Green' army fires back

THE sovereignty of Greenland and Denmark cannot be violated, the Taoiseach has said - after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on countries attempting to block his takeover of Greenland.

- BY REBECCA BLACK

Micheal Martin also warned any trade war would be "very damaging to everybody in the world".

Trump said on Saturday that the UK will be charged a 10% tariff "on any and all goods" sent to the US from February 1, increased to 25% from June 1, until a deal is reached for Washington to purchase Greenland from Denmark.

He said the same would apply to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland.

Mr Martin called for dialogue and in a post on X wrote: "The territorial integrity, the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark cannot be violated. Any trade war would be very damaging to everybody in the world, damaging to United States, damaging to Europe.

"Dialogue has to happen to prevent that from occurring" He also told RTE it is "extraordinary and unacceptable".

Mr Martin added: "We have a trade agreement with the United States, Europe has. "That agreement was entered into in good faith by the European Union and the United States government.

"That should be the framework that governs trade between our two countries, and every effort should be made to ensure that it remains the framework that underpins trade between Europe and the United States.