Greenland: “Stupidity” – Democrats need to cease Trump’s tariffs and depend on Republican defectors | EUROtoday

New twist within the dispute over Greenland: The Democratic minority chief within the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, has introduced that he desires to cease US President Donald Trump’s introduced tariffs in opposition to European allies.

“Senate Democrats will introduce legislation to block these tariffs before they cause further damage to the American economy and our allies in Europe,” Schumer stated. Trump’s silly tariffs have already pushed up costs and broken the US economic system.

Now Trump is simply making the scenario worse, Schumer stated. “It is unbelievable that he would want to compound this folly by imposing tariffs on our closest allies to achieve his unrealistic ambition to take over Greenland.”

The Democrats are within the minority within the Senate, however Republicans have additionally already expressed criticism of Trump’s tariff plans. And the Republican majority is simply three votes.

“This reaction to sending a small force of our allies to Greenland for training is bad for America, bad for American companies and bad for America’s allies,” Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina wrote on

“The fact that a small handful of ‘advisers’ are actively pushing for coercive measures to seize an ally’s territory is beyond stupid. It damages President Trump’s legacy and undermines all of his efforts to strengthen NATO over the years.”

Tillis made comparable feedback in a joint assertion with Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen. Tillis and Shaheen chair the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group. “At a time when many Americans are already concerned about rising costs of living, these tariffs would increase prices for both families and businesses. We call on the administration to end the threats and rely on diplomacy,” the senators’ assertion continued.

In addition to Tillis, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska additionally opposes Trump’s Greenland coverage. “These tariffs are unnecessary, punitive, and a grave mistake. They will drive our most important European allies further away from us without doing anything to improve U.S. national security,” she wrote on X.

Murkowski, an skilled on the Arctic, and Tillis are among the many group of US lawmakers who met Danish politicians in Copenhagen on Friday. Earlier this week, Murkowski and Shaheen launched a invoice within the Senate that will prohibit Trump from utilizing U.S. funds to occupy or annex the territory of a NATO member state with out its consent. Other Republican senators, together with former majority chief Mitch McConnell, additionally spoke out in opposition to additional motion to take over Greenland.

In an unprecedented step, Trump introduced further tariffs for eight European NATO members beginning in February, citing the battle over Greenland: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Finland are affected. The staggered tariffs ought to apply till an settlement is reached on the whole buy of the Arctic island.