Trump hasn’t ‘shown his hand’ on Greenland yet, foreign policy expert says

President Donald Trump has not but “proven his hand” within the effort to amass Greenland, overseas coverage strategist Michael Pillsbury stated Sunday, describing the wait because the early part of a bigger “Artwork of the Deal” technique.

“We’re within the early phases now the place President Trump hasn’t actually proven precisely how he is going to do that, however he is shaping the battlefield … to prepare for precise possession or no less than an investigation and increasing our army and radar installations in Greenland,” he advised Fox & Associates Weekend visitor host Lucas Tomlinson.

Pillsbury’s feedback come because the president threatens Denmark and several other different European nations with tariffs, saying financial strain might encourage negotiations over Greenland’s future.

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Folks attend a protest in opposition to President Donald Trump’s demand to cede the Arctic island to the US, in entrance of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on January 17. (Reuters/Marko Djurica)

Throughout the interview, Pillsbury stated Trump is targeted on Greenland’s strategic worth, together with U.S. missile protection and radar installations already on the island, in addition to the shortage of a complete examine of its mineral sources.

He additionally pointed to Greenland’s 2009 Self-Authorities Regulation, which permits the island to carry a referendum on independence from Denmark if a easy majority of voters approve. Pillsbury instructed that this path might in the end permit Greenland to find out its future relationship with america.

“I believe what’s at the back of President Trump’s thoughts is transferring towards Greenland’s independence, after which they’ll affiliate with America nevertheless they need,” he stated.

President Donald Trump gestures as he walks out of Marine One after arriving on the South Garden of the White Home on January 13, 2026. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)

“However to start out campaigning and speaking in regards to the referendum, will probably be very troublesome in case you get this very harsh rhetoric from the Danish Prime Minister.”

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Trump stated tariffs would begin at 10% on all items imported into america from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, and would rise to 25% on June 1.

He stated the tariffs would stay in place till an settlement was reached on the “full and whole buy of Greenland.”

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In latest weeks, Trump has more and more centered on Greenland, the world’s largest non-continental island, which sits at a strategic crossroads within the Arctic.

Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, is residence to a serious U.S. army base and has grown in strategic significance as Trump locations renewed emphasis on U.S. safety pursuits overseas.

Fox Information’ Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.