Donald Trump’s two-word response when requested if he’ll take Greenland by drive

Donald Trump today gave a two-word response when asked if he would take Greenland by force.

Trump previously declared the US would have Greenland ‘one way or another’, and has threatened tariffs on countries which have opposed his plans to take the island.

Speaking to NBC News today, the US president said “no comment” when asked whether the US would use military force to take Greenland.

Sir Keir Starmer called for calm after Trump’s threats of a trade war over Greenland, and played down the prospect of a US invasion of the Arctic island.

The Prime Minister said the dispute over the mineral rich territory, which Trump wants to take over because of its strategic Arctic location, should be resolved through “calm discussion between allies” rather than military action or a trade war.

He insisted Trump was not genuinely serious about the prospect of using military force to annex the island, and signalled Britain would not engage in a trade war over the dispute as this was “not the right way to resolve differences within an alliance”.

The US president said he would charge Britain a 10% tariff “on any and all goods” sent to the US from February 1, increasing to 25% from June 1, until a deal is reached for Washington to purchase Greenland from Denmark.

Trump said the same would apply to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland – all of whom are members of Nato.

Asked if he believed Trump was genuinely prepared to invade the island, Sir Keir told reporters: “I don’t, actually.”

He added: “I think that this can be resolved and should be resolved through calm discussion, but with the application of the principles and values that I’ve set out in terms of who decides the future of Greenland, and making clear that the use of tariffs in this way is completely wrong.”

In an emergency address from Downing Street, Sir Keir described the crisis as a “moment for the whole country to pull together”, and insisted the “right way to approach an issue of this seriousness is through calm discussion between allies”.

Sir Keir reiterated his stance that the future sovereignty of Greenland is solely a matter for it and Denmark, and added: “The use of tariffs against allies is completely wrong.

“It is not the right way to resolve differences within an alliance, nor is it helpful to frame efforts to strengthen Greenland security as a justification for economic pressure.”