The End of Appeasement? EU Threatens Trump with Counter-Tariffs Over Greenland Standoff

So much for appeasement: The same Europeans who held their nose and swallowed their pride when the EU agreed to Donald Trump’s tariffs last summer can no longer ignore the obvious. There are limits with a President of the United States who tends to treat them as vassals, not allies, and even as adversaries for pushing back on his brand of nativism.

The question now is how much pain citizens are willing to bear in the name of safeguarding the continent’s security and sovereignty. How far can countermeasures go in the face of Trump’s grab for Greenland, the tariffs slapped on Denmark’s allies, and an official policy that views liberal values as a threat?

And then there’s Ukraine. A lot of the carefully-worded diplospeak from European capitals this past year has been about keeping the U.S. President on board. From Greenland to the Baltics, is Europe truly ready for what lies ahead?