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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said connected Monday (January 19, 2026) that calm treatment betwixt allies was needed connected Greenland to guarantee that historical alliances could endure, aft U.S. President Donald Trump threatened allies with tariffs to unafraid the territory.
Mr. Starmer said that tariffs should not be used against allies, and that his focus was to guarantee a “tariff war” is avoided.
Mr. Starmer told a property league that Britain’s confederation with the United States had provided information and prosperity for decades, and said he was determined to support those ties.
But helium said Mr. Trump’s threats to enforce escalating tariffs connected Britain and European allies until the U.S. was allowed to bargain Greenland was wrong. He said the aboriginal of Greenland indispensable beryllium decided by Denmark alone.
“Alliances endure due to the fact that they’re built connected respect and partnership, not pressure,” Mr. Starmer said.
“That is wherefore I’ve said the usage of tariffs against allies is wholly wrong. It is not the close mode to resoluteness differences wrong an alliance.”
He said connected Greenland: “the close mode to approach an contented of this seriousness is done calm treatment betwixt allies”.
