EU ‘Fully Prepared’ to Hit Back Over Trump’s Greenland Tariffs

The European Union is ready to strike back at Donald Trump over his tariff threats as he seeks to take Greenland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, toughening her rhetoric against the US president.

“We are at a crossroads,” said von der Leyen, the top EU executive, speaking before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday. “Europe prefers dialogue and solutions — but we are fully prepared to act, if necessary, with unity, urgency and determination.”

Pointedly, von der Leyen also argued that there was no returning to the world order that Europe spent decades building with US ...