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Trump threatens tariffs on countries who don’t support his Greenland plans

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Trump says he may tariff countries who oppose his plan to acquire Greenland
  • Donald Trump stated he is considering imposing tariffs on countries that do not support his efforts to acquire Greenland.
  • Trump has consistently argued that the United States needs to acquire Greenland, a Danish territory, for national security reasons.
  • The announcement regarding potential tariffs was made during a rural health roundtable event on Friday.
  • A Reuters/Ipsos poll indicated that only 17 per cent of Americans approve of Trump's push to acquire Greenland.
  • The poll also revealed that a significant majority of both Republican and Democratic voters oppose using military force to annex the territory.
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