President Donald Trump said Friday he may impose tariffs on countries “if they don’t go along with Greenland.”“We need Greenland for national security. So I may do that,” Trump said at the White House.The comments show Trump considering applying tariffs, one of his favorite tools for leveraging his executive power over foreign countries, to his increasingly aggressive efforts to acquire Greenland for the United States.
It’s the same tactic children employ when they throw tantrums in a grocery store. They wager they can make a fuss big enough so that it’s just easier for parents to give them what they want and carry on with their day.