Europe shifts toward confrontation with Trump after tariff threats

European sentiment is shifting from appeasement to a more confrontational stance against U.S. President Donald Trump after he used tariffs to pressure eight countries opposing the U.S. annexation of Greenland, Yonhap News reported, citing the Financial Times (FT). According to an FT report on Jan. 18, which surveyed about 10 European officials and diplomats, many believe Trump's latest tariff measure has crossed a red line and that a strategic change is now necessary. The FT noted that the move has taught European leaders the brutal lesson that their efforts to appease the U.S. president and protect the transatlantic alliance have failed.