenland summit after Trump's trade war threat: Live updates

EU leaders will hold an emergency summit on Greenland following US President Donald Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on EU countries.

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23 h. ago 'Don't spark trade war,' Starmer urges Trump as France and Germany slam 'US blackmail' over Greenland

But the Prime Minister was warned by an ex-Nato chief over seeking to ‘appease’ Trump

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23 h. ago 'Don't spark trade war,' Starmer urges Trump amid fury over US president's tariff threat in rift on Greenland

But the Prime Minister was warned by an ex-Nato chief over seeking to ‘appease’ Trump

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26 h. ago Greenland trade war would risk worst downturn since financial crisis, say economists

Stocks fall and gold rises as European countries race to respond to Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs

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37 h. ago Starmer has spoken to Donald Trump on the phone about his 'gangster' threats of a trade war over Greenland and told him it's 'wrong' after Europe warned of a 'dangerous downward spiral' in Nato

Sir Keir Starmer told US President Donald Trump that 'applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of Nato allies is wrong' in a telephone call this afternoon, No10 has said.

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41 h. ago If it wasn’t clear before, it is now: Britain needs an escape plan from the Trump world order | Gaby Hinsliff

The US president’s trade war for Greenland tells us that the time for fence-sitting or wishful thinking is overOne way or the other, President Trump said, he will have Greenland. Well, at least now we know it’s the other; not an invasion that would have sent young men home to their mothers across Europe in coffins, but instead another trade war, designed to kill off jobs and break Europe’s will. Just our hopes of an economic recovery, then, getting taken out and shot on a whim by our supposedly closest ally, months after Britain signed a trade deal supposed to protect us from such arbitrary punishment beatings. In a sane universe, that would not feel like a climbdown by the White House, yet by comparison with the rhetoric that had Denmark scrambling troops to Greenland last week it is.That said, don’t underestimate the gravity of the moment.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Starmer joins European allies warning of 'dangerous downward spiral' in Nato after Trump's 'gangster' threat of trade war unless he gets Greenland

A joint statement from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK said they stood 'firmly behind' the 'principles of sovereignty'.

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46 h. ago Britain 'on recession watch' if Trump follows through on Greenland trade war threats amid fears US 'can't be counted on'

Alarm has been raised that Donald Trump's latest extraordinary salvo at long-standing allies could crush the paltry growth being eked out.

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